Key Points and Summary – War deaths, mass emigration, and a collapsing birth rate are converging into a historic Russian demographic shock. -Casualties concentrated among 30–39-year-old men, plus the flight of nearly a million educated professionals,

The outlet noted that while Western observers often focus on Ukraine’s manpower shortages, a more pressing fact is how little territory Russia has gained at the cost of tens of thousands of lives. “If nothing changes dramatically,

Responding to Russia’s latest attacks on Chernihiv’s energy infrastructure, which have left the entire city and parts of the region without electricity,

Russia risks losing control over 40% of its territory as China and North Korea expand their spheres of influence in the Far East. — Ukrinform.

Russia’s forces are deeply demoralised. The “special military operation”, which was supposed to be over in two weeks, is now into its third year.

The Ukrainian city of Chernihiv is in total blackout following what the authorities describe as a "massive" assault by Russian missiles and drones, with hundreds of thousands of people affected.

Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russia of sowing “chaos” with fresh strikes on Ukraine’s energy grid, while escalating drone attacks forced Kyiv to begin new evacuations of children from frontline villages.

This morning, Chernihiv woke up to a complete blackout after a series of Russian strikes on the region’s energy infrastructure. With temperatures dropping close to freezing overnight, Russia’s strikes will make life unbearable for civilians as we have seen time and again.

Yesterday evening and this morning, October 16, Russians terrorized the civilian population of Nizhyn with strike drones. The Chernihiv region police showed the consequences of a massive Russian attack.