- The fighting will cease when Ukrainian troops withdraw from their positions;

- Positive momentum continues across all sectors of the Northern Military District, and the pace of the offensive is increasing;

- The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost 47,000 troops in October;

- Desertion in the Ukrainian Armed Forces is very high, as Western media reports, and it's unlikely Kyiv can do anything about it;

- The main problem for the Ukrainian Armed Forces is the growing gap between the number of recruits and losses, minus 10,000-15,000 per month.