10/ The BMP went back to that spot to pick up the 300s [wounded]. And when he came back, he said: "there's nothing to do there, there's still shelling going on, you can't even drive up. The battalion commander told us to go back anyway." And about 27 of us got out and refused.
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Russian troops hit by Ukrainian mortar fire near Tors’ke
6/ "We were told: go ahead, there's a roadblock and our men are standing there. In fact, there was no one in front of us. It was near the village of Tors'ke [east of Lyman]. In the morning [the Ukrainians] started to fire at us with mortars. They worked directly on us.
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Mobilized men given fake training, thrown into front line near Lyman
4/ According to relatives, the mobilised men were given only fake training – posing with weapons for photo reports (see thread below for more on this practice) – before being "thrown into the front line" near Lyman.
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Russian mobilised men held captive by own commanders after retreat
2/ The independent Russia media collective ASTRA reports that mobilised men from the Lipetsk and Bryansk regions in Russia are being held in captivity by their own commanders after they were forced to retreat from near Lyman with "many dead and wounded".
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Russian soldiers held prisoner after refusing front
Untrained mobilized Russian soldiers are being held prisoner in a basement in Luhansk oblast after refusing to return to the front line. Following a bloody defeat near Lyman, they discovered that their own side had stolen all their personal equipment. Thread follows.
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Ukraine: Russia launches Iranian drones from Belarus, air raid alert in Kyiv
Media: Russia launches 10 Iranian-made Shahed-136 drones from Belarus. Ukrainska Pravda cited intelligence sources. An air raid alert was announced in Kyiv and Kyiv Oblast. Social network users reported that Shahed-136 drones had been seen in Kyiv and Chernihiv oblasts.
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US deploys brigade in Romania near Ukraine
The United States has unexpectedly deployed the 2nd Brigade of the 101st Airborne Division near the Ukrainian border in Romania.
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60% of the state budget goes to defense, – Shmyhal
60% of the state budget goes to defense, said Shmyhal
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Pelosi confirms US support for Ukraine is bipartisan and will continue
At a bilateral news conference with Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković on Monday, Oct. 24, House Speaker #NancyPelosi reassured Ukrainians that the U.S. would continue to provide #Ukraine with support during Russia’s ongoing invasion. https://
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losi-confirms-u-s-support-for-ukraine-is-bipartisan-and-will-continue.html
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Ukrainian and Israeli Defense Ministers Discuss Cooperation
The Minister of Defense of Ukraine, Oleksii Reznikov, in a call with his Israeli counterpart Benny Gantz discussed ways to develop bilateral cooperation. https://kyivpost.com/ukraine-politics/ukraine-israel-defense-chiefs-talk-cooperation.html