In a new report, UK Defence Intelligence analyses the Russian army’s advance towards the town of Selydove in Donetsk Oblast, which is on the road to the important logistics hub of Pokrovsk.
Source: UK Defence Intelligence update dated 25 October, as re…
25 October, 2024 Pickups and drones from Vinnytsia for the Ukrainian military. October 2024. Photo credits: Interregional Coordination Humanitarian Headquarters.
The Ukrainian defenders received cars and attack drones from the Vinnytsia community.
Th…
The Kremlin is seeking to portray the BRICS summit in Kazan as a demonstration of strong international backing for Russia, particularly targeting its domestic audience.
Source: Institute for the Study of War (ISW)
Details: Meduza, a Latvia-based Russia…
Russian forces bombarded Pokrovsk hromada in Donetsk Oblast on 24 October, leaving three people dead. [A hromada is an administrative unit designating a village, several villages, or a town, and their adjacent territories – ed.]
Source: Vadym Filashkin…
Ukrainian forces are holding back the Russian offensive, with 101 combat engagements recorded on various fronts since the start of the day.
Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, information as of 16:00 on 24 October
Details:…
Serhii Pavlichenko crafted his first bandura in 1992. No one knows for sure how many musical instruments he made during his life. He hand-made all kinds of traditional Ukrainian stringed instruments – banduras, kobzas and torbans (types of lute), lyres…
The adoption of the Kazan Declaration on 23 October, on the second day of the BRICS summit in Kazan, Tatarstan, showed that Russia has not yet secured international support and created the alternative security structure the Kremlin wants.
Source: Insti…
Julian Röpcke, a military analyst for the German newspaper Bild, has claimed that Russian troops have entered the town of Selydove in Donetsk Oblast.
Source: Röpcke on X (Twitter); Ukrainska Pravda sources in Ukraine’s Armed Forces
Details: The analyst…
Vadym Filashkin, Head of Donetsk Oblast Military Administration, has reported that all children have been evacuated from Myrnohrad, while 59 children remain in Pokrovsk.
Source: Filashkin on 24/7 national joint newscast
Quote: “All children have been e…
The Russians are attempting to maintain active assault operations on the Pokrovsk front; on 22 October, Ukrainian National Guard troops thwarted 13 Russian attempts to storm their positions in the Selydove area of Donetsk Oblast.
Source: Ukraine’s Nati…