Vladimir Medinsky, the head of the Russian peace talks delegation, said that Ukraine and Russia's position over Kyiv's neutral status and the non-accession to NATO was "as close as possible." Member of Ukraine's delegation Mykhailo Podolyak later said that this was what Russia wants, not what the two side agreed upon.
"Let's trust our military," NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said. "Let's not take the Russians too seriously."
The latest news about Russia's war against Ukraine.
The Kyiv Independent’s Chris York sits down with U.S. defense expert Tom Karako to discuss how the potential provision of the Tomahawk — the U.S.’s most advanced cruise missile — to Ukraine could affect the course of Russia’s war and Russian President Vladimir Putin’s calculations.
Russian authorities had earlier declared a drone threat in the region and implemented emergency measures at Ufa airport.
During their meeting, Putin lauded the "friendly" relationship between Syria and Russia, while al-Sharaa said Damascus would respect all previously concluded agreements.
Ukraine’s military intelligence claims that Orion Telecom’s infrastructure was actively used by Russian security services in operations related to Russia`s war in Ukraine.
According to the FSB, the Russian Anti-War Committee's goal is the "violent seizure of power" and the "change of the constitutional order."
In total, 601 children from 409 families are to be relocated to safer areas.
Russian missiles and drones damaged gas infrastructure in Kharkiv, Sumy, and Chernihiv oblasts while drones hit a heat and power plant, as Moscow steps up its attacks on Ukraine’s energy facilities and temperatures drop.
The meeting comes as a Ukrainian delegation — also including top presidential aide Andriy Yermak and Security Council Secretary Rustem Umerov — holds high-level talks with U.S. officials on defense, energy resilience, and sanctions.
"I mean, I had a very good relationship with Vladimir Putin, but he just doesn’t want to end that war," Trump said during a meeting with Argentina's President Javier Milei on Oct. 14.
