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Silicon Bites Ep435 | 2026-10-27 | Why can’t good news be unambiguously good? And why does it feel like we are taking three steps forward and two steps back, always, every year of this full-scale war. Ukraine is moving towards victory, and the world is trying to pull it back, like a dragging anchor. Give Russia chances over and again to recover and keep fighting, not collapsing. Serbia's students toppled Putin’s man in Belgrade, then amid the euphoria, it emerged that they may want to keep his Russia policy, in fact, make it worse by banning the exports of weapons – munitions that the previous regime seemed happy to sell to Ukraine. Meanwhile, Washington tries to hand the UN to Viktor Orbán. I thought we’d got rid of that guy?!----------SUPPORT THE CHANNEL:https://www.buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtainhttps://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtainhttps://www.gofundme.com/f/scaling-up-campaign-to-fight-authoritarian-disinformation----------TRUSTED CHARITIES ON THE GROUND:Save Ukrainehttps://www.saveukraineua.org/Superhumans - Hospital for war traumashttps://superhumans.com/en/UNBROKEN - Treatment. Prosthesis. Rehabilitation for Ukrainians in Ukrainehttps://unbroken.org.ua/Come Back Alivehttps://savelife.in.ua/en/Chefs For Ukraine - World Central Kitchenhttps://wck.org/relief/activation-chefs-for-ukraineUNITED24 - An initiative of President Zelenskyyhttps://u24.gov.ua/Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundationhttps://prytulafoundation.org----------SOURCES:CNN / AP — Serbia's leader concedes defeat to student-led movement in seismic political shift (25 Oct 2026)NBC News / AP — Serbia's strongman leader Vučić concedes defeat to student-led movement (25–26 Oct 2026)Al Jazeera — Aleksandar Vucic, the Serbian leader brought down by students (26 Oct 2026)NPR — "The smell of freedom": Serbia's student movement celebrates election triumph (26 Oct 2026)Hromadske — Serbia's election winners oppose sanctions on Russia and pledge to halt arms exports to war zones (Reuters) (26 Oct 2026)UNN — Serbia may halt arms exports to Ukraine — Reuters (27 Oct 2026)LIGA.net — Reuters: Serbian election winners want to halt arms exports that end up in Ukraine (AdriaDefense caveat) (27 Oct 2026)Ukranews — Serbia's new government will not impose sanctions against Russia and intends to halt arms sales to Ukraine (Gazprom 2.2 bcm) (27 Oct 2026)UkrMedia — The winners of the elections in Serbia want to halt arms supplies to Ukraine (Jovo Bakić on RT Balkan) (26 Oct 2026)Euronews — Trump officials back Orbán bid for UN secretary-general, WSJ reports (Sikorski reaction) (26 Oct 2026)Kyiv Post — Trump to nominate Viktor Orbán as UN Secretary General (26 Oct 2026)Ahram Online — Trump administration floats Viktor Orbán for UN secretary-general: WSJ (26 Oct 2026)----------

Silicon Bites Ep433 | 2026-10-25 | ----------SUPPORT THE CHANNEL:https://www.buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtainhttps://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtainhttps://www.gofundme.com/f/scaling-up-campaign-to-fight-authoritarian-disinformation----------TRUSTED CHARITIES ON THE GROUND:Save Ukrainehttps://www.saveukraineua.org/Superhumans - Hospital for war traumashttps://superhumans.com/en/UNBROKEN - Treatment. Prosthesis. Rehabilitation for Ukrainians in Ukrainehttps://unbroken.org.ua/Come Back Alivehttps://savelife.in.ua/en/Chefs For Ukraine - World Central Kitchenhttps://wck.org/relief/activation-chefs-for-ukraineUNITED24 - An initiative of President Zelenskyyhttps://u24.gov.ua/Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundationhttps://prytulafoundation.org----------SOURCES:----------

