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  • Zelensky to Trump: ‘Surely other wars can be stopped’ — ‘including the Russian war’

    10/12/2025 9:07:05 AM PDT · by Navy Patriot · 42 replies
    One America News ^ | October 10, 2025 | Katherine Mosack
    Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that President Donald Trump’s ability to successfully negotiate a peace agreement between Israel and Hamas provides hope for an end to the Russia-Ukraine war. In a social media post on Saturday, the Ukrainian leader reported a “very positive and productive” call with President Trump. He said that he congratulated Trump on his success in the Middle East, “which is an outstanding achievement.” “If a war can be stopped in one region, then surely other wars can be stopped as well—including the Russian war,” Zelensky wrote in English on X and Facebook. The Middle-Eastern peace deal...
  • Russian Strikes Knock Out More than Half of Ukraine Gas Production Ahead of Winter

    10/09/2025 11:50:03 AM PDT · by Navy Patriot · 60 replies
    Financial Post ^ | October 9, 2025 | Ewa Krukowska, Natalia Drozdiak, Daryna Krasnolutska and Alberto Nardelli
    Russian strikes in recent days have wiped out more than half of Ukraine’s domestic natural gas production, likely forcing the war-battered country to spend 1.9 billion euros ($2.2 billion) on fuel imports to survive the looming winter. Article content Kyiv told its allies earlier this week that a massive Russian barrage targeting the Kharkiv and Poltava regions on Oct. 3 took out roughly 60% of the country’s gas production, according to people with knowledge of the matter. They requested anonymity because the discussions are private. Article content Article content Article content Ukraine’s gas infrastructure — able to meet domestic demand...
  • Handover of Tomahawks to Kiev to Irreparably Damage US-Russia Ties — Diplomat

    10/08/2025 9:53:13 AM PDT · by marshmallow · 65 replies
    TASS ^ | 10/8/25
    Moscow is hopeful that Washington will hear its message on the potential supply of Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine, Maria Zakharova statedMOSCOW, October 8. /TASS/. If the United States makes the decision to supply Kiev with Tomahawk long-range missiles, it will do irreparable damage to US-Russian relations, the Russian Foreign Ministry’s official spokeswoman, Maria Zakharova, said. "A corresponding decision by the US administration, if made, will not just send the confrontation into a downward spiral, but also do irreparable damage to Russian-US relations, which have just begun to display certain elements indicating the resumption of a bilateral dialogue," the diplomat said,...
  • Readint of the Tea Leaves: Project Ukraine

    10/07/2025 1:51:43 PM PDT · by Jumper · 93 replies
    self | 7 Oct 25 | self
    An analysis of the Russo-Urainian War in 2025. I look at events essentially from the draw down in Kursk to the overall trajectory of the combat lines. Finally, I take a look at constraints on the west and challenges faced.
  • Trump: 'Sort Of' Ready to Send Tomahawks to Ukraine, NATO

    10/07/2025 4:18:44 AM PDT · by McGruff · 18 replies
    NEWSMAX ^ | Oct 6, 2025 | Eric Mack
    President Donald Trump said Monday he has "sort of" made a decision on whether to supply Tomahawk cruise missiles to Ukraine or NATO allies but signaled caution, stressing he wants more information before proceeding. Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, Trump said he intends to learn "what they're doing with them" before finalizing any decision, adding that his goal is to avoid escalating the conflict. Washington is carefully weighing a significant step in military support as Kyiv continues its defense against Russia, but Trump's emphasis on oversight reflects concerns about how advanced U.S. weaponry might be used once transferred....
  • Tomahawk Supplies to Kiev May Lead to Further Escalation — Kremlin Spokesman

    10/07/2025 4:52:29 AM PDT · by marshmallow · 28 replies
    TASS ^ | 10/7/25
    Potential supplies of these missiles will not be able to change the battlefield situation for the Kiev regime, Dmitry Peskov emphasizedMOSCOW, October 7. /TASS/. Potential supplies of Tomahawk cruise missiles to Kiev will be a serious spiral of escalation, since such weapons can be equipped with nuclear warheads, Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov said. "This will imply a serious spiral of escalation, which, however, will not be able to change the battlefield situation for the Kiev regime. But it is important to bear in mind in this context, putting aside various nuances, that these missiles can be equipped with...
  • Putin says Tomahawk supply to Ukraine would destroy U.S. relations

