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LIVE 10:30 AM ET: NATO Readies Nuclear Exercises; Elon Musk Placed On Ukraine ‘Hit List’

Nuclear exercises under NATO are scheduled to begin, amid growing warnings of possible nuclear attacks between the West and Russia. This follows calls by a Czechen leader to use localized low-yield nuclear attacks on Ukraine, and calls from Ukraine’s Zelensky for NATO to pre-emptively retaliate against Russia. Meanwhile, Elon Musk was placed on a Ukrainian…


LIVE: NATO Readies Nuclear Exercises; Elon Musk Placed On Ukraine ‘Hit List’

Nuclear exercises under NATO are scheduled to begin, amid growing warnings of possible nuclear attacks between the West and Russia. This follows calls by a Czechen leader to use localized low-yield nuclear attacks on Ukraine, and calls from Ukraine’s Zelensky for NATO to pre-emptively retaliate against Russia. Meanwhile, Elon Musk was placed on a Ukrainian…


NATO Readies Nuclear Exercises; Elon Musk Placed On Ukraine ‘Hit List’

Nuclear exercises under NATO are scheduled to begin, amid growing warnings of possible nuclear attacks between the West and Russia. This follows calls by a Czechen leader to use localized low-yield nuclear attacks on Ukraine, and calls from Ukraine’s Zelensky for NATO to pre-emptively retaliate against Russia. Meanwhile, Elon Musk was placed on a Ukrainian…


Elon Musk Says Starlink Adding Donation Feature After Ukraine Funding Controversy

Billionaire tech mogul Elon Musk said that SpaceX would be rolling out a feature letting people donate Starlink satellite internet units to places in need, after Musk said that the rocket company couldn’t continue to fund Starlink in Ukraine “indefinitely.” Musk said in an Oct. 17 post on Twitter that SpaceX would add a donate…


Russia Says It Launched Major Attack on Ukrainian Infrastructure

Russia’s defence ministry said on Monday it had carried out a large-scale attack on military targets and energy infrastructure across Ukraine using high-precision weapons. In its daily briefing, the defence ministry said it had hit “all designated targets” in the latest bombardment of Ukrainian cities and also thwarted an attempt by Ukraine to breach its…


Kyiv’s Central District Rocked by ‘Suicide Drone’ Blasts Second Time in Week

The central Shevchenkivskyi district of Ukraine’s capital was rocked by blasts early on Monday for the second time in a week, with Mayor Vitalii Klitshchko saying several residential buildings were damaged. “Rescuers are on the site,” Klitshchko said on the Telegram messaging service, adding that as a result of what he said was a drone…


LIVE 10/17, at 10:30 AM ET: NATO Readies Nuclear Exercises; Elon Musk Placed On Ukraine ‘Hit List’

Nuclear exercises under NATO are scheduled to begin, amid growing warnings of possible nuclear attacks between the West and Russia. This follows calls by a Czechen leader to use localized low-yield nuclear attacks on Ukraine, and calls from Ukraine’s Zelensky for NATO to pre-emptively retaliate against Russia. Meanwhile, Elon Musk was placed on a Ukrainian…


Musk: SpaceX Might Keep Funding Satellite Service in Ukraine

NEW YORK—Billionaire Elon Musk suggested in a Saturday tweet that his rocket company SpaceX may continue to fund its satellite-based Starlink internet service in Ukraine. But Musk’s tone and wording also raised the possibility that the Tesla CEO was just being sarcastic. Musk frequently posted on Twitter jokes and sometimes goes on unusual tangents, such…


Democrats Want to Transfer Missile Systems From Saudi Arabia to Ukraine as Punishment

A group of top congressional Democrats is aiming to punish Saudi Arabia after the OPEC+ announcement to cut oil production by taking back U.S. missile systems as well as other missiles and giving them to Ukraine instead. Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced in a statement that “for several years, the U.S. military has deployed Patriot…


Putin Says No Need for Massive New Strikes on Ukraine

ASTANA -Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday there was no need for massive new strikes on Ukraine and that Russia was not looking to destroy the country. Putin told a news conference at the end of a summit in Kazakhstan that his call-up of Russian reservists would be over within two weeks and there…