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Are you getting sick from repeating the same useless mantra about a ceasefire and bringing Russia to the negotiating table? How about redoubling your efforts to help Ukraine win the war and eliminate the existential threat to Europe before being thrown by LePen and Putin into the garbage bin of history?
Je viens d'apprendre avec émotion qu'un drone à réaction russe vient de s'abattre sur la gare de Dnipro, avec un très lourd bilan.
J'adresse au Président @ZelenskyyUa et au peuple ukrainien mes condoléances et notre solidarité.
Nous devons, dans ce contexte, aspirer à bien plus qu'un cessez-le-feu localisé comme celui qui vient d'être négocié localement à Olechky. Il est intolérable que la Russie continue d'opposer son refus à toutes les propositions en ce sens, en continuant de miser sur l'escalade et en visant les civils.
Nous devons ensemble redoubler d'efforts pour une paix juste et durable et amener la Russie à la table des négociations.
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At least 20 civilians have been killed in Russian strikes on some of the busiest places in Ukrainian cities.
And that's just today.
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Britain 🇬🇧 just announced its biggest-ever package for Ukraine: over £10 billion, including £500 million for urgent winter air defence
Thank you, main bastards ❤️
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Good.
Russian Diesel Will Likely Never Reach American Shores
youtu.be/ja17NwJoPug?is=S8qf…
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Kyiv right now.
Around 8 Iskander-M ballistic missiles were fired at the capital in just 5 minutes.
russia is a terrorist state. Stop pretending you don’t see this.
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Thank you, Emmanuel, for your condolences. Unfortunately, the death toll from the Russian strike on a commuter train in Dnipro has already risen to 14. And just a few hours ago, the Russians struck a residential neighborhood in Chernihiv with a drone and killed two girls. They were only 15 years old. In Kremenchuk, a Russian “shahed” struck an apartment building. Tragically, three people were killed. My condolences to all those who lost their loved ones. In these three attacks alone, 56 people have been reported injured, including 10 children.
These are deliberate strikes against civilians, brazen in their cruelty, and the Russians are carrying them out right as the humanitarian operation in Oleshky is unfolding. Russia’s signals are clear – they want the war to continue, and everyone around the world must still work very hard to achieve major de-escalation through strong steps and appropriate pressure on the aggressor.
Peace is needed – and for that to happen, Russia must end its war and terror.
Je viens d'apprendre avec émotion qu'un drone à réaction russe vient de s'abattre sur la gare de Dnipro, avec un très lourd bilan.
J'adresse au Président @ZelenskyyUa et au peuple ukrainien mes condoléances et notre solidarité.
Nous devons, dans ce contexte, aspirer à bien plus qu'un cessez-le-feu localisé comme celui qui vient d'être négocié localement à Olechky. Il est intolérable que la Russie continue d'opposer son refus à toutes les propositions en ce sens, en continuant de miser sur l'escalade et en visant les civils.
Nous devons ensemble redoubler d'efforts pour une paix juste et durable et amener la Russie à la table des négociations.
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Multiple firms are reportedly refusing to purchase cargoes of Russian diesel fuel currently on their way to the US -Washington Sun
The reluctance comes as concerns emerge about the legality of the sanctions waiver issued by the Trump administration.
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The Russians also struck Chernihiv with a "Banderol" missile. As a result of the strike, two 15-year-old girls were killed, and 15 people were injured.
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This is what Russia is doing while some are getting high on ketamine and staging a disgraceful circus by cutting off communications for Ukrainian drone defenses, and others are practically drooling over promises of lining their pockets with the Kremlin's blood money.
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🚨 BREAKING: A Russian strike on the center of Chernihiv killed two 15-year-old girls and injured at least 11 other people.
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Russia has just murdered at least 13 people as they waited on a train platform, targeting the group with a jet drone in the city of Dnipro.
Open genocide, now backed by the White House and the owner of this platform.
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A horrific Russian strike on the railway station in Dnipro. The Russians launched a drone attack on a platform where an ordinary commuter train and a scheduled passenger train were standing. Unfortunately, 13 people have been confirmed killed as of now. My condolences to their families and loved ones. Ten more people were injured. All necessary emergency services are working at the scene.