Shane O'NealDonor and Fundraiser for Ukraine. Volunteer Paramedic.----------LINKS:https://shaneoneal.com/uap/https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLibbyqZOaPh0zYj25Sg-pfG2GS6O8PXhJhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qTatjaRkysSUPPORTING:Ryan Hendrickson - Former Green Beret Ryan Hendrickson is the principal of Tip of the Spear Landmine Removal, Inc. https://landmineremoval.org/Pastor Vadym Tokarchuk - Chaplain of the Separate Unit of the 1st Ukrainian Battalion of Military Chaplains. Antonina Kozurak and Victoria Gubko - Volunteer fundraisers in Rakhiv, Ukraine. They raise funds for vehicles, tires, food, medicine, drone detectors and more.Gary "Scotty" Inglis - A Medical Platoon Sergeant from Scotland who serves in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He maintains a fleet of UK NHS-style ambulances in Eastern Ukraine.Christine Khariv - A talented volunteer fundraiser in Kyiv, Ukraine. She supplies multiple units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with Starlink subscriptions, medicine, drone detectors and more.Father Volodymyr Prodanets - The НАЇДОК (nay-yi-dok) is a delicious meal-ready-to-eat prepared by the volunteer kitchen established in Zakarpattia Oblast, Ukraine.Victoria "Tori" John - A Rehabilitation Specialist in private practice in North Somerset, UK. Tori is actively seeking sponsors for her next trip to Ukraine, where she provides critical care.Darik Sergii Daragon - An experienced fundraiser operating in Kharkiv Oblast. He raises funds for medical supplies, food, drone detectors and more for Azov, Khartia and others.Ivan Berdar - Founded the NGO Volunteers of the Rakhiv District in the early days of the full-scale invasion in 2022. ----------SUPPORT THE CHANNEL:https://www.buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtainhttps://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtainhttps://www.gofundme.com/f/scaling-up-campaign-to-fight-authoritarian-disinformation----------TRUSTED CHARITIES ON THE GROUND:Car4Ukrainehttps://car4ukraine.com/en-US/campaignsDzyga's Pawhttps://dzygaspaw.com/projectsSuperhumans - Hospital for war traumashttps://superhumans.com/en/UNBROKEN - Treatment. Prosthesis. Rehabilitation for Ukrainians in Ukrainehttps://unbroken.org.ua/Come Back Alivehttps://savelife.in.ua/en/Chefs For Ukraine - World Central Kitchenhttps://wck.org/relief/activation-chefs-for-ukraineUNITED24 - An initiative of President Zelenskyyhttps://u24.gov.ua/Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundationhttps://prytulafoundation.orgNGO “Herojam Slava”https://heroiamslava.org/----------PLATFORMS:Substack: https://substack.com/@siliconcurtainTwitter: https://twitter.com/CurtainSiliconLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/finkjonathan/Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/4thRZj6NO7y93zG11JMtqm----------

Bert Watson is an American government-relations consultant, U.S. Navy veteran and long-standing advocate for stronger U.S.–Ukraine relations who has travelled to Ukraine repeatedly, including eight visits by June 2026. His perspective is unusual because it combines political communications, defence and energy experience with repeated exposure to Ukrainian military units, command posts, special-forces headquarters, hospitals, humanitarian organisations and defence innovators. ----------LINKS:https://www.thecipherbrief.com/experts/bert-watsonhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/bertwatson/https://www.watsonandco.us/team----------ACTIVE CAMPAIGN:We are raising funds for 5 of 15 Vampire DronesSilicon Curtain for Kupiansk Vampires. Dzyga’s Paw, together with Jonathan Fink, is joining forces to raise $40,000 to provide the Khartiia Brigade with Vampire Drones.https://dzygaspaw.com/silicon-curtain-for-kupiansk-vampiresThese heavy bombers are designed to destroy manpower and equipment, as well as for remote mining. The Vampire UAV, manufactured by Skyfall, has proven itself to be one of the most effective weapons in the Kupiansk direction. Skyfall is one of Ukraine’s largest defense tech companies, producing Vampire bomber drones, various modifications of Shrike FPV drones, P1-SUN, Shahed drone interceptors, communication systems, and components.