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Mikael William-Jörgensen

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WarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 59m
Overnight, the Khanskaya military airfield in Adygea was reportedly hit and set on fire. The raid lasted most of the night and targeted drone launch sites used against Ukraine, including Maykop, Hvardiiske, and Primorsk-Akhtarsk.
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 1h
A new Russian strike on the Northern bridge in #Kyiv. Russian continues its campaign to make life in Kyiv unbearable.
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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 1h
Free weekend update is out. Russia has a strategy for this winter--massive war crimes to make Ukraine unlivable. We need to speak the truth on that. One reason they need to do this is that they are struggling in other parts of the war--see Vivaldi. phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/weekend-up...
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Weekend Update #205: Russia’s Strategy In Two Words: “War Crimes”
Operation Vivaldi, Even More Robots; The Trump-Putin Quid Pro Quo
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 1h
Ukraine’s National Guard says it completed a second successful humanitarian delivery to Russian-occupied Oleshky overnight. Together with other Defense Forces units, troops delivered nearly four tonnes of food, medicine and packages for children. #Ukraine
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 1h
Drones reportedly struck Russia’s Khanskaya military airfield near Maykop overnight, with locals reporting a major fire at the base. Explosions were also heard near the Russian-occupied Hvardiiske airfield in Crimea, where the impact is still being assessed. #Russia
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 1h
Dutch MEP Reinier van Lanschot called on Europe to 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 don’t say thank you enough,” he said. #Ukraine
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 1h
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz arrived in Kyiv on an unannounced visit, Süddeutsche Zeitung reports. Germany plans €1 billion for interceptor drones and long-range weapons production in Ukraine, plus €350 million to repair damaged power plants. #Ukraine
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 1h
Overnight, strikes were carried out in Belgorod, Russia. A fire broke out in the center of the city after Russian air defense hit a Ukrainian drone and debris fell on cars. #Russia
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 1h
Russia launched 135 UAVs at Ukraine overnight, including 52 jet-powered Shaheds, the Air Force says. Air defenses downed or suppressed 123 drones plus two Banderol/Dan-T munitions. Impacts were recorded at five locations, with debris falling at another five. #Ukraine
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 1h
Satellite imagery has recorded the presence of Su-30, Su-24, Su-34, Su-35S, and L-39 aircraft, as well as Mi-8 helicopters and transport aircraft at that location.
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 1h
A drone attack is reported at the Khanskaya military airfield in Adygea, Russia. The 272nd Training Aviation Base is stationed at this airfield. The facility is also used by the Russian Aerospace Forces for logistics, refueling, and launching airstrikes.
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(((Tendar))) @tendar.bsky.social · 1h
Germany's security also depends on the outcome of this war. That is why we are helping out of our own self-interest as well.“
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(((Tendar))) @tendar.bsky.social · 1h
German chancellor Merz has arrived in Kyiv, Ukraine this morning. At his arrival he made following statement: „Ukraine is facing decisive weeks. That is why I traveled to Kyiv today with the message: You can rely on us.
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 1h
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has arrived in Kyiv. Welcome!
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Mick Ryan @warinthefuture.bsky.social · 6h
"Both sides are betting on their own industrial capacity (and that of their supporters), societal endurance and will." The long winter ahead in Ukraine, and the respective theories of success for Ukraine & Russia. mickryan.substack.com/p/vivaldi-fp...
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Vivaldi, FP-7 and the Long Winter Ahead
In this week’s update, Operation Vivaldi, Ukraine’s new ballistic missile, Russia’s winter bombing campaign, security updates from the Pacific, as well as my Big Five recommended reads.
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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 11h
Free Russia’s political prisoners, ease sanctions on its war economy: the swap a Nobel laureate urged on Trump’s envoy. Yuriy Lukanov’s question for him: “why should the freedom of Russia’s political prisoners be bought at the expense of the freedom, the safety, and the lives of Ukrainians?”
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Illia Ponomarenko @ioponomarenko.bsky.social · 12h
Just hanging on the edge of my seat, waiting for all the witnesses of “Ukrainian biolabs,” because of which Russia was right to exterminate Ukraine, to lose their shit to the same extent over the very much real reckless leak of pneumonic plague from a lab in Russia’s Irkutsk.
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WarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 12h
A number of Russian regions are under attack by Ukrainian drones right now.
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 13h
"We are already here, we have invested, and we’ve grown attached to this place. I didn't come here to sign a contract.... I would rather take my chances in Canada, even though I think living there is risky too," the farmer stated. 📹Countryside Acres
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 13h
However, to replace his temporary status with a permanent residence permit, he is being required to sign a contract with the Russian Ministry of Defense - which means he will be sent to the frontlines and most probably killed.
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 13h
Arend Feenstra moved with his wife Anneesa&eight children to Russia from Canada under a simplified program for citizens from "unfriendly countries" who share so-called "traditional family values." In early 2025, Feenstra received a three-year temporary residence permit in the Nizhny Novgorod region
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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 13h
Ukraine fired its 1st FP-7 ballistic missile in combat, Zelenskyy announced 1 Oct. It can hit back at Russia but can't stop the Iskanders Russia fires at Ukrainian cities Its twin, the FP-7.X interceptor, is meant to, with a first interception aimed for mid-2027 euromaidanpress.com/2026/10/03/f...
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 13h
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 14h
My deepest condolences to Illia’s family... Russia took away Illia’s childhood, his dreams, and his future. Children must live and enjoy life - not be killed by Russia’s war.
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 14h
But Russia destroyed their home in Kyiv region with a missile. Illia’s parents, Pavlo and Olena, and his sister, Liza, survived. Illia was trapped under the rubble and suffered fatal injuries. This is beyond heartbreaking...
