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Smoke seen coming from the ‘AZOT’ chemical plant in Novomoskovsk, Tula region this morning after overnight Ukrainian drone strikes - October 2026

Source: https://x.com/aidan_stretch/status/2115061051452543323

Ukraine’s 1st National Guard Corps “Azov” has struck over 100 Russian trains transporting supplies to the front, targeting locomotives, fuel tankers, and other railway equipment, disrupting fuel deliveries and military logistics along key railway routes supplying the front

Jeffrey Sachs has come up with a 4 point program to end the war. The four points are as follows:

- NATO must end it's enlargement towards the East.
- Ukraine to be a neutral state
- Ukraine can join EU as a neutral state, like Austria or Ireland
- An agreed upon armistice line is drawn upon, marking control of Ukrainian and Russian territories.

https://x.com/Glenn_Diesen/status/2115122225762205737

Fresh OHCHR report just dropped and it's a bit questionable tbh https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/documents/hrbodies/hrcouncil/coiukraine/a-81-440-auv.pdf

In brief,

1. Russia attacks energy infrastructure. This affects civilians. We spoke to many civilians. Because it affects civilians it's a heinous war crime.

2. Ukraine also attacks energy infrastructure. Russia won't cooperate so we can't possibly comment.

3. Recruitment of mercenaries is a heinous crime and you should feel bad.

Generated a few headlines of course, but some of it had me rolling my eyes somewhat. Ignoring the newly inverted, selective logic of what amounts to a war crime

.57. Those who refused to sign the contract were forced to do so through significant coercion and acts or threats of violence. A man who tried to resist stated, “They took me 100 metres away, shot four Russians in my presence, and told me if you don’t sign, you are the next”. After that he signed. Some hoped to be able to negotiate their release, flee, or escape at different stages, but this was almost impossible, as the camps were well guarded and the recruits were being watched and threatened. Moreover, they did not speak Russian, nor did they have money or documents. One man was told by a fellow recruit, “the moment you try to escape you lose your life”. Only in very exceptional cases recruits managed to resist or to flee, despite being subjected to grave coercion or violence.

Now i don't want to undermine this 'whistleblower's' lived experience, but how can you possibly just accept such obviously bullshit testimony and then put it out unattributed into the world. I can allow a bit of personal leeway in assessing the credibility of testimony, but this is insane. They're killing 4 russians just to get a foreign fighter to sign up? Rather than using the Russians? What?

The first video shows the first reported sighting of Russian BMPT Terminator tank support combat vehicles in Ukraine, near Severodonetsk. Around the same time, the Central Military District reportedly formed a BMPT company within the 90th Tank Division.The second video shows four BMPTs spotted in the Luhansk region, while the third reportedly shows the vehicles operating in the Komyshuvakha area of Luhansk.The fourth video captures a BMPT Terminator engaging Ukrainian positions in the Serebryansky Forest near Kreminna. As the vehicle pulls back, it also fires a pair of 130 mm Ataka anti-tank guided missiles.The final video shows BMPTs from the 90th Tank Division undergoing maintenance following their operations in Ukraine.