NEW: The PRC may have provided targeting intelligence via satellite to support a recent, large-scale Russian strike on Ukraine. This support could provide the PLA some critical operational experience that it currently lacks. The PLA has emphasized the need to use space-based
NEW: Russian forces launched a large, combined drone and missile strike against Ukraine on the night of October 9 to 10, primarily targeting energy infrastructure and civilian targets.
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The Kremlin continues parallel efforts to curry favor with the United
Friends,
Winter is coming. Russian attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure will increase.
Russia has ramped up drone production and is changing its attack tactics. There will be blackouts in winter. Kyiv will be Russia’s main strategic and symbolic target.
The scale of the threat
Friends, as you know, the repressions in Georgia have become absolutely wild this past week.
In order to push through the stalemate situation that costs more and more innocents, and to consolidate a victorious push, we all need basic financial resources. Financial resources are
Ukrainian long-range drones struck once again the Bashneft refinery near Ufa in Bashkortostan, currently Russia. The refinery, which is around 1,400 km (900 miles) from the Ukrainian border has been hit multiple times.
Estonia has closed the Saatse border crossing on its border with russia.
The border crossing was temporarily closed because an unusually large military presence was observed on the russian side.
According to the Estonian Police and Border Guard (PPA), the russian
⚡️A new investigation by IG exposes Russia’s expanding mass graves in occupied Mariupol.
The growing burial sites reveal thousands of civilians killed as the city was turned to rubble.
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❗️Reportedly, these are armed uniformed Russian men at the Estonia-Russia border.
Friends from Estonia, could you please provide more details? Thank you!
The Estonian Police and Border Guard yesterday closed the Saatse Boot Passage which runs through Russia, as well as all nearby Border Crossings into Estonia, after noticing an “unusually large presence of armed individuals” operating inside the area of the Saatse Boot and near
⚡️ US reportedly helping Ukraine strike Russian oil sites for months.
FT says American intel has guided drone routes and timing since Trump’s July call with Zelenskyy, sharing data on weak points while Ukraine chooses the targets to make Moscow “feel the pain.”
The US is helping Ukraine strike Russian energy infrastructure by providing intelligence for drone flight planning, FT reports. Since summer, this support has enabled precise attacks on oil refineries and pipelines, cutting Russian diesel exports and forcing fuel imports.
Throughout this week, many regions of Ukraine have been under fire, and in many regions air raid sirens are now sounding again because of the threat of attack drones. Russia continues its aerial terror against our cities and communities, intensifying strikes on our energy
Peskov claims that long-range missiles like the Tomahawk could carry nuclear warheads and warns that Russia can't know whether Ukraine might use a "dirty bomb." He questions how Russia should interpret such launches, saying Western experts "must understand this."
🥴🤡"Russia is ready for a peaceful settlement, Trump also calls for sitting at the negotiating table, but the EU and Kyiv do not want to do anything in this direction," Kremlin spokesman Peskov said.
Russia plans to boost T-90 tank production 80 percent by 2028 and will likely have significant combat power to rapidly deploy against NATO's eastern flank within months after fighting ends in Ukraine, says Institute for the Study of War.
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Kremlin spokesman Peskov, commenting on possible Tomahawk transfer to Ukraine, said the missiles are nuclear-capable or could be turned by Ukrainians into long-range "dirty bombs", suggesting Russia would treat their launch as a nuclear strike.