Analysis: No Elon Musk, Russian soldiers in Ukraine are not 'kids' who have 'no choice but to fight and die'

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• Airstrike or shelling: Russian strikes injure four in zaporizhzhia hit odesa fire crews work areaBombardmentsUkraine26 October 2026, 16:15 UTC
• Airstrike or shelling: Conflicts kremlin says resumption of peace talks will not halt russian strikes on ukraineBombardmentsUkraine26 October 2026, 12:45 UTC
• Airstrike or shelling: Russia ukraine war russia says killed injured in ukrainian drone attack on voronezhBombardmentsUkraine26 October 2026, 09:00 UTC
• Airstrike or shelling: Artikel two killed in ukrainian drone strike on russian cityBombardmentsUkraine26 October 2026, 08:30 UTC
• Airstrike or shelling: Cis countries ukrainian drone attack kills two injures in russias voronezh regionBombardmentsUkraine26 October 2026, 07:00 UTC
• Airstrike or shelling: What happened during russias drone attack on ukraineBombardmentsUkraine26 October 2026, 02:30 UTC
• Airstrike or shelling: Musk says ukraine violated starlink terms of service by using it for offensive drone attacksBombardmentsUkraine25 October 2026, 20:30 UTC
• Airstrike or shelling: Musk closes starlink loophole ukraine drone strikesBombardmentsUkraine25 October 2026, 19:00 UTC

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