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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The image shows a train in Ukraine on fire, hit by a Russian drone. Source: Oleksii Kuleba

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Finland gives Ukraine 10 diesel locomotives that keep trains running when Russian strikes cut the power

The engines come free from Finland’s state railway, part of a visit that also brought winter energy money and new defense, housing, and satellite deals for Kyiv.

money starts bags cash moscow market ends up clean china leaked files show · post branch russia’s state defense bank promsvyazbank russian-occupied donetsk ukraine 2023 banko_psb_en_placo_bakuaj_komisaroj_(donecko) news ukrainian reports

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The money starts as bags of cash in a Moscow market and ends up clean in China, leaked files show

The firm, co-owned by the bank behind Russia’s defense industry, hides where the money starts before it reaches foreign banks.

russia’s tax service keeps its databases two places drones went after one overnight also hitting air base explosives-chemical plant · post fire seen residential area gorodets nizhny novgorod oblast near

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Russia’s tax service runs on two key data centers. Drones went after one of them overnight, along with a chemical plant that supplies explosives makers

The data center in Gorodets stores state registers, including tax records, and opened in 2015 with Russia’s current prime minister on hand.

phones down water off factory roof broken open russian-occupied luhansk counts damage after another night drones · post fire occupied during drone attack 23 2026 ukraine news ukrainian reports

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Phones down, water off, a factory roof broken open: Russian-occupied Luhansk counts the damage after another night of drones

Ukrainian monitoring channels pointed to strikes on communications, and pro-Russian local channels filled in the rest of the morning’s picture.

nuclear safety risk grows russian-occupied plant’s cooling pond keeps sinking russia runs short diesel staff ukraine says · post zaporizhzhia power plant enerhodar 12 2021 заес_(2) news ukrainian reports

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Nuclear safety risk grows: Russian-occupied nuclear plant’s cooling pond keeps sinking, Russia runs short of diesel and staff, Ukraine says

The occupied plant depends on a single external line, its fuel reserve has not been resupplied for months, and its cooling pond keeps dropping, according to Ukraine’s intelligence and the IAEA.

burned-out telecom center occupied luhansk dark donetsk ukraine’s drones work through night · post ukrtelecom building after drone strike 21 2026 ukraine news ukrainian reports

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Two nights, two occupied capitals, two telecom operators running on seized Ukrainian assets: drones go after Russia’s communications in Donbas

The strikes on Donetsk and Luhansk hit the companies the occupation built on Ukrainian telecom property it seized.

just grid 24-storey block university warehouses were russia’s target list overnight four people dead · post smoke rises apartment building kyiv’s sviatoshynskyi district after russian drone strike 21 2026 kyivjfif

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Not just the grid: Russia struck a 24-story block, a university, and warehouses overnight, and four people are dead

Kyiv and Kharkiv Oblast counted the dead by morning, while hypermarkets burned and a hotel was damaged in other regions.

european parliament vice president launches hunger strike demanding truce evacuation russian-occupied oleshky · post pina picierno speaks during plenary debate strasbourg 6 2026 20261006_ep-211404g_vz2_pst_079-preview ukraine news ukrainian reports

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European Parliament vice president launches hunger strike demanding a truce and evacuation for Russian-occupied Oleshky

Pina Picierno is calling on associations, citizens, and national and local institutions to join her campaign for the Russian-held town in Ukraine’s Kherson Oblast.

diesel tank burns transneft’s druzhba hub ukraine keeps striking russian energy despite trump’s pressure · post fire nikolskoye oil fuel pumping station russia’s tambov oblast after drone attack 20 2026

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A diesel tank burns at Transneft’s Druzhba hub as Ukraine keeps striking Russian energy despite Trump’s pressure

Russia’s state pipeline monopoly has said nothing, and the local governor described the site only as an enterprise, while residents posted video of the flames.

russia's rubicon built hunt ukrainian drone pilots vivaldi became target its morale broke says general · post left right major dmytro rohoziuk acting commander ukraine’s third army corps; brigadier andrii

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Russia’s Rubicon hunts Ukrainian drone pilots. In Vivaldi, it became the target, and its morale fell sharply, says the Ukrainian general

Biletskyi noted his corps spent drones without limit on every Rubicon position it found. As the operation ends, he hands the Third Corps to an acting commander.

ukraine finally taxed cheap foreign parcels unlock €37 billion—now brussels decides whether enough €70 billion gap ahead amid ongoing war · post european commission spokesperson balázs ujvári speaks commission’s midday

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Ukraine finally voted to tax cheap foreign parcels to unlock €3.7 billion—now Brussels decides whether it was enough, with a €70 billion gap ahead amid ongoing war

Parliament needed three tries to pass the tax, and nobody has yet signed up to pay the bigger bill for Russia’s war in 2027.

two germans charged absentia over bulgaria’s starlink fire latest attack satellite links ukraine relies against russia · post sofia city court reviews prosecution’s request european arrest warrants german nationals wanted

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Two Germans charged in absentia over Bulgaria’s Starlink fire, one of three recent attacks on satellite links Ukraine relies on against Russia

Prosecutors say the men crossed in from Serbia as tourists, set the antennas alight within hours, and left the same night.

warnings back starlink cap isn’t zelenskyy says ukraine’s two lifelines one restored · post ukrainian president volodymyr interview nbc’s meet press aired 18 2026 ukraine news reports

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Ballistic missile warnings are back, but the Starlink cap stays, Zelenskyy says: Ukraine’s two US lifelines, one restored

Ukrainian drones still lose their connection above 161 km/h, too slow to catch Russia’s jet drones, he told NBC News.

crew cargo bed pontoons ukraine’s mat1lda robot built cross water 400 kg · post amphibious ground video tencore амфібійний нрк у вод ukraine news ukrainian reports

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No crew, a cargo bed, and pontoons: Ukraine’s MAT1LDA robot is built to cross water with 400 kg

Its open frame takes cargo containers or evacuation stretchers, and a petrol engine drives all eight wheels.

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Yuri Zoria

Finland gives Ukraine 10 diesel locomotives that keep trains running when Russian strikes cut the power

The money starts as bags of cash in a Moscow market and ends up clean in China, leaked files show

Russia’s tax service runs on two key data centers. Drones went after one of them overnight, along with a chemical plant that supplies explosives makers

Phones down, water off, a factory roof broken open: Russian-occupied Luhansk counts the damage after another night of drones

Nuclear safety risk grows: Russian-occupied nuclear plant’s cooling pond keeps sinking, Russia runs short of diesel and staff, Ukraine says

Two nights, two occupied capitals, two telecom operators running on seized Ukrainian assets: drones go after Russia’s communications in Donbas

Not just the grid: Russia struck a 24-story block, a university, and warehouses overnight, and four people are dead

European Parliament vice president launches hunger strike demanding a truce and evacuation for Russian-occupied Oleshky

A diesel tank burns at Transneft’s Druzhba hub as Ukraine keeps striking Russian energy despite Trump’s pressure

Russia’s Rubicon hunts Ukrainian drone pilots. In Vivaldi, it became the target, and its morale fell sharply, says the Ukrainian general

Ukraine finally voted to tax cheap foreign parcels to unlock €3.7 billion—now Brussels decides whether it was enough, with a €70 billion gap ahead amid ongoing war

Two Germans charged in absentia over Bulgaria’s Starlink fire, one of three recent attacks on satellite links Ukraine relies on against Russia

Ballistic missile warnings are back, but the Starlink cap stays, Zelenskyy says: Ukraine’s two US lifelines, one restored

No crew, a cargo bed, and pontoons: Ukraine’s MAT1LDA robot is built to cross water with 400 kg

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