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Posted on 10/18/26 at 4:55 pm to T1gerNate
Ukraine honored trump's imaginary energy ceasefire for at least 3 days.
Since the American President announced the energy ceasefire a week ago, Russia has deliberately attacked Ukraine’s energy and oil and gas sectors 76 times.
Since the American President announced the energy ceasefire a week ago, Russia has deliberately attacked Ukraine’s energy and oil and gas sectors 76 times.
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Posted on 10/18/26 at 10:40 pm to ned nederlander
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Trump has rightfully nationalized private companies deemed essential to national defense from chip companies to steel companies to natural resource companies.
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Posted on 10/19/26 at 12:47 am to Lee B
Elon's insurance company just called him.
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The Russian military satellite has reportedly conducted deliberate maneuvers to approach the commercial radar-imaging spacecraft operated by ICEYE, whose satellite imagery supports Ukraine.
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The pattern read by trackers across multiple countries is the same: a Russian military asset spent three weeks deliberately burning fuel and adjusting its orbital plane, altitude and eccentricity to shadow, at zero relative velocity and within tens of meters, exactly the kind of Western-linked space asset Russia would want to understand, disable, or demonstrate it can reach.
No tracker has found evidence Kosmos 2612 carries a destructive payload or that it struck ICEYE-X36. What's established instead is a precedent: Russia has now shown the technical willingness and capability to maneuver a military satellite into near-contact proximity with a commercial asset tied to Ukrainian and Polish defense intelligence, holding formation close enough that the only remaining open questions are what Moscow intended and whether the target satellite still functions exactly as it did before.
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This is just the preliminary step prior to full account confiscation.
But don't worry, Russian account holders have lots of experience with this pattern and already took the necessary steps -
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The Russian The Ministry of Finance wants to raise the tax on income from Russian citizens' deposits to 22% immediately. According to the draft law, income from deposits will be considered part of a person's total income, and a single personal income tax (PIT) rate will be applied.
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Banks will withhold the tax directly when paying out interest.
But don't worry, Russian account holders have lots of experience with this pattern and already took the necessary steps -
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Nearly $3.4 billion (286.4 billion rubles) was withdrawn in the first two weeks of August, on top of the $7.3 billion withdrawn in July and more than $4.5 billion in June, according to Russian Central Bank data.
Total withdrawals this year could nearly double the amount taken out in the first year of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, according to Taras Skvortsov, a senior executive at Sberbank, Russia’s biggest retail financial institution.
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Posted on 10/19/26 at 1:11 am to Coeur du Tigre
He sees himself as untouchable and doesn't care about anything as long as they don't release the Epstein files.
Article III, Section 3. You don't need 67 Senate votes to call witnesses and take testimony. Sworn testimony. Once that level of shite starts in Congress, it can't be stopped. Because, really... with his popularity numbers, who would want to?
Epstein -> Russia -> Trump.
Article III, Section 3. You don't need 67 Senate votes to call witnesses and take testimony. Sworn testimony. Once that level of shite starts in Congress, it can't be stopped. Because, really... with his popularity numbers, who would want to?
Epstein -> Russia -> Trump.
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If tweet fails to load, click here. Posted on 10/19/26 at 1:46 am to Coeur du Tigre
quote:Too late Elon. You already shut Starlink / StarShield down before you issued the threats. And only returned service when Mommy caught you. So the consequences of your impulsive juvenile attack on Ukrainian civilian lives are here to stay. Competition for Starlink just became far more than just financially attractive. It is now politically attractive. And your face is in every voter's mind.
Washington claims that European business could suffer serious losses if the EU restricts access to its market for American companies, including SpaceX.
And Elon Musk's company warned that such a move could negatively affect the quality of communications in Ukraine, where Starlink provides important communication channels for the civilian population and the military.
You didn't really think that one through, did you Elon? I guess those calculations don't show up on your TI-84.
