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Here for Ukraine information. Pro-Ukraine's freedom. Once-a-day info highlights roundup from the Kyiv Independent, UNITED24 Media, Live: Ukraine Telegram, done when I get time. Twitter: @mmouse44073558 All opinions are mine alone. Ducks are great.

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Dances with Ducks @danceswithducks.bsky.social · 18h
13-year-old Maksym has died from injuries sustained in a Russian attack on Ukraine's Rivne region on October 9. Doctors fought to save his life for nearly 24 hours, but despite their efforts, he did not survive. The attack struck a family with several children,>>
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Dances with Ducks @danceswithducks.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
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Dances with Ducks @danceswithducks.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
A Russian attack on a high-rise building in Kharkiv has injured 19 people. Four people were physically injured, while 15 suffered acute stress reactions. The latter group includes a 10-year-old boy and a >>
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Dances with Ducks @danceswithducks.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
☄️ An asteroid has been named after Ukrainian high jumper Yaroslava Mahuchikh: (57915) Mahuchikh. The designation is recorded in the official WGSBN Bulletin asteroid catalog.
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Dances with Ducks @danceswithducks.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
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Dances with Ducks @danceswithducks.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
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Dances with Ducks @danceswithducks.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
📚 An installation featuring books burned during Russian attacks has been unveiled at the Frankfurt Book Fair. Displayed in a glass case are 22 books with charred pages and traces of ash. They survived a Russian attack on the “Ranok” publishing house’s automated logistics >>
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Dances with Ducks @danceswithducks.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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Dances with Ducks @danceswithducks.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Russian milbloggers are acknowledging that these Ukrainian counterattacks in the Slovyansk and Kramatorsk directions may have cascading effects and implications for Russian efforts to seize the Fortress Belt.
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Dances with Ducks @danceswithducks.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
UNITED24 Media Telegram Highlights Thread Russia’s offensive in Ukraine has slowed sharply, with September marking the worst month for Russian territorial gains since June 2023, according to The New York Times. The Ukrainian counteroffensive in the northern Donbas >>
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Dances with Ducks @danceswithducks.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The death toll from Russia’s strike on packed passenger buses in Kramatorsk has surged to 33 people killed. At least 18 others were injured. www.kyivpost.com/post/86445
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Dances with Ducks @danceswithducks.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Russian missile strike on Pryluky, Chernihiv Oblast, wiped out an entire family. Oleksandr Ivanchenko, 38, was killed alongside his wife, Yuliia, 37, and their two children: 12-year-old Iryna and 8-year-old Maksym. >>
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Dances with Ducks @danceswithducks.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Dances with Ducks @danceswithducks.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
understandingwar.org/research/rus... Key Takeaways Russia launched a massive and deadly combined drone and missile strike package across northern, eastern, and western Ukraine on the night of October 6 to 7— killing and wounding at least 135 civilians, including at least four children.
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Dances with Ducks @danceswithducks.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
🌐 First in Europe. Ukraine ranked third globally among the most frequent targets of cyberattacks. According to Microsoft’s Digital Defense Report 2026, Ukraine accounted for 4.8% of all victims worldwide, trailing only the US and Israel. Microsoft noted that Ukraine remains a primary target >>
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Dances with Ducks @danceswithducks.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
A mother sits beside the body of her son, who was killed in the shelling of Kremenchuk. His father, Oleksandr, told Suspilne he was asleep in another part of the house when the strike hit. Firefighters found his son beneath the rubble.
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Dances with Ducks @danceswithducks.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
understandingwar.org/research/rus... Key Takeaways Thread Russia will significantly increase its purchase of foreign currency and gold between October 7 and November 6, 2026 in an effort to mitigate the effects of declining oil and gas export revenues.
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Dances with Ducks @danceswithducks.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
A drone fragment is sticking right out of the roof of a car in Kyiv's Darnytskyi district.
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Dances with Ducks @danceswithducks.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Dances with Ducks @danceswithducks.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Russian forces struck the Northern Bridge in Kyiv City on October 3 as part of Russia’s continued efforts to degrade the city’s traffic across the Dnipro River and cause wider disruptions to Ukraine’s economy and daily civilian life.
