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A small fox visited the defenders for canned food in Chernihiv and then became a regular guest🦊

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Russian soldiers abandoning Russian tank in Zaporizhzhia after being hit

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🇰🇵 North Korean soldiers are already fighting in Ukraine, and several thousand North Korean troops are undergoing training in Russia and may be deployed to the front lines in the future, according to the Institute for the Study of War.

Citing The Washington Post, analysts report that South Korean and Ukrainian officials have stated that North Korean soldiers are already operating alongside Russian forces in Ukraine.

A representative of Ukrainian military intelligence stated that some North Korean officers are observing Russian troops and studying the battlefield in Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine. However, Ukraine has not yet seen North Korean units actively operating in Ukraine.

“A Ukrainian official added that ‘several thousand’ North Korean infantrymen are being trained in Russia, and the Russian military command may deploy them to the front lines in Ukraine by the end of 2024 or to Russia’s border regions to free up Russian ‘reserves’ for combat in Ukraine,” ISW reports.

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Good morning Resisters everywhere

Goodnight Resisters everywhere

In Odintsovo, Moscow Region, an attack was committed on a former associate of Akhmat Kadyrov and former deputy chairman of the Ingush government, Sherip Alikhadzhiev

This was reported by Kommersant and other media. The attack occurred late in the evening, when Alikhadzhiev was returning home, he received serious injuries and was hospitalized in the intensive care unit of a local hospital.

Previously, Alikhadzhiev was one of Akhmat Kadyrov's closest associates during the first Chechen war, and later held the post of deputy chairman of the government of Ingushetia.

Prior to the attack, Ramzan Kadyrov announced his intention to declare a blood feud against Senator Kerimov and State Duma deputies Bekkhan Barakhoev (Ingushetia) and Rizvan Kurbanov (Dagestan), who allegedly tried to order his murder.

It is believed that Kerimov is protecting businesswoman Tatyana Kim and the merger of Wildberries with Russ, and Kadyrov is protecting Vladislav Bakalchuk, who is trying to stop what is happening against the backdrop of a divorce.

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Russia's 155th brigade of the Russian Pacific Fleet lost 2400 out of their 3000 personnel in the battles for Vuhledar, an 80% loss, according to BBC Russian Service investigative report.

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I am on my president's side

Actor Steven Seagal said he was ready to take part in the war on the side of Russia and even die for Putin at the front.

So when will you be enlisting Steven?

📩 🐵 According to him, at the very beginning of the "Special Military Operation" he sent Putin a letter in which he said that if necessary he would give his life for the president

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Ops-ops-ops, what's going on? 💬

Feodosia, Crimea. Another oil tank exploded at the oil depot that was attacked four days ago 🤨

The numerical superiority of Russian forces over Ukraine on the battlefield will likely begin to decrease by the end of this year, according to American military analyst Michael Kofman.

Kofman believes that while the Kremlin continues to pressure Ukraine, suffering high levels of attrition, it is now beginning to struggle under “very significant constraints.”

“Battlefield advantage is likely to diminish as we enter this winter and look toward 2025,” said Kofman, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

However, he cautioned against expecting Russia to run out of equipment or personnel soon. Still, he believes Moscow will not be able to sustain its current pace of attack for long.

Kofman’s first explanation is that Moscow is replacing significant losses of equipment with Soviet-era weapons, but even these reserve stocks will not last indefinitely.

“Russia is depleting its Soviet-era assets, and the production rate of new equipment is quite low compared to the battlefield losses. This means that the Russian military is increasingly forced to adapt tactics to minimize losses, which also reduces their ability to achieve any operationally significant breakthroughs,” says the expert.

High payments to contract soldiers in Russia indicate that recruitment efforts are under pressure, he points out. Kofman believes that the Russian government will struggle to maintain the surge in bonuses and benefits it offers to new recruits.

“It’s clear that, at this rate of losses, Russia’s contract recruitment campaign will not be sustainable. This doesn’t necessarily mean that Russia will face a manpower shortage soon, but it’s evident they are encountering difficulties,” Business Insider quotes Kofman.

For instance, the British Ministry of Defense has estimated that the Kremlin will lose 1,000 soldiers daily during the coming winter, after suffering record daily losses in May and September.

The slow and costly pace of hostilities has consequences not only for the front lines in Ukraine but also for Russia’s wartime economy. It remains unclear how long Moscow can continue increasing its war budget.

Good morning Resisters everywhere

Goodnight Resisters everywhere

🦉 Later, the GUR published

"⚔️ Unique footage of recent successful operations against the russian invaders. The fight continues! 🇺🇦"
⚡️The attack on the Russian military airfield "Khanskaya" was carried out by drones of the SBU, GUR and SSO. There were 57 Russian combat and training aircraft and helicopters at the airport

Among them are Su-34, Su-35 and Mi-8. How many of them were destroyed or damaged is still being determined. But it is already known that there are large-scale fires and detonation at the airfield. Among other things, this is also confirmed by satellite monitoring. Local authorities have announced an evacuation. Russia uses this airfield in the Krasnodar Territory (450 km from the front line) for refueling and missile and bomb strikes on units of the Defense Forces and populated areas of Ukraine.

"The SBU systematically destroys the military potential of the rashists. After each attack, the Russian Federation has fewer and fewer resources to wage war against our state. We are working to ensure that Russia has neither missiles nor aircraft that can strike Ukraine," the SBU said.

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Ukrainian journalist Viktoria Roshchina has died while being transferred to Moscow

This information was shared by Ukrainian MP Yaroslav Yurchyshyn. According to him, Roshchina's parents received a notification from Russian authorities. "According to official information from the Russian authorities, this occurred during the transfer from Taganrog to Moscow," Yurchyshyn said. Later, the MP deleted his message.

Roshchina had been out of contact since August 2023 while preparing a report in the occupied territories of Ukraine. The Ministry of Defense of Russia later confirmed that she had been detained and was being held captive.

Roshchina had been reporting on the war in Ukraine since the first days of Russia’s invasion in February 2022, publishing her work in "Ukrainska Pravda," "Hromadske," and "Radio Liberty." In 2022, she was awarded the "Courage in Journalism" prize by the International Women’s Media Foundation (IWMF).

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In a video taken by a Ukrainian surveillance drone, a Kasta 2-E2 radar vehicle (known by NATO as the "Flat Face") is seen in Donbas, moments before it’s struck by a HIMARS missile. According to reports, the missile was a standard guided version rather than the longer-range ATACMS.

The Kasta 2 radar is typically used for low-altitude detection, but now it’s been reduced to debris at ground level.

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