🙏🇺🇦 AFU soldiers, riding a buggy, fight off an FPV drone that was ambushed on the road.

❗️Despite the fact that the soldiers were the first to detect and shoot down the drone, it still managed to take off but failed to hit its target.

🇧🇷❗️Brazil is concerned about additional US tariffs as it has been one of the biggest buyers of Russian diesel and fertiliser since the invasion of Ukraine, receiving hundreds of millions of dollars in discounts on fuel purchases, — FT.

Trade between Brazil and Russia has more than doubled in the past five years, reaching $12.4 billion in 2024.

❗️Russia may need to demilitarize all of Ukraine up to the Dnipro so that Ukrainian missiles cannot reach Moscow, — WELT

Negotiations on a long-term cessation of war are likely to drag on for many months, perhaps even years.

🇪🇺🇺🇦 WSJ: European proposal stipulates that any territorial concession by Kyiv must be accompanied by “cast-iron security guarantees, including possible membership of Ukraine in NATO.”

The proposal also includes a demand for a ceasefire before any further steps. It specifies that territorial swaps are only possible on a reciprocal basis: if Ukraine withdraws troops from some regions, Russia must withdraw troops from others.

🇨🇳🇺🇸 China wants the US to ease export controls on a critical component for AI chips as part of a trade deal ahead of a possible summit between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping, — FT.

The Chinese pressure has raised concerns in Washington. FT reported last month that the Commerce Department had been ordered to freeze new export restrictions on China. Some officials have become increasingly concerned after Trump lifted his previous ban on H20 sales in July.

🤬 The Russians attacked the railway station in Synelnykovo, Dnipropetrovsk region, — Ukrzaliznytsia

🚂 Currently, all trains and electric trains through Synelnykovo have been canceled.

‼️ The Kremlin has no intention of returning territories in Kherson and Zaporizhzhia, where Russian military successes have secured a valuable land bridge to occupied Crimea, — WP

This is only a temporary ceasefire in exchange for territory. It is designed to give Putin a long-term advantage against Ukraine and the West.

☠️ Sabotage groups in Pokrovsk: out of 150 Russians, about 30 reached the city, - DeepState

🔄 The enemy formed tactical groups of 50 people each from three companies. The goal of the action was to create panic and force the units to flee the city, as it was in Selydove.

🥷 In total, the route from Selydove to Pokrovsk took the Russians 14 days. Communication, water and food were provided by drone drops. They used cloaks for camouflage and hid in random shelters.