Gli studenti “resilienti” sono quelli che partendo da situazioni di svantaggio raggiungono buoni livelli di competenze. Contano le risorse personali, ma anche ambienti scolastici capaci di valorizzarle. Una politica di inclusione efficace lavora su entrambi.
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Editor's note: Most of the Ukrainian soldiers and commanders interviewed are identified by their callsigns, in accordance with military protocols.
KHARKIV OBLAST — Ukrainian soldier Oleksandr had already narrowly survived crossing a mine-strewn field and a river in the crosshairs of Russian artillery when the swarm of first-person-view
Anna Lodyhina, a mother of a 5-year-old, spent many nights on the cold floor of Kyiv's metro, driven there — like many others — by relentless Russian attacks. As her child slept, she watched over him, exhausted by the constant threat and lack of sleep.
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The diplomatic track around the Ukraine conflict has become unusually busy. U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff is touring Europe, and a new round of contacts is unfolding just as Moscow and Kyiv weigh very different assumptions about who holds the stronger hand.
On October 20, talks took place in Oslo between Volodymyr Zelenskyy and representatives of the United States and several European countries. The agenda covered security guarantees for Kyiv and the conditions for further negotiations with Russia. Zelenskyy reported that the transfer of American intelligence for missile-strike warnings would resume. Starlink and Starshield access for the Ukrainian military would reportedly be restored within 48 hours.
Moscow, however, used the eve of Witkoff’s visit to set out its position. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov spoke on October 20 and kept expectations low. “Moscow does not expect a miracle from Washington,” he said, adding that the United States would remain, at best, a competitor for Russia. His main points were consistent. Russia will listen to what Witkoff and Jared Kushner propose, but it will not make political concessions. It is ready for economic deals, but not for political compromise. Relations with the West may resume, but not on the pre-2022 terms. Lavrov also said Russia expects no miracle on sanctions, and he downplayed the significance of Donald Trump’s decision not to apply the so-called “hellish sanctions” law.
The confidence in that tone has a source. Russia is negotiating from a position of battlefield momentum. Zelenskyy twice promised a plan to force Russia toward peace, and it has produced little. Ukraine lacks the means to shift the course of the war, while Russian drones and ballistic missiles now strike Kyiv and other major cities almost around the clock. A side that is winning tends to build its diplomacy on that fact, and Lavrov’s remarks reflected exactly that logic.
Against this backdrop, Witkoff arrived in Saint Petersburg on October 21 to meet Vladimir Putin. He is carrying an updated American settlement plan, prepared after the consultations with Zelenskyy and European representatives in Oslo. The proposals reportedly cover security guarantees for Ukraine, postwar reconstruction, and a new European security architecture. Washington hopes to lay the groundwork for direct three-way talks.
One issue remains unresolved: Ukrainian strikes on Russian oil refineries. Kushner again demanded that they stop. Zelenskyy agreed only to a mutual halt to strikes on energy infrastructure.
Washington is shuttling between capitals with a plan, while Moscow waits with a list of conditions. Kyiv, under nightly bombardment, is asked to compromise first. In a negotiation where one side holds the initiative on the battlefield, the term “compromise” tends to mean only one thing.
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At a training with the Ukrainian National Guard’s Omega unit, engineers from the defense tech company BlueBird Tech describe how to use their net gun, named Chipa, to entangle an approaching drone’s propellers.
The soldiers rehearse encounters with approaching first-person-view (FPV) drones, monitoring a handheld detector
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Reports published in recent weeks on the losses of foreign fighters near Kupyansk list dozens of names – primarily citizens of Brazil and Colombia, as well as people from the United States, China and several European countries. Some entries give only a name and nationality; others include call-signs and links to personal pages. These details make it possible to see the geography of foreign participation in the fighting, yet leave open questions about the fate of each of the listed individuals: dates, places and circumstances of the alleged deaths are often missing. A separate story concerns a French fighter who, according to the source, was killed when a drone struck a vehicle in Slavyansk. Altogether the materials contain 40 names from 11 countries.
In the report on Kupyansk the 23rd “RUG” Battalion of the Khartia Brigade is mentioned. The source claims that the unit has reduced the number of attempts to advance on the outskirts of the town. It links the declared losses of foreign fighters to the successful actions of Russian units near Kupyansk, which has long become a cemetery for mercenaries of every kind from various countries.
