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🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 @militarynewsua.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
❗️Estimated losses of the 🇷🇺Russian Armed Forces as of October 9, 2026
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Stanimir Dobrev @delfoo.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Some things about Russia's datacenters and the ability of Russian companies to just rent cloud services abroad. Technology wise and physically quite possible however under Russian law there are significant hurdles, primary processing has to be INSIDE RUSSIA.
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🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 @militarynewsua.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
❗️Right now, a large group of Ukrainian long-range kamikaze drones has taken off to attack Russian regions and temporarily occupied territories.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
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Prune60 @prune602.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
‼️ Russian Media: “Roskomnadzor will investigate fake news about the epidemiological situation in the Irkutsk region.” About the plague? 🇷🇺: 😡 www.interfax.ru/russia/1121213
IN RUSSIA
7:15 pm, october 8, 2026

Roskomnadzor will investigate fake news about the epidemiological situation in the Irkutsk region.

Moscow. October 8. INTERFAX.RU - Roskomnadzor has identified cases of deliberately false information, so-called fakes, spreading about the epidemiological situation in the Irkutsk region and is preparing to take action, Roskomnadzor reported.

"Roskomnadzor will analyze the published materials and take action if knowingly false information of social significance is disseminated. Roskomnadzor has the right to demand the removal of knowingly false materials and, if refused, to block access to the resource," the statement said.
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Stanimir Dobrev @delfoo.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Yandex can't confirm if it can repair the equipment destroyed by Ukraine in the strike on its datacenter in Sasovo.
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Prune60 @prune602.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Reminder: DO NOT TRUST THE RUSSIAN CENTRAL BANK TO TELL THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH ru.themoscowtimes.com/2026/10/08/t...
The Central Bank of Russia sees signs of economic recovery in September.

MOSCOW, Oct 8 (Reuters) - Russia's Central Bank said cash receipts through its payment system rose 3.3% in September compared with the average level in the second quarter of 2026.

The Central Bank of Russia (CBR) maintained its key rate at 14% in September after 10 consecutive rate cuts and will discuss monetary policy once again at its meeting on October 23.
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WarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
An ISW report states that the Ukrainian Defense Forces pushed back the Russians near Vovchansk in Kharkiv Oblast. understandingwar.org/research/rus...
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🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 @militarynewsua.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
❗️Additional footage of today’s tanker fire off the coast of 🇷🇺Sochi.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
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🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 @militarynewsua.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
❗️Estimated losses of the 🇷🇺Russian Armed Forces as of October 6, 2026
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🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 @militarynewsua.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
2/in a ship-to-ship transfer in South Korean territorial waters. The Guardian reported this, citing port documents and vessel-tracking data.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
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🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 @militarynewsua.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
❗️On the Chongar road bridge, which connects the occupied part of the Kherson region with Crimea, one of the spans collapsed after new strikes by Ukraine’s Defense Forces.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
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Prune60 @prune602.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Is Moscow on fire? 🔥
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The Importance Of Being Earnest: Lady at Theatre
ALT: The Importance Of Being Earnest: Lady at Theatre
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Prune60 @prune602.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
🧐 How many drones got through? www.interfax.ru/russia/1120531

05:23, october 6, 2026
On Tuesday night, 650 UAVs were flying towards the Moscow region.
105 drones were destroyed on approach to the capital.
Moscow. October 6. INTERFAX.RU - From 8:30 PM Monday to 5:00 AM Tuesday, 650 drones were flying toward Moscow, and 105 were destroyed as they approached the capital, Mayor Sergei Sobyanin reported.
"Between 8:30 PM on October 5 and 5 AM on October 6, 650 UAVs were flying toward the Moscow region. Most of them were destroyed by air defense forces at distant borders. 105 drones were destroyed as they approached Moscow," he wrote on his Max channel.
Earlier, Sobyanin reported the destruction of 93 drones that attacked the capital on Tuesday night.
Moscow's Vnukovo, Domodedovo, Sheremetyevo, and Zhukovsky airports did not receive or dispatch any aircratt.
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Prune60 @prune602.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Russian Government Bond Zero Coupon Yield Curve 5 October 2026 (Don’t yell at me for the lack of zero on the axis, this isn’t my graph) 20 year 👉 17.01% cbr.ru/eng/hd_base/...
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🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 @militarynewsua.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
❗️Servicemen of the Indonesian Rapid Response Forces Corps (Kopasgat) were spotted with Ukrainian special assault rifles “Vulkan” in a bullpup configuration.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
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Prune60 @prune602.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
‼️ Russia: “Authorities will begin monitoring gadgets in Russians' smart homes.” 🧐 I think it’s important to think about what implementing something like this would require and who it would target. And remember that they are short on funds. ru.themoscowtimes.com/2026/10/05/v...
Authorities will begin monitoring gadgets in Russians' smart homes.
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Prune60 @prune602.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
It ran out of gas
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Stanimir Dobrev @delfoo.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Some crazy news about the Russian military and Russian courts. A court in Abakan upheld a contract to sign up for the Russian military even though it found that the signature was forged basing its decision that the person in question didn't appeal in time. Still crazy.
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Prune60 @prune602.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
You want to start another war so someone else can get a chance to burn down your refineries? 🧐 Day 1684 of Russia’s 3 Day War ru.themoscowtimes.com/2026/10/04/m...
Medvedev warned Armenia against becoming a "new Ukraine"
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Prune60 @prune602.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
‼️Russia: “Two-thirds of Russian regions will cut spending on construction and improvements due to budget deficits.” Remember: It’s not the beginning of a crisis, it’s the middle of one. A lot of things were already in bad shape before 2022. ru.themoscowtimes.com/2026/10/03/d...
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WarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Meanwhile, somewhere in Russia, communists held a protest and even dared chant "down with the tsar," but it looks like it got shut down pretty fast.
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WarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Air raid sirens are spreading across Russian regions. In particular, a missile threat has been declared in Krasnodar Krai.
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Prune60 @prune602.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
‼️ Russia: “The FSB has proposed reducing the issuance of uniforms to military personnel due to budget shortages.” 🍿 ru.themoscowtimes.com/2026/10/04/f...
The FSB has proposed reducing the issuance of uniforms to military personnel due to budget shortages.

