Ukrainian drones have attacked the Russian city of Voronezh, and the drones are said to have hit a shopping center, causing several fires in the city. Reports mention multiple explosions in the city and thick smoke rising from several locations. Residents of the city have reported that they did not hear any air raid sirens despite the ongoing attack. The Voronezh region borders eastern Ukraine directly, but the city of Voronezh is about 200 kilometers from Ukraine. Read more here.
In Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic finally loses power as he was defeated by the Student List. I am not well versed in Serbian politics or what the Student List stands for, but Vucic being voted out can only be positive, especially for Ukraine since he is close to Russia. Read more here.
Lula defeated Bolsonaro in Brazil’s election, where the difference in support for Ukraine is minimal as neither of them has wanted to engage much but tried to remain neutral. They seem to prefer maintaining good relations with the USA, China, and Russia rather than taking a stand. Bolsonaro is, of course, closer to the USA, and that is still better than Lula, who wants to move closer to BRICS and, as mentioned, neither of them cares much about Ukraine.
Russian losses
The enormous losses of Russian soldiers continue, although I think they could round up so that we again have 2k KWIA. Other losses are at a somewhat lower level. Looking at artillery losses, they rose sharply earlier but have started to decline since spring. Whether this is because supplies are finally running low, or because Russia has replaced artillery with drones, cannot be answered.
- 1990 KWIA
- 1 Tank
- 4 AFVs
- 18 Artillery systems
- 2 MLRS
- 1 Air defense system
- 1656 UAVs
- 1 UGVs
- 322 Vehicles and Fuel tanks
- 2 Special equipment
Artillery losses since mid-November 2025 when we had the previous low point:
Ukrainian General Staff Morning Report
Operational information as of 08:00 on October 26, 2026, regarding the Russian invasion
Glory to Ukraine!
The 1706th day of the Russian Federation’s full-scale armed aggression against Ukraine has begun.
The Ukrainian defenders continue the systematic combat against the enemy, effectively resisting on all front sections and inflicting significant losses on the occupiers.
Total Russian attacker losses during the past day amounted to 1,990 personnel. Additionally, one tank, four armored fighting vehicles, 18 artillery systems, two rocket artillery systems, one air defense system, one ground-based missile system, 1,656 unmanned aerial vehicles, 322 vehicles, and two units of special equipment were neutralized.
During the past day, a total of 177 combat engagements were registered.
Yesterday, the enemy’s air force conducted 64 airstrikes, including with 224 guided bombs. Additionally, the attackers used 9,296 kamikaze drones and carried out 2,451 shellings against communities and our troops’ positions.
In the Sumy region, the communities of Mala Korchakivka, Tovstodubove, Sopych, Korenok, Luzhky, Studenok, Pysarivka, Potapivka, and Nova Sich were subjected to artillery shelling. In the Chernihiv region, Kliusy, Kamin, and Mykolaivka were shelled. Additionally, the areas around Ivolzhanske, Hnylytsia, Pustohorod, and Luzhky in the Sumy region were targeted by airstrikes.
During the past day, the defense forces’ air, missile units, and artillery struck an area with a concentration of enemy personnel, an artillery system, and a command post for unmanned aerial vehicles.
On the northern Slobozhansky front, the attackers launched three assaults in the areas around Bachivsk, Boiaro-Lezhachi, and Oleksiivka.
On the southern Slobozhansky front, Ukrainian units repelled eight enemy attacks. The occupiers attempted to advance in the areas around Radkivka, Bochkove, Okhrimivka, and Zakharivka.
On the Kupyansk front, the enemy carried out no storming operations during the past day.
Attempts to advance were stopped on the Lyman front, where our defenders repelled eight attacks in the areas around Stepove, Zelena Dolyna, Kolodiazi, Stavky, Lyman, and Zarichne.
On the Sloviansk front, the enemy conducted no active offensive operations.
On the Kramatorsk front, our soldiers repelled an enemy attack in the area around Malynivka.
On the Kostyantynivka front, 12 attacks were recorded. The occupiers conducted storming operations in the areas around Raiske, Mykolaipillia, Dovha Balka, Kostyantynivka, Oleksiievo-Druzhkivka, and Novoselivka.