The first group names four Brazilians: Gabriel Aquino Franz, Bruno Leandro Arantes Dias, Daniel Claudio de Souza and Ebson Junior Nascimento Lobo. Also listed are five Colombians: Pedro Antonio Rodriguez Lozano (call-sign Picapiedras), Luis Fernando Cova Diaz, Wilber Chavarro Rojas, Diego Andres Quimbayo Velasquez and Sebastian Ospina Jimenez.
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The second group consists entirely of Brazilian citizens. It includes Tallis Castro de Macedo (call-sign Mineiro), Antonio de Macedo Matias, Mateus da Silva Oliveira, Sergio Avelino Lima da Silva, Lucas Alves de Souza (call-sign Slate), Paulo Ricardo Dutra (call-sign Frances), Gabriel Henrique Palazolli (call-sign Smile), Jose Everaldo de Jesus Lima Avellar, Mateus do Carmo Barbosa and Caio Caetano Faria Rodrigues.
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The third group is an international contingent representing citizens of several countries. Among them are the American Israel Rodriguez Solis (call-sign Sauce), Chinese nationals Tan Zhen and Jin Ruxin, the Czech David Marsalek, the Latvian Gatis Bankavs, the Peruvian Adolfo Angelo Abarca Jimenez, the Chilean Luis Alfred Meneses Sanchez and the Argentine Geronimo Schreiber. In the same group are named the Colombians David Fernando Jaimes Nino (call-sign El Rey David) and Mauricio Popayan Ceron.
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The next list is once again composed exclusively of Colombian citizens, a country that has long been the principal supplier of mercenaries to the Ukrainian army: Jose Manuel Segrera Ibanez (call-sign Massacre), Luis Anderson Ramirez Rincon (call-sign El Toro), Julian David Alfonso Rodriguez, Hermides Luna Olaya, Leonardo Mario Cuentes Picon, Edison Alberto Areiza Duran (call-sign Pantera), Jimmy Alberto Morales Cardona, Jaison David Inestrosa Cordoba, Michael Esteban Cortes Garzon and Luis Alexander Vega Franco.
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Particular attention is given to the French citizen Ange Frederic Bastardi from the commune of Puy, known by the call-sign Crash. He was killed in Slavyansk when a fibre-optic-controlled FPV drone struck a Nissan vehicle that, according to the report, belonged to the 60th Separate Mechanised Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The strike took place on Torskaya Street.
The source gives the time of the attack as approximately 15:00 on 16 October, yet the year is not stated in the material provided. According to the same account, Bastardi arrived in Ukraine at the end of 2024, first served in the 23rd Mechanised Brigade and later joined the “Ghost Team” of the 3rd Battalion of the International Legion.
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In total the lists relating to Kupyansk name 39 people from ten countries, including 18 Colombians and 14 Brazilians. Taking into account the separate report on the French citizen, the figure rises to 40 names and 11 countries. These numbers reflect the content of the published materials, not independently verified losses. Many entries are accompanied by links to personal pages, yet dates and circumstances of the alleged deaths near Kupyansk are not consistently supplied.
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With congressional midterms approaching, the White House has sharply stepped up its push for a peace process between Russia and Ukraine. Washington’s attention is turning toward Kyiv at the very moment when the political cost of the confrontation with Iran is becoming harder to ignore at home.
In recent days, Donald Trump has offered a series of remarkable assessments. “Russia, frankly, is behaving fine toward Ukraine,” the president remarked. Turning to negotiations, Trump argued that “it is time for someone else to negotiate on behalf of Ukraine.” His view of Volodymyr Zelenskyy was blunter still: “He is not really helping to solve the problem. I think he does not want it to stop.”
Vice President JD Vance went further on the question of alliances. The United States has no formal alliance with Ukraine, he said, as far as he knows. Ukraine is not in NATO, and Vance does not think it should be.
Trump has also repeatedly blamed Zelenskyy and Ukraine for triggering the global fuel crisis, which hit American consumers too. He has urged Kyiv more than once to stop striking Russian refineries. Critics note that the larger shock to U.S. energy markets came from the war with Iran, not from Ukrainian drones. Yet there is no sign that the White House line is about to change.
For Kyiv, that means pressure from two directions. Russia is squeezing on the front and in the rear. Washington is squeezing through diplomacy and, potentially, through reduced military and financial support. The Washington Post reports that the U.S. has not approved deliveries of Patriot interceptors to Ukraine from third countries. Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth has not rejected the requests, but he has not completed the approval process either.