The FSB has proposed changing the standards for providing military personnel with uniforms, citing the need to "optimize budget expenditures," according to Parlamentskaya Gazeta. The agency has prepared two drafts that would reduce the number of certain items of clothing issued.
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Prune60 @prune602.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
‼️ “Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev stated that there are only two superpowers in the world—China and the United States. "These are the two global superpowers; there is no third"” 🇦🇿: 😎 🇷🇺: 🤬 ru.themoscowtimes.com/2026/10/03/a...
Aliyev publicly excluded Russia from the list of superpowers
a day ago

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev stated that there are only two superpowers in the world—China and the United States. "These are the two global superpowers; there is no third," he said at the 8th Congress of the ruling New Azerbaijan Party (quoted by Report ). Aliyev added that Baku had established a strategic partnership simultaneously with both Washington and Beijing: a comprehensive declaration on strategic partnership was signed with China, and a strategic charter with the United States.
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🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 @militarynewsua.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
❗️Russia is preparing a new tactic of air strikes ahead of winter. Among the potential targets are logistics, roads, schools, hospitals and other infrastructure, — Zelenskyy.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
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🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 @militarynewsua.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
❗️Ukrainian drones continue to destroy Russian logistics in the temporarily occupied territories.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
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🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 @militarynewsua.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
❗️Right now, 🇷🇺Belgorod is under attack by 🇺🇦Ukrainian drones.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
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🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 @militarynewsua.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
❗️Dutch MEP Reinier van Lanschot: “We must stop buying Russian gas, transfer frozen Russian assets to Ukraine, and establish a no-fly zone over western Ukraine. Ukraine is helping us, but we cannot even thank it.”​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
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Prune60 @prune602.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
But he shall never receive the illustrious Raspberry Beret of Anglo-Saxionia! ru.themoscowtimes.com/2026/10/03/k...
Kadyrov was awarded the rank of army general and presented with a maroon beret.
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Cali-Lib (doc/hey you) @cali-lib.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I see Solovyov's delusional rants are straying even further from reality. Now he is calling for war against all of Europe, and to prepare for this war Russia needs to attract "desirable" immigrants -- specifically engineers: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LJ4... Any interest @prune602.bsky.social ?
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Vladimir Solovyov outlines Russia's goals
YouTube video by Russian Media Monitor
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Prune60 @prune602.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Russia Government Bond Index www.investing.com/indices/russ...
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🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 @militarynewsua.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
❗️In September 2026, according to the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), Russian forces seized 175.54 square kilometers of Ukrainian territory but lost control of 256.35 square kilometers, resulting in a net loss of 80.81 square kilometers, or about 2.69 square kilometers per day.
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Stanimir Dobrev @delfoo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Novak said that the country doesn't have issues with diesel fuel but admitted to a shortage of gasoline. In practice there's a shortage of both, it's just that with gasoline it's more acute. www.kommersant.ru/doc/9004942
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Новак: в России достаточно дизеля, но есть нехватка бензина
Подробнее на сайте
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Stanimir Dobrev @delfoo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder joined the supervisory board of the Globus retail chain in Russia. www.kommersant.ru/doc/8991936
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«Идеальное дополнение»
Экс-канцлер ФРГ Герхард Шрёдер вошел в набсовет сети Globus в России
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Simon @cymonset.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
They should save the money they were going to spend on holiday travel and either: 1) Flee the country 2) Buy personal military equipment for when their loved ones get mobilized because the Russian army won’t provide them with squat.
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Stanimir Dobrev @delfoo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Russian business news 02/Oct/2026: The US instituted sanctions against the Russian payment system A7 in connection to Iranian efforts to circumvent sanctions. www.kommersant.ru/doc/8991793
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США внесли российскую платежную систему A7 в список санкций по Ирану
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🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 @militarynewsua.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
❗️Saudi Arabia is preparing a large-scale ground offensive against the Houthis to retake territory lost in recent months, Reuters reports. More than 100,000 Yemeni troops could take part in the operation, supported by the Saudi Air Force.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
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Prune60 @prune602.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
‼️ Russia: “Hungarian authorities have prepared a criminal case against Orban for the arrest of Ukrainian cash collectors carrying 70 million euros in gold and cash.” 👀 🍿 ru.themoscowtimes.com/2026/10/02/v...
Hungarian authorities have prepared a criminal case against Orban for the arrest of Ukrainian cash collectors carrying 70 million euros in gold and cash.

