An interesting day in the media…..
The Ukraine reports that it’s Musk Starlink connections ARE STILL being throttled….
Trump has reportedly told Musk to restore FULL connectivity….
THAT has not happened…
Melania Trump taking credit for getting a cease-fire for Oleshky, where people are literally starving to death under Russia occupation and Ukraine attacks….
Three tankers with Russian diesel fuel are heading to America under Trump’s ‘deal’ with Russia that will make Russia American money while it bombs Ukraine civilian’s….
The UN has quietly worked to get a cease-fire to keep Europes largest nuclear power plant, the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant on line , but NOT supplying power…It is under the control of Russia , but has the UN involved in keeping an eye on it being safely operated with its nuclear fuel intact…..
Putin, as expected, is only seeing any cease-fire peace ‘deal’ in. terms that he shop to his people and the world as getting as much of Ukraine as ‘HE” wants, NOT as what the Ukraine would agree to….
By-the-Way?
Zelensky has reportedly said now that he WOULD agree to ‘Freeze’ things in place RIGHT NOW for and agreement, something he has NOT said he would do previously….
Moldova and Romania keep getting Russian drone’s dropping into their territory….
There has been another POW/DOA swap between Russia and Ukraine…..
The two side’s keep shooting drones and missiles at each other….
Oh? …and Jared Kushner’s iPhone got hacked by the Russian’s..(I Don’t want to hear that iPhone’s CANNOY be hacked)….
First lady Melania Trump has brokered an upcoming ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine in the war-ravaged Ukrainian city of Oleshky to allow for humanitarian aid and the evacuation of civilians, the White House announced on Friday.
The localized ceasefire is set to begin on Oct. 29, with the American first lady saying in a news release that the situation there is “on the brink of disaster.”
The White House said Melania Trump had initiated the discussions and that she and a representative worked directly with Russian and Ukrainian leadership to define the terms of the ceasefire.
Ukraine’s lead negotiator for the agreement thanked Melania Trump for her involvement and said the deal would be “extremely challenging to implement.”….
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Three tankers carrying Russian diesel are on their way to North America, Russian deputy prime minister Alexander Novak said on Friday. In a statement quoted by Russian news agencies, Novak said the cargoes were part of a deal that could see Russian companies supply 500,000 metric tonnes to US and world markets in October. “The first three fuel tankers are already on their way to the eastern coast of the Atlantic Ocean, with significant support from the RDIF (Russian Direct Investment Fund),” Novak said. Under a deal announced this month by US president Donald Trump, Russia agreed to supply diesel to global markets in an effort to lower fuel prices in return for Trump temporarily lifting US sanctions on Russian fuel. Reuters reported that the Malta-flagged medium-sized tanker Agioi Fanendes, loaded with ultra-low sulphur diesel, is expected to arrive in the US on 7 November.
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The White House has said that Russia and Ukraine have agreed to a ceasefire in the Russian-occupied city of Oleshky, where a deepening humanitarian crisis has left thousands of civilians struggling to survive. In a statement on Friday, the White House said both sides had agreed to halt all military operations in the city from 27 October to allow humanitarian aid deliveries and preparations for the evacuation of civilians. Residents of the southern Ukrainian city, which has been under Russian occupation since February 2022, have described increasingly desperate conditions amid severe shortages of food, water and electricity. An estimated 2,000 people remain in the city, with some reportedly forced to survive on weeds, boiled grass, bread and meagre rations. Both Russian and Ukrainian officials said all sides were close to agreeing to a ceasefire.
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The Oleshky ceasefire comes as the US is trying to organise new talks aimed at ending the war. Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Friday negotiators from Ukraine, Russia and the US have agreed to technical-level meetings in the first half of November in Abu Dhabi. A US official later said the three countries may hold their next talks in a couple weeks in Abu Dhabi or Switzerland. Zelenskyy said he hoped a meeting of the countries’ leaders would follow.
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The peace efforts follow a rift between Washington and Kyiv in recent weeks and a series of moves by Trump seen as favouring Russia, including limitations being placed on the Starlink communication system that Ukraine uses to protect against incoming attacks. Trump said on Friday that if Ukraine still faced a problem accessing the system, he would straighten it out and, if necessary, speak about the matter to SpaceX CEO Elon Musk.
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As the UK government prepares next week for the first budget under Andy Burnham’s leadership, EU leaders have pressed the new prime minister at a summit in Brussels to contribute more to Ukraine’s defence effort. EU officials say Canada and Japan also should do more to support Ukraine.
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The UN nuclear watchdog IAEA said Fiday that repairs to key power infrastructure near Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant had been completed under a temporary ceasefire it brokered. The repairs strengthened the plant’s connection to its sole remaining external power line, known as Ferosplavna-1, reducing the risk of another loss of off-site electricity at Europe’s largest nuclear power station…..
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ISW...Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 23, 2026
- Ukrainian officials are widely reporting continued in-motion speed restrictions on SpaceX’s low-earth orbit satellite communication technology (Starlink and Starshield) on October 23, but the situation remains unclear.
- Russia and Ukraine have reportedly agreed to a limited ceasefire in Russian-occupied Oleshky, Kherson Oblast.
- Russian President Vladimir Putin articulated his long-standing commitment to wider territorial aims in Ukraine far beyond Donetsk Oblast by invoking mythologized and false Russian “historical claims”.
- The Kremlin appears to be increasingly adopting a more cautious monetary policy amid continued inflationary pressures, which may pose risks to wage growth and Russia’s defense industrial base (DIB).
- A likely Russian drone struck a cargo ship off the coast of Romania, and drone debris fell in Moldova on October 23.
- Ukraine and Russia conducted civilian prisoner and prisoner of war (POW) exchanges on October 23.
- Ukrainian forces recently advanced west of Kostyantynivka.
- Russian forces launched 176 drones against Ukraine overnight. Ukraine continued its long-range strike campaign against Russian military assets overnight on October 22 to 23 and on October 23.
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