Ukraine struck the oil refinery in the Tambov region, which is about 420 km southeast of Moscow.
A section of the Druzhba pipeline was destroyed by Ukraine.
Russia hit this church in Kostiantynivka.
All those fiber-optic cables laying around came in handy on this occasion.
A kamikaze drone enters a window and takes out most of the building’s facade along with drone pilots.
Hey Dmitri, did you remember to charge the battery?
The meeting in Moscow ended with no deals and Russia saying it is for peace as long as they get everything they want.
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The Kremlin claimed it is open to peace talks on Ukraine, but only if all its war goals are met
Russia continued to justify its invasion with “root causes” and insists that any agreement must serve its objective of so-called "special military operation" euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/03/e...
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— Euromaidan Press (@euromaidanpress.bsky.social) December 2, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Sleepy Don is fascinated by Rubio’s recap of negotiations with Russia.
Pokrovsk is even worse than you could imagine.
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On the Pokrovsk front, Ukrainian airborne troops pulled off a daring two-stage rescue under the constant buzz of enemy drones
A soldier, nearly losing a leg to shrapnel, was first carried manually to a point where a robotic ground system could take over euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/02/u...
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— Euromaidan Press (@euromaidanpress.bsky.social) December 2, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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My Thoughts on the Functional / Fundamental Loss of the City of Pokrovsk
I am just as vested in Ukraine’s success as any openly pro-Ukrainian analyst out there. When it comes to Pokrovsk, we are like a family sitting at the bedside of a terminal patient.
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— OSINT Intuit™ (@urikikaski.bsky.social) December 3, 2025 at 5:40 AM
We’re hoping, we’re waiting, we’re watching every little change and praying it means something. But one look at the Russian pincer and the forming cauldron in this sector tells the diagnosis. It is right there on the map.
At some point the adult in the room, usually the doctor, has to tell the family to prepare for the worst. That doesn’t mean you stop hoping for a miracle. It means you stop telling yourself a miracle is the plan.
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And yes. Ukraine will stick to its strategy and continue to extract every drop of blood it can from Russian forces. That does not mean the defense of this sector is over. It means they are trading space to preserve the force.
Losing a city to win a war is not defeatism. It is the best, and frankly the only, strategy that can lead to victory.
The AP should be ashamed of this.
Bavovna
Doctor Evil will never make it to The Hague.
Highly doubtful he did this on his own.
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Russian space officials have quietly replaced a veteran cosmonaut on a forthcoming SpaceX-operated ISS mission amid reports of unauthorized photos taken inside a U.S. facility. meduza.io/en/feature/2...
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— Meduza in English (@meduza.io) December 2, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Should have done this years ago.
Partisans have been quite active this year, according to this report.
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Sabotage activity in Russian-occupied territories is picking up after a two-year lull, according to a new report by ACLED, an organization that tracks conflicts around the world.
Read more: kyivindependent.com/chart-of-the...
Chart: Nizar al-Rifai/The Kyiv Independent
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— The Kyiv Independent (@kyivindependent.com) December 3, 2025 at 8:22 AM
This is a sobering story.
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Brutal "band of brothers" profile from Reuters tracking 11 young Ukrainians who volunteered this spring and deployed to the front together. Zero of these men are still fighting today. 4 were wounded, 3 are missing, 2 deserted, 1 fell ill, and 1 killed himself. www.reuters.com/investigatio...
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— Kevin Rothrock (@kevinrothrock.me) December 2, 2025 at 6:21 PM
KYIV - Pavlo Broshkov had high hopes when he joined the Ukrainian army in March as a fresh-faced recruit eager to defend his country and earn a bumper bonus to buy a home for his wife and baby daughter.
Three months later, the 20-year-old lay broken and prone on the battlefield, his dreams in tatters.
"I understood this was the moment I would be torn to pieces," he told Reuters. "I was not afraid of death. I was afraid of not seeing my wife and child again."
Broshkov is among hundreds of 18 to 24-year-olds who have volunteered to fight on the front lines this year, lured by generous pay and perks in a national
youth recruitment drive designed to breathe fresh life into Ukraine's aged and exhausted armed forces of about one million.
