Been told that my account is a "Pro-Ukrainian" & everyone is entitled to their opinion. Let me clarify something. There is right & wrong. Celebrating & supporting an invasion, murder, rape, genocide, theft & other crimes is not an opinion, its f-cking wrong & being mentally sick.

In the Pokrovsk direction Russian channels are reporting that Ukrainiian forces are bringing in reserves and reinforcing Hryshyne. They also report heavy fighting to the NW of the city & Russian units are trying to enter Rodyns'ke, but encountering heavy drone activity.

Today one Russian paper suggests the US midterms “could undermine Donald Trump’s power & hurt Russia.” Other papers focus on Russia’s economic problems: “Zero growth in the 4th quarter…a gradual increase in crisis phenomena in manufacturing.” #ReadingRussia

Video from the Serpukhovskaya subway station in the south of Moscow. The emergency lights are on and the escalator is not working as a result of a power failure. This region has had its related power generation facilities attacked by drones and several areas were without power.

Images from Belgorod in total darkness after the Thermal Power Plant in the city, was hit on the 8th November by a Ukrainian missile strike.

The Saratov refinery was attacked last night

Video from Saratov earlier this morning with the sound of air raid sirens and an explosion. It is being reported that a second drone attack was taking place this morning.

More scenes and the moment of drone impact at the Saratov oil refinery.

Last night Ukrainian drones struck the Saratov refinery. Several explosions were recorded by residents nearby followed by a large fire. Geolocated at 51.45836037970274, 45.936984977149024

Cubans Kontraktniki (contract soldiers), who chose to die for Putin in exchange for about $10,000, practice self-application of a torniquet before heading to the front in Ukraine. #OSINT

In today’s Russian papers: “Budget revenues still falling, trade with China declining" & ”petrol supply problems in the regions.” Plus an interesting editorial: “In a situation where almost everything is prohibited, a little something at least should be permitted” #ReadingRussia

Russia’s drone war has entered an industrial phase. Moscow now produces over 6,000 Shahed-type drones a month and can launch 700+ in a single night. Each costs as little as $20k–$70k, while intercepting one with a Patriot missile costs over $3 million. — CNN 1/

OTD in 1999 there was an OSCE conference in Istanbul. Russia promised to remove all our troops from Georgia & Moldova by end of 2002. We lied. But Ukraine should totally believe Russia’s promises & negotiate…

A conversation with a Russian soldier who went to fight in Ukraine, fired his weapon, but didn’t want to kill. That’s how it was. https://t.co/wzIuK1w4Rt

Russians Destroy Everything: Evacuation from Kostiantynivka 🇺🇦 Volunteer Denys Khrystov filmed what’s left of Kostiantynivka in the Donetsk region, a city once alive, now reduced to silence. Entire streets are gone. Residential houses lie in ruins, apartment blocks hollowed out

A Russian blogger shared that many Russians do not realize how many Russian soldiers are dying in the war against Ukraine. "For these two small cities [Pokrovsk and Bakhmut], Russia has already killed 80-100 thousand of its own soldiers. It wasn't Ukraine that killed them, it

Australia is buying Russian oil to circumvent sanctions, The Guardian reports. Energy supplies from Russia are being delivered to Singapore’s Jurong port, which is partly owned by the Australian investment fund Macquarie. According to the investigation, Australia may have

New: We've translated in full a 1988 KGB training manual on how to infiltrate U.S. government facilities in the Middle East and North Africa. Something of a Russian growth industry, you might say. We'll be bringing out all 29 of the old "Lubyanka Files" in English over the next

Video of Ukrainian Special Forces units conducting clearing up operations and combat inside Kup'yans'k

Video of allegedly a Russian unit (possibly the same) that entered Pokrovsk after it was hit by Ukrainian drones. This is likely the "clean up" video.

It is being reported by Russian channels that Russia has been restricting mobile internet in Crimea. This usually happens when there is an attack or a major event that the authorities do not want to be recorded and posted online.