Ukraine attacked Russian oil refineries at Volgograd and Bashkiria and a plant in Volgorechensk.
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Local reports say 8–10 blasts were heard overnight near the Lukoil oil refinery in Volgograd, with several impacts claimed. The facility sits outside dense residential areas; flashes were reportedly visible from the city. Damage assessments and official statements are pending.👇
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— Meanwhile in Ukraine (@meanwhileua.bsky.social) November 5, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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Ukraine has launched a series of successful large-scale strikes across Russia tonight. As of November 6, multiple hits are confirmed. 🧵Thread:
1. A major fire was caught on video at the Kostromskaya thermal power plant in Volgorechensk, over 730 km from the Ukrainian border.
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— Tatarigami (@tatarigami.bsky.social) November 5, 2025 at 11:21 PM
A refinery in Belarus also caught fire. Belarus must have a problem with careless smokers too.
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A technological unit for diesel processing caught fire at the Belarusian oil refinery "Naftan."
The Novopolotsk refinery is one of two oil processing enterprises in Belarus. On June 3, 2022, "Naftan" was added to the sanctions lists of all European Union countries.
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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) November 6, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Ukraine struck a Shahed warehouse at the airport in Donetsk.
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A video shows how Special Operations Forces drones blew up a "Shahed" warehouse in Donetsk. Over 90 percent of the launched SOF drones hit their targets! Numerous witnesses captured the powerful explosion and subsequent detonation on video.
t.me/c/1721372338...
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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) November 6, 2025 at 6:18 AM
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🔥 Ukrainian forces blew up a Russian warehouse with about 1,000 Shahed drones on the territory of Donetsk airport.
The warehouse contained Shaheds along with equipment for their assembly and launch.
militarnyi.com/en/news/1000...
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— Militarnyi (@militarnyi.com) November 6, 2025 at 8:12 AM
A Shahed drone is blown up seconds before striking an apartment building.
Until the reservoir dam near Belgorod was blown up recently, the battle at Vovchansk had faded into the news background.
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👀❗️Yesterday the Russian occupiers began distributing a video with the installation of their flag in Vovchansk, - 57th OMPBR.
A group of occupiers climbed onto one of the buildings, and then huddled in a nearby building. Ukrainian aviation worked on this group of occupiers.
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— MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 (@maks23.bsky.social) November 6, 2025 at 11:07 AM
This report says partisans burned “dozens” of train locomotives. If “dozens” were actually burned, it would be one of the more spectacular operations inside Russia. But I’m guessing “dozens” is either an exaggeration or mistranslation.
One less war criminal.
A Ukrainian soldier takes a walk along a road near Pokrovsk to show the various mines and drones left by the Russians.
Ukraine destroyed a Rubicon base of drone pilots at Pokrovsk.
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Ukraine hit Russia's elite Rubicon drone base, but it's too late for Pokrovsk.
Only 3 km escape corridor remains for thousands of Ukrainian troops.
Same unit that destroyed hundreds of trucks in Kursk using FPV drones with thermal cameras euromaidanpress.com/2025/11/05/d...
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— Euromaidan Press (@euromaidanpress.bsky.social) November 5, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Resistance is futile.
Indian mercenaries go to Pokrovsk, don’t come back.
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1/ Indians fighting in the Russian army have been killed en masse near Pokrovsk. A survivor says in a video that his friends, who included students studying in Russia, died only 10 days after signing a military contract and being sent to the front without any training. ⬇️
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— ChrisO_wiki (@chriso-wiki.bsky.social) November 6, 2025 at 4:48 AM
2/ An Indian man tells how his friend, a student, signed a contract with the Russian Ministry of Defence because he wanted to make money. He had previously been doing "a month of work digging dugouts", likely in the Russian rear or in a border region.
3/ "When he came [back] to Moscow ... he sees that if he signs a contract, he gets 2,000,000 rubles [$24,584 – note that the average annual salary in India is $4,038]." His friend was sent to Pokrovsk only 10 days later, without any training. As the man says:
4/ "Many died. My brother is gone, which is unfortunate. There are dugouts, assaults, and infantry; everything is challenging there. No, I don't know where he is, how can I put it? It's God's will. It's [all] body, body, no body [there]."
Russia bombed an apartment building in Kamianske, injuring 8.
