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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 6m

Russia uses three distinct turboprop Shahed variants against Ukraine—but all of them run on imported electronics.

Even the “Russian” ones built in Alabuga and Izhevsk rely on hundreds of parts from the US, China, and Taiwan, Ukraine says.

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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 38m

Ukraine’s drones rule the Serebrianka Forest 🌲.

In the Lyman direction, where Luhansk and Donetsk oblasts meet, Ukrainian troops turned their past retreat into a perfect trap.
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Frontline report: Ukraine’s Serebrianka forest ambush wipes out Russian assault groups before battle even starts

Ukrainian units defending the Lyman axis, at the junction of Luhansk and Donetsk oblasts, now unleash precision strikes on Russians using predictable forest routes.

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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 1h

At least five drones have reportedly struck the oil refinery and railway station in Russia's Matveev Kurgan, Rostov Oblast

The extent of damage is currently unclear.
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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 1h

It’s war at home, but Ukrainian ice dancers Iryna Pidgaina, 17, and Artem Koval, 21, from Odesa make history in Gdansk, Poland.

They clinch their fourth gold and become the first Ukrainian duo in 24 years to claim two Grand Prix stages in one season.

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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 2h

Ukraine's ex-President Poroshenko has delivered 25 Ai-Petri EW systems to Ukraine’s army — a record batch now shielding the front from Russian recon drones and guided bombs

The system was designed from scratch and state-contracted after proving itself in combat.
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Ex-president Poroshenko delivers record 25 Ai-Petri  EW systems to Ukrainian army

Ukraine's fifth President’s latest handover equips troops with advanced electronic warfare tech to jam drones and guided bombs.

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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 2h

The first four Belgian F-35s are finally home — and that may enable more Belgian F-16 transfers to Ukraine in 2026, per Defense Express.

Earlier plans pushed transfers back to 2028.
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Defense Express: Extra F-16s for Ukraine possible in 2026 as Belgium receives F-35s

With the arrival of the first F-35s in Belgium, the long-awaited transfer of combat-ready F-16s to Ukraine inches nearer.

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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 3h

Firefighters were struck mid-rescue in Chernihiv when a second Shahed drone hit the same grocery store they had just responded to.

Elsewhere, Russian strikes killed five civilians and injured 17 across six regions.
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Russia hits firefighters mid-rescue in Chernihiv, kills five civilians in Sumy and Kherson oblasts, targets Odesa port

At least 17 injured in Russian attacks across Ukraine.

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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 4h

Russia has pulled major brigades from the Pokrovsk axis to intensify its offensive near Novopavlivka.

The full 90th Tank Division and elements of the 41st Army now positioned closer to Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, ISW reports citing OSINT data.
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Russia redeploys troops from southern Pokrovsk to expand its offensive toward Novopavlivka in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast

OSINT data show Russia's entire 90th Tank Division, and elements of the 35th, 55th, 74th, and 137th Brigades now operating closer to Novopavlivka as fighting intensifies across the front.

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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 4h

Fires broke out overnight at two Russian energy facilities in Volgograd Oblast — a Lukoil gas plant in Kotovo and the Yefimovka oil pumping station.

Satellite data confirmed both blazes. Russia blamed falling drone "debris" during a mass UAV attack.
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Ukraine hits Lukoil gas processing plant and oil facility deep inside Russia

Satellite data and footage confirm damage to fuel infrastructure in Volgograd Oblast after overnight drone barrage.

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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 8h

Drone footage over frontline Pokrovsk City in Donetsk Oblast shows what's left after Russian daily shelling: not much.

Russians continue to raze to the ground all frontline cities they can reach with artillery.
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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 8h

We bow our heads before the Heroes who protect Ukrainians from the barbarity of the Russian forces, defending freedom and democracy.
They will not be forgotten.

RIP – Leonid Shchebet, Yurii Kudlaiev (44), Roman Shmilka (42), Irish fighter Robert Deegan

Eternal Memory!
Heroes Never Die!

