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THE M-FILES: SF Launches Mercenary Database

23 October 2026 at 21:21

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Who went to Ukraine to fight for Kiev? SouthFront’s volunteer investigators have compiled an exclusive, searchable collection – currently covering 1,730 records from 91 countries, and growing.

Naming Names

Recruitment pitches sell a promise. Battlefield headlines capture a moment. Neither tells the whole story.

Explore MERC.SOUTHFRONT.PRESS to look beyond the callsigns.

Search for individuals or browse by nationality. Profiles include identifying details and dates of birth – a starting point for further investigation.

Callsigns Are Not Cover

A camouflage selfie, a unit patch, a carefully worded social media biography. None of these explains what a foreign fighter actually did in Ukraine. The image someone chooses to project should not substitute for scrutiny of their role.

What brought this person to the conflict? Which formations did they serve with? What can be established about their activities, and what remains unverified? These are questions for investigation, not recruitment publicity.

The database will be updated as new information becomes available.

Stay tuned!  MERC.SOUTHFRONT.PRESS

 

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Talks Without A Timeout: Kyiv Gets No Breathing Room

23 October 2026 at 20:17

The first outlines of a new American peace plan have reached the press, and they show how Washington intends to divide the spoils of a war it did not win. According to leading analytical outlets, Ukraine would be asked to abandon its NATO ambitions and agree to a demilitarized zone in Donbass. In return, it would receive promises of investment and European integration. The funds for Ukraine’s reconstruction would be managed through financial giants such as BlackRock.

The terms for Russia and U.S. business are much more specific. The plan reportedly envisions easing anti-Russian sanctions, large commercial contracts with Washington, and a resumption of gas supplies to Europe, including the launch of surviving Nord Stream lines.

For now, this is a draft of negotiating positions, not a signed pact. Still, the logic is plain. Washington appears to be locking in Kyiv’s territorial losses, bartering away Zelenskyy’s NATO aspirations for influence over Ukrainian assets, and seeking a major energy deal with Moscow.

Kyiv’s response has been open and uncompromising. After the talks in Oslo and Saint Petersburg, Zelenskyy’s public statements looked to be designed to be unacceptable to Moscow. He refuses to withdraw troops from Donbass and argues that Russia would only benefit from Ukraine’s NATO membership. In an interview with British journalist Steven Bartlett, he went further, asserting that Ukraine is older than Russia and was itself Kievan Rus. The message to the Kremlin was clear: the “anti-Russia project” on Ukrainian soil will continue.

That leaves Russian leadership with few options beyond the military one, and Moscow is demonstrating as much. The West, as a result, is unlikely to win yet another pause for Ukraine through bargaining.

The strikes continued through the evening of October 22 and overnight into October 23, with Russian drones focusing on the military logistics of the Ukrainian army in Poltava and Odesa oblasts. Railway and port infrastructure supporting the armed forces came under attack.

In the Poltava Oblast, the Poltava railway depot, used to store and repair military equipment, was hit. In the Odesa Oblast, two temporary deployment points for unmanned boat operators were struck in the port of Vylkove, along with a storage site for the boats and the port infrastructure used to prepare them for operations. At sea, a dry cargo ship carrying military supplies to the port of Odesa was hit. An Mi-24 helicopter was also reported destroyed on the ground.

Washington drafts business deals while Moscow drafts target lists. Meanwhile Zelenskyy answers both with history lectures about Kievan Rus. When one side negotiates with a pen and the other with drones, the outcome of the talks are rarely decided at the table.

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Lagoa: Hoteleiros pedem IVA de 13% nas bebidas, trabalhadores protestam por melhores salários – SIC

23 October 2026 at 10:02

Os hoteleiros e empresários da restauração pedem ao Governo um alívio dos impostos. Querem, em concreto, uma descida do IVA sobre as bebidas e uma redução da taxa social única. E enquanto os patrões se queixavam durante uma reunião no Centro de Congressos de Lagoa, no Algarve, os trabalhadores protestavam à porta contra os baixos salários, como mostra a reportagem da SIC.