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Dances with Ducks @danceswithducks.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Dances with Ducks @danceswithducks.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Putin claimed Russian frontline gains in September 2026 so far from reality as to resemble hallucinations.
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Dances with Ducks @danceswithducks.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Dances with Ducks @danceswithducks.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Russian forces likely at best gained no ground in exchange for over 46,000 casualties in September 2026 – the highest monthly Russian loss rate so far in 2026.
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Dances with Ducks @danceswithducks.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Russian forces lost control over almost 300 square kilometers between March and September 2026 – a period including Ukraine’s successful Operation Vivaldi, which liberated at least 147 square kilometers over several months.
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Dances with Ducks @danceswithducks.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A Ukrainian pilot was killed in combat today after his MiG-29 fighter jet was shot down by a Russian missile. He had been carrying out missile and bomb strikes against Russian forces on one of the front-line sectors. The pilot ejected but, tragically, did not survive
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Dances with Ducks @danceswithducks.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Dances with Ducks @danceswithducks.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A likely Russian drone violated Moldovan airspace and crashed near Hirbovat, Anenii Noi, on the morning of September 30.
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Dances with Ducks @danceswithducks.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The Kremlin reportedly plans to significantly increase defense spending in 2027 as Russian attempts to raise public revenues have failed to offset rising debt and deficit estimates.
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Dances with Ducks @danceswithducks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Hasid Yonatan Karlinsky, who was mobilized into the Ukrainian Armed Forces when he came for Rosh Hashanah, will serve as a military doctor in Odesa. The medical facility where he will serve is located near the local Jewish community in Odesa. >>
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Dances with Ducks @danceswithducks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Dances with Ducks @danceswithducks.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Dances with Ducks @danceswithducks.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Russian forces conducted a drone strike mere kilometers from the Ukrainian-Polish border near the Yahodyn border crossing for the second time in September 2026. Poland announced its intent to change its air defense rules of engagement following the strike.
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Dances with Ducks @danceswithducks.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
understandingwar.org/research/rus... Key Takeaways Thread Ukraine’s 3rd Army Corps publicized details on the third phase of Operation Vivaldi in the Lyman direction, which included successfully feinting and deceiving Russian forces and the liberation of Nove, Ridkodub, Katerynivka, >>
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Dances with Ducks @danceswithducks.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Live: Ukraine Telegram Highlights Thread Ukrainian forces have regained another 51 km² of territory within Operation "Vivaldi," the Third Army Corps reported. During the third phase of the operation, the Armed Forces of Ukraine liberated the settlements of Nove, Ridkodub, and >>
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Dances with Ducks @danceswithducks.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Dances with Ducks @danceswithducks.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
😓 This morning, one of the Russian strikes hit Zaporizhzhia’s largest market on Bazarna Street. A fire broke out in the market’s commercial premises and has since been extinguished. [photo]
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Dances with Ducks @danceswithducks.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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Dances with Ducks @danceswithducks.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Residents of occupied Oleshky are eating weeds from their gardens due to hunger, while Russia prevents them from evacuating, the BBC reports. Food supplies in the town have almost run out, and the vegetable season has ended. Some residents eat only once a day and cook edible weeds to stretch their>>
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Dances with Ducks @danceswithducks.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Live: Ukraine Telegram Highlights Thread US intelligence is warning the EU that Russia may be preparing drone strikes on Mediterranean countries, El Mundo reports, citing sources. American intelligence agencies have passed information to >>
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Dances with Ducks @danceswithducks.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) continues to baselessly claim a Russian encirclement of Dobropillya as part of the Kremlin’s cognitive warfare effort to exaggerate Russian battlefield successes and portray Ukrainian defenses as collapsing.
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Dances with Ducks @danceswithducks.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
understandingwar.org/research/rus... Key Takeaways Thread Several recent incidents in Europe, including drone incursions and acts of sabotage, were conducted by Russia or are likely attributable to Russia, as Western officials are increasingly warning of >>
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Dances with Ducks @danceswithducks.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
A church in Kramatorsk destroyed by a Russian aerial bomb, set against the backdrop of the mural “Peace in the Family — Peace in the Country”…
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