You can find me on twitter as @M0nstashttps://bsky.app/profile/monstars.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/monstars.bsky.social/post/3mzaqsuuggs2vSBS details, October 16 796 personnel hit, the highest month so far and up 22% a day. 7 926 killed. 64 807 targets hit, 25 809 destroyed. Drone control posts up 47% a day to 1 628.01 Nov 2026 11:54 +0000at://did:plc:4mny6hdxc6cpprtbqxurlzzl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzaqsuuggs2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/monstars.bsky.social/post/3mzamhcf5lk2vOctober in two pictures01 Nov 2026 10:36 +0000at://did:plc:4mny6hdxc6cpprtbqxurlzzl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzamhcf5lk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/monstars.bsky.social/post/3mz7ndrxsv22vGSUA October Summary GSUA reported 6 549 attacks and 54 200 IvanZ in October, the highest monthly figure of the war, ahead of 49 150 in December 2024. That is 1 748 IvanZ a day against 1 526 in September, while attacks fell to 211 a day from 238. 58% of the attacks are undefined.01 Nov 2026 01:19 +0000at://did:plc:4mny6hdxc6cpprtbqxurlzzl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mz7ndrxsv22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/monstars.bsky.social/post/3mz7n6nc4ys2vStrike details, October Drones 5 736 reported by Air Forces 4 829 intercepted 907 hits 84% intercepted, up from 82% in September. Russia reportedly intercepted record number 19 112 of UA drones, 3.3 times what Air Forces reported for Russia. The previous high was 18 300 in August.01 Nov 2026 01:16 +0000at://did:plc:4mny6hdxc6cpprtbqxurlzzl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mz7n6nc4ys2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/monstars.bsky.social/post/3mz7mzvynbc2vStriking October01 Nov 2026 01:14 +0000at://did:plc:4mny6hdxc6cpprtbqxurlzzl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mz7mzvynbc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/monstars.bsky.social/post/3mz7mpldgn22vMoscow has already announced a closed ring in north-east Kharkiv region. Now its army has to go and do it, and the way runs along a bare ridge. youtu.be/JXUsVuV3zQU https://youtu.be/JXUsVuV3zQU01 Nov 2026 01:08 +0000at://did:plc:4mny6hdxc6cpprtbqxurlzzl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mz7mpldgn22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/monstars.bsky.social/post/3mz5zh55fsk2vRussia could not keep its army in Kherson supplied across the Dnipro. It still got that army out. This is how it's done: youtu.be/Oi0c0icHUiA https://youtu.be/Oi0c0icHUiA31 Oct 2026 09:51 +0000at://did:plc:4mny6hdxc6cpprtbqxurlzzl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mz5zh55fsk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/monstars.bsky.social/post/3mz3llf2d4c2vMashovets Huliaipole direction summary https://youtube.com/shorts/AFBSr9HdLEA?feature=share30 Oct 2026 10:37 +0000at://did:plc:4mny6hdxc6cpprtbqxurlzzl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mz3llf2d4c2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/monstars.bsky.social/post/3mz2fv2kvpc2vI have compared UALosses with MoD RF data and that's what I found out. MoD RF reports are about 10x higher than UALosses, but they mostly align. When the front heats up, both go up. When it calms down, both go down.29 Oct 2026 23:23 +0000at://did:plc:4mny6hdxc6cpprtbqxurlzzl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mz2fv2kvpc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/monstars.bsky.social/post/3mz243v72vc2vRussian losses: update from the Mediazona/BBC Russia data 282,993 Russian soldiers confirmed dead by name. By year of death: - 2022: 20.9k - 2023: 51.6k - 2024: 107.5k - 2025: 90.0k - 2026: 13.1k The last two years are far from complete29 Oct 2026 20:27 +0000at://did:plc:4mny6hdxc6cpprtbqxurlzzl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mz243v72vc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/monstars.bsky.social/post/3mz23x52f222vUkrainian