More Cheboksary, Russia, where a substation is burning.

Ukraine’s 3rd Army Corps released footage from Operation Vivaldi showing heavy Gryphon bomber drones deploying kamikaze unmanned ground vehicles more than 10 km behind Russian lines. The tactic was developed by fighters of the NC13 strike UGV unit and implemented with support from the 3rd Assault Brigade’s drone forces. The Gryphon is named after Hryhorii Bach, an NC13 machine gunner who went missing during the fighting for Andriivka in 2023. before 5 h. “Anatomy of Belonging” by Suat Öğüt is a buried mosaic installation in Soest, Netherlands, inspired by the story of a farmer in Gaza whose olive trees could not grow because an ancient Byzantine mosaic beneath the soil prevented their roots from taking hold. Did you know? 🎓 before 6 h. Ukraine’s First Deputy Foreign Minister Serhiy Kyslytsya used the aging UN Conference Room 1 as a metaphor for what he sees as the institution’s decline, saying both need fundamental renewal. He recalled that the UN emerged from decisions shaped by Stalin, Roosevelt and Churchill at Yalta and argued it is no longer a pillar of the world. Kyslytsya questioned whether the next Secretary-General could transform the institution while what he called Moscow’s “criminal regime” continues to undermine the Security Council. before 9 h. Satellite imagery published by Radio Svoboda shows four fuel tanks destroyed at Russia’s Kuibyshev Oil Refinery following Ukraine’s September 22 strike. before 9 h.