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Ukraine Advocate 🇺🇦 @eugenemcparland.eurosky.social · 10s
Day 1,698 of the full scale invasion has begun Estimated russian losses from February 24, 2022 to October 18, 2026 of the russian all-out war against Ukraine, according to the General Staff of #Ukraine 🔷 Yesterday 2,090 enemy, killed or wounded
Dark infographic with black background and orange/white text, showing Ukraine's estimated Russian military losses from 24.02.2022 to 18.10.2026. Large figures with small icons and daily increases: personnel ~1,565,060 (+2,090), tanks 12,416, artillery 51,293, UAVs 568,358, armoured vehicles 25,561, plus aircraft, MLRS, ships and other categories listed row by row. White Cyrillic headline at top; footer credits the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 1h
⚡️Marco Rubio says Trump's Russian oil sanctions waiver is a '60-day pause,' denies restricting Starlink access. "I think the President wants to take the 60-day period of time to sort of analyze what imposing both sanctions and tariffs will mean to the global economy and even to the U.S. economy."
kyivindependent.com
Marco Rubio says Trump's Russian oil sanctions waiver is a '60-day pause,' denies restricting Starlink access
"I think the President wants to take the 60-day period of time to sort of analyze what imposing both sanctions and tariffs will mean to the global economy and even to the U.S. economy," said Rubio.
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Ukraine Advocate 🇺🇦 @eugenemcparland.eurosky.social · 16m
Every morning at: 9 AM Kyiv (EEST) 7 AM London (BST) 8 AM Berlin/Paris (CEST) 2 AM New York (EDT) 5 PM Sydney (AEDT) #Ukraine pauses Will you join us in a minute of silence to honour the fallen heroes who gave everything for freedom? Their sacrifice will never be forgotten Stand with Ukraine. 🕯️
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Ukraine Advocate 🇺🇦 @eugenemcparland.eurosky.social · 21m
Ukrainian Boxer Imprisoned in russia Needs Medical Care Ukrainian boxing champion Oleksandra Kozlan, a silver and bronze medalist at world and European championships, was detained in occupied #Crimea a year ago on suspicion of preparing a terrorist attack. khpg.org/en/1608816124
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Ukrainian Boxer Imprisoned in Russia Needs Medical Care
Ukrainian boxing champion Oleksandra Kozlan, a silver and bronze medalist at world and European championships, was detained in occupied Crimea a year ago on suspicion of preparing a terrorist attack. ...
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Ukraine Advocate 🇺🇦 @eugenemcparland.eurosky.social · 26m
Young #Melitopol man sentenced to 14 years for donating 10 euros to Ukraine’s Armed Forces russia's kangaroo 'Zaporizhzhia regional court' issued three horrific sentences in as many days khpg.org/en/1608816141
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Young Melitopol man sentenced to 14 years for donating 10 euros to Ukraine’s Armed Forces
Russia's kangaroo 'Zaporizhzhia regional court' issued three horrific sentences in as many days
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Ukraine Advocate 🇺🇦 @eugenemcparland.eurosky.social · 31m
On the night of 18 October (from 18:00 on 17 October), the enemy launched an attack using one Iskander-M ballistic missile, 180 Shahed-type strike UAVs (26 of which were jet-powered), S-8000 Banderole/Dan-T, Gerbera, and ‘Parody’-type decoy drones
Dark-blue informational graphic with a yellow trident emblem and the words "Повітряні Сили" in white at the top, followed by a smaller white timestamp line "Станом на 08:00 18 жовтня 2026 року". Large centered white heading "ЗНИЩЕНО/ПОДАВЛЕНО ПОВІТРЯНИХ ЦІЛЕЙ" sits above a white fighter-jet icon in a small square and a large white numeral "152", with smaller white text "БпЛА (16 із них – реактивні)" underneath.