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In Kamianske,Dnipropetrovsk region,a Russian drone struck a residential building,destroying 12 apartments.8 people were injured
Rescuers are still searching under the rubble for the father of Anna,a resident of the damaged building.Her mother is in the hospital.The family’s cat was also rescued
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— Anton Gerashchenko (@antongerashchenko.bsky.social) November 6, 2025 at 5:17 AM
He promised his mother he would return home.
At the risk of showing how old I am, I can remember a pre-internet time when civilization got along just fine with cash.
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👛 Russia’s grid attacks have done more than destroy transformers—they’ve revived cash.
Ukrainians withdrew 67.7 billion hryvnia, pushing the total cash to a record 890 billion hryvnia as digital systems failed.
What was once an (almost) cashless nation now saves for survival.
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— Euromaidan Press (@euromaidanpress.bsky.social) November 6, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Another 1,170 Russians, but no tanks.
Here’s a Russian officer who appears to have been fragged.
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🔥Junior Lieutenant Метрёнинский Алексей Сергеевич (Metreninsky Alexey Sergeevich) and 2 other soldiers were eliminated by a fellow soldier (a convict) who disarmed them in retaliation, set fire to their hideout and the Strela-10 anti-air system to cover up the traces, and fled.
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— KIU • Russian Officers killed in Ukraine (@killedinukraine.bsky.social) November 6, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Oh darn. That’s a shame.
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🤔 Sanctions are "killing" the Russian Su-57 fighter jet.
InformNapalm and Fenix cyber center have gained access to internal documents.
They show that Russia cannot produce key components for its "fifth generation" without machine tools and equipment from the EU and the US.
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— The Ukrainian Review (@theukrainianreview.bsky.social) November 6, 2025 at 9:03 AM
The areas of the Belgorod and Kursk regions close to the Ukrainian border have become the Wild West.
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A new report by 7x7 finds that Russia’s border regions of Belgorod & Kursk have become sites of the same violence & looting that made the invasion of Ukraine infamous from the start. Freeing & arming criminals in a lawless war zone is unsurprisingly a recipe for disaster. meduza.io/en/feature/2...
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— Kevin Rothrock (@kevinrothrock.me) November 5, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Ukrainian tech farmers are expecting a bumper crop of fiber-optic cable this season.
Another way for South Korea to help Ukraine would be to lift the export ban.
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South Korea found a clever way around its arms export ban to help Ukraine.
Poland gets $14B worth of new Korean tanks, then sends its old Soviet tanks to Kyiv. It's called "backfilling."
Romania & Baltics are copying the model—and Japan&OAE should, too euromaidanpress.com/2025/11/06/s...
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— Euromaidan Press (@euromaidanpress.bsky.social) November 6, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Oh no, not Sergey!
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🤔 Lavrov fell out of favor after the collapse of the Putin-Trump summit, - various Russian media
They drew attention to the absence of the foreign minister at yesterday's Security Council. Moreover, he was the only permanent member who missed the landmark meeting.
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— MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 (@maks23.bsky.social) November 6, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Let’s check in on the Russian economy.
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‼️ Russian Agricultural Update: “The Russian Grain Union announced a quarter-reduction in grain exports in July-October.”
Yikes!
“Wheat exports, in particular, fell by 28%, to 18.2 million tons from 23.3 million tons a year earlier”
www.interfax.ru/business/105...
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— Prune60 (@prune602.bsky.social) November 5, 2025 at 11:25 AM
If Russians want to go somewhere on vacation, they can visit beautiful sunny North Korea.
Angelina Jolie’s visit to Kherson yesterday was unannounced.
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🇺🇦👀 Angelina Jolie secretly visited Ukraine and arrived on foot, - Politico
Jolie did not inform the Ukrainian government about her intention to visit the country.
As for the incident with the mobilization of her bodyguard, AFU said the information disseminated in the media is distorted.
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— The Ukrainian Review (@theukrainianreview.bsky.social) November 5, 2025 at 2:07 PM
The mythical Perseus beheaded Medusa. The Maltipoo version takes out Russians when not inspecting snacks.
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In the Kupiansk direction of Kharkiv region, a legendary duo has been working for over two years: the driver of a drone systems battalion known by the callsign Hrynia, & his co-pilot - a Maltipoo named Perseus
Perseus isn’t just a dog - he’s a strategist, a psychologist,& the chief snack inspector
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— Anton Gerashchenko (@antongerashchenko.bsky.social) November 5, 2025 at 12:58 PM