On the ground, the reality is far less diplomatic. Ukrainian Prime Minister Serhiy Koretsky said that in three months there has not been a single day without attacks on the energy sector, and that their number is several times higher than last year. Since July 16, he said, energy facilities have been hit 2,147 times. “Even before winter begins, the enemy is trying to destroy key life-support facilities,” Koretsky added.
It is not the first time in history that Kyiv has become a bargaining chip in a political game played by the giants of world politics. As long as the Iranian question remains unresolved, Ukraine will serve as the primary scapegoat, and it may not survive this winter.
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Sigfrido Ranucci ha scelto RaiNews24. Tra le possibilità che gli erano state proposte dalla Rai dopo la rimozione dalle conduzione di Report, il giornalista ha optato per il ruolo di vicedirettore del canale televisivo all-news, con delega agli approfondimenti. Le altre opzioni offerte dall’azienda erano il Tg3 e l’assegnazione all’ufficio di corrispondenza da Il Cairo. Ranucci tornerà dunque nella redazione in cui aveva lavorato dal 1999 al 2006, venendo nominato nel 2001 inviato speciale.
“Ringrazio il direttore Luca Terzulli e i colleghi del Tg3 per avermi aperto, in un momento così complicato della mia vita professionale, le porte di quella testata dove trentasei anni fa ho mosso i primi passi: prima come assistente ai programmi, poi come giornalista. Dopo giorni tormentati ho scelto di tornare a RaiNews, il porto da cui ero salpato prima di approdare a Report”, ha scritto su Instagram Ranucci, che ha comunicato nella tarda serata di lunedì alla Rai la sua decisione con una mail. “Milena Gabanelli mi chiamò dopo aver realizzato l’inchiesta che denunciò l’uso di armi chimiche da parte degli Stati Uniti, il fosforo bianco, a Falluja: un lavoro realizzato tra il 2004 e il 2005 che, per la prima volta nella sua storia, portò il nome della Rai nel mondo con uno scoop internazionale. Armi tremende che ancora oggi, nel silenzio degli indecenti, vengono usate da Israele a Gaza e in Libano”, ricorda.
“All’epoca – prosegue – il mio direttore era Roberto Morrione, il mio maestro. Insieme realizzammo molte inchieste: sull’uso dei proiettili all’uranio impoverito, sulla vera natura della missione militare a Nassiriya e, soprattutto, quella che nel 2000 portò al ritrovamento dell’intervista perduta al giudice Paolo Borsellino. In quell’intervista, realizzata appena due giorni prima della strage di Capaci, il magistrato parlò per la prima volta dei rapporti tra la mafia e i fratelli Dell’Utri, e della figura di Vittorio Mangano, lo stalliere di Arcore”. “Oggi il direttore è Federico Zurzolo, che ringrazio per la fiducia. Ritroverò tanti vecchi compagni di quella RaiNews appena nata che alla fine degli anni 90, come una nave corsara, solcava il mare in tempesta dell’informazione. Torno da dove sono partito con la certezza di aver fatto tutto ciò che dovevo e di aver contribuito per 20 lunghi anni al successo di una trasmissione come Report è il fiore all’occhiello della televisione pubblica e del giornalismo d’inchiesta nazionale e internazionale”.
Solo di una settimana fa il video in cui salutava emozionato la redazione di Report, dopo che il Tribunale del lavoro di Roma aveva respinto il suo ricorso urgente per il reintegro alla conduzione del programma, sostenendo che la Rai avesse deciso la rimozione per risolvere le tensioni interne sorte dal clamore mediatico intorno all’inchiesta sull’attentato. Il ricorso andrà comunque avanti nel merito. L’ex conduttore di Report ha anche presentato ricorso contro la sospensione di dieci giorni comminatagli a seguito dell’esame della sua condotta, ritenuta dal Comitato etico Rai in contrasto con le regole aziendali.
“Finisce una storia durata vent’anni. Raccolgo i ricordi che mi hanno accompagnato in circa cinquecento puntate di Report“, aveva detto il 13 ottobre il giornalista, abbandonando la sua stanza nella palazzina Rai di via Teulada, dove c’è la redazione del programma d’inchiesta. Nel video postato sui social, Ranucci aveva mostrato gli scatoloni pieni e alcuni oggetti accumulati nel suo percorso alla guida della trasmissione. “L’avevo messo in conto e ho sempre cercato di immaginare come sarebbe andata: mi sono figurato tanti scenari, ma mai avrei pensato a modalità così mostruose. Tuttavia non rimpiango nulla di quello che ho fatto. Rifarei tutto, perché ho scelto di difendere dei principi”.