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Ukraine Advocate 🇺🇦 @eugenemcparland.eurosky.social · 39m
Day 1,698 of the full scale invasion has begun Estimated russian losses from February 24, 2022 to October 18, 2026 of the russian all-out war against Ukraine, according to the General Staff of #Ukraine 🔷 Yesterday 2,090 enemy, killed or wounded mod.gov.ua/en/news/tota...
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Total russian combat losses in Ukraine as of October 18, 2026
Total russian military losses on October 17, 2026: 2,090 personnel, 1,372 UAVs, and 27 artillery systems.
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Shaun Pinner @shaunpinner.bsky.social · 1h
Absolute carnage in Putin’s home city 🇺🇦
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Ragnar Bjartur Gudmundsson 🇺🇦 @ragnarbjartur.bsky.social · 8h
📊 UKRAINE WAR DASHBOARD — TIMELINE I've added a timeline of the war to my dashboard. 👉 ukraine.vefgreining.com#timeline
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Jake Broe @realjakebroe.bsky.social · 10h
Trump views Ukraine as Russia's Canada. Because Trump does not believe Canada has sovereignty and the right to be independent from The United States, Trump will always take Russia's side. Great video from Anders Puck Nielsen. @anderspucknielsen.dk
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Tim White @twmcltd.bsky.social · 10h
Oh, Romania has actually shot down TWO Russian drones this evening. F-16s were scrambled and intercepted the Russian UAVs.
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Quiz!Baby @quiz.baby · 12h
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 13h
⚡Russian troops executed Ukrainian POWs in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, military says. Russian forces are accused of executing Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) on the Huliaipole front in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, a Ukrainian military spokesperson told Ukrainska Pravda on Oct. 17.
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Russian troops executed Ukrainian POWs in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, military says
The Russian soldiers are believed to belong to the 38th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade, which is operating in the area. Kravchuk alleged that orders of this nature within the brigade are issued at t...
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🇪🇺 @veertjephilips.bsky.social · 12h
(Financial) Power Corrupts! 👇🤬
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Denys from Ukraine @glushko.bsky.social · 12h
⚡️ BLACKOUT REPORTED IN DNIPRO FOLLOWING RUSSIAN STRIKES ON THE ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE Street lighting has gone out in parts of Dnipro, while residential buildings in several districts have been left without electricity following Russian attacks on the city’s power infrastructure.
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Ukraine Advocate 🇺🇦 @eugenemcparland.eurosky.social · 12h
President #Zelenskyy has accused SpaceX of deliberately restricting Starlink satellite communications in #Ukraine, saying tests conducted in European Union countries showed that the same limitations did not apply outside Ukrainian territory.
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UNITED24 @u24.gov.ua · 12h
In the Zaporizhzhia region, russian forces captured and executed Ukrainian POWs, the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine reported. The incident came to light after intercepted conversations discussing an order to execute unarmed POWs. The execution of prisoners of war is a war crime.
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Vlad Vexler @vladvexler.bsky.social · 12h
My commentary on Trump's latest turn toward Putin youtu.be/wf938dVliWQ?...
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The Trump-Putin link: what you need to know
YouTube video by Vlad Vexler Chat
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Vlad Vexler @vladvexler.bsky.social · 12h
Trump Now Backs Putin in the War vladvexler.substack.com/p/trump-now-...
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Trump Now Backs Putin in the War
9 questions about Trump’s latest turn toward Putin
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Ukraine Advocate 🇺🇦 @eugenemcparland.eurosky.social · 13h
Most of the components in the Kinzhal hypersonic aeroballistic missiles that russia used to attack #Ukraine were manufactured in the United States. russia obtains these components by circumventing sanctions on imports of parts for its military industry. Source: Slovo i Dilo
Infographic on a yellow background titled 'WHO MANUFACTURES COMPONENTS FOR RUSSIA'S KINZHAL AEROBALLISTIC MISSILE?' A grey missile at center has thin callout lines to labels giving component counts by country: United States 155, Japan 17, Switzerland 10, Taiwan 7, Germany 2, and 1 each for Russia, UK, China, Belarus, South Korea, and an unidentified source. 'Total: 197 components' appears under the title; the Ukraine World logo is in the top left corner.
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Image source: Ukraine World
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Roman Sheremeta @rshereme.bsky.social · 13h
The White House has announced the new press secretary.
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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 16h
⚡ Zelenskyy: Trump’s decision to pause key Russia sanctions benefits Moscow and does nothing to end the war.
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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 15h
Zelenskyy is resurrecting the ghost of Lindsey Graham to haunt Trump.
Zelenskyy post: Thank you for everything, Lindsey! 

Дякую за все, Ліндсі!

