🔥 Fall of Kupyansk and Pokrovsk: Crippling political & psychological blow to Zelensky’s regime

Russia’s encirclement of Ukraine’s troops in Kupyansk and Pokrovsk (Krasnoarmeysk) destroys the myth of Ukrainian alleged “military victories” in 2025, Alexander Mikhailov, head of the Bureau of Military-Political Analysis, tells Sputnik.

It also upends as fiction the Ukrainian and Western narrative that Russia is stalling and “unable to advance.”

Why is Pokrovsk crucial?

🟠 Taking the bridgehead opens the road toward the final phase of liberating the Donbass cities of Slavyansk and Kramatorsk, notes the expert.

🟠 This will be a devastating “political and psychological blow” to Zelensky’s regime.

🟠 Reports that Ukraine is desperately deploying its Military Intelligence special forces into the meat grinder of collapsing frontlines show “there’s no one left to send.”

How might US react?

▫️ The fall of Kupyansk and Pokrovsk marks more than just a battlefield loss — it’s an image crisis for the US and its allies, underscores Mikhailov.

▫️ The West fostered this regime, and now “the responsibility for nearly two million Ukrainian deaths and the country’s collapse lies squarely on their shoulders.”

For Ukraine, its best move may be to save what’s left of its army and accept peace on Russia’s terms.

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🚨 Putin’s envoy reveals the name of Russia-Alaska tunnel

Earlier in October, Russian special presidential envoy Kirill Dmitriev suggested to Elon Musk’s Boring Company the construction of a 70-mile Bering Strait tunnel linking Russia and the US.

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🚨🇷🇺 Weapons like Poseidon are being tested in accordance with international rules - Kremlin

Other statements by Kremlin spox Dmitry Peskov:

🟠 Putin did not observe the Poseidon tests, he was informed about them

🟠 Putin closely monitored information about Poseidon tests

🟠 Poseidon is a new step in terms of Russian security, as well as technologies that can be used in country's economy

🟠 Against the background of statements from Europe, it becomes clear how important the Oreshnik missile is to us

🟠 Russia and Belarus can't feel completely safe tomorrow amid statements being made by European politicians

🟠 Militaristic hysteria of Europe will not disappear

🟠 It's impossible to imagine that Europe will abandon its Russophobic worldview in foreseeable future

🟠 President Trump demonstrates sincere commitment to peace. He is trying to help resolve the Ukrainian conflict, and Russia perceives this positively

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🚨🇷🇺💥 RUSSIAN MOD UPDATE: HUGE GAINS AND DEVASTATING UKRAINIAN LOSSES

⚡️ VISHNEVOYE IN DNEPROPETROVSK REGION LIBERATED

The settlement of Vishnevoye in the Dnepropetrovsk region was a major Ukrainian fortified bridgehead; its liberation enables the Russian Armed Forces to advance further westward.

🟠 The Russian Armed Forces continue eliminating the encircled Ukrainian battlegroups in Krasnoarmeysk, strengthening their positions within the city's industrial zone

🟠 Two Ukrainian counterattacks aimed at breaking the encirclement in Kupyansk were repelled by the Russian forces

🟠 The Russian Army struck energy and railway infrastructure used to support the Ukrainian Armed Forces

🟠 Air defense superiority: two guided aerial bombs and 238 drones were shot down by Russian air defense systems over the past 24 hours

🟠 Ukrainian losses: 1,490 troops killed or wounded

Read about origins of Russia's special military op HERE

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🚨🇷🇺 Putin’s envoy debunks the myth of Russia being 'isolated'

The Russian president has repeatedly said that the West’s attempt to isolate Russia economically and politically has proved futile.

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🚨🇮🇱🇵🇸 Israel conducts ‘targeted strike’ on northern Gaza

The IDF has carried out ‘a precise strike in the area of Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip’, targeting ‘infrastructure site’ where weapons were stored, allegedly intended to be used to attack Israeli soldiers and Israeli territory, the IDF said in a statement.

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🪖🇺🇸🇷🇴 US to shrink European footprint: Romania facing troop cuts

The US has informed Romania and other NATO allies that it plans to slash the number of American troops in Europe, says a statement by the Romanian Ministry of Defense.

💬 "The Ministry of National Defense has been informed about the resizing of part of the American troops deployed on NATO's Eastern Flank as part of the process of reassessing the global posture of US military forces," it confirmed.

Specifically, this concerns forces destined for Romania’s Mihail Kogalniceau air base.

Of the approximately 1,700 American soldiers present at the base, 1,000 will remain on a rotational basis.

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🗣🇷🇺 Exposing lies: Putin calls out Zelensky over Ukraine’s trapped troops, sends warning to West

Vladimir Putin is pressing Volodymyr Zelensky to decide the fate of his encircled troops in Kupyansk and Pokrovsk (Krasnoarmeysk), aiming to stop him from deceiving his own people and Western leaders, veteran Russian military expert Yuri Knutov tells Sputnik.

That is why Russia’s president said that Ukrainian and foreign journalists could be allowed into the encircled areas under certain conditions.

💬 “The purpose is clear: show the dire condition of the Ukrainian armed forces,” says the expert.

