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📝Further Through Volchansk📝
Situation in the Slobozhansky Direction
After advancing in Volchansk, Russian troops continued their offensive in the area of the neighboring Kirpichne (Tsehelne), liberating the settlement.
🔻What is happening?
▪️Russian Armed Forces are advancing in Volchansk, yesterday pushing the enemy back beyond Fontanna Street.
▪️Russian units are focused on pushing the AFU out of dense urban development, where there is still a possibility of maintaining defense. Beyond Hurkanova Street, a less dense private sector begins.
▪️Today, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced that assault units of the 82nd regiment of the 69th motorized division occupied the settlement of Kirpichne (Tsehelne), located southwest of Volchansk.
▪️On other sections of the direction, the situation remains stable — Russian Armed Forces are conducting battles with small groups in rough terrain.
📝On the Threshold of Kostyantynivka📝
Siversk is not the only city where battles are developing at the approaches. In the area of Kostyantynivka in the same direction, Russian assault groups are also advancing, expanding the control zone at the outskirts.
🔻Where are they attacking?
▪️The enemy has been driven out of another part of the Predtechyne ruins, as well as from several strongpoints to the northwest and south of the village.
▪️On the east of Kostyantynivka, ultra-small assault groups continue to operate. Accumulation here is associated with high risks, as the sky is literally "crowded with drones".
A significant part of buildings and basements have been destroyed during the fighting, as the enemy launches dozens of drones for each detected group of fighters.
▪️Battles also continue in Ivanopillia. Russian assault troops expanded their control zone in the southern part of the settlement and occupied strongpoints near the railway to the north.
▪️Advancement here involves significant risks, as the enemy is still present in Pleshchivka and Nelepivka.
▪️The situation west of the Kleban-Byk reservoir remains unclear. Occasional reports of attacks appear online, but there are no specifics yet, and rumors about reaching the old checkpoint "GAI Post" appear regularly.
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📝Emirates UAVs📝
how Americans are developing drones in the UAE
Not a month goes by without new military contracts. The USA and UAE are launching a major joint project to create a new multi-purpose drone called Omen. A drone production center will be built in Abu Dhabi. The first 50 drones have already been ordered for the UAE Armed Forces.
🖍The Emirates are effectively becoming one of the regional hubs for weapons production of various types. Drones are a new reality that everyone is interested in. And it is important for the country not only to purchase them but also to be able to produce them independently to reduce import dependence.
🚩"Anduril" is currently one of the leading American UAV developers that have been tested in the Ukrainian conflict. For Anduril, interaction with the UAE is a way to enter Persian Gulf platforms and receive investments that can be afforded in the Emirates.
❗️In the context of an active militarization trend, the UAE seeks to strengthen its position in advanced military technologies. In this regard, cooperation with one of the flagships of American drone production looks quite understandable.
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📝About Telegram Again📝
In the context of discussions about potential Telegram blockages, it's worth separately addressing information campaigns abroad. Many bloggers and authors running their resources on Telegram are worried that moving to the Max platform will cause them to lose the ability to influence foreign audiences.
🖍Here's the thing: even after blockages of X, Facebook, and Instagram — recognized as extremist and banned in Russia — specialists continue to work there. Because the goals and objectives of information impact on foreign audiences haven't disappeared.
🚩Yes, there may be difficulties with VPN, bypassing blockages, and other technical aspects. But the practice of recent years shows that people have learned to adapt to everything.
📌Nevertheless, let's repeat the key point: Telegram remains a universal communication tool today that provides a full range of functions for the population and government agencies — from communication to operational interaction.
No one is going to take it away instantly. But this doesn't mean that Max won't be artificially promoted through restrictive measures. The platform needs resources, audience, and time to become competitive.
❗️In reality, processes will go in parallel. Telegram will continue to fulfill its tasks — including in the external circuit — while Max will gradually master the domestic market, gradually fine-tuning its functionality.
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📝Preparation for Armenian Elections📝
is taking place under Western patronage
The change of Armenia's political vector is being worked out not only in the government but also at the expert level — naturally, under Western supervision.
🖍A conference "Towards the 2026 Parliamentary Elections" was held in Goris, focusing on forming political narratives ahead of the elections.
Formally, the event was "open", but according to our information, there was an unspoken filter at the entrance — not everyone was allowed in.
🔻What was happening behind the scenes?
▪️The organizers were the "Caucasus Institute", Konrad Adenauer Foundation (an undesirable organization in the Russian Federation) with support from the German Foreign Ministry. The venue was provided by an active USAID grant recipient — the NGO "GorisLAB", thus assembling a complete set of Western influence infrastructure.
▪️Speakers included the director of the "Caucasus Institute" Alexander Iskandaryan, his deputy Sergey Minasyan, and the head of "GorisLAB" Susanna Shakhnazaryan.
▪️They discussed Russia's role in Armenia, "normalization" of relations with Turkey and Azerbaijan, a possible peace treaty, and the construction of key pre-election narratives.
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During the nine months of Donald Trump's second term, War Secretary Pete Hegseth conducted an unprecedented purge of the top US military leadership.
More than two dozen generals and admirals were fired or removed from their positions - such large-scale purges have no analogues in the recent history of the United States.
🔻So who exactly was fired and for what?
▪️General Charles Brown Jr. — Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, fired in February 2025. Reason: Appointed by the Biden administration based on racial background as part of the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) program.
