I interpreted the Trump-Xi meeting as both being quite polite, Xi’s speech was polished and cautious. Trump kept himself in check.
Unfortunately, it turned out to be a somewhat good deal for both, and no one lost face, so the war in Ukraine is unlikely to end anytime soon.
What didn’t come up even though the tariffs decreased a few percent?
China’s dollar-killer with trade outside the dollar, Taiwan, Venezuela, nuclear tests, and Ukraine.
Everyone can interpret this as they wish – I interpret that they avoided the difficult questions.
If there hadn’t been a full-blown war in Ukraine, it might have been hailed as a big step towards continued peace, but now we don’t have peace for the children in Ukraine.
Unfortunately, voices advocating for a ceasefire in Ukraine are starting to be heard now; it won’t be long before those who want to provoke Russia and China will be branded as warmongers and sinophobes (they’re really struggling to make that stick, nobody really cares 🤣🤣).
The proposal on the table now is simplified to a ceasefire with frozen fronts, and then we start talking.
My suggestion for what will follow a ceasefire is this –
In Ukraine, the air is coming out of the country because it was the war that held together all those pulling in different directions. Russia has meticulously prepared for this and will invest everything in creating as much chaos as possible.
When Russia feels it can benefit from it, they will attack again – how soon or how long it will be, not even Russia knows right now.
Europe will take the ceasefire as an opportunity to claim peace in our time and stop preparing for war.
Since a financial crash/recession is around the corner, Europe will be preoccupied with that in the future.
So far, it’s Putin who has flatly refused a ceasefire, and I have been doubtful whether Ukraine wanted it or just played along with Trump.
As things stand at the fronts, it looks like Ukraine would benefit from a ceasefire.
If anyone believes that this peace plan will lead to peace in our time, raise your hand, and then leave the room.
I believe that if that happens, we will discover that it became our 1938 moment, unfortunately. The stronger Russia and China become, the more inclined Europe will be to sacrifice the weak peripheral countries that Russia and China want to devour first.
Everywhere, it’s a safe bet that they will once again be subordinated to the Empire, I feel a bit sorry for Azerbaijan, which has just chosen a side.
Taiwan will probably be sacrificed for peace in our time, provided that China PROMISES on its honor and conscience that it will be a peaceful absorption of the country – Europe will be absolutely firm that it happens peacefully.
Our leaders chant “peace in our time” and generously sacrifice other countries on the Chinese and Russian altar, just like Dutchbat 3.
Russia will invest all the subversive activities they can in the Baltics, up to small green men with dissatisfied rebel movements, and any attempt by Europe to protest will lead to loud protests from China that Europe wants to plunge the world into war.
I think all players can see that Europe is in a stranglehold because China has key components and raw materials we need for our production that they can cut off – and in that case, completely wipe out sectors.
And then, because our leaders don’t speak with one voice, they have secretly sent their lackeys to China with promises of eternal loyalty, so the EU is de facto divided even beyond Orban and Fico.
The best outcome I could imagine is that we enter a new Cold War and that the two sides arm themselves like madmen with some proxy wars.
Could the UA war have been so intense that the world situation was downgraded to a Cold War?
Then let the Vikings in Scandinavia take in the Balts, Poland, and Ukraine, and we’ll form a tough defense alliance and cooperate on all the issues we can agree on.
The UK has steadily lost relevance since Russia orchestrated Brexit, where they managed to trigger the migration crisis the year before to strengthen the no side.
Today, Starmer is spinning himself into such a mess of what I barely know what, so he’s well on his way out – thought crimes are taken more seriously than serious crimes where the clearance rate is about the same as ours, 6% for grand theft.
Labor is fed up with him, and there is a breakaway group with Jeremy Corbyn, who is far-left and pro-Russian.
Macron continues to have problems with his wife, and in Germany, they are beginning to understand the consequences of shutting down all their planned electricity production.
Spain has approached China, but not before they demolished many dams along all their rivers to save the climate, so now larger cities are flooding regularly.
I believe a small Viking alliance would go a long way, and we actually have a consensus on quite a few issues – we might as well start forming a homogeneous group in the EU that agrees on how to vote on different issues, for example?
We’ll take responsibility for the Baltics – send troops in Viking helmets.
I don’t get the impression that Pokrovsk is going as well as UA is trying to suggest; Gregg also sounded strange the other day.
If GUR special forces are sent into Pokrovsk, it’s to try to keep a retreat route open for the units located in Myrnohrad and southeast of there.
Those units are supposed to sneak around and cut the throats of brigade staff, not fight in a drone-saturated town where the survival rate is about the same as for Swedish mechanized infantry under attack.
My best guess is that UA is in the process of retreating from the Pokrovsk area and will then go on the defensive north of the town.
In Kupiansk, we know that UA is in the process of retreating from the area east of the town of Kupiansk because RU has made too much progress there. The red circle is the last bridge over the Oskil River that UA has access to.
Lyman is also not going well – RU is advancing and approaching the town.
Someone screams that the maps are lying, but Project Owl is supposed to be legitimate and has been considered to lean a bit too much towards being pro-Ukraine.
Right now, UA is keeping quiet so that they can manage to withdraw all units, most likely, and then we can forget about it and move on.
600 FAB were dropped over the Pokrovsk area in a week, 600…
I grew up with a view of Europe as strong, and when we formed the EU – a global player to be reckoned with.
We were even a humanitarian superpower with all that it entailed.
1939 and 1940 were supposed to be a parenthesis – next time, we’ll bulldoze away the Russian bastards (yes, back then it was the Germans, now it’s the Russians) even before they get organized.
In and of itself, one should have understood where it was heading already during the Yugoslav Wars, where our biggest effort was to gather 11,000 civilians and hand them over to the Serbs in Srebrenica for some festive murder and torture.
If I had been the Dutch battalion commander, I would have ordered everyone to fight to the last bullet, but they didn’t, even though that was the order they received – they chose life for themselves at the expense of 11,000 raped, tortured, and murdered women, children, elderly, and men. How the soldiers could live with themselves after that, I do not know.
This is how Wikipedia summarizes it, anyway:
“… Karremans failed to follow the orders of General Gobilliard who requested him in writing to defend the enclave.”[2] “Karremans requested NATO air support to defend the enclave, … but they were first denied, then delayed, and later granted by UN General” Bernard Janvier[3] “However, the NATO air support arrived was too little and too late to stop the Serbian advance.”
And then Karremans stood and toasted with the war criminal Mladic, admittedly under duress, but I would rather have fallen on my sword than done that. If there had been a photo, it would have been a battered and bloody Johan No.1 raising the glass and asking for a refill.
Upon returning to the Netherlands, Karremans was promoted.
It all ended with the USA having to bomb Serbia because the EU and Europe simply couldn’t handle the problem.
