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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 44m
⚡️ 'Putin feels joy' — Zelensky calls Trump's waiving of key Russia sanctions 'wrong.'
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'Putin feels joy' — Zelensky calls Trump's waiving of key Russia sanctions 'wrong'
President Volodymyr Zelensky said on oct. 17 U.S. President Donald Trump was "wrong" to further "block" sanctions against Russia, while expressing hope that he would do "everything possible" to stop t...
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 2h
Burned-out oil storage tanks at the oil export terminal in Rostov, Russia, following recent Ukrainian drone strikes. #Russia
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Ukrainska Pravda 🇺🇦 @pravda.ua · 4h
🤬 Hundreds of thousands of people without electricity in Zhytomyr Oblast after Russian attack
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Hundreds of thousands of people without electricity in Zhytomyr Oblast after Russian attack
Energy infrastructure in Zhytomyr Oblast has come under a Russian attack, resulting in a large-scale power outage.
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 6h
Russia attacked Ukraine overnight with missiles and drones. Shot down: 289/332 Various types of drones (23 of which were jet-powered) 4/4 Kalibr cruise missiles 0/? Iskander-M/KN-23 missiles 0/? Kh-22/32 missiles Hits were recorded at 22 locations, and debris from downed targets fell on 3 #Ukraine
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 6h
⚡️ Update: Trump sides with ‘bloodthirsty thug’ by Russia sanctions waiver, Senator Blumenthal says.
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Trump waives latest Russia sanctions amid growing Ukraine-US tensions
U.S. President Donald Trump issued a broad waiver of sanctions under the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act on Oct. 16.
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 5h
Italy’s Defense Minister Guido Crosetto says it is a “complete mistake” for the US to restrict satellite and intelligence support used by Ukraine. He warned that weakening Ukraine would convince Putin he can win and prolong the war. “I think that is completely wrong.” #Ukraine
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Ukrainska Pravda 🇺🇦 @pravda.ua · 5h
💔 Russian aerial bomb strike on Sloviansk destroys apartment buildings, killing one and injuring 10
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Russian aerial bomb strike on Sloviansk destroys apartment buildings, killing one and injuring 10 – video
Russian forces struck two high-rise residential buildings in Sloviansk, Donetsk Oblast, at 03:40, partially destroying both buildings. Rescue workers are searching the rubble for people who may be tra...
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 5h
Russian forces struck the Sumy community with eight guided aerial bombs, four of them targeting the regional capital. At least two people were injured. One bomb damaged an apartment building before hitting a body of water. #Ukraine
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Jay in Kyiv @jayinkyiv.bsky.social · 5h
drones to stop Russia's barrage on multiple cities. No one understood what was going on as systems failed. Like an adolescent boy burning ants with a magnifying glass on a sidewalk, but a grown man, in a bubble of hubris, Musk is a true monster.
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Jay in Kyiv @jayinkyiv.bsky.social · 5h
If it's true that it was Musk himself that's responsible for turning off Ukraine's Starshield capabilities with no warning, he is a murderer. At that moment and throughout the massive Russian attack that then began, Ukraine lost the use of interceptor..
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 19h
❗️Bingo: Russia’s Ryazan refinery shut one of its main crude processing units after a drone attack, Reuters reports. Sources said the CDU-6 unit stopped operating and several pipelines were damaged. The refinery can process around 340,000 barrels of oil per day and supplies fuel to Moscow. #Russia
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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 18h
What we are seeing here is a Trump-Musk pass the sh!t show game. Look, Musk does not do this without Trump--that is just the reality. Trump wanted this, Musk was happy to oblige. However to blame Musk is a sign of how panicked the administration is (which is a good thing).
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 16h
Why is Putin pushing Trump to stop Ukraine’s strikes on Russian oil refineries? Historian and journalist Anne Applebaum argues that these attacks are putting real pressure on Moscow — and that Trump’s approach risks giving Russia more time to continue its war against Ukraine.
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(((Tendar))) @tendar.bsky.social · 15h
The Telegraph obtained information that it was Elon Musk’s idea to reduce the maximum speed of Starlink-controlled (interceptor-) drones in Ukraine, then got cold feet that this might backfire on Starlink in the European market and then finally blamed Trump for this episode.
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(((Tendar))) @tendar.bsky.social · 15h
It is so obvious that it has nothing to do with refineries. Trump is protecting Putin, no matter what.
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(((Tendar))) @tendar.bsky.social · 15h
President Zelenskyy offered Trump an alternative in destroying Russian refineries. Instead, he offered that Starlink is extended to Russia and ballistic launchers will be attack. This has not only be ignored, but shortly later Starlink respectively Starshield in Ukraine has been curtailed.