Just how many terrorist strikes has Russia carried out against our people since sanctions were lifted on certain Russian oligarchs and the Russian energy sector, rather than de-escalating? This is precisely why Ukraine has always said that just and decisive action by America and Europe is needed in response to Russian escalation – sanctions against Moscow and its war machine must not be eased for as long as this Russian war continues. It is time for new, stronger sanctions steps by the EU, the United States, and the G7. I thank everyone who is ready to help in this way.
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These are the indicative estimates of Russia’s combat losses as of Oct. 29, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
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UK goes big as U.S recedes into the darkness of the Russian world.
Britain has announced its largest-ever financial support package for Ukraine – £10 billion ($13.3 billion) in additional economic and military assistance.
Announced today by Chancellor John Healey, the package includes:
- £7 billion in economic support over three years, including World Bank guarantees and grants.
- £3 billion in additional UK export finance capacity, prioritizing military support.
- £500 million in urgent military funding to strengthen Ukraine's air defenses this winter.
The announcement brings Britain's total commitments to Ukraine since Russia's full-scale invasion to £35 billion ($46.5 billion).
Prime Minister Andy Burnham and Chancellor Healey informed President Zelensky ahead of the announcement. Zelensky responded: "You've made my day."
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The 700th consecutive day of protests in Georgia against the pro-Russian, kleptocratic, illegitimate Georgian Dream regime.
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These are the indicative estimates of Russia’s combat losses as of Oct. 28, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
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🇺🇦 🇺🇲 The confrontation inside Trump's Ukraine peace negotiations is now coming into focus.
Le Monde reports that Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner spent nearly three hours pitching Ukraine's presidential chief of staff, Kyrylo Budanov, a postwar economic arrangement built around restoring Russian oil and gas flows to Europe through Ukrainian pipelines.
The meeting took place on October 9 at the Shell Bay golf club in Florida.
Witkoff presented the proposal as a regional prosperity plan: Ukraine would collect transit revenues, Europe would receive cheaper energy, and Russia would regain access to commercial routes disrupted by the war.
Budanov saw something fundamentally different. According to a witness cited by Le Monde, he objected that the arrangement would recreate Ukraine's dependence on Moscow.
“Our model is not Belarus, but Poland!” he reportedly replied.
The meeting was interrupted, and Budanov called Zelensky.
When talks resumed, news arrived that Trump had announced a separate agreement with Putin involving Russian diesel. Le Monde reports that an irritated Witkoff then demanded that the Ukrainians accept the arrangement and stop striking Russian oil refineries, arguing that the attacks endangered the wider world.
A source familiar with the Ukrainian delegation described its members as exceptionally distressed by the encounter.
The account adds a revealing dimension to the commercial negotiations we have been tracking. The proposed Lukoil asset sale, Novatek's involvement in an Alaska LNG venture, the broader US-Russia list of business opportunities reported by the Financial Times, and now the proposed restoration of Russian energy transit through Ukraine all point to the prominence of energy deals in Washington's diplomatic approach.
These are separate proposals, with different participants and legal circumstances. But Le Monde's reporting exposes the strategic disagreement underlying them.
For Witkoff, restoring commercial flows appears to be part of the mechanism for producing a peace settlement. For Budanov, according to the account, those same flows threaten to restore Moscow's economic leverage over Ukraine.
The reported exchange also raises a question about sequencing: why was Kyiv being pressed to stop attacking Russian refineries while Russia continued striking Ukrainian energy infrastructure?
Le Monde's reconstruction relies on accounts of a private meeting. The reported exchanges have not been independently confirmed by the participants.
Source: Le Monde
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Here is your humanitarianism, MF. @SteveWitkoff
Rettungskräfte in Kyjiw konnten den Hund nur noch beruhigen, der bei einem russischen Angriff auf den Dnipro-Bezirk verletzt wurde. Er starb an seinen Verletzungen.
Der Hund lebte in der Nähe eines Auchan-Marktes. Dass die Retter nach einem Einschlag auch für ein Tier alles versuchen, zeigt, wie viel Menschlichkeit eine Stadt aufbringt, die jede Nacht um ihre Bewohner fürchten muss.