Nuno Felix
RT @michaeldweiss: "Some U.S. officials say that Musk acted unilaterally and that Trump didn’t specifically order any retribution against Ukraine. But a person familiar with the situation said Musk talked to multiple senior administration officials, including with Trump, before imposing the new speed cap, which Ukrainian officials said had allowed Russian missiles to evade their defenses." https://www.wsj.com/world/ukraine-starlink-elon-musk-trump-dbc49193
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OSINTdefender
Elon Musk ordered the slowdown of the military version of Starlink that Ukraine relies on, according to U.S. officials and people familiar with the matter who spoke to The Wall Street Journal. Musk wrote on X after it became public that “any limits on speed or usage are decided by the US military and ultimately POTUS.” Trump told reporters Monday he didn’t know who was responsible, “but I would like to find out.”

The Journal reports Musk and Trump spoke by phone soon after the slowdown became public, according to two people, and one said they also discussed it before. Some U.S. officials told the Journal Musk acted unilaterally and Trump did not order retribution against Ukraine.

That conflicts with earlier reports. Reuters reported the order came from inside the White House, and The Telegraph reported Musk proposed it to Trump. A senior U.S. official told Reuters the president made no such request.

Source: https://www.wsj.com/world/ukraine-starlink-elon-musk-trump-dbc49193?st=rtzZHS
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Liveuamap
WSJ: SpaceX CEO Elon Musk ordered the slowdown of a military-grade version of Starlink https://liveuamap.com/en/2026/20-october-20-wsj-spacex-ceo-elon-musk-ordered-the-slowdown
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Nuno Felix
RT @theoelections: We finally have results from 217 counties across Texas.

After the first day in early voting, Democratic primary voters hold a D+8.4 point lead over Republicans compared to R+10.9 4 years ago.

Similar to the county numbers, this is a 19.3 swing in primary voters. https://twitter.com/theoelections/status/2112608290123202778/photo/1
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OSINTtechnical
Musk ordered the slowdown of a military-grade version of Starlink relied on by Ukraine, a decision that sparked panic in Kyiv and confusion inside the Trump administration - US officials to the WSJ
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Nuno Felix
RT @CaitlinDoornbos: Checking in from Kyiv, where the temperature between the US and Ukraine feels improved this evening. https://twitter.com/CaitlinDoornbos/status/2112617890612429286/video/1
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WarTranslated
Ukrainian soldiers have become the first in the world to evacuate a wounded fighter from the front line using an aerial drone. This was reported by the 92nd Assault Brigade. They deployed a heavy hexacopter manufactured by Ukraine's Gurzuf Defence. The operation was successful. The wounded infantryman from the 30th Mechanized Brigade is currently undergoing medical treatment and rehabilitation.
https://t.me/brigada92_war/6188
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Status-6
RT @laraseligman: Incredible scoop by my @WSJ colleagues: Elon Musk ordered the slowdown of a military-grade version of Starlink relied on by Ukraine, a decision that sparked panic in Kyiv and confusion inside the Trump administration. https://www.wsj.com/world/ukraine-starlink-elon-musk-trump-dbc49193
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Liveuamap
Spoiler: Kremlin will reject everything as non-starter, until everything east to Switzerland controlled by Moscow https://x.com/BarakRavid/status/2112641316438044752

🇺🇸🇺🇦🇳🇴🇫🇮A U.S. official said the talks President Trump’s Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner held today with President Zelensky and the leaders of Norway and Finland were "very productive and constructive” 
🇺🇸🇺🇦The U.S. official said Ukraine "brought forward new ideas and proposals, which were discussed in detail” and claimed the parties made "meaningful progress in aligning on a coordinated approach to engaging Russia and advancing the diplomatic process”
🇺🇸🇺🇦🇪🇺The U.S. official said there is now "strong alignment at the working level” between the U.S., Ukraine, and Europe on the next steps and there is "a shared commitment to finding practical solutions to end the war”
🇺🇸🇺🇦🇷🇺The discussions on Tuesday in Oslo covered the elements of a comprehensive peace framework, including long-term security guarantees for Ukraine, a post-war economic and prosperity plan, and a "broader European security architecture designed to create lasting stability”.
🇺🇸🇷🇺Witkoff will meet with President Putin tomorrow, with Jared Kushner participating virtually, the U.S. official said.
🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦The U.S. official said: "The goal is to build on the progress made with Ukraine and Europe, discuss the proposals with Russia, and create a pathway toward direct trilateral and broader multilateral negotiations” - Barak Ravid
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Liveuamap
Yes

I just love this one: "Ukraine, don't antagonize Trump."

Listen -- from the very first day of his return to the White House (and even long before that), Ukraine has indulged his every whim and gone along with every one of his insane plans.

It has dutifully catered to his grotesque craving for the most nauseating flattery and joined everyone else in massaging his monstrous ego, singing in chorus the praises of his incredible leadership, talent, power, and divine beauty.

