2/ The leader of the so-called "DPR" Denis Pushilin showed a video allegedly made in the Ukrainian, already surrounded Pokrovsk . obozrevatel.com/ukr/location/u…
The collaborator and traitor spoke about the "difficult situation", despite which the Russian occupiers are allegedly "moving forward" , etc.
In turn, a journalist from the German publication Bild, a well-known military analyst Julian Röpke, geolocated Pushilin's video. x.com/JulianRoepcke/…
3/ It turned out that the leader of the "DPR" militants is actually in Ocheretino , which is 32 kilometers from Pokrovsk.
"Russia announces the almost complete occupation of Pokrovsk;
- Putin even invites journalists there.
As proof, Putin's appointed leader of the "DPR" makes a message supposedly "from Pokrovsk." But there is a small flaw:
- the video was shot 32 km east of the city ," the German notes.😇
4/ As the journalist was told in the comments, perhaps Pushilin was "simply afraid of what he might encounter in Pokrovsk" with the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Kyrylo Budanov.
5/ @JulianRoepcke also claims that the Ukrainian Defense Forces have cleared Rodynske (according to his information, the Russian invaders are actively bombing positions in the village, which were under their control as early as October 26).
6/ Where is this?
#Rodynske is the northern flank of the Pokrovsko-Myrnograd agglomeration and the main road to Myrnograd.
The loss of control over the village at least makes it more difficult for the Russian group to encircle Pokrovsko from the north
The DeepState project confirms the continued infiltration of Russian troops into the city from the southern side; the project also records the expansion of the gray zone . But this is only about sabotage and reconnaissance activities, not full-fledged control, let alone the encirclement of the city.
@JulianRoepcke 7/
"What preceded"
DeepState also confirms the success of the operation of the GUR special forces led by the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Kirill Budanov. war.obozrevatel.com/ukr/sili-oboro…
8/ "Higher military leadership arrived in the Pokrovsk area and took control of the situation. Now we see a decision to use various special forces to clear the enemy in the city , which has accumulated more than one hundred infantry. However, there are no decisions yet to block the enemy's infiltration in the south of the city," DeepState notes . t.me/DeepStateUA/22…
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🟡Situation in Pokrovsk
🏹 Enemy infiltration into the city continues through the Defense Forces' defensive lines in the south, along the previously mentioned sections in the Zvirove-Shevchenko-Novopavlivka area and along the railway from Kotlyne. The enemy is being detected or destroyed in various parts of Pokrovsk, which increases the "gray zone" of their sabotage and reconnaissance activities. In recent days, concentration has increased on the eastern outskirts of the city near the settlement of Rivne, and there is also detection on the northern outskirts, where the number of Russian infantry is growing.
🇷🇺 The enemy is beginning to settle in the city, establishing positions, including observation posts (OP), pilot positions, and so on. This is facilitated by the presence of a sufficient number of infantry, which often also moves from area to area during attempts to clear them out. We wrote about this earlier in our publication based on accounts from fighters holding the defense there.
🏚 Senior military leadership has arrived in the Pokrovsk area and taken control of the situation. Currently, we see decisions to deploy various specialized units to clear the enemy from the city, who has amassed several hundred infantry. However, there are no decisions yet regarding blocking the enemy's infiltration in the southern part of the city. The results of such decisions will become apparent over time; Ukrainian drone operators try daily and nightly to locate and destroy the enemy, and this work is "endless" for now.
9/ The Seventh Airborne Assault Corps also confirms the successful landing of the Defense Forces in Pokrovsk . war.obozrevatel.com/ukr/sili-oboro…
The Ukrainian side is increasing the number of assault groups in the city, "using various methods of moving personnel." In parallel, the military is working on measures to "block enemy logistics and further cut them off . "
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Pn November 1, the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Oleksandr Syrsky, confirmed the work of the GUR fighters of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine in Pokrovsk . war.obozrevatel.com/ukr/vitisnyaem…
According to him, our fighters in the Pokrovsk-Mirnograd agglomeration continue to restrain a multi-thousand-strong group of Russian invaders. For their part, the enemy does not stop attempts to infiltrate residential areas and tries to cut off the logistics of our military.
