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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russia using belarus launch pad signal-relay balloons help its drones reach ukrainian cities · post smuggling balloon found poland 2025 kpp sokółka polish border guard headquarters balon przemytniczy z białorusi

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Latest news Ukraine

Russia is using Belarus as a launch pad for signal-relay balloons that help its drones reach Ukrainian cities

A Ukrainian border service spokesperson confirmed on 3 May that one such balloon crossed the Ukrainian border from Belarus on the previous day.

pantsir tor two p-18 radars what ukraine's unmanned systems forces destroyed first 48 hours · post ukrainian middle-strike drone footage shows fires earlier strikes during same overnight operation against russian

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Latest news Ukraine

Pantsir and Tor anti-air systems, two radars: what Ukraine’s drone forces destroyed in the first 48 hours of May

The 1-2 May haul follows 38 Russian air defense and radar units the same forces destroyed in April alone, the SBS commander reported.

eight kalibrs won't reach ukraine ukrainian special operations forces destroy russian missile corvette russia's primorsk · post left nasa firms satellite data fires oil terminal surrounding port area leningrad oblast

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Latest news Ukraine

Eight Kalibrs that won’t reach Ukraine: Ukrainian Special Operations Forces struck Russian missile corvette at Primorsk

President Zelenskyy and Special Operations Forces reported that Ukraine hit the Karakurt-class corvette overnight on 3 May, along with a patrol boat, a shadow fleet tanker, and the Primorsk oil terminal.

ukraine just added new line its russian-losses tally ground robots count starts 1306 · post russian kurier robotic systems lined up presentation liga російські наземні роботи кур'єр ілюстративне фото news

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Latest news Ukraine

Ukraine just added a new line to its Russian-losses ledger: ground robots. The count starts at 1,306

The General Staff first published the destroyed-robots figure on 3 May, with 12 added in the past 24 hours.

40 children narrowly escape russian drone strike bus near dnipro six wounded include child pregnant woman · post truck fire after petrol station krynychky community dnipropetrovsk oblast 3 2026 5456138741752730839

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Latest news Ukraine

40 children narrowly escape Russian drone strike on bus near Dnipro: six wounded include a child and a pregnant woman

Russia's attacks across Ukraine killed at least eight civilians and injured 90 people. 26 were injured over the past day in Kherson Oblast alone.

isw russia lost ground ukraine 2026 — first net loss since kursk incursion 2024 · post bar chart comparing month-by-month russian territorial gains including infiltrations across 2024-april 2025 2025-april gains-including-infils-from-november-april-in-2024-2025-and-2025-2026-1536x1198

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Latest news Ukraine

ISW: Russia lost ground in Ukraine in April 2026 — first net loss since the Kursk incursion of August 2024

The think tank assessed Russian forces lost control of 116 square kilometers in April, with the rate of advance steadily declining since November 2025.

kinetic sanctions two more russian shadow fleet tankers hit novorossiysk — second naval drone strike five days · post thermal-imaging footage ukrainian shows moment impact tanker near port krasnodar krai

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Latest news Ukraine

“Kinetic sanctions” in action: Two more Russian shadow fleet tankers hit at Novorossiysk — the second naval drone strike in five days

Zelenskyy posted thermal footage of a Ukrainian naval drone catching up with one of the ships from the stern before impact.

primorsk takes torch tuapse nasa satellites confirm fresh fires russia's largest baltic oil export terminal · post firms satellite fire-detection data active fire signatures leningrad oblast morning 3 2026 ukraine

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Latest news Ukraine

Primorsk takes the torch from Tuapse: NASA satellites confirm fresh fires at Russia’s largest Baltic oil export terminal

Monitoring channels reported Liutyi-looking drones over Leningrad Oblast overnight on 2-3 May, with Pulkovo Airport in St. Petersburg shut down and local authorities claiming 59 drones downed.

russia kept its fifth-generation su-57 stealth fighter near urals — ukrainian drones found anyway · post left sukhoi felon jet (photo rosoboronexport) right su-34 (the overblurred sky original aviarfru) collage

