r/worldnews • u/WorldNewsMods Slava Ukraini • 17h ago
Russia/Ukraine /r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1697, Part 1 (Thread #1844)
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u/neonpurplestar 4h ago
Not that I expect anything out of this, it would be stupid to. Still somewhat noteworthy:
Ostap Yarish writes that even Trump's party colleagues are so shocked by his actions that they will try to block all of his initiatives between the November 3rd election and the new chamber's inauguration on January 3rd.
P.S. The newly elected chamber will only begin work two months after the elections, on January 3rd. The current composition will remain in office until January 3rd, so they'll be blocking their idiot friend.
source is evgen istrebin's telegram: /istrebin/52464
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u/YF422 4h ago
I know it's a long shot of course but if some of the Republicans get hammered thanks to him then cockblocking his agenda out of spite would be a good way of getting back at him. After all if they already lost their seats etc they've no reason to keep supporting him if he's the reason they lost.
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u/Hey-Froyo-9395 2h ago
Eh I wouldn’t expect too much from them, even the ones that lose their seats. Lookup the history in half the congress people - they’ll lose these midterms because of anti Trump sentiment, then they’ll run again when there’s a strong pro republican sentiment
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u/Nurnmurmer 5h ago
The estimated total russian war losses from 24.02.22 to 17.10.2026 inclusive are as follows:
- personnel - approximately 1 562 970 (+1 950);
- tanks ‒ 12 415 (+1);
- armored fighting vehicles ‒ 25 554 (+2);
- special equipment ‒ 4 835 (+2);
- vehicles and fuel tanks ‒ 163 883 (+329);
- unmanned ground vehicles ‒ 2 962 (+4).
- artillery systems ‒ 51 266 (+24);
- MLRS ‒ 2 221 (+4);
- air defense assets ‒ 1 710 (+2).
- aircraft ‒ 449;
- helicopters ‒ 356;
- UAVs (operational-tactical level) ‒ 566 986 (+1 396);
- cruise missiles ‒ 5 130.
- warships and boats ‒ 35;
- submarines ‒ 2.
Source https://mod.gov.ua/en/news/total-russian-combat-losses-in-ukraine-as-of-october-17-2026
Russia grows weaker every day. Slava Ukraini!
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u/Well-Sourced Slava Ukraini 6h ago
Sweden to provide Ukraine with €45m, including for energy | Ukrainian Pravda
Sweden has announced a new support package for Ukraine worth SEK 500 million (nearly €45 million), part of which will fund urgent repairs to electricity grids and heating systems.
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u/Well-Sourced Slava Ukraini 6h ago
Anatolii Hopka, a 41-year-old emergency worker with the State Emergency Service of Ukraine (SESU), has been killed in a Russian airstrike on an apartment building in Sloviansk, Donetsk Oblast. Hopka had served in the SESU for over 16 years and held the position of head of the energy and heat generation service. Over the years, he had ensured the safety of people and the preparedness of rescue units to carry out their tasks.
"Emergency workers hoped until the very end that he could be saved [...] This is an irreparable loss for the entire family of Donetsk Oblast rescue workers. We express our sincere condolences to the family, friends and everyone who knew Anatolii. We share your pain and bow our heads in sorrow." "His life was defined by a strong sense of responsibility and unwavering dedication to his work," Hopka's colleagues added.
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u/TurbulentRadish8113 6h ago
Russia launched six ballistic missiles at Zaporizhstal before dawn, marking the fifth attack on the plant, according to the company. Internal energy and logistics infrastructure and blast-furnace production sites were damaged. No one was killed or injured, while operations remain disrupted.
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u/TurbulentRadish8113 5h ago
I think that most of us don't think about the causes and consequences of things like this.
Republicans gutted funding for Patriot deliveries, burned stocks & changed the entire war. Thanks to Republicans, Ukraine has likely taken hundreds of ballistic missile hits and thousands of drone hits to critical infrastructure that would not have happened if Democrats had won and funded more interceptors.
That damage is far more expensive than the interceptors and it hurts the Ukrainian economy, meaning Ukraine has less capacity and needs much larger amounts of aid in future to get to the same "power level" in terms of warfighting.
People deny this, but $60bn/year in allocations is truly war-changing. The war would look massively different today if it weren't for that.
Before the kneejerk "but dems suck" reaction: I'm only saying that more would have been intercepted, not all. If you're going to argue, please argue with my logic: money buys interceptors, interceptors intercept missiles with more than 0% probability, destroyed infrastructure is - on average - financially more costly than interceptors. That's it.
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u/neonpurplestar 6h ago
While focus today is on trump being putin's whore, I want to point out that also LePen, AfD, farage and the entirety of the far right are putin's whores. Putin seizes even more french owned assets, and LePen is very clearly a useful idiot to putin and a traitor to her own country.
