This continues the Graham Act piece and the day-five piece on the "energy ceasefire". Between 10-17 and 10-19, Secretary of State Rubio answered reporters'...
Secretary of State Marco Rubio Remarks to the Press - United States Department of State
QUESTION: Mr. Secretary? SECRETARY RUBIO: What’s going on? QUESTION: Nice and chilly, right? SECRETARY RUBIO: It’s all right. QUESTION: With everything going on in the world and with crisis all over, why are you choosing now, at this time, to go to Uzbekistan? SECRETARY RUBIO: Well, it’s the time of year that worked for those […]
Trump's Second "Energy Ceasefire": What One Night of Evidence Shows
On 10-11 Trump posted that "there is an ENERGY CEASEFIRE in the War between Russia and Ukraine. Both parties have agreed." It was the second such post in a...
Trump says Russia, Ukraine reach ‘energy ceasefire’ but gives no details
U.S. President Donald Trump says Russia and Ukraine had agreed to an “energy ceasefire” in the 4 1/2-year-old war, but he offered no details on it and Kyiv reported continued attacks by Moscow on energy sites after his statement
Day Five of the "Energy Ceasefire": Zelensky Says "We're Done," and the Evidence on US Pressure Is Still One-Sided
This continues the day-four piece. Everything below is from reporting on 10-14 and 10-15, and I name who is making each claim, because several of them cannot...
The Rally Didn't Survive a Day, and Rubio Just Confirmed the Correction I Made Three Weeks Ago
Eighth piece in a series that started with Mokha falling on 09-11. Previous: The Strait Fell, and Riyadh Called Washington → Both Banks, and Now Iran's Own...
Moscow Promised More Strikes on Sunday. By Wednesday the Pryluky Toll Went From 5 to 16.
The 07 October Russian strike on Ukraine is the latest step in a sequence I have been following since the Kyiv bridge strikes (10-03, 10-04). What follows is...
Trump Waives Graham Act Sanctions On Russia Before They Take Effect
WASHINGTON -- US President Donald Trump has waived nearly all substantive sanctions, tariffs, and restrictions included in a bipartisan law aimed at pressuring Russia to end its war against Ukraine, prompting sharp criticism from Ukraine advocates and lawmakers from both parties who say the move undermines efforts to force Moscow to negotiate.
Exclusive: Putin puts a price on Trump's Ukraine energy truce — Kyiv fears the cost
Russia has demanded sanctions relief from the U.S. as part of talks over a possible energy ceasefire with Ukraine, while also seeking to link the initiative to a ceasefire in the Black Sea, U.S. and Ukrainian officials familiar with the talks told the Kyiv Independent. The demands come as Russia intensifies attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure, with one senior Ukrainian defense official saying Moscow is trying to inflict as much damage as possible to gain leverage before potential negotia
Starlink in Ukraine – a New Story of Protecting SatCom Sovereignty
Ukraine is finally implementing effective regulatory measures to protect its satellite telecommunications space. Will Ukraine’s sovereignty and resilience in this war increase?
Exclusive: 'It felt like a trap.' How Ukraine was blindsided by Trump's Putin pivot
When U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner told Ukraine's delegation on Oct. 9 that President Donald Trump was preparing to lift sanctions on Russian diesel exports, the Ukrainians struggled to believe what they were hearing. The delegation had traveled to the United States to discuss a possible energy ceasefire with Russia. Instead, Kyiv's negotiators found themselves blindsided by a decision they feared would hand Moscow fresh revenue to finance its war against Ukraine while undermining
Rubio warns of Iraq ‘Balkanisation’: Is that a real threat?
US secretary of state’s warning comes after he and Trump met the Iraqi PM on the sidelines of the UNGA.
Zelenskyy says Russia keeps striking Ukraine’s energy sites despite Trump ceasefire push
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy voiced outrage Wednesday over Russia’s continuing aerial bombardment of Ukraine’s energy infrastructure in apparent defiance of U.S. President Donald Trump’s demand for a ceasefire.
Lithuanian PM: We should ask Ukraine to strike more Russian data centres
Lithuanian Prime Minister Mindaugas Sinkevičius said Monday that Ukraine’s allies should ask President Volodymyr Zelensk...
Three Days of Trump's "Energy Ceasefire": One Side Has Paused, and Nobody Has Said the Terms
On 10-12 I wrote up the first night of the "energy ceasefire" Trump announced on 10-11. A day later there is enough to compare the claim with a short record....
Russian strikes destroy 12 million books ahead of Ukraine's first week back at school - sh.itjust.works
> Russia has hit printing presses and publishing houses across Ukraine in a series of recent attacks, destroying 12 million books and damaging other icons of Ukrainian history and culture. Local media report [https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/articles/2026/08/22/8049865/] that Russia has destroyed one third of all the books printed in Ukraine this year. — This community deals not only with banned books but also with books deemed “challenging.” Therefore, I believe this news, which reports on the destruction of the Ukrainian publishing industry for “challenging” the Russian regime and aggression, is in line with the community’s theme.