----------SUPPORT THE CHANNEL:https://www.buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtainhttps://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtainhttps://www.gofundme.com/f/scaling-up-campaign-to-fight-authoritarian-disinformation----------TRUSTED CHARITIES ON THE GROUND:Car4Ukrainehttps://car4ukraine.com/en-US/campaignsDzyga's Pawhttps://dzygaspaw.com/projectsSuperhumans - Hospital for war traumashttps://superhumans.com/en/UNBROKEN - Treatment. Prosthesis. Rehabilitation for Ukrainians in Ukrainehttps://unbroken.org.ua/Come Back Alivehttps://savelife.in.ua/en/Chefs For Ukraine - World Central Kitchenhttps://wck.org/relief/activation-chefs-for-ukraineUNITED24 - An initiative of President Zelenskyyhttps://u24.gov.ua/Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundationhttps://prytulafoundation.orgNGO “Herojam Slava”https://heroiamslava.org/----------PLATFORMS:Substack: https://substack.com/@siliconcurtainTwitter: https://twitter.com/CurtainSiliconLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/finkjonathan/Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/4thRZj6NO7y93zG11JMtqm----------

Silicon Bites Ep434 | 2026-10-26 | Musk is lying again. And has been lying about lying. Something he brazenly denied a week ago, he has now just as brazenly admitted to. That it was he who switched off Starlink in Ukraine with potentially lethal consequences. At the very least he has gifted a huge advantage to Russia and wrecked many missions Ukraine had planned to use the military version of Starlink, Starshield – which he ought not to be able to throttle – that is the Pentagon’s prerogative. But they deny making that decision. Now he expresses sympathy for the ‘Russian boys’, who he claims are coerced into war, but whom most reputable analysts accept largely accept contracts, a financial exchange that massively benefits them, or their families. ----------SUPPORT THE CHANNEL:https://www.buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtainhttps://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtainhttps://www.gofundme.com/f/scaling-up-campaign-to-fight-authoritarian-disinformation----------TRUSTED CHARITIES ON THE GROUND:Save Ukrainehttps://www.saveukraineua.org/Superhumans - Hospital for war traumashttps://superhumans.com/en/UNBROKEN - Treatment. Prosthesis. Rehabilitation for Ukrainians in Ukrainehttps://unbroken.org.ua/Come Back Alivehttps://savelife.in.ua/en/Chefs For Ukraine - World Central Kitchenhttps://wck.org/relief/activation-chefs-for-ukraineUNITED24 - An initiative of President Zelenskyyhttps://u24.gov.ua/Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundationhttps://prytulafoundation.org----------SOURCES:CNBC — After SpaceX restores high-speed service, Musk claims Ukraine violated Starlink agreement (24 Oct 2026)NBC News — Elon Musk says SpaceX closed Ukraine Starlink "loophole," while Kyiv denies breaching terms (25 Oct 2026)NPR — Musk says SpaceX did restrict Starlink, as Ukraine says the tech has been restored (24–25 Oct 2026)CBC News — Ukraine says its military did not violate Starlink terms, disputing Elon Musk claim (25 Oct 2026)Washington Post — Ukraine says Starlink and Starshield services resumed after days of disruptions (24 Oct 2026)Washington Times — Elon Musk claims Starlink restrictions in Ukraine closed a "loophole" against militarized use (25 Oct 2026)Mediaite — Elon Musk admits SpaceX purposely restricted Ukraine's Starlink access; embedded X post (24 Oct 2026)Kyiv Independent — Ukraine war latest: Starshield restored to normal speed; Ushakov on talks after 4 Nov (25 Oct 2026)The Moscow Times — Europe should be included in Ukraine peace discussions, Kremlin aide says (25 Oct 2026)Washington Times — Europe's growing support for Ukraine earns it larger role in upcoming negotiations, Kremlin says (Ushakov, Reuters translation) (25 Oct 2026)Reuters (via Investing.com) — Explainer: How Ukraine's strikes on Russian energy sites deepened the rift with Trump (25 Oct 2026)Reuters (via Yahoo) — Exclusive: US has for years asked Musk to alter Starlink service in Ukraine, Middle East (24–25 Oct 2026)NBC News — How Starlink slowdown hit Ukraine's front line soldiers pushing Russia back (Operation Vivaldi) (24 Oct 2026)CBC News — Carney says "direct casualties" are result of Ukraine's restricted access to Musk's Starshield (23–24 Oct 2026)Kyiv Independent — Exclusive: Ukraine fears Trump could grant Russia long-sought relief for fertilizer industry (24 Oct 2026)NBC News — Trump hopes to flatter Putin into negotiating on Ukraine, experts say (24 Oct 2026)----------