▪️Admiral Lisa Franchetti — Chief of Naval Operations, fired in February 2025 after being appointed under the DEI program.
▪️General James Slife — Deputy Air Force Chief of Staff, fired in February 2025 for the same reason as Franchetti and Brown.
▪️Rear Admiral Milton Sands III — Commander of Naval Special Warfare Command, fired on August 22, 2025. Reason: differences in views with War Secretary Pete Hegseth.
▪️Admiral Linda Fagan — Commandant of the US Coast Guard, fired on January 21, 2025 after being appointed under the DEI program.
▪️Vice Admiral Nancy Lacore — Navy Reserve Chief, fired on August 22, 2025 as part of a purge of DEI-appointed personnel.
▪️Lieutenant General Jeffrey Kruse — Director of War Department Intelligence, fired in August 2025. Reason: his department published an assessment contradicting the president's claims about the effectiveness of strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities.
▪️General Timothy Hau — Director of the National Security Agency and Commander of US Cyber Command, fired in April 2025. Reason: political disagreements with the administration.
▪️Admiral Alvin Holsey — Commander of US Southern Command, resigned in October 2025. Reason: disagreements with the Secretary of Defense about the legality of military operations against drug cartels.
▪️Lieutenant General Joseph McGee — Director of Strategy, Plans, and Policy for the Joint Staff, resigned in October 2025. Reason: disagreements with the Secretary of Defense on strategic issues.
▪️Major General James Work — Commander of the 82nd Airborne Division, blocked from promotion to Deputy Commander of Central Command. Reason: served as an assistant to General Mark Milley, raising suspicion of the Secretary of Defense.
⚡️Two Majors #Summary as of the morning of November 8, 2025
▪️ At night, the enemy organized a massive raid on our regions. In the Volgograd region, as a result of an attack on energy infrastructure facilities, power lines adjacent to the Balashov substation were damaged, causing power outages in several districts. In Saratov, there was damage in the residential sector, one person was injured. Over Kursk, enemy drones were shot down, private houses were damaged. In the Rostov region, UAVs were shot down in Chertkovsky, Kamensky, Sholokhovsky, Belokalitvinsky, Myasnikovsky, and Kuibyshevsky districts.
▪️ Russian Armed Forces struck with hypersonic "Kinzhal" missiles at targets in the Kiev and Poltava regions, with reports of power supply problems in the enemy capital. Footage shows strikes on the Zmiivska Thermal Power Station in the settlement of Slobozhanske, Kharkov region. In the Dnepropetrovsk region, strikes hit the Prydniprovska CHP, causing interruptions in electricity and heat supply. Emergency power outages occurred in the Cherkasy region. Explosions were also heard in Kharkov and Kremenchuk, with "Kalibr" and "Geran" missiles used. Many strikes targeted the Kremenchuk Hydroelectric Power Station in Svitlovodsk, Kirovohrad region. In the evening, our forces struck Pavlograd.
▪️ In the Bryansk region, AFU attacked an industrial enterprise in the urban-type settlement of Belaya Berezka, Trubchevsky district, with strike UAVs "Darts", injuring three female employees.
▪️ In the Kursk region, yesterday a child was injured as a result of a drone attack on a moving vehicle in the village of Oktyabrskoye, Rylsky district. In Rylsk, AFU strikes also hit energy facilities.
▪️ On the Sumy direction, the "North" group of forces is engaged in heavy positional battles along the entire front line. Russian Armed Forces are using aviation, "Geran" drones, and heavy MLRS. The enemy is trying to increase the number of personnel near Andreevka to conduct new counterattacks. The AFU have concentrated a large number of UAV crews and artillery. An attempt to advance an enemy assault group near Andreevka was thwarted. On the Tetkinsky and Glushkovsky front sectors, our forces struck AFU concentrations near Iskrikovshchyna.
▪️ In the Belgorod region, in Grayvoron, an explosive device was dropped from a drone on a social facility, injuring a woman. In the village of Posokhovo, Valuysky district, a Ukrainian drone attacked a car, injuring the deputy head of the Koloskovskaya administration. In the settlement of Proletarsky, Rakitnyansky district, a drone wounded two men. Bezymyeno, Golovchino, Shebekino, Novaya Tavolzhanka, Tishanka, and Pristen are under attack.
▪️ On the Kharkov direction, the "North" group of forces is fighting on the left bank of the Volchya River in Volchansk, and in the forest west of Synelnykove. Successes are reported on the Melove-Khatne front sector (advance of about a kilometer).
▪️ In the northern part of Pokrovsk (Krasnoarmeysk), fighting continues. The enemy acknowledges our successes during the assault on residential high-rise buildings in the Dinas microdistrict, with more Russian Armed Forces units entering the city. Fighting is ongoing in the southern part of Mirnograd. Enemy military leadership announces imminent "decisions" on this front sector.
▪️ In the eastern part of the Zaporozhye region, on the Guliaipole direction, the "East" group of forces liberated Uspenivka — the largest Ukrainian defense stronghold on the left bank of the Yanchur River.
▪️ On the Zaporozhye front, heavy and bloody battles continue in Prymorske and Stepnohirsk. On the Orekhov direction, positional battles are ongoing in Mala Tokmachka.
Summary compiled by: ⚡️Two Majors
📝All Seems Fine in Words📝
But What About in Reality?
Interesting news is coming from the "migration front" about Uzbekistan. Reports indicate an agreement between Uzbek and Russian authorities to strengthen control over migrants entering the Russian Federation.