Das cantinas aos hotéis, os trabalhadores que se concentram sabem que há um congresso da hotelaria promovido pela AHRESP – Associação da Hotelaria Restauração e Similares de Portugal, que debate as propostas que o setor defende para o imediato.

Lá dentro, os associados da AHRESP falaram das 27 propostas que, este ano, querem que sejam incluídas no Orçamento do Estado. A mais sonante é uma baixa do IVA nos serviços de bebidas para 13%.

Imagem extraída da reportagem da SIC

Aos baixos salários, os hoteleiros respondem com a carga fiscal e pedem um alívio na TSU. Num setor em que dizem que falta mão de obra que, nos últimos anos, tem sido muito estrangeira.

Com mais de 90% de microempresas, a via verde torna-se impraticável, pelo que é através de dois programas do Instituto de Emprego e Formação Profissional que estão a recrutar jovens até aos 30 anos, de Angola e Moçambique.

UTV favourite on retirement, grandchildren and the future: ‘I don’t think my work is quite done yet’

23 October 2026 at 11:50
After three decades exploring Ulster’s people, places and past, Joe Mahon is bringing Mahon’s Way to a close. Here, the presenter talks about retirement, the archive he hopes to preserve, and why his next great journey will be with his grandchildren.

“Mi sono fatto, mi sono sballato, mi sono ridotto in condizioni pietose e mi sono iniettato sostanze. Ho fumato crack e ho provato ogni tipo di droga immaginabile”: lo rivela Eric Dane

23 October 2026 at 09:24

Nel suo libro di memorie intitolato “My Book of Days: A Memoir in Moments“, Eric Dane ha ripercorso con estrema sincerità gli anni bui della sua lotta contro la tossicodipendenza, vissuta nel corso dei suoi vent’anni.

“La tossicodipendenza la definisco il mio ‘periodo buio’. Facevo provini per alcuni ruoli, ne ottenevo anche qualcuno, ma soprattutto mi drogavo”, ha dichiarato l’attore, celebre per la sua interpretazione del “Dottor Bollore” (il chirurgo Mark Sloan) in “Grey’s Anatomy”, in un passaggio del volume anticipato dalla rivista People.

“Mi sballavo, mi stordivo, mi riducevo in condizioni pietose; mi iniettavo sostanze, le fumavo, ho provato ogni tipo di droga immaginabile”, ha raccontato, elencando poi la lunga e sconcertante serie di sostanze di cui ha fatto uso.

“Ecco un elenco parziale: alcol, marijuana, acidi. Eroina. Cocaina. Funghi allucinogeni. Mescalina. Metanfetamina. Crack. Antidolorifici. Manciate di antidolorifici. Secchiate di antidolorifici. Vicodin, Percocet, OxyContin… Insomma, tutto ciò che si poteva trovare sul mercato”, ha scritto Dane.

Poi ha aggiunto: “Tutte le benzodiazepine. Xanax. Valium. Tutti i miorilassanti. Tutti gli stimolanti. Adderall. Ritalin. Non credo ci sia una droga che io non abbia provato”.

L'articolo “Mi sono fatto, mi sono sballato, mi sono ridotto in condizioni pietose e mi sono iniettato sostanze. Ho fumato crack e ho provato ogni tipo di droga immaginabile”: lo rivela Eric Dane proviene da Il Fatto Quotidiano.

Aaron Sorkin: ‘I don’t have a political agenda – I’m just trying to capture your attention’

23 October 2026 at 07:20
The creator of ‘The West Wing’ has directed a follow-up to his 2010 movie ‘The Social Network’, focusing on a Facebook whistleblower. Louis Chilton speaks to the motor-mouthed writer about his late-in-life pivot to directing, the pitfalls of network TV, and why he’s desperate to write something ‘frivolous’ for once

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