Ukrainian special forces take out a building behind Russian lines. The video doesn’t say where this took place.
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Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces (SSO) eliminated 23 Russian soldiers during a cleanup of an industrial building behind enemy lines. Using drone reconnaissance, they identified Russian positions, cleared the building, and held their ground for 48 hours. The SSO group withdrew safely.
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— NOELREPORTS (@noelreports.com) February 17, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Pretty good shooting from 10 km away in a blizzard.
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Lyman front: Russian forces continue assaults with infantry and armor. Artillerymen of the 63rd Mechanized Brigade, made a precision shot with a 2S1 howitzer, hitting a Russian BMP with a direct hit—despite a blizzard and a nearly 10 km distance.
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— NOELREPORTS (@noelreports.com) February 17, 2025 at 4:18 AM
If they don’t want to be bombed, they should wear signs identifying themselves as press instead of dressed in full combat gear.
That’s what they get for allowing careless smokers in the plant.
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A fire in Voronezh destroyed two Russian R-330Zh "Zhitel" electronic warfare systems overnight on Jan 27-28, 2025. The systems were at the "Protek" plant, where they were produced. Russia planned to send them to the war in Ukraine, but the fire had other plans.
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— NOELREPORTS (@noelreports.com) February 17, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Looks like all 6.6 million tons are burning.
The attack on the refinery involved a swarm of 90 drones.
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An explosive night in Russia: Ukrainian drones attacked the Ilsky oil refinery in Krasnodar Krai. The facility produced 6.5M tons of oil annually. Reports say 90 UAVs & a Neptune missile were involved. Russian officials deny refinery hits but mention damaged homes.
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— NOELREPORTS (@noelreports.com) February 17, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Shame about your oil pumping station.
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Last night, the Kropotkinskaya oil pumping station in Russia, part of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC), was attacked by 7 drones, disrupting operations. The station has been taken offline, and oil transport is now at reduced capacity.
www.interfax.ru/business/100...
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— NOELREPORTS (@noelreports.com) February 17, 2025 at 6:29 AM
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In addition to the Ilsky refinery, the Kropotkinskaya oil pumping station, located in the same region, was also put out of operation. This station is the largest facility in the Caspian Pipeline Consortium, which is a key route for exporting oil from Kazakhstan.
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— Meanwhile in Ukraine (@meanwhileua.bsky.social) February 17, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Russians murder more Ukrainian prisoners.
Russia shells Kharkiv, Mykolaiv and Bilytske.
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Two people have been killed by #Russia in free #Donetsk region.
The invaders subjected the village of #Bilytske to heavy shelling early this morning. Local officials say 6 apartment blocks, an administrative building, a shop and a power line were damaged.
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— Tim White (@twmcltd.bsky.social) February 16, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Update on the drone strike at the Chornobyl reactor site.
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The State Emergency Service of Ukraine reported that roof climbers are extinguishing three smoldering insulation spots on the Chernobyl sarcophagus. Partial uncovering of the shelter's structures is ongoing. The radiation level at the nuclear power plant's site remains within safe limits.
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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) February 17, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Another 1,530 Russians, 16 tanks, 149 other vehicles and 52 armored vehicles.
This is the first example (that I’ve seen) of Ukraine setting up a tiger pit — a hole filled with sharpened sticks and covered with camp so that Russians might fall in and be impaled.
Easy question.
Surrender and live. Resist and get droned.
The Russians are getting used to their new delivery vehicles.
For two months we asked the commander of the 247th airborne assault regiment for a quad bike or at least
a motorcycle so that we could quickly deliver ammunition and food to the boys at their positions.
For two months he promised: "Everything will be the best!"
In the end they sent us... a donkey.
Now we are not just an airborne assault regiment. Now we are airborne assault donkeys.
A new generation combat transport. Slow, stubborn, but they say it eats less than our command.
Extortion by any other name smells as rancid.
The terms of the contract amount to the US economic colonisation of Ukraine, in legal perpetuity. It implies a burden of reparations that cannot possibly be achieved. The document has caused consternation and panic in Kyiv.
The US will take 50% of recurring revenues received by Ukraine from extraction of resources, and 50% of the financial value of “all new licences issued to third parties” for the future monetisation of resources.“That clause means ‘pay us first, and then feed your children’,” said one source.
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🇺🇸🤔🇺🇦 Trump’s confidential plan. US president demands higher share of GDP than Germany’s First World War reparations, - The Telegraph
Donald Trump’s demand for a $500bn (£400bn) “payback” from Ukraine goes far beyond US control over the country’s critical minerals.
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— MAKS 24 👀🇺🇦 (@maks23.bsky.social) February 17, 2025 at 11:07 AM
I want a Lamborghini, but I’m not getting what I want either.
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🤡 Russia's UN permanent representative Nebenzya claims Ukraine has "irreversibly lost" Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson & Zaporizhzhia. He added that the war’s "hot phase" may soon end, insists EU & UK can’t be part of future Ukraine deals and demands Ukraine to be neutral & demilitarized.
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— NOELREPORTS (@noelreports.com) February 17, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Trump is going to get rolled before this is over. He’d agree to withdraw from Alaska.
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This is exactly why Europe (the EU and the UK) must bypass the US with a counterproposal or otherwise show commitment to Ukraine, Moldova, and the Baltics. The Trump administration must understand that if it agrees to this, it directly undermines EU security interests. 1/4
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— Hidde Bouwmeester (@hiddebouwmeester.nl) February 17, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Unpleasant? It’s easy to give away someone else’s territory.
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Turkey's Foreign Minister Fidan, in a comment to TRT World, stated that Turkey is ready to play any role to promote peace in Ukraine and reconstruction of the country. However, Ankara does not rule out the acceptance of "unpleasant" decisions regarding territories.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiOS...
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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) February 17, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Hahahahahaha. Kellogg doesn’t get it, does he?
This isn’t a negotiating team. It’s a dumpster fire.
And finally, here is a YouTube video of a short film called “Rock, Paper, Scissors” about a Ukrainian who tries to defend his field hospital unit against a Russian assault team of eight.
