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2022-10-08 12:18:01 Meanwhile, queues formed at gas stations in the occupied Crimea, local Telegram channels write. Open / Comment

2022-10-08 11:56:01 Newly mobilized forces in Russia with little motivation and limited equipment are unlikely to allow Putin to stop Ukraine's advance on the battlefield – Bloomberg, citing US and EU authorities

“But Kyiv’s western allies also see no quick victory and are resisting Kyiv’s demands for long-range weapons to speed up de-occupation,” the article says, “NATO once feared a Putin victory. Now it worries about his defeat." Open / Comment

2022-10-08 11:33:01 The US Department of Defense has again authorized the supply of F-35 fighter-bombers, – Politico

The decision was made despite the fact that, according to the results of the audit, it turned out that parts from Chinese materials were used in the manufacture of these fifth-generation combat vehicles. Open / Comment

2022-10-08 11:10:18 After the liberation of Lyman in the Donetsk region, a mass grave was discovered there: 180 bodies were found in one of the graves. Among the inhabitants of the city killed by the Russians were small children.

"The Lyman in the Donetsk region was liberated. A mass grave was found here, in which 180 people were buried. Entire families lie in the mass graves, and there are burials of children born in 2019-2021," said the head of the Patrol Police Department Yevhen Zhukov Open / Comment

2022-10-08 10:47:06 The combat map and the main conclusions of the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) over the past day:

Probably, Ukrainian troops continued counter-offensive operations on the Kreminna-Svativ highway in the west of the Luhansk region.

Russian troops continued to occupy defensive positions in the north of the Kherson region, and also continued ground shelling of the Donetsk region.

The occupying authorities in the Donetsk region continue the forced mobilization of the local civilian population, refuting Russian claims that residents of the newly annexed territories will not be mobilized.

Russian dungeons continue to be discovered in the newly liberated Kharkiv region. Open / Comment

2022-10-08 10:24:01 The Russian side showed the moment of the explosion Open / Comment

2022-10-08 10:02:11 Zaporizhzhia NPP is completely de-energized due to enemy shelling

Diesel generators were turned on automatically, and fuel reserves for their operation in this mode will last for 10 days, Energoatom reported. Open / Comment

2022-10-08 09:39:07 Starlink began to malfunction on the front lines — Financial Times, citing Ukrainian military and officials

In some cases, it led to a "catastrophic" loss of communication, as it also happened during fierce battles when our soldiers were liberating Ukrainian territories. In particular, the Kharkiv region.

According to Roman Sinitsyn, coordinator of the Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundation, SpaceX is blocking Starlink on purpose so that the Russian military does not use it. Open / Comment

2022-10-08 09:16:06 Crimean bridge. Another angle.

Traffic on the Crimean bridge is completely closed, the occupiers are preparing to launch a ferry across the strait. Open / Comment

2022-10-08 08:56:02 Zelensky specified that in his recent address he called for preventive sanctions against the Russian Federation, rather than strikes on territory

"After this translation, they [the Russians] did their own way, as it suited them, and began to relay it in other directions... You should apply preventive "kicks”, not “attacks,” said the President, specifying that he meant sanctions. Open / Comment