Day: October 12, 2026
He believes Russia’s winter strategy is to make major Ukrainian cities increasingly difficult to live in, potentially driving another wave of migration into Europe.
At the same time, Trump has been pressuring Zelensky to stop Ukrainian strikes on Russian energy targets.
Pilkington sees a political calculation in that too.
If shortages worsen before the midterms, Trump needs someone else to blame.
“Trump also needs a bad guy for the midterms to blame the diesel shortages on, and Zelenskyy is perfect for that.”
What makes this more interesting is that the interview itself pushed back on one of Pilkington’s claims: Zelensky’s approval is not around 5%, with cited polling putting it much higher.
So the broader argument may be worth examining, but some of the political assumptions underneath it clearly deserve more scrutiny.
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Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal)🇪🇺🇷🇺 Philip Pilkington thinks Europe is slowly talking itself into a much wider war with Russia.
Not because one dramatic event suddenly changes everything, but because the rhetoric keeps moving.
Sabotage. Drone incursions. Assassination claims. Russian operations inside Europe.
At some point, Pilkington argues, governments may feel forced to act on the threats they have spent months describing.
“The war is going to spread in Europe.”
His concern is that Poland and Romania could become especially important if the conflict expands, simply because they have some of the more substantial and usable military forces on NATO’s eastern flank.
The danger is not just escalation from Moscow.
It’s that Europe keeps raising the stakes rhetorically until someone decides credibility requires following through.
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— https://x.com/MarioNawfal/status/2109492742074319107
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Reim, Israel – 7 October 2026
1. Man looking at portraits with faces of those killed and kidnapped at Nova site on Oct. 7 by Hamas militants
2. Wide shot of people visiting site
3. Mid of people at site
4. People looking at posters, (UPSOUND): shelling
5. People at site
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Kfar Aza, Israel – 7 October 2026
6. Israeli flag going down, people standing at Kfar Aza ceremony
7. Mid of people standing
8. People on stage signing
9. Close up of tearful woman
10. Pan from people singing to crowd
STORYLINE:
Israelis are gathering Wednesday to commemorate the Oct. 7, 2023, attack that killed 1,200 people, saw 251 taken hostage, and sparked a devastating war in Gaza that Palestinians still grapple with.
In southern Israel, families are expected to mourn at intersections, bomb shelters, and the site of a music festival that Hamas-led militants overran three years ago in the deadliest attack against Israel.
This will be the first anniversary that all the hostages are home, marking a new stage of grief.
For Palestinians, the anniversary brings another day living with the results of Israel’s retaliatory campaign in Gaza that has killed tens of thousands of people.
Most of the population of about 2 million people live in vast, squalid tent camps, with large parts of the strip’s cities reduced to rubble. More than half the territory remains in the hands of the Israeli military, and despite a ceasefire deal reached nearly a year ago, Israeli strikes continue almost daily.
For the region, the day highlights a startling transformation over the past three years.
Israeli troops occupy a large chunk of southern Lebanon in their conflict with Hezbollah, which began firing on Israel in 2023 in support of Hamas. Iran and the United States are locked in a confrontation that has seen attacks across Arab Gulf countries and has shaken the global economy — a conflict that Israel helped launch and that the Gaza war paved the way for even if they weren’t directly connected.
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Western officials believe Iran can continue producing weapons and rebuilding its missile stockpiles. Its ballistic and anti-ship missile arsenal is still well stocked, with the ability to add more missiles quickly.
Western officials also assess that Iran still has the capability to retaliate if the US resumes strikes.
I’m starting to think we’ve seriously underestimated these birds.
Writer: Oliver
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“Она была выявлена на очень ранней стадии и хорошо локализована”, — сказал понтифик, выступая на площади Святого Петра.
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