Having secured a constitutional majority in the April elections, Hungary's new authorities launched a campaign dubbed "Operation Purification Fire" to dismantle the system of political corruption built by Viktor Orbán during his 16 years in power. One of the first results could be a criminal case against the former prime minister himself, the Financial Times reports.
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Prune60 @prune602.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
‼️ Russia: “Orthodox oligarch Malofeev, who called the US "the servant of Satan," complained that he was deprived of American investments.” 🎻 ru.themoscowtimes.com/2026/10/02/m...
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Prune60 @prune602.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
‼️ Russia: Deputy Prime Minister “Novak believes that the restoration of oil refineries is more urgent than their modernization.” 😂 probably But I’m guessing that there are also problems completing modernization projects that they’d rather not discuss. www.interfax.ru/business/111...
ECONOMY
1:13 pm, october 2, 2026
Novak believes that the restoration of oil refineries is more urgent than their modernization.

The Ministry of Energy may postpone previously approved deadlines for the modernization of such plants.

Moscow, October 2. INTERFAX.RU - The government is considering postponing refinery modernization deadlines if necessary, but currently, the most pressing task is restoring the plants and equipment, Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak stated in the Federation Council.
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Prune60 @prune602.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Targeting Gambling Establishments
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Friends: Joey & Chandler's Thumbs Up
ALT: Friends: Joey & Chandler's Thumbs Up
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Prune60 @prune602.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Well this auto-translate fail completely changes the story 😳 🍑 ru.themoscowtimes.com/2026/10/01/c...
"So that the containers can serve longer." The mayor of Irkutsk boasted about sending empty baby formula cans to the front.

Irkutsk Mayor Ruslan Bolotov boasted that city health workers have been sending empty baby formula jars to those involved in the invasion of Ukraine for two years now, using them to make trench suppositories and store food. "The Irkutsk City Perinatal Center is sending jars of used baby formula to support the soldiers. The facility's staff decided that if there's a way to make the jars last longer, they should use it," the mayor wrote on his Telegram channel. President Vladimir Putin previously stated that the Russian economy is fully meeting the army's needs.
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Prune60 @prune602.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
‼️ Russia: “The Russian army may have lost the relics of St. Dmitry Donskoy during its retreat in the Donetsk region.” ru.themoscowtimes.com/2026/10/01/r...
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Prune60 @prune602.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Is Potemkin’s corpse still missing? The Russians stole it from Kherson in 2022 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grigory...
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Grigory Potemkin - Wikipedia
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Prune60 @prune602.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Choices have been made. ru.themoscowtimes.com/2026/10/02/n...
60 billion rubles have been allocated annually in the budget for military propaganda among children.
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🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 @militarynewsua.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
❗️Estimated losses of the 🇷🇺Russian Armed Forces as of October 2, 2026
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Prune60 @prune602.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Meanwhile in Russia… Bear invasion in Transbaikalia! www.kommersant.ru/doc/8990038
World
September 30, 2026, 5:07 AM

A high alert regime has been declared in Transbaikalia due to a bear invasion.

Transbaikal Governor Alexander Osipov announced a state of high alert for the entire region due to the increasing number of bears entering populated areas. The decision was made at a meeting of the regional Emergency Situations Committee.

At the municipal level, local authorities must notify the public, conduct training sessions for schoolchildren, control waste disposal to avoid attracting bears, and prevent uncontrolled livestock grazing. Medical services, including air ambulances, must be on standby. Law enforcement agencies have been ordered to conduct preventative raids in populated areas.
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🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 @militarynewsua.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
❗️NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said Ukraine is now performing far better than six months to a year ago: it is holding the key Donetsk cities of Sloviansk and Kramatorsk and striking deep into Russia against logistics and energy infrastructure.
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🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 @militarynewsua.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
3/so the only reaction from the allies should be to increase support for Ukraine.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
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🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 @militarynewsua.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
❗️US Ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker said the response to Russia’s hybrid war should be increased support for Ukraine. Discussing the rise in hybrid threats in Brussels, he noted that Moscow’s actions would have many consequences —
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