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Ukraine's counteroffensive has now been expanded to a new front - the Borova direction. Ukrainian forces are now advancing along a 135 km-long section of the frontline. Ukrainian forces are carrying out a coordinated series of counterattacks northeast of Borova near the villages of Borivska Andriivka, Zelenyi hai, Novojehorivka, and Vyshneve, where infiltrations have been recorded at a depth of at least 5 km from the previous frontline. It remains to be seen how successful these attacks have been so far, in terms of consolidation. The primary assault vector remains the central sector along and across the Zherebets River - east and northeast of Lyman. Smaller-scale counterattacks are taking place east of Kramatorsk and Slovyansk, as well as along the Kharkiv-Luhansk regional border in the Borova direction. #Ukrainemap

Any second now

This is a massacre

For the first time since 1988, the Democrats have won the Senate election in Texas

We here at AMK Mapping have the most professional coverage of the midterm elections 😁 No, but in all honesty, if you want some actual high-quality reporting on this, check out my friends at Tabz and Warfront Witness as they've consistently proven to be the most reliable with this sort of stuff. And no, they didn't ask me to say this. Links: @tabzlive @wfwitness

"We're going to win so much, you're going to be so sick and tired of winning, you're going to come to me say, 'Please, Mr. President, we beg you sir, we don't want to win anymore. It's too much."

Also, amid all this midterm shit, I just got back from voting in my own country's election today. Luckily here our elections aren't quite as cooked as in America, but it could still be a lot better.

$20 Billion to Israel and openly gay vs. $20 Billion to Israel and secretly gay. I love democracy

Btw, I don't really care much about who wins. Both parties are two sides of the same warmongering coin. But I can't deny that watching the chaos within the Republican Party would be entertaining.

Coming soon:

🇺🇸⚡️ — Democrats have an 82% chance of winning control of the U.S. Senate and a 94% chance of securing a majority in the House of Representatives, according to NYT's Needle.

Holy fuck

DTEK announced that three of their power plants targeted in Russia's massive overnight combined missile and drone attack on Ukraine have ceased electricity generation after suffering "extensive damage". These are the Prydniprovsky, Kryvyi Rih, and Ladyzhyn Thermal Power Plants in Dnipropetrovsk and Vinnytsia Oblasts. The TEC-5 and Zmiivska TPPs in Kharkiv Oblast which were also hit are not owned by DTEK, so their status is currently unknown.

For the second month in a row and the third month in 2026, Russia has made negative net advances in Ukraine. This follows an ongoing trend of decreasing advancing since January 2026, which can be seen on this chart below. While Russian advances across the frontline slow to a crawl, the same cannot be said for their mid-to-long-range strikes, which have reach around 10:1 in favour of Russia when excluding attacks on logistics. This, alongside their frontline firepower advantage, remains Russia's primary components of attrition against Ukraine. 2026 has not been a successful year for Russia on the frontline, especially compared to the large advances of 2024 and 2025. It remains to be seen whether 2027 will be any different.

Changes on the frontline in Ukraine for October 2026: Yellow = Russian advances Light blue = Ukrainian advances Russian advances: Kharkiv Oblast: ~47.9 km² Zaporizhzhia Oblast: ~44.6 km² Donetsk Oblast: ~32.5 km² Dnipropetrovsk Oblast: ~9.1 km² Sumy Oblast: ~3.7 km² Total: ~137.8 km² (down by 24.74% compared to September) Ukrainian advances: Donetsk Oblast: ~155.3 km² Dnipropetrovsk Oblast: ~13.7 km² Sumy Oblast: ~39.3 km² Kharkiv Oblast: ~23.3 km² Zaporizhzhia Oblast: ~12.3 km² Luhansk Oblast: ~8.8 km² Total: ~252.7 km² (down by 62.28% compared to September) Note: The main figures (not including the section below) covers net gains for each side. Ukrainian advances that took place on territory Russia occupied within this month will simply be subtracted from the Russian total, and vice versa. Net changes overall (Russian advances minus Ukrainian advances): + ~114.9 km² in favour of Ukraine. #Ukrainemap

Ukrainian forces have recaptured the village of Lypivka, Slovyansk direction, Donetsk Oblast (Bakhmut District). Pre-war population: ~15. Total land area: ~0.24 km². The third battle for Lypivka lasted approximately two weeks. #Ukrainemap

Kramatorsk City Centre yesterday. There are still a lot of civilians around. The filming location (48.736990, 37.587373) is less than 12 km from the frontline.

.@hey_itsmyturn, citing a source in one of the foreign ministries, reports that Iran has not changed its stance on the nuclear issue or the Strait of Hormuz. Iran reportedly continues to demand that sanctions must be lifted and frozen assets handed over before real talks begin.

❗️Russia likely intends to carry out another large-scale, combined missile and drone attack on Ukrainian energy infrastructure in the next 72 hours, this time targeting Kyiv: During tonight's massive Russian combined missile attack on Ukrainian energy infrastructure, only 2 Iskander-M ballistic missiles were launched from Bryansk. Prior to this attack, it was known that Russia had accumulate approximately 25-30 Iskander-M and RM-48U modified S-400 ballistic missiles in Bryansk Oblast alone. Kyiv itself was also not targeted by a single missile. Therefore, for the next 3 days, there is a high risk of a large-scale ballistic missile and Zircon/Oniks-M attack being carried out on energy infrastructure in Kyiv City and Kyiv Oblast. The highest threat for the next two nights after tonight. Potential targets include the CHP-4/5/6 Combined Heat and Power Plants, the "Kyivska" 750 kV electrical substation, the Kyiv Hydroelectrical Power Plant, and the Trypillya Thermal Power Plant.

Ukraine's interception rate was much lower than usual for this attack. Only around 29 out of ~70 Kh-101 cruise missiles launched were shot down. In my opinion, this was due to a combination of poor weather conditions, a complete overwhelming of air defences due to the sheer number of missiles used all at once, an exhaustion of air defences from the ~2,000 Geran-2/4/5 drones used over the 72 hours prior, and a lack of interceptor missiles. The vast majority of the interceptions were carried out by F-16 and Mirage-2000 fighter jets.