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#nafo #osint #hedgehog Just a hedgehog that follows the war in Ukraine. I post stuff I find interesting. I sometimes write newsletter about the war, I am bad at keeping up with it. Very little fluff, almost exclusively war stuff

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VCC-1s are like M113s, but upgraded and Italian.

β€œAnother echelon of Italian VCC-1 armored personnel carriers and M548 tracked cargo transporters.

Signed as the city of Turin, which is in northern Italy

These vehicles, like the previous trains, are likely headed to Ukraine.”

01.11.2025 02:22 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Drone strike on Russia is still ongoing.
β€œdiagram/visualization as of 01.11.25 03:38
Kyiv time.”

01.11.2025 02:15 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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To honor the dead ammunition factory workers, Russian citizens covered a tank with flowers.

01.11.2025 02:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Moscow Will Burn - Europe’s Strongest Warning to Putin
YouTube video by Ukraine Matters Moscow Will Burn - Europe’s Strongest Warning to Putin

Moscow Will Burn - Europe’s Strongest Warning to Putin youtu.be/J9niN4jiRig?...

31.10.2025 22:34 β€” πŸ‘ 65    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Breaking: Ukrainian Intelligence Launches Airborne Operation inΒ Pokrovsk Ukrainian special forces have initiated a complex airborne operation in Pokrovsk to regain strategically significant areas previously claimed by Russia.

Supposedly Budanov, the head of Ukraine’s GUR is in the Pokrovsk area overseeing counteroffensive operations, which included a helicopter landing in territory russia claimed to have captured already

united24media.com/latest-news/...

31.10.2025 22:39 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Damage visible at the Kopeysk Plastmass factory in Russia. It makes/made ammunition

31.10.2025 22:22 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Moscow has been plunged into darkness. Happy Halloween, Moskva

31.10.2025 22:17 β€” πŸ‘ 53    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m hoping against all odds that they hit russian air defense emplacements. Not very likely but if you can burn those up, other attacks become so much easier and we could then see missile strikes on major russian industry

31.10.2025 21:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Supposedly the russians are claiming up to 700 drones are in their airspace. They seem to be heading towards Moscow

31.10.2025 20:51 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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Reportedly a russian soldier in Civilian clothes in Pokrovsk. Another War crime.

31.10.2025 20:46 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Update on the drone attack on Russia

31.10.2025 20:43 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Helo landing was geolocated. On the front lines, not behind them

31.10.2025 20:20 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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New map of the drone strike currently underway against Russia. Kinda dense attack

31.10.2025 19:42 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Explosion heard in Belgorod

31.10.2025 19:23 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Ukrainian helicopter raid into Russian-held territory
"Ukraine launched a counteroffensive near Pokrovsk to regain control over logistics lines, β€” journalist from The Economist.

According to his information, GUR helicopters and special forces landed directly in areas that Russia claims to control."

31.10.2025 19:18 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Ukrainian fighter jet pilot drinking coffee in the cockpit

31.10.2025 19:08 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Russian drone monitor reporting a huge drone attack is underway

31.10.2025 19:04 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Another Ukrainian drone strike underway against Russia

"...This scheme is built based on aggregated publicly available data, which is not verified at the time of publication.

Scheme/visualization as of 31.10.25 20:17
Kyiv time."

31.10.2025 18:38 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
    From 11:00 MSK on September 30 to 16:00 MSK on October 31, air defense duty forces over the territory of the Russian Federation intercepted and destroyed 3582+ Ukrainian fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles:

    1 - 715+ UAVs over Belgorod region.
    2 - 601+ UAVs over Bryansk region.
    3 - 283+ UAVs over Kursk region.
    4 - 277+ UAVs over Rostov region.
    5 - 265+ UAVs Crimea
    6 - 263+ UAVs over Voronezh region.
    7 - 163+ UAVs over Kaluga region.
    8 - 125+ UAVs over Tula region.
    9 - 110+ UAVs over Volgograd region.
    10 - 95+ UAVs over Moscow region.
    11 - 81+ UAVs over Nizhny Novgorod region.
    12 - 50+ UAVs over Oryol region.
    13 - 39+ UAVs over Saratov region.
    14 - 36+ UAVs over Ryazan region.
    15 - 29+ UAVs over Krasnodar territory.
    16 - 26+ UAVs over Astrakhan region.
    17 - 24+ UAVs over Lipetsk region.
    18 - 22+ UAVs over Novgorod region.
    19 - 22+ UAVs over Tambov region.
    20 - 20+ UAVs over Smolensk region.