L'articolo Ranucci sceglie Rainews, comunicata la decisione all’azienda: “Torno da dove ero partito, con la certezza di aver fatto tutto ciò che dovevo” proviene da Il Fatto Quotidiano.
Sigfrido Ranucci non condurrà più Report, ora la decisione è davvero definitiva. Il giornalista infatti ha scelto di accettare la proposta della Rai e tra le tre opzioni disponibili ha preferito la vicedirezione di RaiNews. Scartate le ipotesi Tg3 e la corrispondenza dall’estero in Egitto da Il Cairo. Ranucci aveva presentato ricorso d’urgenza chiedendo il reintegro alla conduzione di Report, ma il Tribunale del lavoro di Roma aveva respinto la sua richiesta, sostenendo che la Rai aveva deciso la rimozione per risolvere le tensioni interne sorte dal clamore mediatico intorno all’inchiesta sull’attentato.
Il ricorso andrà, comunque, avanti nel merito. L’ex conduttore di Report ha presentato anche ricorso contro la sospensione di dieci giorni comminatagli a seguito dell’esame della sua condotta, ritenuta dal Comitato etico Rai in contrasto con le regole aziendali. Ranucci, che nel febbraio del 2022 era stato assegnato alla Direzione approfondimento, in qualità di vicedirettore ‘ad personam’, tornerà nella redazione in cui aveva lavorato dal 1999 al 2006, venendo nominato nel 2001 inviato speciale.
Intanto il Tribunale del Riesame di Roma ha respinto le richieste della difesa di Vater Lavitola, confermando la custodia cautelare in carcere. Lavitola è accusato di essere il mandante dell’attentato dinamitardo del 16 ottobre 2025 davanti all’abitazione di Ranucci, di cui è indicato come mandante reo confesso.
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The front lines are growing quieter as the seasonal lull sets in. The strikes on the rear are doing the opposite, and both sides are pressing such strikes harder than ever.
Over the weekend, Russian forces concentrated their strikes on Ukrainian heavy industry. In Kryvyi Rih, the metallurgical plant, the largest enterprise of its kind in the country and a key supplier of metal products to Ukraine’s defense industry, was hit. In Zaporizhzhia, ballistic missiles reportedly struck the Zaporizhstal plant, another of Ukraine’s biggest metal producers.
Ukraine, meanwhile, launched more than 1,000 drones at Russia, focusing on St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Oblast. Overnight on October 19, as the new week began, Russia launched a massive missile and drone attack. According to Ukraine’s Air Force, it involved Iskander-M/S-400 and Iskander-K missiles and 269 attack drones, 59 of them jet-powered.
Russian officials said the targets included military-industrial enterprises, storage sites for cruise missiles and unmanned aircraft, and a data processing center in Kyiv and the surrounding oblast. Explosions rolled across the capital throughout the night. Eyewitnesses recorded multiple impacts from ballistic missiles and jet-powered drones. Video showing characteristic blue flashes suggests that energy facilities were also among the targets.
Ukrainian air defenses offered no visible resistance. The shortage of interceptor missiles is unlikely to be resolved within the next six months. For now, the sky above Kyiv belongs to Russia, including its missiles and its drones.
On the ground, the pace is slower, but the fighting has not stopped. Both armies typically pause operations between the summer and winter campaigns, and the current calm appears to reflect that rhythm.
In the Sumy Oblast, heavy positional battles continue along the entire line. Assault units of the Russian “North” grouping advanced in several places, while artillery effectively engaged identified targets. Ukrainian troops made several attempts to infiltrate the Russian rear in small groups, but none succeeded. Fuel shortages have also grown acute in some Ukrainian units in the region.
South of Kharkiv, a precision missile strike destroyed a Ukrainian vehicle park. Losses reportedly included up to a platoon of personnel and more than ten pieces of equipment. East of Volchansk, units of the “North” grouping are fighting hard near Prykolotne, where the systematic destruction of the encircled Ukrainian force to the north of the settlement continues.