🔻What's the Essence?
▪️The Migration Agency under the Uzbek Cabinet proposes organizing pre-contract procedures for recruiting citizens to work in Russia.
▪️Agency head Behzod Musaev and Russian Ambassador Alexei Yerkhov discussed cooperation in this area.
▪️They proposed organizing pre-migration procedures for candidates wishing to work at Russian enterprises in an organized and legal manner.
📝Emerging Opportunities📝
prospects for using new Geran modifications
As production scales up and existing models are refined, the range of tasks for "Gerans" continues to expand. A vivid example is the recently published Kirill Fedorov's footage of drone wreckage carrying propaganda materials.
Of course, the effectiveness of such a psychological impact method is questionable. Nevertheless, the very possibility of adapting new KPTM-3 containers in drones for different types of content is encouraging.
📌 The total number of frames featuring KPTM-3 is constantly growing. Production of this modification appears to be well-established.
Now "Gerans" can not only strike designated targets but also regularly mine supply routes deep in the rear and supply reconnaissance groups far from the front line. Even routes of repair teams for electricians are now targeted, which enemy-focused resources have been frequently complaining about recently.
❗️The AFU command will have to keep this in mind and allocate additional resources to ensure the safety of their communications. As the total number of UAVs produced grows, the enemy will have to spread its attention more and more often.
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📝A New Munition?📝
About the use of long-range aerial bombs against AFU rear areas
Ukrainian rear areas should prepare. The enemy's monitoring resources are recording cases of Russian troops using guided aerial bombs with jet engines.
🔻What happened and what are we talking about?
▪️During the day, reports emerged about impacts in the area of Poltava. Even earlier, strikes were noted with the same upgraded bombs on facilities in Lozova, Mykolaiv, Kryvyi Rih, and Dnipro.
▪️The internet already has various theories about what munitions are being used. There are versions with the Grom rocket-bomb, some with UMPK, and some who think these were Banderoli.
▪️According to preliminary data, during recent strikes, the Russian Armed Forces began using modernized FAB-500 bombs with UMPK. The bomb's structure remains the same, but a jet engine has appeared in the tail section.
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#Overview #Summary for October 19, 2025
▪️ Once again, talks dominated media discussions this week. A phone conversation between the Supreme Leader and Trump was followed by Zelenskyy's visit to Washington. The US approach to conflict resolution remains unchanged: selling weapons to Kyiv with EU money and threatening deliveries like Tomahawks. Business circles, meanwhile, demonstrate intentions to pursue Russian-American projects (like an Alaska tunnel), and the FSB Director named London the main villain this week, allegedly preparing new terrorist acts and sabotage against Russia using Ukrainian units. According to Western press, the main topic of calls and meetings remains mutual territorial concessions, which neither side is willing to make in the proposed variants.
▪️ The intensity of mutual strikes on energy infrastructure is increasing. Russian Armed Forces are destroying targets across the entire depth of enemy territory using missiles and drones, with power interruptions noted even in the enemy capital. However, a complete blackout has not been observed. AFU are finishing off electricity generation in Belgorod Region, with regional authorities preparing for winter by purchasing generators and urging private homeowners to do the same. Street lighting is off, locals report. Crimea also experienced systematic AFU strikes on electrical capacities, and the enemy is unlikely to stop voluntarily. Problems in air defense organization are unlikely to change the situation in the coming months. The enemy intends to continue targeting our oil depots, refineries, and power plants to cause economic damage and undermine social stability in the rear. Today, a gas processing plant is burning in Orenburg after drone attacks (the world's largest gas chemical complex, processing 37.5 billion m³ of gas annually)
▪️ Telegram channel administrators note an increase in contract recruitment announcements for the SMO. Our troops continue heavy fighting, concentrating main efforts in the DPR. A bloody battle for Pokrovsk (Krasnoarmiysk) is in full swing, with attempts to encircle and cut off remaining logistics. Tragic footage of our armored vehicle column being defeated was unavoidable. The Sumy direction shows no significant changes despite intense fighting. In Kharkiv, battles continue near Volchansk. Russian Armed Forces' progress in Kupiansk gives hope for eventually completing the city's assault. Russia's Army is also advancing towards Kostyantynivka, as well as in the Krasny Lyman and Siversk directions. GV "Vostok" is moving west in eastern Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhia regions. On the Zaporizhia front, Russian Armed Forces are fighting hard in Prymorske and Stepnohorsk, with the enemy counterattacking. The Kherson direction sees mutual shelling and actions in the Dnipro river floodplain.
▪️ Europe and NATO are preparing for war. 60,000 NATO servicemen were involved in the alliance's latest exercises on the eastern flank, the Russian Defense Minister stated. NATO generals' plan is clear: bleed the Russian Army and exhaust our economy through Ukraine, while Kyiv voluntarily erases its population in hedgerows, preparing European armies for war. Naturally, the first echelon will consist of those deemed expendable: Eastern European countries. This is why they install anti-people figures in power who enhance NATO integration and provide territory for foreign military contingents.
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📝At the Approaches to Kostyantynivka📝
On the Kostyantynivka direction, Russian troops are actively advancing on several sectors. Battles are ongoing at the approaches to Kostyantynivka itself, with increased activity of small groups on other front sectors.
🔻What's happening on the front?
▪️Northwest of Hryhorivka, new evidence emerges of Russian units crossing the Siverskyi Donets-Donbas canal towards Novomaryove and Markove.