And now the veterans from this not so pretty mission are trying to sue the government for compensation for mental suffering or whatever it may be.
11,000 was a rough estimate, and it seems to be significantly underestimated because there were 40,000 in the area when it was surrounded, 15,000 tried to flee where “many were captured,” and the Dutch saw the remaining 25,000 being loaded onto buses.
When the courts began discussing the issue, eventually, 3 Muslims could directly be linked to having died due to the actions of Dutchbat 3 – perhaps “overpaid idiots” is an understatement here?
This one was good from a survivor:
https://www.politico.eu/article/ten-years-after-the-dutch-must-face-the-truth-over-srebrenica
This one is also interesting – a peacekeeping force that failed to understand that it was full-on war and that they might have to enforce peace.
“In 1995, Mr. Peperkamp was one of 55 Dutch troops taken hostage at gunpoint and held for three days by the Serbs. “I was very frightened,” he recalled. “I had just turned 18, and it was my first time out of the Netherlands. One minute we were there with our UN badges, thinking we were untouchable – the next I had guns pushed in my back and was being told I would be killed if there were air strikes or any other resistance.”
Russia probably drew useful experiences from this, one can guess.
The EU entertains itself by over-regulating everything, and what was supposed to be the EU’s great global trade takeover – the green renewable technology is going to hell. Northvolt died, Stegra is next in line, and Europe’s car manufacturers have given up the fight for electric cars.
Wind power companies are probably all more or less insolvent since they deliver electricity when the price is low and have nothing to sell when the price is high.
In the USA, private financing acts as a filter, and China actually has a pretty neat state-controlled fierce competition that works, while in Europe, politicians open their wallets wide open as soon as the word “environmentally friendly” is mentioned in an application.
Entrepreneurs try to make money, and if they can do it through various environmentally friendly projects that don’t necessarily yield other profits than channeling taxpayer money, they do it.
If you ask me, I believe that Europe is so infiltrated by Russia and China that it will not be possible to navigate forward in a sensible way in the next five years or so, not necessarily in relation to the above broadside but more generally.
One gets tired, in any case – Ukraine has presented the solution on a silver platter and offered to foot the entire bill, but we hesitated for almost 4 years.
A win for the USA, Russia, and China would be if the EU started to split up even further, by the way.
As I said, the most crucial months of the war, only that it didn’t go at all as I thought in August when the USA loosened the reins, or Ukraine chose to take off the bridle, whatever it was😀
That made me a bit positive, but the question is still highly relevant what the USA and Trump’s game plan is – they blow both hot and cold, while stroking Russia the right way, they are ready to steamroll over Venezuela where China and Russia are preparing to defend – messy to say the least, but nice that 3 out of 40,000 from Srebrenica have received justice, about 30 years after the massacre 👍
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War in Ukraine – Russian losses:
SLAVA UKRAINI
I agree with Johan regarding a Nordic defense alliance with Ukraine. He mentions the scandal with the Dutch who panicked and hid. Ukraine or Finland should be the convener and leader of the alliance. Not Sweden – because then Norway won’t join.
Erlander wanted a Scandinavian alliance after the war. Unfortunately, Finland could not participate, but Hans Hedtoft (DK) thought the idea was good. Actually, even Einar Gerhardsen (NO) who had great confidence in Erlander. But Foreign Minister Lange (NO) was skeptical of anything Swedish and said, “We shouldn’t run every time the Swedes wave.” (Erlander’s memoirs 1940-49 page 378). Now it’s different times with Finland, the Baltic states, and Ukraine. I think the idea is good.
Addition: Forgot Poland. Poland should be included, of course.
Agree with that as well. Would be good to include both Ukraine and Poland.
88 aviation strikes (66 missiles)
168 KAB
A slight pressure in general with decreasing but a very strong pressure in Pokrovsk with neighboring fronts. Of 132 combat actions, 124 were distributed as follows.
N Slobozhansky-Kursk 2↘️
S Slobozhansky 2↘️
Kupyansk 13💥
Lyman 9💥↘️
Slovyansk 10💥↗️
Kramatorsk 1
Kostjantynivka 15💥↘️
Pokrovsk 48💥💥💥↘️
Oleksandrivski 17💥↘️
Huliaypillia 2
Orikhivsk 2↘️
Prydniprovskij/Dnipro 3
🇷🇺AFRF conducted air strikes on areas with densely populated settlements: Velykyi Burluk, Pidsertne in the Kharkiv region; Kostyantynivka, Mykolaivka in the Donetsk region; Zaliznychne, Novouspenivske, Orikhiv in the Zaporizhzhia region; Kozatske in the Kherson region.
Over the past day, the air force, missile forces, and artillery within the 🇺🇦Armed Forces have struck seven areas where 🇷🇺AFRF personnel, weapons, and military equipment were concentrated.
Over the past day, two clashes occurred in the northern Slobozhansky and Kursk. 🇷🇺AFRF carried out 10 air strikes, dropped 22 guided bombs, and conducted 200 shelling, including 11 with rocket systems for massive fire.
In the southern Slobozhansky direction, 🇷🇺AFRF stormed 🇺🇦AFU units’ positions twice near Fyholivka and towards Kolodyazne.
In the direction of Kupyansk, 13 attacks by 🇷🇺AFRF took place yesterday. 🇺🇦AFU defenders repelled the enemy’s storm actions in the areas of Kupyansk, Stepova Novoselivka, and towards Pischanoye and Petropavlivka.
In the Lyman direction, 🇷🇺AFRF attacked nine times and attempted to break through 🇺🇦AFU defense near Shandryholove, Novovodyane, Zarichne, and towards the village of Koroviy Yar.
In the Slovyansk direction, 🇺🇦AFU stopped ten attacks by 🇷🇺AFRF in the areas of Yampol, Serebryanka, Vyimka, Pereizne, and towards Zvanivka.
In the direction of Kramatorsk, 🇷🇺AFRF carried out an attack towards Stupochky.
In the direction of Kostyantynivka, 🇷🇺AFRF conducted 15 attacks in the areas of Scherbynivka, Petrivka, Yablunivka, and Rusyne Yar.
In the direction of Pokrovsk, 🇺🇦AFU stopped 48 attacks from the attacker in the areas around the populated areas of Shakhov, Nikanorivka, Novotoretske, Rodynske, Novoekonomichne, Chunyshyn, Pokrovsk, Zvirove, Kotlyne, Udachne, Molodetske, Novomykolaivka, and Filiya.
In the direction of Oleksandrivskij, 🇷🇺AFRF conducted 17 attacks in the areas around the settlements of Zelenij Gaj, Verbove, Stepove, Novogrigorivka, and Novovasylivske over the past day.
In the direction of Huliaipole, two clashes have been registered in the area around the settlement of Uspenivka.