Kevin Leach is the main director for Sabre Training Advisory Group, a professional military training non-profit. Their aim is to give Ukrainian defenders the skills to come home alive. Kevin is a Canadian Armed Forces veteran, with a long history of working in Ukraine and in military affairs. He served as a sergeant from 2008-2018, specialising in armoured reconnaissance. He leads a weekly segment on the Mriya Report called “Come Home Alive” covering the Key Elements of Training for the Ukrainian army. ----------LINKS:https://x.com/SabreAdvisory https://www.sabretag.org/donate https://www.instagram.com/sabre_tag/ https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mriyareport/episodes/Kevin-Leach--Sabre-Advisory-Training-on-Key-Elements-of-Training---May-29--2024-e2kavap----------SUPPORT THE CHANNEL:https://www.buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtainhttps://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain----------TRUSTED CHARITIES ON THE GROUND:Save Ukrainehttps://www.saveukraineua.org/Superhumans - Hospital for war traumashttps://superhumans.com/en/UNBROKEN - Treatment. Prosthesis. Rehabilitation for Ukrainians in Ukrainehttps://unbroken.org.ua/Come Back Alivehttps://savelife.in.ua/en/Chefs For Ukraine - World Central Kitchenhttps://wck.org/relief/activation-chefs-for-ukraineUNITED24 - An initiative of President Zelenskyyhttps://u24.gov.ua/Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundationhttps://prytulafoundation.orgNGO “Herojam Slava”https://heroiamslava.org/kharpp - Reconstruction project supporting communities in Kharkiv and Przemyślhttps://kharpp.com/NOR DOG Animal Rescuehttps://www.nor-dog.org/home/----------PLATFORMS:Twitter: https://twitter.com/CurtainSiliconInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/siliconcurtain/Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/4thRZj6NO7y93zG11JMtqmLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/finkjonathan/Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain----------Welcome to the Silicon Curtain podcast. Please like and subscribe if you like the content we produce. It will really help to increase the popularity of our content in YouTube’s algorithm. Our material is now being made available on popular podcasting platforms as well, such as Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

Anna Danylchuk has been creating a war diary since the early days of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russia in 2022. Anna Danylchuk aims to tell the truth about Ukraine and Russia’s war and cut through the noise and propaganda. Anna is passionate about the beauty and independence of her country, and communicates this powerfully in her videos, in a clear and honest way.----------LINKS: @AnnafromUkraine https://www.buymeacoffee.com/annafromukraineMy interview with Anna in Lviv - hosted on her excellent channel- https://youtu.be/daHcnsNQ1S0?si=yHbZ2kJZ3CTVRd8Z----------SUPPORT THE CHANNEL:https://www.buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtainhttps://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain----------TRUSTED CHARITIES ON THE GROUND:Save Ukrainehttps://www.saveukraineua.org/Superhumans - Hospital for war traumashttps://superhumans.com/en/UNBROKEN - Treatment. Prosthesis. Rehabilitation for Ukrainians in Ukrainehttps://unbroken.org.ua/Come Back Alivehttps://savelife.in.ua/en/Chefs For Ukraine - World Central Kitchenhttps://wck.org/relief/activation-chefs-for-ukraineUNITED24 - An initiative of President Zelenskyyhttps://u24.gov.ua/Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundationhttps://prytulafoundation.orgNGO “Herojam Slava”https://heroiamslava.org/kharpp - Reconstruction project supporting communities in Kharkiv and Przemyślhttps://kharpp.com/NOR DOG Animal Rescuehttps://www.nor-dog.org/home/----------