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Business Ukraine magazine @businessukraine.bsky.social · 15h
“In the four years since Russia’s full-scale invasion, I have never once seen Ukrainian children playing war. That may be our greatest victory.” Brilliant essay by Sergey Maidukov on the importance of preserving a sense of humanity amid the horrors of war www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Opinion | The peace to come for Ukraine will find humanity gravely wounded
In Kyiv, war becomes background noise. I fear what that means for when it’s over.
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Ukraine Advocate 🇺🇦 @eugenemcparland.eurosky.social · 17h
President #Zelenskyy says putin is looking to cause #Ukraine -wide 'blackout' 🖊️ Laura Kayali The Ukrainian president called an executive order from tRump an "American sanctions blackout." www.politico.eu/article/volo...
politico.eu
Zelenskyy says Putin is looking to cause Ukraine-wide ‘blackout’
The Ukrainian president called an executive order from U.S. President Donald Trump an “American sanctions blackout.”
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Alina Pereverzieva 🇺🇦 @perevaa.bsky.social · 17h
❗Starshield terminals in Ukraine are still capped at 161 km/h. Ukraine has raised the issue with the US military, the Pentagon, the State Department, and #SpaceX – but no one is providing a clear answer. Instead, the restrictions are being dismissed as “technical problems.”
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mweinstock.bsky.social @mweinstock.bsky.social · 17h
“Red, White & Misled.” Editorial cartoonist Daniel Boris is stunned by Donald Trump's most recent appeasement of Russian President Vladimir Putin, a ruthless U.S. adversary who provided crucial satellite imagery to assist Iran in its deadly attacks on U.S. military bases.
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mweinstock.bsky.social @mweinstock.bsky.social · 17h
“Burning Love.” Austrian editorial cartoonist Marian Kamensky captures Donald Trump’s embrace of Russian President Vladimir Putin, which is giving the ruthless Russian dictator a helping hand to batter Ukraine.
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Chris Fry @chris7ben1.wsocial.eu · 19h
action.wemove.eu/sign/2026-10...
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Defend the International Criminal Court, block Trump’s sanctions!
Share the petition and you'll help multiply the impact of this campaign: Defend the International Criminal Court, block Trump’s sanctions!
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Alex Hall Hall @alexhh.bsky.social · 18h
America is lost, actually. If members of Congress don’t pull it back from the brink - as Trump goes full bore pro-Russia, and plots martial law to thwart the midterms….we’re gone as a country. It’s little experiment is over.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 18h
This is nothing less than a battlefield intervention by the US in favour of Russia.
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 19h
⚡️ Russian Ryazan oil refinery halts operations of one main unit after drone attack, Reuters reports. Since President Volodymyr Zelensky announced the resumption of strikes on Oct. 15, Kyiv has not reported any new attacks on Russian oil refineries or confirmed reports of such strikes.
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Russian Ryazan oil refinery halts operations of one main unit after drone attack, Reuters reports
Since President Volodymyr Zelensky announced the resumption of strikes on Oct. 15, Kyiv has not reported any new attacks on Russian oil refineries or confirmed reports of such strikes.
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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 18h
Kremlin envoy Kirill Dmitriev said Russia would not stop at a single “diesel deal” with the US, and that the two sides were discussing a range of projects He named the Arctic, energy, liquefied natural gas, and diesel supplies as the areas under discussion 🎥 Diplomat Ru
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Ukraine Advocate 🇺🇦 @eugenemcparland.eurosky.social · 21h
russia launched one of its biggest attacks yet on Ukraine's energy sector, hitting 15+ power facilities. The worst-hit areas were Lutsk, Rivne, Zhytomyr, Vinnytsia, Shepetivka, Slavuta and Netishyn, plus strikes in the Kharkiv, Kyiv and Dnipropetrovsk regions.
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Ukraine Advocate 🇺🇦 @eugenemcparland.eurosky.social · 22h
And this took just a year. Victory and justice for #Ukraine
A two-panel meme on a white background, each panel showing bold black-and-yellow text beside a row of playing cards. Top panel reads "2025 YOU HAVE NO CARDS," next to four red cards shown face-down, fanned out with ornate patterned backs. Bottom panel reads "2026 DON'T PLAY YOUR CARDS," next to four aces face-up — diamonds, hearts, spades and clubs — each with a custom apocalyptic design: a city on fire, a flaming heart, a rocket, and an exploding clover. A small "UKRAINE" watermark sits in the lower left. 

