China has been identified as the main external supplier of engines and navigation systems for Russia’s Shahed drones, which have been used in attacks on Ukrainian cities. A Chinese company shipped over 685,500 engine components to Drake LLC, a drone manufacturer based in Alabuga that is subject to U.S. sanctions, between June and August 2024.
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China helps Russia’s war effort with drone motors, secret reports say
Non-public reports for the U.S. and EU show China aiding Russia’s war effort despite denying arms sales. Russia imported 3.3M motors from China’s Shenzhen Kiosk Electronic Co. The end user was Rustakt LLC, a Moscow drone maker sanctioned by the EU in Dec 2024 — WSJ. 1/
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Russia targets energy infrastructure in Chernihiv and Sumy, residents face blackouts
Russia regularly targets the energy infrastructure of Chernihiv and Sumy.
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Russia unveils robotic air-defense system Impulse-PVO
Russia unveiled a new “shield” against Ukraine’s “sword.” At the Interpolitex 2025 arms fair in Moscow, Gumich RTK showed the Impulse-PVO — a robotic air-defense system that fires 8 interceptor drones, each 1.35 kg and flying up to 200 km/h, United24. 1/
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Estonia and Russia: Trump, NATO jets, Ukraine conflict
Source: https://
foreignpolicy.com/2025/10/29/est
onia-russia-trump-nato-jets-ukraine/
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Estonian president: Putin doesn’t want peace, prepare for war, backs sanctions
Estonia’s president says Putin doesn’t want peace. [So, Estonia must be prepared for the worst — war] Alar Karis told FP that Trump’s early optimism faded as Russia kept attacking. He backed Trump’s new oil sanctions: They won’t work overnight but will hit the war economy. 1/
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Russian drone maker: Russia’s air defense can’t shoot down drones
"Russia’s air-defense is the best in the world, but it cannot shoot down drones." – Alexey Chadayev, general director of the Research and Production Centre Ushkuynik, which manufactures Russian drones, concluded. pic.twitter.com/mCVVkzlOJf
— Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) 30 octobre 2025"Russia’s air-defense is the best in the world, but it cannot shoot down drones." – Alexey Chadayev, general director of the Research and Production Centre Ushkuynik, which manufactures Russian drones, concluded.
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Ukrainian women as wartime wives, mothers, fighters, activists
Source: https://
theguardian.com/world/2025/oct
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Ex-combat medic Anna Demydenko fights for veterans’ rights in Kyiv
Anna Demydenko, 40, ex–combat medic, sent her daughter to the Netherlands after a missile hit near school. She stayed in Kyiv to fight for veterans’ rights, battles depression and burnout, and keeps working. 6/
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Sasha Dovzhyk leads all-women institute documenting war in Lviv
Sasha Dovzhyk, 37, left London in 2023 to run a cultural institute in Lviv. All-women staff document the war and keep creative work in Ukraine: “Show young people they don’t have to run to do meaningful work.” 4/