From 11:00 MSK on September 30 to 16:00 MSK on October 31, air defense duty forces over the territory of the Russian Federation intercepted and destroyed 3582+ Ukrainian fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles: 1 - 715+ UAVs over Belgorod region. 2 - 601+ UAVs over Bryansk region. 3 - 283+ UAVs over Kursk region. 4 - 277+ UAVs over Rostov region. 5 - 265+ UAVs Crimea 6 - 263+ UAVs over Voronezh region. 7 - 163+ UAVs over Kaluga region. 8 - 125+ UAVs over Tula region. 9 - 110+ UAVs over Volgograd region. 10 - 95+ UAVs over Moscow region. 11 - 81+ UAVs over Nizhny Novgorod region. 12 - 50+ UAVs over Oryol region. 13 - 39+ UAVs over Saratov region. 14 - 36+ UAVs over Ryazan region. 15 - 29+ UAVs over Krasnodar territory. 16 - 26+ UAVs over Astrakhan region. 17 - 24+ UAVs over Lipetsk region. 18 - 22+ UAVs over Novgorod region. 19 - 22+ UAVs over Tambov region. 20 - 20+ UAVs over Smolensk region.

The Russians claim they have shot down at least 3582 Ukrainian drones over Russian airspace in the September 30-October 31 time frame. Possibly/probably exaggerated, but interesting claims nonetheless

31.10.2025 18:35 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Building located here.

31.10.2025 17:55 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A Ukrainian Su-27 dropped GBU-62s on a building in Kupiansk that was occupied by the Russians.

31.10.2025 17:55 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The place they were when they were being bombed and then surrendered

31.10.2025 17:50 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Russians being bombed and surrendering. They were successfully taken captive.

31.10.2025 17:50 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Location of the substation and a map showing how it connects to the power grid

31.10.2025 17:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Novobryanska 750kv substation being hit
"PS "Novobryanska" ( ~98.1 km from DCU ) β€” Bryansk region. Substation with voltage 220 / 110 / 10 kV, equipped with four power transformers, part of the energy hub 750/500/220/110/10 kV in Vygonichi."

31.10.2025 17:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Damage to the power plant's cooling tower is visible

31.10.2025 17:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Orlovskaya power plant being hit.
" Oryol TPP ( ~174 km from DCU ) β€” Oryol region. Electric capacity β€” 330 MW, thermal β€” 725 Gcal/h. Provides up to 65% of the city of Oryol's heating needs."

31.10.2025 17:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Post image πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦βš“οΈ The units of the Ukrainian Navy launched an accurate missile strike with Neptune cruise missiles on the Orlovska TPP and the Novobryanska electrical substation.

Both facilities supplied power to military enterprises in the region, so putting them out of operation is a serious blow to the occupiers' logistics.

Ukrainian military continue to demonstrate that no enemy rear is safe πŸ’ͺ

πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦βš“οΈ The units of the Ukrainian Navy launched an accurate missile strike with Neptune cruise missiles on the Orlovska TPP and the Novobryanska electrical substation. Both facilities supplied power to military enterprises in the region, so putting them out of operation is a serious blow to the occupiers' logistics. Ukrainian military continue to demonstrate that no enemy rear is safe πŸ’ͺ

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Ukraine's Navy reported that they used Neptune missiles to strike the Orlovska TPP and the Novobryanska electrical substation last night.
"🟒Orlobskaya TPP - 173 km from the borders of Ukraine;
🟒Substation - 82 km from the borders of Ukraine."

31.10.2025 17:00 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Russian MTLB with a UMZ mine layer mounted on it. Sort of like an MLRS that shoots mines over a short distance.

31.10.2025 06:43 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Russians tried to mine a road with a PMN-4 anti-personnel mine, instead it accidentally exploded on impact.

31.10.2025 05:50 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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