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The order to restrict Ukraine’s Starshield military satellite service reportedly came from inside the White House. As Ukrainian drones lost communications, Trump pressured Kyiv to stop striking Russian refineries, threatened intelligence and weapons support, and struck a diesel deal with Putin.
US officials met Alberta separatists three times in 2025, Russian-linked networks targeted the province's referendum debate and Elon Musk called for three provinces to leave Canada. Albertans vote on 19 October, and Prime Minister Mark Carney hosts EU leaders in Montreal on 29 and 30 October.
Republican Senator Thom Tillis demands a Pentagon investigation after US-controlled Starshield systems failed during Russian attacks on Ukraine, disrupting drone defences. Elon Musk says the US military and ultimately Trump control restrictions. Who ordered the outage remains unknown.
Kremlin spokesperson Peskov said Russia could not be accused of breaking a truce with no agreed terms, hours after Russian strikes on Kyiv's combined heat and power plants left more than 600,000 people without electricity.
Bulgaria is investigating a fire at a Starlink station near Sofia that its counter-intelligence chief identified as arson and sabotage. Russian drones have sunk two merchant ships off its Black Sea coast in a week, leaving 21 sailors dead or missing.
European intelligence agencies warn that Russian military intelligence is plotting to assassinate European arms executives supplying Ukraine. German authorities have arrested two suspected Russian operatives accused of surveilling a drone manufacturer whose founder is now under police protection.
Zelenskyy says Ukraine honoured Trump's energy ceasefire while Russia continued bombing Ukrainian energy facilities. He also linked Ukrainian strikes on Yandex data centres to a decline in bots spreading hate and division online.
Ukrainian drones struck three major Yandex data centres in Russia over four days, shutting down two and crippling the third. The attacks disrupted more than 80 services, including banking, transport and cloud infrastructure, following Russian strikes on eight Ukrainian companies’ data centres.
As Russia prepares another winter assault on Ukraine’s power grid, Greece and Spain are withholding desperately needed Patriot missiles. Meanwhile, Trump’s war with Iran has depleted US interceptor stocks, he has suspended deliveries to Ukraine and US retains veto power over European transfers.
Oil prices fell despite sustained Ukrainian strikes on Russian refineries, then surged after US-Israeli attacks on Iran. Trump blamed Ukraine for rising fuel costs, despite US government data showing prices soared after the war disrupted oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz.
An analysis of punishment-based coercion, examining how modern and historical military campaigns target civilian infrastructure and use siege tactics as bargaining power to break an opponent's willingness to fight.
Trump announced a deal with Putin to sell 4.8 million tonnes of Russian diesel, worth nearly $7.24 billion, while easing US sanctions. The agreement would strengthen Russia’s war finances and undermine Ukraine’s efforts to cut off revenues funding Russia’s invasion and attacks on civilians.
Zelenskyy rejected US claims that the war in Ukraine has reached a stalemate, accusing Washington of discussing economic deals with Russia while declaring diplomacy stalled. He demanded an end to trade financing Russia’s invasion, tougher sanctions and expanded Starlink access for Ukraine.
Montenegrin police detained Mikhail Zvinchuk, founder of the Russian propaganda network Rybar, and four associates on 9 October. Authorities suspect the group was filming a documentary designed to undermine Montenegro's EU integration as part of a Russian influence operation.
At least three sailors were killed in Russian attacks on four merchant ships in the Black Sea over two days. Two vessels sank, another sailor was killed in a drone strike, and the crew of a ship sunk inside Bulgaria’s economic zone remains missing.