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Yesterday, 26.5 billion was withdrawn from Russian banks.
This is [not the] average figure; this year, it was 50 billion per day.
For now, the outflow has returned to the trend line.
The short-term stabilization in mid-September was caused by the halt in the decline of the Central Bank of Russia's key rate and a slight increase in deposit rates from commercial banks. We're awaiting the reaction to the strike on Sberbank's data center
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Disruption of Sberbank's data processing centers could lead to panic among depositors and a banking crisis. The previous strike on Yandex's data centers resulted in Yandex Bank depositors losing access to their funds. Yandex Bank ranks 10th in terms of the volume of household deposits. Sberbank holds first place. Sberbank accounts for half of the assets of Russia's entire banking system.
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Posted on 10/19/26 at 5:37 am to Coeur du Tigre
Hunter killer satellites are so 1980s technology.
Posted on 10/19/26 at 6:27 am to cypher
US delaying Patriot missiles already paid for under NATO initiative, Zelensky says
October 19, 2026 6:51 am
The United States is delaying the delivery of Patriot interceptor missiles already paid for under a NATO-coordinated weapons purchasing initiative, President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an interview with Bloomberg on Oct. 18.
Washington has approved only some of the missiles purchased through the Prioritized Ukraine Requirements List (PURL) initiative, which allows NATO allies to finance the purchase of U.S.-made weapons for Ukraine, Zelensky said, according to Bloomberg.
"The American side approved the delivery of only some of them, but not the rest. And this is not a technical issue," Zelensky said.
The Ukrainian president said the U.S. is currently supplying just 12 Patriot interceptor missiles per month, approximately one-quarter of the number provided under former President Joe Biden's administration.
Unlike the military aid provided under Biden, Ukraine must now purchase the missiles, Zelensky said.
The accusations come as Ukraine faces renewed Russian ballistic missile attacks and increasingly severe shortages of the interceptors needed to defend against them.
Kyiv Independent
October 19, 2026 6:51 am
The United States is delaying the delivery of Patriot interceptor missiles already paid for under a NATO-coordinated weapons purchasing initiative, President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an interview with Bloomberg on Oct. 18.
Washington has approved only some of the missiles purchased through the Prioritized Ukraine Requirements List (PURL) initiative, which allows NATO allies to finance the purchase of U.S.-made weapons for Ukraine, Zelensky said, according to Bloomberg.
"The American side approved the delivery of only some of them, but not the rest. And this is not a technical issue," Zelensky said.
The Ukrainian president said the U.S. is currently supplying just 12 Patriot interceptor missiles per month, approximately one-quarter of the number provided under former President Joe Biden's administration.
Unlike the military aid provided under Biden, Ukraine must now purchase the missiles, Zelensky said.
The accusations come as Ukraine faces renewed Russian ballistic missile attacks and increasingly severe shortages of the interceptors needed to defend against them.
Kyiv Independent
Posted on 10/19/26 at 6:37 am to cypher
Initially no warning from partners about Russian overnight attack - Ukraine's Air Force
VALENTYNA ROMANENKO — 19 October, 10:29
The Russians launched two waves of ballistic missile attacks on the night of 18-19 October. Ukraine received no advance warning from its international partners before the first wave, but did before the second.
Source: Colonel Yurii Ihnat, spokesperson for the Ukrainian Air Force, during the national joint 24/7 newscast
Quote: "There are indeed certain issues, but I want to say right away... there were two ballistic missile strikes. One at 23:00 and the second at 03:00.
Regarding the air-raid warnings, the situation is roughly the same as in previous strikes. Remember when we had 39 missiles in that massive strike? Again, information from our partners did not arrive the first time, but it did the second time.
Essentially, the same thing happened last night. But I want to note that we also have our own sources that inform us about launches. There is a radar field that is tracked within possible limits.