Putin used his property seizing decree again!
This time seizing the Russian assets of the French company Tarkett
https://bsky.app/profile/prune602.bsky.social/post/3mxzoo23efc27
The fight is also in making people know!
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u/Think_Discipline_90 3h ago
I think it’s a better perspective to not portray it as Putins credit but rather they’re corrupt and Russia is just the biggest influence on them.
Putin hasn’t really done anything spectacular, but his system is simply more willing to work with them.
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u/TurbulentRadish8113 6h ago
This is Kharkiv today. Bodies lying in the street after a russian drone strike on a market.
Two people were killed. More than 10 others were injured.
Remember that Republicans support this. They support this with their actions. Republicans literally acted to completely change US policy to make more Ukrainians die.
Americans had a choice and have the same choice: vote Democratic and fewer Ukrainians die, vote Republican and more Ukrainians die.
https://bsky.app/profile/irynavoichuk.bsky.social/post/3mxy5m6tonk22
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u/TurbulentRadish8113 6h ago
Milk so aged it could itself be a weapon. '94
President Clinton praises Ukraine’s courageous decision to surrender its nuclear arsenal, pledging full US support for its independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity.
He also considers it unlikely that russia would ever attempt to seize Crimea.
https://bsky.app/profile/volberg.bsky.social/post/3my2mq6emfk2g
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u/neonpurplestar 6h ago
The electronic budget system shows a 6.38 trillion ruble deficit as of 15 October 2026
https://bsky.app/profile/prune602.bsky.social/post/3mxzker2dkc2q
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u/LilLebowskiAchiever 2h ago
So that’s about $70 billion USD? I am worried that Trump will lift more sanctions so Russia can close the gap.
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u/Well-Sourced Slava Ukraini 6h ago
Belgium to deliver 10 F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine by end of 2026 – PM | New Voice of Ukraine
Belgium plans to deliver 10 F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine by the end of 2026, Prime Minister Bart De Wever said after meeting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the sidelines of an EU summit in Brussels, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reported on Oct. 16. "We will deliver 10 [aircraft] this year. We have a slight delay, but it is not our fault. It is due to delays in F-35 deliveries. We must be able to fulfill our NATO commitments, so we need aircraft. Now the F-35s are starting to arrive, which allows us to transfer F-16s to Ukraine," De Wever said.
He also noted that Ukraine needs air cover to protect grain exports in the Black Sea, energy infrastructure and cities. The Belgian prime minister said he had discussed the possibility of accelerating deliveries with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, as well as supplying 20 mm ammunition produced by Belgian company FN Herstal.
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u/Well-Sourced Slava Ukraini 6h ago edited 6h ago
Ukrainian soldiers from the Signum battalion are destroying Russian logistics and also mobile air defense groups.
🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 | BlueSky
Footage shows an unsuccessful attack by a Ukrainian B-2 mid-range strike drone against Russian logistics on the R-280 highway leading to Crimea. The footage provides a clear view of the B-2’s distinctive externally mounted warhead beneath its fuselage.
And also full video here
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u/Well-Sourced Slava Ukraini 6h ago
WarTranslated (Dmitri) | BlueSky
Ukraine's Kraken regiment claims the first confirmed kill of Russia's newest TOS-3 Dragon rocket system, taken out by MURAMASA drone operators earlier this month despite its armor and anti-drone jamming. The system reportedly costs around $7 million.
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u/Well-Sourced Slava Ukraini 6h ago
Ukraine’s General Staff confirmed a strike on Roboavia in Russia’s Rostov region, hitting a production and storage building at the drone manufacturer on October 16. It also confirmed an October 12 strike on a Russian missile brigade logistics warehouse in Bryansk region. #Ukraine
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u/Well-Sourced Slava Ukraini 6h ago
Ukrainian forces struck Russian military logistics on October 16-17, hitting a railway bridge over the Unecha River in Russia’s Bryansk region and logistics depots near Novoandriivka, Nikolske and Mariupol. A Russian UAV command post near Malynivka was also hit. #Ukraine
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u/planetisti 7h ago
The way things are going, it will be Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Baltics, Poland and Ukraine against Russia in 10 years. All others are really not in it and will fade out.
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u/Consistent-Egg-3428 6h ago
I wouldn’t underestimate European solidarity once a EU country gets attacked.
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u/Itburns12345 6h ago
Well goods news is reform are AGAIN balls deep in scandal, so its likely russias asset farrage wontt get in. Canada has been a solid ally and is unlikely to shift soon.