In the direction of Orikhiv, two clashes took place – 🇷🇺AFRF attempted to advance in the area around Lobkove.
In the direction of Prydniprovskij, units from 🇺🇦AFU repelled three attacks by 🇷🇺AFRF.
In the Volynskij and Poliskij directions, no signs of 🇷🇺AFRF forming attack groups have been detected.
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My voulanteer anonymous friend in Ukraine, often at the frontside, wrote me yesterday
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30.10.2025 update.
The ryzzia propagandists and troll factories are spewing out all sorts of disinformation about Pokrovsk right now.
One claim worse than the other. Let me guide you a little through these videos.
We have a 15 km kill zone from #Pokrovsk into the ryzzia occupied side and the ryzzniaks have a corresponding kill zone 15 km into our area.
This means that neither we nor the ryzzian can bring in any heavy weapons and soldiers from both sides have to get into the community in groups of 2 and 2.
Video four shows how big a distance these two men must have between them and how important it is that we know which basements the ryzzniak are pressing into.
We have such information on the e-maps that are constantly updated and our men can take the right path to their positions and out of them.
The short videos show how to approach the city via certain paths, at regular intervals there are ready-dug dugouts that are visible in the film.
On the long video 0:04-0:20 we hear an FPV drone circling, the problem is that you don’t know if it’s your own or the enemy’s.
They buzz above the houses like swarms of mosquitoes.
From 5;24 into the long video you see a grave and another one that has been completed.
These are the civilians who remain in the city, you have to bury your loved ones as close to the door as possible so as not to expose yourself to an FPV drone.
For the leader of this group it took a day in and a day out, he was visiting the positions he is in command of.
Look at the time stamp and note that no street fighting is heard or seen, no encirclement can be observed.
In addition, I came up with an update this morning where Commander Tabak confirms that the situation in Pokrovsk/Myrnohrad is exactly the same as when we left the unit.
The video is long but when you study it carefully you will see that what I wrote about the front has evidence in the video material.
I also have videos of our robots coming in with supplies, but these videos can reveal the positions being used, so I’m not publishing them.
You just have to take my word for it that it works.
Take your time and study the videos, watch them thoughtfully and understand what our soldiers have to endure in this inferno, they are the real heroes.
Finally, before anyone gets mad at me for publishing these videos.
They are published with the permission of the commander, they have also been reviewed by the platoon commanders so as not to accidentally reveal a single one of our positions.
Finally, I would like to emphasize that it is next to impossible to draw a real war map of Pokrovsk/Myrnohrad because no one controls uniform areas.
What is temporarily controlled is a basement here and there until it is revealed and eliminated.
The only ones who know the situation are the guys on the ground.
The type of warfare that is now taking place in Pokrovsk has never been experienced before.
#SlavaUkraine
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Video 🎥 och källa:
https://x.com/anno1540/status/1984145256783208544?s=46
Thank you for this x-post. It confirms the image of a mosaic of smaller positions in places like the basement in Pokrovsk. A gray area.
👍
Thank you. That was interesting!
“Unfortunately, voices advocating for a ceasefire in Ukraine are starting to be heard now, it won’t be long before those who want to go against Russia and China will be branded as warmongers and sinophobes.”
Yes, and #fckptn fuels this in their own dictatorial hybrid war propaganda way! It’s like having a 12-liter bucket of fairly good soup, but then he just adds a little spice and ruins the whole soup!
I must say we often become quite defenseless when we know who is messing with us but say “unfortunately, we have no evidence” and then we just accept it 🙁
The end becomes a damn mess of everything!
You’re starting to get bitter too 😀
“I’m not bitter” like Robert Gustavsson on stage 🤭
No feat medal then?
Johan No.1, I liked today’s post, it gets 👍👍👍!
It was fun for a change 👍👍👍👍
💥🔥👍✊
Ukraine knocked out a transformer station last night!
“💡At night, AFU hit the 750 kV Vladimirskaya substation. The impact clearly hit the transformers. This substation was modernized in 2022, – CyberBoroshno”
https://bsky.app/profile/maks23.bsky.social/post/3m4i5bdku5c2t
“Video analysis by CyberBoroshno confirms overnight (missile, not drone) strikes involved the Oryol TPP. This key cogeneration plant supplies up to 40% of the region’s electricity and 65% of Oryol’s central heating. Any disruption affects both power and heat in the city.”
https://bsky.app/profile/noelreports.com/post/3m4i5anwppc2p
En rysk drönarattack mot Sumy skadade 11 personer, inklusive 4 barn, under natten till den 31 oktober. En nio våningar hög byggnad fattade eld, och 12 invånare räddades. De värsta förstörelserna drabbade en infrastruktursida, enligt tjänstemän. 📹 Sumy Oblast DSNS”
“A Ukrainian heavy drone bomber dropped 82mm mortar rounds at night, eliminating four Russian infantry in one hit.”
https://bsky.app/profile/noelreports.com/post/3m4i4cz4qp22z
“❗️🇺🇦Ukrainian military from the “Tivaz Division” discovered and destroyed the positions of the 🇷🇺D-20 howitzer gun and the 🇷🇺Giatsint-B towed howitzer”
https://bsky.app/profile/militarynewsua.bsky.social/post/3m4i3frupgk2h
💥🔥✊👍
Ukraine apparently also hit an oil refinery!
“Last night, drones targeted several facilities in Russia, including the Yaroslavl oil refinery, Vladimir power substation, and Oryol thermal power plant. The clip shows a strike on the facility in Oryol. 📹 Supernova+”
https://bsky.app/profile/euromaidanpress.bsky.social/post/3m4i36xqzwz2s
“❗️It is also reported that the Russian Yaroslavnefteorgsintez Oil refinery in the city of 🇷🇺Yaroslavl was attacked at night”
https://bsky.app/profile/militarynewsua.bsky.social/post/3m4hx6lc2js2d
“❗️FIRMS data shows fire at Russian oil depot in 🇷🇺Yaroslavl after overnight attack by 🇺🇦Ukrainian drones”
https://bsky.app/profile/militarynewsua.bsky.social/post/3m4i44hdt7s2h
Thinking about No.1’s description of the long game yesterday with a special focus on China. At those levels, it’s difficult for ordinary mortals to follow the events, but it’s obvious that Europe continues to play the fool. How long have we actually been saying that Europe is regulating itself to death? And what have we done about it?
If I understand correctly, it’s the EU that is now hindering the sale of JAS to Ukraine, as we have come up with the rule that the proportion of imported technology in the aircraft must not exceed 30% or something. Who is talking about that own goal, everyone blames Trump but we don’t even know his stance.