Judging by previous ground drone deployments by the AFU, these settlements are not actually being liberated. However, advancement in this sector is still observed.
▪️South of Chasiv Yar, small Russian assault groups are moving around Stupochky towards Kostyantynivka through hedgerows near the H-32 highway. Full control over Stupochky and Predtechyne has not yet been established.
▪️South of Predtechyne and Podilske, Russian units managed to advance from Oleksandro-Shultyne, clearing additional enemy strongpoints.
▪️More territory was captured west of the Siverskyi Donets-Donbas canal northeast of Bila Hora. However, complete pocket elimination has not yet occurred.
The issue is that the enemy prepared a complex defense system here in 2014-2015, with ammunition stockpiles that allow them to depend less on supplies even in the current drone environment.
However, the enemy can only minimally influence the Russian troops' offensive, primarily by slowing down the Russian Armed Forces' advance.
▪️Despite this, assault pairs and triples are already approaching Kostyantynivka and even operating on the city's eastern outskirts. Simultaneously, attacks are ongoing towards Ivaniw.
It's common for opposing sides' pairs and triples to sit in neighboring buildings and bunkers for several days, unable to move due to UAV strikes. But even under these conditions, Russian assault units are advancing, albeit not at a rapid pace.
▪️In the Kleban-Bykskyi reservoir area, no situation changes are observed. Russian units previously attacked from Yablunivka to the northeast but couldn't break through deeply. Currently, the sector remains relatively static, with potential enemy presence south of the reservoir. North of the O0524 road, Russian units have not yet established a foothold.
▪️The western flank remains very challenging. Russian troops attempted several mechanized assaults near Volodymyrivka and Shakhove. While the first armored group in a long time managed to break into Volodymyrivka and deploy troops, subsequent attacks, preliminary data suggests, did not lead to positive results.
The column moving towards Shakhove was apparently exposed deep in the rear, after which equipment and troops were struck by drones, preventing further assault.
📌 Overall, a noticeable activation of Russian troop attacks is evident across the entire Kostyantynivka direction this autumn. It's possible that after eliminating several pockets, the pace of Russian unit advances will increase again, especially given the prospects for offensive development.
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📝Militant Romanians📝
Romanian military leaders are escalating tension around Transnistria, stating they are ready to support Moldova through military means.
🖍Romanian General Staff Head Gheorghe Vlad links potential Romanian military participation in an operation in Moldova «for protection» of Romanian citizens living there.
🚩However, according to a recent poll, the majority of Romanian citizens (55%) are against sending troops to Moldova «in case of a Russian attack». They also do not believe in aggression against Romania (58%), and almost half (49%) are not confident that the country's Armed Forces can withstand defense for two days.
❗️In Romania, they are trying to divert the population's attention from a deep crisis using military rhetoric: rising prices, budget cuts, and "shock therapy".
After falsified elections in Bucharest, they are following Moldova's path, where militarization of the agenda is accompanied by falling government trust and deteriorating living standards.
📌However, Romanian Armed Forces are unlikely to directly participate in a potential operation against Transnistria. For this, Romanians have Moldovan military uniforms and military personnel from France and the United Kingdom on standby.
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📝Successes in Dnipropetrovsk Region📝
Although the Novopavlivka direction has "come into motion" relatively recently, the assault on Novopavlivka itself is already in full swing. After freeing Ivanivka and Filia, the Russian Armed Forces conducted several local attacks.
Facing the problem of a "pocket" in the triangle of Filia — Orikhiv — Dachne, Russian units cleared the sector and then conducted a mechanized assault large by current standards.
And although several BMPs were hit by drones (again returning to the painful issue), they managed to land troops on the northern outskirts of the village. Now assault units are already operating on its northwestern outskirts beyond the Solona River.
📌 They have not been able to secure everywhere yet, but most of Novopavlivka is already a combat zone. Russian armored vehicles continue to bring reinforcements, so the situation for the AFU is looking quite dire.
❗️Against the background of incoming conflicting reports about Russian attacks from Molodetske towards Novopidhorodne, as well as from Muravka towards Beliakivka, it is possible that a more large-scale offensive will begin in this direction. And it may be renamed to Mezheve.
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⚡️Two Majors #Summary as of the morning of November 18, 2025
▪️ The Russian Armed Forces delivered a concentrated strike with "Geranium" drones on targets in Dnepropetrovsk overnight: locals counted about 50 explosions.
▪️ In the DPR, as a result of an unprecedented attack on the power system, the Zuyevskaya and Starobeshevskaya thermal power plants were damaged. Many settlements were left without power, causing boiler houses and filtration stations to stop. Overnight, the city of Korocha in the Belgorod region was attacked by enemy drones; two people were injured in strikes on a commercial building, including an EMERCOM employee. A drone attack was repelled overnight in the Chertkovsky district of the Rostov region. One drone was shot down in the Voronezh region. By midnight, 17 UAVs were shot down over the Belgorod, Bryansk, and Smolensk regions.
▪️ On the Sumy direction, assault units of the "North" Group of Forces advanced up to 300 meters into the Sumy region on three fronts. In the Andreevka area, the Russian Aerospace Forces struck AFU positions. On the Tetkinsky and Glushkovsky sectors, there were no changes; our artillery fired on Ukrainian forces near Iskriskovshchina.