Theres a lotta smaller countries giving more than youd think too. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_military_aid_to_Ukraine_during_the_Russo-Ukrainian_war
Not to mention private donations.
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u/Snoozyalooz_ 8h ago
Anders Puck Nielsen:
"Why Trump wants Ukraine to lose – and what to do about it"
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u/OptimalProfession5 8h ago
A lot of updates to liveuamap today. Including the south near Orikiv and the claims that Dobrophillia and Druzhkivka are fully occupied.
Anyone knows the details?
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u/Mondelieu 7h ago
I don't see full occupation on the map. I also generally think that mapping a "static frontline" with no grayzone really has served its purpose. Liveuamap tries its best but you can't map the modern war like that. It's better to look at OSINTERs that actually know their stuff like Clement Molin or even pro-russian ones like AMK.
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u/throwme12wee 10h ago
Ukraine can and will fight on without the United States of Pedophilia 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦
Trump likes to f##k kids, Putin likes to watch 👀
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u/KSaboruf 9h ago
> Putin likes to watch 👀
Not exactly correct, Pookin also like the same as Trump- The real public kissing of underage boy even made into real russian news decades ago - https :// www . youtube . com / watch?v=5uWEaKLzwUg
- Also, in July 2006, former Russian FSB officer Alexander Litvinenko published an online article accusing Russian President Vladimir Pookin of being a pedophile and claiming that the FSB destroyed video evidence of Pookin having sex with underage boys
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u/canned_sunshine 9h ago
I wonder who made that video evidence in the first place.
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u/KSaboruf 9h ago
I think pookin already killed that people long ago
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u/canned_sunshine 8h ago
Who were they? From which country or organisation?
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u/KSaboruf 7h ago
It is a deep tradition in russian sec. services, to keep compromat on everyone and film everything, records are even used from time to time to finish top political figures - for example Skuratov tapes (that raised Pookin's friend Chaika) etc. At early 2000's Pookin was among his flock mostly
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u/Marketmanipulator941 11h ago
Russia and US May Announce Joint Data Center Projects, Kremlin Envoy Says
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u/planetisti 7h ago
It will be a total disaster for American companies. Russian way of doing things is not compatible
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u/TurbulentRadish8113 6h ago
I think things work through leverage.
I mean actions that cause consequences.
The US' foreign policy is a tool of the Republicans and their oligarchs. So long as they have potential ways go hurt Russia in response, Russia might obey and protect the financial interests of Trump and his family members and mafiosi who will be profiting from this.
The only reason this is a possibility, btw, is that people did not vote Democratic. I still do not understand why so many pro-Ukrainians thought it was a good idea to spend years acting as a free source of attack ads on Democrats. They helped do exactly what Putin wanted.
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u/canspop 10h ago
So ruZZia wants new data centres, but can't afford them, so they're going to convince the dumb US administration to finance the project. (my take on the situation)
As if paying a fortune for diesel wasn't enough. Amazing how those dumb MAGAts really have destroyed a once 'great nation' in less than two years.
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u/Uhhh_what555476384 9h ago
Unless they convince the US government to build them it won't happen. Any US business thinking about investing would know that they'd risk the Ds f**king their investment after the election.
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u/lightafire2402 11h ago
By this point, they may as well announce US will supply Russia with weapons. Absolute disgrace.
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u/droglytot 12h ago
Ukrainian woman recalls her days in Russian captivity.
"There were no mattresses. The beds were just bare wooden bunks, with nothing on them. The windows were boarded up. There were 18 of us in a cell with only 6 sleeping spaces. We slept crammed together on the floor.
The worst part was when they brought men into the disciplinary isolation unit. Russians could beat them for a day, sometimes two days. And you would fall asleep, wake up, eat, breathe, all while listening to them moan and scream."
Americans, this is what your new ally is like.
https://bsky.app/profile/antongerashchenko.bsky.social/post/3mxyj2rkxcc25
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u/UH1Phil 10h ago
Sooo... Guantanamo Bay?
Absolutely despicable behaviour though. But, you know, as long as you side with the perpetrator with the most power and money, you are safe from the torture. Morals be damned. I really hate that the US went from standing up for democracy, at least on paper and in many actions, to openly supporting dictatorship and genocide.
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u/hornswoggled111 2h ago
I was quite critical of the old version of America. I would very much love for it to come back.
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u/Amazing_Athlete_2265 1h ago
No. The rot has set in. You cant reform that steaming turd back into something worthwhile. The only approach is to completely dismantle, and rebuild properly.
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u/hornswoggled111 1h ago
I'm very much hoping America does create something positive from this experience. I suspect the division will be very hard to overcome. But humanity rocks at times.
