By Niall Stanage
The war in Ukraine (click here) — and the question of the American role in it — has been thrown into a new moment of chaos and crisis.
Wednesday brought a blizzard of developments: revelations that Ukraine had been abruptly restricted in its use of a satellite service that is crucial to its wartime efforts; an accusation of American betrayal from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky; and an intervention by the world’s richest man that sought to minimize his responsibility in the farrago....
The war in Ukraine (click here) — and the question of the American role in it — has been thrown into a new moment of chaos and crisis.
Wednesday brought a blizzard of developments: revelations that Ukraine had been abruptly restricted in its use of a satellite service that is crucial to its wartime efforts; an accusation of American betrayal from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky; and an intervention by the world’s richest man that sought to minimize his responsibility in the farrago....
Trump is all propaganda. Trump swears there is diesel coming from Russia and then a Russian spokesman swears to it. It is all propaganda that is a distraction to the fact Trump is backing Russia.
13 October 2026
By Jakub Krupa (now) and Yohannes Lowe (earlier)
Zelenskyy says Ukraine halted attacks on Russian oil refineries, but Russia 'did not heed' Trump's call for ceasefire (click here)
Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy also responded to the Russian attacks on Ukraine overnight, saying Moscow has used “more than a hundred different weapons,” from “jet-powered drones, loitering munitions and ballistic missiles.”
And, interestingly, he pointedly says Ukraine had “no early warning” on one of the strikes in Kyiv.
“An ordinary residential building was destroyed in Kharkiv; the rescue operation continued virtually all night as first responders searched for people under the rubble. Four people were killed in this strike on the building in Kharkiv. My condolences to all their families and loved ones. In Kharkiv alone, 41 people were injured in just one evening.
There was also a particularly vile ballistic missile strike on Kyiv – five missiles that hit civilian infrastructure. Unfortunately, we received no early warning from our partners about this strike. Intelligence on Russian ballistic missile launches helps save lives, and this is one of the most critical issues. This is precisely what helps prevent people from being killed – when there is an early warning about ballistic missiles.”
Zelenskyy also says Ukraine has halted strikes on Russian oil refineries for two days after Trump’s ceasefire announcement, but “Russia did not heed the American president.”...
