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This video describes the military situation in Ukraine on the 10th of October 2026 0:00 — 👋 Intro: Key events of the last 12 hours 0:13 — 💰 Deal of the year: US to buy 3M tons of russian diesel 1:24 — 📈 $4.5B revenue for russia; sanctions license until April 2027 2:29 — 🚀 Russian markets skyrocket; oil hits $129 per barrel 3:24 — ⚖️ A win-win-lose deal — and Zelensky is furious 4:16 — 🚨 Zelensky's ultimatums hours before the deal 5:21 — ⛽ Ignoring Trump 6 times: 4–5 refineries & 2 data centers hit in October 7:18...

Intro: World situation on 8 October 2026 0:17 — ⚔️ "General Armageddon" returns: Surovikin's new mission 0:46 — 📰 The Telegraph: Putin orders destruction of Dnieper bridges 1:35 — 🕵️ Surovikin's path: from Wagner mut exile to comeback 3:03 — 🌉 Bridge strikes timeline: Southern Kyiv Bridge (Oct 1–2) 4:03 — 💥 Northern Kyiv Bridge hit (Oct 3–4) 4:33 — 🎯 Zaporizhzhia bridge: craters & six glide bombs (Oct 5–7) 6:03 — 🔮 What's next if Surovikin takes full command 6:14 — 🇺🇦 Zelensky demands Starlink authorization for deep strikes on Russia 7:22 — 🇺🇸 Ukraine–US talks set for Oct...

Regardless of why Putin might have held off on this for so long, he’s now arguably motivated at least in part by the tantalizing possibility of reaching big-ticket resource deals with the US after the conflict ends, the details of which his and Trump’s envoys have been negotiating for over a year already. The New York Times cited allegedly intercepted Russian communications to report that Russia plans to obliterate Ukraine’s power, heating, and water systems this winter. While their claim can’t be confirmed, it aligns with Putin mildly “escalating to de-escalate” over the summer in response to Zelensky’s strike campaign,...

In an exclusive interview with Reuters, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Ukraine will step up attacks on Russian oil refineries in response to Moscow's new policy of airstrikes aimed at forcing people to leave Kyiv and other cities

Russian President Vladimir Putin has ruled out a ceasefire on long-range strikes with Ukraine as Moscow steps up its campaign of aerial attacks on Kyiv. “We are told: ‘Let them stop striking your refineries, and you will stop striking their ships.’ It is simply ridiculous,” Putin said on Thursday at the Valdai political forum in Moscow. The remarks followed a meeting between United States President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in New York on September 22, when Zelenskyy said Kyiv was ready to cease strikes on Russian oil refineries and other energy facilities if Moscow also stopped its...