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Ukraine’s defense forces continue to hold back the Russian occupiers on all fronts, inflicting effective fire damage on them and destroying their forces and technology.

Despite the situation in the combat zones still being difficult, the enemy does not have complete strategic initiative. At the cost of enormous losses, the enemy has made insignificant progress in some parts of the front.

Just in September, the occupiers’ losses amounted to nearly 29,000 soldiers, 70 tanks, 65 armored vehicles, over 1,050 artillery systems, 6 rocket artillery systems, and other technology were destroyed or damaged.

Since the beginning of the year, 2,060 Russian soldiers have been captured.

The Kremlin’s plans to conquer key areas and population centers are not being implemented, but are constantly being revised and postponed.

We can confirm that Ukrainian soldiers have halted the enemy’s spring and summer offensives and continue to thwart Kremlin’s further plans by taking asymmetric measures to neutralize the enemy’s superiority in personnel and weaponry.

We are taking effective active defense measures, during which defense forces carry out counteroffensive operations in certain areas. Our units also conduct successful storming actions to retake lost positions. In particular, Ukrainian soldiers continue to drive away Russian invaders from the Sumy region. Our active measures in the Pokrovsk district of the Donetsk region continue. We have achieved some successes in regaining control of the territory in the Zaporizhzhia region.
There are also other parts of the front where the enemy has not made any progress.

The most effective during all the years of war is deep attacks on Russia’s territory. Within the framework of Deep Strike, military targets, logistics, and the energy complex in the attacking country are destroyed.

The result of this work is becoming increasingly evident for the Russian army and economy.

Since the beginning of the year, 45 objects within Russia’s fuel and energy complex and military-industrial complex have been subjected to successful fire attacks.

As a result, the total production of fuel and lubricants in Russia has decreased by almost 25%. Every day, the aggressor country loses more than 46 million US dollars due to reduced exports of petroleum products. Damage to the enemy’s logistical resources significantly hinders its ability to conduct active combat operations.

We also have positive signals about new packages of military aid from our allies. In particular, deliveries of high-precision weapons, such as Tomahawk missiles and other modern systems, are being discussed.
The use of these will significantly strengthen the pressure on the Russian aggressor to end the war and establish a just peace.

Ukraine’s defense forces remain stable, controllable, and committed to common success.

Honor to Ukraine!
Honor to the heroes!

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Ukraine’s Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said that the spring-summer offensive campaign of the Russian army has been successfully stopped by Ukrainian forces.

“I can state with confidence: Ukrainian warriors have ceased the enemy’s spring-summer offensive campaign and continue to disrupt the Kremlin’s further plans by employing asymmetric measures to neutralize the adversary’s advantages in personnel and armaments,” he wrote on Facebook on Oct. 17.

In a statement, Syrskyi said that despite Russia’s continued attempts to seize territory, it has failed to achieve strategic goals.

“At the cost of enormous losses, the adversary has achieved only minor advances,” he said, citing nearly 29,000 Russian troops killed in September alone.

Syrskyi reported that Ukrainian Defense Forces continue to hold back Russian troops across all directions, while conducting “active defense” and local counteroffensive operations.

He admitted particular success in Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts, as well as ongoing efforts to push Russian troops out of Sumy Oblast.

Ukraine has also intensified deep-strike operations on Russian military and energy infrastructure, targeting over 45 key facilities since the beginning of 2025. These strikes are among the most effective in the war to date, Syrskyi said.

Mm, yes. I think you can see it from multiple perspectives. If we refer back to today’s When the War Comes and the change in course by the USA that you describe as:

“… because they know that Europe will soon be drawn into the war – that’s good for them.

That was also the reason for the USA’s change in course, they realized that it was impossible to get Russia on board against China – a major strategic mistake that will cost many lives. The USA is not as omniscient as everyone seems to think.”

so if Putin, in his knee-jerk reaction, throws out the report from the Ukrainian security service about China’s increasing presence and stronger grip on Russia’s Far East ahead of the upcoming summit in Budapest, hasn’t he presented an argument to Putin to rethink and instead ally with the USA against China, bluntly speaking?

Now I saw – interesting.

The most dangerous thing is if China stands “strong” and expands in the far east so that in 20 years they are like a thousand kung-fu monkeys.

That’s understandable for the US, right?

Well, it’s A LOT to try to handle Trump in these discussions 😀

He is kind of the definition of unpredictable and a small mistake could lead to him forming an alliance with your worst enemy, for example.

“You know, we need Tomahawks and we need a lot of other weapons that we’re sending to Ukraine… Hopefully, we’ll be able to get the war over without thinking about Tomahawks,” he said.

Zelensky suggested that Washington’s provision of Tomahawks to Ukraine could be part of a mutually beneficial defense partnership, in which Kyiv could help the U.S. gain an edge in drone technology.

“If you want to target a military goal, you need thousands of drones,” Zelensky said.

“It goes together with such missiles (as Tomahawks). … United States has Tomahawks and other missiles, very strong missiles, but they can have our thousands of drones. That’s where we can work together.”

Trump said he was open to a weapons deal with Ukraine.

“They make a very good drone,” he said.

Source: https://kyivindependent.com/zelensky-meets-trump-in-washington-as-leaders-set-to-discuss-tomahawk-supply/

✍️🧵Lew Anno Suuport
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Thank you,

I liked the strategic communication from the meeting

WATCH LIVE: Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks after Trump meeting

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