On the Pokrovsk front, our defenders stopped 36 attacks. The enemy attacked in the areas around Serhiivka and Molodetske and conducted storming operations towards Nadiia, Novopavlivka, Sofiivka, Vilne, Kucheriv Yar, Hannivka, Novyi Donbas, Chernihivka, Krasnopodillia, and Hulive.
On the Oleksandrivka front, the enemy conducted no active offensive operations.
On the Huljajpole front, 13 enemy attacks were repelled in the areas around Uspishne, Rizdvianka, Dolynka, Hirke, and Yehorivka.
On the Orikhiv and Prydniprovsk fronts, the occupiers conducted no active operations during the past day.
On the Volyn and Polissya fronts, the situation remains largely unchanged. No signs have been detected that the enemy is forming offensive force groupings.
Every day we repel the enemy’s attacks with weapons in hand and defend our country, our homes, and the lives of our loved ones.
Join the defense forces! Together we will win! Glory to Ukraine!
Comment:
81 localized attacks out of a total of 177 leaves 96 unlocalized, resulting in a ratio of 96 / 81 ≈ 1.19.
Don't forget to donate, Ukraine's cause is ours! Support Ukraine!
** ❗️During the night, the Ukrainian military shot down 3/3 Kh-59/69 missiles, 0/1 Kh-31P missile, and 112/140 Russian UAVs. **
https://bsky.app/profile/militarynewsua.bsky.social/post/3myr56bp3ck2k
** With Kyiv’s air defense crews as they race to keep up with Russia’s jet-powered drones
In a cornfield north of Kyiv, pieces of blackened metal are scattered among rows of dried stalks. They are all that remains of a Russian Geran attack drone, shot down by Ukrainian fighter jets as it flew toward the capital during one of Russia’s mass aerial assaults.
“Last year we had so many of them,” says Halyna Prykhodko, deputy director of the Branytsia division of the agricultural company Zemlya i Volya. “We found three, four, even five in the fields.” **
https://kyivindependent.com/with-kyivs-air-defense-crews-as-they-race-to-keep-up-with-russias-jet-powered-drones/
Off-Topic, Oljepriset
“Oljepriset steg till sexmånadershögsta i fredags, men sjunker tillbaka på måndagen. På söndagen besökte medlare från Qatar Irans huvudstad Teheran för att försöka minska spänningarna mellan USA och Iran, enligt Reuters.
President Donald Trump sa på söndagen till Fox News att det ”börjar bli dags att fatta ett beslut” om huruvida han ska nå en överenskommelse med Teheran eller ”göra slut på det hela”.
Irans utrikesminister Abbas Araghchi sa å sin sida att USA inte skulle försöka genomföra en attack om landet agerade rationellt, rapporterar Bloomberg.
Samtidigt framhöll USA:s centralkommando, Centcom, återigen att oljetransporterna genom det omstridda Hormuzsundet fortsätter i stor omfattning.
Decemberkontraktet för brentolja har backat till 114 dollar per fat, från 117 dollar per fat i fredags.”
https://omni.se/oljepriset-sjunker-efter-medlingsforsok-i-iran/a/1oamyM
Oljepriset passerade nyss sin högsta nivå men har backat något sedan dess.
Off-Topic, Trump i högform
“Donald Trump är fortsatt ilsken över att norska Nobelkommittén inte gav honom fredspriset.
Vid ett kampanjmöte i Michigan pratar han, liksom dagen innan, om att han hellre vill ta emot migranter från Skandinavien än ”skithusländer”.