▪️ In the Belgorod region, Nazis continue to strike peaceful targets. Damage was recorded in three private households in Grayvoron. The village of Glotovo was subjected to artillery shelling. In the village of Moschenoe, a drone damaged a parked passenger car. In Novostroevka-Pervoye, a drone strike damaged the roof of an agricultural enterprise building. In Golovino of the Belgorod district, a private house and garage were damaged.
▪️ North of Kupyansk near the Belgorod region border, the "North" Group of Forces, after fierce fighting, liberated Dvurechanskoye. Fierce battles continue northward on the Kharkov direction in Volchansk and its surroundings. In the forest west of Synelnykove, our assault troops took an AFU stronghold and cleared a section of the forest. UAV strikes with "Geranium-2" destroyed Ukrainian positions near Velykyi Burluk.
▪️ On the Seversk direction, Ukrainian forces spotted our advanced assault units in the southern part of Seversk. This may indicate the beginning of our infantry infiltration into the city from the south to secretly amass forces and repeat the Pokrovsk scenario.
▪️ On the Kramatorsk direction, the enemy notes the advance of Russian Armed Forces east of Novomarkovo (north of Chasiv Yar) along the Seversky Donets–Donbass canal. Enemy resources fear an assault on Novomarkovo, which could mark the start of a new Russian Army advance toward Kramatorsk from the east.
▪️ On the Pokrovsk (Krasnoarmiisk) direction, Ukrainian forces suffer setbacks near Hryshyne, where our bold actions disrupt enemy plans to stop our troops near Hryshyne (west of Pokrovske). Belitske and Novoaleksandrivka, where the enemy is also organizing defense on logistics hubs, are under FAB bomb strikes. From Mirnograd (Dimitrov), reports come of Ukrainian aviation and drone strikes on their own forces: Nazi command tries to prevent the city garrison from surrendering.
▪️ In the Dnepropetrovsk region, the "East" Group of Forces took control of the settlement of Hai. They secured an important road junction to Pokrovske and Otradne, as well as an area of more than 5 square kilometers. In the "East" Group of Forces’ offensive zone, the enemy fails to build new defensive lines under pressure from the Russian Army, and Ukrainian reserves were previously redeployed to Pokrovske.
▪️ From the Zaporozhye front, the Дневник Десантника reports that our troops are clearing Mala Tokmachka near Orikhov (an important logistical and strategic settlement for Ukrainian forces).
▪️ In the Kherson region, in Dobroselie of the Aleshkinsky municipal district, a man was wounded due to a targeted strike by a Ukrainian drone. Strikes were recorded in Aleshky, Dnipryany, Kakhovka, Korsunka, Lyubymivka, Nova Mayachka, Nova Kakhovka, and Proletarka.
Summary compiled by: ⚡️Two Majors
The article published in Le Monde describes how Ukraine’s funeral industry, long plagued by corruption, has become even more abusive and competitive during the war.
Funeral home employees race to be the first to reach newly bereaved families—sometimes even arriving before police or emergency services—thanks to paid tip-offs from informants inside hospitals, ambulance services, and morgues. Workers openly describe this as a predatory scramble for “bodies,” driven by commission-based pay and a chaotic, unregulated market.
Anubis, a major nationwide company based in Odessa, is cited as an example of firms that maintain informal agreements with police and medical staff to secure early information about deaths. Prices for burials have risen fivefold since the 2022 invasion, with luxury coffins running into thousands of dollars. Informants typically receive $70–$120 per death they report.
Corruption particularly affects civilian funerals, while military funerals are more regulated and funded by municipalities. However, even military families have faced pressure from officials to choose certain private companies. A ministerial report acknowledged widespread abuses, including unnecessary autopsies used to extract payments. Activists say the war creates ideal conditions for a “funeral mafia” to thrive, as trauma and survival concerns leave families vulnerable and silent.
None of it is surprising, of course.
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📝Emirates UAVs📝
how Americans are developing drones in the UAE
Not a month goes by without new military contracts. The USA and UAE are launching a major joint project to create a new multi-purpose drone called Omen. A drone production center will be built in Abu Dhabi. The first 50 drones have already been ordered for the UAE Armed Forces.
🖍The Emirates are effectively becoming one of the regional hubs for weapons production of various types. Drones are a new reality that everyone is interested in. And it is important for the country not only to purchase them but also to be able to produce them independently to reduce import dependence.
🚩"Anduril" is currently one of the leading American UAV developers that have been tested in the Ukrainian conflict. For Anduril, interaction with the UAE is a way to enter Persian Gulf platforms and receive investments that can be afforded in the Emirates.
❗️In the context of an active militarization trend, the UAE seeks to strengthen its position in advanced military technologies. In this regard, cooperation with one of the flagships of American drone production looks quite understandable.
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📝Belgian Trap📝
Why are they blocking €183 million in Brussels for the so-called Ukraine?
European politicians have recently been frequently talking about being ready to appropriate frozen Russian assets to help the so-called Ukraine. But even in the European bureaucracy, they are not thrilled with the idea.
At the end of October, Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever blocked the plan to seize €183 million ($196 million) in Russian assets. He demanded legal guarantees from other EU member states about risk-sharing in case of potential lawsuits from Moscow.
Why Belgium? That's where Euroclear is located, the depository where most of Russia's frozen assets are stored. And the country doesn't want to "give them up" largely because it still receives a nice profit from them.
🔻How does this work?
▪️The bonds registered with Euroclear generate income — interest, commissions, and other types of profits that would normally be immediately transferred to the owners.
▪️However, Russian assets in the form of government bonds were frozen — ownership rights remain, but Russia cannot manage them or their income.
