Air defense at work in Dnipro

A co-founder of the New York Group — a collective of Ukrainian emigre writers — Tarnawsky helped to expand and redefine contemporary Ukrainian literature through his embrace of narrative structure experimentation and linguistic innovation.

Of those respondents, 58% said that criticism should be balanced and constructive, in order "to not destabilize the situation in the country."

The announcement followed a phone call between the two leaders, during which they also agreed to hold a high-level U.S.-Russia meeting next week.

Poland's refusal follows a similar move by Italy's Supreme Court, which on Oct. 15 overturned the extradition of another Ukrainian national, Serhii Kuznetsov, wanted by Germany on related charges.

In Donetsk, a Russian ammunition depot was hit in a drone attack, with fires and explosions reported in the occupied city.

Putin reportedly gave a lengthy lecture on medieval Rus princes, such as Rurik or Yaroslav the Wise, as well as the 17th-century Cossack leader Bohdan Khmelnytskyi, taking Trump aback.

The Kremlin appears to be deploying a trick already used several times this year.

The phone call follows an announcement that in the coming weeks, Budapest will host a meeting between Putin and Trump as part of efforts to end the Russia-Ukraine war.

A senior Belarusian diplomat told a European official that Belarus could be involved in the Russia-Ukraine peace efforts and play a role in discussions on European security, Reuters reported.

According to Vance, there is "fundamental misalignment of expectations, where the Russians tend to think that they're doing better on the battlefield than they actually are."

"There will be no oil, (Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is) not buying his oil from Russia, it started — you know, you can't do it immediately, it’s a little bit of a process, but the process is going to be over with soon," U.S. President Donald Trump said.

HUR claims they receive only two weeks of training at the Avangard training center in Moscow Oblast before being sent to the front line.