Ukraine has liberated one village and halted Russian assaults on another in the Lyman area — Torske to the east — and Stavky just north of the town.
Torske is just east of Lyman in northern Donetsk Oblast. It was captured by Russia in late August but that has turned to a minor disaster for Russia.
Russian units were disorganized and unprepared for the Ukrainian offensive. Some of the occupiers fled their positions in panic, while others surrendered in groups.
According to the military, the prisoners included soldiers from the 36th and 37th regiments and the 9th brigade of the Russian army.
At the same time, the Russian command, trying to hide the mass surrenders, ordered an attack with drones on its own soldiers who had been captured.
Such actions further disorganized the invaders, accelerating the settlement’s liberation.
The first armored personnel carrier was blown up in a minefield, and the rest of the equipment was hit by artillery fire.
While the Russian infantry scattered, FPV drones entered the battle. They finished off the armored vehicles, destroying a Russian tank with two hits to the hull and a control shot to the turret.
Heavy strike drones finished off the remaining enemy forces. The footage shows burning equipment and disorganized Russians trying to escape.
According to preliminary data, several armored vehicles and up to twenty invaders were destroyed during the assault. Video from the scene confirms the complete failure of the enemy attack.
Sukhetske is a tiny village north of Pokrovsk and just north of Rodynske, a village where Russia had gained a foothold recently.
Reports say at least 250 Russians are inside Pokrovsk.
Ukraine launched a HIMARS strike on a small reservoir dam in the Belgorod region.
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It does seem as though Ukraine has hit the dam of the Belgorod reservoir.
In particular, the hydraulic structure and several buildings with technical equipment on the dam were damaged, according to MNS media
Two guards were allegedly injured.
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— Tim White (@twmcltd.bsky.social) October 24, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Grafovka is pretty small and only about a kilometer from the border with Ukraine. Wikipedia says it has just 27 streets.
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🇺🇦/🇷🇺UKRAINE WAR: Ukrainian HIMARS missiles struck the Belogrod Resevoir Dam in Grafovka, Belgorod Oblast, Russia.
🚀Impacts damaged the dam's crest and a lifting mechanism, but does not pose a flood risk.
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— Security Politics (@securitypolitics.bsky.social) October 24, 2025 at 8:05 PM
The drone will find you. Resistance is futile.
If drones clear out a village of Russian occupiers is it considered liberated or do soldiers have to enter town and raise a flag?
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Russian official: "Unmanned systems will never fully replace soldiers in conflicts, and drones already serve as a substitute for soldiers. However, until a soldier physically enters the area, it cannot be considered fully liberated." tass.com/defense/2034...
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— Samuel Bendett (@sambendett.bsky.social) October 24, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Let’s check in on the Russian economy.
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Head of Russia's Central Bank has invented a new euphemism for the Russian economy slowing down&people becoming poorer because all the money is spent on war.She says that Russians are but are “in a period of high saving activity"
According to her,the population is simply “spending less&saving more"
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— Anton Gerashchenko (@antongerashchenko.bsky.social) October 25, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Meanwhile ... the Ukrainian economy:
There are attacks nearby but people still have to eat.
What’s the plural of ground drones? A convoy? Swarm?
The nasty Ukrainians blew up all our stuff.
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Russian drone operators complain that Ukrainians destroyed their equipment near Pokrovsk
“Unfortunately, we lost two positions — a temporary deployment point and a field warehouse. We lost a huge amount of equipment,” a man says with a heavy Moscow accent, and asks for money.
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— Euromaidan Press (@euromaidanpress.bsky.social) October 24, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Russia struck another coal mine and a wind farm.
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‼️ Russia attacked a mine in the Dnipropetrovsk region again
During the attack, 496 mine employees were underground. Everyone was brought to the surface, no one was injured.
This is the 7th large-scale enemy attack on DTEK coal enterprises in the last 2 months.
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— MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 (@maks23.bsky.social) October 25, 2025 at 7:53 AM
And also Kyiv.
Suppose this was a coincidence?
Me neither.
Uh oh. Trump might need to send the National Guard to Moscow.
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Police in Moscow say "about 40 people" were arrested following the street fights.
I can imagine almost all are migrant workers. The whole thing could have been a paid provocation by "Titushki" thugs.
Now the arrested have 2 choices - war or deportation?
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— Tim White (@twmcltd.bsky.social) October 25, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Another 910 Russians plus 4 tanks.
What a stirring and uplifting message to the troops: Russian soldiers complaining about no water should just crucify themselves.
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A message from ‘God’ to Russians:
“Are you complaining about the absence of hot water and indoor plumbing? Crucify yourself!
You should die instead of desiring material possessions! The end!”
The message was delivered by Russian Orthodox Archpriest Andrei Lemeshonok.
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— Natalka (@natalkakyiv.bsky.social) October 24, 2025 at 7:41 PM
More sanctions? Let’s wait two weeks and see.
Maybe I’m overly suspicious, but did anyone else read this post and immediately think that Trump and his friends must have shorted Lukoil and Rosneft stock right before his announcement?
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📉 Rosneft and Lukoil's value plummeted by $5.2 billion after Trump's sanctions, - The Moscow Times
Rosneft and Lukoil shares led the decline among blue-chip stocks on the Moscow Exchange after two of Russia's largest oil companies were hit by blocking US sanctions.
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— MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 (@maks23.bsky.social) October 24, 2025 at 4:15 PM
More bullshit intended to stall and delay, but Trump will probably jump at it.
We were aiming for the hospital but unfortunately we hit the kindergarten instead.
Solovyov wants to nuke everybody. Reminds me of an old Randy Newman song.
Let's drop the big one, there'll be no one left to blame us
We'll save Australia
Don't wanna hurt no kangaroo
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Russian propagandists:
“There will be no life in Kharkiv, nor in Poltava, nor in Mykolaiv, nor in Odesa. Those cities will not exist - nor will Kyiv.”
The indicator of the Kremlin’s panic and hysterics is not his usual self.
He obviously realized there will be responsibility for crimes.
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— Anton Gerashchenko (@antongerashchenko.bsky.social) October 25, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Solovyov also says that Trump is no different than Biden.
If only that were true.
Models of target kindergartens and hospitals are sold separately.
Russians have little faith in their future. Gosh, I wonder why.
And it’s a good thing he signed up because that striped suit is hideous.
