Eva Burton

[The Hormuz Letter @HormuzLetter]

BREAKING: Ukraine to restart major strikes on Russia's oil refineries, with Zelensky declaring "The block on attacking refineries is out. We're done," per the FT.

Zelensky says the reason for the restart is Trump lying to him by deliberately blocking Starlink but presenting it to Kyiv as a "technical glitch," as well as telling Ukraine that the missed ballistic missile warnings earlier this week was due to "bad weather," which killed 6.

"It was not a technical problem, it was the will," from Trump, he says.

He also slammed Trump's eagerness to strike a diesel deal with Russia and Trump's apparent admiration for Putin, saying Trump has an instinctive affinity for autocrats and the super-wealthy. "He speaks about it openly and loudly that he loves such people and he respects such people," Zelensky says.

[Republicans against Trump @RpsAgainstTrump]

Republican Congressman Don Bacon BLASTS Trump over his Russia policy:

“Our President has become Neville Chamberlain. We need a Churchill.”

[Piers Morgan @piersmorgan]

What about the guy who started the slaughter?

[Republicans against Trump @RpsAgainstTrump]

The Never Trumpers were right about everything.

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

Last night, Ukraine’s Defense Forces struck an airfield in the Voronezh region. Four Su-34 aircraft were destroyed and two more Su-34s were hit. The Russians used them to terrorize our people. These very warplanes were ready to launch new attacks on Ukraine and were loaded with aerial bombs.

Our Long Neptune missile was used to strike the target. I thank the warriors of the Ukrainian Navy for their precision!

Our long-range sanctions also reached a site in the Oryol region used to store and launch attack drones. A target was also hit in the Black Sea.

These are our justified responses to all of Russia’s terror against Ukraine. Russia is dragging out the war, so our long-range operations will continue.

[George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway3d]

Trump has always seen Putin as a friend and role model. This has been true for years.

So the real question is: Can you not see what Trump is?

[Dem Saints @LDS_Dems]

It is bad that the Trump admin screwed this up.

It is even worse that they arrested a man and put him through hell to cover it up

[Joe Walsh @WalshFreedom]

Traitorous.

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

I thank His Majesty King Charles III for the audience. It is important for me to have the opportunity to personally thank him for his unwavering support for Ukraine. We appreciate all the assistance provided by the United Kingdom.

🇺🇦 🇬🇧

@RoyalFamily

Pictures are by Aaron Chown from Press Association.

[Gandalv @Microinteracti1]

Zelensky Is Playing Trump Like a Fiddle.

Donald Trump declared on Sunday that Russia and Ukraine had agreed to stop striking each other's energy infrastructure. Kyiv found out from the media and Moscow hasn't confirmed a thing, which tells you exactly how much of a deal there ever was.

Zelensky could have called it nonsense, and instead he did something far smarter. He said yes.

Ukraine will stop hitting Russian refineries the moment Russia stops hitting Ukraine's power grid, which means the only thing standing between Trump and his truce is Trump's ability to make Putin comply.

He can't, and Zelensky knows it. Within hours the ballistic missiles will be falling on Ukraine again, and every one of them is proof that Putin ignores the American president because it costs him nothing.

Zelensky has worked out that he never needs to defy Trump when he can simply agree with him and let Moscow expose the man as a lame duck who has nothing left but capital letters and exclamation marks.

[Mike Madrid @madrid_mike]

The biggest collapse in MAGA wasn’t rising gas prices, it was the destruction of a Russian bot farm.

[Jon 👾👾👾💥👾👾 @vjon]

@RaduHossu Everyone knows Zelensky is a hero and Trump and Putin are traitors stealing their countries’ wealth. Also, if you have a bunch of random numbers after your name you are probably a bot or troll account. Along could have fixed this years ago but he likes the bots.

[Dem Saints @LDS_Dems]

Russia hit an electricity plant
3 hours later.

It is crazy how the President of the United States can announce a major ceasefire and everyone knows it is just a complete lie.

Most powerful man in the world has rendered his own words meaningless.

[Michael McFaul @McFaul]

No president in American history has ever sided so passionately and shamelessly with an imperial dictator like Putin and derided so militantly a democratic leader like Zelenskyy.

Reagan would be appalled.

[🇺🇦🇵🇱🇺🇸🇫🇷🇮🇳 KYIV LATEST 15 Oct 26 @UkraineDiary]

@Zelenskyy BREAKING

"Donald Trump has no power to remove me from office. I believe many people in the United States still stand with Ukraine, and I will fight until the end, until the Ukrainian people, whom I love so deeply, finally see victory."

[‏ً @omgsidewalks]

A data center in Russia gets hit and pro-republican posts on social media drop 90%. Interesting.

[Randy Julian aka "Boomer" @tourjulian]

After yesterday, there's no more speculation.

Donald Trump is a stone cold Russian asset. He is anti-American and anti-Ukraine. American people, rise up!

[kyama @kyamawebb23]

Ukraine bombs Russian data centers. Americans see a 49% drop in misinformation overnight.

[Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63]

The Russian troll bots in my own feed have dropped dramatically already. MAGA's online support may soon reflect Trump's approval rating!

[Jack Hopkins @thejackhopkins]

Dear Mr. Zelensky,

First, I admire you greatly.

Now, please destroy EVERY Russian energy site, and continue wiping out Russian bot/troll farms.

With gratitude,

-Jack