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Latest news Ukraine

Russia kept its “fifth-generation” Su-57 stealth fighter near the Urals — Ukrainian drones found it anyway

Drones struck Su-57 stealth jets and a Su-34 fighter-bomber at the Shagol airbase in Chelyabinsk Oblast, with satellite imagery confirming the damage.

ukraine launches push sync sanctions allies — russia's shadow grain fleet first list · post ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy news reports

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Latest news Ukraine

Ukraine launches push to sync sanctions with allies — Russia’s shadow grain fleet first on the list

President Zelenskyy announced that Kyiv is building a system against Russia's shadow grain fleet modeled on its work against the shadow oil fleet, with sharper sanctions coordination with partners coming in May.

russia just got its crimea looter back — he's even pretending lay low · post russia's alexander butyagin archaeological site alexander-butyagin-hermitage-archaeologist-crimea ukraine news ukrainian reports

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Latest news Ukraine

Russia just got its Crimea looter back — and he’s not even pretending to lay low

Russia's Butyagin, freed in a Polish-Belarusian 5-for-5 prisoner exchange on Monday, told Russian state media within three days that he plans to resume the same illegal digs Ukraine charged him for.

russia's state-run doping program ends 302 sanctions — weightlifters runners caught most · post russian dictator vladimir putin winners world boxing championships representatives federation received state decorations kristina solovyova ria

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Russia’s state-run doping program racks up 302 WADA sanctions — weightlifters and runners caught the most

WADA announced 291 individual Russian athletes punished, with 11 of them sanctioned twice for separate violations.

finland already builds drones ukrainian partner joining drone coalition next step · post finnish defense minister antti häkkänen during interview about ukraine petri lyy / ksmlfi puolustusministeri häkkäsen (kok) mukaan

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Latest news Ukraine

Finland already builds drones with a Ukrainian partner. Joining the drone coalition is the next step

The Latvia- and UK-led group already has more than 20 members; Finland wants in for both Ukraine's frontline and its own defense industry.

ukrainian drones 4–0 tuapse oil refinery ablaze again after fourth strike last night · post lenin statue krasnodar krai russia smoke burning rosneft complex rising behind 1 2026 5449868480342594747 (1)

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Latest news Ukraine

Ukrainian drones 4–0 Tuapse oil: refinery ablaze again after fourth strike last night

Cleanup from the earlier strikes is still pulling fuel and contaminated soil from the ground. The 1 May attack lit up another section of Rosneft's refinery/terminal complex.

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Yuri Zoria

Russia is using Belarus as a launch pad for signal-relay balloons that help its drones reach Ukrainian cities

Pantsir and Tor anti-air systems, two radars: what Ukraine’s drone forces destroyed in the first 48 hours of May

Eight Kalibrs that won’t reach Ukraine: Ukrainian Special Operations Forces struck Russian missile corvette at Primorsk

Ukraine just added a new line to its Russian-losses ledger: ground robots. The count starts at 1,306

40 children narrowly escape Russian drone strike on bus near Dnipro: six wounded include a child and a pregnant woman

ISW: Russia lost ground in Ukraine in April 2026 — first net loss since the Kursk incursion of August 2024

“Kinetic sanctions” in action: Two more Russian shadow fleet tankers hit at Novorossiysk — the second naval drone strike in five days

Primorsk takes the torch from Tuapse: NASA satellites confirm fresh fires at Russia’s largest Baltic oil export terminal

Russia kept its “fifth-generation” Su-57 stealth fighter near the Urals — Ukrainian drones found it anyway

Ukraine launches push to sync sanctions with allies — Russia’s shadow grain fleet first on the list

Russia just got its Crimea looter back — and he’s not even pretending to lay low

Russia’s state-run doping program racks up 302 WADA sanctions — weightlifters and runners caught the most

Finland already builds drones with a Ukrainian partner. Joining the drone coalition is the next step

Ukrainian drones 4–0 Tuapse oil: refinery ablaze again after fourth strike last night

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