– Alla som vill komma hit från Danmark stöttar jag. Men somalier har jag fått nog av, säger han och fortsätter:
– Norge, det tror jag inte. Jag fick inte Nobelpriset fast jag avslutade åtta krig. Jag är inte kär i Norge. Norge suger, ärligt talat. Norge har blivit ett skithusland, faktiskt.”
https://omni.se/trump-norge-suger-ett-skithusland/a/KrJoVy
😄
** Trump is campaigning in Michigan against Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed. He claims that if El-Sayed and the Democrats win, they’ll let in crowds of jihadists and people won’t even be able to have Christmas. **
https://bsky.app/profile/wartranslated.bsky.social/post/3myq2k6spvc2k
** Ukrainian children play with the wreckage of a downed Russian Shahed drone. For an entire generation of Ukrainian children, war has become such a normal part of everyday life that even the remains of weapons sent to kill them become something to play with. ** Video:
https://bsky.app/profile/specialkhersoncat.bsky.social/post/3myr5d742vk2b
** Ukraine war briefing: Trilateral peace talks with Russia to restart, says Zelenskyy
Ukraine will not discuss limits to its armed forces or enforced neutrality at November meeting, president says. What we know on day 1,706 **
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/26/ukraine-war-briefing-trilateral-us-ukraine-russia-talks-restart-november
Risk neutrality and limited strength, on the other hand, are gladly open for discussion.
** Russia has built 16 more air defense towers around Putin’s Valdai residence, bringing the total to more than 50, according to a Radio Svoboda investigation. The new positions lie south of the residence, facing Ukraine, and may host Pantsir or Tor air defense systems. 📷Radio Svoboda **
https://bsky.app/profile/euromaidanpress.bsky.social/post/3myqd6k33j724
Good that the Russians are using their resources here instead of where they are needed.
Maybe after all it’s a good opportunity for UA to visit so that even more towers get built here.
Yes, they should actually send a few just to get them to build more! 😄
One can wonder what the crews on these systems say behind closed doors about Putin’s priorities?
Apart from the fact that they are probably grateful not to have ended up at the front.
** A Ukrainian ground robot called Marskhid, or Mars Rover, was tested off-road while carrying a 200 kg (441 lb) load It uses Starlink satellite internet, an onboard computer called JARVIS, and removable batteries 🎥 ARMOLAB ** Video:
https://bsky.app/profile/euromaidanpress.bsky.social/post/3myqbj6letf2c
** A Ukrainian servicewoman returned from the front line to surprise her granddaughter. **
https://bsky.app/profile/united24media.com/post/3myq53ri4lt2i
** 🚨🇷🇺 Russia’s shadow fleet is taking AIS deception to a new level. At least 12 sanctioned tankers have reportedly used new AIS spoofing techniques in the Black Sea, with six transmitting two conflicting positions simultaneously. 📡🛰️‼️
The suspected objective: concealing actual movements from 🇺🇦 Ukrainian surveillance and drone attacks. Rather than simply going dark, these vessels can maintain false positions while navigating elsewhere, raising serious concerns about maritime tracking and safety. ⚠️ **
https://bsky.app/profile/tiafarris10.bsky.social/post/3mypyha7jiv2q
https://www.finansavisen.no/shipping/2026/10/18/8388496/skyggeflaten-med-nye-triks
** ❗️The Defense Forces of Ukraine launched a massive attack on Voronezh. As a result of air defense operations, numerous fire outbreaks have been recorded in the city; residential buildings and a business center have been damaged, and cars and a shopping center are burning ** A bunch of videos:
https://bsky.app/profile/militarynewsua.bsky.social/post/3myr6ki5sjs26
It has been a long time since we heard anything from jockesoft.
Hope everything has gone well, that the bathtub is still there and that DenGamle continues to send barrels of weak beer.
He gets a barrel a month, but thinks it’s too little. He sends his regards from his reinforced bathtub that everything is fine.
👍
Speaking of bathtubs. Many years ago, I had a personal ad placed in the local newspaper where I live. It was under the heading “Bargain Market” and read something like this:
Reclining bathtub with 33 years behind it seeks interested user.
Well-maintained, no small leaks, easy-to-use connection.
Reply to Bad Boy.
No one replied😐
😂😂😂
Off-topic Brazil and Serbia
That Serbia gets rid of its Russian scarecrow is good. Hopefully, the student list is EU-friendly.
If nothing else, Brazil’s result is a middle finger to Washington.
Ah, looked around a bit.
They don’t seem to be much more pro-Ukraine, no promises of increased support, etc., but at least they acknowledge Ukraine’s territorial integrity. It doesn’t seem to be the case that just because you are against Vucic, you are automatically against Russia and for Ukraine.