There is a severe lack of information. Just like with overfishing in the Baltic Sea, where it turns out that some of the worst marauders are our own trawlers from the west coast. Who is writing articles about that? My concern is that we are wandering completely off track with blindfolds on.
We seem to have completely lost the goal with a lot of things and now in the Ukraine war, it was no longer possible to hide.
A clear goal.
Russia has a clear goal and so does China.
Yeah, what the hell is that nonsense?
“there must not be more than 35% non-EU technology in the aircraft” – if I were Kristersson, I would have told the EU to go to hell.
Below, MXT writes that Russian petroleum products account for 99% of Russian revenues – the EU still buys a lot.
Jealousy maybe.
The EU Parliament seems to continue as if there is no war nearby, restrictions on defense materials should be removed immediately, as we are now dealing with a crazy neighbor and a half-crazy ally.
Otherwise, the EU is also busy with regulations in the name of climate change, making it harder for us to compete with those who do not share the same enthusiasm for the environment.
It is clear that the environment is important, but since we do not have the power to force others to follow our regulations, those of us who are top of the class will also become the poorest in the class. Later, when the shit hits the fan, and climate change makes more and more of the globe around the poles uninhabitable, we will be the ones dealing with it again, as climate refugees head north. We should at least ensure that we are self-sufficient in as much as possible, that should be the top priority. Priority two, to do it in an ecological way.
🇺🇦❗️Malyuk: “It is worth emphasizing that in fulfilling the tasks of the President of Ukraine, we are relying on legitimate goals – oil production and oil refining. This is 90% of the budget of the Russian MoD, that is, these are dirty oil rubles at the expense of which the enemy kills us.””
https://bsky.app/profile/maks23.bsky.social/post/3m4igfhqlcc2j
“❗️More video of the fire at the 750 kV substation “Vladimirskaya” in the 🇷🇺Vladimir region after a night drone attack”
https://bsky.app/profile/militarynewsua.bsky.social/post/3m4ig3pjt722h
This will probably take some time, transformers in that voltage class are not found in the nearest electrical store. They may have some in stock, but hardly many, and the delivery times can be at least half a year.
Off-Topic, Israel
I didn’t think something like this would come from the USA, even though the report was classified. So maybe it was never meant to be released.
“Israel has committed several hundred human rights violations in the Gaza War. This is one of the conclusions in a classified report from the US State Department, as reported by the Washington Post.
The report expresses doubts about whether Israel will be held accountable for the crimes. Partly because of the number of cases involved, and partly because the Israeli military is the only investigating authority.
Despite the suspicions, the USA has continued to export weapons and support Israel without interruption. Normally, it is enough for a US official to raise the alarm about suspected human rights violations for the State Department to pause weapon deliveries. When it comes to Israel, the process is much more extensive.
“To date, the USA has not withheld any support from Israel despite overwhelming evidence,” said former official John Paul to the newspaper.”
https://omni.se/amerikansk-rapport-pekar-ut-israel-for-hundratals-brott/a/EydGBA
Watched half of Exodus yesterday and will watch the rest today.
I think a Palestinian state should come out of this, about time.
There are many theories about the influence of Jews in the USA, many conspiracy theories of course, but looking at how the USA treats Israel differently and wears giant blinders when it comes to Israel’s violations, there is probably something to it.
Trump has certainly complained a bit about Netanyahu at times, but a phone call, and he’s back in line again.
Are they sour about the Gripen to Ukraine?
By the way, why do we still have an embassy in Moscow, what good can it really do?
Doesn’t it just pose a risk to the staff if the war escalates?
“The Swedish embassy in Moscow has been subjected to a paint attack, reports SVT News. It was during the night to October 24 that the incident occurred and the embassy suspects that a drone has been involved.
The paint was discovered in the morning and no one was injured.
“In the middle of the paint stain lies a plastic bag and shards of hard plastic, likely a bottle or can. I consider it unlikely that someone would have managed to throw or sling the container so far into the area (about 50 meters),” the embassy writes in a report to the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs.
The Ministry for Foreign Affairs writes to the channel that the embassy in Moscow is in contact with Russian authorities.”
https://omni.se/fargattack-mot-svenska-ambassaden-i-moskva/a/xm1nOl
“❗️Since the beginning of this year, Ukraine has destroyed 48% of Russian Pantsir SAM complexes, which are considered very effective against Ukrainian long-range drones. They produce 30 complexes per year, but the number of destroyed complexes exceeds the number of manufactured complexes. -SBU Head Malyuk”
https://bsky.app/profile/militarynewsua.bsky.social/post/3m4ijodxb4c2h
Oops 😶
“❗️Putin wants to come to Pokrovsk. Go ahead. Everyone will applaud, because we know how it will end, says Zelensky.”
https://bsky.app/profile/militarynewsua.bsky.social/post/3m4igw4zqb22h
We’ll just have to wait and see, I’m trying to analyze what’s happening on the ground and draw my own conclusions about it.
Right now, there’s a discussion that the maps are grossly misleading, but Project Owl has been considered a bit too pro-UA in the past, and Deepstate has been seen as having full integrity in previous discussions.
Deepstate officially collaborates with UA and holds back for three days as agreed.
Then there are a plethora of OSINTers who have been credible over time and they get their information directly from the front lines.
The OSINTers are pretty much in agreement that things are not going well, UA officially tries to disprove it, and the question is whether an entire OSINT community has become pro-Russian or if UA wants to withhold critical information for RU until they have resolved the situation.
I believe there is value in trying to report as honestly as possible because then everyone has the best possible basis for making decisions.
Sirsky recently came out and urged all frontline leaders not to conceal information, so that has been a problem for them.
And in the end, the EU won’t make any decisions anyway 😀
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I was wrong about Kupiansk, there are two crossings over the Oskil River still remaining, a bit careless of me, but the attacking vector that has gone westward is aimed directly at these two.
RU constantly shoots down the temporary constructions over the river so UA cannot transport heavy equipment at the moment, in or out.
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Lyman is retreating quite quickly, as everyone who can read the map can see, and when it comes to drone superiority and the gray zone, neither Lyman nor Kupiansk are priority areas and the counterattacks in both have failed.
That may not stop UA from trying again, but that’s how it looks today.
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The conflict in the town has been resolved by RU with swarming sacrificial lambs and UA has put a lot of their defense in towns.
Perhaps it’s easier to defend open terrain with prepared fortifications?
That’s what we come to after these “fortresses” that are now starting to burn.
There’s always something behind it.
When in history has there ever been an equivalent defensive war to what Ukraine has carried out?
We are three months away from 4 years of high-intensity war, where RU has continuously conducted offensives since the autumn of 2023.
Since the summer of 2024, China has gradually increased its involvement, and considering that they provide the entire drone weapon, Ukraine is at war with Russia and China.
