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"A study by Ukraine's military ombudsman found that soldiers deployed for over 40 days on front-line positions develop apathy and 'stop caring whether they survive or not,' Ombudsman Olha Reshetylova said on April 27. The findings come amid broader concerns over Ukraine's mobilization system, which has faced persistent challenges in recruitment and rotation during the full-scale war. Ukraine's military has struggled with manpower shortages and prolonged deployments, with some troops remaining on positions for months due to a lack of replacements. The research by the Office of the Military Ombudsman indicates that prolonged deployments lead to severe psychological strain, decreasing combat effectiveness. 'Everything beyond 40 days cannot be considered effective,' Reshetylova said in an interview to Ukrainska Pravda, adding that commanders should take the findings into account. She noted that existing regulations limit time on position to 15 days, but the rule is widely ignored, leaving some troops deployed for months or longer without rotation. 'This is a dead norm that no one follows, which in turn means there are effectively no limits,' she said." kyivindependent.com/after-40-days-… pravda.com.ua/articles/2026/…

NEW: The U.S. has burned through so many munitions in Iran that some administration officials increasingly assess that America couldn’t fully execute contingency plans to defend Taiwan from a Chinese invasion if it occurred in the near term, U.S. officials said.

🚨 URGENT HELP - Ярчуки Гуні part of Rubizh Brigade 🚨 I go back to Ukraine and the Arty guys from Rubizh Brigade asked for support for a Chuyka 3.0 because of the danger of going to position! I will invest myself 500€ to this cause! 🫡 1x Drone Detector “Chuyka 3.0” + Antenna Xx CAT-TQ (if we exceed the goal ❤️) 🫙 GOAL: 400€ 💰 COLLECTED: 0€ 💸 REMAINING: 400€ HERE 👇 PP: paypal.me/Gorduk93 BMAC: coff.ee/gordukua Please help, share and get them what they need ❤️

❣️The elderly man who managed to carry his entire life out of hell in an old Zhiguli now has a new car! A vehicle for the 70-year-old refugee from Donbas was purchased by Monobank co-founder Oleh Horokhovskyi. The resilient grandfather became a social media star after evacuating everything he could under shelling — including his dog and 18 chickens. His old car broke down in Kyiv, unable to handle the overload. A story ending you want to watch again and again 🙏

27yo soldier w/ impaled unexploded RPG (buttock to lateral thigh). Stable, no active bleed due to tamponade from RPG. Managed in sandbagged isolation. Sedated via Ketofol. EOD removal triggered massive femoral hemorrhage; controlled via clamping/ MTP. Patient survived.

New research article at @tochnyi: Blinding the Bear and Pulling Its Fangs: Ukraine's Long-Range Campaign Against the Russian Air Defence 1. Since summer 2025, Ukraine has been running one of the most consequential long-range strike campaigns of the modern era.

An Iranian-backed militia successfully used a (likely fiber optic) FPV drone to carry out a reconnaissance mission through the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad yesterday. Seen here, the drone flies unchallenged through the embassy complex for nearly two minutes.

1/ Leaked orders from the Russian Ministry of Defence show that Telegram is being banned immediately for operational use by Russian forces in Ukraine, with soldiers reportedly facing being sent to their deaths in assaults if they are found not to be complying. ⬇️

Ukrainian air defense operators watching other countries struggling to take down Iranian Shaheds

We in Ukraine call this a calm restful night

nothing beats the death of a dictator 🥳

90% of the counteroffensive maps you're seeing are mappers correcting overmarking of Russian advances. The captured villages were never truly controlled by Russia. It was small forward units in contested areas, these are largely just fluctuations in the contested zones.

1/ Leaked casualty figures from an elite Russian special forces brigade indicate that it has suffered huge losses in Ukraine, equivalent to more than half of its entire roster of personnel. Scores of men are listed as being 'unaccounted for', in other words having deserted. ⬇️

Greenlanders are trolling the US by pretending to be fentanyl addicts.

🚨United States Postal Service sends alarming letter out to all employees and contractors. Letter signals that an impending crisis of civil unrest or an epidemic could be imminent! What do they know you don't? Just days into 2026, USPS is issuing memos reminding workers to carry "essential service" letters and IDs to bypass travel restrictions during emergencies like epidemics, hurricanes, or CIVIL UNREST. Government prepping while we're in the dark? The last time Truckers saw these letters in our industry was during the COVID crisis! Pay Attention America #USPSAlert #CivilUnrest #ImpendingCrisis #TruckersKnow

I’m hoping to highlight fundraisers for Ukrainian units in Kherson and Zaporizhzhia which don’t get a lot of visibility, yet are incredibly important. Idea is to focus on fundraisers with goals in the low thousands USD. Please let me know if you are aware of any you want to help.

Another combat donkey joins the Russian army, now upgraded with helmet and body armor.

Excited to share our film on Kherson, where city life goes on deep inside the Russian drone kill zone, where the hunting of civilians continues to be a daily normalcy, and where some of the strongest, toughest, and proudest of all Ukrainians can be found. youtube.com/watch?v=lmyslT…

Over the last 18 months CIR has been verifying & archiving media of 🇷🇺 drone attacks targeting likely civilians & civilian infrastructure in Kherson. We have launched an interactive map, the Red Zone, where users can analyse verified incidents themselves info-res.org/eyes-on-russia…