"Ukraine's great fortress city of Pokrovsk has officially fallen — as far as Moscow is concerned.
More than five weeks after Russian troops first started to swarm into the southern outskirts of the Donetsk Oblast city, Pokrovsk has been decisively overrun, although Kyiv still claims a presence inside the urban area.Reposting the video on her personal X account, Russian propagandist presenter Margarita Simonyan proclaimed it as the "moment Pokrovsk became Krasnoarmeysk," referring to the Soviet-era name of the city, which was changed in 2016 as part of Ukraine's decommunization drive.
According to one Ukrainian drone pilot, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to the Kyiv Independent, Ukrainian soldiers still hold some positions in the northern part of Pokrovsk.
But, in the environment of constantly advancing Russian infiltration groups — moving forward through the urban area and soon followed by reinforcements digging in — these Ukrainian positions are mostly cut off on the ground, resupplied only by drone.
"It's stupid to keep them surrounded there," the pilot said." KI
"A strong magnitude 5.3 earthquake hit 23 km (14 mi) away from Salina Cruz, Estado deOaxaca, Mexico, in the evening at 9.45 pm local time (America/Mexico City GMT -6). The quake had a shallow depth of 63 km (39 mi) and was felt over a large region. The shallow depth of the quake caused it to be felt more strongly near the epicenter than a deeper quake of similar magnitude would." VD
"A strong magnitude 5.3 earthquake occurred in the South Pacific Ocean 97 km (60 mi) from Fiji at 04:31 GMT. The quake had a great depth of 604 km (375 mi) and was not felt (or at least not reported so)." VD
"A strong magnitude 5.4 earthquake occurred in the Maluku Sea 156 km (97 mi) from Indonesia around noon at 1.23 pm local time (GMT +9). The quake had a shallow depth of 36 km (22 mi) and was not felt (or at least not reported so)." VD
"A strong magnitude 5.5 earthquake occurred in the South Pacific Ocean near the coast of n/a
in the late afternoon at 6.12 pm local time (GMT -9). The depth of the quake could not be determined, but is assumed to be shallow." VD
"A strong magnitude 5.8 earthquake hit 278 km (173 mi) away from Almaty, Almaty,
Kazakhstan, in the early afternoon at 3.44 pm local time (Asia/Urumqi GMT +8). The depth of the quake could not be determined, but is assumed to be shallow. The earthquake was felt over a large region." VD
"Over 1 000 people have died and hundreds remain missing after rare Tropical Cyclone
Senyar brought severe flooding and landslides across Indonesia, Thailand, and Malaysia.
Senyar was a very rare cyclone, being only the second known system to form over the Strait of Malacca after Cyclone Vamei (2001). Like Vamei, Senyar was compact but well-organized, confirming that although extremely rare, equatorial tropical cyclones can occur under brief favorable conditions." W
"President Donald Trump said he believes Vladimir Putin wants to end the Ukraine war, despite talks between the Russian president and American negotiators ending without a deal.
Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner negotiated into the early hours with Putin in the Kremlin but reached no breakthrough for a settlement to end Europe's worst conflict since World War II.
Trump said it was too soon to tell what would happen "because it does take two to tango." Gulf News
"Ukrainian Defense Forces recorded 170 combat engagements with Russian forces.
In the Northern Slobozhanshchyna and Kursk sectors, four combat engagements occurred. Russian forces carried out two airstrikes using three guided bombs and conducted 203 shelling attacks, including one with MLRS.
In the Southern Slobozhanshchyna sector, the enemy attacked Ukrainian positions 17 times near Starytsia, Vovchansk, Synelnykove, Ambarne, Prylipky, and toward Kolodiazne and Kutkivka.In the Kupiansk sector, there were two combat engagements. Ukrainian forces repelled Russian assaults near Pishchane and Petropavlivka.
In the Lyman sector, there were 10 attacks by the enemy in attempts to breach Ukrainian defenses near Nadiia, Derylove, Hrekivka, Novoiehorivka, Zarichne, Myrne, Torske, and toward Stavky.
In the Sloviansk sector, 10 enemy assaults were stopped near Yampil, Dronivka, Serebrianka, and Siversk.
In the Kramatorsk sector, Ukrainian defenders repelled three attacks near Chasiv Yar.
