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Сонечко Flea🐶 @sonechkoflea.bsky.social · 8m

💡 Kyiv partially without power — electricity disappeared in some districts of the capital

Сонечко Flea🐶 @sonechkoflea.bsky.social · 14m

2/ None of us chose war. It's been brought upon Ukrainians by ruzzia and Ukrainians do our best. These people in the photos do incredible things - because they must.

And that is how Ukraine stands up against russia.

📷: State Emergency Service of Ukraine/Telegram

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Сонечко Flea🐶 @sonechkoflea.bsky.social · 14m

1/ The war is not about numbers or equipment. War is about people, their stories, their lives.

The faces you see here are rescuers from Odesa region. russia attacks Odesa a lot. The rescuers have to deal with the aftermath.

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Сонечко Flea🐶 @sonechkoflea.bsky.social · 1h

3/ by increasing crude oil supplies, but experts warn that strikes on refineries create long-term pressure on the budget.

Meanwhile, Ukraine continues to systematically attack fuel infrastructure — and it seems the kremlin is already smelling not oil, but panic.

Сонечко Flea🐶 @sonechkoflea.bsky.social · 1h

2/ and will not recover at least until June 2026.

Exports of refined fuel in September were the lowest in 10 years, excluding the pandemic peak, and russia's total revenue from oil exports fell to $13.4 billion — the lowest in three months.

moscow is trying to compensate for losses

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Сонечко Flea🐶 @sonechkoflea.bsky.social · 1h

1/ russia will feel the consequences of Ukrainian drone strikes on refineries until mid-next year

Ukrainian drone attacks on oil refineries have seriously hit the russian economy. According to the International Energy Agency, oil refining in russia has dropped by 500,000 barrels per day

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Сонечко Flea🐶 @sonechkoflea.bsky.social · 1h

⚡️I hope that by the end of November (!) there will be a ceasefire, — MP Buzhansky

news.telegraf.com.ua/ukr/ukraina/...

"Є надія, що до кінця листопада настане зупинка бойових дій": бліцінтерв’ю з Бужанським

Нардеп розповів, як ставиться до інсайдів про швидкий мир, а також прокоментував гострі слова Наталії Піпи на свою адресу

news.telegraf.com.ua

Сонечко Flea🐶 @sonechkoflea.bsky.social · 3h

❗️A city military administration will be created in Odesa. Its head will preliminarily be Serhiy Lysak — former head of the SBU in Dnipropetrovsk region and current head of the Dnipropetrovsk OVA

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Сонечко Flea🐶 @sonechkoflea.bsky.social · 3h

2/ The presence of russian citizenship among several individuals has been confirmed—appropriate decisions have been prepared. The decree has been signed, the president said.

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Сонечко Flea🐶 @sonechkoflea.bsky.social · 3h

1/ ❗️Zelenskyy heard a report from SBU Head Vasyl Maliuk on countering russian agent networks and collaborators in frontline, border, and southern regions.

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Сонечко Flea🐶 @sonechkoflea.bsky.social · 3h

2/ You have probably read about Stalin's terror, but you cannot even imagine how much the system has changed and become even more terrifying since 1930. Oleksii had to experience that and shared what he survived through.

A very important read.

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Сонечко Flea🐶 @sonechkoflea.bsky.social · 3h

1/ I recommend reading Oleksii Anulia's book "Jingle BellZ."

It is a testimony of a former Ukrainian prisoner of war about the modern russian Gulag.

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Сонечко Flea🐶 @sonechkoflea.bsky.social · 3h

3/ It is noted that the exercise is not linked to any current world events, and no live weapons are used.

Сонечко Flea🐶 @sonechkoflea.bsky.social · 3h

2/ and the employment of conventional support assets in nuclear operations, ensuring all participating forces can coordinate effectively in a nuclear scenario.

The training will involve over 70 aircraft, 14 Allies, and roughly 2,000 personnel, and will occur at four air bases of European countries.

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Сонечко Flea🐶 @sonechkoflea.bsky.social · 3h

1/ On October 13, NATO began its annual nuclear exercise Steadfast Noon 2025 in four countries, as well as the airspace over the North Sea region.

During Steadfast Noon, service members will rehearse the procedures related to the deployment of dual-capable aircraft units

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Сонечко Flea🐶 @sonechkoflea.bsky.social · 4h

Trukhanov is no longer the mayor of Odesa. Due to the revocation of his Ukrainian citizenship, the mayor's powers are automatically terminated

The President instructed Commander Syrsky to consider the issue of creating the Odesa City Military Administration, which will govern the city temporarily.

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Сонечко Flea🐶 @sonechkoflea.bsky.social · 5h

President Zelenskyy at the NATO Parliamentary Assembly annual session:

putin can be forced into peace - just like any other terrorist. By stopping russia now, you [Europeans] are not only helping us protect our lives - you are helping yourselves. russia must lose.

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Сонечко Flea🐶 @sonechkoflea.bsky.social · 5h

Assault units advanced up to 1.6 km in some directions, - General Staff

▪️During the past day, 3.4 sq. km were cleared of the enemy in the Pokrovsk direction.
▪️Since the Dobropillia operation, 182.4 sq. km have been liberated, and 224.7 km cleared of enemy sabotage and reconnaissance groups.

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Сонечко Flea🐶 @sonechkoflea.bsky.social · 6h

❗️There will be a nuclear war if Ukraine receives Tomahawk missiles – Lukashenko

🤡

~ how many times we heard this nuclear threat each time Ukraine rcvd military aids from allies?
The answer is uncountable

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Сонечко Flea🐶 @sonechkoflea.bsky.social · 6h

Good point. This is seems like a James Bond movie rather than a real train of combatants, to me. 🤷‍♂️

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Сонечко Flea🐶 @sonechkoflea.bsky.social · 6h

2/the full-scale russian invasion of Ukraine, "Belarusian Gayun" has provided exclusive information about the movement of russian troops. In early February 2025, it became known that Belarusian security forces gained access to the project's contact database. Two days later, the channel was closed.

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Сонечко Flea🐶 @sonechkoflea.bsky.social · 6h

1/ In Belarus, there are mass arrests of people connected with the monitoring channel "Belarusian Gayun", data from the human rights center "Viasna"

Most detentions are taking place in the Gomel region. The number of detainees in the "Gayun case" may reach a thousand people.

Since the beginning of

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Сонечко Flea🐶 @sonechkoflea.bsky.social · 7h

3/ According to WP, russian companies Rustakt, ASFPV (PGI Technologies), and “Stribog” cooperate with Chinese suppliers and are even opening joint production lines.

Сонечко Flea🐶 @sonechkoflea.bsky.social · 7h

2/ These parts are used for cable-controlled drones that cannot be jammed by electronic warfare means. russia actively uses them on the front lines.

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Сонечко Flea🐶 @sonechkoflea.bsky.social · 7h

1/ “Neutral” Beijing helps moscow develop combat drone production

The Washington Post found that China has sharply increased supplies to russia of key components for drones — fiber optic cables and lithium-ion batteries. In June alone, battery exports reached $54 million.

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