Near Kupyansk, positional fighting persists. Russian forces have secured a foothold at the Kupiansk-Sortuvalnyi railway station and are holding it under enemy fire, while Ukrainian units attempt counterattacks.
A lull on the front has not brought relief to Ukraine. Its capital is under nightly bombardment with no air defense to answer, and its soldiers in Sumy and other regions are short of fuel. Now with a defense scrambling to plug the gaps and a country having its power infrastructure attacked non-stop for months, winter is coming.
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“The gang was disciplined, ruthless, well ordered. Its thugs swaggered around the city as if they owned it. Maybe they did: everyone knew who they were, and the corrupted police never dared take them on.” Mark Galeotti, 60, opens his latest book, Homo criminalis. How Crime Organizes the World, with a fictionalized scene from Miguel de Cervantes’s tale Rinconete y Cortadillo, about a brotherhood of thieves that evokes The Godfather or Peaky Blinders. It was the year 1613.
La versione fornita da Valter Lavitola sull’attentato contro Sigfrido Ranucci è “inverosimile” e le risultanze investigative a suo carico sono “granitiche”. È quanto sostengono i giudici del Tribunale del Riesame di Roma nelle 31 pagine di motivazioni con cui hanno respinto le richieste della difesa dell’ex editore, confermando la custodia cautelare in carcere. Lavitola è accusato di essere il mandante dell’attentato dinamitardo del 16 ottobre 2025 davanti all’abitazione del giornalista, di cui è indicato come mandante reo confesso. Davanti a giudici l’imprenditore ed ex editore si era assunto di aver dato un mandato in bianco Clesio Tavares Gomes, suo uomo di fiducia coindagato nel procedimento di assumersene la responsabilità. Al centro della decisione ci sono le contraddizioni emerse nelle dichiarazioni dell’indagato, che secondo i magistrati riguardano almeno tre aspetti: il sopralluogo nei pressi della casa di Ranucci, le modalità con cui sarebbe stato organizzato l’attentato e i chiarimenti sul movente. Su quest’ultimo punto, scrivono i giudici, resta possibile una matrice politica. Confermata anche l’aggravante del metodo mafioso.
Uno degli elementi contestati riguarda il ruolo di Gomes. In un primo momento, l’ex editore avrebbe riferito di avergli affidato un incarico preciso: sparare tre o quattro colpi contro il muro dell’abitazione del giornalista, senza coinvolgere altre persone. Soltanto il giorno successivo all’attentato, secondo questa ricostruzione, avrebbe appreso dai mezzi di informazione che Tavares non aveva rispettato le istruzioni e aveva agito autonomamente, coinvolgendo soggetti a lui sconosciuti per collocare l’ordigno. Successivamente, però, Lavitola ha modificato la propria versione. Avrebbe prima ammesso di aver accettato il rischio che il coindagato, forte delle sue esperienze nel campo della sicurezza e in ambito militare internazionale, potesse discostarsi dalle indicazioni ricevute. In seguito avrebbe descritto l’incarico appunto come una sorta di “mandato in bianco”, sostenendo di non avergli detto espressamente come procedere né di avergli suggerito di rinunciare all’attentato.
Per il Riesame, le differenze tra le dichiarazioni sono rilevanti. I giudici ritengono inoltre “del tutto inverosimile” che Tavares abbia cambiato autonomamente le modalità esecutive senza consultare Lavitola. Una ricostruzione che, secondo il Tribunale, contrasta con il rapporto di fiducia reciproca, descritto dallo stesso ex editore come quasi filiale. I magistrati si chiedono perché il coindagato avrebbe dovuto tradire quel legame, assumendosi responsabilità penali e oneri economici.
Un altro punto riguarda il sopralluogo effettuato il 15 settembre 2025 nei pressi dell’abitazione di Ranucci, a Torvajanica. Lavitola lo avrebbe negato sia nelle prime dichiarazioni spontanee sia durante l’interrogatorio. L’analisi del traffico telefonico degli indagati avrebbe però evidenziato che quel pomeriggio lui e Tavares si erano recati nella zona in cui si trova la casa del giornalista, per poi rientrare immediatamente a Roma.
