Elon Musk was behind the speed restrictions placed on the military-grade version of Starlink used by Ukrainian forces, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday night, citing US officials and people familiar with the matter. SpaceX first placed a limit on some services in Ukraine on October 13 without warning. Ukrainian officials at the time…
Bryan Adams’ “Summer of ‘69” is an ode to nostalgia: a lost world of teenage romance, boundless possibilities, and a conviction that the good times might never end. Vladimir Putin was 16 that summer, though it’s safe to say his experiences of heady adolescence were a little different. By ninth grade, he’d already gone to…
Rubio is on a visit to India US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Tuesday that President Donald Trump was “frustrated” by accusations that he had deliberately harmed Ukraine, including claims he ordered intelligence sharing to be halted. “The president is frustrated because, first of all, he doesn’t like to be blamed for things that…
Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Russian President Vladimir Putin has thrown Donald Trump a bone that’s so big and juicy, Trump must feel sorely tempted to chase it—but it’s laced with so much poison that even Trump might calm…
Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed a meeting with US President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping next month to discuss ending the Russia-Ukraine war, the Wall Street Journal reported Sunday night, citing people familiar with the discussions. The talks would not involve Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, an unprecedented move which would be expected to…
Oct 17 (Reuters) – Ukraine on Saturday rejected Russia’s claim to have captured more than 1,800 square km (695 square miles) of territory and nearly 100 settlements, including the eastern town of Dobropillia, since September 1. On Friday, the chief of Russia’s General Staff, Valery Gerasimov, told President Vladimir Putin that Russian forces had captured 92…
Ukraine is facing increasing uncertainty over its ability to sustain the war against Russia as a series of moves by U.S. President Donald Trump has raised fresh questions about Washington’s reliability as Kyiv’s most important military partner. Trump’s agreement with Putin to ease sanctions for Russia to provide global markets with diesel, as well as…
Any limit to Ukraine’s access to the Starshield system was not imposed by the United States, Trump added US President Donald Trump said on Friday that he did not think either he or Elon Musk was responsible for Ukraine losing Starlink access in a way that affected its military operations against Russia. The reduction in…
Home Europe Live Issued on: 16/10/2026 – 03:50Modified: 16/10/2026 – 03:52 President Donald Trump speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House during an event for first responders on October 15, 2026. © Julia Demaree Nikhinson, AP US President Donald Trump called Ukraine’s renewed strikes on Russian oil refineries a “disgrace” after Ukrainian President…
Oct 15 (Reuters) – The editor-in-chief of Russian independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta was taken in for questioning by investigators in Moscow on Thursday, the outlet said, after authorities searched his home. The TASS state news agency, citing law enforcement sources, said Sergei Sokolov was being questioned in a case regarding the “unlawful use of personal…