You mention the Soviet Union, but they have the numerical advantage and the size of the country on their side, and were fully supported by the West who wanted them to win. As a country, they could sacrifice tens of millions, which Ukraine cannot.
Yugoslavia did not have this inequality in the same way as now.
You could try the 30 Years’ War 😀
The Ukrainians are quite special and evidently they will fight until the last bullet, unlike Dutchbat 3.
But the EU’s only proposed solution seems to be a ceasefire now, which would be like wasting four years of sacrifice. A bit like Finland’s defensive peace.
As we have discussed a long time ago, there is a risk of disillusioned and angry Ukrainian soldiers if it ends with having to give up and give away occupied areas.
Guaranteed 100%.
Even a ceasefire if RU utilizes it smartly and presses the right buttons could give them more than what 4 years of war has done.
The risk with a ceasefire is absolutely sky-high.
If we look at Dutchbat 3 and how the courts ground on for 30 years, the risk is that as soon as there is a ceasefire, we forget about Ukraine as well and that the EU membership is delayed and so on.
Yes, a ceasefire now does no good for Ukraine, it just gives Russia more time to stock up and strike again when they feel like it.
Ukraine has probably made a heroic effort during these years, but it is their future they are fighting for. How Russia can press on year after year is also a mystery, that the population can be so subdued, that they send their sons to die in the Ukrainian soil for little money, really sick, actually.
As a wise person once wrote on the other blog. “If you are going to negotiate with a Russian, start by hitting him in the face, then maybe he will listen”
“💥 Destruction of Russian military targets in Belgorod region!”
https://bsky.app/profile/maks23.bsky.social/post/3m4iksnjfh22g
Couldn’t resist “borrowing” this one by ERIK 14.
No catastrophic levels (yet) but if that trend continues, we’ll soon be there!
Run a translated version:
“The volume of non-performing mortgage loans is 177 billion rubles (+118% compared to the previous year).
I believe that banks are hiding the true extent of bad debt.
I think the real figure is much higher.
The growth rate is alarming.”
https://x.com/evgen1232007/status/1983986693285040399
The Trump administration has made the decision to attack military targets in Venezuela, sources tell the Miami Herald. The attacks could come at any time, within hours or days. The US is set to target air facilities used for drug trafficking in the country, the newspaper reports. The Wall Street Journal has somewhat conflicting information, stating that Donald Trump has not made any definitive decision on the attacks. American officials believe the cartel exports about 500 tons of cocaine annually to Europe and the US. The US has doubled the reward for information leading to Maduro’s arrest to $50 million, the largest reward ever, according to the Miami Herald. The US military has significantly increased its presence off the coast of Venezuela and has repeatedly attacked boats that the US claims are smuggling drugs.
[Link to the original article](https://omni.se/a/wgMW74)
This is a bad joke 😡
I do not support Maduro like Sjöstedt and the Left Party, and I understand that China and Russia have “stolen the country” from the USA.
But that doesn’t give the USA the right to jump on the country in the way they have decided to do. Attacking another country and trying to overthrow the government under the pretext of wanting to stop the drug cartels is a lousy excuse.
And it’s a DAMN double standard because when it comes to the war in Ukraine, we have 1000 models of explanation why we shouldn’t do exactly this.
Can’t Europe wake up soon 😭😭😭
I think it is a gross violation that they completely without presenting evidence blow up small freight ships in the air. Not at all impossible that several of the smuggled drugs but illegal behavior are already there. But it is the USA so no one protests.
Then that Maduro should be replaced is still not something the USA should intervene in without very strong humanitarian reasons.
Trump wants to return to the golden age of the USA, when the USA replaced democratically elected leaders with dictators, preferably in weak countries where it was relatively safe to invade. Oil was what drove the development, and it was important to have control over it. In addition, nuclear weapons were tested freely, and he would gladly do that.
At the same time, Trump cares as little about norms and international agreements as Putin does. The law of the strong prevails, and who will stop him?
Sure, some drugs may come from Venezuela to the USA, but I think most of them come through Mexico, and from other countries in Central and South America. Additionally, I can imagine that some are also manufactured inside the USA.
But… None of the other countries have as much oil as Venezuela…
During the golden age of the USA, there were always Russians in the countries that were opposed to the USA. Now it’s Russians plus Chinese.
Friday cheers for risky humor?
https://www.tv4.se/artikel/6JLbhuIJSHs3OI48TxCYBA/rysslands-raseri-efter-affaeren-anklagar-sverige-foer-att-stoetta-nazism
They are tiresomely worn out!
Friday joke?
– Do you like Ukraine’s way of waging war against Russia?
– Yes, it’s refined!
Cheers 🍻
😄🍻
🤣👍 10 pointer.
Grenada, Nicaragua (Iran Contra scandal) Chile (via CIA), Cuba all banana wars. And now Venezuela. Now Trump really has to fight hard to get the Nobel Peace Prize.
The motivation is that he has saved the world from drugs?
Only he gives a damn about my line aquavit.
😂 Then the world war will really happen!
🤣🤣🤣
I have to agree with MXT. Johan’s post today was exceptionally good. Especially the way he brought up Dutchbat 3 in a good manner. But also the issues in Venezuela.
Fanken knows – Trump may have the overarching task of crashing the West?
I simply can’t make sense of the USA/Trump.
Yes, a country is not a voice and it is pulled in all sorts of different directions but under Biden we knew exactly what applied – predictable and what came out confirmed that. They also handled it in a way that Europe fell asleep.
In the case of Donald, he showed for 9 months exactly the signs that make him a pro-Russian and several in the administration are burdened with connections that are indisputable.
Russia and China go hand in hand and now all of a sudden they are supposed to fight over Venezuela.
If Putin had a direct line to Donald, the first thing he would have said is – leave Venezuela?
If Donald wanted to crash the USA, why did he stop the illegal immigration where China and Russia infiltrated masses with all sorts of things from SOF to terrorists?
The USA is also trying to force Europe to arm, which is bad for RU.
And so on – it goes in a constant circle and as soon as you think you have it all figured out, it gets twisted.
One thing I can imagine is that he and his traitor buddies are trying but when there is too much internal resistance, they have to back down and that’s what we’re seeing?
The last thing you wrote, I have mentioned before. The Republicans are probably not quite satisfied and they see the risk of losing the next election, when he goes too far they probably try to fix it.
Yes, that’s definitely something to think about. He was a pure Putinist until just a few months ago.
Could it simply be that he has now become so disappointed in Putin, that his admiration for him as a person no longer outweighs his lies and disobedience.
And of course, the presence of both China and Russia in Venezuela plays a major role. They are in Trump’s neighborhood, in his territory, and that won’t do.
And then there was that oil, and the heyday of the USA.
He has no plan (others around him do) he is a narcissist!
