Russia would rather lose hundreds, even thousands, of troops in an effort to hold onto territory rather than retreat from an untenable position. Novotoretske is at the base of the Dobropillia salient.
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Russian forces lost 50+ soldiers in a single assault near Novotoretske, trapped in razor wire and anti-tank obstacles
Desperate to rescue encircled troops near Dobropillia, commanders keep sending waves into the same kill zone despite zero success
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— Euromaidan Press (@euromaidanpress.bsky.social) October 14, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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Two Russian armored columns hit Shakhove and Myrnohrad this week. At least 33 vehicles destroyed.
The goal: widen the Dobropillia salient's base so supply convoys can reach RU troops inside. Right now, UA forces in Shakhove can hit anything in that corridor
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— Euromaidan Press (@euromaidanpress.bsky.social) October 14, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Nizhny Novgorod, east of Moscow, is Russia’s sixth largest city.
Ukraine has once again hit the Russian refinery in Ufa, which is the capital of Bashkortostan.
Add Volgograd to the list of refineries hit.
Local officials say it was only falling debris. 😂
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🔥 Drones struck an oil refinery in the Russian city of Volgograd overnight on October 14–15, according to the Crimean Wind Telegram channel.
In one of the videos posted by local residents, a glow could be seen in the direction of the refinery.
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— Militarnyi (@militarnyi.com) October 15, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Chelyabinsk is south of Yekaterinburg and north of the Kazakhstan border.
Yep. The Feodosia oil depot is still getting hit and, yep, it’s still burning.
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Ukraine's General Staff confirms 2nd attack in a week on Crimean fuel depot used for Russian military supply.
Ukrainian forces damaged 16 fuel reservoirs at the Marine Oil Terminal in occupied Feodosia on the night of 13 October, hitting storage units that survived an earlier attack on 6 October⤵️
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— Euromaidan Press (@euromaidanpress.bsky.social) October 15, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Bavovna
I am reminded of the old World War I bi-planes that had mounted machine guns that fired through the propeller.
The UK steps up.
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The UK has announced its toughest sanctions yet on Russia, targeting Rosneft, Lukoil, Naraya Energy, four Chinese oil terminals, 44 shadow fleet tankers, and suppliers of missile and drone components. The package also cracks down on insurers, ports, and financial firms enabling the trade.
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— NOELREPORTS (@noelreports.com) October 15, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Germany steps up.
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German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius announced during the “Ramstein” format meeting that Berlin will allocate an additional €2 billion to Ukraine. According to him, the support package will include air-defense systems, including Patriot interceptors, radar complexes, artillery systems, missiles.
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— 🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 (@specialkhersoncat.bsky.social) October 15, 2025 at 9:25 AM
/2. In addition, Germany plans to provide two more IRIS-T air-defense systems with a large number of guided missiles, man-portable air-defense systems, anti-tank weapons, modern communication equipment, and small arms.
Serbia would be smart to join the EU. There is no future economically for Serbia by hitching its wagon to Russia. But does the EU — after Hungary and Slovakia — need another monkey wrench in the works?
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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen made it clear Serbia cannot join the EU without imposing sanctions on Russia. This comes after the Serbian president reaffirmed that EU membership remains Serbia’s strategic goal and top foreign policy priority.
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— NOELREPORTS (@noelreports.com) October 15, 2025 at 8:13 AM
The Russian attack on the UN humanitarian trucks was deliberate.
Of course, that’s hardly surprising. Russia doesn’t even care about getting caught bragging about it.
The damaged Russian sub Novorossiysk is attracting a lot of attention on its way back to port.
Ah, the old sugar-in-the-fuel-tank trick.
It looks like an Alfred Hitchcock movie.
The Norwegian chairman of the Nobel Peace Prize committee was asked why the award wasn’t given to Trump.
Lukashenko doesn’t meet the criteria either.
Another 1,070 Russians plus 3 tanks.
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‼️👀 Update from General Staff:
"Due to the receipt of updated intelligence data, there was a need to clarify the total enemy losses in armored combat vehicles. The total figure has already been updated, and losses per day will be reported in the usual mode."
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— MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 (@maks23.bsky.social) October 15, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Three hundred fourteen Belarusians who should have stayed home.
Your husband’s dead but here’s a cool video of him.
BTW, how’s that bag of onions?
Rest in peace.
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💔 Two 16-year-old boys from Melitopol were tortured to death in Russian captivity.
Danylo Dakhov and Pavlo Hrymak were detained in Aug 2023, accused of participating in the sabotage movement.
At the end of May 2024, the parents were informed that the boys had somehow died, "exploding on a bomb."
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— The Ukrainian Review (@theukrainianreview.bsky.social) October 15, 2025 at 7:11 AM
In fact, the young men were tortured to death in prison back in April, as reported by Ukraine's Deputy Foreign Minister Mariana Betsa on September 4. The occupiers refused to return the bodies, stating that "there was nothing left after the explosion."
Takes guts to sing anti-war songs on the street in St. Petersburg.
He loves Putin so much he has Putin’s face tattooed on his chest.
Or at least he once loved Putin.
Polunin previously worked with the Royal Ballet in London and later as the director of the Sevastopol Opera and Ballet Theater and the acting head of the Sevastopol Academy of Choreography in Russian-occupied Crimea from December 2019 until the summer of 2024.
His dismissal from his roles in Russian-occupied Crimea came after he wrote in his since-deleted Telegram channel that he felt "very sorry for people" living in the heavily targeted village near Kherson, "where a generation of Polunins grew up, and my Russian grandfather built a small house with his own hands."
He urged Putin to end the war against Ukraine, adding that "the worst deal would be better than war."
In late 2024, Polunin announced that he was leaving Russia because his soul was "not in its place." It is unclear where he currently resides.
"My time in Russia ran out a long time ago, it seems at this moment that I have fulfilled my mission here," he wrote in a post on his since-deleted Telegram channel.
It is inevitable that war fatigue is growing.
There was a report a few days ago that Assad spends a lot of his time these days playing video games in his luxury Moscow apartment. He should hope that Putin doesn’t strike a deal with the new Syrian government.
Let’s check in on the Russian economy.
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Large Russian enterprises are switching to three- and four-day work weeks, Russian media outlets report.
◾️ Uralvagonzavod - one of the world’s leading manufacturers of armored vehicles (including T-72 tanks) and Russia’s largest producer of freight railcars - is now operating below full capacity.
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— Anton Gerashchenko (@antongerashchenko.bsky.social) October 14, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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‼️ Russia: “The commissioning of new units at the Neryungri State District Power Plant will be delayed by two years.”
Why?
Because once again, they can’t seem to manufacture and/or acquire the necessary equipment.
Power Machines are once gain blamed.
www.kommersant.ru/doc/8119282
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— Prune60 (@prune602.bsky.social) October 15, 2025 at 10:09 AM
How far will a truck get on 13.2 gallons?
Better bring a sleeping bag if you’re in that line.
This is simultaneously heartbreaking and uplifting.