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1/ List of journalists killed since start of russia’s full-scale aggression (UPDATE)
As of October 23, 2025, since the beginning of the full-scale invasion by the russian federation of the territory of Ukraine, the occupiers had killed at least 135 media workers
2/ According to the verified data provided by the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine (NUJU) and the International Federation of Journalists, ifj.org/fileadmin/user…
among those killed were 21 media persons who were performing their professional duties;
- 10 media workers registered as civilian victims, and 104 media representatives mobilized for the defense of Ukraine to the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU).
“If russia had not unleashed this shameful war, all our colleagues, journalists, and media workers could continue to work successfully, create quality information content for their audience, write articles, make reports, and shoot TV stories and documentaries.
They could benefit people and contribute to Ukrainian and world culture,” says NUJU President Sergiy Tomilenko.
“But the aggressor state decided they should die leaving their families in severe grief, people uninformed, deceived by russian propaganda and intimidated.”
3/ "Citizen media workers killed while performing professional duties:
1. Ihor Hudenko, a Ukrainian photographer and video blogger, disappeared during shelling in Kharkiv on February 26, 2022. His body was found on February 27, 2022. According to the conclusion of the doctors, his death was not violent.
2. Yevhen Sakun, a Ukrainian photojournalist for the LIVE publication and a correspondent for EFE, was killed in a missile attack on the Kyiv TV tower on March 1, 2022.
3. Brent Anthony Renaud, an American journalist/former correspondent for The New York Times/reporter for Time/documentarian/ Peabody Award winner, was shot dead by russian soldiers at a checkpoint in Irpin on March 13, 2022.
4. Maksym Levin, a Ukrainian photojournalist a correspondent for LB.ua and other publications, went missing on March 13, 2022. He was found dead near the village of Huta-Mezhyhirska, Kyiv Region, on April 1, 2022. An investigation conducted by Reporters Without Borders showed that the journalist had been tortured and executed.
2/ A confidential survey commissioned by the Kremlin has found that a large majority of Russians are weary of the war and increasingly critical of their living conditions.
The findings, shared with regional officials ahead of the 2026 elections, reveal deep exhaustion across the country.
According to Vot Tak, which cited the study reported by Dialog.ua, more than 80 percent of respondents said they felt tired of what Moscow still calls its “special military operation.”
In the data presented by Alexander Kharichev, head of the Presidential Directorate for Monitoring and Analysis of Social Processes, 56 percent of Russians described themselves as “very tired,” and 27 percent as “somewhat tired.”
Compared with last year, those expressing deep fatigue rose by nine points, and partial fatigue by six
3/ "Economic strain deepens"
Sociologists involved in the study noted that public sentiment has worsened since late 2024. They attributed the shift to heavy battlefield losses, inflation, falling wages and new taxes.
“Russians generally assess the current situation extremely negatively,” the report stated.
Researchers said the number of citizens who believe their financial situation has deteriorated is now the highest since the invasion began.
In October 2025, for every person reporting a slight improvement, three said their situation had worsened.
2/ Russian military personnel have been reporting summary executions since the first year of their invasion of Ukraine. Back then, soldiers were shot on the spot verstka.media/vnesudebnie_ra…
for refusing to storm a fortress or for drinking in the trenches.
By 2025, executions and torture in the army had become more sophisticated, increasingly driven by personal feuds between soldiers and commanders and refusal to pay quitrent to their superiors.
(The names and call signs of some characters in the text have been changed for security reasons.)
"A boy from my platoon was simply beaten to death on the floor.
Because he was drinking vodka after a combat mission.
- So, we spent a month at the front without communication, without food, and almost all 200 of us (were killed)." ×or 300 (wounded) ×"We drank water from puddles, fucking, slept in water and shit.
And then we went out to rest, all grown men, well, drank a little, and they started scolding us like some kind of puppies.
- Well, the kid went nuts."
Then, as a soldier with the call sign "Kurgan" tells Verstka, commanders "Kemer" and "Dudka" began beating his comrade and smashed his head against a concrete slab.