In the Kostiantynivka sector, Russian forces launched 29 attacks near Kostiantynivka, Oleksandro-Shultyne, Pleshchiivka, Shcherbynivka, Kleban-Bik, Rusyn Yar, and toward Novopavlivka, Stepankivka, and Torske.
In the Pokrovsk sector, Ukrainian defenders repelled 45 Russian assaults in the areas of Nove Shakhove, Chervonyi Lyman, Myrnohrad, Novoekonomichne, Nikanorivka, Rodynske, Pokrovsk, Kotlyne, Udachne, Molodetske, Novopavlivka, Filiia, and toward Sofiivka, Bilytske, and Hryshyne.
In the Oleksandrohrad sector, 14 enemy attacks were recorded near Yalta, Sosnivka, Verbove, Oleksandrohrad, Rybne, Krasnohirsk, Vyshneve, and Pryvilne.
In the Huliaipole sector, Ukrainian forces stopped 12 Russian attempts near Zatyshshia, Huliaipole, and toward Pryluky, Dobropillia, and Varvarivka.
In the Prydniprovske sector, three Russian attacks were repelled near the Antonivskyi Bridge." Ukrin
"The most senior military officer in NATO has spoken of the utility of “pre-emptive strike” as a “defensive action” because of the pressure he predicts there will be on the alliance being able to show credible deterrence in the future.Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone, who replaced Admiral Rob Bauer as the chair of of the NATO military committee earlier this year has spoken of the effectiveness demonstrated by enhanced, active
deterrence against Russia by the alliance this year and implicitly called for consideration to be given to going further.
In remarks reported to have been made to London’s globalist-orientated financial broadsheet The Financial Times, former Harrier pilot and warship commander Admiral Dragone specifically cited the infrastructure sabotage operations of Russia’s ‘dark fleet’ of oil tankers against European states in 2023 and 2024, which evaporated after NATO’s Operation Baltic Sentry was launched.
As reported in 2024, commercial vessels associated with Russia and China frequently severed underwater power and data cables by dragging their anchors on the sea floor, an act that could be explained away as an innocent mistake on an individual basis and yet which happened with astonishing regularity for over a year."
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"The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has detained British citizen Ross David Cutmore, who came to Ukraine as a military instructor, on suspicion of working for Russian intelligence.The security agency announced Cutmore's detention on Oct. 29 without disclosing his name at the time, presenting him as a "former military instructor" from Europe who was covertly working for Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) from Kyiv.
A number of foreign veterans have flocked to Ukraine since the start of the full-scale invasion in 2022 to serve as instructors or volunteers in the Ukrainian military.
Cutmore arrived in Ukraine in early 2024 to train Ukrainian soldiers in the use of firearms and tactical skills.
Several months later, the military trainer left the job and reached out to Russian intelligence services with an offer of collaboration, seeking "easy money," the SBU said in October.
According to the investigation, Cutmore was passing information on Ukraine's military to Russia and was plotting unspecified "terrorist attacks." The suspect is in custody and faces up to 12 years in prison.
The British Foreign Ministry confirmed that it is "providing consular assistance to a British man who is detained in Ukraine." KI
"A strong magnitude 5.2 earthquake occurred in the North Pacific Ocean near the coast of Hokkaido, Japan, in the evening at 8.03 pm local time (GMT +10). The quake had a very shallow depth of 24 km (15 mi) and was felt by many near the epicenter. The shallow depth of the quake caused it to be felt more strongly near the epicenter than a deeper quake of similar magnitude would." VD
"A fire broke out overnight at an oil depot in Russia's Tambov region after an alleged Ukrainian drone strike.
Regional governor Yevgeny Pervishov said debris from an unmanned aerial vehicle fell on the facility in the settlement of Dmitrievka, sparking a blaze at the oil depot.
Pervishov did not report any casualties, and said that fire crews and law enforcement officers were deployed to the site. He did not provide additional details." KI
"A strong magnitude 5.3 earthquake occurred in the North Pacific Ocean near Ostrov Shumshu island, Russia, at 11:10 GMT. The quake had a shallow depth of 45 km (28 mi) and was reported felt by some people near the epicenter." VD
"A strong magnitude 5.6 earthquake occurred in the South Pacific Ocean near the coast of Fiji in the morning at 11.35 am local time (GMT +12). The quake had a great depth of 631 km (392 mi) and was not felt (or at least not reported so)." VD
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