Good morning to readers; Kyiv remains in Ukrainian hands.
Tuesday's #election may decide whether #Ukraine stands strong against Russia’s invasion or if thousands, like Olya, must flee.
Read The Counteroffensive's first fictional story, imagining Ukraine's future if #Trump wins.
Olya’s parents were speaking quietly at the round dining room table.
The door was closed.
There was a crack between the jamb and the wooden door where she could see through.
“Stop it, I can’t hear,” she hissed.
“But I wanna see! I can’t see!” Oleh said, his voice rising dangerously. “I wanna see!”
“Shhhh! You’ll ruin everything!!”
Oleh burst into loud tears and inhaled, beginning a loud and piercing wail of despair just as the kitchen door swung open.
“Kids? Come inside, your mother and I have something to tell you,” Olya’s father said.
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NEWS OF THE DAY:
LACK OF #MANPOWER UKRAINE'S GREATEST CHALLENGE. Ukrainian #soldiers are projected to sustain operations for “6-12 months of war,” according to the #U.S. officials.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/01/us/politics/russia-ukraine-war.html
#RUSSIA ARMS N. KOREANS: 7,000 soldiers from North #Korea have been deployed to the border with #Ukraine, armed as infantrymen, Ukrainian military #intelligence reported that the newly arrived troops have received sniper rifles, grenades, and other equipment.
#ГУРінформує ‼️ По-піхотному ― чим москва озброїла перекинуті до кордонів з Україною війська КНДР? 👥 В останній тиждень жовтня 2024 року держава-агресор росія перекинула з приморського краю рф до районів поблизу з Україною понад 7 тисяч солдатів армії КНДР. ⚡️ Північнокорейські війська переміщували за допомогою щонайменше 28 військово-транспортних бортів пкс рф. ❗️ КНДРівців москва озброїла, зокрема, 60мм мінометами, автоматами АК-12, кулеметами РПК/ПКМ, снайперськими гвинтівками СВД/СВЧ, ПТРК “Фєнікс” та РПГ-7. 👀 Також північним корейцям чи, як їх називають у російській окупаційній армії, “особливим бурятам” видали трохи приладів нічного бачення, тепловізорів, коліматорних прицілів та біноклів. ☝️ Нагадаємо, підготовка військ КНДР, яких держава-агресор вирішила задіяти у війні проти України, відбувається на п’ятьох полігонах далекого сходу рф. ГУР в інших соціальних мережах: 🔹Facebook 🔹YouTube 🔹 Viber 🔹Instagram 🔹Twitter 🔹 Threads 🔹 WhatsApp🔹 Telegram Bot 🔹 TikTok
84K NEW #CHECHEN VOLUNTEERS: Ramzan #Kadyrov, the Putin-appointed leader of the Chechen Republic, plans to send more than 80,000 Chechen 'volunteers' for the war against #Ukraine.
https://sprotyv.mod.gov.ua/84-tysyachi-kadyrivtsiv-najblyzhchym-chasom-planuyut-pomerty-v-ukrayini/
#MOSCOW SENTENCES FMR U.S. CONSUL EMPLOYEE: Russia has sentenced a former employee of the #American consulate to four years and 10 months in prison for "secret cooperation with a foreign state."
Robert Shonov, a former employee of the U.S. consulate in Vladivostok, was detained in 2023 and accused of passing information on Russia’s war in Ukraine to the U.S. He was sentenced to four years and 10 months in prison on Nov. 1.
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There is a far chance this is a pretext for Kadyrov having a personal larger army with a view towards Dagestan.
I would be surprised if they were active in Ukraine if ever real.
Tim Mak
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