Ukraine, and Zelensky himself in particular, has turned a blind eye to and endured countless humiliations, insulting antics, idiotic outbursts on Truth Social, and hysterical spectacles like the Oval Office showdown.

Ukraine has unfailingly supported 100% of his ridiculous, nonsensical, and downright idiotic imaginary "ceasefires," which Putin couldn't have given less of a damn about. And yet Ukraine had to listen, over and over again, to accusations that it "doesn't want peace," responding to every such outrage with yet more praise for Trump and bending over backward to appease him, desperate not to give him the slightest excuse to accuse it of being "uncooperative."

Meanwhile, Putin has spent all this time amusing himself, making a complete fool of Trump in front of the entire world, and openly spitting on every one of his frantic diplomatic maneuvers.

We've been living in this madhouse, where night has become day and day has become night, for almost two years now.

And what?

How's that working out?

What has all of this accomplished?

More slaps in the face, and ultimately, Donald Trump's complete and final betrayal and his active decision to side with the Russian aggressor.

And somehow it's Ukraine that's "antagonizing" someone?

At least have the decency to stop hiding behind this laughable victim-blaming and your invented alternate realities, and just come out and say it: "Just fucking die, all of you Ukrainians, so our idol can line his pockets with Kremlin money." - Illia Ponomarenko 🇺🇦
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GMI
Activision is taking the Call of Duty marketing campaign a little too far.

Seoul vowed to "resolutely punish" any further North Korean "provocations" after Kim Yo Jong threatened to restart border loudspeaker broadcasts.

Experts say Kim's threats aim to curb warning shots disrupting DPRK border construction before winter.

https://www.nknews.org/2026/10/seoul-vows-to-punish-north-korean-provocations-after-loudspeaker-threat/ - NK NEWS
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OSINTtechnical
Vietnam is providing Ukraine with a new $500,000 humanitarian aid package, the second provided by the southeast Asian country.

Ukrainian MFA Sybiha called the aid a “meaningful gesture of goodwill, compassion and solidarity.”
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Open Source Intel
U.S. President Donald Trump to a reporter:

"Quiet! Quiet! What's wrong with you? Are you a sick person? I actually think there's something wrong with you." https://twitter.com/Osint613/status/2112679604792021492/video/1
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Open Source Intel
Against the backdrop of the U.S. temporarily lifting Russian diesel sanctions and introducing a new mechanism to ease restrictions on select "shadow fleet" oil tankers, Ukraine's Zelensky will likely be closely monitoring U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff’s upcoming visit to Russia tomorrow.

These recent shifts in Washington's energy policy - paired with unresolved Starlink throttling issues have raised the stakes for Witkoff's arrival in St. Petersburg, where he is set to present a coordinated peace framework directly to Vladimir Putin. A short report on the diesel sanctions waiver for a quick read.

Contributed by: @live_ais_com

We wanted to take a deep dive into diesel exports out of Primorsk since Russia's self-imposed export ban was lifted on October 9, following its deal with the US. Reuters named two tankers, Leruo and Dolunay, as the first confirmed movements - both loaded diesel at Primorsk and are now headed for Manaus, Brazil and Alanya, Turkey respectively.

Our own tracking turned up several more vessels at Primorsk in the same window that weren't named in the Reuters piece. On the products/diesel-relevant side: C Viking, Mogiana, and Wendrix all showed near-full draught after calling at the terminal, consistent with loaded diesel cargoes - with one headed to Turkey while the rest had generic destinations set. A further vessel, Talisman, was at berth and actively loading.

Of these, five are flagged on our sanctions/watchlist: Leruo, C Viking, Turmalin, Wendrix, and Talisman all carry open sanctions designations.

Alongside the products tankers, a cluster of crude carriers were also loading or departing Primorsk in the same period: Sled, Kallistis, Vikram, Rora, Granat, Nachos, Erva, and Kastor and Sierra. Several of them being sanctioned vessels.

Destination-wise, several of the crude cargoes are headed toward Gibraltar and Suez, Egypt. Rora, however, is declaring Singapore as her destination: a Urals crude cargo bound for Singapore would seem to sit outside the scope of the diesel sanctions relief entirely and may be a sanctions breach if the cargo is confirmed as Russian crude on arrival. Pelagos, by contrast, is also Singapore-bound, but as a non-tanker may be likely carrying non-sanctioned goods, her presence at the same terminal is not itself an indicator of anything irregular.

@Reuters @Kpler - Live-AIS.com
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Disclose.tv
NOW - Trump: "I've never studied the body of a man before. It's not my thing. Nothing wrong with it, of course. Nothing. I always proceeded by saying nothing wrong, but it's never been my thing, to be honest with you. But I looked at his ass. And then I looked at his legs. And I said, his ass is like, it's like a pile of muscle."
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