Stream with Jonathan MS Pearcehttps://www.youtube.com/@UCtUQHzC0QmABOQERfABAhZg ----------SUPPORT THE CHANNEL:https://www.buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtainhttps://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtainhttps://www.gofundme.com/f/scaling-up-campaign-to-fight-authoritarian-disinformation----------TRUSTED CHARITIES ON THE GROUND:Car4Ukrainehttps://car4ukraine.com/en-US/campaignsDzyga's Pawhttps://dzygaspaw.com/projectsSuperhumans - Hospital for war traumashttps://superhumans.com/en/UNBROKEN - Treatment. Prosthesis. Rehabilitation for Ukrainians in Ukrainehttps://unbroken.org.ua/Come Back Alivehttps://savelife.in.ua/en/Chefs For Ukraine - World Central Kitchenhttps://wck.org/relief/activation-chefs-for-ukraineUNITED24 - An initiative of President Zelenskyyhttps://u24.gov.ua/Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundationhttps://prytulafoundation.orgNGO “Herojam Slava”https://heroiamslava.org/----------PLATFORMS:Substack: https://substack.com/@siliconcurtainTwitter: https://twitter.com/CurtainSiliconLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/finkjonathan/Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/4thRZj6NO7y93zG11JMtqm----------

Silicon Bites Ep432 | 2026-10-23 | Everyone is hunting for Putin’s tapes on Trump. The vile acts that apparently give Russia leverage to squeeze all sorts of concessions from the spray tan Fuhrer in the White House. Forget it. What if Trump does not care about kompromat and thinks it would not touch him in any case. Afterall see what he’s already gotten away with. Trump doesn't need to be blackmailed into doing what he already wants to do. What if Trump is in alignment with Putin, actively wants to see Ukraine defeated, so he can rake in deals? What if he wants to betray Europe, because he sees a huge payday in that course of malignant action. We so desperately want Trump to be evil in a manageable way, evil and corrupt, but with some path to redemption still open. What is he is bad – worse than you can possibly comprehend. Then the whole kompromat thing becomes a convenient excuse for not taking responsibility, embracing more precipitous action to oppose him, blunt his power and curb his out-of-control excess. ----------SUPPORT THE CHANNEL:https://www.buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtainhttps://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtainhttps://www.gofundme.com/f/scaling-up-campaign-to-fight-authoritarian-disinformation----------TRUSTED CHARITIES ON THE GROUND:Save Ukrainehttps://www.saveukraineua.org/Superhumans - Hospital for war traumashttps://superhumans.com/en/UNBROKEN - Treatment. Prosthesis. Rehabilitation for Ukrainians in Ukrainehttps://unbroken.org.ua/Come Back Alivehttps://savelife.in.ua/en/Chefs For Ukraine - World Central Kitchenhttps://wck.org/relief/activation-chefs-for-ukraineUNITED24 - An initiative of President Zelenskyyhttps://u24.gov.ua/Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundationhttps://prytulafoundation.org----------SOURCES:Charter97 — Hillary Clinton: Putin Has Something On Trump (22 Oct 2026)Censor.NET — Putin may have compromising material on Trump, says Hillary Clinton (Oct 2026)Ukrainian News — Putin has Trump "on the hook" with compromising material, says Hillary Clinton (23 Oct 2026)UNN — Clinton called Trump a "Putin puppet" (22 Oct 2026)Liga.net — "Putin has something on Trump": Clinton called the US president a Kremlin puppet (22 Oct 2026)World Today Journal — Hillary Clinton suggests Putin may have compromising material on Trump (23 Oct 2026)Arab News (AFP) — Trump envoy criticized for calling Putin humanitarian; Trump's response (22 Oct 2026)Ukrainska Pravda — Trump's envoy Witkoff calls Putin a "humanitarian" during meeting in Russia (21 Oct 2026)Mother Jones — Trump and Putin: Together at Last (20 Oct 2026)The Daily Beast — Trump May Not Be a Russian "Asset," But He's Definitely Putin's Stooge (21 Oct 2026)Newsweek — Don't Mistake Trump's Diesel Deal for a Russia Policy (22 Oct 2026)Axios — Witkoff to present Putin with peace proposal after talks with Zelensky; Kushner presses refinery-strike halt (20 Oct 2026)----------

