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Reuters reports the order to throttle Starshield speed for Ukrainian forces came from inside the White House, sources say. Pentagon leadership was told to limit it, but sources don't know who exactly gave the order. An official told Reuters, "the president never made such a request."

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/order-limit-starshield-ukraine-came-inside-white-house-sources-say-2026-10-15/
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Tasnim: Iran has strengthened its air defenses since the war.
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A prisoner swap was supposed to happen a while ago, there were agreements in place. But amid the new wave of escalating strikes, Russia started dragging out this process too, Ukraine Context reports.
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Europe has no short term alternative to Starlink, a senior EU diplomat said.
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Zelensky says Ukraine wants the war to end as soon as possible, but sees no signs Russia is ready for that, so Ukraine must prepare for winter. He says the winter package covers energy, air defense and financing, and thanked the EU for standing by Ukraine. https://twitter.com/wartranslated/status/2111019967600595108/video/1
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Several Russian drones violated Moldova's airspace overnight into October 16 and Friday morning. No crashes or explosions were reported.
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Air traffic capacity across Italy was cut by 50% on Friday, October 16, 2026, after a nationwide technical fault hit the geographic data transmission network supporting air traffic control services.

ENAV, Italy's air navigation service provider, detected the infrastructure anomaly overnight and ruled out any cyberattack, sabotage, or malicious intent.
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President Trump called Ukrainian strikes on Russian oil refineries a "disgrace," saying Kyiv has no need to hit them.

"There's plenty of other targets. There are a lot of targets that you can hit."
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Trump on Ukraine:

"Had the Russians not taken the right turn onto dirt instead of going up a concrete highway, it would have ended in one day. So I can imagine Putin's not exactly thrilled."
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Marine Le Pen on the 2027 election cycle in Europe:

"Four of the five largest countries in the European Union will have elections in 2027: Spain, France, Poland and Italy."

"These four major countries could overturn the direction the European Union has taken for years, which we fundamentally oppose."
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WSJ reports Zelensky is ready to halt strikes on Russian refineries for 100 days. Republican senators Wicker and Cramer offered the deal in Kyiv last week, full Starlink restoration and data on Russian launch sites in exchange. The outlet says if Trump wants a ceasefire, he should back it.

https://www.wsj.com/opinion/volodymyr-zelensky-starlink-deal-energy-targets-donald-trump-russia-ukraine-e313399d
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Iranian parliament's National Security Commission chief Ebrahim Azizi on Trump's "mother of all bombs" threat:

"No one has been born yet who would use the mother of all bombs against a great nation with civilization, with history, with authenticity and an ancient past, and threaten us with it."

CNN Report: U.S. officials familiar with internal planning say the military has drawn up new strike options against Iranian nuclear sites and energy infrastructure that include the GBU-43/B MOAB, the largest non-nuclear bomb in the American arsenal. The plans await an order from President Trump to resume combat operations, which could come before or after the midterm elections. Several of the same officials questioned how much the weapon would actually change the course of the war. - Open Source Intel
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MAGA blogger Laura Loomer clapped back at Trump, saying swapping out Zelensky or holding elections won't end the war, because Putin's the one with imperial ambitions, and he's not stopping either way, UNIAN reports. https://twitter.com/wartranslated/status/2111029355275046975/photo/1
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The Saudi Foreign Ministry called on the UN Security Council to cooperate in blocking Houthi weapons access, and thanked the body for its solidarity against attacks on civilians.

Al Hadath
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Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov: Russia agrees with Trump that Zelensky is unwilling to take responsibility or move toward a peaceful settlement.

Although notably, Peskov also emphasized that "regardless of any desire to do so, it is impossible to discuss a settlement without the current Ukrainian leadership."
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