Unfortunately, for example, they do not intend to impose any sanctions against Russia.
https://n1info.rs/english/news/student-list-declares-stance-on-sanctions-against-russia-we-are-keeping-our-own-historical-experience-in-mind
The majority of them still seem to be more positive towards the EU than towards Russia, but far from all.
Of course, it is positive that there is a majority in favor of the EU, and in the long run, it might also get them to change their attitude towards Ukraine.
Fighting corruption and maintaining democracy seem to be their biggest issues. That is, of course, completely right, but we probably cannot expect any major changes regarding their relationship with Ukraine.
But it still feels like a step in the right direction.
** Update from OZON in Omsk 💥 **
https://bsky.app/profile/maks23.bsky.social/post/3myreyjafxk22
** Zelensky says Ukraine wants to maintain an 800,000-strong army and will not accept neutrality or limits on its military. He also outlined possible steps toward peace, including an energy truce, prisoner exchanges and a humanitarian mission in Russian-occupied Oleshky. **
https://www.kyivpost.com/post/88151
** Russian forces struck a shopping center in Zaporizhzhia this morning, according to regional authorities. The mall was no longer operating at the time of the attack. A fire broke out at the site. **
https://bsky.app/profile/noelreports.com/post/3myreuqfuhs2l
Har du en slant över, donera:
https://www.powerupukraine.se/donera-pengar
** 🔥Soldiers of Khymera unit of the 105th border detachment are hunting enemy transport and artillery in the North-Slobozhansk direction. This time, a D-30 howitzer and vehicles of the invaders came under attack. ** Video:
https://bsky.app/profile/maks23.bsky.social/post/3myrgxfmyfc2m
** Ukraine’s foreign minister says Russia will not negotiate seriously while it believes it can force Kyiv to surrender. His remarks come as Moscow signals readiness to resume trilateral talks with Ukraine and the US in November. **
https://www.kyivpost.com/post/88152
** Russian attacks across Ukraine kill 2, injure 35 over past day, as repeated strikes hit Zaporizhzhia.
Russian forces attacked Ukraine with a Kh-31P anti-radar missile, three Kh-59/69 guided air-to-ground (air-to-surface) missiles, and 140 attack drones overnight, the Air Force said. **
https://kyivindependent.com/russian-attacks-across-ukraine-kill-2-wound-35-over-past-day-as-repeated-strikes-hit-zaporizhzhia/
Off-Topic, nonsense from Trump
“US President Donald Trump claims that he called Google’s CEO Sundar Pichai to discuss renaming the Atlantic Ocean in the Google Maps service. According to Trump, Pichai put his foot down and said: ‘Please, don’t ask us to do that.’
The story has been told humorously by Trump at a series of campaign rallies recently. The president says he proposed the name ‘The Trump Sea.’
Google has not confirmed that the call actually took place, according to the Washington Post.
Google has previously accommodated Trump by changing the names of the Gulf of Mexico and Lake Ontario in Google Maps. For users in the US, they are now shown as the American Gulf and America’s Lake, respectively.”
https://omni.se/trump-google-sa-nej-till-att-byta-namn-pa-atlanten/a/Aba6Er
Off-Topic, the election in Israel
Netanyahu seems to feel a bit pressured.
“Before the Israeli election tomorrow, incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has asked U.S. President Donald Trump to show more support for him. This is reported by an American source to Axios.
The White House reportedly sees the appeal as a sign of Netanyahu’s desperation in the fight for political survival, and a sign that the Prime Minister himself believes his power is threatened.
The source states that Netanyahu has spoken with Trump twice in the past three days and asked him to show more support. Netanyahu is said to have even suggested wording that Trump could use.
As recently as Sunday evening, Trump showed renewed support for ‘Bibi’ Netanyahu in a post on Truth Social.
