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Ukrainian forces retook Perebudova, Komar, and Fedorivka on the Oleksandrivka axis, prompting Russia to divert marines and tanks for defense, ISW reports.

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This week Putin said that It has become obvious to everyone that defeating Russia on the battlefield is impossible. Shortly thereafter President Trump stated that the Russian Army just keeps grinding forward and that it was time for Ukraine to make a deal. But the Russian soldiers fighting this war have a different perspective with one last week saying, “what’s going on at the front is a mess. They tell us everything is fine, but it's not true.”

In fact October is on track to be the deadliest month for the Russian military of the entire war and so far this year, the ‘unstoppable Russian Army’ has only taken a meager 76 square kilometers of territory.

You have to seriously wonder about who you should trust when the media leans more heavily into russian propaganda narratives about the inevitability of their success than russian military bloggers do....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M25vDZKPKn0

At the heart of the problem is an incomplete privatization model. Mass privatization transferred individual apartments to residents but left buildings without the legal, financial, or institutional mechanisms needed to manage and maintain them as shared property. The state also failed to deliver on its promise to finance the first round of major repairs, leaving a growing backlog of renovations.

Meanwhile, housing policy largely ignored the rental market, leaving it poorly regulated, while privatization steadily depleted the municipal housing stock.

As demand for rental housing grows, most of Ukraine's rental market remains informal, operating outside the formal housing system. IDPs, who make up a significant share of renters, face not only high housing costs but also legal uncertainty because of informal rental agreements. War-related destruction has deepened these challenges, compounding longstanding structural problems. Addressing both the immediate consequences of the war and the housing sector's deeper flaws requires fundamental changes in how housing is provided and managed. Reform is no longer optional, but a structural necessity.

Municipalities must balance three competing priorities: meeting the immediate housing needs of displaced and vulnerable residents, repairing and renovating existing homes before they deteriorate beyond repair, and rebuilding housing destroyed by the war.

All three demand the same limited municipal resources, staff capacity, and political attention. At the same time, cities must align their efforts with national reforms and seek funding from a fragmented donor landscape.

"The local housing strategies we are developing with the pilot cities within the SUR project take a bottom-up approach to build a comprehensive picture of local housing conditions. They bring into municipal planning perspectives that have often been overlooked: housing market monitoring, assessments of existing housing stock, analysis of needs across population groups, including IDPs, and structural problems in housing stock management," Popova said.

The diagnostic process and subsequent recommendations for housing strategies translate competing needs and priorities into a structured, evidence-based plan of action. They provide a basis for inclusive local debate and help bring fragmented resources and capacities together around shared goals. Zhytomyr, Kremenchuk, and other cities participating in the SUR project are demonstrating that this is possible even under current conditions.

Ukraine used Storm Shadow/SCALP cruise missiles and long range drones to strike Russian military production sites in Omsk, Tolyatti, Oryol, Yelets, and Gorodets. Zelensky says speed limits on Starlink and Starshield have been lifted as Elon Musk promotes conspiracies and claims Ukraine is a money laundering country for the Democrats in America.

https://mod.gov.ua/en/news/total-russian-combat-losses-in-ukraine-as-of-october-26-2026

The Ministry of Defence of Ukraine outlines what a kill chain is and how AI helps make enemy target engagement even more effective.

Elon Musk admitted that his company, SpaceX, purposely restricted Ukraine's internet access because they were using it "to kill people" in its war with Russia.

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Drones attacked Russia’s Perm Krai on Oct. 25, hitting a chemical and metallurgical enterprise in Berezniki whose products are used in military aircraft, aircraft engines, missile systems and space technology, according to the Telegram channel Exilenova+.  

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https://mod.gov.ua/en/news/total-russian-combat-losses-in-ukraine-as-of-october-25-2026