An update on the latest shadow fleet tanker to be hit.
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Footage shows the Midvolga 2 tanker in distress in the Black Sea. The strike reportedly hit the captain’s bridge area, with no visible hull breaches on either port or starboard side. The crew had earlier requested assistance following the incident.
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— NOELREPORTS (@noelreports.com) December 2, 2025 at 2:55 PM
And an update on the shadow fleet tanker crippled off the coast of West Africa.
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Beşiktaş Denizcilik,a Turkish owner of the Mersin oil tanker damaged near Senegal,is ceasing all Russia-related voyages,-Reuters
"The security situation in the region has escalated considerably.After a thorough assessment,we’ve concluded that the risks posed to our vessels have become untenable
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— Anton Gerashchenko (@antongerashchenko.bsky.social) December 2, 2025 at 12:40 PM
He apparently has no fucks left to give.
He referred to Russia's reported plan to "seize Kyiv in three days," saying that Russia had "Tbilisi Syndrome," and memories of the events of the five-day war with Georgia in 20208, but in Ukraine's case it "did not turn out that way."
"During the first few weeks, we were taught a serious harsh lesson, and the former defense minister tried to find a face-saving exit from the situation, calling what was happening a 'gesture of goodwill'," Chirkin said.
He blamed "the entire Russian intelligence community" for the withdrawal from Kyiv Oblast, saying that the country's leadership was given false information that "70% of the Ukrainian population is with us and 30% is against us."
Ukrainian political journalist and blogger Denys Kazansky said on Dec. 2 that such statements have never been made at such a high level before.
"Chirkin, effectively acknowledged the failure of the special military operation and stated that Putin had entered the war unprepared because he had misjudged the situation, which resulted in heavy losses," Kazansky wrote on X.
Romania destroys a drifting Sea Baby.
A Russian soldier captured near Lyman thanks a Russian blogger who revealed their position for some reason, leading to their capture.
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The 3rd Army Corps officially denies the information about the so-called Russian "breakthrough" in the city of Lyman.
Context: the chief of the Russian General Staff reported to Putin about a breakthrough in Donetsk region, in the defensive sector of the 63rd and 60th brigades.
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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) December 3, 2025 at 7:09 AM
But reality is different: Russians keep trying to enter the city with repeated assaults and multiple small-group infiltration attempts over the past month. One captured soldier offered his own version of how Ukrainians discovered their positions.
Another 1,200 Russians along with 6 tanks.
A double helping of dead lieutenant colonels.
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⚡️Elite spetsnazovite, Lieutenant Colonel Жданов Василий Андреевич (Zhdanov Vasily Andreevich), commander of a group of the 3rd Directorate of the Senezh Special Purpose Center, which had been conducting raids in the Kharkiv and Sumy oblasts, was eliminated on 4 October 2025.
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— KIU • Russian Officers killed in Ukraine (@killedinukraine.bsky.social) December 2, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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Lieutenant Colonel Подозеров Олег Сергеевич (Podozerov Oleg Sergeevich), deputy division (Iskander) commander for armaments, 26th Rocket Brigade, was eliminated on 5 June 2025.
They drew him a medal for terrorism in Syria, but I couldn’t find a photo.
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— KIU • Russian Officers killed in Ukraine (@killedinukraine.bsky.social) December 2, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Serbian President Vucic has a big problem.
They are also working to develop a drone with cupholders and a CD player.
A Storm Shadow cruise missile landed in a yard in Rostov.
Russia has lost 16k armored vehicles according to this report, but has managed to rehab vehicles in storage with enough duct tape and Super Glue to boost their numbers. Ukraine’s daily casualty update shows a lot more than 16k.
A Russian unit calls for the rape of Ukrainian female prisoners of war.
Let’s go for a new record in December!
If Russia invaded Hungary, this guy would be the first one to flee to Germany.
Protesters in Georgia have not given up.
Rest in peace.
A Russian “hero” returns home.
