Ukraine scored two splashy hits on Russian helicopters — a rare Ka-27 Naval helicopter and an Mi-8.
These are notable because the naval helicopter is the first such loss for Russia in this war and the Mi-8 was brought down 200 km behind the lines inside Russia.
The Ka-27 is typically a sub hunter and can fire torpedoes. Since Ukraine has no subs (at least that I know of) I am assuming this chopper was engaged in hunting naval drones.
Radars in Crimea were also blasted.
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🥷Reconnaissance operatives of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine’s Primary special unit eliminated one of the most valuable Russian aircraft – a Ka-27 naval multipurpose helicopter in Crimea.
🔗Read details: militarnyi.com/en/news/spec…
— Militarnyi (@militarnyi.com) November 21, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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Like FPV drones taking down Russian helicopters was not enough, the Ukrainian SOF have taken it even further.
For the first time in history, a Russian military Mi-8 helicopter has been shot down by a guided deep-strike drone FP-1. 200km from the frontline, Kuteinikovo Rostov region of Russia.
— 🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 (@specialkhersoncat.bsky.social) November 22, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Ukraine also struck a key electrical substation in Crimea and energy facilities in Donetsk and Krasnodar.
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💥 220 kV Krasnoperekopsk substation and the industrial zone of JSC Brom were attacked in Crimea, – Supernova
220 kV Krasnoperekopsk substation is one of the key transmission hubs in Crimea.
JSC Brom: production of bromine, inorganic bromine salts, and organobromine compounds.
— MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 (@maks23.bsky.social) November 21, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Thirty one Ukrainians held in Belarus have been freed.
An American-made drone has taken down more than a thousand Shaheds in six months. Not many specs released on this but I did see that it exceeds 280 kph.
Speaking of setting drone records.
They probably didn’t need that ammo.
Trump can be tough on the Russians when they interfere with a war he is actually interested in.
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🚢The Russian tanker Seahorse from the so-called shadow fleet, which is subject to sanctions, turned around on its way to Venezuela after a US warship blocked its route.
🔗Read details: militarnyi.com/en/news/us-n…
— Militarnyi (@militarnyi.com) November 21, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Russians cheer while Ukrainian prisoners are murdered.
Trump’s plan would grant amnesty to these miserable Russian assholes.
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Footage has surfaced online showing unarmed Ukrainian prisoners of war executed while lying face down, accompanied by the approving shouts of those filming the scene.
This is not an isolated atrocity, it is russia’s pattern. Execution. Torture. Destruction.
— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) November 22, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Tailgating in Odesa.
When you can’t or won’t pay your veterans, bad things are bound to happen.
Knock, knock.
Who’s there?
Consequences.
Romania scrambled some F-16s. Didn’t seem to do much good.
Don’t worry. They have plenty more gas.
Let’s check in on Trump’s super fabulous Nobel-Prize-clinching 28-point peace plan.
He’s going to keep offering horseshit plans that nobody wants until he has completely humiliated himself and America.
This isn’t a peace plan. It’s extortion.
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US Army Secretary Dan Driscoll warned NATO allies that if Ukraine doesn’t sign the peace deal by Thursday, the terms will become significantly harsher. Driscoll, now Trump’s special envoy on the peace plan, made the statement in Kyiv after talks with Zelensky, The Guardian reports.
— NOELREPORTS (@noelreports.com) November 22, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Putin doesn’t want this plan to actually be adopted. He wants the war to go on. This plan was thrown together to make Trump happy but to also have enough poison pills in it to make sure it would be rejected.
2/ The independent Russian news outlet Verstka reports that Russian diplomatic sources and sources close to the Kremlin consider the draft agreement to be “vague, in need of revision, and not fully implementable.” They see it as merely a basis for a future agreement.
3/ According to a Russian Foreign Ministry source, the peace plan “is not ready … in the form in which it is currently being discussed.” He says that work still needs to be done on the wording and details.
4/ “There are also issues with guarantees, the size of the Ukrainian army, and questions regarding sanctions and [frozen Russian] assets,” he says.
5/ A high-ranking Russian government source says that the proposals are a “start” but are “unlikely to be fully implemented.” Echoing Western critiques, he criticises the 28 points as having too many “vague points” that delay the resolution of contentious issues “indefinitely”.
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9/ After the initial euphoria, Putin’s indifferent reaction has prompted disappointment among the Russian bureaucracy. One official thinks that Putin has “doubled the stakes again” and “may now lose.”
Moscow Mitch could have done something about Trump — twice. Instead he kissed his ass.
Sad update from Ternopil:
Another 1,170 Russians who drew the short straw. Plus 4 tanks.
The second-best army in the world. These are the guys who are going to march triumphantly into Berlin.
Russia has a new treatment for diabetes. Send patients to the front. Pump them full of meth. Give them a couple clips, tell them to scavenge a rifle off a dead comrade and send them into downtown Pokrovsk.
It’s an ingenious Russian solution to problems with supply and demand — instead of increasing supply, reduce demand.
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‼️ Russia: “Roszdravnadzor denies a shortage of diabetes medications in the regions.”
This is a classic cycle.
👉 A bunch of people can’t get [insert medication]. It’s a known problem.
🇷🇺: Lies! There are [insert number] of packages available!
www.kommersant.ru/doc/8228273
— Prune60 (@prune602.bsky.social) November 22, 2025 at 9:56 AM
She’s a heroine.
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🤬 Ukrainian powerlifting champion Yulia Lemeshchenko has been sentenced to 19 years in prison in Russia.
The court accuses her of blowing up a power line and preparing an assassination attempt on a colonel involved in airstrikes on Kharkiv.
— MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 (@maks23.bsky.social) November 22, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Viktor Orban demonstrates once again why Hungary needs to be suspended from the EU and NATO.
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Hungary PM Viktor Orbán has taken the opportunity to again back Russia and thwart EU attempts to help Ukraine.
Politico published a venomous letter sent by Orbán to @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu, demanding urgent talks with indicted war criminal Putin and blocking any more EU aid for Ukraine.
— Tim White (@twmcltd.bsky.social) November 22, 2025 at 7:22 AM
He is going to need two things — a box full of medals and substantial post-war therapy.
Ireland steps up.
Rest in peace.
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🇵🇱🇺🇦🕯️ 7-year-old Polish girl and her mother killed in Russian shelling in Ternopil
Polish MFA has already reacted and calls for this to be classified as a killing of civilians.
Diplomats are in contact with local authorities to coordinate assistance to the victims.
— The Ukrainian Review (@theukrainianreview.bsky.social) November 21, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I’m not sure if the woman referred to in this post is the same as the Polish victim.
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The injured women in Ternopil asked medics to not treat her, because she saw her child burned alive as a result of Russian missile strike.
Meanwhile USA threatened to stop weapons supply and intelligence sharing if Ukraine didn’t agree to a «peace agreement»
#UkrainianView
— дика тигрюля з дикого мєда 🇺🇦 (@taika-i-titi.bsky.social) November 21, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Did anyone run this by Elon? He’s gonna be pissed.