{
  "id": 16672058,
  "title": "Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1706: In two weeks, Washington sanctioned court prosecuting Putin, waived its own sanctions on Russia, and called him humanitarian",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/russo-ukrainian-war-day-1706-in-two-weeks-washington-sanctioned-court",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-26T22:35:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Euromaidan Press",
    "slug": "euromaidan-press",
    "url": "https://euromaidanpress.com/2026/10/27/russo-ukrainian-war-day-1706-in-two-weeks-washington-sanctioned-court-prosecuting-putin-waived-its-own-sanctions-on-russia-and-called-him-humanitarian/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "On day 1706 of the Russo-Ukrainian war, Washington took unprecedented actions against the court prosecuting Putin. The US government waived its own sanctions on Russia and even labeled him as a humanitarian. This move came two weeks after Washington had sanctioned the court in question.\n\nMeanwhile, SpaceX owner Elon Musk claimed that the company had closed a gap he says Ukrainian troops used for drone strikes. SpaceX CEO Musk stated that his company had closed a gap Ukrainian troops used for drone strikes. This comes after the SpaceX owner had earlier blamed Washington for 10 days of satellite link issues.\n\nUkraine's rockets continued to target Russia's critical infrastructure. For the third time this year, Ukrainian drones hit Russia's rocket-fuel rubber plant in Samara Oblast. This time, the strikes reached the raw-material shop feeding the plant. Captured Russians revealed that one place on the Kupiansk front they will not go is the \"Orion\" safety corridor, which is built and operated by a Ukrainian robot unit with minimal losses.\n\nRussian forces targeted Voronezh's aircraft factories and the petrochemical giant Sibur's rubber plant. A Ukrainian observer reported that the majority of the division was defending near Velyka Novosilka instead of attacking toward the Donbas fortress cities. The attack on Voronezh's factories damaged plane parts for Russia's air force.\n\nUkraine plans to rebuild its air force on NATO's model by 2035, and its F-16s have been facing thousands of Russian targets per month. Russian intelligence is believed to have added 10-15 Su-34 bombers per year, but not new Tu-95s or Tu-22M3s. Ukraine's military intelligence also listed Russian jets destroyed or critically damaged in 2026, including two Tu-95MS bombers hit at Engels.\n\nThe US has once again accepted Ukraine's request for Patriot air defense interceptors after nearly a month without guidance from White House National Security Adviser Stephen Miller. Zelenskyy welcomed the Student List's win in Serbia and expressed readiness to increase cooperation further. Meanwhile, Russia prepares a list for Moscow, and Kenya appeals to Kyiv for help in evacuating citizens from Russia's war. Kazakhstan also prepared a list for Moscow.",
  "summary": "In Brussels, security talks on Ukraine are planned for 27 or 28 October.",
  "key_points": [
    "US waives sanctions on Russia, courts prosecuting Putin",
    "SpaceX CEO Elon Musk claims closing drone strike gap",
    "Ukraine rockets hit Russia's rocket-fuel plant in Samara"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}