In fact, we reported on our official Telegram, Viber and WhatsApp channels that there was a ballistic missile threat and literally a minute later, the ballistic missiles appeared in the sky. It is therefore a matter of minutes that people have to actually go to a shelter and react in some way, which could truly save lives in the long run.
Therefore, to clarify once again, the information did indeed not come through the first time for certain reasons. Our experts are looking into this together with our partners, as this is not the first time such a situation has occurred. And by 03:00 in the morning, the information had finally arrived."
Ukrainska Pravda
VALENTYNA ROMANENKO — 19 October, 10:29
The Russians launched two waves of ballistic missile attacks on the night of 18-19 October. Ukraine received no advance warning from its international partners before the first wave, but did before the second.
Source: Colonel Yurii Ihnat, spokesperson for the Ukrainian Air Force, during the national joint 24/7 newscast
Quote: "There are indeed certain issues, but I want to say right away... there were two ballistic missile strikes. One at 23:00 and the second at 03:00.
Regarding the air-raid warnings, the situation is roughly the same as in previous strikes. Remember when we had 39 missiles in that massive strike? Again, information from our partners did not arrive the first time, but it did the second time.
Essentially, the same thing happened last night. But I want to note that we also have our own sources that inform us about launches. There is a radar field that is tracked within possible limits.
In fact, we reported on our official Telegram, Viber and WhatsApp channels that there was a ballistic missile threat and literally a minute later, the ballistic missiles appeared in the sky. It is therefore a matter of minutes that people have to actually go to a shelter and react in some way, which could truly save lives in the long run.
Therefore, to clarify once again, the information did indeed not come through the first time for certain reasons. Our experts are looking into this together with our partners, as this is not the first time such a situation has occurred. And by 03:00 in the morning, the information had finally arrived."
Ukrainska Pravda
Posted on 10/19/26 at 9:06 am to cypher
quote:This is shaping up to be a fight between Putin and the GOP Congressmen critical of Trump's traitorous behavior.
The Russians launched two waves of ballistic missile attacks on the night of 18-19 October. Ukraine received no advance warning from its international partners before the first wave, but did before the second.
The pushback from Tillis and others on Trump's chickenshit on-and-off shutting of both intelligence and StarShield is being effective. Carney demonstrated months ago that the best way to force Trump to back down was to stand up to him in the media. Bring the discussion to an adult level and he'll TACO every time.
But Putin holds the better cards here, so he can't be ignored. And with shitbirds like Colby and Hegseth in the DoD, he will always have multiple allies.
Posted on 10/19/26 at 9:14 am to Coeur du Tigre
I try seems like Ukraine made some headway this fall, Russian’s offense sputtered, and Ukraine’s economic attacks have drawn blood. Yes, Russia’s bombing campaign has also drawn blood, and Ukraine’s air defenses have faltered.
So what does Trump do? Rides up and helps Putin. Why?
Now Putin wants Trump to meet with him and the Chinese to settle things. If Trump agrees, something is wrong unless Trump has a rabbit in his MAGA cap that he can pull out.
So what does Trump do? Rides up and helps Putin. Why?
Now Putin wants Trump to meet with him and the Chinese to settle things. If Trump agrees, something is wrong unless Trump has a rabbit in his MAGA cap that he can pull out.
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Posted on 10/19/26 at 9:47 am to doubleb
Trump correctly understands that if he were to do what pundits call "helping Ukraine" he would be, in fact, prolonging the immiseration of the Ukrainian people and increasing the needless destruction of their country. That is why Trump is doing what he is doing.
Posted on 10/19/26 at 10:01 am to T1gerNate
Over 60% Ukrainians strongly opposed to withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from Donbas – survey
Iryna Balachuk — 19 October, 12:11
Over 60% of Ukrainians strictly disagree with the withdrawal of the defence forces from Donbas in exchange for security guarantees from the US and Europe. Only 7% easily agree to such a condition.