losses, update from the @UALosses data. My own count from their public map files. Records of Ukrainian KIA, MIA and POW, by year of loss: - 2022: 35.0k - 2023: 37.3k - 2024: 54.6k - 2025: 58.7k - 2026 (to 16 Oct): 35.8k 221,293 records since 24 Feb 2022: 105.1k KIA, 105.1k MIA, 11.1k POW29 Oct 2026 20:25 +0000at://did:plc:4mny6hdxc6cpprtbqxurlzzl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mz23x52f222vhttps://bsky.app/profile/monstars.bsky.social/post/3mz22zbrb4s2vMashovets Oleksandrivka Direction, October 28th https://youtube.com/shorts/TwxVviNss0I?feature=share29 Oct 2026 20:08 +0000at://did:plc:4mny6hdxc6cpprtbqxurlzzl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mz22zbrb4s2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/monstars.bsky.social/post/3myxzl4hf722vRussia has two ways north to Zaporizhzhia: open ground with nowhere to hide, and reeds only small groups can cross. Neither has paid off. So it is going round. This is how it's done: youtu.be/03UUDxSNvvw https://youtu.be/03UUDxSNvvw29 Oct 2026 00:37 +0000at://did:plc:4mny6hdxc6cpprtbqxurlzzl/app.bsky.feed.post/3myxzl4hf722vhttps://bsky.app/profile/monstars.bsky.social/post/3myuiso2tkk2vRussian infantry is already at the edge of Bilozerske. The army behind it still hasn't taken Dobropillia. This is what they are aiming at: youtu.be/_uphd9lCsnA https://youtu.be/_uphd9lCsnA27 Oct 2026 14:59 +0000at://did:plc:4mny6hdxc6cpprtbqxurlzzl/app.bsky.feed.post/3myuiso2tkk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/monstars.bsky.social/post/3mypv42ynsk2vMashovets Novopavlivka Summary Ukraine is attacking two ways at once, north-east and south, with the forces for one. Now it has to choose. The front in 3D:25 Oct 2026 18:56 +0000at://did:plc:4mny6hdxc6cpprtbqxurlzzl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mypv42ynsk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/monstars.bsky.social/post/3mypmxggucs2vVuhledar had the high ground, the minefields and the tree lines. What it couldn’t keep was the road behind it. This is how it’s done: youtu.be/mE8WyEzZ-5o https://youtu.be/mE8WyEzZ-5o25 Oct 2026 16:30 +0000at://did:plc:4mny6hdxc6cpprtbqxurlzzl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mypmxggucs2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/monstars.bsky.social/post/3myld4kzty22kEvery way Russian infantry found across the drone zone got an answer. Even fog. This is how it's done: https://youtube.com/shorts/3waAVf92W0Q?feature=share23 Oct 2026 23:23 +0000at://did:plc:4mny6hdxc6cpprtbqxurlzzl/app.bsky.feed.post/3myld4kzty22khttps://bsky.app/profile/monstars.bsky.social/post/3mykibnyyyc2kRussia pays contract soldiers a one-time signing bonus (federal + regional). Set against the local average salary, it ranges from ~8 to 82 months of pay. Dagestan: ₽4.1M = 82 months (6.8 yrs) Moscow: ₽2.3M = 13 months Komi: ₽0.8M = 8 months Median region: 25 months. Map ⬇️23 Oct 2026 15:23 +0000at://did:plc:4mny6hdxc6cpprtbqxurlzzl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mykibnyyyc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/monstars.bsky.social/post/3myki7knblk2kChukotka has lost 1.84% of its eligible male population, Tyva 1.79%, Zabaykalsky Krai 1.65%, and Buryatia 1.59%. Tyumen is an island east of the Urals, while the Urals contribute the most to the war, with losses of around 1% of the eligible male population in each region.23 Oct 2026 15:22 +0000at://did:plc:4mny6hdxc6cpprtbqxurlzzl/app.bsky.feed.post/3myki7knblk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/monstars.bsky.social/post/3myki6oxwjs2k282 993 Mediazona pixels. 