Livestream with Yuri RashkinLINKS:https://rashkinreport.substack.com/https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/rashkin-report/id1183073638----------SUPPORT THE CHANNEL:https://www.buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtainhttps://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtainhttps://www.gofundme.com/f/scaling-up-campaign-to-fight-authoritarian-disinformation----------TRUSTED CHARITIES ON THE GROUND:Save Ukrainehttps://www.saveukraineua.org/Superhumans - Hospital for war traumashttps://superhumans.com/en/UNBROKEN - Treatment. Prosthesis. Rehabilitation for Ukrainians in Ukrainehttps://unbroken.org.ua/Come Back Alivehttps://savelife.in.ua/en/Chefs For Ukraine - World Central Kitchenhttps://wck.org/relief/activation-chefs-for-ukraineUNITED24 - An initiative of President Zelenskyyhttps://u24.gov.ua/Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundationhttps://prytulafoundation.orgNGO “Herojam Slava”https://heroiamslava.org/kharpp - Reconstruction project supporting communities in Kharkiv and Przemyslhttps://kharpp.com/NOR DOG Animal Rescuehttps://www.nor-dog.org/home/-----------

Silicon Bites Ep426 | 2026-10-19 | ----------SUPPORT THE CHANNEL:https://www.buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtainhttps://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtainhttps://www.gofundme.com/f/scaling-up-campaign-to-fight-authoritarian-disinformation----------TRUSTED CHARITIES ON THE GROUND:Save Ukrainehttps://www.saveukraineua.org/Superhumans - Hospital for war traumashttps://superhumans.com/en/UNBROKEN - Treatment. Prosthesis. Rehabilitation for Ukrainians in Ukrainehttps://unbroken.org.ua/Come Back Alivehttps://savelife.in.ua/en/Chefs For Ukraine - World Central Kitchenhttps://wck.org/relief/activation-chefs-for-ukraineUNITED24 - An initiative of President Zelenskyyhttps://u24.gov.ua/Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundationhttps://prytulafoundation.org----------SOURCES:----------

Silicon Bites Ep425 | 2026-10-18 | Kompromat does not explain what we are seeing. A man who fears exposure would do the minimum required for his blackmailer to keep the secrets hidden. But Trump is now doing the maximum within his power to help Putin. This is alignment, this is partnership, infatuation even – a person willing to do whatever it takes for one of the world’s most malignant killers and autocrats to stay in power, sustain his evil war, and prevent Russia from collapsing. He is all in, and we see he is relishing in this open support for Putin, and abusive denigration of Ukraine and Zelenskyy. He is enjoying it, revelling in it, gaining sadistic pleasure from hurting what he perceives to be a weak and irrelevant country – but one he is constantly forced to focus on, to the detriment of his money-making schemes, grift and global extortion rackets. ----------SUPPORT THE CHANNEL:https://www.buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtainhttps://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtainhttps://www.gofundme.com/f/scaling-up-campaign-to-fight-authoritarian-disinformation----------TRUSTED CHARITIES ON THE GROUND:Save Ukrainehttps://www.saveukraineua.org/Superhumans - Hospital for war traumashttps://superhumans.com/en/UNBROKEN - Treatment. Prosthesis. Rehabilitation for Ukrainians in Ukrainehttps://unbroken.org.ua/Come Back Alivehttps://savelife.in.ua/en/Chefs For Ukraine - World Central Kitchenhttps://wck.org/relief/activation-chefs-for-ukraineUNITED24 - An initiative of President Zelenskyyhttps://u24.gov.ua/Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundationhttps://prytulafoundation.org----------SOURCES:White House — Executive Order: Implementing the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026 (16 Oct 2026)Reuters (via US News) — Trump waives key Russia-related sanctions, tariffs before they take effect under new law (16 Oct 2026)CNBC — Trump waives broad new Russia sanctions and tariffs under Graham Act, citing national interest (17 Oct 2026)RFE/RL (Alex Raufoglu) — Trump waives Graham Act sanctions on Russia before they take effect; Razom, FDF and congressional reactions (17 Oct 2026)NBC News — Zelenskyy says Trump is "rewarding Putin" as he waives new Russia sanctions passed by Congress; diesel up almost 70% (17 Oct 2026)The Hill — GOP lawmakers bash Trump's decision to waive Russia sanctions: "beyond irresponsible" (17 Oct 2026)AP (via NPR) — Zelenskyy urges support for new US sanctions on Russia after Trump puts them on hold; at least four killed overnight (17 Oct 2026)AP (via The Globe and Mail) — Zelensky urges support for new U.S. sanctions on Russia after Trump pauses them (17 Oct 2026)Kyiv Independent (via Yahoo) — "Putin feels joy" — Zelensky calls Trump's waiving of key Russia sanctions "wrong" (17 Oct 2026)Newsweek — Zelensky links huge Russia energy attack to Trump sanctions waiver (17 Oct 2026)Volodymyr Zelensky, X (@ZelenskyyUa), 17 Oct 2026 — statement on the energy attack and the Graham ActRFE/RL — Russian overnight attack kills civilians, targets energy facilities across Ukraine; air force figures; Kherson and Sloviansk casualties (17 Oct 2026)----------

