Ukraine hits Russia’s Orsknefteorgsintez refinery in Orsk, which is 1,400 km from Ukraine and sits along the border with Kazakhstan. The refinery has a capacity of 6.6 million tons of oil yearly.
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A Ukrainian one-way drone casually cruises thousands of kilometers from the border, over a Russian refinery in Orenburg Oblast, projecting full confidence and dominance. Terrified guards fire a few weak shots, all misses, proving utterly useless.
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— Tatarigami (@tatarigami.bsky.social) October 3, 2025 at 7:12 AM
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This is very important! Orsk as well as Angarsk in Siberia are the only two traditional manufacturers of T-8V jet fuel, which is used by Russia's Tu-160 strategic bombers.
Taking out Orsk is not just taking out an "ordinary" oil refinery.
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— Pax Lusitanica (@paxlusitanica.bsky.social) October 3, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Any Russians in the vicinity?
Ukraine also struck targets in Sochi on the Black Sea coast not long after Putin spoke at a forum in the city.
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Ukrainian drones struck Sochi on the night of October 2, shortly after Putin spoke at the Valdai Forum. Explosions and air defense fire were reported over the Black Sea, triggering airport closures in Sochi and Gelendzhik for seven hours. Over 40 flights were delayed and at least 10 planes diverted.
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— NOELREPORTS (@noelreports.com) October 3, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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🦅👀 Ukraine Attacked Sochi with Drones During Putin's Visit, - The Moscow Times
Late in the evening of October 2, Ukrainian drones attacked Sochi, where President Vladimir Putin had just finished his address at the Valdai Forum plenary session.
The airports in Sochi and Gelendzhik were closed.
— MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 (@maks23.bsky.social) October 3, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Russia has also been targeting Ukraine’s energy infrastructure.
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Russia carried out its most massive attack on Ukraine's gas production infrastructure since the beginning of the full-scale war, Naftogaz Group's press service has said.
On the night of October 3, Russians launched 35 missiles, a significant number of them ballistic
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— Anton Gerashchenko (@antongerashchenko.bsky.social) October 3, 2025 at 8:16 AM
60 drones at Naftogaz facilities in the Kharkiv and Poltava regions.
A large number of facilities were damaged, with some sites sustaining critical destruction. Several gas production facilities operated by Naftogaz in the Poltava region were forced to halt operations.
This report says Russia’s campaign against Kupiansk has failed miserable with huge casualties.
Russia’s offensive against Kupiansk has turned into one of the greatest disasters of the war, a grinding campaign that devours entire brigades yet yields no meaningful gains. The fact that these fruitless but bloody efforts happen under the command of a general who was once a Ukrainian officer has started raising dreadful suspicion in the Russian ranks.
Since being pushed back after the Ukrainian counteroffensive in late 2022, Russian armies have hurled themselves against Ukrainian defenses on several axes near Kupiansk but each of these has become a graveyard for Russian troops.
Near Synkivka, armored columns once tried to break through, but Ukrainian counterattacks and artillery fire forced most of them back. The forest belts remain littered with destroyed vehicles and dead Russians, while Ukrainian special forces raids keep Russian troops pinned down.
To the south, near Pischane, the Russian attempt to split Ukrainian forces in two has turned into a killing zone through the infamous funnel. Here, Russians pour infantry into a narrow corridor, only to be slaughtered by Ukrainian artillery, FPV drones, and ambushes from three sides. Every attempt to widen the corridor has collapsed, leaving Russian units undersupplied, exhausted, and easy prey.
Russia is moving an armored division toward Pokrovske, which is southwest of Pokrovsk.
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Everyone's watching Pokrovsk. Russia's watching Pokrovske.
That's where they just moved their 90th Tank Division, Russia's largest: 25k troops heading toward Zaporizhzhia (700k residents). As Ukraine concentrates troops around Pokrovsk, a new axis may be forming
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— Euromaidan Press (@euromaidanpress.bsky.social) October 2, 2025 at 1:38 PM
The drone campaign against Western Europe is accelerating.