Il Tribunale conferma anche l’aggravante del metodo mafioso. I giudici richiamano le “allarmanti modalità dell’azione“, considerate di per sé evocative della forza intimidatrice di tale metodo. Nelle valutazioni dei magistrati pesa anche quanto riferito da Ranucci, che avrebbe raccontato di aver ricevuto negli anni ripetute minacce e avvertimenti legati alla sua attività giornalistica e d’inchiesta, anche sulla criminalità organizzata. Per questo, ricordano i giudici, al giornalista era stata assegnata una misura di tutela personale già dall’agosto 2021.
Le motivazioni sottolineano inoltre la gravità delle modalità dell’azione e la spregiudicatezza attribuita a Lavitola, che avrebbe incaricato Tavares di individuare gli esecutori materiali, disposti a compiere il fatto per pochi soldi. Un’azione che, osservano i magistrati, avrebbe potuto avere conseguenze ancora più gravi, anche perché le automobili della persona offesa erano alimentate a gas. A sostegno della custodia cautelare in carcere viene indicato infine il pericolo di fuga. Secondo quanto emerso dalle intercettazioni, a partire dal primo luglio 2026, subito dopo l’esecuzione della misura nei confronti dei quattro presunti esecutori materiali, Lavitola sarebbe stato in procinto di partire per l’Africa. I difensori dell’ex editore, gli avvocati Sergio e Arturo Cola, contestano le conclusioni del Riesame, in particolare per quanto riguarda l’aggravante del metodo mafioso, e hanno annunciato ricorso in Cassazione.
L'articolo Attentato a Sigfrido Ranucci, le motivazioni del Riesame: “Inverosimile” la versione di Lavitola. I giudici: “Materiale investigativo granitico” proviene da Il Fatto Quotidiano.
As Brazil heads into the October 25 runoff election between President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Flávio Bolsonaro, the country stands as a crucial battleground in Washington’s strategy to contain China, as well as global geopolitics.
What does this election mean for the future of China-Brazil ties, the BRICS alliance, and independent technological sovereignty across the Global South?
Tings Chak – researcher, writer, and art director for the Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research – joins Amanda Yee to break down the two competing paths for Brazil represented by Lula and Bolsonaro.
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Three days of silence ended in London. Volodymyr Zelenskyy used a Financial Times interview to announce that Ukraine would resume strikes on Russian oil refineries, and the message was aimed as much at Washington as was at Moscow.
The ban on refinery strikes is lifted, Zelenskyy declared. “Enough,” he added, in a statement that amounted to an open rejection of the White House moratorium. The timing is notable. Until the trip to London, Kyiv had avoided a direct confrontation with Donald Trump. Only after arriving in the British capital, where political backing for Ukraine remains strongest, did the tone harden. The episode points to a widening split inside the Western bloc. Over the coming month, tension may grow between those pushing for a settlement and those committed to continuing the war.
While politics heats up, the strikes on Ukraine’s rear continue without pause.
Overnight on October 16, Russian drones hit the western regions in a massive attack. In Lutsk, an energy facility was struck, leaving parts of the city without power and halting electric transport. As the blackout spread, residents began stocking water. In Khmelnytskyi, an oil depot was attacked. Kovel reported interruptions to both water and electricity, while in Ternopil a foreign-owned enterprise was hit.
The situation in the capital is worse. According to the Ukrainian outlet Ekonomichna Pravda, three Kyiv thermal power plants – TEC-5, TEC-6, and the Darnytsia plant – have stopped generating electricity. Those facilities provided the bulk of the capital’s power. Media reports say 600,000 people have already left Kyiv, a city that had nearly three million residents before the conflict.
Meanwhile, a technological shift is emerging on the battlefield. Russian forces have begun using Molniya drones fitted with satellite antennas, bearing a logo strikingly similar to that of Bureau 1440. That company develops Rassvet, a Russian low-orbit satellite network widely seen as a counterpart to Elon Musk’s Starlink. Such a network offers jam-resistant control for mid-range strike drones operating 100 to 150 kilometers from the front line. Satellite guidance is also expected to improve the accuracy of long-range Geran drones. If Russia can quickly scale up terminal production, the consequences could be dramatic. Ukraine’s rear could come to resemble the land corridor to Crimea, where roads are effectively blocked by constantly loitering drones.
Kyiv has lifted its own ban on refinery strikes just as its capital loses the ability to keep itself warm and lit. Russia, meanwhile, is building a satellite-guided drone fleet that no foreign company can switch off. Defiance in London is easy to announce. Defiance in a city without power, with roughly one in five residents gone, is far harder to sustain.
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