Cormac Smith has worked in Public Relations and Corporate Communications for over three decades. In 2016 he traveled to Ukraine to take up a special appointment as the ‘Strategic Communication Advisor’ to Pavlo Klimkin, then the Foreign Minister of Ukraine. He was attached to the British Embassy in Kyiv but was embedded in Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the first foreigner to hold such a position. While in Kyiv, he also advised and provided training for five other government ministries and worked directly with three other cabinet ministers: Health, Education and the Deputy Prime Minister. ----------LINKS:https://defencebrink.uk/https://x.com/CormacS63https://x.com/philipingmbe----------SUPPORT THE CHANNEL:https://www.buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtainhttps://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtainhttps://www.gofundme.com/f/scaling-up-campaign-to-fight-authoritarian-disinformation----------TRUSTED CHARITIES ON THE GROUND:Car4Ukrainehttps://car4ukraine.com/en-US/campaignsDzyga's Pawhttps://dzygaspaw.com/projectsSuperhumans - Hospital for war traumashttps://superhumans.com/en/UNBROKEN - Treatment. Prosthesis. Rehabilitation for Ukrainians in Ukrainehttps://unbroken.org.ua/Come Back Alivehttps://savelife.in.ua/en/Chefs For Ukraine - World Central Kitchenhttps://wck.org/relief/activation-chefs-for-ukraineUNITED24 - An initiative of President Zelenskyyhttps://u24.gov.ua/Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundationhttps://prytulafoundation.orgNGO “Herojam Slava”https://heroiamslava.org/----------PLATFORMS:Substack: https://substack.com/@siliconcurtainTwitter: https://twitter.com/CurtainSiliconLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/finkjonathan/Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/4thRZj6NO7y93zG11JMtqm----------

Silicon Bites Ep424 | 2026-10-16 | Musk says Trump did it. Trump says nobody did it. Reuters says the White House did it. The Telegraph says they did it together — while jet-powered shaheeds hit Kyiv and the interceptors went blind. People died. Could those deaths have been prevented? It’s impossible to say, but certainly Ukraine’s ability to defend itself was seriously hampered. ----------SUPPORT THE CHANNEL:https://www.buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtainhttps://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtainhttps://www.gofundme.com/f/scaling-up-campaign-to-fight-authoritarian-disinformation----------TRUSTED CHARITIES ON THE GROUND:Save Ukrainehttps://www.saveukraineua.org/Superhumans - Hospital for war traumashttps://superhumans.com/en/UNBROKEN - Treatment. Prosthesis. Rehabilitation for Ukrainians in Ukrainehttps://unbroken.org.ua/Come Back Alivehttps://savelife.in.ua/en/Chefs For Ukraine - World Central Kitchenhttps://wck.org/relief/activation-chefs-for-ukraineUNITED24 - An initiative of President Zelenskyyhttps://u24.gov.ua/Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundationhttps://prytulafoundation.org----------SOURCES:Reuters (via US News) — Exclusive: Order to limit Starshield for Ukraine came from inside White House, sources say (15 Oct 2026). Kyiv Independent — "They were both in on it": Musk suggested Trump restrict Ukraine's Starlink service, Telegraph reports (16 Oct 2026)The Telegraph — Musk approached Trump with idea of slowing down Starlink in Ukraine (16 Oct 2026)CNBC — Trump says White House didn't order Starlink restrictions in Ukraine (16 Oct 2026)CNBC — Elon Musk says Trump is "ultimately" responsible for any curbs on Ukraine's Starshield systems (15 Oct 2026)Al Jazeera / AFP / Reuters — Musk says US military controls Starlink's limits after Ukraine outcry (14 Oct 2026, updated 16 Oct)Al Jazeera — "Massive" Russian attack on Ukraine