Source: a survey by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS) conducted on 8-16 October
Quote from KIIS: "Thus, 61% of respondents consider it categorically unacceptable to transfer the entire Donbas under Russian control in exchange for security guarantees. At the same time, 35% are ready for such a concession (although most of them admit that this is a difficult condition). Another 4% could not express an opinion."
Details: The KIIS notes that compared to late July and early August, no statistically significant changes occurred.
Meanwhile, sociologists emphasise that among respondents surveyed on 8-9 October, prior to the announcement of the "diesel deal" and subsequent pressure on Ukraine, 57% were strongly opposed. Among respondents surveyed on 10-16 October, this figure rose to 62%.
Quote from KIIS: "Formally, the difference is within the margin of error, but we see that [at least] for now, the pressure campaign on Ukraine has not led to any greater readiness to accept this proposal."
Details: This situation applies across all regions – half or a majority reject the proposal to withdraw Ukrainian troops in exchange for security guarantees.
Ukrainska Pravda
Iryna Balachuk — 19 October, 12:11
Over 60% of Ukrainians strictly disagree with the withdrawal of the defence forces from Donbas in exchange for security guarantees from the US and Europe. Only 7% easily agree to such a condition.
Source: a survey by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS) conducted on 8-16 October
Quote from KIIS: "Thus, 61% of respondents consider it categorically unacceptable to transfer the entire Donbas under Russian control in exchange for security guarantees. At the same time, 35% are ready for such a concession (although most of them admit that this is a difficult condition). Another 4% could not express an opinion."
Details: The KIIS notes that compared to late July and early August, no statistically significant changes occurred.
Meanwhile, sociologists emphasise that among respondents surveyed on 8-9 October, prior to the announcement of the "diesel deal" and subsequent pressure on Ukraine, 57% were strongly opposed. Among respondents surveyed on 10-16 October, this figure rose to 62%.
Quote from KIIS: "Formally, the difference is within the margin of error, but we see that [at least] for now, the pressure campaign on Ukraine has not led to any greater readiness to accept this proposal."
Details: This situation applies across all regions – half or a majority reject the proposal to withdraw Ukrainian troops in exchange for security guarantees.
Ukrainska Pravda
Posted on 10/19/26 at 10:13 am to T1gerNate
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Trump correctly understands that if he were to do what pundits call "helping Ukraine" he would be, in fact, prolonging the immiseration of the Ukrainian people and increasing the needless destruction of their country. That is why Trump is doing what he is doing.
I’m glad the French didn’t operate this way in 1776.
Besides if Trump hasn’t seen that Ukraine is strongly resisting the Russians and they are doing whatever they can to keep their independence, God help him.
Posted on 10/19/26 at 11:18 am to Coeur du Tigre
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He sees himself as untouchable and doesn't care about anything as long as they don't release the Epstein files.
Your dem delusions are unbecoming and undermine your support for Ukraine.
Posted on 10/19/26 at 11:24 am to doubleb
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Besides if Trump hasn’t seen that Ukraine is strongly resisting the Russians and they are doing whatever they can to keep their independence, God help him.
For all of the good things Trump has done to set America on a good and straight course, his actions toward Ukraine are unfathomably wrong. It makes no sense.
Posted on 10/19/26 at 11:57 am to cypher
Russian PM says expanding economic ties with Iran a priority
https://en.mehrnews.com/news/248725/Russian-PM-says-expanding-economic-ties-with-Iran-a-priority
https://en.mehrnews.com/news/248725/Russian-PM-says-expanding-economic-ties-with-Iran-a-priority
Posted on 10/19/26 at 12:30 pm to Auburn1968
quote:Thank you. I was waiting for someone stupid enough to go down that road.
Your dem delusions are unbecoming and undermine your support for Ukraine.
Unlike that abortion you posted, here's a zero-AI, zero-Photoshopped piece of Trump history. Now we can test the depth of your denial and rationalization.
Thanks again.
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