25 128 added in October. Recent updates show a one-year delay, but Avdiivka losses are still coming in.23 Oct 2026 15:21 +0000at://did:plc:4mny6hdxc6cpprtbqxurlzzl/app.bsky.feed.post/3myki6oxwjs2khttps://bsky.app/profile/monstars.bsky.social/post/3myjzkv72rk2kAzov published the Death trail of Rodynske - 200m long walk with 35 Z's on it.23 Oct 2026 11:00 +0000at://did:plc:4mny6hdxc6cpprtbqxurlzzl/app.bsky.feed.post/3myjzkv72rk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/monstars.bsky.social/post/3myjrtlszvk2kRussian bombs erased Vovchansk, and a small river still stopped the Russian army in its streets. Then the town became a trap for Russia's own reserves. This is how it's done: youtu.be/mP3BjtZsnYk https://youtu.be/mP3BjtZsnYk23 Oct 2026 08:41 +0000at://did:plc:4mny6hdxc6cpprtbqxurlzzl/app.bsky.feed.post/3myjrtlszvk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/monstars.bsky.social/post/3myhtwdhqxk25Every body exchange sparks another largely irrelevant argument, while ignoring a basic fact: very few bodies can be recovered from the 15–20 km frontline danger zone. Exchanges mostly involve remains that were already accessible for recovery, including those recovered after the front moved.22 Oct 2026 14:13 +0000at://did:plc:4mny6hdxc6cpprtbqxurlzzl/app.bsky.feed.post/3myhtwdhqxk25https://bsky.app/profile/monstars.bsky.social/post/3myhgdnr2xs25I usually compare russia's publicly claimed reach with DS's officially acknowledged control. That could be considered biased, and DS has another 1500 km² on top of that. But how different are ru official claims from those of pro-ru "neutrals"? Suriyak is 4000 km² behind.22 Oct 2026 10:10 +0000at://did:plc:4mny6hdxc6cpprtbqxurlzzl/app.bsky.feed.post/3myhgdnr2xs25https://bsky.app/profile/monstars.bsky.social/post/3myhb4gddos25Russia found one crack in Ukraine's line near Ocheretyne, and it was never closed. Then Russia went round the river line and turned in behind it. This is how it's done: youtu.be/oLpd65F0ES8 https://youtu.be/oLpd65F0ES822 Oct 2026 08:37 +0000at://did:plc:4mny6hdxc6cpprtbqxurlzzl/app.bsky.feed.post/3myhb4gddos25https://bsky.app/profile/monstars.bsky.social/post/3mydcptjc3225Russia brought its usual method to Kupiansk: drones over the roads, small groups, flag videos, then a claim. It never had the men to flood the city. youtu.be/bcvQDnyPegA https://youtu.be/bcvQDnyPegA20 Oct 2026 18:55 +0000at://did:plc:4mny6hdxc6cpprtbqxurlzzl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mydcptjc3225https://bsky.app/profile/monstars.bsky.social/post/3myb6swxozc2aCheap drones replayed the whole history of air war, from scouts to jets. Then they grew a class aviation never had. This is how it's done: https://youtube.com/shorts/O_Maq6AK7tA?feature=share [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Oct 2026 22:40 +0000at://did:plc:4mny6hdxc6cpprtbqxurlzzl/app.bsky.feed.post/3myb6swxozc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/monstars.bsky.social/post/3myaq6dowuc2aMashovets Vivaldi Summary Russia came to Lyman to close a ring around Sloviansk and Kramatorsk. Now it is the one being pushed back to a river. In 3D: youtu.be/fa7hrMryu5M https://youtu.be/fa7hrMryu5M19 Oct 2026 18:17 +0000at://did:plc:4mny6hdxc6cpprtbqxurlzzl/app.bsky.feed.post/3myaq6dowuc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/monstars.bsky.social/post/3myafghzurc2aDrones are speedrunning the history of military aviation: scouts, then bombers, then fighters to hunt them, then carriers and relays. And they keep branching into classes aviation never had. Everything gets tested in combat. Only what works survives.19 Oct 2026 15:05 +0000at://did:plc:4mny6hdxc6cpprtbqxurlzzl/app.bsky.feed.post/3myafghzurc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/monstars.bsky.social/post/3my6bro6nw22sDrones stopped armies from massing in the open. So the fight moved into the towns, where whoever moves pays. This is how it's done: https://youtube.com/shorts/OqvcGsgM3zc?feature=share [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Oct 2026 18:55 +0000at://did:plc:4mny6hdxc6cpprtbqxurlzzl/app.bsky.feed.post/3my6bro6nw22s