kills at least 9, damages power sites (14 Oct 2026)Kyiv Independent — Order limiting Starlink access for Ukraine's military came from within White House, Reuters reports (16 Oct 2026)Kyiv Independent — No one's owning up to throttling Ukraine's military Starlink, and that's telling (15 Oct 2026)Kyiv Post — White House ordered restrictions on Ukraine's Starshield, disrupting drone defense – Reuters (16 Oct 2026)Ukrainska Pravda — White House ordered restrictions on Starshield in Ukraine – Reuters (16 Oct 2026)Ukrainska Pravda — Former defence minister Fedorov reports partial resumption of Starlink operations (14 Oct 2026)Euromaidan Press — White House ordered limits on Ukraine's military satellite service — Reuters; Wadephul and Streeting reactions (16 Oct 2026)Euromaidan Press — Musk pushed Trump to slow Starlink in Ukraine – The Telegraph (16 Oct 2026)----------

Welcome to our monthly conversation with Konstantin, who is one of the most respected voices on YouTube about what is happening Inside Russia. Konstantin Samoilov is a well-known YouTuber whose channel ‘Inside Russia’ comments insightfully on Russia’s decent into authoritarianism over the last few years. But now, like many others, he’s outside Russia, with no idea of when he can return there. ----------LINKS: @INSIDERUSSIA https://www.patreon.com/insiderussiaINSIDE RUSSIA is a source of current news on Russia - Konstantin carefully selects 9 news stories that are important and really matter, with commentaries and analyses by Konstantin delivered daily to channel patrons at Patreon.comGet your access to daily news updates at patreon.com/INSIDERUSSIA----------SUPPORT THE CHANNEL:https://www.buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtainhttps://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtainhttps://www.gofundme.com/f/scaling-up-campaign-to-fight-authoritarian-disinformation----------TRUSTED CHARITIES ON THE GROUND:Car4Ukrainehttps://car4ukraine.com/en-US/campaignsDzyga's Pawhttps://dzygaspaw.com/projectsSuperhumans - Hospital for war traumashttps://superhumans.com/en/UNBROKEN - Treatment. Prosthesis. Rehabilitation for Ukrainians in Ukrainehttps://unbroken.org.ua/Come Back Alivehttps://savelife.in.ua/en/Chefs For Ukraine - World Central Kitchenhttps://wck.org/relief/activation-chefs-for-ukraineUNITED24 - An initiative of President Zelenskyyhttps://u24.gov.ua/Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundationhttps://prytulafoundation.orgNGO “Herojam Slava”https://heroiamslava.org/----------PLATFORMS:Substack: https://substack.com/@siliconcurtainTwitter: https://twitter.com/CurtainSiliconLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/finkjonathan/Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/4thRZj6NO7y93zG11JMtqm----------DESCRIPTION:Ukraine’s Strikes Push Russia Toward a Digital Dark Age | Inside Russia with Konstantin SamoilovJonathan interviews Konstantin Samoilov (Inside Russia), now in Luxembourg recovering from illness, about how Ukrainian strikes are exposing the brittleness of Putin’s regime and setting up Russia for its first of many difficult winters. Samoilov says many Russians long ignored the war but are now reaching out in fear as shortages and uncertainty grow, yet still think only in short horizons. They discuss a shift from refinery attacks to strikes on digital infrastructure, including Yandex data centers and a Sber data center, warning that outages could disrupt cloud services, payments, records, and trust in the financial system in unprecedented ways. Samoilov argues Putin has exhausted money as a tool of control and increasingly relies on violence, empowering security services, deepening chaos, and accelerating an engineered power struggle over succession.----------CHAPTERS:02:11 Putin's Last Gamble03:33 Russians Wake Up07:57 Short-Term Survival Mode09:09 New Target Data Centers10:21 Sberbank Monopoly Backstory15:12 Yandex Under State Control19:21 Digital Disruption Spreads21:39 Financial Records at Risk24:20 Digital Dark Ages26:10 Power Over Russia26:58 Short Term Corruption28:07 Arrests and Gold30:51 Strength as Currency32:22 Back to Stalinism35:03 Money to Violence36:17 Losing Control41:56 Chaos and Succession----------