How is the world going to react as the war in Ukraine takes a turn for the worse as the US president announces a deal to sell Russian diesel oil on the international market with a freeze on attacks… a freeze immediately broken by one of the largest attacks of the war accompanied by a cut to Ukraine’s access to satellite intelligence
First, a copy of a late night/early morning missive from Ukrainian leader, Volodymyr Zelenskyy…
Then, a New York Times open access (without firewall) news article/reporting from the ‘front lines’ of the war…
(And 1000+ reader Comments that, as scanned, provide a real time snapshot of American thoughts and feelings…)
As of October 2026
Ukraine’s Vulnerability Grows as Starlink Is Restricted and Russia Escalates
A huge attack cut power to 600,000 people in Kyiv, and a Pentagon-funded satellite internet program appeared to be curbed without warning
More analysis and assessments of daily Russia-Ukraine war developments available from the Institute for the Study of War
https://understandingwar.org/ | https://understandingwar.org/analysis/russia-ukraine/
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Putin and Trump consider next steps…
Alexander Kazakov/via REUTERS
