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Won't the difference just go on the consumption bill, overall? Which puts it more under our control, but probably doesn't make it a straight saving.

Trump is considering lifting sanctions against Russia's government investment fund, run by Dmitriev. Trump Jr. was just on a Mongolian hunting trip, paid for by the same Russian oligarch who paid for his wedding. Do ANY of the US checks and balances still actually function??

Eighteen years after his death, Alexander Solzhenitsyn's legacy still divides Russia. The anti-Soviet writer warned of a painful rupture with Ukraine, yet questioned its borders and later praised Putin. meduza.io/en/feature/2...

🇮🇹🇺🇦 Italian Prime Minister Meloni has frozen the thirteenth package of military aid to Ukraine in anticipation of the US midterm elections, — Il Giornale d'Italia. The new package is ready to be sent, but after several postponements, its delivery has not been set for a specific date.

Stop what you are doing and look at this lovely story. A photography student in the 80s took pictures of punks and mods on the street in Preston. He’s now tracked them down and photographed them again. The pictures and stories are really ❤️ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

As doubts grow over U.S. security guarantees, France is expanding nuclear-deterrence cooperation with 10 European countries and is potentially deploying nuclear-capable jets abroad. The Baltic states, "most vulnerable to Russia," aren't included in the plan. www.wsj.com/world/europe...

15 world records, 10 gold medals, and one silver! At the World Powerlifting Championship in Poland, athletes trained by Mykolaiv-based coach Anna Kurkurina achieved incredible victories and set world records. Among the winners were Dmytro Polovych, an athlete with cerebral palsy;

The ceasefire zone around Russian-occupied Oleshky has expanded beyond the town to secure humanitarian convoys, Melania Trump says. Ukraine reports no violations so far, as teams prepare to clear mines and deliver aid to civilians trapped under Russian occupation.

Give me your rich, your privileged, Your well-connected, yearning to escape scrutiny, The accused beneficiaries of power’s shore. Send these, the passport-bound, the politically favored, to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door! 🗽

The Romans really were ahead of their time … Scratched into this Roman floor tile is a sketch of what appears to be a lighthouse. Although, it also looks rather like a rocket preparing for launch! 🚀 😂 British Museum 📷 by me #TilesonTuesday #Archaeology

Ukraine war latest: Zelensky reveals details of 'Operation Veles' • Zelensky reports over 100 Russian troops 'eliminate' in Ukraine's underground pipeline operation • Oleshky ceasefire 'expanded within Kherson Oblast,' Melania Trump says kyivindependent.com/ukraine-war-...

I would temper my expectations about a new era coming to Serbia. The election winners have virtually the same geopolitical positions as Vucic; most previous election winners (Vucic included!) ran on anticorruption; the student movement is above all populist. Good luck to them but let’s be realistic.

Putin spent most of a 90-minute call today lecturing the leaders of Finland and Norway on medieval Slavic history rather than discussing a peace deal in Ukraine, three people familiar with the conversation told the FT. www.ft.com/content/a384...

Today, Ukraine celebrates the Day of Ukrainian Writing and Language. It is difficult to overstate the importance of a figure like Taras Shevchenko, Ukraine’s great national poet, to the Ukrainian language, literature, and indeed to Ukrainian identity and statehood as a whole.

Ahead of planned U.S.-Ukraine-Russia talks in Abu Dhabi, the leaders of Finland and Norway called Putin to convey Kyiv’s position. A Kremlin-connected source says the situation is moving toward escalation, including intensified hybrid warfare with Europe. meduza.io/en/feature/2...

Rubio: What's the problem? All Putin wants is the Donbass. It's just 11% of the country.... Prez: I demand full control over Ukraine and expect their unconditional surrender. Rubio: See, it's just the Donbass.

Concession after concession to Russia from the US, with zero concessions back from Russia. This isn't about ending the war at all, this is about corruption. Turns out "Russia, Russia, Russia" wasn't a hoax after all.

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The FP-5 Flamingo deserves a more balanced assessment. Yes, its interception rate should be scrutinized, but Fire Point developed it under extreme wartime pressure, without state financing and with minimal European help. It still hit key Russian defense plants. #Ukraine

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With the clock ticking, it looks like handlers in Moscow may have been back on the phone to Agent Krasnov. The NY Times reports (free to read) Trump is considering another sop to Putin, by lifting sanctions on the Kremlin govt's investment fund. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/27/u...

This smells on all sides. The Trump administration is considering lifting sanctions on the Russian Direct Investment Fund, NYT reports. A US official said the review is part of efforts to “improve US-Russia relations and help end the war,” while praising fund chief Dmitriev as a useful intermediary.

⚡️ Norway will provide $45.5 million to secure Ukraine’s energy infrastructure before winter. united24media.com/world/norway...

