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Reuters: The United States and Russia led international calls for a pause in fighting between Israel and Hamas to allow aid into the besieged Gaza Strip, as Israel maintained its bombardment of the enclave where Palestinians are living in harrowing conditions.
AP News: Russia has issued carefully calibrated criticism of both sides in the war between Israel and Hamas. But the conflict also is giving Moscow bold new opportunities — to advance its role as a global power broker and challenge Western efforts to isolate it over Ukraine.
POLITICO: The corridors of the European Parliament could be echoing with the hubbub of Ukrainian and Moldovan politicians in the not too distant future. Parliament President Roberta Metsola told Playbook that the two candidate countries could send “observer” MEPs to Brussels and Strasbourg if there’s more progress on their membership talks.
ISW: Russia appears to be increasingly supplementing the use of Shahed-131/136 drones with cheaper and lighter domestically produced drone variants during strikes on Ukrainian infrastructure.
Reuters: China has launched its first nuclear-powered guided missile submarines, according to the Pentagon's latest report on China's military - giving it land and sea attack options once the sole province of U.S. and Russian vessels.
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Reuters: Ukraine’s military has formed a battalion of soldiers made up entirely of Russian citizens who want to fight against Putin’s invasion.
Meduza: The family of a woman who fled Ingushetia, Russia is threatening to murder a human rights lawyer if she doesn’t return.
Ukrainska Pravda: Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine, has confirmed that Ukraine will be landing strikes on the Russian fleet in Abkhazia, the occupied territory of Georgia.
The Moscow Times: The conflict in Gaza has created an ideal environment for Russian propagandists to blame the West for its perceived hypocrisy over the war in Ukraine.
Important Stories: Two former Russian soldiers say that military training grounds in the country’s Volgograd and Orenburg regions contain “torture pits” that are used to “discipline” trainees, according to IStories and CIT.
POLITICO: The Kremlin has brushed off claims that Putin is ill, after speculative media reports that he’d suffered a cardiac arrest. Kremlin spokesperson Peskov also dismissed speculation that Putin has used body doubles to cover for him in public appearances.
Reuters: Moldova on Tuesday blocked access to more than 20 Russian media websites, saying they had been used as part of an information war against the country. The Russian Foreign Ministry branded the move a "hostile step" aimed at denying Moldovans access to alternative news sources.
Meduza: Putin administration tells pro-government media not to report on crimes committed by returning soldiers.
CNN Exclusive: Detained American Paul Whelan told Secretary of State Antony Blinken that being left out of prisoner swap with Russia painted a target on his back.
Bloomberg: A senior Ukrainian official said Russian cyberattacks are growing more sophisticated and have become daily occurrences aimed at disrupting vital infrastructure during wartime.
Reuters: The European Union's executive is set to present on Nov. 8 an assessment of progress made by Ukraine in its membership bid, three officials said, a key stepping stone in the bloc's decision on whether to start accession talks with Kyiv.
The Kyiv Independent: Ukraine will soon have fire control capabilities over occupied Crimea, Zelensky said in an online address to the second parliamentary summit of the international Crimea Platform on Oct. 24. Russian air defense in the peninsula have been consistently degraded, he said, and although Ukraine does not currently have complete control of the skies over Crimea, it is only "a matter of time."
Reuters: Ukraine has set up a joint defence venture with German arms manufacturer Rheinmetall AG to service and repair Western weapons sent to help Kyiv against Russia's full-scale invasion, officials said on Tuesday.
The Times of Israel: Israel has expressed its dissatisfaction with Russia over its frequent statements against the Jewish state in the context of the war in Gaza, the Foreign Ministry told The Times of Israel on Tuesday.
Euronews: Amidst the shattered homes and rubble-strewn streets of Avdiivka, Ukrainian police are attempting to persuade its 1,500 residents to leave while volunteers risk their lives to deliver food and water to those who are determined to remain.
Reuters: Ukrainian authorities feel newly empowered to prosecute the once-powerful tycoons known as "oligarchs" thanks to shifting political realities and the war with Russia, Kyiv's justice minister said.
worth mentioning
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