Category: Updates
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10/10/2024 — Another Honeypot Spilled – Ukraine Arrests Informant Recruited Via Dating Site

From: Kyiv Post— Ukraine’s security services said the suspect from Pokrovsk was tasked to scout out military locations by a woman he met online, a tactic regularly employed by Russian intelligence agencies. The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has arrested a suspect for scouting out locations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) after being asked to…
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10/10/2024 — ANALYSIS: Sadistic ‘Human Safari’: Russia’s Drone Warfare in Kherson

Residents and first responders are increasingly at risk, as drones strike civilian vehicles, including private cars, taxis, minibuses, public transport, volunteer trucks, and ambulances. From: Kyiv Post By Zarina Zabrisky The introduction of drone warfare has not only changed the situation at the front; it has transformed the skies and streets of Kherson into battlegrounds. The “human…
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10/10/2024 — North Korean soldiers are likely dying for Putin in Ukraine, Seoul says

“More North Korean troops could be deployed in the war,” warns South Korean defense minister. From: Politico BY KETRIN JOCHECOVÁ North Korea is likely sending its soldiers to fight and die in Ukraine alongside Russian troops, Seoul’s defense minister, Kim Yong-hyun, said Tuesday. “As Russia and North Korea have signed a mutual treaty akin to a…
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10/9/2024 — Why Russia Is in More Trouble Than It Looks

From: Intelligencer By Benjamin Hart It has not been a good few months for Ukraine. Russia is slowly but steadily gaining ground in the country’s Donetsk region, where its forces bombard towns and cities, overwhelming an exhausted Ukrainian military. A regional war in the Middle East has eclipsed the refocused western allies elsewhere. The prospect of another Trump presidency,…
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10/9/2024 — Inside Kursk, Ukrainians Hope for a Path to Victory

Kyiv wants to hold land to trade with Moscow in any future peace deal. From: Foreign Policy By Oz Katerji KURSK, Russia—More than six weeks into Kyiv’s military incursion into the Kursk region of Russia, Ukrainian soldiers are still delighting in the triangle of white tape fixed to the hundreds of vehicles crossing the border into…
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10/9/2024 — Getting transatlantic coordination right for Ukraine

From: Atlantic Council By John E. Herbst This essay is part of the report “Transatlantic horizons: A collaborative US-EU policy agenda for 2025 and beyond,” which outlines an agenda for common action for the next US administration and European Commission. The bottom line Transatlantic support for Ukraine has been laudable, but much more is needed, particularly from…
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10/9/2024 — Ending Russian impunity: Why Ukraine needs justice as well as security

From: Atlantic Council By Kateryna Odarchenko, Lesia Zaburanna With no end in sight to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, some members of the international community are now advocating for a negotiated settlement that risks rewarding Moscow for its aggression. The idea of offering the Kremlin concessions is dangerously shortsighted and overlooks the central importance of justice…
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10/9/2024 — The West must learn defense tech lessons on the Ukrainian battlefield

From: Atlantic Council By Edward Verona The Russia-Ukraine War has become the proving ground for some of the latest innovations in military technology. This is most immediately apparent in the rapid evolution of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) or drones. These range from reconnaissance and surveillance drones, which maintain an “eye in the sky” above the battle…
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10/8/2024 — FEODOSIA ON FIRE AGAIN: largest refinery in Crimea strike

From: Anna From Ukraine 🇺🇦 Vlog 827: War in Ukraine