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🇧🇪 15 drones were detected flying over Elsenborn military base in Belgium, near the German border, late Thursday night. Belgian Defense Minister Theo Francken confirmed the sighting and said an investigation is underway.
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— NOELREPORTS (@noelreports.com) October 3, 2025 at 5:42 AM
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⚡️Germany shuts down Munich Airport due to drone sightings.
Several drone sightings were reported late in the evening of Oct. 2, prompting German air traffic control to ground 17 flights, affecting nearly 3,000 passengers.
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— The Kyiv Independent (@kyivindependent.com) October 2, 2025 at 8:43 PM
A Russian tank survived 20 mines but not a Javelin.
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14. Verbova - Mala Tokmachka 29th AUG.
🇺🇦118th Mech Bde tell more about this attack. One🇷🇺tank hit mine, but the other with extra armour survived 20 mines, so was destroyed by a javelin on 2nd attempt. Two surviving crew surrendered. Additionally 5 BMPs + a 1 Tigr were destroyed.
t.me/armycorps17/...
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— danspiun.bsky.social (@danspiun.bsky.social) October 3, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Ukraine says it is planning a party for Moscow.
Unbelievable.
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Last night, russians savagely shelled Poltava, Kharkiv and Dnipropetrovsk regions w/ drones, ballistic and cruise missiles, hitting energy and civil infrastructure, residential homes.
Also, 20 drones (!) targeted a big farm, killing 13 thousand pigs.
russia is a death cult.
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— Olena Halushka (@halushka.bsky.social) October 3, 2025 at 2:34 AM
A recent attack on Odesa resulted in the destruction of a quarter million bottles of cognac.
Russia also struck Kharkiv once again.
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I’ll never get used to Kharkiv’s small business owners watching their life’s work go up in flames because of Russia.
This was a textile shop in Barabashovo market destroyed a few nights ago.
“We won’t be sending orders today. Our shop burned to the ground.”
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— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) October 3, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Russia finds a way to evade Patriot systems.
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Fewer missiles are being intercepted after Russia again managed to modernise its ballistic & hypersonic missiles.
Iskander-M + Kinzhals are now more able to evade Patriot air defence systems. Improved manoeuvrability and steeper dives have seen interception rates fall from 37% to 6% in a month.
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— Tim White (@twmcltd.bsky.social) October 2, 2025 at 5:36 AM
The fuel crisis in Russia gets worse.
Another 970 Russians fed into the meat grinder. Plus 77 artillery systems.
For a lot of Russians at the front this is a GoFundMe kind of war.
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1/ Russia's war effort in Ukraine has become critically dependent on self-funded logistics organised by civilian volunteers and the soldiers themselves, who are spending their salaries on basic supplies and equipment that the state does not provide. ⬇️
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— ChrisO_wiki (@chriso-wiki.bsky.social) October 2, 2025 at 10:38 AM
2/ Soldiers and volunteers have been speaking for some time about shortages of almost everything on the front line, with the gaps being filled at their own expense by 'humanitarian aid' fundraisers and the soldiers' own expenditure.
3/ Fundraising has become increasingly precarious due to a sharp drop in the amount of donations. Volunteers have complained that few people now respond to their appeals, and repeated scandals around the theft of donated aid have not helped.
4/ Commenting on the situation, 'Belarusian Silovik' explains: "We need everything for the front. Literally everything. Tools, consumables, camouflage nets, communications, and even ammunition was recently thrown together."
5/ "Of course, the top requests to me personally, as the author of the channel, from units are for cars, motorcycles, ATVs, and, of course, drones. There's a huge number of requests for drones. Some people don't even understand the scale of the requests.
6/ "I think every admin of a major Telegram channel can confirm that the requests are simply colossal, and we certainly won't be able to help most of them."
There is an important election in Czech Republic this weekend that has big implications for Ukraine and for EU and NATO cohesion.
Czech voters are heading to the polls in a vote that could have significant implications for the country's foreign policy — particularly its steadfast support for Ukraine.