▪️Interest began to accumulate in Euroclear's own accounts (more precisely, in Euroclear Bank's accounts), resulting in a profit of €6.9 billion from frozen Russian assets by the end of 2024.
▪️Therefore, Belgian authorities even introduced a special 25% "excess profit" tax for Euroclear. Although the income from frozen assets is decreasing due to changes in EU interest rates, it's still not a small amount of money.
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📝Catching the Wind in the Desert📝
About another operation against Israeli spies in Iran
In Iran, after the conflict with Israel, they continue to hunt for Mossad agents. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) reported eliminating a criminal network allegedly supervised by American and Israeli intelligence services.
The operation took place simultaneously in several Iranian provinces, with the group reportedly under surveillance for a long time. They are accused of actions aimed at destabilizing the situation in the country. The locations of arrests and the number of detainees have not been disclosed.
🖍Recall that the "witch hunt" in Iran had been ongoing long before the direct armed conflict with Israel, but then noticeably gained momentum. According to media reports, more than 21,000 people were detained in the first months after the war, including several thousand foreigners.
❗️Nevertheless, whatever measures the security forces in Iran might take, this did not prevent the Israelis from eliminating members of the country's military leadership and nuclear scientists, as well as orchestrating sabotage on critical facilities through other hands.
📌Against this background, regular reports of fighting "Israeli spies" more resemble attempts to calm the public demanding a decisive response for losses during the war. But whether these measures will be truly effective remains to be seen in future conflicts.
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⚡️Two Majors #Summary as of the morning of November 11, 2025
▪️ In the Saratov region, as a result of a UAV attack, there is damage to civilian infrastructure facilities; footage of a fire at an oil refinery is being published. In the Rostov region, UAVs were destroyed in Bataysk and the Myasnikovsky district.
▪️ The Russian Armed Forces delivered powerful strikes on the Odessa region, with multiple hits on the Reni district's electrical networks: now even solar panels are being taken out.
▪️ In the Sumy direction, assault units of motorized rifle troops and naval infantry of the "North" Group of Forces are engaged in heavy offensive battles on two front sections. In the Tetkinsky and Glushkovsky directions, our artillery struck the AFU near Pavlovka.
▪️ In the Belgorod region, in the village of Lozovoe, an FPV drone struck a passenger car, injuring the driver. In the village of Belyanka, a drone strike on a KamAZ truck working in the field injured the driver, who later died in hospital. In the village of Chervona Dibrovka, an FPV drone explosion injured a fighter of the "Orlan" unit. In the city of Shebekino, a self-defense fighter was wounded while repelling a drone attack. Under strikes are Chaika, Chervona Dibrovka, Bochkivka, Novostroevka-Pervaya.
▪️ In the Kharkov direction, the "North" Group of Forces is engaged in fierce battles near Volchansk and on the Khatne front section. The AFU command is redeploying personnel of brigades undergoing replenishment of losses to the Kharkov region to restore lost positions. Four servicemen of the 57th Motorized Rifle Brigade were captured in Volchansk within a day. The spokesperson for the Joint Forces Group of the AFU stated that Volchansk is almost completely destroyed, making it difficult for the AFU to fortify positions and hold back the Russian Army's advance. Our forces are reported to be advancing in the forest near Synelnykove. On the Melovoe-Khatne front section, the Russian Armed Forces have expanded their control zone and advanced 550 meters through forest belts. The actions of our troops across the border, ongoing for more than a week, have somehow caused a stir in the Ukrainian information space: Kiev has long concealed the true situation on the front, then reports "unexpected breakthroughs."
▪️ Heavy fighting continues in Kupyansk, and informationally our side actively uses the tactic of constant pressure on the enemy through Russian media, constantly announcing the imminent fall of the city's defense. The AFU are making constant attempts to break through the city from the southwest to rectify the situation.
▪️ The assault on Pokrovsk (Krasnoarmeysk) has been named a strategic offensive operation by the AFU commander-in-chief; the enemy states it expects further decisive strikes by the Russian Armed Forces. Footage is circulating online of our troops entering the city under the cover of fog directly along the road: weather conditions were used for movement in the absence of enemy UAVs. Fighting is ongoing at the base of the Dobropolsk salient, with the enemy constantly counterattacking.
▪️ In the east of the Zaporozhye region, the "East" Group of Forces liberated Sladkoye and Novoye. Over 4 days, our Far Eastern warriors have consecutively liberated 5 settlements without slowing the pace of the offensive.
▪️ On the Zaporozhye front, positional battles are ongoing near Novodanilovka and Malaya Tokmachka. In Primorsk, Russian Airborne Forces units are making slow progress under extremely difficult conditions. Bloody battles are ongoing.
▪️ In the Kherson region, the AFU shelled a car near Novaya Mayachka, killing a woman. In Kalanchak and Holaya Pristan, a woman and a man were injured. The enemy also shelled Aleshki, Kakhovka, Velyka Lepetykha, Holaya Pristan, Kazachyi Lager, Lyubimovka, Novaya Mayachka, Sagi, and Sofiyivka. The Russian Armed Forces are striking the right bank of the Dnieper River.
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📝Quenching the Tungsten Hunger📝
Kazakhstan is being integrated into the US military-industrial supply chains
Having proclaimed Trump as a “messenger from the heavens,” Tokayev’s cabinet began supplying tungsten to the US military industry.