Then they threw him into a pit. "He was already dying there, something was leaking from his head, foam was coming out of his mouth, he was convulsing. "Shark" then told them to shoot him," Kurgan says.
3/ "Akula" is 34-year-old Ilkhom Peter, a resident of the Orenburg region. He commands the assault troops of the 80th Tank Regiment of the 90th Tank Division of the Center Group.
"Kemer" is 34-year-old Dmitry Kemerov, who commands Assault Company "B."
"Dudka" is 42-year-old deputy company commander Mikhail Dudukov
(Dmitry "Kemer" Kemerov (left), Ilkhom "Akula" Peter (center), Mikhail "Dudka" Dudukov (right). Photo: open sources)
1/ ⚡️ 'Russian propagandist' — Bessent hits back as Kremlin envoy Dmitriev downplays US sanctions.
"The Russian economy is a wartime economy. Growth is virtually zero," U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told CBS News. kyivindependent.com/russian-propag…
(US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent addresses a press conference in Rosenbad after the trade talks between the US and China concluded, in Stockholm, Sweden, on July 29, 2025. (Magnus Lejhall /AFP via Getty Images)
2/ U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Oct. 26 called Kremlin envoy Kirill Dmitriev a "Russian propagandist" after the latter claimed U.S. sanctions would not impact Russia's economy.
The statement comes as the Trump kyivindependent.com/tag/donald-tru…
administration, for the first time, imposed fresh sanctions against Russia, targeting its leading oil companies.
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Why does Russia want Donbas? 6 things to know about the region Ukraine is being pressured to give up
Russian President Vladimir Putin is once again trying to seize through political backchanneling what he has failed to capture by force. kyivindependent.com/why-does-russi…
2/ According to the Financial Times (FT), ft.com/content/7960c6…
Putin once again is trying to entice U.S. President Donald Trump to pressure Ukraine into surrendering the eastern Donbas region — a territory Moscow kyivindependent.com/tag/moscow/
has fought to occupy for more than a decade
3/ The newspaper reported that during their last meeting,
Trump urged President Volodymyr Zelensky to give Putin the entire Donbas, an area comprising two Ukrainian regions — Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts — including areas still under Ukrainian control.kyivindependent.com/ukraine-had-a-…
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- I owe my Trump-supporting family and friends an apology.
- I’ve been critical of the Trump presidency and am still exhausted from the experience.
But to be fair, President Trump wasn’t that bad, other than when:
He incited an insurrection against the government
Mismanaged a pandemic that killed nearly half a million Americans
Separated children from their families, and lost those children in the bureaucracy
Tear-gassed peaceful protesters on Lafayette Square so he could hold a photo op holding a Bible in front of a church
Tried to block all Muslims from entering the country
Got impeached, got impeached again
Had the worst jobs record of any president in modern history
Pressured Ukraine to dig dirt on Joe Biden
Fired the FBI director for investigating his ties to Russia
Bragged about firing the FBI director on TV
Took Vladimir Putin’s word over the US intelligence community
Diverted military funding to build his wall
Caused the longest government shutdown in US history
Called Black Lives Matter a “symbol of hate"
Lied 30,000 times
Banned transgender people from serving in the military
Ejected reporters from the White House briefing room who asked tough questions
Vetoed the defense funding bill because it renamed military bases named for Confederate soldiers
Refused to release his tax returns
Increased the national debt by nearly $8 trillion
Had three of the highest annual trade deficits in U.S. history
Called veterans and soldiers who died in combat losers and suckers
Coddled the leader of Saudi Arabia after he ordered the execution and dismembering of a US-based journalist
Refused to concede the 2020 election
Hired his unqualified daughter and son-in-law to work in the White House
Walked out of an interview with Lesley Stahl
Called neo-Nazis “very fine people”
Suggested that people should inject bleach into their bodies to fight COVID
2/ Abandoned our allies the Kurds to Turkey
Pushed through massive tax cuts for the wealthiest but balked at helping working Americans
Incited anti-lockdown protestors in several states at the height of the pandemic
Withdrew the US from the Paris climate accords
Withdrew the US from the Iranian nuclear deal
Withdrew the US from the Trans Pacific Partnership which was designed to block China’s advances
Insulted his own Cabinet members on Twitter