Latest surveys indicate that the ruling pro-Western coalition has a slim chance of retaining a majority after the parliamentary elections scheduled for Oct. 3 and 4.
The parties hoping for a takeover have not only pledged to limit or scrap military aid toUkraine, but some have even challenged Czechia's membership in NATO and the EU.
Ano, a populist movement of oligarch and ex-Prime Minister Andrej Babis, is the front-runner set to get around 30%, according to polls.
A powerful business magnate under fraud investigation and known for opaque foreign policy views, Babis has surged in popularity as voters' concerns grow over the economy and the government's performance.
Fuck Nicaragua.
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⚡️Ukraine cuts diplomatic ties with Nicaragua.
Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry announced Oct. 2 that it is severing diplomatic relations with Nicaragua, citing Managua's recognition of Crimea and four partially occupied Ukrainian regions as part of Russia.
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— The Kyiv Independent (@kyivindependent.com) October 2, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Putin practices his stand-up comedy routine.
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⚡️'I won't do it anymore' — Putin jokes, dismissing European drone sightings.
Speaking at the Valdai Discussion Club on Oct. 2, Russian President Vladimir Putin mocked European concern over drone sightings, denied stationing troops on the Finnish border, and dismissed NATO as a "paper tiger."
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— The Kyiv Independent (@kyivindependent.com) October 2, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I don’t know if he was drunk, but he ought to be.
How else could a murderous war criminal get through the day without alcohol?
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Wind of Change Research Group assesses with high confidence that Vladimir Putin was drunk at the Valdai Club.
Appearing disheveled, he deviated markedly from his characteristic poise, and was undisciplined enough to speak about and show fear of Tomahawk missiles.
Putin claims to not drink alcohol.
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— Igor Sushko (@igorsushko.bsky.social) October 2, 2025 at 9:24 PM
You’d have to be drunk to suggest starting a war with Kazakhstan.
They’ve only had three and a half years to find alternate supplies of gas.
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🇹🇷 Ankara has no intention of giving up imports of Russian natural gas, despite US calls to stop purchases, — Turkish Energy Minister told CNN Turk.
“We have agreements with Russia. The winter season is approaching. We cannot tell our citizens that there is no gas.”
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— MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 (@maks23.bsky.social) October 2, 2025 at 3:59 PM
It figures they would come up with a reason not to do this.
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🇺🇸🇺🇦🚀 Tomahawk cruise missile deliveries to Ukraine unlikely, — Reuters
The Trump administration's plans to supply Ukraine with Tomahawk cruise missiles have faced practical limitations due to the allocation of current stockpiles to the US Navy.
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— MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 (@maks23.bsky.social) October 2, 2025 at 3:21 PM
No one is forcing you to stay in either the EU or NATO.
Hexit anyone?
Finland drops the ball.
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Three crew members of a Russian shadow tanker walked free in Finland today.
A court in Helsinki ruled it had no jurisdiction in the Eagle S case, which was what Moscow insisted.
The ship cut seabed cables, yet Finland must now pay legal fees of €200,000.
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— Tim White (@twmcltd.bsky.social) October 3, 2025 at 9:04 AM
The Netherlands also drops the ball.
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🇳🇱❗️🇺🇦🇲🇩 The Netherlands is against proposal, which would allow Ukraine and Moldova to open the first chapter of the negotiations on accession to the EU, bypassing the Hungarian veto, — Dutch PM
The Netherlands refuses to change the principle of unanimity for the opening of the negotiating blocs.
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— The Ukrainian Review (@theukrainianreview.bsky.social) October 2, 2025 at 3:15 PM
France: Raise the black!
Hopefully they will be together for years to come.
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In Nikopol a Russian shell hit a store where a young couple was shopping.
Viacheslav 23 and Viktoriia 21 now lie side by side in hospital unable to speak but never looking away from each other.
Each has endured surgeries and massive blood loss yet their love endures.
📷 Serhii Ryzhenko
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— Euromaidan Press (@euromaidanpress.bsky.social) October 2, 2025 at 10:38 PM