Every Ukraine backer who argued Trump would not be so bad, Trump could be persuaded to back Ukraine, that Trump was getting irritated with Putin, that the US just wanted peace--should have the basic decency to admit that they made it all up. Trump was with Putin, always.

🇮🇹🇺🇦The Italian government is postponing approval of the 13th package of military aid to Ukraine, which is to include Aster 30 anti-aircraft missiles for the SAMP/T systems. militarnyi.com/en/news/ital...

Vladimir Putin used most of his call with the leaders of Finland and Norway to lecture them about medieval Slavic history, underscoring the difficulties Europe faces in asserting itself in upcoming peace talks with Russia. w/ @maxseddon.bsky.social @henryjfoy.ft.com www.ft.com/content/a384...

💥 The UK, Canada and Japan have collectively pledged just €1bn in budget support to Ukraine for 2027, according to an EU analysis seen by @paolatamma.bsky.social & I, down from €10bn this year as.ft.com/r/9336a961-2...

Talking next week on Speculative Zoology and the legacy of Dougal Dixon's The New Dinosaurs, which I see as an emissary of the dinosaur renaissance and a subversive effort to bring avant garde dinosaurs and pterosaurs to the masses.

Truce begins in Ukrainian city of Oleshky after it was announced by Melania Trump

Ukrainian activists gathered in Polish Gdansk to remind society of Ukrainian defenders held in Russian captivity The war will not truly end until every Ukrainian, every child, civilian, and soldier, returns home 📷 Consulate of Ukraine in Gdansk

In Russian, detainees like Imai Yuki are referred to as “aktivy” (assets) in the country’s “obmenny fond” (exchange fund). Register for free to learn what Russia could gain by jailing a Japanese reporter

The Rokach is a Soviet Shilka anti-aircraft gun given a deep Ukrainian upgrade It got a new three-coordinate radar with a digital antenna array, new optics, and launchers for Igla or Kolibri missiles 🎥 Sunflower

#UkraineWar: a summary of Ukrainian equipment losses added to the Oryx loss list over the past 2 weeks (as of 25/10/2026) Full list: www.oryxspioenkop.com/2022/02/atta...

⚡️️️️️️️New report tracks how Russia helps China build better drones. The investigation found that Russian designs for rocket-launched drones likely shaped weapons China unveiled in 2025 and that Russian wind tunnels kept testing aircraft models for China's top arms maker after the invasion of Ukraine.

Today is Ukraine's Day of Writing and Language, and Russia is still restricting it. On 15 December 2025, it dropped Ukrainian from the school programs it imposes on occupied territories. Our updated timeline: euromaidanpress.com/2026/10/26/a...

The trip highlights the remarkable relationship between a son of the US president and a tycoon with a criminal record who has close ties to Vladimir Putin’s personal security service. Intelligence experts say such connections are ripe for manipulation. ft.trib.al/uTQNxLq

Ukrainian drones flew far, but the Ukrainian flag flew farther Drone soldiers sent it toward occupied Donetsk Oblast as a reminder that the land was, is, and will be Ukrainian, and swore it would rise over every liberated city 📷 81st Air Assault Brigade

⚡️️️️️️️Russia's assault on Ukraine's energy grid is a war crime, UN says. Russia’s attacks on energy infrastructure, which weaponize winter to inflict suffering, amount to war crimes, a UN inquiry has found.

One of Ukraine's main aircraft in this fight is the F-16 Fighting Falcon, which Ihnat said in April could shoot down 10 Russian Shaheds each in a single night. https://bit.ly/4z70NU5

The Donut Labs battery of biotech. PR scheme to raise funds.

Serbia’s election winners say they won’t impose sanctions on Russia, despite defeated leader Aleksandar Vučić’s prediction that they will by spring. Meduza finds little sign of imminent changes for Russian émigrés, though EU pressure could eventually affect them. meduza.io/en/feature/2...

Under a new decree signed by Zelensky, Ukraine plans to build defensive barriers to protect unspecified cities against attacks from all directions. Doesn't exactly bode well. t.me/stranaua/252...

Forms of Water xkcd.com/3315/

NATO accepts, on the condition that russia push back to its 1462 borders and clear out troops and equipment from countries along NATO’s borders.

The number of inane, false, illogical narratives about Ukraine is already too large but the latest-- Putin offered to withdraw all Ru troops in 2023 but Zelensky refused-- breaks the bullshit-o-meter! It tops "Boris Johnson forced Ukrainians to fight" in lack of logic and situational awareness.

At a campaign rally on Sunday, President Trump disparaged Norway to express his irritation over not winning the Nobel Peace Prize. Norwegian government officials have repeatedly said that they do not have influence over who is awarded the Peace Prize. nyti.ms/4zfrGFA

Video from the scene of the terrorist attack in Kyiv - the Trade and Economics university. Students killed at their college accommodation by Russia. The injured and the dead are recovered by ambulance workers.

Russia takes five hits in just two days as Ukraine hunts key defense factories.