“The cries ‘Death to America, death to Israel’ should no longer be heard around the world, and they will not be. Vote for Bibi Netanyahu as Prime Minister. We must finish what we have started!””
https://omni.se/kallor-netanyahu-ber-trump-om-stod-ses-som-tecken-pa-desperation/a/b8lyaA
Off-Topic, the US Midterm Elections
“Expectations for Democratic successes in the midterm elections are growing, and opinion polls indicate that the party has good chances of taking the majority in the Senate. But it is not certain that the optimism reflects reality, writes New York Times’ Lisa Lerer in an analysis.
Control of the Senate depends on victories in states where the Democrats have not won for several decades, and which Trump won by a significant margin in the 2024 presidential election, she points out. In addition, the Republicans have pumped enormous sums into the election campaigns in these states.
“All this has led people within both parties to wonder: Could the much-talked-about blue wave actually be more of a ripple on the surface?” writes Lerer.
The Democrats have resorted to means other than money to win over states – including former President Barack Obama. He has already visited Ohio and Michigan, and is expected to speak in Georgia this week.
“Once again, Obama emerges as the messenger of hope, appealing to voters to realize that they have the power to create change in troubled times,” writes CNN’s Stephen Collinson in an analysis.”
https://omni.se/analyser-demkraterna-kan-fa-svart-att-ta-senaten/a/Abaj85
** Musk warns military use of Starlink could spark space war. Kyiv’s ex-disinformation chief says he’s building alibi after Starshield scandal
The warning lands weeks after his company throttled the Starshield service Ukraine’s drones rely on. **
https://euromaidanpress.com/2026/10/25/musk-warns-military-use-of-starlink-could-spark-space-war-kyivs-ex-disinformation-chief-says-hes-building-alibi-after-starshield-scandal/
Really Musk’s initiative?
** Russia apparently meant a tank division for Druzhkivka. A Ukrainian push in the south drew the bigger part of it away
A Ukrainian observer says the larger part of the division ended up defending near Velyka Novosilka rather than attacking toward the Donbas fortress cities. **
https://euromaidanpress.com/2026/10/26/russia-apparently-meant-a-tank-division-for-druzhkivka-a-ukrainian-push-in-the-south-drew-the-bigger-part-of-it-away/
** How Russian Propaganda Learned to Look Norwegian
Russian propaganda in Norway does not speak Russian. It speaks through Norwegian commentators, taps into concerns over taxes, rising prices, and domestic politics, and conceals its Kremlin-linked sources behind layers of citations. **
https://united24media.com/world/how-russian-propaganda-learned-to-look-norwegian-23714
** Germany Moves to Buy Ukrainian-Made Bars Missiles for Bundeswehr in Historic First
Germany is preparing to purchase Ukrainian-developed Bars cruise missiles for its armed forces, potentially marking the first time the Bundeswehr has acquired an offensive weapon designed in Ukraine.**
https://united24media.com/war-in-ukraine/germany-moves-to-buy-ukrainian-made-bars-missiles-for-bundeswehr-in-historic-first-23794
** Russia Has No More Money to Throw at Its War in Ukraine. Its 2027 Budget Shows Why
Russia’s war machine spends more than $200 billion annually on its war against Ukraine. And this appears to be the maximum Moscow and the broader Russian economy can currently afford, as long as sanctions remain in place and prevent Russia from earning more. **
https://united24media.com/war-in-ukraine/russia-has-no-more-money-to-throw-at-its-war-in-ukraine-its-2027-budget-shows-why-23735
** Missile alert in Russia 🚀🚀👀 **
https://bsky.app/profile/maks23.bsky.social/post/3myrjt4h7bk2m
** ❗️Two Ukrainian cruise missiles are reportedly heading toward Russia’s Tula region, with a possible onward track toward the Moscow region. Missile alerts are also active in the Oryol and Voronezh regions. **
https://bsky.app/profile/noelreports.com/post/3myrkegfw5s2l
**⚡️”At that moment, we received nothing. Sanctions were lifted. Nobody gave us additional Patriot missiles. Instead of expanding Starlink access, they reduced the speed of what we already had. That is why there was a response.”** Video:
https://bsky.app/profile/united24media.com/post/3myrk542qjh27
**⚡️”Sanctions were imposed because of Russian aggression, the seizure of our territories, illegal occupation and killings.” Zelenskyy on linking sanctions relief directly to peace negotiations and security guarantees.** Video:
https://bsky.app/profile/united24media.com/post/3myrkqbliih23
** ⚡️ “Our strikes did not affect global prices, of course. Russia’s diesel exports are almost nothing in global terms — around 2%.” Zelenskyy on claims that Ukrainian strikes on Russian oil refineries impacted global fuel markets. ** Video:
https://bsky.app/profile/united24media.com/post/3myrktfexwl2w
** Zelenskyy names three conditions under which Ukraine could cease strikes on Russian refineries
Ukraine could stop strikes on Russian oil refineries under three conditions, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in an interview with journalist Alla Mazur, published on Oct. 25.
