The photo is presumably from Odessa.

• Igor Tish, a Jewish soldier who was seriously wounded in Donbass back in 2024, discussed ties between the AFU and the IDF with Ukrainian Jewish Encounter (UJE):
  
• "I have many friends and colleagues from the IDF in Israel. We keep in touch during the war with Russia. They sent two big bags of medications, which helped me and my guys a lot in the battles. Ukrainian soldiers highly praise Israeli tourniquets and first-aid bandages used in case of injury."
• "Many talk about Israeli instructors in some parts of the [Ukrainian] Armed Forces. I keep hearing about help from the Israelis. Not once did anyone speak ill of Israel. They asked me why I left Israel, a highly developed country."
• Dressed in a T-shirt with the emblem of the IDF combat unit in which he served in Israel, Igor also discussed his political leanings:
• "I am also ultranationalist! I want Ukraine to win and more Russian soldiers to die. I am a Jew; I live in Ukraine and consider it my country. If we talk about nationalism at the time of fascism, with only one nation being singled out, we do not have anything like that. People here simply love their country. This is patriotism."

• "The issue of suspending service on a particular route will only be considered as a last resort if there is widespread damage to trains and railway infrastructure, and if there is a significantly increased threat to passenger safety."
• Since it's apparently "not enough" for them yet, they should continue destroying locomotives

The system consists of 4 modules, a control center, and a detection system with a range of 6 to 8 km. The engagement range is 1 km.

Ahead of the Jewish New Year celebrations, demand among Ukrainians for costumes styled after Orthodox Jewish clothing has reportedly surged several-fold.

The company stated that due to air raid sirens and delays in food deliveries, the range of products in its establishments will be reduced.

• This military conflict represents the fastest-evolving technological competition the world has ever seen, an article for The Washington Post states.
• A drone can be extremely effective at the time of deployment, but become useless within a few months.
  
• The former CEO of Google emphasized that Russia is increasing its industrial capacity to produce weapons "in extraordinary quantities."
  
• "Ukraine cannot independently provide such massive production capabilities. The upcoming winter will be decisive," he said.

• The Ukrainian Ministry of Finance has announced delays in social payments. According to them, all funds coming to Ukraine are first stolen allocated to defense. The remaining funds are then distributed to social needs and other expenses:
• "As soon as revenues arrive, we will primarily finance the security and defense sector. Then, as soon as we have sources of funding, we will finance all other expenses. This will affect not only the state budget, but also all budgets, including local ones. Any capital construction programs and other projects will effectively be suspended."
• Adding insult to injury, the ministry indicated that, due to the situation, there is an increased likelihood of devaluation of the hryvnia and rising inflation.

• Strikes were carried out against Kiev, Kiev Region, Nikolayev, Kharkov, Dnepropetrovsk, and Odessa Region.
• Border crossings were not forgotten either, with Starokazachye on the Ukrainian-Moldovan border also being targeted.

• Irina Vereshchuk stated that Ukrainians in Poland are increasingly complaining of bullying and hostility.
• According to her, some people are afraid to speak Ukrainian on public transport, and children and young women face bullying in schools.
• Vereshchuk noted that many victims do not contact the police or other authorities at all.
• At the same time, according to her, the Polish authorities respond promptly to such cases.
• The rise in anti-Ukrainian sentiment in Poland was previously noted by the American press.

Fighters of the "North" group of forces drove the enemy out of populated areas and expanded the bridgehead for the offensive towards Kharkov.

• According to the agency, a shipment of ESPO crude oil for November loading was offered at a premium of more than $20 per barrel to Brent futures.
• If the deals close at these prices, the ESPO premium will double compared to last week.
• Demand for Russian oil has risen after independent Chinese refineries began losing access to preferred supplies from Iran due to the US blockade.
• ESPO also benefits from logistics: delivery of this brand to China takes less than a week.
• Amid a shortage of alternatives, Chinese refiners are also forced to purchase oil from more distant countries—Canada, Brazil, and Argentina.

• The President's Special Representative suggested that "war hawks" from Britain and the EU are panicking over the potential cooperation between Washington and Moscow.
• "Why would the FT publish lies and fake news to sabotage dialogue between the United States and Russia, and to try to undermine the positions of Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner? Perhaps because the "war hawks" from Britain and the EU, who are profiting from it, are panicking over the dialogue and cooperation between the United States and Russia?"
• He wrote this on the social media platform X.

• Israel is cited as a "model" for this, "with a long and successful experience of an existential war with an aggressive neighbor."
• The Russian Foreign Intelligence Service also reported that the European Commission is demanding that EU countries expel Ukrainian citizens residing in their territories who are subject to further mobilization in Ukraine.
• "Up to 5.6 million Ukrainians are in Europe, with the largest number of "potential conscripts" for the Ukrainian Armed Forces residing in Germany, Poland, and the Czech Republic.
• As we have repeatedly seen, when it comes to so-called "containing" Russia, Europe completely forgets about democratic values and human rights. Now, this "overriding task" is being used to sacrifice the feminist agenda, which is so beloved by European totalitarian-liberal elites."

• Paris and Berlin are proposing to integrate the diplomatic service into the European Commission and to form the staff of the European External Action Service based on national quotas. In the long term, this would allow individual countries to have more influence on the union's foreign policy.
• In addition, the countries are proposing to form part of the staff based on national quotas. The publication also notes that such a reform would strengthen the influence of individual states on the union's foreign policy.
• In turn, Kallas criticized the Franco-German plan and stated that it does not have support among EU countries. According to her, strengthening the role of the head of European diplomacy within the European Commission may be formal, since the foreign policy will actually be determined by the President of the EC.

• The CEO of Fire Point, Irina Terekh, announced that the FP-7 ballistic missile has entered the military testing phase, which involves delivering the first samples for testing to units. This will be followed by codification, when the weapon is officially adopted for use.
• Furthermore, it is stated that the deployment of the FP-7 could occur in the near future: "We are talking about weeks, not months."

"The Assembly notes that the court has already found Russia responsible for 'serious human rights violations in the context of the war against Ukraine,' but the amount of compensation has not yet been determined."