    10/05/2025 5:08:58 PM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 54 replies
    Reuters.com ^ | October 5, 20254:01 AM CDT | Reuters
    MOSCOW, Oct 5 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said that if the United States supplied Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine for long-range strikes deep into Russia then it would lead to the destruction of Moscow's relationship with Washington.Less than two months since U.S. President Donald Trump met Putin at a summit in Alaska, peace looks even further away with Russian forces advancing in Ukraine, Russian drones allegedly flying in NATO airspace and now Washington talking about direct participation in striking deep into the world's biggest nuclear power.The Reuters Daily Briefing newsletter provides all the news you need to start your...
  • The Ring Around Siversk Continues to Tighten

    10/05/2025 12:58:31 PM PDT · by delta7 · 26 replies
    Military Summary Channel ^ | 5 Oct 25 | Dima
    Killzone🔴The Ring Around Siversk Continues to Tighten⚔️🔥Military Summary And Analysis For 2025.10.05
  • Russia fires 500 drones at Ukraine in deadly overnight attack, Zelenskyy says

    10/05/2025 3:19:24 AM PDT · by McGruff · 46 replies
    ABC News ^ | Oct 5, 2025 | David Brennan
    Zelenskyy said that at least five people were killed and 10 injured across Ukraine. Impacts were reported in Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk, Zaporizhzhia, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Kherson, Odesa and Kirovohrad regions, the president wrote in a Telegram post. Russia launched some 500 strike drones and 50 missiles, Zelenskyy said. "Today the Russians again struck our infrastructure, everything that ensures a normal life for people," he wrote. "More protection is needed, faster implementation of all defense agreements, especially regarding air defense, to make this aerial terror meaningless," he added. "A unilateral ceasefire in the sky is possible, and it could open the way...
  • Ukrainians think corruption is worsening – survey

    10/04/2025 10:24:17 AM PDT · by Navy Patriot · 74 replies
    Planet Today ^ | October 4, 2025
    Most citizens say graft has increased since 2022, according to a new national poll Most Ukrainians have said corruption in the country has worsened since escalation of the conflict with Russia in February 2022, a new survey by the Kiev International Institute of Sociology (KIIS) has shown. In findings released on Friday, the poll revealed that 71% of respondents believe the level of corruption has increased over the past three years. Another 20% said they had not noticed any change, while only 5% felt the situation had improved. The survey was conducted over September 19-28 and included 1,029 participants across...
  • The Russia-Ukraine War Belongs to Russia and Ukraine

    10/04/2025 2:07:36 PM PDT · by Mariner · 23 replies
    The American Conservative ^ | July 31st, 2025 | Doug Bandow
    fter barely six months in office, President Donald Trump has gone from peacemaker to warmonger. He attacked Iran and is threatening more strikes, bombarded Yemen’s Ansar Allah militants on behalf of Israel and Europe, is encouraging the former to conquer Gaza, and is increasing U.S. involvement in the Russia-Ukraine cataclysm.War with Russia is the most immediate danger. Its invasion of its neighbor was a tragedy, but requires U.S. avoidance, not involvement. Throughout most of America’s history, Ukraine has been ruled from Moscow. The Ukrainian people have long suffered under that relationship, but Washington never considered going to war on Kiev’s...
  • NATO Must Say No to Ukraine No-Fly Zone

    10/04/2025 4:06:30 PM PDT · by Mariner · 27 replies
    The American Conservative ^ | October 4th, 2025 | Ted Galen Carpenter
    n the past few weeks, Russian drones and jet fighters have repeatedly penetrated the airspace of Poland, Estonia, and other NATO members. Western officials have reacted harshly to those episodes, shooting down intruding drones and, in the case of President Donald Trump, issuing threats to attack even manned Russian aircraft if such incidents continue. NATO leaders and their supporters in the news media are responding to the rising tensions by reviving an idea from the earliest days of the Kremlin’s February 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine: imposing a no-fly zone over that country. It is an especially provocative and dangerous...
  • Russia targets Ukraine's natural gas facilities in biggest attack of the war

    10/04/2025 5:17:12 AM PDT · by McGruff · 23 replies
    ABC News ^ | Oct 3, 2025 | HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press
    Russia launched its biggest attack of the war overnight against natural gas facilities run by Ukraine’s state-owned Naftogaz Group, officials said Friday. Russia fired a total of 381 drones and 35 missiles at Ukraine, according to Ukraine’s air force. in what officials was an attempt to wreck the Ukrainian power grid ahead of winter and wear down public appetite for the 3-year-old conflict. “This is deliberate terror against civilian facilities that provide gas extraction and processing for the normal life of people,” Serhii Koretskyi, chief executive of Ukraine’s state-owned gas company Naftogaz, said in a statement. “It has no military...
  • Gas Transportation Infrastructure Under Attack