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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 9h

Four stone Babas from Dnipropetrovsk Oblast were evacuated to the Yavornytskyi Museum in Dnipro.

Two came from Velykomykhailivka near the front, two from Pokrovske.

Three are Polovtsian statues from the 11th-13th centuries, while the fourth has an uncertain origin.

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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 10h

Russia uses citizenship as a new weapon against 'dissidents' in occupied Crimea
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Crimean first sentenced to 15 years’ Russian captivity for a donation, then banned from his homeland

Russia’s stripping of citizenship was first used in Soviet times, but is now even more cynical, as an invading power is banning Crimean Tatars and other Ukrainians from their own homeland

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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 11h

Two Ukrainian families with children were rescued from Russian-occupied territories

One family had endured over four years under occupation, with their 8-year-old daughter spending half her life hiding from explosions and fear 📸 Andrii Yermak

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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 12h

On 8 October, Ukraine’s State Border Guard Service released footage of its Vampire bomber drone in action

The video shows Russian positions being wiped out, along with Russian troops hiding in them. "We're looking for new targets," added the defenders

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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 13h

On 8 October, Ukrainian reconnaissance witnessed another “zombie assault” of Russian troops on the Pokrovsk front

Waves of Russian infantry were across open fields, fully exposed, with no cover, no tactics, no chance to survive unseen 📹 Ukraine’s 7th Air Assault Corps

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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 13h

On 8 October, Russian troops struck residential neighborhoods in daylight, leaving homes shattered

Less than an hour later, a Russian drone slammed into an apartment building. No military targets, no “mistakes” — just another act of terror against civilians
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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 14h

The Ukrainian sci-fi drama You Are Space, directed by Pavlo Ostrikov, won the top prize at the 12th Future Gate Sci-Fi Film Festival in the Czech Republic

At heart of story is Andrii, Ukrainian space trucker who becomes last human in universe
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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 14h

The Russians tried to hide in houses, basements, and even among ruins, hoping to avoid detection but Ukrainian soldiers turned their shelters into rubble

Pilots of the r9 unit from the 2nd battalion of the 47th Brigade identified and skillfully destroyed their hideouts with FPV drones
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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 15h

Russian T-62 tank destroyed in eastern Ukraine

The 1960s-era tank lies beside a wrecked BMP infantry fighting vehicle, both fitted with anti-drone grills, somewhere in the fields of Donbas.
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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 15h

Foreign-made components directly fuel Russian attacks killing civilians, Ukraine told G7

Kyiv proposed a joint G7 task force to block tech from reaching Moscow. Ukraine found 676,000 foreign parts in Russian drones and missiles in September alone euromaidanpress.com/2025/10/08/u...

Ukraine proposes G7 task force to monitor Russia’s microchips of death

With 7,313 drones and 270 missiles striking Ukraine in September, Kyiv says a single imported chip can cost lives and urges allies to close loopholes.

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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 16h

“Quite far advanced” meant something else.
Knauf’s Russia exit collapsed — and its factories keep running.
Concrete ambitions, shaky ethics.

Concrete ambitions, shaky ethics: Knauf’s Russian dilemma

“Quite far advanced” didn’t mean what it sounded like.

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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 16h

Russians cry copycat over purported decoy drone - Ukrainians confirm they know the same tricks for fooling air defense. euromaidanpress.com/2025/10/08/u...

Russians discover Ukraine uses decoy drones, just like them

Ukraine is turning Russia’s tricks back on them, using decoy drones to clear paths for real strikes.

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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 17h

Drone battery breakthrough: same weight, 77% more efficiency, several times the range. We interview the people that made it happen. euromaidanpress.com/2025/10/08/w...

“Wow, send us another”: the battery tech Ukrainian troops are raving bout

Ukrainian drone power supply manufacturer Pawell Power says they've discovered a way to increase battery efficiency by 77% without sacrificing room for the part that goes boom. Read the interview…

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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 17h

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