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(((Tendar))) @tendar.bsky.social · 15h
Poland’s Foreign Minister Sikorski: “The USA haven’t spent a single cent on Ukraine since January 2025, so more than 1.5 years. We in Europe are doing it.”
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 11h
⚡️Russian attacks put millions of Ukrainians at risk of displacement this winter, UN Migration says.
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Russian attacks put millions of Ukrainians at risk of displacement this winter, UN Migration says
Where heating is available, many cannot afford to adequately heat their homes. Only 32% of Ukrainians reported being able to do so during the last heating season, a figure that dropped to just 1% in f...
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 20h
Russia attacked Ukraine with 315 strike drones, including 78 jet-powered UAVs, plus 15 S-8000 Banderol/Dan-T drones between 07:00 and 19:00 on October 16. Ukraine says air defenses downed or suppressed 253 UAVs, including 49 jet-powered drones, and 9 S-8000s. #Ukraine
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Ukrainska Pravda 🇺🇦 @pravda.ua · 22h
‼️ President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has stated that Ukraine was prepared to stop striking Russian oil refineries if the US provided systems to protect Ukrainian energy infrastructure from ballistic attacks but failed to receive them. 📸: GettyImages
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 16/10/2026
Zelensky smiled when asked by Sky News whether Trump was trying to make him a “scapegoat” for problems including low ratings, high diesel prices and the war in the Middle East. Zelenskyy initially stayed silent, then said: “That is my answer.” #Ukraine
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 16/10/2026
Zelensky says Ukraine needs ballistic missile interceptors if there is no energy ceasefire, adding Europe has enough Patriot missiles to help Ukraine through winter. On possible new strikes on Russian refineries, he said Ukraine must “respond to the aggressor.” #Ukraine
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H I Sutton @covertshores.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
It occurs to me, that some leaders have the strategic foresight of a snail setting out to cross a motorway
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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
People need to understand that the only reason Trump backed down on SpaceX and Starshield so quickly is that he got push back right away, politically and from Ukraine. He is a bully and a coward. Stop criticising Zelensky for standing up to him.
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 16/10/2026
Ukraine’s Air Force says Russia launched 149 drones overnight, including 108 jet-powered Shaheds. Air defenses downed or suppressed 114 drones, including 77 jet-powered Shaheds. Hits were recorded at 24 locations. #Ukraine
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 16/10/2026
Denmark’s PM Mette Frederiksen says Ukraine is running out of money and cannot buy or produce everything it needs. She called Russia’s frozen assets “the most obvious source” of additional funding, saying Russia should be made to pay for the damage it is causing Ukraine and Europe. #Ukraine
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 16/10/2026
Ukrainian forces struck a Russian 55Zh6U Nebo-U long-range radar near Magri in Krasnodar Krai overnight, Ukraine’s General Staff says. A fire broke out at the site. The radar is used to detect and track aircraft and cruise and ballistic missiles. #Ukraine
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Ukrainska Pravda 🇺🇦 @pravda.ua · 16/10/2026
🤬 Russian drone strikes shopping centre in Sumy, injuring several people
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Russian drone strikes shopping centre in Sumy, injuring several people – photos
A Russian UAV has struck a shopping centre in Sumy, injuring three people.
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Illia Ponomarenko @ioponomarenko.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
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Shaun Pinner @shaunpinner.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
Trump’s own son accepted lavish post-wedding celebrations funded by Umar Kremlev, a Putin-linked oligarch involved with Healthy Fatherland, an organisation sanctioned by Ukraine over its alleged role in abducting Ukrainian children. Children, for fuck’s sake.
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Shaun Pinner @shaunpinner.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
Ukrainian lives were being gambled with. My life was being gambled with, and the lives of reporters, diplomats, mothers and children. These are real people beneath those drones and ballistics Trump is unfit to be President
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Shaun Pinner @shaunpinner.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
Reuters reports that the order to restrict Ukraine’s Starshield satellite system came from inside the White House. Ukrainian officials say the restrictions slowed interceptor drones used against Russian attacks. To me, that means the White House now has Ukrainian blood on its hands.
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 15/10/2026
⚡️The EU loophole Russia is using to force Euroclear and Raiffeisen to get its oligarchs freed from sanctions. Russia has exploited an EU sanctions loophole to unfreeze $3 billion worth of assets held by Belgium's Euroclear, according to a Flemish media report.
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The EU loophole Russia is using to free its oligarchs from sanctions
Russia has exploited an EU sanctions loophole to unfreeze $3 billion worth of assets held by Belgium's Euroclear, according to a Flemish media report, and Austria's Raiffeisen Bank could be about to e...
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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
To understand how the Trump administration behaves and makes (and unmakes) policy, you have to understand that it comes from a constant battle between incompetence and evil. Their policies are usually a combination of both in different measures.