    10/03/2025 5:48:41 PM PDT · by delta7 · 7 replies
    Military Summary Chanel ^ | 3 Oct 25 | Dima
    Killzone🔴Gas Transportation Infrastructure Under Attack💥Southern Pokrovsk On The Brink🔥MS 2025.10.03
  • Europe’s Emerging Plan: Give Ukraine $200 Billion in Russian Money

    10/02/2025 11:41:27 AM PDT · by dennisw · 21 replies
    Wall Street Journal via MSN ^ | 10-01 | Laurence Norman
    During an EU summit Wednesday, leaders discussed the plan, with the idea winning support from bloc heavyweights France and Germany, according to officials involved in the discussion. However Belgium, whose approval is critical because it hosts Euroclear, reiterated concerns about the plan and sought assurances that its financial interests would be protected. Earlier, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, who hosted the summit, told reporters that the bloc sees financial support to Ukraine as critical. “And I think that the idea from the Commission is actually quite a good way forward,” she said. The European plan seeks to resolve several problems...
  • US to provide Ukraine with intelligence for long-range strikes in Russia, WSJ reports

    10/01/2025 5:38:43 PM PDT · by McGruff · 162 replies
    REUTERS ^ | Oct 1, 2025 | Costas Pitas
    The United States will provide Ukraine with intelligence for long-range missile strikes on Russia’s energy infrastructure, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, as it weighs whether to send Kyiv weapons that could put more targets within range. The United States has long been sharing intelligence with Kyiv but Wednesday's report said the new development will make it easier for Ukraine to hit refineries, pipelines, power stations and other infrastructure with the aim of depriving the Kremlin of revenue and oil. According to U.S. officials cited by the Wall Street Journal, approval on additional intelligence came shortly before President Donald...
  • GROK AI confirms President Trump's statements that the US no longer provides funds to Ukraine. All funds spent now are from prior Congressional Appropriations - no new ones planned

    10/01/2025 3:34:25 PM PDT · by ransomnote · 40 replies
    October 1, 2025 | GROK AI
    President Trump said the US no longer funds the Ukraine war. He said we now sell weapons to NATO, and NATO can do whatever it wants with them. The MSM and NATO vigorously describe this as Trump's continued support for the Ukraine war.I asked GROK AI specific questions about what kind of aid we are giving in terms of military, budgetary and humanitarian/economic support. Grok says there have been no new appropriations by Congress in 2025; any US funds being spent now (e.g., training Ukrainian troops) were from prior appropriations (Biden). There is still tens of billions in Biden era...
  • Ursula von der Leyen announces 4 billion euros will be disbursed to Ukraine today

    10/01/2025 10:48:15 AM PDT · by kiryandil · 28 replies
    Twitter/X ^ | October 1, 2025 | DiscloseTV
    NOW - Ursula von der Leyen announces 4 billion euros will be disbursed to Ukraine today, including 2 billion for drones and proposes "reparation loans for Ukraine, on the basis of the immobilized Russian assets, Ukraine has to pay back this loan, if Russia pays reparations."
  • Guns of October

    10/01/2025 4:39:09 AM PDT · by MtnClimber · 7 replies
    American Thinker ^ | 1 )ct, 2025 | J.B. Shurk
    Once again, it feels as if we’re tiptoeing toward an official war between the United States and Russia — as opposed to the proxy war that has endured for three and half years between Russia and NATO-backed Ukraine. Although President Trump has downplayed the “rare and urgent” meeting of top military commanders from around the world at Quantico, Virginia, on Tuesday, the event has generated intense speculation. The Pentagon says that secretary of War Hegseth merely wants to deliver a speech on the “warrior ethos” and make sure that military leaders are all walking in the same direction. The president...
  • A village feast in Ukraine: Dare to Ukraine Village Ep# 5

    09/29/2025 2:05:38 PM PDT · by UMCRevMom@aol.com · 33 replies
    The Kyiv Independent ^ | 9-27-2025 | Masha Lavrova
    “Dare to Ukraine” is The Kyiv Independent’s wartime travel series that shows the country beyond the war headlines. In Episode 5 of “Dare to Ukraine: Village,” Masha’s journey reaches its final chapter. Before leaving, she brings everyone together for a shared meal, stories, and moments that reflect her month-long experience. From morning fishing to dinner-table singing at night, this episode captures the warmth, connection, and memories that make rural Ukraine unforgettable.