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But of course…..Trump is pulling out the stops to help Putin. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/27/u...

12-year-old Artem Koval died in hospital today from injuries he got when a Russian drone struck a park in Nova Vodolaha. His 8-year-old sister, Arina, was killed that day, too. Their mom, Liliia, was also injured. Deepest condolences...

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"You don't have to be Ukrainian to support Ukraine. It is enough just to be human."

Ukraine and Russia are not the same, Laura Loomer, a top MAGA blogger, said "If I went to Russia, I would be jailed and held hostage as a POW for criticizing Russia," she wrote on X 📷 LauraLoomer

The Russian drone operators call this "human safari."

Ketamin zerstört Gehinzellen.

Fallout from the Starlink restrictions could hit US weapons exports such as the F-35. There were already concerns that the F-35 has a built-in software kill switch. And the US actions on Starlink just turned that risk from theoretical to something proven and real. Very costly choice by the US.

Ukraine on the other hand didn't switch sides and even helped the US in the most recent and botched Iran war, despite being short on ammunition itself. The Ukrainian government accepted every possible compromise and offered an unconditional ceasefire from the start.

Obama points out that while we may be struck with Trump for two more years, we are not stuck with a spineless Congress

Four Azov fighters were exchanged yesterday. They participated in the 86-day defense of Mariupol and spent more than four years in russian captivity now recreating a picture taken back then.

The question is: Why did Trump derail peace talks?

JUST POSTED: A Russian energy giant has secretly moved to acquire a position in a massive Alaska gas project. Its part of talks between Witkoff/Kushner & Putin. But CEO of US company resigns after learning of Russian money in the project. A wowzer of a story. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/u...

I have been praying for this kind of pushback from Democrats against Elon Musk for a long time now and I am thrilled that the Talarico camp is leaning into it. Light. Him. Up.

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What should Zelenskyy do to stay in the fight and survive the current tension with Trump? My analysis. BLUF: Ukraine needs to be strong and to develop bargaining power towards the United States and towards Trump

Trump’s own appointees asked the government’s election security agency to secretly hack a voting machine and send the results to the White House. Thankfully, the career staff refused. And the people who actually could have done it had been laid off by DOGE. open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...

Finally, a top level European official who is currently in office spells it out clearly: Kaja Kallas: "American negotiators have been trying to push Ukraine into surrender for already almost two years, one and a half years now"

Four brothers went to war against Hitler. Three were killed. The fourth survived, and his grandson, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, is the president of Ukraine. Zelensky comes from a family that fought tyrants: Trump negotiates with them while demanding concessions from their victims.

Baby Anhelina and her mom Inna were killed by Russia yesterday. Anhelina was just over a year old. Her mom, Inna Mariukhna, was a primary school teacher. They were in the park in Nova Vodolaha, Kharkiv region, when a Russian drone attacked. Little Anhelina was killed in her stroller.

🇺🇦Zelensky: A terrible Russian strike in the Kharkiv region. Park near an ordinary cafe. 6 people died, including children. A girl was killed in a wheelchair. Her name was Angelina, she was a little over a year old, she was born in August 2025… Her mother’s name was Inna, she died in the hospital…

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The road to Dobropillia is littered with russian invaders. Welcome to Ukraine, assholes. Outstanding work by the 20th “Lubart” Brigade of the 1st Azov Corps. @CrimeanVoyager x.com/CrimeanVoyager

Russians killed an infant and five people in a park in Nova Vodolaha, Kharkiv region. At least 15 people were injured in the Russian drone attack, including 3 children. Many people, including families with children, were in the park at the time of the attack.

Former president Yushchenko summed up the negotiation problem: "They want to kill us, we want to live. Show me where the compromise is." A compromise needs a divisible dispute.

Key lies in Trump's stmt: 1) diesel is up due to Iran's blockage of the Straight of Hormuz, which resulted from his vanity war with Iran (#EpsteinFury); 2) Russia is providing intel on US bases in the Middle East to Iran so it can kill US soldiers there. Trump doesn't care about these deaths ...

Russia is cooperating with Iran. So why is Trump cooperating with Russia? Like the diesel deal, this decision is a gift to the very forces attacking our service members.

How can anyone with a functioning brain and a beating heart struggle to grasp the most obvious thing? Ukraine wants peace more than anyone on the planet. Ukraine wants the war to end, and it’s doing everything in its power to end it. Ukraine offered to hold back fire a million times.

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Latest piece (mostly free). The great Graham-Blumenthal con comes to an end. This bill was never going to hurt Russia or help Ukraine. Trump just made that explicit. Shame on those who pretended otherwise. phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/trump-prot...

⚡️ "No one will convince me that the surrender of those defending their freedom can be called peace," Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni says. She sharply criticized the easing of sanctions on Russian diesel, warning that it contradicts efforts to push Putin to negotiations.

Richard Branson explains that Trump is Putin's dog.

Miles Taylor: "Trump’s collusion with Russia is real. It’s time to reopen the investigation." "[Last] Friday, Trump spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin, and something about that call is very suspicious." substack.com/home/post/p-...

🦧 Animals at an ecopark in Kharkiv Oblast were moved to a safer shelter amid Russian strikes. Vasyl Hukaliuk shared a touching video of staff comforting an orangutan named Kuzia, who appeared to feel calmer when people played with him and held his hand 📹: vasyl.hukalyuk / Threads

Worth noting that the Trump adm seems to have panicked because of the blowback it was receiving on this issue, and might have restored Starlink to the Ukrainians. Further proof if it was needed that standing up to Trump is much better than sucking up.

A 4-year-old asking his mom, “Will we die?” during a Russian attack. I’ve had this conversation with my son so many times. He shakes and asks, “Will we die today?” You can’t imagine how heartbreaking it is. 💔

St. Sophia Square this evening. Not much street lighting, but as always, an endless amount of light from within.

The US knows Ukrainian air defense relies on US early detection of Russian launches. Without telling Ukraine, the Trump White House (and Elon Musk's SpaceX) withheld that info and hindered countermeasures. The US just facilitated a Russian attack on Ukraine, making it more effective and deadlier.

By pressuring and limiting Ukraine Trump will achieve more civilian deaths and infrastructure damage and he will encourage Putin to continue the war. That is the opposite of cease fire and the opposite of “peace by strength”.

Trump and Musk going all out to protect Putin

I don’t know who’s worse: the one who launches a missile at a residential building, or the one who sees the launch and stays silent.

🥹 A Ukrainian servicewoman returned from eastern Ukraine to surprise her granddaughter on her birthday. Disguised as Stitch, she appeared at the celebration, leaving the little girl in tears of joy when she discovered who was inside the costume 📹: panda_mlyniv / Instagram

I don’t care how conservative you are. Abandoning Ukraine to Putin spits on everything Reagan stood for. Tax cuts and party loyalty cannot excuse this betrayal. If your principles mean anything, this alone should cost Trump your support. Grow a spine. Some things matter more than the GOP.