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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 10m

Ukraine’s Buk-M1 crew of the Regiment shot down a Russian Iskander-K cruise missile over Sumy during a recent massive air attack.

📹 Air Command "West" of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 41m

Ukraine’s encircling Yunakivka—not by storming it, but by choking supply lines and clearing forests with quad bike raids.

Russian troops stuck inside face drones, hunger, and even death while trying to surrender. Reporting from Ukraine.
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Frontline report: Ukraine’s kill zone takes shape in Sumy Oblast—Russians trapped in Yunakivka say hope is gone

Ukrainian drones and artillery isolate the last escape roads while intercepted messages reveal panic and starvation inside.

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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 1h

Drone arms race continues: after Ukraine introduced interceptor drones, Russia tries to develop countermeasures

Russia now fits its Gerbera decoy drones with automatic systems to avoid Ukrainian FPV interceptors.
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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 1h

Ukrainian partisans from the Atesh movement sabotaged railway infrastructure near Novocherkassk, 900 km from Ukraine

The operation disrupted Russian military transport and delayed artillery and rocket supplies to the southern front euromaidanpress.com/2025/10/12/p...

Partisans deep in Russian rear spark chain reaction of delays for Moscow’s southern front in Ukraine

A precise attack on a critical railway hub by Atesh forces causes cascading disruptions to Russian military logistics in Rostov Oblast.

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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 2h

The world is facing an unprecedented crisis of democracy, said Simon Tisdall in his article for The Guardian

Meanwhile, Russia actively exploits far-right forces across Europe to advance its geopolitical aims, particularly to weaken support for Ukraine euromaidanpress.com/2025/10/12/f...

Far-right parties on rise in entire world as democracy wanes, while Moscow backs forces undermining support for Ukraine

Across the West and beyond, citizens lose hope in democratic systems, fueling populist movements and political instability.

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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 2h

A Russian train destroyed by Ukrainian drones on 19 August is still blocking occupied Zaporizhzhia Oblast’s only rail line.

Militarnyi says logistics are now rerouted via road, complicating Russian supply efforts beyond Tokmak.
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Two months later, Russia still can’t clear a single destroyed train in occupied part of Zaporizhzhia Oblast

A Ukrainian drone strike on 19 August left a fuel convoy wrecked — and the only railway in ruins.

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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 3h

Ukraine retakes Mali Shcherbaky in Zaporizhzhia after a coordinated assault by the Aidar Battalion and 33rd Regiment.

Russian forces pushed out as troops move 3.5 km forward, Militarnyi reports.
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Ukrainian assault units liberate Mala Shcherbaky in southern Zaporizhzhia Oblast

Ukrainian forces didn’t just take back Mala Shcherbaky—they also pushed into Russian-held territory across a 5-kilometer front.

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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 3h

Ukraine’s Mi-24 named Shahed Hunter has recorded over 100 drone kills.

There’s no more room left for individual marks, so the crew started grouping kills with tally bars on the fuselage.
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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 4h

Cuba rejected US claims that its citizens are participating in Russia’s war, calling them “baseless and slanderous"

Meanwhile, Ukraine’s intelligence suggested that Cubans form the second-largest foreign mercenary contingent in Russia’s ranks
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Up to 25,000 Cubans may be lured in Russia’s war by pay, but Havana emphasizes it has no connection to foreign recruitment for Moscow

The Cuban Foreign Ministry calls the accusations baseless and slanderous.

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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 4h

Russia is terrorizing Ukrainian cities while the world’s attention is fixed on the Middle East, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said

Over just one week, Moscow launched more than 3,100 drones, 92 missiles, and 1,360 guided aerial bombs against Ukraine
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Russia launches 1,360 bombs and 92 missiles on Ukraine in single week, while global attention is drawn to Middle East

While Israel and Hamas negotiate a pause in hostilities, Russian forces intensify strikes across Ukraine, hitting civilians and energy infrastructure with unprecedented volume.

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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 6h

Facing relentless Ukrainian drone attacks, Russia tested a new solution — the Yak-130M aircraft

Fitted with a 130P radar and an SALT-130K electro-optical pod, it can better detect aerial targets and carry precision air-to-ground weapons euromaidanpress.com/2025/10/12/m...

Moscow pushes new solution in air defense as Ukrainian strikes create fuel shortages in Russia

The experimental batch of three airframes shows potential.

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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 8h

FT says the US is helping Ukraine plan drone strikes on Russian oil refineries.