The tropical storm Melissa was a bit deadly, in Jamaica crocodiles are swimming in the streets among the ruins.
When the warning was issued and schools and everything closed where I am, I went to work with a terrified driver – there were three Italians there while everyone else was at home. They lived five minutes from work, I 1.5 hours away.
I have decided that next time I will stay at home 😀
🥸
I’m trying a rum from the Canary Islands – it’s on the way to the Caribbean
I’m starting to get tired so my Friday binges consist of 3-4 bottles of Stella nowadays, and somewhere around there I usually fall asleep on the couch together with my better half who hasn’t had a drop halfway through some movie.
The number of movies on Netflix that I’ve missed the ending of is exponentially increasing.
We are indeed up by six, but a sure sign that it’s time for a vacation is usually when you sleep through your Friday binge. That’s when it’s good to go on vacation and gather some strength so you can handle rum and whiskey again 👍
You’re starting to get old, but you’re only as old as you feel, so it’s a mental slump you need to get out of.
One should have been residing in Helsinki. The hot dog stands there are probably called Kioskenkorva.
The wind was blowing quite hard where Johan is located. Several fatalities.
It is worse to be on land than at sea during tornadoes or cyclones. Shipping can change course. But a real 14-day hurricane is exhausting. In some cases, we had to measure the sun’s altitude with the echo sounder and at times nail down the color on the masts. So the color didn’t blow away, that is.
Those were the occasions when a dunking felt like a relief because you finally got to see the sky and breathe something other than water for a while?
👍
Haha, when measuring the sun’s height with sonar, you’re probably in uncharted waters. 😀
My great-grandfather stood at the helm for twelve hours once when they sailed through a hurricane between Pernambuco and Boston, then he received a bonus and praise from the captain, which was unusual at that time.
👍
https://youtu.be/U0cY8FXTu40?si=QVEv6P5eyoyEOSou
Unexpected…
“Venezuela asks Russia, China, and Iran for military assistance during the escalation with the USA, as shown in documents obtained by the Washington Post. The Venezuelan government is requesting, among other things, radar systems, aircraft repair equipment, and potentially also robots and drones, according to the American intelligence documents. According to sources cited by the Miami Herald, the Trump administration has made a decision to launch attacks on Venezuelan soil in the near future. Trump himself denies this. It is not clear how Russia, China, and Iran have responded to Venezuela’s request.”
[Link to the original article](https://omni.se/a/vgvMXX)
Den här är bara någon vecka sedan, men känns som vi är långt någon annanstans redan.
Fredsavtal?
Vad väntar vi på? Inga planerade möten. Trumps Kinatoppmöte nada om Ukraina. Istället stirrar vi nu på Venezuela, som om vapenvilan Gaza lämnat ett tomrum att fästa uppmärksamheten på, bara det inte är Ukraina.
OPINION Editorial: Europe, it’s time to finally be brave. Start with Russian assets A few weeks ago, U.S. Special Envoy Keith Kellogg gently berated Europe for not standing on its own two feet on the global stage and in confrontation with Russia.
“I don’t think the Europeans know how good they are, you’re really good at what you do, and you don’t need the United States with you in an alliance, you can handle things on your own,” he told the Warsaw Security Conference.
“It’s like when my kids were ready to ride bicycles, they started with training wheels — you don’t need any training wheels, you’re pretty good at handling things on your own now.”
The patronizing tone was well-deserved — even before U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest pendulum swing back towards Russia over the weekend, Europe’s theater of the “peace process” for ending Russia’s war in Ukraine has descended into a traveling festival of delusion.
Talk of pressuring Russia for an unconditional ceasefire is a distant memory, and months of European wooing of Trump have yielded exactly nothing.
Just a week ago, hopes of Tomahawks for Ukraine and real Western pressure on Russia seemed tangible, only to be derailed entirely by one phone call from Russian President Vladimir Putin to the White House.
When Trump — over two months after Alaska and the following meeting in Washington — ends up pushing Kyiv to accept Russia’s terms anyway, how does the picture of European leaders gathered in the White House to lick his boots and vaguely ponder “security guarantees” look in hindsight?
Moscow won’t mind one bit — the Kremlin has once again been let off the hook and is free to resume deadly mass strikes on Ukrainian cities and continue pushing forward on the front line, all while pursuing its maximalist goals, centered around the “root cause” of a strong, independent Ukraine existing in the first place.
What then is the Coalition of the Willing — set up as it was in spring, exactly in response to a looming abandonment of Ukraine by Trump after the Oval Office confrontation — willing to do?
After months of coordinated effort to push Trump towards pressuring Russia led to nothing more than a literal rolling out of the red carpet for a fascist war criminal on U.S. soil, a new plan needs to be made.
Instead of a constant parade of statements, the Coalition of the Willing should really be willing to do what is really needed: to end the war by decisively breaking Russia’s conviction that it can break Ukraine and get away with it.
Nobody is asking European countries to send their troops right into battle. But there are still plenty of ways to show strength and intent to Putin.
First and foremost, Europe must take the opportunity this Thursday to loan Ukraine 140 billion euros using frozen Russian assets, a move that could help fund Kyiv for 2-3 years, and help resist and possibly even push back Russia’s full-scale invasion.
But most importantly, it will demonstrate that Europe no longer needs those training wheels and is finally waking up to the fact that this is Europe’s future at stake, and perhaps the people taking the steps necessary to preserve it should be… Europe.
The Coalition of the Willing is still only speaking of taking action in the event of a ceasefire.
What is needed is a direct European military presence in Ukraine, with or without a ceasefire.
This means something like the SkyShield initiative; taking over the defense of the skies above western and central Ukraine with a combination of NATO fighter sorties, with the option of integrating batteries of surface-to-air missiles on the ground.
This means bringing European troops into Ukrainian territory to train — and learn from — their Ukrainian counterparts, streamlining the disjointed training process and improving both parties’ readiness.
This means making serious plans to deploy brigade or at least battalion-level forces (from the few European militaries that have the capacity, like France or Poland) into western or central Ukraine.
If that still sounds too scary to seriously consider, if Putin’s comments about any Western presence in Ukraine being a military target awakens visions of World War III, we understand, it’s hard.
But let’s consider the alternative.
Ukraine falls, and the world order where conquering other sovereign states was seen as unacceptable and the consequences unfathomable, falls with it.
Meanwhile, Russia has an economy juiced up on war spending, and a population molded and militarized for a larger confrontation with the West.
It has a military armed to the teeth with the equipment and knowledge for industrial-scale, drone-saturated warfare, while NATO armies are still learning their way around how a first-person view drone works.
In this scenario, Russia bears down on a divided, fearful Europe. It’s already probing, sending drones deep inside Poland last month.
In a time when U.S. commitment to NATO’s Article 5 is more in question than ever, is Europe ready to respond when those drones can’t be passed off as a one-off?
