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Russia strikes Cherkasy Oblast overnight on April 28, injuring 5: @KyivIndependent , regional governor Taburets.

Uman is a beautiful 200km south of Kyiv, far from the frontlines. It is smallish with 80K people. It has been safe throughout the war. But I guess Russia want to… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Uman is beautiful. It is often know for its park Sofyivka. It is one of world-famous garden park art creations. It was founded in in 1976 by Polish count Potocki, when he was rebuilding Uman after a peasant uprising. Uman was a part of the Russian empire then. 2/ ImageImage
But it is an important place for Hasidic Jews too. Every fall, thousands of Hasidic Jews from around the world transform a central neighborhood in Uman to celebrate Rosh Hashana, the Jewish new year.3/ Image
There are several good schools in Uman. We admit students from them every year. Many students come from a private school founded and supported by local farmers. 4/ ImageImage
We regularly visit the school to talk to pupils about education and possible career paths. 5/ ImageImageImage
If you remember our Christmas campaign for refugees and orphanages organized by our students, some of them were from Uman, from this private school. 6/
The driving force and finder behind the school is Andriy Dykun. We first met when I was in the office as the minister. My job was to pass the land market reform. He strongly opposed it and lobbied against it and against me. 7/ ImageImage
They had tractor protests and we fought on prime TV shows. By the time the reform was passed we hated each other. But since then we have become friends. 8/ ImageImage
Andriy and his team are patriots. The name of their wifi is Krym Nash, translated as Crimea is Ukraine (ours). Andriy also works to preorder and develop public schools. 9/ ImageImage
There is a beautiful hotel and private park next to Uman where my wife and I stayed many times. The woods makes us relaxed and playful.

I hate that Russians bomb out cities. 10/10 ImageImage

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Oct 2
Putin: Almost 100% of Luhansk is under our control, only 0.13% left.

Ukraine still holds about 19% of Donetsk, 24–25% of Zaporizhzhia and Kherson.

Russian troops keep the initiative. If we fight all NATO and advance, what does that say about NATO itself?

1/
Putin: We fight not only Ukraine but all NATO. They admit it. Western instructors join combat, not just training.

A special center in Europe guides the Ukrainian army, feeds intel from satellites, supplies weapons, and helps make and carry out decisions.

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Putin: Along the front our troops move forward. In Kharkiv region we control half of Volchansk, in Sumy we took Yunakovka.

South group entered Konstantinovka—key defense line with Slovyansk, Kramatorsk. Fighting also in Seversk and Krasnoarmeisk.

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Oct 1
Crazy. Killed a lot, wants more. The Telegraph: Putin orders largest autumn army call-up since 2016.

Putin launches military conscription of 135,000 men aged 18-30 for Oct-Dec after mounting losses along 1,000 km front line with Ukraine. 1/ Image
Combined with 160,000 spring conscripts, 2025 will see nearly 300,000 men called up, the biggest total annual conscription since 2016. 2/
UK Ministry of Defence reports over 1M Russian troops killed or injured throughout the war.

Trump envoy Kellogg said Ukraine could receive approval for deep strikes into Russia: "Use the ability to hit deep. There are no such things as sanctuaries." 3/
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Oct 1
Europe wakes up to drone defense.

Bloomberg: After Russian drone incursions, Ursula von der Leyen pledged an EU “drone wall.”

€6B from frozen Russian assets will fund a “drone alliance” with Ukraine, giving Europe access to its combat-tested tech.

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Germany’s Boris Pistorius says the drone wall won’t be ready for years.

EU states struggle to link national systems and avoid risks in crowded skies.

NATO recently used costly missiles to down Russian decoy drones — exposing the gap. 2/
Latvia’s president warns drones matter but air defense is still priority.

Europe depends on the US for long-range protection as Trump pushes self-reliance.

Rinkevics: “We needed this [drone] wall last year or two years ago.” 3/
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Oct 1
Putin: Our fighters and commanders go on the attack, and the entire country, all of Russia, is waging this righteous battle.

He said on Monday Russian forces are prevailing in a "righteous battle" in Ukraine, Reuters. 1/ Image
Russia controls nearly 114,500 square km (19%) of Ukraine, including Crimea and major eastern and southeastern territory, according to open-source battlefield maps. 2/
Trump reversed his earlier stance last week, saying Ukraine has a chance at regaining territory, with Washington considering Kyiv's request for Tomahawk cruise missiles for deep strikes into Russia. 3/
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Oct 1
Here’s how real sanctions on Russian oil work. Ukrainian drones have forced the shutdown of 38% of Russia’s refining capacity.

As of Sept 28, 38% of primary processing [338,000 tons per day] was offline, the largest outage since the war began — The Moscow Times. 1/ Image
Gasoline and diesel output collapsed: capacity dropped 6% in Aug and another 18% in Sept.

The downtime is historic, worse than May 2022 and May 2020, with drone strikes alone disabling 236,000 tons per day of refining. 2/
September saw four major plants go dark:

- Kinef in Leningrad
- Ryazan Rosneft
- Novokuibyshevsk
- Gazprom’s Astrakhan GPP

3/
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Sep 30
EU searches path to Ukraine’s accession

FT: EU prepares to bypass Hungary’s veto on Ukraine’s accession.

Brussels will start technical work on reforms and alignment, even without unanimous approval, keeping Ukraine and Moldova moving toward membership.

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Kyiv and Chișinău applied in 2022, began accession talks in 2023. Next step — opening negotiation “chapters” — was blocked by Hungary.

EU now plans to advance in “clusters,” aligning laws on energy, competition, and rule of law without formal votes. 2/
Deputy PM Taras Kachka: stopping talks would dismantle reforms. Even soldiers at the front ask why Brussels stalls.

Technical progress keeps momentum until unanimity returns.

In theory, a cluster could open and close in one day once Hungary lifts veto. 3/
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