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 17/10/2026
Trump tells Congress he doesn't care about what they think and lifts Russian energy sanctions www.nytimes.com/2026/10/16/u...
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Trump Signs Order Exempting Russia From Sanctions Law (Gift Article)
The sanctions were part of a measure that was named after Senator Lindsey Graham, the South Carolina Republican who died in July.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 22h
Musk is an enemy of Europe. There is no justification for continuing to use his products
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Anders Åslund @andersaslund.bsky.social · 17/10/2026
Tom Friedman, NYT: "If...Trump ... proceeds with his plan to trade away support for Ukraine’s democracy for Russian diesel, let me spell it out: He will enter the history books in the chapter on leaders who sold out their country’s democratic values to appease a dictator."
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Doug Johnson 🇨🇦 @smikooman.bsky.social · 17/10/2026
Shout out to Member of the Seanad Éireann Tom Clonan who recognises NAFO in the Irish Senate. Context is Alumina exports to russia. #NAFO We are everywhere. (Thanks Dom!)
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Militarnyi @militarnyi.com · 22h
🇸🇪🇺🇸Sweden extradited 52-year-old Russian citizen Alexandr Suvorov to the U.S., where he is accused of illegally supplying American microelectronics to Russia in circumvention of sanctions. militarnyi.com/en/news/swed...
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Sweden Extradited Russian National Who Supplied Microelectronics to Russia in Circumvention of Sanctions to USA
Sweden extradited 52-year-old Russian citizen Alexandr Suvorov to the U.S., where he is accused of illegally supplying American microelectronics to Russia in
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Prospect Magazine @prospectmagazine.co.uk · 23h
The apparent implosion of Trump’s latest attempt to force Ukraine to cave in to Putin highlights Zelensky’s astonishing success, writes Andrew Adonis
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Volodymyr Zelensky, the great escape artist
The Trump-Putin diesel deal notwithstanding, the Houdini of Kyiv survives to fight another day
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Baba Yaga Fèlla @babayagafella.bsky.social · 17/10/2026
Heads on a swivel for rascia and Matryoshka propaganda for the midterms. #Fuck45 #FuckElon #Resist #MakerussiaSmallAgain
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joelunchpail.bsky.social @joelunchpail.bsky.social · 17/10/2026
So.. The monthly russian soldier losses are now at or approaching 50k. Russia cannot sustain this. Ukraine is taking back land every day. Putin is calling in his Donny asset. Years of russian funding for Donny’s failed businesses have a price. The price is you, America. VOTE.
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Dr. Michael MacKay @michaelmackay.bsky.social · 17/10/2026
Putin puppet Trump will destroy the United States to save Russia.
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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 17/10/2026
🚨 Russian strikes cut off electricity in Vinnytsia, forcing local authorities to switch critical infrastructure to alternative power sources. The power outage has temporarily suspended electric transport operations across the city while repair efforts are assessed.
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Center for European Policy Analysis @cepa.org · 17/10/2026
Putin and Xi United by a Love of Corruption | "Failure to address corruption has weakened democracies and enabled organized crime, but Russia and China use graft an instrument of state control." Walter Clemens cepa.org/article/putin-and-xi-unite…
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Putin and Xi United by a Love of Corruption
Failure to address corruption has weakened democracies and enabled organized crime, but Putin and XI use graft an instrument of state control.
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Ukraine Advocate 🇺🇦 @eugenemcparland.eurosky.social · 17/10/2026
Day 1,697 of the full scale invasion has begun Estimated russian losses from February 24, 2022 to October 17, 2026 of the russian all-out war against Ukraine, according to the General Staff of #Ukraine 🔷 Yesterday 1,950 enemy, killed or wounded
Infographic titled "LOSSES OF THE RUSSIAN OCCUPIERS IN UKRAINE" covering 24 February 2022 to 17 October 2026. Dark background with white and orange text, listing military loss categories beside matching icons: personnel (~1,562,970), tanks (12,415), armored vehicles (25,554), artillery (51,266), UAVs (566,986), cruise missiles (5,130), plus aircraft, helicopters, MLRS, air-defense systems, ships, submarines, vehicles and special equipment. Recent daily increases appear in orange, e.g. +1,950 personnel.

Image source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
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Ukraine Advocate 🇺🇦 @eugenemcparland.eurosky.social · 17/10/2026
Every morning at: 9 AM Kyiv (EEST) 7 AM London (BST) 8 AM Berlin/Paris (CEST) 2 AM New York (EDT) 5 PM Sydney (AEDT) #Ukraine pauses Will you join us in a minute of silence to honour the fallen heroes who gave everything for freedom? Their sacrifice will never be forgotten Stand with Ukraine. 🕯️
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Ukraine Advocate 🇺🇦 @eugenemcparland.eurosky.social · 17/10/2026
Day 1,697 of the full scale invasion of #Ukraine, yesterday: 238 combat engagements in 24h. russia launched 71 air strikes (261 guided bombs), 7,433 strike drones, and 2,699 shelling attacks.
Dark green military infographic with orange and white text, titled "ОРІЄНТОВНІ ВТРАТИ ПРОТИВНИКА СКЛАДИ" with the date range "Протягом 24.02.22 — 17.10.2026" (Estimated enemy losses as of 17.10.2026). Rows of icons and figures list Russian losses: personnel ~1,562,970 (+1950), tanks 12,415 (+1), aircraft 449, helicopters 356, UAVs 566,986 (+1396), artillery 51,266 (+24), and more, with daily increases in orange. A faint silhouette of a soldier blurs in the background. Credited to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

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Ukraine Advocate 🇺🇦 @eugenemcparland.eurosky.social · 17/10/2026
Over the past 24 hours, units of the SBS Group have struck 1,553 enemy targets. Since the beginning of October (1–16 October), units of the SBS Group have struck 34,778 enemy targets, including 8,257 personnel.
Dark green and black Ukrainian-language military infographic headed "ОПЕРАТИВНИЙ ЗВІТ УГР. СБС ЗА ДОБУ", dated 16.10.2026 (top right). A large white "1553" highlights unique enemy targets engaged in 24 hours. Below, two columns list target categories (personnel, drones, artillery, trucks, warehouses and more) with "уражено" and "знищено" counts. A bottom panel totals 34,778 targets and 8,257 special equipment from 1–16.10, above a row of unit logos.

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