Pushed the leader of Montenegro out of the way during a photo op
Failed to reiterate US commitment to defending NATO allies
Called Haiti and African nations “shithole” countries
Called the city of Baltimore the “worst in the nation"
Claimed that he single handedly brought back the phrase “Merry Christmas” even though it hadn’t gone anywhere
Forced his Cabinet members to praise him publicly like some cult leader
Believed he should be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
Berated and belittled his hand-picked Attorney General when he recused himself from the Russia probe
Suggested the US should buy Greenland
Colluded with Mitch McConnell to push through federal judges and two Supreme Court justices after supporting efforts to prevent his predecessor from appointing judges
Repeatedly called the media “enemies of the people"
Claimed that if we tested fewer people for COVID we’d have fewer cases
Violated the emoluments clause
Thought that Nambia was a country
3/ Told Bob Woodward in private that the coronavirus was a big deal but then downplayed it in public
Called his exceedingly faithful vice president a “p---y” for following the Constitution
Nearly got us into a war with Iran after threatening them by tweet
Nominated a corrupt head of the EPA
Nominated a corrupt head of HHS
Nominated a corrupt head of the Interior Department
Nominated a corrupt head of the USDA
Praised dictators and authoritarians around the world while criticizing allies
Refused to allow the presidential transition to begin
Insulted war hero John McCain – even after his death
Spent an obscene amount of time playing golf after criticizing Barack Obama for playing (far less) golf while president
Falsely claimed that he won the 2016 popular vote
Falsely claimed that he turned down being Time’s Man of the Year
Considered firing special counsel Robert Mueller on several occasions
Mocked wearing face masks to guard against transmitting COVID
Locked Congress out of its constitutional duty to confirm Cabinet officials by hiring acting ones
Used a racist dog whistle by calling COVID the “China virus"
Hired and associated with numerous shady figures that were eventually convicted of federal offenses including his campaign manager and national security adviser
Pardoned several of his shady associates
Gave the Presidential Medal of Freedom to two congressman who amplified his batshit crazy conspiracy theories
Got into telephone fight with the leader of Australia(!)
Had a Secretary of State who called him a moron
Forced his press secretary to claim without merit that his was the largest inauguration crowd in history
Botched the COVID vaccine rollout
Tweeted so much dangerous propaganda that Twitter eventually banned him
Charged the Secret Service jacked-up rates at his properties
Constantly interrupted Joe Biden in their first presidential debate
Claimed that COVID would “magically” disappear
Called a U.S. Senator “Pocahontas"
Used his Twitter account to blast Nordstrom when it stopped selling Ivanka’s merchandise
Opened up millions of pristine federal lands to development and drilling
Got into a losing tariff war with China that forced US taxpayers to bail out farmers
Claimed that his losing tariff war was a win for the US
Ignored or didn’t even take part in daily intelligence briefings
Blew off honoring American war dead in France because it was raining
Redesigned Air Force One to look like the Trump Shuttle
Got played by Kim Jung Un and his “love letters"
Threatened to go after social media companies in clear violation of the Constitution
Botched the response to Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico
Threw paper towels and toilet paper at Puerto Ricans when he finally visited them
Pressured the governor and secretary of state of Georgia to “find” him votes
Thought that the Virgin islands had a President
Drew on a map with a Sharpie to justify his inaccurate tweet that Alabama was threatened by a hurricane
Allowed White House staff to use personal email accounts for official businesses after blasting Hillary Clinton for doing the same thing
Rolled back regulations that protected the public from mercury and asbestos
Pushed regulators to waste time studying snake-oil remedies for COVID
Rolled back regulations that stopped coal companies from dumping waste into rivers
Held blatant campaign rallies at the White House
Tried to take away millions of Americans’ health insurance because the law was named for a Black man
Refused to attend his successors’ inauguration
Nominated the worst Education Secretary in history
Threatened judges who didn’t do what he wanted
Attacked Dr. Anthony Fauci
Promised that Mexico would pay for the wall (it didn’t)
Allowed political hacks to overrule government scientists on major reports on climate change and other issues