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A Russian mobile air defense machine gunner gives away his team’s position by opening fire at an approaching Ukrainian B-2 strike drone, decides to take it on in a duel and loses.

My latest → In the past days, Ukraine's military demonstrated through successful Storm Shadow strikes against Russia's arms industry that a delivery of Taurus KEPD-350 cruise missiles would still be necessary. 🔗 deaidua.org/news/2026/10...

2/2 280 long-range attack drones were used by Russia in the overnight attack. Ukraine shot down/suppressed 255 UAVs which is a good 91% success rate. But there were missile and drone strikes at 25 locations. #StopRussia

Russia's State news agency gave this version of Putin's chat with Norway's PM + Finland's President. Note right at the top Putin gets in his favourite phrase "root causes" of his invasion of a peaceful neighbour. At least we learned Abu Dhabi looks set to host the UKR-RU talks

There was a big drop in Russia's losses in the last 24 hours. I don't know the reason, but coming in all categories, it seems like possible troop rotation/ redeployment could be a factor.

2/2 The bad news is that the Americans promised an independent, journalistic TV crew would be allowed to film everything in Oleshky, but we got neither, as Trump's lickspittle channel NewsMax was given the opportunity. So far, nothing from them at all.

🕸️🕷️Campaign plans: We’re planning to raise funds for net launchers to protect Ukrainian ground robots (UGVs) from Russian FPV drones in one of our upcoming NAFO campaigns. Our friends from the 110th Territorial Defense Brigade’s UGV unit have requested these systems for testing.

For a second time this month, Germany’s Federal Agency for Technical Relief (THW) has handed over a modern firefighting vehicle with a ladder and rotating platform to the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in the Zaporizhzhia Oblast to assist in rescue operations after Russian attacks.

Day 1707 of the war in Ukraine and here's the latest daily thread. It's one of those days when things are a little more awkward than usual, but I'll do my best to maintain the high standards you expect. Fact checked news & analysis , always delivered with humanity and humour.

My latest article about the recent Starlink/Starshield crisis and how Europe can at least partially mitigate this vulnerability, with some effort, using existing assets. fronts.co/article/the-...

For September the Russian traffic accident continues to show a significant reduction of travel between cities while local commute routes were less impacted. This is in line with other reporting showing that long trips were most affected by the fuel shortage.

Ukraine continues to scale up the use of unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) on the battlefield. The 412th Nemesis Brigade provides a striking example, with UGV missions jumping from 31 in September to 122 in October, a nearly fourfold increase in just one month.

Thanks @coalj.bsky.social for the KoFi + lovely message "Thank you for your dedication to informing the world about the fight Ukraine faces..for Ukraine & the rest of the world's safety & peace. The world owes Ukraine a debt of gratitude for standing up to the axis of evil ko-fi.com/home/coffees...

While Russia reports shooting down 290 drones overnight, Ukraine declares 140 came in the other direction. Moscow also fired a supersonic high-flying Kh-31P missile (not stopped) and 3 x Kh-59 rockets, which were all shot down. 112 UAVs were stopped = min 40% There are 15 hits.

On the battlefield, Russia's made another entry into its Top 10 days of losses during the entire war. Another 1,990 sacrificial pieces of meat in the last 24 hours, taking October's total to 6th place with 6 days to go. It will absolutely smash the all-time monthly losses total.

We are starting the 244th week of Russia's all out war. Putin's "second army of the world" is more than 1,700 days behind schedule in reaching Kyiv. Ukraine stands proud, stays free on Day 1706 of the Kremlin's full scale invsion. Here's my daily🧵- gifts of coffee welcome!

Russian losses per 26/10/26 reported by the Ukrainian General Staff +1990 men +1 tank +4 ACVs +18 artillery +2 MLRS +1 AD system +1656 UAVs +1 GRC

Overnight, Russia launched 1 Kh-31P anti-radiation missile, 3 Kh-59/69 guided missiles and 140 drones at Ukraine, including 70 jet-powered Shaheds. Ukraine says it shot down or suppressed all 3 Kh-59/69 missiles and 112 drones. #Ukraine

Ukrainian children play with the wreckage of a downed Russian Shahed drone. For an entire generation of Ukrainian children, war has become such a normal part of everyday life that even the remains of weapons sent to kill them become something to play with.

A Ukrainian helicopter shoots down a Russian Shahed kamikaze drone over the Dnipro river.

A freight train derailed near Yekaterinburg, Russia, with 20 railcars leaving the tracks and seven fuel tankers catching fire. Rail traffic was completely suspended in both directions.

Russian oil exports transportation costs rose with total costs from Novorossiysk going up 3 times to almost 900 000 USD per day. At the same time prices for Ural oil dropped 17,55-21,45 USD per barrel and export volumes by 17,5-20,3%.

