10/26/2026

Thank You for Standing With Ukraine https://ukrainesupport…

J.D. Vance invoked Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, then warned that gas prices skyrocket when “some tin pot dictator decides to throw a tantrum.” He never named Vladimir Putin in that line, but Russian television commentators are already throwing the argument back at Donald Trump. The vice president’s words have ignited a remarkable controversy—and the timing could hardly be worse for Washington.

Trump is calling Brazil’s election “rigged” while saying he didn’t take sides. I separate his lack of a public endorsement of Flávio Bolsonaro this time from his endorsement of Jair Bolsonaro in 2022, and examine reporting about efforts to help the Bolsonaro family. Russia is also pouncing on Trump’s separate $1 million election-fraud reward statement as the U.S. midterms approach.

Meanwhile, an evacuation-related ceasefire is expected around Oleshki, but Moscow is accusing Ukraine of attacks on access roads as Dmitry Peskov says peace talks will not halt Russia’s military operations. Breaking reports of a missile strike at Kyiv’s National University of Food Technologies make the stakes painfully clear. I also address claims that paid-for Patriot and NASAMS missile supplies are awaiting U.S. authorization.

And now there are reports of Trump officials floating Viktor Orbán as a potential UN secretary-general, with Russia and China said to be receptive—but no formal nomination. From the Kremlin to Kyiv to Brazil, these stories reveal how much Ukraine has at stake in the decisions being made far beyond the battlefield.

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