There is of course pure jubilation in the Kremlin 🇷🇺 over the latest Trump 🇺🇸 moves in blocking sanctions against 🇷🇺. But even this will not help against the miserable performance of Putin’s soldiers on the battlefield and the heroism of the 🇺🇦 defenders.
Latest: Zelenskyy tells reporters over WhatsApp that restrictions on Ukraine's Starlink systems remain. Interceptor drones can't function, logistics and operations hobbled. The maximum speed is 161 kph; "exceeding this limit causes the Starlink connection to cut out completely, resulting in the loss of the drone."
He says Ukraine has done tests to determine whether SpaceX is truly facing technical issues, as has been told Kyiv by the US side, or if this is a "deliberate operation... to restrict us, cut us off, and prevent us from defending ourselves and protecting our people, both at the front and among the civilian population."
He says Ukraine "sent a couple of vehicles equipped with Starlink terminals into European Union territory."
"They moved at speeds exceeding 180kph, and the Starlink systems worked perfectly. We have the relevant logs and evidence to prove this."
He adds: "The conclusion is clear: the restrictions are in effect within Ukraine but do not apply within the European Union. In other words, this is a planned operation."
URGENT: The Islamic Republic of Iran has sentenced 23-year-old Najmeh Amini to death for “blasphemy” over a social media post. She was already serving a 12-year sentence for participating in January’s protests.
.@UN_HRC, end your silence and demand Amini’s immediate release.
SitRep - 15/10/26 - Ukrainian strikes hit 6 (!) Su-34's
An overview of the daily events in Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Four Russian Su-34s were destroyed and two more damaged in Ukraine’s Long Neptune strike on Borisoglebsk airfield in Russia.
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😱😱😱 And just like that, it’s completely VANISHED from the media.
A sitting congressman, Ted Lieu, said on the record the Epstein files are being blocked because they show Trump raped and threatened to kill children.
Lets make this viral again 👇
What allowing Russia to sell oil products means was heard most clearly in Kyiv just now, when, after repeated attacks on energy facilities with jet-powered “shaheds,” Russia launched a ballistic missile attack as well. Some of the missiles were intercepted. This once again clearly demonstrates Russia’s true intentions. They count on prolonging the war, terrorizing ordinary people, and destroying infrastructure.
Every additional billion dollars they can earn from exports will be spent on nothing but sourcing and importing critical components and equipment to manufacture weapons, upgrading “shaheds,” producing missiles, and recruiting even more mercenaries to fight at the front. Russia’s choice is war. And they will be ready to end it only when they feel that their ability to drag the war out is diminishing.
Unfortunately, the signals Russia received yesterday were entirely different – signals suggesting that it could simply keep attacking. And this needs to be corrected. Strong signals are needed from the United States, Europe, and other partners – signals in support of Ukraine and to RESTRICT Russia’s ability to wage war and terrorize people. Thank you to everyone who stands with Ukraine!
Trump in his rally speech tonight: "China makes the windmills, but try finding a wind farm in China. There is no such."
Here's a map of wind farms in China, which has by far the most wind capacity in the world and continues to install far more than any other country:
Peace never comes through weakness. Today, representatives of the U.S. Congress were in Kyiv – a bipartisan delegation – and I am grateful to them for visiting Ukraine at such a difficult time. They asked: what is needed to end the war? The answer must be strong. There must be sanctions under the Lindsey Graham bill, there must be support for Ukraine in protecting lives, and there must be pressure on Russia for its war. And today, there was a conversation between the leaders of America and Russia. A conversation that leads to something different.
Recently, there was a European decision to lift sanctions on Russian oligarchs. Since then, Russian strikes and the torment of people have only increased. This past week alone, there was a brutal Russian missile strike on a residential building in Pryluky, aerial bombs were dropped on Kramatorsk – on ordinary city buses – and there have been constant attacks on Kyiv’s energy infrastructure and on the life-sustaining infrastructure in Dnipro, Kharkiv, Odesa, and our other cities. Dozens of people have been killed and hundreds wounded.
The Russians are compensating for their inability to achieve their objectives on the battlefield with this kind of terror. This year, Russia is weaker on the battlefield than at any other point in the war. That is why Putin is relying on terror. That is why he is relying on attempts to strike backroom deals to secure some form of pressure relief for Russia, in order to buy more time and more opportunities for war.
Any easing of sanctions against Russia without a clear and lasting de-escalation agreement with Russia is an obvious weakness. It plays into Russia’s hands – allowing it to kill more, wage war for longer, have even less respect for America, and inflict even greater losses and damage on the world.
Ukraine is ready to take symmetrical de-escalatory steps, and the American team knows our position. Our strikes on Russian oil refineries and other oil facilities are a response to Russia’s years-long campaign of terror against Ukraine’s energy sector. Ukraine will not set Russian oil refineries on fire if Russia does not destroy our energy infrastructure. This is the kind of agreement we are proposing to America, and we believe the United States has enough power to achieve such a compromise.
Gifts to Putin will not bring peace or any benefit to the civilized world. Russia will “repay” the diesel with further terror and perfidy. Allowing Russia to sell petroleum products is an investment in a war that must be ended, not prolonged. What is needed is real de-escalation with Russia on a reciprocal basis.
We count on America’s fair support for our defense of life, for our defense of people in Ukraine – and on the United States having a correspondingly strong conversation with Russia. A strong one, not a weak one.
MAGA grandpa ready to call ICE on Black woman—for using gym equipment.
"This is my country!" he yells.
"It ain't your country—Go!"
"You can't stare me down," woman retorts.
"This is my country, too."
She showed video to gym manager—but he refused to do anything.
Even though man had threatened to use physical violence to "remove her" from "his equipment."
She did file a report with the police—but they said there was nothing they could do because he didn't "put his hands on her."
Incident occurred at Onelife Fitness in Martinsburg, West Virginia.
Samrawit Hailu doesn't have an active account on this platform—so posting first full length and credited video here to help raise awareness.
Half of Europe experienced “very strong” heat stress this summer.
Nepal is scrambling to drain dangerous glacial lakes after deadly floods.
Swiss glaciers are vanishing.
These are not isolated events.
They are the same story written in different places.
An Irish refinery is secretly feeding more than 100 Russian defense plants. Legally.
Rusal owns it. Its exports to Russia grew from 24% of sales in 2021 to 68% in 2025. Missiles hitting Kyiv may be part Irish, and the EU has not sanctioned the plant yet — The Economist. 1/
Trump just blocked the transfer of 3,000 critical air-to-surface missiles to Ukraine.
If Trump is not a Russian agent, he is certainly acting like one. His decisions are helping prolong this senseless war and leaving Ukrainian civilians more vulnerable to Russian attacks.