A day after striking the Filanovsky offshore oil platform in the Caspian Sea with four drones, Ukraine has struck two ships in the Caspian Sea.
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💥 The Special Operations Forces of Ukraine, in cooperation with the Russian resistance movement ‘Black Spark,’ have destroyed two Russian vessels in the Caspian Sea that were transporting weapons.
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— Militarnyi (@militarnyi.com) December 12, 2025 at 8:40 AM
A Russian convoy tried to outflank the Ukrainians at Pokrovsk and got chewed up all to hell.
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Russian forces attempted a flanking maneuver near Pokrovsk with dozens of vehicles, trying to strike Ukrainian positions from the rear. Ukraine’s 425th Skelya Regiment detected the convoy in time. Coordinated actions afterwards successfully dismantled the column and halted the assault.
— NOELREPORTS (@noelreports.com) December 11, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Ukraine hit Russia’s oil refinery at Yaroslavl, a 1,000-year-old Russian city 250 km northeast of Moscow. The Yaroslavl refinery is one of Russia’s largest.
A Russian An-26 transport plane and two radars in Crimea experienced rapid unscheduled disassembly.
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🔥 An-26 transport aircraft and two radars – “Prymary” of GUR in Crimea burned down another expensive target of Muscovites
GUR also successfully hit two expensive radar systems – the 55Zh6M “Nebo-M” radar and the 64N6E radar.
— MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 (@maks23.bsky.social) December 12, 2025 at 6:34 AM
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2/The aircraft was hit shortly before takeoff. The affected radar stations were the 55Zh6M “Nebo-M” radar and a 64N6E radar (part of the S-300/S-400 air defense system) that was hidden under a protective dome.
— 🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 (@militarynewsua.bsky.social) December 12, 2025 at 6:24 AM
It’d be a damn shame if the production of artillery shells was interrupted.
Here’s an update on the situation at Huliaipole, south of Pokrovsk.
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Russia just crossed the river that was supposed to protect Huliaipole — in two places.
The town anchors Ukraine’s entire southeastern defense line.
Ukraine’s 102nd Territorial Brigade is holding on outnumbered 5-to-1, with the elite 225th Assault Regiment rushing in to stop a collapse.
— Euromaidan Press (@euromaidanpress.bsky.social) December 12, 2025 at 10:08 AM
A drone struck an apartment building in the Russian city of Tver, which is northwest of Moscow. Possibly a Ukrainian drone thrown off course by EW.
Something — likely a power plant — is burning in Tyumen.
Russia fired ballistic missiles at Odesa and struck a Turkish ship at the port.
Russia also attacked a school in Sumy.
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Russia has launched multiple strikes on a sports school in Sumy region.
The centre in Shostka was already ablaze when another drone was captured hitting the building.
Ukraine insists there were no military there and children were training at the time of the attack but reached shelter.
— Tim White (@twmcltd.bsky.social) December 12, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Haven’t heard much lately from the Russian Freedom Legion folks. Here’s an update.
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💥 The Russian Freedom Legion reported the destruction of the UAV control point of the 7th company of the 35th motorized rifle brigade of the occupation army.
A group of legionnaires managed to penetrate the enemy’s rear and launch a fire attack near Pokrovsk.
— MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 (@maks23.bsky.social) December 12, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Another 1,400 Russians who drew the short straw, plus two tanks.
The drones will find you. The trees will not protect you.
If Putin is so sure that his army has captured Kupiansk, then maybe he should go visit the city too.
It’d be a shame if something happened to Solovyov while he was in Pokrovsk.
This was figured out by student journalists. European intelligence agencies might have known this too and just didn’t say anything, but it’s not a good look for them.
What’s also stunning is that these two ships are owned by a Norwegian company.
The investigation focused on unexplained drone flights in Germany and the Netherlands. The young journalists noticed that, at the same time, cargo ships were located near the shores of these countries and were behaving unusually – anchoring without any obvious reason or making strange maneuvers.
Using open-source data, mainly ship navigation logs, the students discovered a pattern: whenever certain vessels were close to shore or remained at sea for extended periods, unidentified drones were recorded flying over nearby military facilities.