Mazur recalled that strikes on refineries were the “main complaint” of U.S. President Donald Trump, who announced a diesel deal with Russia on Oct. 9.
Zelenskyy noted that Ukrainian strikes did not actually affect the rise in world oil prices, because Russian diesel makes up an insignificant share of exports. …**
https://english.nv.ua/nation/zelenskyy-outlines-three-conditions-for-ending-strikes-on-russian-oil-refineries-50653398.html
** ❗️President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that Ukraine has fully fulfilled its obligations under the European anti-ballistic project Freyja, while partners from ten countries, including France and Norway, are still working on their tasks. According to him, the development of the system continues, but the situation requires a significant acceleration of processes, which he also discussed with French President Emmanuel Macron. **
https://bsky.app/profile/militarynewsua.bsky.social/post/3myrr2rjza22m
Not that anyone cares and Trump is playing dirty, but Russia has, as far as I know, had an export ban on refined products for a very long time?
No, they are the world’s largest exporter of diesel.
Yes, they have a war machine on foot that requires large amounts of oil and diesel. Add to that UA’s attacks on depots and refineries. There probably won’t be much to export.
Russian military channels have raised an alert of a potential Ukrainian British supplied storm shadow attack on Russia today, Britain has recently supplied Ukraine with a large amount of more missiles. /WarMonitor3
”The border between Sweden and Finland was redrawn in 1982
Since the Märket lighthouse according to the old border line was on the Swedish side of the island, it was decided in 1982 to redraw the border so that the Märket lighthouse now lies on the Finnish side of Märket. Since Sweden was compensated in connection with the new border drawing, it is today possible on the island to stand in Finland and look east towards Swedish territory and vice versa. Interesting considering that Finland is otherwise located east of Sweden.”
Donetsk against: Alaska?
It now seems that UA has taken the center of Torske in northern Luhansk.
This means that Zherebets is comfortably passed.
It also seems to confirm what we previously wrote, that UA was probing several crossings but that RU conducted counterattacks to try to stabilize the Zherebets line.
So now another bulge has formed between Torske – Yampil where 4-5 RU brigades are on the wrong side of Zherebets.
It is also VERY empty behind the front lines in northern Luhansk, no elite units as rapid response forces and most brigades are engaged in combat.
The next line is Krasna but for it to hold, RU must bring down more units from other areas.
It is an interesting flank battle for UA to now have Donets on their right flank and then can open an attack vector northwards between Zherebets – Krasna.
Since UA has now shifted to offensive operations, the Russian small wedges are no longer threatening to UA but a threat to the Russian units located in them.
Exactly what I predicted 🥂🍾
ETR and C gave up quite quickly it seems – “there is no support for a center” seems to be the quote that makes the rounds?
Has the Speaker decided on the continuation?
Now it should still go to M, right?
But the last attempt – should S get one more chance or will it then be SD?
If M fails, all parties presumably have the same chance to form a government?
I don’t quite understand the process and have gotten the impression that it should go in order of size, or is that wrong?
Then I’ve picked up that the one who gets the last chance when everyone is worried about a re-election has a greater possibility to force a government coalition.
The Speaker must be perceived as impartial, so he has quite a delicate balancing act to perform.
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It became EXACTLY the political deadlock one was most worried about 😐
C sacrifices himself at last for the country and lets V into the parliament.
It has been so obvious from
day 1.
Unfortunately, they are already in the parliament.
Sorry, couldn’t resist.
Sorry, ministerposter 😊