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🇺🇦‼️ Ukrainian long-range drones struck once again the Bashneft refinery near Ufa in Bashkortostan, currently Russia. The refinery, which is around 1,400 km (900 miles) from the Ukrainian border has been hit multiple times. 2/4
According to President Zelensky, a target has been struck for the first time using the Ukrainian-made “Ruta” missile-drone — it hit a Russian naval tower in the Black Sea from a distance of 250 kilometers.

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Germany has reportedly delivered over 1,000 Mercedes-Benz military trucks to Ukraine under a confidential logistics agreement, marking one of Berlin’s largest covert aid efforts. 2/3
The vehicles will greatly enhance Kyiv’s mobility, troop transport, and ammunition delivery capacity across multiple fronts. This transfer strengthens Ukraine’s logistical endurance amid prolonged combat and signals Germany’s growing commitment to sustain allied support.

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Ukrainian "wall of drones" in Pokrovsk direction reduces Russian platoons to lone survivors, who then post desperate videos on social media, begging others not to join the army. 2/4
Ukrainian swarms of unmanned aircraft hunt down Russian troops both in the open and inside shelters. Twenty Russian soldiers die for every single meter of territory gained, shattering Russian morale.

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Over 70% of Czech military exports—mainly large-caliber artillery ammunition—are now being exported to Ukraine, according to Jiří Hynek, President and Executive Director of the Defense and Security Industry Association of the Czech Republic.

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He made the statement during a defense conference in Brno, held on 24 September.

(Former PM Andrej Babiš wants to cancel Prague’s ammunition initiative, but critics warn that would harm both Prague and Kyiv.)
politico.eu/article/czech-…

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Ukrainian forces have created their largest encirclement of Russian troops yet in the Pokrovsk direction, trapping enemy soldiers in three separate pockets with no escape routes. 2/5
The operation relied heavily on drone swarms that hunted down Russian reinforcements and supply convoys before they could reach the frontlines.

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Slowly but surely, information is emerging about the AFU attack on a key target in the Balaklava district of occupied Crimea (UK).


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The most interesting area is Gorbachev's old dacha (Government Dacha No. 11), about 2.5 km west of Foros.
dzen.ru/a/ZynoR4wADCLX…

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Update from Ukraine | Awesome news! Ukraine Ambushed Russian Best Drone Unit "Rubicon" 2/4
Part of a secretive, larger organization called Rubicon, the unit worked methodically, hammering the lines that supplied Ukrainian positions in the village of Sudzha

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🇷🇺 Yuri Evich, a veteran of the separatist movement in Donbas and participant in the so-called “SVO,” well-known among Russian Z-patriots, said on ROY TV: 2/5
“For example, in Madiar’s 414th Brigade of drone operators there are 5 battalions and 13 separate companies, as well as the K-2 regiment, and many other independent battalions and companies operating unmanned systems.”

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Breaking: Russian soldiers en masse hand over their weapons to Ukrainians and surrender in Dobropillia

In the Dobropillia direction, Ukrainian units are conducting one of the most successful operations of recent months.
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Here Russian Army has found itself in operational encirclement, and its losses significantly exceed those of Ukraine.
As the head of the Assault Units Directorate Valentin Manko reported on Telegram

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💥 Ukrainian Agents Strike Russian Base Near Vladivostok

Reports confirm that Ukrainian agents operating deep inside Russia have carried out a daring attack on a Russian military base near Vladivostok, the eastern-most part of the country. 2/6
The strike triggered large explosions at the base, which houses the 155th Separate Marine Brigade — a notorious unit implicated in some of the most severe war crimes committed against civilians in Ukraine.

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Russian radars in Crimea have begun to be covered with domes

Ukraine announced that it had destroyed the Nebo-SVU, Podlet K-1 and 96L6E radars from the S-400 air defense system, 2/7
as well as some dome (spherical) structures on Mount Ai-Petri, where the air defense base of the 3rd Radiotechnical Regiment (military unit 85683) of the Russian Armed Forces and the BK-16 transport and landing craft of Project 02510 are located.