These are catastrophic visions for the future of the continent, and one that could come sooner rather than later if more isn’t done.
Ukraine’s front line holding is not a magical equation of money and aid, it is held by people, exhausted human beings whose inner strength doesn’t run according to long-term aid timelines.
If the military begins to buckle — very early warning signs of which we unfortunately saw in August near Dobropillia in the east — this would be the strongest card Russia could possibly hold, and any meager worth that the “security guarantees” Europeans are busy discussing now will disappear for good.
Is that what needs to happen before Europe considers braver action?
Sometimes it even feels like our military is doing Ukraine a disservice by holding the line so heroically, allowing Europe to continue to waste time deluding itself about guaranteeing security rather than making Russia stop.
The road to achieving a robust peace and the road to ensuring Ukraine’s (and Europe’s) security in the future are the same road.
That road is paved with brave action. But to even start on that path, the delusional messaging, the endless patting of oneself on the back, has to stop first.
The defense of Ukraine is the defense of Europe — European leaders have said so many times. It’s time they started acting like it.
https://kyivindependent.com/editorial-europes-dangerous-delusion-about-russias-war/
Yes, wondering how long one must wait.
Asked ChatGPT what it thought could be the benefit of a USA vs China/Russia – war in Venezuela.
Got this answer:
Good question — and it’s quite complex, but we can break it down into several possible geopolitical and economic motives that different actors might see as “gains” in such a scenario.
🛢️ 1. Energy and natural resources
Venezuela holds the world’s largest proven oil reserves (larger than Saudi Arabia).
For the USA, China, and Russia, control over energy flows equals power.
USA’s perspective:
Securing control over Venezuela’s oil could reduce China’s and Russia’s energy influence in Latin America, while strengthening USA’s energy dominance.
A new “Monroe Doctrine 2.0” — reminding the world that Latin America is the USA’s backyard.
China/Russia’s perspective:
They have already heavily invested in Venezuela. A hostile-to-the-West Caracas serves as a political and logistical foothold in the “USA’s zone.”
Maintaining or enhancing influence there would be a symbolic and strategic victory against Washington.
🌎 2. Strategic location
Venezuela is close to the Caribbean, the Panama Canal, and several important trade routes.
Control over the area indirectly means control over parts of the world’s logistics flows.
For the USA, it would be a way to prevent Chinese naval bases or Russian long-range missiles near their border.
For China/Russia, on the contrary — an opportunity to threaten or at least challenge USA’s naval dominance in the Western Hemisphere.
💣 3. Distraction and power shift
As you mention: a war in Venezuela could draw attention and resources away from Ukraine and Taiwan.
Russia and China could gain time, split the Western world’s focus, and weaken the political will in Washington and Brussels.
On the other hand, the USA could use a conflict there to justify military expansion, increase oil production, and “rally the nation” behind a new external enemy — a classic domestic political tactic.
🪙 4. Economic gain (military-industrial complex)
A “regional” war far from the great powers’ own territories means:
large weapons orders,
increased military budgets,
contracts for the defense industry,
rising oil prices (benefiting energy companies and certain nations).
In short: a controlled war can be economically profitable for several actors, even if it is catastrophic for the region.
🧠 5. Information warfare and influence
Venezuela is also a battlefield for information politics: USA’s democracy and freedom rhetoric versus Russia’s/China’s anti-imperialist narrative.
A war there would be a test of who wins sympathy in the global south — which is extremely important in multipolar systems.
🩸 But: it wouldn’t be “worth it” in the classic sense
Realistically, no one would gain much.
Venezuela is already economically shattered, the infrastructure is weak, and the region is politically unstable. A full-scale war there risks spreading to Colombia, Brazil, and the Caribbean — which all great powers actually want to avoid.
My thought, all these things matter.
The primary major gains as I see it, are the oil and control over trade routes.
China plays the long game, and a war in South America is “so far away” that Europe won’t bother. If they barely cared about the Ukraine war for 4 years, they will hardly care about “internal conflicts” in South America.
A bonus for China is a media noise where an attack on Taiwan can disappear.
And, I could be wrong.
ChatGPT is actually starting to get quite sharp if you know how to ask.
This is what we’ve been waiting for. Oh, the rum warms so nicely 🥃
At Last:
1.
⚡️ Pentagon greenlit Tomahawks for Ukraine, Trump made final decision, CNN reports.
According to CNN, the missiles are still on the table and the White House has plans in place to send them quickly should Trump give the order.
Plus:
2.
Ukraine war latest live: 170,000 Russian troops deployed in Pokrovsk sector, Zelensky says
Okay, that was positive, but for how long. If there is a war in Venezuela, the US will need those.
🪓💥🔥
Cheers! 🥃
At Last:
1.
⚡️ Pentagon greenlit Tomahawks for Ukraine, Trump made final decision, CNN reports.
According to CNN, the missiles are still on the table and the White House has plans in place to send them quickly should Trump give the order.
Plus:
2.
Ukraine war latest live: 170,000 Russian troops deployed in Pokrovsk sector, Zelensky says
🍻😂👍
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Boom in the construction?
You have predicted Russia’s deep fall! 👍
Yes 🇺🇦!🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦
I see that you forgot three mushrooms, an axe, and three Statue of Liberty but that’s trifles, incredibly impressive I must say!
Three whiskies and two hours later ✊✊
Thus – we already knew that Venezuela declared war on some neighbor and that it was part of the global escalation.
Then we know who supports them – China and Russia.
But that it would become ground zero for world war, I didn’t think.
A steady stream of Russian transport planes has arrived in Venezuela in the past week and the USA has about half the fleet in the waters off where I am.
If the USA attacks with the aim of making Venezuela more USA-friendly, Russia and China will probably engage in a proxy fight, right?
Since FredagasFyllan seems self-extinguishing, we’re starting virtual CPR…
and starting in the animated world…
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/gt_NSIRN4aQ
CS humor…
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/gt_NSIRN4aQ
More animated
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/apcTd3TP2Io
For some reason, I can no longer see dog videos on Twitter 😭
I hate the algorithms, things you like to see tend to disappear if you do something else for a while.
Äh, admit that you are lazy and defeated. We have a new Friday drunk king!
It’s almost meditative…
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/aVum_GM1wB8
more cartoons…
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/78B9COGcBIo
Scandinavian strawberry… eh…
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1ILj5GHBq_M
No Friday partying without brain lapses!
I managed to pull off the stunt of a) locking my backpack + phone in the company car, b) locking the keys in the office, and then c) forgetting the code to get into the office…
So there I was! without car keys to the company car – where my things were… without a phone to call the boss to ask for the code to get into the office…
What DO you do???
checking the internet for phone numbers… finding nothing…
Waiting for a colleague.. who might not show up for 3 hours…
In the end, it was the neighboring company that had the boss’s mobile number and I could borrow a phone to get the code to the office to get the car keys to the company car and get my things…!
