Yuri Zoria

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A philologist by education, in 2003-2007 Yuri worked as a journalist in a Luhansk online media. He was born and lived all his life in the peaceful provincial city of Luhansk, where nothing serious happened. Until 2014. Now he is an IDP. Follow Yuri on twitter: @loogunda

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Kramatorsk city executive committee building on Peace Square after a Russian airstrike, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, 31 October 2026

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On Kramatorsk’s Peace Square, a Russian airstrike takes down the building that outlasted Russia’s 2014 occupation

The city government building saw the city seized by Russia in 2014 and freed again, and now a Russian airstrike has destroyed it as the front draws closer.

Situation in northern Kharkiv Oblast. Russian-occupied areas are marked in red. Map: Euromaidan Press.

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Russia is fighting for a border village near Kharkiv that leads it nowhere. What it is after is fewer Ukrainian troops in Donbas

Pressure on the Kharkiv and Sumy borders has moved the line only a few kilometers, but Ukrainian commanders say it aims to tie down Ukrainian forces in the north while Russia attacks in Donetsk Oblast.

The Lukoil-Nizhegorodnefteorgsintez refinery in Kstovo, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia, after a drone attack, 1 November 2026

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Three Russian refineries hit since Friday handle roughly 10% of Russia’s refining and over 10% of its diesel

Kstovo, Novokuibyshevsk, and Ufa together process tens of millions of tons of crude a year, and the newest fire is at the biggest of the three.

The 30-year-old suspected of stabbing two Ukrainians on a Warsaw bus, after his detention, October 2026

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Poland holds a suspect for stabbing two Ukrainians for their nationality, the latest case in a year of rising hate crimes against them

Both victims went to hospital with multiple wounds, and the 30-year-old man accused of attacking them had hidden in a forest before officers found him.

ukraine reports first ever damage russia's newest stealth fighter su-57 felon sukhoi jet illustrative sukhoi_design_bureau_054_sukhoi_su-57_(49581303977)

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Another Russian “state-of-the-art” Su-57 fighter burned at Akhtubinsk, apparently without anyone shooting at it

A malfunction at engine start is the reported cause, leaving a burn scar visible from orbit and one fewer stealth jet in Russia’s small fleet.

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The Pentagon wants NATO’s eastern flank to be quiet about Russia while Washington courts Moscow

Ukraine has already felt the same pressure, aimed at its strikes rather than its words.

Firefighters put out a fire after a Russian attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, on the night of 29–30 October 2026

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Russian ballistic missiles kill a man in Kyiv, capping a day that left at least 27 civilians dead across Ukraine

The night also blacked out Dnipro, where people were still mourning the victims of the day before.

Smoke rising from the Novokuibyshevsk oil refinery in Samara Oblast, Russia, 30 October 2026

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Fire Point says its drones hit a Russian refinery’s diesel unit hours after WSJ reported Ukraine had paused such strikes under Trump’s pressure

Ukraine's General Staff has not commented, and the US midterms the pause was timed around are days away.

A firefighter with an extinguisher on the smoke-filled platform at Dnipro railway station after the Russian drone strike, with the bodies of those killed blurred, Dnipro, Ukraine, 29 October 2026

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Russian jet drone hits Dnipro railway platform, killing 14 people next to a Zaporizhzhia-bound train

An air alert was on and the railway had ordered an evacuation, but many passengers were still beside the train when the drone struck.

russia’s sanctioned top diplomat heads campaign against sanctions its war · post russian foreign minister sergei lavrov addresses un general assembly new york united states 24 2022 photo/cia pak un7955720

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Russia’s sanctioned top diplomat heads to the US to campaign against the sanctions on its war

Moscow says Lavrov will use the G20 meeting in Atlanta to denounce sanctions, the economic pressure built to make Russia pay for invading Ukraine.

germany holds two 19-year-olds over starlink arson bulgaria sofia says struck another eu country too · post higher regional court düsseldorf olg-duesseldorf ukraine news ukrainian reports

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Germany holds two 19-year-olds over Bulgaria’s Starlink arson, and Sofia says they also attacked the network Ukraine fights with elsewhere in the EU

Bulgaria wants them extradited, and their lawyers say they will fight the warrant.

baking soda day armor chemistry contract drones strike russia’s bashkir company · post smoke over sterlitamak's industrial zone during drone attack 29 2026 exilenova+ (the watermark digitally removed) sterlitamak 2

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Baking soda by day, armor chemistry on contract: drones reportedly strike Russia’s Bashkir Soda Company

The plant, which Russian Telegram channel Astra says sits on a closed register of defense suppliers, is the country’s only producer of a chemical used in bulletproof fibers.

Aerial view of Russian-occupied Oleshky, in Ukraine's Kherson Oblast. Photo via ArmyInform

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Russia may use the Oleshky truce to rebuild its forces, ISW warns, as evacuees face a route through Russia and Belarus

The agreement spells out every leg of the evacuees’ trip except the last one home.

ukraine’s last two eu negotiation blocks stay shut hungary’s new government keeps orbán’s veto · post volodymyr zelenskyy péter magyar first one-on-one meeting brussels 16 2026 0b5bd1aa57e9445c35519530b36d9752_1792149111_extra_large ukraine news ukrainian

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Ukraine’s last two EU negotiation blocks stay shut as Hungary’s new government keeps Orbán’s veto

Budapest unblocked half of the remaining negotiations after Ukraine changed its minority-language rules, then said no to the rest.

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Yuri Zoria

On Kramatorsk’s Peace Square, a Russian airstrike takes down the building that outlasted Russia’s 2014 occupation

Russia is fighting for a border village near Kharkiv that leads it nowhere. What it is after is fewer Ukrainian troops in Donbas

Three Russian refineries hit since Friday handle roughly 10% of Russia’s refining and over 10% of its diesel

Poland holds a suspect for stabbing two Ukrainians for their nationality, the latest case in a year of rising hate crimes against them

Another Russian “state-of-the-art” Su-57 fighter burned at Akhtubinsk, apparently without anyone shooting at it

The Pentagon wants NATO’s eastern flank to be quiet about Russia while Washington courts Moscow

Russian ballistic missiles kill a man in Kyiv, capping a day that left at least 27 civilians dead across Ukraine

Fire Point says its drones hit a Russian refinery’s diesel unit hours after WSJ reported Ukraine had paused such strikes under Trump’s pressure

Russian jet drone hits Dnipro railway platform, killing 14 people next to a Zaporizhzhia-bound train

Russia’s sanctioned top diplomat heads to the US to campaign against the sanctions on its war

Germany holds two 19-year-olds over Bulgaria’s Starlink arson, and Sofia says they also attacked the network Ukraine fights with elsewhere in the EU

Baking soda by day, armor chemistry on contract: drones reportedly strike Russia’s Bashkir Soda Company

Russia may use the Oleshky truce to rebuild its forces, ISW warns, as evacuees face a route through Russia and Belarus

Ukraine’s last two EU negotiation blocks stay shut as Hungary’s new government keeps Orbán’s veto

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