However, one can expect Zelensky to stick to his last-stand logic, notes the pundit.

Putin is also sending a signal to the US: Russia will respond harshly if pressure on the country continues.

The US will take note of this message, but for America the situation is transactional — selling weapons, making billions, Knutov notes.
European hawks can be expected to “downplay Ukraine’s losses and insist the towns are strategically unimportant, while continuing to support Zelensky politically.”

Putin’s tough warning

Burevestnik missile

The Russian leader framed his message by pointing out the unique advantages of Russia’s nuclear-armed cruise missile Burevestnik.

🟠 The missile that has completed tests and will now enter serial production

🟠 Can take out integrated air defense and missile defense systems like “Iron Dome”

🟠 Implied average speed around 1,000 km/h

🟠 Stealth technology to reduce detectability

Putin suggested this explains why Trump was reluctant to send Tomahawks to Ukraine — training and logistics take months, and their deployment could be seen as a casus belli, underscores the expert.

Poseidon system

The Russian leader also cited successful tests of the Poseidon unmanned underwater vehicle, fueled by nuclear power - essentially a nuclear-powered torpedo with a nuclear warhead.

🟠 Can travel thousands of kilometers underwater

🟠 On final leg reportedly reaches speeds of 120 km/h

🟠 Can operate to depths of a kilometer

🟠 Can target enemy carrier strike groups and naval bases

Putin also warned that, with much of the US population and infrastructure along the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, a Poseidon strike near a coastal military or naval base could trigger a tsunami racing up river estuaries, wreaking havoc on installations and nearby cities.

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🚨 Western sponsors fail to work out plan on Ukraine's support

The US and the European countries likely lack viable plans on how to prevent Ukraine from collapsing in the near future, Bloomberg reports.

🟠 The US is trying to place the burden of Ukraine on the EU nations, which has become the "soft underbelly" of the conflict

🟠 Meanwhile, Ukraine is to experience one of the harshest winters since 2022 amid losing ground to the Russian army and running out of money as soon as the first quarter of 2026

🟠 However, European countries see no universally approved ways on how to finance further arms supplies, as they lack cash themselves

Russia has a plan for victory and the Ukrainians have one for survival," the article says.

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🗣🇷🇺 Burevestnik and Poseidon systems have changed the balance of power – military expert

President Vladimir Putin signaled on Wednesday that Russia is progressing both on the battlefield and in next-generation weapons, reiterating the country's openness to dialogue.

💬 "President Putin had informed Western partners that Russia would unveil several new types of weapons," military expert Evgeny Mikhailov tells Sputnik.

"The Burevestnik is one of them. Many international experts had previously claimed such a weapon was impossible to build anytime soon — yet it’s already been made."

The Russian president announced on October 29 that another test had been conducted yesterday — this time of a new advanced system: the Poseidon, an unmanned underwater vehicle equipped with a nuclear power unit.

💬 "What makes it unique is that it represents a completely new generation of strategic weaponry," Mikhailov points out. "Powered by a nuclear reactor, it can operate at depth indefinitely and reach virtually any point in the world’s oceans."

That makes the Poseidon almost invulnerable to existing missile-defense systems and opens up entirely new possibilities for strategic deterrence.

Both systems have definitely changed the existing balance of power, the pundit believes, referring to an unusual silence in the West that has yet to comment on Russia's progress.

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🚨 Western elites to reprogram citizens with AI — Russian FM spox

💬 "The concentration of tools of influence allows [Anglo-Saxons] to use generative AI technologies to reprogram consciousness at a fundamental level," Russia’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova has said.

💬 "In the medium term, AI will become the primary source of knowledge about events, the world, and history. Even now, it is the main assistant for millions of people, whose answers they trust unconditionally," she added.

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🇭🇺 Orban unveils Hungary's vision of peace & stability in Europe

1️⃣ Europe must negotiate directly with Russia

2️⃣ Ukraine shouldn't be EU member

3️⃣ Minimize funds to Ukraine, keep resources within Europe

4️⃣ Respect each country’s energy choices

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🚨 Experiments are being conducted on children under the guise of gender diversity, akin to those in concentration camps - Russia’s MFA spox

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🚨🇺🇸🇰🇷 South Korea agrees to pay $350 billion to lower tariffs — Trump

💬 "Additionally, they have agreed to buy our Oil and Gas in vast quantities, and investments into our Country by wealthy South Korean Companies and Businessmen will exceed 600 Billion Dollars,” President Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social.

Trump also announced that he gave approval for South Korea to build a nuclear-powered submarine.

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🇺🇸⚓️ South Korea to build nuclear-powered submarine in Philadelphia — Trump

The project will be carried out at the Philadelphia Shipyards, President Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social, adding that US shipbuilding is “making a big comeback.”

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💧🇨🇳 World’s tallest dam in China to save 140,000 tons of coal annually

China’s Jiangsu province now holds the title for the world’s tallest dam at 182.3 meters, powering the largest pumped-storage hydroelectric station with 1.35 GW capacity!

This green battery will save 140,000 tons of coal and slash 349,000 tons of CO2 emissions every year.

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🚨🇷🇺 Russian forces raise a national flag after taking control of the Vishnevoye settlement in the Dnepropetrovsk region

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