🇷🇺 Dmitry Medvedev, once again plagued by his traditional post-hangover hallucinations, stated: 🇬🇧🇺🇦 “The United Kingdom has transferred $1.3 billion to Ukraine, money obtained from the proceeds of Russia’s frozen assets. This was announced by the ‘English idiot’ Lemm (referring to the UK’s Foreign Secretary).

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Putin will capture the Dnieper and have a way to Kharkiv if we leave Donbas tomorrow, which will NOT happen, - Zelensky. 2/5
▪️The occupation of Crimea in 2014 was a strategic move by Russia to use it as a springboard to encircle southern Ukraine;
▪️The capture of part of Donbas provided a base for a further offensive;

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Gerasimov Admits: Russia Will Not Stop Its War Against Ukraine

Russian Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov has once again confirmed what Ukraine and its allies have long understood: Russia will not end this war voluntarily. 2/9
August 30, Gerasimov declared that combat operations in Ukraine will “continue until the army achieves its set goals.” He boasted that Russian forces are conducting a continuous offensive along almost the entire front line and claimed Russia holds the “strategic initiative.”

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Several Russian regions are facing fuel shortages at gas stations. Local authorities give different reasons for the shortage: from the summer holiday season to road repairs or repairs to oil refineries (refineries).
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Experts do not rule out new interruptions in the supply of gasoline and rising prices in the regions. The situation may return to normal by the end of September, when the refineries will complete their unscheduled repairs.
ng.ru/economics/2025…

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Top Kremlin propagandist Vladimir Solovyov has again threatened Azerbaijan, this time claiming that a new ‘special military operation’ may be necessary to prevent a NATO base from being created on the Caspian Sea.
oc-media.org/kremlin-propag… 2/11
Russia has been using the term special military operation to describe its bloody, now almost four-year-long full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

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What exactly is Donald Trump doing?

Since taking office, he has reduced his administration’s effectiveness by appointing to essential agencies people who lack the skills and temperaments to do their jobs.
fakti.bg/en/mnenia/9531… 2/9
His mass firings have emptied the civil service of many of its most capable employees. He has defied laws that he could just as easily have followed (for instance, refusing to notify Congress 30 days before firing inspectors general).

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The Russian railways have been in the worst crisis for twenty years, writes Novaya Gazeta Europe. Freight volumes were not so low because of the devastating effects of Western sanctions and the highly reduced transport of agricultural goods and building materials. 2/5
There is also a serious shortage of staff and locomotives. "These problems only seem to get worse," said author Denis Morokhin, who points out that a disturbed train traffic is usually a harbinger of industrial delay.
novayagazeta-eu.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/novayagaze…

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Ukraine’s defense intelligence has seized a massive trove of Russian nuclear submarine secrets. 2/6
Ukraine's HUR intelligence agency says it obtained documents on the Knyaz Pozharsky—Russia’s newest Borei-A class sub—revealing its design, full crew lists, combat manuals, and even vulnerabilities.

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A prelude to war, 2021

Kirill Budanov, the head of Ukrainian military intelligence, outlined three possible scenarios. 2/10
Option one: the Russian army is simply demonstrating its strength.

The second is that Russia will invade the southern regions of Ukraine to unblock water supplies to Crimea.

Third, Russian forces will provoke the Ukrainian military in Donbas.
crisisgroup.org/content/confli…

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⚠️ Russia Preparing Largest Military Buildup Since Soviet Collapse — Ukraine’s Intelligence Chief Warns

According to Kyrylo Budanov, head of Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence, the Kremlin is undertaking its largest military buildup since 1991. 2/4
🇷🇺 Russia is now mobilizing its entire political system, economy, and society for the possibility of a large-scale war. A staggering $1.1 trillion USD has been allocated for military rearmament through 2036.
kyivpost.com/post/56774