Sources say Washington has been sharing detailed intelligence — including flight paths, altitude data, and vulnerability assessments — to make Ukraine’s deep strikes more effective.
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FT: American intelligence helped Ukraine attack over a dozen key Russian oil refineries since midsummer

The support allegedly allowed Ukrainian drones to bypass Russian air defenses and damage more than 1mn barrels of daily refining capacity.

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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 9h

These days in Marhanets, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast — Ukrainian FPV interceptor catches and destroys a Russian drone midair.🔥

📹 TG/Bochkala War

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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 9h

ISW says Russia doesn’t need to wait for full rearmament to go after NATO. It’s already testing tactics to strike without air superiority or tanks.

Drone ops and sabotage in Europe are signs “Phase Zero” has started.
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No tanks, no problem: Russia’s new combat model could bring war to NATO faster than expected, ISW says

Russia’s focus on rapid adaptation, drone warfare, and flexible manpower may allow it to strike far sooner than Western planners anticipate.

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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 10h

One Dutch minehunter transferred, another expected before 2026, crew training is underway, Ukrainian Navy says.

The transferred vessels, however, remain abroad due to the Black Sea restrictions.
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Ukraine receives new Dutch minehunter — another to follow before the year ends

Ukraine’s Navy chief says a second Alkmaar-class ship is expected by year’s end as crew training begins.

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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 11h

Orbán now says helping Ukraine is a “war plan” and wants every Hungarian to help block it.

He claims Hungary now faces a Brussels-led retaliation campaign involving spy charges and legal tricks.
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Hungary’s Orbán launches petition against EU defense policy, calls it a “war plans,” targets Ukraine support against Russia

While offering zero support to Kyiv, the pro-Russian Hungarian leader launched a nationwide petition to block EU military aid for Ukraine.

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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 11h

Smoke just rose over the Smolensk aviation plant last night — the factory that makes Kh‑59 and Kh‑101 missiles.

. The same plant was already hit in January and November.
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Explosions rock Smolensk aviation plant that builds Kh‑59 missiles — videos show smoke rising near the site

Last night, locals captured a smoke plume rising near the Kh‑59-producing plant just after air defense fire was seen.

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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 12h

Germany trained Russian troops and nearly placed officers inside each other's military commands just before Russia's 2014 Crimea annexation, Spiegel reports.

Rheinmetall’s tech was central to Russia’s modern war games complex in Mulino.
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Spiegel: Merkel-era Germany trained Russian troops just before Russia’s 2014 Crimea invasion

German officers and Rheinmetall helped develop Russia’s war simulation centers months before Putin seized Crimea.

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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 13h

Russia continues targeting Ukraine’s power grid

Over the past 24 hours, the attacks left 6 people dead and 21 injured across Ukraine. In Donetsk Oblast, a blackout followed morning strikes, outages are in parts of Odesa Oblast.
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Russia keeps targeting Ukrainian power grid, causing blackout in Donetsk Oblast and outages in Odesa’s Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi

Russia launched 118 drones, 103 were downed overnight, Ukrainian Air Force reported. Russian attacks killed four people and injured nine in Donetsk Oblast.

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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 17h

They laid down their lives not for Ukraine and Europe!

RIP - Oleksandr Khvala (40), Oleh Klubov (54), Oleksii Bielov (28), Peruvian fighter Wilber Panuera Flore

Rest, comrades, rest and sleep!
The thoughts of men shall be
As sentinels to keep
Your rest from danger free.

Eternal Memory!

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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 17h

This is not Switzerland, not Canada - this is Ukraine, where every season paints the mountains anew.

Autumn ignites the Ukrainian Carpathians. Golden ridges, fiery-red forests, and misty valleys reveal a beauty unlike anywhere else.

Photo: @utah_names

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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 19h

Ukrainian mother sentenced to five years for helping her family survive and escape Russian occupation
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Ukrainian mother sentenced to five years for helping her family survive and escape Russian occupation

The unwarranted charges and sentence for supposed collaboration send a chilling message to all those Ukrainians waiting for liberation after long years of Russian occupation

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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 21h

Ukrainian drone unit Khorne Group warned of delayed-action grenades found after a Russian Geran-2 drone attack. They can detonate if tilted over 15°.

Russia continues its efforts to maximize civilian casualties.
📷 Khorne Group

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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 22h

Step 1: Record an expensive electronic warfare system, flexing that it will "fuck all the drones."

Step 2: Show it burning after being destroyed by Ukrainian drones.

A Russian soldier showed off his equipment, only to quickly lose it through an effective strike.

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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 22h

Ukrainian drones attacked occupied Donetsk in the country's east, causing a massive fire

Locals say the attack targeted the area of the former Auchan mall (renamed by Russians as Sigma) near the ring road.
📹Supernova+

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