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Zelensky heads to Norway for talks with Trump envoy as US-Ukraine tensions deepen
A Ukrainian official told the Kyiv Independent that President Volodymyr Zelensky is already en route to Norway.
Russian drone attack on Kyiv rush-hour traffic kills at least 1, injures 6
The Russian drone crashed near a gas station in the Holosiivskyi District near the administrative border with Kyiv Oblast, according to Kyiv city mayor Vitali Klitschko.
Fire at oil pumping station in Russia’s Tambov Oblast after drone attack, monitoring channels say
Tambov Oblast governor Yevgeny Pervyshov said that a Ukrainian drone attack caused a fire 'on the territory of one of the enterprises' in Michurinsky district but did not specify at which facility.
Zelensky, Rubio discuss critical military systems amid US-Ukraine tensions
"I am grateful for his readiness to help and his clear position," President Volodymyr Zelensky said after the conversation.
General Staff: Russia has lost 1,568,720 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022
The number includes 1,560 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.
The political calculus of peace in Ukraine
In Ukraine, few words carry as much weight — or as much political risk — as peace. In early October, several prominent Ukrainian politicians publicly called for an end to Russia's war on terms many considered to be closer to the Kremlin's desires. Their proposals differed, but the public reaction revealed a deep-seated fear: that calls for peace could be a prelude to concessions to Moscow rather than a path to a just settlement. For years, Ukraine's leadership framed victory, not compromise, a
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St. Petersburg Governor Alexander Beglov confirmed the attack, reporting fires at the St. Petersburg Oil Terminal, the Ruchyi oil depot, and industrial warehouses in the Kolpinsky District.
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