• Russian strikes destroyed targets in the Sumy, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson, Vinnytsia, Volyn, Zhytomyr, Kyiv, Odesa, Rivne, Ternopil, Chernihiv regions, and the DPR;
• According to the Ukrainian Air Force, Russian forces attacked Ukraine with 153 strike UAVs;
• Russian forces struck the Epicentr logistics centre, a distribution centre, and the Vasishchevo logistics terminal in the Kharkiv region;
• Russian forces struck a dry cargo ship in the port of Chornomorsk;
• Ukrainian losses amounted to approximately 1,145 personnel over the past 24 hours.

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• Russian forces advanced in the southern part of Belozerskoye;
• Russian forces took control of Veseloye Pole and Bokovoye;
• Russian forces advanced near Mirovoe.

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• Russian forces advanced in the eastern part of Kondratovka;
• Russian forces advanced in the area of Raiskoye.

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• During the past night, Russian air defenses destroyed 532 Ukrainian drones in the rear regions;
• Russian air defenses intercepted UAVs in the following regions: Belgorod, Bryansk, Kursk, Voronezh, Tula, Oryol, Lipetsk, Kaluga, Ryazan, Rostov, Saratov, Samara, Penza, Volgograd, and Ulyanovsk; in the Moscow region; in Perm Krai and Krasnodar Krai; in the Republics of Tatarstan, Adygea, Mari El, Crimea, and Udmurtia; and over the Sea of Azov;
• Ukrainian strikes killed one civilian and injured 14 others in Belgorod. Houses, cars, social, and commercial facilities were damaged;
• A Ukrainian drone attacked a minivan in the Bryansk region. Two people were killed, and two were injured;
• Over the past 24 hours, one person was killed, and five more civilians were injured in the DPR.

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• Iranian air defenses shot down a U.S. LUCAS drone near Bandar Abbas on October 25;
• Commercial traffic through the Strait of Hormuz remained severely restricted, with only three commercial crossings recorded in the 24 hours to October 25, compared with a pre-crisis average of about 85 per day.

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• The death toll from Saudi airstrikes has reached 193 martyrs and 468 wounded, according to the Sanaa-based government’s Ministry of Health;
• The Yemeni army (Ansar Allah) reportedly targeted Saudi’s East-West oil pipeline and pumping stations, an Aramco facility in Yanbu and the Rabigh refinery;
• Saudi Arabia reported intercepting 10 ballistic missiles targeting its southern regions on October 25, alongside additional missiles and drones aimed at other locations.

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• Russian strikes destroyed targets in the Sumy, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson, Kyiv, Lviv, Odesa, Vinnytsia, Chernihiv, Volyn, Rivne, Ternopil, Zhytomyr regions, and the DPR;
• According to the Ukrainian Air Force, Russian forces attacked Ukraine with 126 strike UAVs;
• Russian forces struck a UAV workshop in Chornomorsk and a dry cargo ship in Odesa;
• Russian forces struck energy infrastructure and an industrial facility in Kharkiv;
• Ukrainian losses amounted to approximately 1,190 troops over the past 24 hours.

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• Russian forces advanced in the Lukyanovskoye area.

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• Russian forces advanced southwest of Andreyevka;
• Russian forces advanced north of Novoandreyevka and reached Roganskoye along the bank of the Vesko River.

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• During the past night, Russian air defenses destroyed 616 Ukrainian drones in the rear regions;
• Russian air defenses intercepted UAVs in the Belgorod, Bryansk, Volgograd, Voronezh, Kaluga, Kirov, Kursk, Lipetsk, Oryol, Penza, Rostov, Ryazan, Samara, Saratov, Smolensk, Tambov, Tula, and Ulyanovsk regions, the Moscow region, the Republic of Crimea, the Republic of Tatarstan, Krasnodar Krai, and over the waters of the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea;
• Ukrainian strikes caused a blackout in Sevastopol, Alushta, Yalta, Sudak, and Yevpatoria in the Crimean Peninsula;
• Ukrainian strikes reportedly targeted the petrochemical plant in the Samara region;
• Ukrainian strikes reportedly targeted a substation in the Rostov region;
• Ukrainian strikes killed a woman in the Bryansk region.

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It’s been many years since the continent seemed more spectral, and its people more vulnerable, than it does now.

O Presidente dos EUA, Donald Trump, afirmou esta quarta-feira que contactou Sundar Pichai, CEO da Google, para lhe propor a alteração do nome do oceano Atlântico para “Oceano das Américas” ou “Oceano Trump” no Google Maps. Durante um comício na Carolina do Sul, Trump referiu ter ponderado atribuir o seu nome ou a designação “América” a um dos dois oceanos que banham os EUA — o Atlântico e o Pacífico. “Falei com um tipo brilhante, o Sundar. Ele dirige toda a Google”, disse Trump, referindo-se ao CEO da empresa. O presidente também se referiu a Sergey Brin, cofundador da Google,