After wandering back and forth a few times, I managed to get everything, was tired of the whole mess, and went home. Sigh!
Oh well… that’s how it goes!!
You have my deepest sympathies.
At the same time, I find it a bit difficult not to laugh at your misfortune.
An increased activity overall, but no part of the increase in Pokrovsk with neighboring front sectors came as a surprise, which however continues with a very strong pressure in the combat actions in the three sectors. Instead, the increase seems to have occurred in the north, where the pressure increased from insignificant to noticeable. Also, the gap increased between the total number of battles and battles in the respective reported front sectors, which may mean that the increase also consisted of Ukrainian attacks. Of the 157 battles reported by the AFU, 134 were distributed as follows.
N Slobozhansky-Kursk 11💥↗️
S Slobozhansky 5↗️
Kupyansk 11💥
Lyman 10💥
Slovyansk 11💥
Kramatorsk 1
Kostjantynivka 13💥
Pokrovsk 48💥💥💥
Oleksandrivskij 18💥
Huliaypillia 3
Orikhivsk 2
Prydniprovskij/Dnipro 3
A total of 157 battles have been registered in the last 24 hours.
Yesterday, the enemy carried out 60 air strikes and dropped 132 guided bombs. In addition, they conducted 4160 shelling, including 108 with missile systems, and used 5404 kamikaze drones.
Air strikes hit the areas around the settlements of Pokrovske, Velykomykhailivka in the Dnipropetrovsk region; Zaliznychne, Solodke, Zelenyi Hai, Rivnopillia, Yablukove in the Zaporizhzhia region; Mykilsk in the Kherson region.
In the last 24 hours, the air force, missile forces, and artillery within the armed forces struck four areas where personnel, weapons, and military equipment were concentrated, an artillery installation, and three other important enemy objects.
In the last 24 hours, 11 battles took place in the northern Slobozhansky and Kursk. The enemy carried out 11 air strikes, dropped 26 guided bombs, and conducted 171 shelling, including six with missile systems for massive firing.
In the southern Slobozhansky direction, Ukrainian soldiers repelled five attacks in the area around Vovchansk and in the directions of Vovchanski Khutory, Dvorichanski, and Kolodyazny.
In the Kupyansk direction, 11 attacks by the invaders took place yesterday. Our defenders repelled the enemy’s storm actions in the area around Petropavlivka, Pischanoye, and towards Novoplatonivka, Novoosynove.
In the direction of Lyman, the enemy attacked 10 times and tried to break through our defenses near Torske, Karpivka, Derylove, and towards the villages of Koroviy Yar and Lyman.
In the direction of Slovyansk, our soldiers stopped 11 enemy attacks in the areas of Yampol, Dronivka, Serebryanka, Pereizne, Siversk, and Vyimka.
In the direction of Kramatorsk, defense forces repelled an attack from the occupiers in the area of Chasovoy Yar.
In the direction of Kostyantynivka, the enemy carried out 13 attacks in the areas of Shcherbinivka, Pleshchiivka, Toretsk, and towards Sofiivka.
In the direction of Pokrovsk, our defenders stopped 48 attacks from the attacker in the areas around the settlements of Nikanorivka, Rodynske, Chervonyi Lyman, Myrnohrad, Novoeekonomichne, Kotlyne, Udachne, Molodetsk, Dachne, Lysivka, Novopavlivka, Pokrovsk, Zvirove, Novoukrainka, and towards Hryshyne.
In the direction of Oleksandrivskij, the enemy carried out 18 attacks in the last 24 hours in the areas around the settlements of Verbove, Pavlivka, Vyshneve, Zelenij Gaj, Sosnivka, Vorone, Stepove, Krasnogirske, and towards the settlements of Orestopil, Rybne, Oleksijivka.
In the direction of Huliaipole, defense forces repelled three hostile attacks in the area around Novomykolaivka and towards Novoye.
In the direction of Orikhiv, two battles occurred – the enemy tried to advance in the areas around Novoandriivka and Kamyanske.
In the direction of Dnipro, Ukrainian units repelled three enemy assaults towards the Antonivsky Bridge.
In the direction of Volyn and Polissya, no signs of the enemy forming attack groups have been detected.
Our soldiers inflict significant losses on the occupation forces in terms of personnel and equipment and actively undermine the enemy’s offensive potential in the rear.
The Russian invaders’ losses in the last 24 hours amounted to 900 people. Ukrainian soldiers also destroyed six tanks, two armored vehicles, nine artillery systems, one rocket artillery system, two air defense systems, 349 tactical drones, 58 vehicles, and special equipment belonging to the occupiers.
Was it a rough Friday night out?
What is hard?
I have called Missing People so we’ll see if they find MXT.
Last seen at Jackos Grill in Gävle with three flatbread rolls and an extra jar of shrimp salad in his arms around 10:30 pm yesterday.
Anyone who has seen this culinary wonder moving in the area after that can contact Missing People.
They are currently searching some preschools in the nearby area.
Well, didn’t he last seen here on the blog at 01:37? I was starting to get a little worried about the absence of the good MTX, but it’s good that you’ve sorted out the search!
Shrimp salad for fast food, I haven’t had that in ages. Now you’ve made me crave it.
That Budanov himself has gone to Pokrovsk suggests a somewhat pressured situation.
Nice that he hasn’t become a fat cat at least.
https://x.com/catsareblessing/status/1951652253732835551?s=46
The Finnish sauna bather Gregg seems rather positive in his tone about the area…… difficult to know what is right or wrong here in my opinion.
Löyly is good for clearing the mind!
He was indeed on site! It’s “gemba” that always makes the loudest noise!
Buda is probably going there to deliver the final blow to ryzZen!
Deepstate update 31 October 2025 9:28 PM
The Ukrainian Defense Forces 🇺🇦 pushed back the AFRF🇷🇺 near Nove Shakhove. The AFRF🇷🇺 advanced near Kozatske, Krasnohirske, Myroliubivka and occupied Novohryhorivka.
Yes, that’s absolutely right Johan!
When driving by mood like that!
Definitely seems like #fcktrmp has outplayed #fckptn who doesn’t budge an inch from his plan! And without shame, it’s noteworthy!
https://www.tv4.se/artikel/781C7PpLVI8VUtlJruyzWP/irriterad-trump-staellde-in-toppmoetet-efter-putins-stenharda-krav
Is there anyone who knows about MXT?
I am alive and just posted today’s post!
Was a bit Saturday tired yesterday morning and then it was full speed with other things all day.
It was actually quite nice with a screen-free day (but I promise it won’t become a habit).