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This is Bakhmut before and after Russia came. A living Ukrainian city was reduced to ruins by months of Russian assault. Russia calls it “liberation.” Bakhmut shows what that word really means.

Moscow thought Washington could force Ukraine to obey. Putin’s aide Yuri Ushakov has now admitted that after Anchorage, the Kremlin believed the U.S. administration might be able to dictate terms to Kyiv and force Ukraine to comply. It did not work. Why? Ushakov said it himself: Europe continued to stand behind Ukraine. Russia expected to negotiate from a position of strength. Instead, it discovered something inconvenient. Ukraine was not standing there alone. Thank you, Europe!

He refused to let bureaucracy cost Ukrainian lives. In 2023, Norwegian MP Peter Frølich and Fritt Ukraina tried to send thermal-imaging drones to Ukraine. Customs stopped them under old export rules. Frølich appealed to the government, warning that every delay mattered. When that failed, the drones still found their way to Ukraine. The next day, the government moved to speed up the rules. Norway ultimately cleared the way for civilian drones to be sent legally. Thank you, Peter. Ukraine remembers friends who act when it matters.

Lviv, Ukraine. A son visits his dad at the cemetery. War is often explained in maps, offensives, and statistics. For this child, it is much simpler: his father is now someone he has to visit here. That’s all you should know about Putin’s “humanism.”

Voronezh’s war industry came under attack. A massive drone strike hit industrial sites in the Russian city overnight. Reports identify two targets as VASO, a major aircraft plant, and Voronezhsintezkauchuk. Ukraine’s General Staff has previously linked the latter to materials used in solid rocket propellant for Iskander missiles. Aircraft and missile production, two parts of the same system Russia uses to attack Ukraine.

For once, the blue flashes on Odesa’s coast are beautiful. The Black Sea has been glowing along the Odesa coast this October, with waves lighting up electric blue as they break. It is bioluminescence, produced by tiny marine organisms that emit light when the water is disturbed. Odesa has seen enough flashes in the dark. These ones are worth watching.

The factory powering Iskanders and Kinzhals was hit again. Russia’s Energia plant in Yelets produces power sources used in Iskander-K, Iskander-M, Kinzhal and Zircon missiles, as well as Pantsir systems. This is not just another factory on a map. It is part of the industrial chain behind the weapons Russia uses against Ukraine.