2025-10-31 | Silicon Wafers 044 | DAILY UPDATES | Russia flexes with another nuclear systems test days after the last one — as Washington toys with resuming its own. Has Trump called Putin’s bluff by threatening to resume US nuclear tests, after decades of broad global agreement to end them? Moscow hammers Ukraine’s grid again, Poland scrambles jets, and Europe tightens the noose on the Kremlin’s grey fleet. Trump meets Xi, Beijing says it will “help” on the issue of Ukraine but offers nothing concrete. Georgia’s ruling party moves to outlaw opponents. And Kyiv sketches a future air force of 250 modern fighters – are we starting to see the outlines of the Steel Porcupine take shape?----------Partner on this video: KYIV OF MINE Watch the trailer now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arJUcE1rxY0'Kyiv of Mine' is a documentary series about Ukraine’s beautiful capital, Kyiv. The film production began in 2018, and much has changed since then. It is now 2025, and this story is far from over.https://www.youtube.com/@UCz6UbVKfqutH-N7WXnC5Ykg https://www.kyivofmine.com/#theprojectKyiv of Mine is fast paced, beautifully filmed, humorous, fun, insightful, heartbreaking, moving, hopeful. The very antithesis in fact of a doom-laden and worthy wartime documentary. This is a work that is extraordinarily uplifting. My friend Operator Starsky says the film is “Made with so much love. The film series will make you laugh and cry.” ----------SOURCES: AP – Russia blasts Ukraine’s power grid again (Oct 30, 2025)https://apnews.com/article/2110169707d2d8c7757ce4fc807cff4cReuters – Key issues at Trump–Xi talks in South Korea (Oct 30, 2025)https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/key-issues-trump-xi-talks-south-korea-2025-10-30/Reuters – Trump shaves China tariffs in deal with Xi (Oct 30, 2025)https://www.reuters.com/world/china/looming-trump-xi-meeting-revives-hope-us-china-trade-truce-2025-10-29/ABC (Australia) – What Trump and Xi discussed, incl. Ukraine (Oct 30, 2025)https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-30/key-takeaways-from-october-trump-and-xi-meeting/105952166Newsweek (live) – Trump says US & China to work together on Ukraine (Oct 30, 2025)https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-xi-jinping-china-trade-live-updates-10962246Guardian live – US–China summit; Kremlin reaction to US nuclear testing talk (Oct 30, 2025)https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/oct/30/donald-trump-xi-jinping-meeting-live-updatesReuters – Russia says it tested Poseidon nuclear drone (Oct 29, 2025)https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-says-it-tested-poseidon-nuclear-powered-underwater-drone-2025-10-29/Reuters – Russia conducted Burevestnik test days earlier (Oct 26, 2025)https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/putin-says-russia-tested-nuclear-powered-cruise-missile-2025-10-26/The Moscow Times – Kremlin: No nuclear weapons were tested; Peskov comments (Oct 30, 2025)https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/10/30/kremlin-no-nuclear-weapons-were-tested-a86616Kyiv Post – Missiles, Drones, and Blackouts (Oct 30, 2025)https://www.kyivpost.com/post/63264Kyiv Independent – Ukraine cuts ties with Cuba over Russian war involvement (Oct 30, 2025)https://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-cuts-diplomatic-ties-with-cuba-over-moscow-s-warKyiv Post – Analysis: EU export loss cut to $253M after reorientation (Oct 29, 2025)https://www.kyivpost.com/analysis/63211----------SILICON CURTAIN FILM FUNDRAISERA project to make a documentary film in Ukraine, to raise awareness of Ukraine's struggle and in supporting a team running aid convoys to Ukraine's front-line towns.https://buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain/extras----------SILICON CURTAIN LIVE EVENTS - FUNDRAISER CAMPAIGN Events in 2025 - Advocacy for a Ukrainian victory with Silicon Curtainhttps://buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain/extras----------