Exclusives
Ukrainian sappers race against the world’s largest minefield. Deep in Ukraine’s south, Ukrainian sappers face deadly mathematics: 3,000 deminers against 180,000 square kilometers of mine-riddled territory, with Russian forces adding more nightly. |
Scholz: No immediate NATO invitation for Ukraine during wartime, supplying Tauruses “wrong”. The German Chancellor reiterated his rejection of an immediate NATO invitation for Ukraine and his refusal to transfer Taurus missiles. |
Military
UK intel: Russian forces enter Selydove, providing additional options for advancing to Pokrovsk. The fall of Selydove would give Russian forces control of vital ground along the E50 highway, effectively compromising Ukraine’s southern defense line to Pokrovsk.
Russian Rosgvardia convoy attacked in Chechnya. Unknown people shot at Rosgvardia Ural truck, killing one serviceman.
Frontline report: Ukrainian marines survive heroic last stand during withdrawal from Kursk’s Lyubimovka. Russian pincer movements isolated Ukrainian bridgeheads near Olgovka and Lyubimovka, compelling Ukrainian units to withdraw to defensible positions.
Intelligence and Technology
The Washington Post: Satellite images show unusual expansion at closed Soviet biolaboratory near Sergiev Posad. Satellite images reveal a sprawling new complex taking shape – one that experts say bears the hallmarks of a high-security biological research facility.
Ukrainian intelligence: Russian forces assign an interpreter for every 30 North Korean soldiers. Intercepted military communications reveal the logistical challenges facing Russian officers as they scramble to integrate these foreign forces.
Estonian intelligence: Russia may lose up to 40,000 military personnel in October. Russia might suffer one of the highest levels of casualties this month, as Russian forces continue to rely on what Estonian intelligence officials describe as “meat assaults”.
Rheinmetall delivers 20 more Marder IFVs to boost Ukraine’s defense against Russia. Germany’s Rheinmetall has delivered 20 additional Marder infantry fighting vehicles to Ukraine’s Armed Forces, strengthening Kyiv’s defense capabilities amid the ongoing war with Russia. This brings the total number of Marders supplied to Ukraine to approximately 200 since March 2023.
WSJ: Russia provided satellite data to Houthis for commercial vessel attacks. Since November 2023, Houthi militants carried out over 100 attacks on vessels.
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