Category: Updates
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10/24/2025 — Russians PANIC Over U.S. Sanctions — HERE’S PROOF.

From: Professor Gerdes Explains — New reports and leaked footage show the real toll of American and European sanctions on Russia’s economy — from collapsing trade to a ruble in freefall. Behind the Kremlin’s confident façade, businesses are closing, prices are surging, and even state media can’t hide the growing anxiety. This isn’t just about…
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10/24/2025 — US voices concern over Chinese support for Russia’s Ukraine invasion

From: Atlantic Council By Katherine Spencer US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has raised concerns over Chinese components in Russian military drones amid fresh allegations of Beijing’s mounting support for Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. Speaking in mid-October, Bessent announced that the US would soon release photo evidence supplied by the Ukrainian government indicating China’s growing involvement in the…
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10/24/2025 — Russia’s ‘human safari’ in southern Ukraine is a warning to the world

From: Atlantic Council By Oleksandr Tolokonnikov On October 20, pensioner Larisa Vakulyuk was killed by a Russian drone while tending to her goats in the Ukrainian city of Kherson. The murder of the 84 year old Ukrainian grandmother was a deliberate act carried out by a Russian drone operator using a video camera to hunt his victim. There…
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10/24/2025 — How Trump can apply his Middle East success to ending Russia’s war in Ukraine

From: Atlantic Council By John E. Herbst As the cease-fire his administration brokered between Israel and Hamas went into effect last week, US President Donald Trump told the Israeli Knesset that next he wanted “to get Russia done.” The Israel-Hamas war and the Russia-Ukraine war are obviously different in many important ways. Having served as a US diplomat…
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10/24/2025 — If speaking Russian makes you Russian, then Americans must be English… (video)

From: Kyiv Independent — Moscow has long claimed that Donbass “belongs” to Russia because many they speak Russian — a false narrative echoed even by US special envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff, who suggested the region should be surrendered for that reason. In reality, Donbas’s Russian-speaking identity is the result of centuries of…
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10/24/25 — Ukraine’s Longest Night: When Drones Found a Kindergarten and a Summit Fell Apart

From: Transform Ukraine By Douglas Landro / October 23, 2025 A jet-driven strike leveled a Kharkiv preschool as 400+ drones battered cities, U.S. sanctions finally hit Rosneft and Lukoil, and Moscow answered diplomacy with a nuclear show. The Day’s Reckoning October 22, 2025—the 1,337th day of Russia’s full-scale invasion—began before dawn with the sound of sirens rolling across…
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10/23/2025 — “Oh, I’m so glad you came!”

From: Ira Kapitonova in Kyiv (Day 1337) (evening) Greeting every person with the words, “Oh, I’m so glad you came!” and literally meaning it. Having extra grace for the students, and especially one whose apartment lost windows because of the shock wave after the explosion. Listening to the children praying, “God, thank you that we…
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10/22/2025 — Vladimir Putin’s war machine may finally be running out of fuel

From: Atlantic Council By Vladyslav Davydov As reports of cracks in Russia’s wartime economy continue to mount, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is now predicting that the Kremlin will face an unprecedented budget deficit of around $100 billion in 2026. The Ukrainian leader is far from alone in forecasting more economic pain in the pipeline for Russian dictator Vladimir Putin. US President Donald Trump has recent…
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10/22/2025 — Budapest summit postponed as Putin rejects Trump’s ceasefire proposal

From: Atlantic Council By Peter Dickinson Just days after US President Donald Trump announced plans for a new peace summit with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, their proposed Budapest meeting has been thrown into doubt. Trump first shared news of the summit late last week following a lengthy and “very productive” telephone call with Putin. Speaking…