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• Russian strikes destroyed targets in the Sumy, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson, Kyiv, Volyn, Odesa, Khmelnytskyi, Lviv, Vinnytsia, Zhytomyr, Rivne, Cherkasy, Kirovohrad, Mykolaiv regions, and the DPR;
• According to the Ukrainian Air Force, Russian forces attacked Ukraine with Iskander-M/S-400/Zircon/Oniks missiles and 186 strike UAVs;
• Russian forces struck an aviation industry assembly enterprise (Antonov State Enterprise), a warehouse complex (Khladokombinat No. 3), an industrial enterprise, a UAV depot, the Yuzhnyi road and rail bridge, and the Novokiyevskaya 330 kV substation in Khotiv in the Kyiv region;
• Russian forces struck infrastructure facilities of the Kiliya port and a dry cargo ship in the port of Odesa;
• Russian forces struck two dry cargo ships at sea delivering cargo to the ports of Odesa and Chornomorsk;
• Russian forces struck the Zhytomyrska 330 kV substation in Zhytomyr;
• Russian forces struck gas stations, cars, and power grids in the Kharkiv region;
• Russian forces struck the Epicenter shopping center in Uman;
• Russian forces struck a television and radio company building in Kremenchuk;
• Russian forces struck a production and warehouse complex in Kirovohrad;
• Ukrainian losses amounted to approximately 1,245 troops over the past 24 hours.

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• Russian forces took control of Mirovka in the Zaporizhzhia region.

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• Russian forces advanced in the eastern part of Dibrova and near Yampol.

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• During the past night, Russian air defenses destroyed 808 Ukrainian drones in the rear regions;
• Russian air defenses intercepted UAVs in the Belgorod, Bryansk, Vladimir, Voronezh, Kaluga, Kursk, Lipetsk, Leningrad, Oryol, Rostov, Ryazan, Smolensk, Tambov, Tver, Tula, and Yaroslavl regions, the Moscow region, the Republic of Crimea, and over the Black Sea;
• Russian air defenses shot down 630 drones over the Moscow region. A Russian Ministry of Defense facility, the JSC 75 Arsenal, was reportedly targeted;
• As a result of Ukrainian drone attacks, a multi-story building and a medical facility were damaged in Lipetsk
  An 82-year-old woman was injured in the Kursk region.

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• During the past night, Russian air defenses destroyed 373 Ukrainian drones in the rear regions;
• Russian air defenses intercepted UAVs in the Novgorod, Tver, Bryansk, Belgorod, Kursk, Smolensk, Kaluga, Oryol, Tula, Ryazan regions, the Moscow region, the Krasnodar region, the Republic of Crimea, and over the Black Sea;
• A 19-year-old resident of the Bryansk region died as a result of a Ukrainian drone strike;
• Over the past 24 hours, four people were injured in the Belgorod region;
• Ukrainian drone strikes damaged cell tower, an energy facility, and several vehicles in the Kursk region.

• Russian forces advanced on the western outskirts of Kupyansk;
• Russian forces took control of Malaya Shapkovka.

• Russian forces took control of Chervony Yar.

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• Russian strikes destroyed targets in the Rivne, Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, Khmelnytskyi, Zaporizhzhia, Ivano-Frankivsk, Mykolaiv, Volyn, Kyiv, Chernihiv, Lviv, Sumy, Odesa, Zhytomyr regions, and the DPR;
• According to the Ukrainian Air Force, Russian forces attacked Ukraine with 165 strike UAVs;
• Russian forces struck Grand Import logistics centre in the city of Khmelnytskyi;
• Russian forces struck Vendor Trans Service LLC transport and logistics centre in Kovel, Volyn region;
• Russian forces struck three dry cargo vessels in the Odessa region;
• Russian forces struck a warehouse in the Obukhiv district, Kyiv region;
• Russian forces struck railway logistics facilities in Dnipropetrovsk;
• Ukrainian losses amounted to approximately 1,210 troops over the past 24 hours.

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• Russian forces took control of Timoshevka.

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• According to the Russian MoD, Russian forces took control of Palamarevka and Kovalevka in the Kharkiv region.

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• During the past night, Russian air defenses destroyed 136 Ukrainian drones in the rear regions;
• Russian air defenses intercepted UAVs in the Belgorod, Bryansk, Voronezh, Kaluga, Kursk, Lipetsk, Oryol, Pskov, Ryazan, Smolensk, Tambov, Tver, and Tula regions, and the Moscow region;
• According to Ukrainian sources, Ukrainian forces struck the Nikolskaya oil pumping station near Michurinsk, Tambov region, causing a fire;
• Five people were injured in the Belgorod region over the past 24 hours;
• Ukrainian drone strikes killed three people in the LPR.

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This is the newest update of the ‘U.S. Carrier Strike Groups Locations Map’ exclusive series showing the approximate locations of U.S. Carrier Strike Groups. SouthFront: Analysis & Intelligence tracks locations of U.S. aircraft carriers using the available open-source information. No classified information was used in production of the map.

Carrier strike group (CSG) is an operational formation of the United States Navy. It is centered on an aircraft carrier and a carrier air wing of 65 to 70 aircrafts. It’s composed of roughly 7,500 personnel, an aircraft carrier, at least one cruiser, a destroyer squadron of at least two destroyers and/or frigates. A carrier strike group also, on occasion, includes submarines, attached logistics ships and a supply ship. Carrier strike groups comprise a principal element of U.S. power projection over the world’s oceans

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