A young Russian serviceman, who voluntarily went to the war in Ukraine, and nearly lost all of his vision in Bakhmut, is asking TikTok, YouTube, and Vladimir Putin to help him as his command wants to send him back to fight in Ukraine. He doesn't really mind, just don't have the health for it anymore.

https://twitter.com/UKikaski/status/1726549052320526349

76 Russian soldiers are reported to have been killed in a Ukrainian attack in the Kherson region after being used as bait – or 'living targets' – by their commanders.

https://twitter.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/1726215800422531339

https://twitter.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/1726215804243308681

https://twitter.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/1726215808752418986

7/ An investigation is said to be underway, but "an attempt is being made to conceal the fact of an obviously criminal order from the group’s command, due to which the military personnel found themselves in the role of a living target." /end

The incredible military career of Russian officer Stanislav Rybin:

His family sold their last cow to buy him boots. He volunteered for the war, got into a colony for fighting with his senior, his family racked up a huge debt on their credit card to pay for a lawyer, joined "Storm-Z" and died in Ukraine near Donetsk.

And the cow cannot be brought back...

"From the very beginning, Stanislav's mother tried to talk him out of joining the war, but he responded by asking, 'Mom, who else but me?' His father, a sergeant in the reserve, was proud of his son. In September 2022, his parents sold their last cow for 32,000 rubles ($346) to buy thermal underwear, a sleeping bag, and boots for their son. Four months later, they charged three times that amount from their credit card to pay the lawyer who defended their son in court. They will also bury their son themselves - "for now everything is at our own expense, except for the airplane, but then we don't know"".

https://twitter.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/...551637374767246

The wreckage of another Ukrainian Switchblade 600 loitering munition posted by a Russian channel.

https://twitter.com/RALee85/status/1725947056106139712

A woman tried to set fire to a military registration and enlistment office in the Kaliningrad region

https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1726163682802213227

North Korean ammunition is reported to have a4% failure rate. The most common is poor fit between the barrel and shell allowing gases to escape through the gap. This can result in catastrophic barrel failure. Apparently NK delivered 1,000,000 of these beauties.

https://twitter.com/estersasterisk/status/1...058611640545329

Southwest of Avdiivka, Russian armored forces attempted to assault across open terrain toward Ukrainian positions.

As seen below, they ran into Ukrainian forces from the 116th Mechanized Brigade, who put accurate drone-spotted fire onto the Russian formation.

https://twitter.com/Osinttechnical/status/1...027321658716638

Pro-Russian miliblogger Romanov is now gradually admitting that the situation is looking less and less good for the Russians in Krynky.

"The enemy advanced to the west and into the forest in the southwest. The enemy's advance became possible as a result of 'regrouping without a fight'. In total, 250 military personnel of the Ukrainian Armed Forces are present in the settlement."

https://twitter.com/odanberto/status/1726173262076616925

The 53rd mechanized showing work in the Avdiivka direction. Numerous attacks have been repelled while fighting continues.

https://twitter.com/Stefan09363709/status/1...211136637268172

More Chinese Desertcross-1000-3 ATVs in Russian service. Reportedly in the Krynky area.

https://twitter.com/RALee85/status/1725964051669295330

It's been awhile since I made a visual chart of both Russian military casualties and Ukrainian military and civilian casualties using statistical averages from Pentagon leak and NYT articles from earlier in the year see original breakdown in tweet below, so I decided to do an updated version on day 633 of the Russo-Ukraine War.
Also added OHCHR data from October 2023 and Ukraine MOD figures to both charts. As always take it with a grain of salt since we don't have definitive figures for either side and this is just using averages.

https://twitter.com/Schizointel/status/1726134965341954273

Frontline report: Ukrainian forces storm Russian barracks in night raid
Ukrainian soldiers used night vision, silencers, and grenades to kill dozens of sleeping Russian troops in a daring operation on the southern front

https://twitter.com/kvistp/status/1725916360574710234

The ZSU have retaken high ground positions atop a large spoil tip in extreme northwestern Horlivka.

This is the first time Ukrainian forces have held such positions since late 2014.

https://twitter.com/IntelCrab/status/1725919754492239921

Russian infantryman vs Ukrainian FPV

https://twitter.com/SirWinston85/status/1726063190423876010

Russian occupiers mock the trench mice

These bastards use the mice caught in the trenches as targets for shooting, and just for fun, they organize their "public execution".

https://twitter.com/nexta_tv/status/1726632889088139341

Russians note Ukrainian counter-attacks in Avdiivka. Any Russian advance is achieved with "considerable effort", i.e. losses.

https://twitter.com/wartranslated/status/1726516164833292569

As promised, the video from the Andriikva-Kurdumivka area is now available.

The footage is grim, starkly portraying the harsh reality of war. It's challenging to fully grasp the extent of the atrocities that the invaders inflict upon the neighboring nation in their ruthless quest for conquest. Even as brutal russian invaders lose their lives, another group is being prepared to enter the relentless conflict—a cycle that our troops will have to face once again tomorrow.

The Ukrainian defenders are weary, yet they persist in their duty. It is crucial for us to stand behind them and offer our support.

https://twitter.com/Teoyaomiquu/status/1726754890360197218

Russian Ka-52 helicopter destroys a Russian MT-LB in Novomykhaylyvka ??

https://twitter.com/wartranslated/status/1726893879843033574

Near the M-14 highway south of Krynky, Russian soldiers are complaining about the use of FPV drones against them.

"The equipment is burnt. FPVs are hitting. It's impossible to drive. But today the weather is on our side."

Don't cry Ivan.

https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1727000260143382763

Ukrainian sniper fires at a Russian serviceman while covering advance of another Ukrainian soldier in the Bakhmut direction. UAR-10 with thermal imaging was used.

"Liut'" National Police Brigade.

https://twitter.com/wartranslated/status/1726523392936103967