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 15/10/2026
Ukraine’s General Staff confirms six Russian Su-34 fighter-bombers were damaged in the overnight strike on Borisoglebsk military airfield in Voronezh Oblast. The aircraft sustained varying degrees of damage, while explosions and a fire were recorded at the base. #Ukraine
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 15/10/2026
DniproOsint clarified with close-up satellite footage that indeed 6 Russian Su-34 bombers were hit. Four were at the center of the impact area of the missile(s) while another two likely sustained debris/blast damage. #Russia
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 15/10/2026
❗️The Trump administration is considering easing sanctions on shadow fleet vessels to reduce record freight rates, Reuters reports. Talks focus on allowing sanctioned ships to carry oil not under US sanctions, days after Washington temporarily lifted sanctions on Russian diesel. #Russia
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Jay in Kyiv @jayinkyiv.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
The rate at which Russian oil production continues to fall – now dropping at -90k barrels/day per month – puts Russia at only 5.5 million barrels/day three years from now, on par with Canada.
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Ukrainska Pravda 🇺🇦 @pravda.ua · 15/10/2026
‼️President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said Ukraine will resume strikes on Russian oil refineries after Kyiv observed the "energy ceasefire" announced by US President Donald Trump, only to face intensified Russian attacks and slower Starlink satellite communications. 📸: Office of the President
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Shaun Pinner @shaunpinner.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
This US administration’s whitewashing of Russian atrocities will go down in history as a dark and shameful chapter. I can only hope Trump is impeached and held accountable for his actions.
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 15/10/2026
⚡Russian attacks on Dnipropetrovsk Oblast kill 2, spark residential fires. In Dnipro district, two people were killed when a private house was destroyed in the Novooleksandrivka community.
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Russian attacks on Dnipropetrovsk Oblast kill 2, spark residential fires
Several private houses also caught fire in Pavlohrad, where emergency crews were working. Authorities were still assessing whether anyone had been injured or killed.
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 14/10/2026
Footage captures the missile attack on the Borisoglebsk military airfield in Russia’s Voronezh Oblast. This is a missile, not a drone. #Russia
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 14/10/2026
Russia is launching one of its largest drone attacks on Ukraine, Zelensky says, with energy, logistics and railways under fire. He said Russia is trying to exploit Starlink problems affecting interceptor drones. Kirovohrad Oblast is reportedly facing its heaviest attack since 2022. #Ukraine
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 14/10/2026
Many media have been far too careful in their phrasing, saying that Trump is "squeezing Ukraine" or putting pressure on it. We all need to do the responsible thing and call it what it is: Trump is not trying to reach a deal — he is trying to "end the war" by simply helping Russia win.
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 14/10/2026
It's already been said many times that the U.S., under President Donald Trump, was turning its back on Ukraine. But the past few days show something worse than abandonment: Trump is now actively helping Russia win the war.
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Editorial: Donald Trump is helping Russia win the war
It's already been said many times that the U.S., under President Donald Trump, was turning its back on Ukraine. But the past few days show something worse than abandonment: Trump is now actively help...
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 14/10/2026
The Telegraph columnist Jake Wallis Simons accused Trump and Elon Musk of “throwing Ukraine to the wolves,” arguing that Starlink restrictions have disrupted Ukrainian frontline operations. He said the move has fueled feelings of betrayal in Ukraine as US pressure on Kyiv grows. #Ukraine
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 14/10/2026
Zelensky told Piers Morgan that Ukraine feels betrayed and fears it is losing the US as a strong partner. “We are not selling our country. This is not business for us. This is our life, our country, our home, our children,” he said, adding that Ukraine cannot afford to be weak. #Ukraine
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 14/10/2026
⚡️SBU detains 18-year-old suspected FSB agent in Kyiv over attempt to activate 148 Starlink terminals for Russia. The SBU reported that the terminals were intended to support the planning of Russian military operations in the Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia regions.
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SBU detains 18-year-old suspected FSB agent in Kyiv over attempt to activate 148 Starlink terminals for Russia
The SBU reported that the terminals were intended to support the planning of Russian military operations in the Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia regions. Ukrainian security officers say they prevented the dev...
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Ukrainska Pravda 🇺🇦 @pravda.ua · 14/10/2026
‼️ Russians have struck Kyiv's two combined heat and power plants almost 50 times this year, mayor says
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Russians have struck Kyiv's two combined heat and power plants almost 50 times this year, mayor says
Mayor Vitali Klitschko says Kyiv has prepared nearly 700 generators, 70 mobile boiler units and three diesel power stations to maintain heating and water supplies.
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Ruth Deyermond @ruthdeyermond.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
A couple of days after the 2024 US elections I posted a thread on Twitter on what a Trump administration policy on Ukraine and Russia was likely to be. What they're doing now is appalling, but it shouldn't be a surprise.
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