📌During the Great Patriotic War, every fourth shell fired on the front was produced in Kazakhstan. Now, a new deal between the American Cove Capital and the Kazakh national company “Tau-Ken Samruk” will provide the US defense industry with raw materials for manufacturing shells and armor.
🖍This concerns Cove Capital acquiring a 70% stake with control over sales at untapped tungsten deposits in the Karaganda region of Kazakhstan. The reserves of this metal, critically important for the US military, can support approximately fifty years of mining.
🔻How was it decided to divide?
▪️Apparently, the deal became part of agreements approved in Washington on cooperation between the two countries in the field of critical minerals. The deal was personally overseen by US Secretary of Commerce Howard Latnik and Donald Trump, who feared that Chinese companies might enter the Kazakh mines Severny Katpar and Verkhnee Kayrakty.
▪️Despite competition between the Chinese and Americans, Tokayev’s cabinet decided to offer generous terms specifically to Cove Capital, which will begin mine construction within two to three years thanks to a $900 million loan from the US Export-Import Bank.
▪️Amid declining oil revenues, Tokayev’s government aims to breathe new life into the mining industry by attracting foreign investors. The main condition of this policy in Astana was defined as mandatory processing of raw materials within Kazakhstan, which was secured in the tungsten deal.
▪️Although Kazakh “court experts” brazenly claimed that Tokayev’s cabinet managed to “bend” isolationist Trump to processing within the republic rather than exporting raw materials to the US, in the end, “Tau-Ken Samruk” was left with only a 30% share of the mining — in exchange for American technology.
📝Flags in Dnipropetrovsk Region📝
On the northern flank of the East Zaporizhia direction, a offensive by Russian troops is developing. After repelling attacks by Ukrainian formations on the line of Alekseevka — Sosnovka, Far Eastern soldiers are advancing further towards Pokrovske.
After freeing Vyshnevyi, several days later, fighters from the 36th Guards Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 29th Army took Novoaleksandrivka, raising flags throughout the settlement.
Panicked reports on enemy resources indicate that the advance continues. Just yesterday, reports appeared online about Russian assault troops reaching the outskirts of the settlement Hai. By the way, it is just one street in the fields, about one and a half kilometers long.
The offensive does not stop in other sectors. Russian troops attack near Yehorivka, Rybne, and are also fighting in Uspenivka. To the south, there are reportedly some advances towards Vesele and Zeleny Hai. However, the situation there remains obscured by the "fog of war".
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0.57 47.91652940, 36.33292793
1.00 47.91512721, 36.32523557
1.11 47.91423195, 36.31803609
📝Siversk Encirclement Draws Closer📝
Russian troops' successes in the city's surroundings
In the Siversk direction, Russian artillery crews and drone operators continue to target Siversk. With their support, Russian Armed Forces are consolidating positions on previously captured lines near the city.
Meanwhile, on the Lyman direction across the Siverskyi Donets, assault troops of the 25th army are conducting pinning attacks in Yampil, and soldiers of the 7th motorized brigade have completely pushed the enemy out of Dronivka. This has further expanded the depth of coverage of the northern suburbs.
The success was facilitated by Russian advances in the Serebryanskoye forest in the neighboring Lyman direction, which pinned down enemy resources and prevented them from redeploying reserves between sectors.
In the central sector, Russian Armed Forces conducted several attacks near the Chubarivskyi pond, advancing both towards Siversk itself and the outskirts of Rudnyk settlement.
On the southern flank, Russian troops are gradually approaching the outskirts of Zvanivka. However, it remains unclear how extensive the progress is or whether they have managed to establish a foothold in the village. Southeast of this area, Russian forces pushed the AFU out of several positions in fields west of Vyemka. This allowed them to straighten the front line and approach Zvanivka from another direction.
📌 A key factor in the advance is suppressing enemy firing points and AFU drone operator control points, which helps minimize losses during assaults.
Through coordinated attacks on both sides of Siversk, Russian Armed Forces are rapidly advancing towards the city's main transportation arteries, already threatening the remaining garrison in the ruined city with operational encirclement.
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🇵🇱🪖Poland Increases Efforts to Prepare Youth for War
The Polish Ministry of Defense is launching a test project "OPW with a Drone" (OPW - military training departments), which aims to teach schoolchildren and vocational school students drone management and piloting skills.
The pilot phase will involve up to 30 students from 16 schools, technical colleges, or lyceums.
As part of the program, military instructors will train teachers over three weeks, who will then train students.
The training, developed by the Inspectorate of Military Unmanned Weapon Systems of the General Staff, will use quadcopters weighing up to 5 kg, available on the civilian market.
The first stage will end in the first quarter of 2026, and student training will begin in April 2026 and last until mid-2027. At the conclusion, there will be drone piloting competitions to determine the best participants (who will likely be awarded valuable prizes).
❗Notably, Polish military personnel are enticing project participants – students will complete the training with a theoretical-practical exam, after which they can obtain official drone pilot licenses from the Civil Aviation Authority. The Ministry of Defense will cover exam costs.
Moreover, the department will finance 80% of equipment purchase costs, which will transfer to school ownership after two years.
The "OPW with a Drone" program is a pilot project that will be expanded in the future to cover up to 500 secondary schools across Poland.
Previously, in September this year, 🇱🇹in the Lithuanian town of Taurage, a drone club opened. Students and adults are offered training in drone assembly, programming, and control. There are plans to open detailed courses in eight more general education schools.