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 14h
We want to say goodbye to Illiusha in a way that would have been close to his heart. We ask everyone who has a motorcycle and is able to come to join us in saying farewell." The Honcharov family had moved to Kyiv region from Sumy region, fleeing constant Russian attacks.
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 14h
"Our boy, Illiusha, loved motorcycles very much. He simply lived for them. He started with a moped, then had a Viper and a Shineray. He took great care of each of his motorcycles, looked after them, cherished them, and constantly dreamed of owning a Kawasaki.
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 14h
Yesterday, bikers came to say goodbye to 14-year-old Illia Honcharov, who was killed by a Russian missile strike on his home in Vyshhorod, Kyiv region, on September 30. Illia loved motorcycles. His family asked bikers to join the farewell ceremony. Many answered the call.
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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 14h
Ukraine's MiG-29s strike Russian troops and air defenses and guard Ukrainian cities and ports. They have to keep doing it until Swedish Gripens arrive early next year Russia has destroyed 37 since February 2022 & Ukraine is nearly out of old MiGs to replace them euromaidanpress.com/2026/10/03/m...
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WarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 14h
Explosions are currently being reported in Belgorod.
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WarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 14h
Moldovan MFA handed a note of protest to the Russian ambassador after three missiles and two drones violated the country's airspace.
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 14h
I don’t want to give them my son. After the recent elections, you just lose hope. You stop believing in anything. You’re sitting there in your seventies. You’ve already lived your lives. Please, leave us alone. Let us live. We want our children to know they have a future."
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 14h
"Enough. We’re tired. We want peace, for f*ck’s sake." A Russian woman whose brother served with the Wagner PMC and was killed in the "SMO" says she fears her son could also be sent to war once he turns 18. "I’m scared sh*tless.
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 15h
Since the beginning of the year, their losses had amounted to 30,000-32,000 personnel per month: 21,000-22,000 killed, with the rest seriously wounded. Now, their monthly losses are around 42,000.
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 15h
President Zelenskyy: Vivaldi is a very successful operation. It is not over yet. As of today, ~125-140 square kilometers have been liberated. It is important that the number of Russian troops killed and wounded has increased over the past two to three months.
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Morgan Fairchild @morgfair.bsky.social · 15h
'MAGA morons' and 'insanity': Retiring GOP senator unleashes ruthless Trump onslaught www.rawstory.com/raw-investig...
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'MAGA morons' and 'insanity': Retiring GOP senator unleashes ruthless Trump onslaught
A Republican senator on the outs has dedicated an entire book to criticizing the "MAGA morons" surrounding President Donald Trump, whom he predicts will trigger an election day disaster for the GOP th...
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H I Sutton @covertshores.bsky.social · 16h
If bridge-destruction season is upon us, here are some notable bridges in Russia to watch 1. Southern overpass of the Western High-Speed Diameter, St.Petersburg 2. Bolshoy Obukhovsky Bridge, St. Petersburg 3. Krasnaya Polyana Railway Bridge, near Sochi 4. Crimean Bridge #Russia #Ukraine #OSINT
Southern overpass of the Western High-Speed Diameter, St.PetersburgBolshoy Obukhovsky Bridge, St. Petersburg 43.611498°,  40.049308° Krasnaya Polyana Railway BridgeCrimean Bridge
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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 15h
Fun fact. It took Russia just 68 days after the collapse of the USSR to invade a non NATO European country. Further proof the west created Putin - the first Russian leader in 550 years to make Russia bigger than God himself created.
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WarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 15h
Zelensky says the FP-9 ballistic missile, capable of reaching Moscow, will be ready as soon as this fall. He says its stated range is up to 850 km.
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WarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 15h
Several Russian regions are under drone attack right now.
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 15h
Russians tried to transport a Mi-2 helicopter on a pickup truck, but overturned along with it. The incident happened in Russia’s Krasnodar region.
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WarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 16h
Zelensky says Putin may try to use US talks with Iran and Trump’s drive for a win before the midterms. He adds the US is much stronger than Russia and just needs to remember that.
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WarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 16h
He says he trusts the US wants to stop the war, but talks with Russia can drag as Putin keeps adding demands depending on shifts in the US, Europe, and other factors.
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WarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 16h
Zelensky says Ukraine will close its current funding gap by year-end. He says part of a loan for next year will be used around January to order drones for Jan and Feb 2027.
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WarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 16h
Of that monthly figure, 21,000 to 22,000 are killed and the rest badly wounded, he says. He adds Ukraine’s losses in the offensive are several times lower.
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WarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 16h
Zelensky says Operation Vivaldi is still underway, with about 125 to 140 km2 deoccupied. He puts Russian losses at about 42,000 a month over the past 2 to 3 months, up from 30,000 to 32,000 earlier this year.
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WarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 16h
Zelensky says Ukraine will step up attacks on Russian oil refineries in response to strikes on bridges, but will not target civilian sites.
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 16h
Ukrainian Defense Forces launched a strike on Russian Iskander positions in Bryansk region. Objects in the Black Sea and Samara region were also hit - President Zelenskyy.
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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 16h
Ukraine's own stalled reforms are now draining the country, along with Russia's war Ukraine has stopped paying veterans to go to the gym, a program that drew more than 800,000 uses after defense spending ate up the budget euromaidanpress.com/2026/10/03/u...
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Ukraine’s $33 veterans’ gym subsidy drew 800,000 uses. Now it is gone, squeezed by war and stalled reforms, holding up $20 billion in aid
The Veteran Sports program stopped on 1 October after the state found no money for it.
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 18h
Ukraine’s Forpost Border Guard Brigade says it has retaken more than 10 km² on the South Slobozhanshchyna axis since taking responsibility for its defensive sector in June. The brigade reports 118 Russian troops killed and another seven captured. #Ukraine
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