In the end, the investigation identified three vessels that repeatedly showed this behavior, including the cargo ships HAV Dolphin and HAV Snapper.
The vessels are formally owned by the Norwegian shipping company HAV Shipping AS, but they have repeatedly undergone maintenance at the Pregol shipyard in Russia’s Kaliningrad.
During periods when these two ships were sailing in Germany, numerous drone flights were recorded, including over the Kiel Bay area, where military facilities are located. The crew of the HAV Dolphin turned out to be entirely Russian, and the law enforcement inspection of the vessel was superficial.
European intelligence services consider the HAV Snapper and HAV Dolphin to be vessels that are highly likely operating in Russia’s interests.
Here’s another journalistic coup.
The evolution of drone warfare continues unabated.
Steve Witkoff is a dangerous fool who is in way over his head.
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🇺🇸 Witkoff was “obsessed” with the idea that if Kyiv just handed over the remaining 25% of the eastern Donetsk province under its control to Moscow a fair peace could be achieved and a longer, more devastating war could be avoided, said two senior Ukrainian officials, – FT
— Savchenko Volodymyr (@savchenkoua.bsky.social) December 11, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Army Secretary Dan Driscoll’s profile was rising rapidly — too rapidly for Hegseth. Driscoll is an old friend of J.D. Vance.
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🇺🇸🇺🇦 Secret meetings between Ukraine’s top peace negotiator and the leadership of the FBI have sparked concern among U.S. and European officials, – WP
Umerov held closed-door talks with Kash Patel and Dan Bongino.
— MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 (@maks23.bsky.social) December 12, 2025 at 9:53 AM
The clown show in the White House is just throwing stuff against the wall to see what sticks.
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US is floating a “special economic zone” in Donetsk Oblast: Ukraine would withdraw from territory it holds, Russia wouldn’t advance into it
Who would govern? Washington hasn’t said. Zelenskyy says the concept is vague and Kyiv may refuse
euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/11/u…
— Euromaidan Press (@euromaidanpress.bsky.social) December 11, 2025 at 5:38 PM
It was a difficult meeting because Zelenskyy was explaining in detail the best way for Witkoff and Kushner to kiss his ass. OK, not really, but that’s what should have happened.
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Update: Zelenskyy says he has a constructive but difficult talk with Witkoff/Kushner. His team (Umerov/Hnatov) are headed to London, where Zelenskyy will meet with Coalition of the Willing. Herewith, key follow-up meetings are planned in London and Brussels.
— Olga Nesterova (@onestpress.onestnetwork.com) December 7, 2025 at 4:33 PM
International sports organizations have their heads up their asses. They are bound and determined to normalize Russia.
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The IOC advises governing bodies to let Russian & Belarusian youth teams & athletes compete with their full identity of national flag and anthem. Athletes have “a fundamental right to access sport across the world, and to compete free from political interference or pressure from govt orgs.”
— Kevin Rothrock (@kevinrothrock.me) December 11, 2025 at 11:31 AM
We have a fragging, although I suppose technically fragging requires the use of a grenade.
Anyway, the commander was supposedly trying to arrest soldiers for not obeying orders.
A Russian pontoon bridge laying vehicle goes bavovna.
Svalbard is the northernmost site with a permanent settlement and has been officially part of Norway since 1925. It is closer to the North Pole than it is to Norway. Russia has a long history of involvement there, especially in mining operations.
This article goes into great length about the whole situation and Russia’s involvement in the archipelago.
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Russia’s not just attacking Ukraine — it’s undermining Norway’s Arctic sovereignty too.
A new report outlines Moscow’s hybrid provocations in the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard since 2014, including sabotage, symbolic parades, and legal pressure.
euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/11/h…
— Euromaidan Press (@euromaidanpress.bsky.social) December 11, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Now Belgium is threatening to sue the EU over the Ukraine loan plan.
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Belgium is ready to take legal action against the EU over the “reparations loan” plan for Ukraine, PM De Wever. He argues the scheme, using frozen Russian assets, carries massive financial and legal risks for his country alone, and if no fair risk‑sharing is agreed, Belgium won’t hesitate to sue.
— Olga Nesterova (@onestpress.onestnetwork.com) December 10, 2025 at 3:07 PM