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u/GwynBleidd88 12h ago
Putin envoy says Trump's waiver is 'a truly historic moment' -Sky News
Vladimir Putin's investment envoy has praised Trump's decision to put the Graham Act on hold, hailing it as "a truly historic moment".
In posts on X, Kirill Dmitriev said the sanctions "could have effectively brought all economic cooperation between Russia and the United States to a complete halt, inflicting serious damage primarily on the US economy and global markets".
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u/Jay_CD 15h ago
Total Russian military losses on October 16, 2026: 1,950 personnel, 1,396 UAVs, and 24 artillery systems.
russian losses in Ukraine as of October 17, 2026 | MoD News
According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the estimated total Russian war losses from 24.02.22 to 17.10.2026 inclusive are as follows
- approximately 1 562 970 (+1 950) persons.
- tanks ‒ 12 415 (+1);
- armoured fighting vehicles ‒ 25 554 (+2);
- special equipment ‒ 4 835 (+2);
- vehicles and fuel tanks ‒ 163 883 (+329);
- unmanned ground vehicles ‒ 2 962 (+4).
- artillery systems ‒ 51 266 (+24);
- MLRS ‒ 2 221 (+4);
- air defence assets ‒ 1 710 (+2).
- aircraft ‒ 449;
- helicopters ‒ 356;
- UAVs (operational-tactical level) ‒ 566 986 (+1 396);
- cruise missiles ‒ 5 130.
- warships and boats ‒ 35;
- submarines ‒ 2.
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u/TurbulentRadish8113 17h ago
1/ Constant Ukrainian drone attacks are creating heavy demands on the Russian air force. This is causing a great deal amount of wear and tear for its aircraft, high rates of failures and malfunctions which require repairs and downtime, and reduces their service life
From a Russian channel:
So, despite the fact that we have a shitload of aircraft, they are still not enough." /end
https://bsky.app/profile/chriso-wiki.bsky.social/post/3mxyaayzdzs27
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u/TurbulentRadish8113 16h ago
I'd love some data here.
Iirc, some OSINTer got satellite images of russian airbases and noticed that massive numbers of Su-25s went missing. It's possible they were sent somewhere off camera (another base? Into hangars?), but it's also possible they just wore out and got cannibalised for parts.
The Su-34s are the glide-bomb workhorse. Ukraine's neptun strike this week was fantastic, taking out between 4 & 6.
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u/McG0788 15h ago
Agreed it was a great strike but just wanted to add I saw somewhere they may be building 30+ a year so there's still a good chunk available to cause destruction.
More reason to keep funding Ukraine and providing more jets and missiles though
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u/Itburns12345 10h ago
Maybe covers a lotta weight for the russians as they fudge a lotta numbers though
Their new tank production numbers get muddled in with older t-90s being converted to newer models and even older tanks getting the same revamp treatment, their artillery ammo prodction numbers where hard to judge as they had already large stocks built up and borrowed millions of rounds from NK thus the numbers fired arent necessarily = produced, same with ballistic missles etc
For planes the ukranians keep a close eye and have it at about 14 in 8 months https://en.defence-ua.com/news/russia_delivered_only_14_combat_aircraft_in_8_months_of_2026_while_losing_10_export_shipments_to_belarus_algeria_myanmar_continue_despite_production_strain-19672.html
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u/TurbulentRadish8113 17h ago
In news that will surprise nobody who watched Trump's open embrace of Putin, Trump has waived the mandatory sanctions which were to be imposed by the Graham Act 30 days after signing.
This is breaking news. There are several sanctions options in the bill, and I haven't found a clear list confirming whether he waived all the ones he could or not.
https://bsky.app/profile/mariadrutska.bsky.social/post/3my256fuqzu2d
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u/droglytot 15h ago
From 4(a) and (c) in the executive order, the rat is waiving the entire thing, except for whatever relates to Iran. That includes bans on investment in Russia and delisting requirements for Russian companies on US stock exchanges.
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u/TurbulentRadish8113 17h ago
This was called out right after the bill was passed. Posted 27 days ago.
Section 115 of the Russia sanctions act says that Trump can cancel any of the sanctions at any time if his administration writes a note saying that the cancellation is "in the national interest". The justification for doing so can be classified.
Let's see what happens.
https://bsky.app/profile/leoskyview.bsky.social/post/3mvpyykgn6s2y
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u/beebeebee2142 17h ago
What's the latest on starshield? Same 2 anecdotes keep getting reposted for almost a week now.
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u/neonpurplestar 2h ago
source: https://bsky.app/profile/angrystaffer.bsky.social/post/3my3lfztnj22m
Text from attached picture in post:
This is from Financial Times reporter Christopher Miller's twitter account. I refuse to link to twitter.