The aftermath of today’s Storm Shadow cruise missile strike on the Energia plant in Yelets, Lipetsk Oblast, Russia. Energia is one of Russia’s largest manufacturers of specialized batteries. Its products are used in Iskander-M and Iskander-K missiles, Kinzhal missiles, etc.

Two Storm Shadow strikes on Russian military-industrial plants just two days apart. Such strikes have been relatively rare, and now we see two Storm Shadow strikes just two days apart: Oryol’s Proton-Electrotex electronics plant on October 23, and Yelets’ Energiya missile-battery plant on October 25

Perun-o-clock: The Russian Military Beyond 2026 - Pain Points, Potential & Lessons for NATO (with Michael Kofman) www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hc2W...

#UkraineWar: a summary of Ukrainian equipment losses added to the Oryx loss list over the past 2 weeks (as of 25/10/2026) Full list: www.oryxspioenkop.com/2022/02/atta...

Somehow, I managed not to mention the 4x destroyed Su-34s (they were added to the loss list)

#UkraineWar: a summary of Russian equipment losses added to the Oryx loss list over the past 2 weeks (as of 25/10/2026) Full list: oryxspioenkop.com/2022/02/atta...

Russian tankers have left the port of Primorsk, in the St. Petersburg region, carrying diesel bound for the United States. Three tankers have reportedly been announced for the deliveries.

A Ukrainian ground robot called Marskhid, or Mars Rover, was tested off-road while carrying a 200 kg (441 lb) load It uses Starlink satellite internet, an onboard computer called JARVIS, and removable batteries 🎥 ARMOLAB

The New York premier of this important film is November 14th. Please see it if you can. www.docnyc.net/film/traces/

A viral video highlights the sharp divide between Russian and Chinese cities.

🎙️ Tochnyi Weekly | Ukraine Strikes More Datacenters- October 25, 2026 Join us on the livestream for today's podcast ▶️ Erlend (@edrotning.tochnyi.info) ▶️ Joseph (@josephthomason.tochnyi.info) ▶️ Stanimir (@delfoo.bsky.social) ▶️ GAU (@deaidua.org ) 🗓️Sun 20:00 Berlin | 21:00 Kyiv | 15:00 New York

🎞️ | Moscow sky under attack: all airports closed Credit: @delfoo.bsky.social

I reported the attack on the Epitsentr store in Kharkiv last night. It's now been confirmed, but in a double, even triple-tap attack, two firefighters were injured in Osnova district. A 3rd firefighter was injured tackling the blaze and one member of the public is also hospitalised.

"In St Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast the shortage of diesel is worse than the shortage of gasoline!" News from today after Russia shipped 3 tankers with diesel to the US. Russia did not have a diesel surplus domestically to facilitate exports.

Reports indicate that a Ukrainian strike hit an Ozon logistics facility in Omsk region. It marks the sixth reported strike to cause significant damage to the Russian online marketplace’s facilities. For a closer look at the economic impact, see Stanimir Dobrev’s posts (@delfoo.bsky.social) ⬇️

New footage from the Ukrainian Storm Shadow strike on the Proton-Electrotex plant in Oryol, Russia. The video shows the missiles flying in and striking the facility, followed by footage of the aftermath.

Terrorist putin, ‘the great humanitarian’ strikes again…

1/2 Another long range strike by Ukraine's drones has been confirmed in Russia's Perm' region. The chemical and metalworks of "AVISMA" in Berezniki is thought to have been hit. The factory's metals are used for military planes and missiles. Explosions can be heard here:

Russia fired 153 strike drones overnight, That number includes small Banderol missiles, which for some reason Ukraine's MOD always includes. Air defence stopped 119 of them (min 78%) Incidentally for jet UAVs success rate was 70% (64 of 92) There were hits in 15 places.

Coming up news of the huge Ukraine overnight drone attack overnight which I said was developing in my last post y'day. But first Russian losses. Another 1800+ day. With a week to go October's already 6th highest month for Russian casualties. Also 3 air defence systems destroyed.

Hello again and thanks for joining me on Day 1705 of Russia's attempt to remove Ukraine from the map. Time for another daily thread, with all the fact-checked news of the war in one handy thread, updated throughout the day, every single day, without fail.

A Russian mobile air defense gunner drives past burning Russian military trucks on a logistics route following Ukrainian drone strikes. At this point, Russian mobile air defense crews filming themselves driving past their own burning military vehicles has become a genre of its own.

Ukrainians can now follow Russian drones on a free live map built from regional Telegram reports. Its makers warn that “an empty map does not mean you are safe.” euromaidanpress.com/2026/10/20/i...

Overview of Power Infrastructure Strikes for August 2026 At least 52 Power Infrastructure Objects were struck in August (all types of weapons). This does not include frontline areas.