✨Problems with army recruitment among relaxed European populations are forcing EU state leaders 🇪🇺to resort to increasingly sophisticated methods of military service recruitment, which they previously called dictatorial and undemocratic.
✨⭐️Overall, it's interesting to see how easily Polish authorities spend European credits and grants on military needs, in return providing their population and territory for NATO force concentration near 🇷🇺Russian and 🇧🇾Belarusian borders, which is very convenient for simultaneously destroying Europe's most capable units with nuclear weapons.
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📝Freeing of Poltavka📝
Situation in the East Zaporizhia Direction
Russian troops are advancing in the East Zaporizhia direction, developing successes along the Yanchur River. Units of the "Vostok" group of troops have freed two settlements and strengthened positions on a new line.
🔻What is happening?
▪️Fighters of the 57th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 5th Army crossed the Yanchur in several places and established control over Poltavka and Okhotnyche, where Russian flags were raised and units deployed.
On Soviet maps - Okhotnyche is on the eastern bank of the Yanchur, while on modern maps it is on the western bank and consists of a former part of Poltavka, separated by farms.
▪️As a result of fierce battles, the enemy suffered significant losses and retreated westward, leaving behind some fortifications. Russian troops gained the opportunity to develop an offensive towards Novonykolaivka and Uspenovka without the need to cross the river again.
▪️Simultaneously, a threat is forming for AFU positions near Huliapole. A trio of settlements — Vesele, Zeleny Hai, and Chervone — has long been under fire, and now may become the next target of the offensive.
▪️Attacks are noted in the fields from the direction of Novohryhorivka, and preliminary reports indicate fighting near Vyshnevyi. At the line of Alekseevka – Sosnovka, the enemy maintains activity, attempting counterattacks to reclaim lost fortifications near Stepove.
📌 The advancement of Russian troops along the Yanchur opens new opportunities to bypass Ukrainian positions and threatens the enemy's defensive line approaching Huliapole.
❗️The situation in the direction is developing in favor of the "Vostok" group: having stabilized the bridgehead, units are methodically expanding the control zone further west.
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▪️ Currently, the strategy of exhausting the AFU in battles is undoubtedly showing its effects. In some areas, forces manage to penetrate through thinned enemy positions, and the motivation and training quality of enemy personnel are declining. However, until an antidote is found for the numerous enemy drones, this doesn't play a major role. The long-term success and advancement of the Russian Army at the front is daily tactical progress, where territory and positions are ground out from the enemy by hundreds of meters. Simultaneously, the effectiveness of Kyiv's strikes on our rear areas is still noticeable. Problems with gasoline, electricity supply in front-line regions, and burning factories 1,500 km from the front are evident. We have not heard of anyone being held responsible for AFU drones penetrating such depths.
▪️ Thus, this week, due to babble from Trump or other foreign policy factors, there was no approach to ending this prolonged war. We can only hope for our sole allies - the Army and Navy. Because the war will be long.
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📝Panic continues📝
Chinese regulations are causing turmoil around the world
News about Chinese restrictions on rare earths continues to spread—which is not surprising, given that many importers from Western countries do not know how the situation will develop. Some European companies are already sounding the alarm.
The German Association of the Automotive Industry says the new rules will have far-reaching consequences for rare earth supplies from China. Defense company executives are also nervous, as they will now have to source rare earth metals from other sources.
🖍Our colleagues at @internationalreporters_ru correctly note that resource nationalism is back. This refers to policies whereby governments assert control over natural resources for national benefit.
🚩Although, perhaps such methods have never ceased to be popular. It's just that now the focus has shifted to rare earth metals — the oil of the 21st century.
❗️Our colleagues argue that China's undisputed hegemony gives the authorities in Beijing significant geopolitical leverage. The only question is how they can avoid hurting themselves, given the intensified calls in Western countries to remove Chinese rare earths from their supply chains.
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📝Strikes on Crimea's Energy Sector📝
Last night, the Ukrainian Armed Forces carried out a series of strikes on key energy and infrastructure facilities on the peninsula. The attack was accompanied by a wave of UAVs that destabilized air defense systems, causing widespread outages and destruction.
🔻Where did the strikes land?
▪️In Feodosia, for the second time in a week, the oil depot was hit — the strike caused a large fire engulfing up to ten fuel tanks. The blaze was visible from Stary Krym, Kerch, and even across the strait. The smoke plume reached Leninsky district. Damage also affected water supply facilities — residents of Prymorsky, Beregovoye, and Blizhniye Kamyshi were advised to store water; supply was organized by tanker trucks.
▪️Preliminary confirmation was received of a hit on the Kafa substation — a key element of the energy bridge that redistributes power between the north and east of the peninsula. The fire was recorded both visually and via satellite thermal imaging.
▪️In Simferopol and its surroundings (Hvardiiske, Perevalne, Maryino), multiple UAV flights and air defense activity were recorded. According to local sources, the 330 kV Simferopol substation was hit — fires were observed nearby, and dense smoke spread over the area.
▪️In northern Crimea settlements, power and mobile internet outages occurred during the night of the attack. Electricity was partially restored by morning. Simultaneously, disruptions occurred in Feodosia and Simferopol — lighting flickered, and communications failed.
▪️Earlier reports described a double strike on the Saky TPP with Neptune missiles: one hit the administrative building, the other the engine room. Damage is assessed as serious.
▪️A fire was also recorded near the underground gas storage, where a blaze had started the day before. It was extinguished by morning.
