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Reuters: Russian attacks on Ukraine overnight targeting energy facilities killed two people and set homes ablaze in Kyiv, Ukrainian officials said on Wednesday, as a summit between leaders of Russia and the U.S. was shelved after Moscow rejected a ceasefire.
AP News: Trump said Tuesday his plan for a swift meeting with Putin was on hold because he didn’t want it to be a “waste of time.” It was the latest twist in Trump’s stop-and-go effort to resolve the war in Ukraine.
Reuters: A small group of countries led by China and Russia has repeatedly tried to block funding for human rights-related work at the United Nations over a five-year period, according to a report by the non-profit International Service for Human Rights.
ISW continues to assess that economic pressure alone is an insufficient tool to bring Russia to the negotiating table and that ending the war in Ukraine also relies on continued robust military support to Ukraine.
Reuters: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy will visit Sweden on Wednesday to meet with Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson in the city of Linkoping where the two leaders visit a company, the Swedish government said in a statement.
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The Kyiv Independent: Ukrainian forces carried out a large-scale attack involving Storm Shadow missiles against Russia on Oct. 21, striking the Bryansk Chemical plant, the General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces reported.
BBC: The Ukrainian city of Chernihiv is in total blackout following what the authorities describe as a "massive" assault by Russian missiles and drones, with hundreds of thousands of people affected.
The Kyiv Independent: Maria Lvova-Belova — Russia’s Commissioner for Children’s Rights, wanted by the ICC for the abduction of Ukrainian children — has revealed new details about kidnapping a boy from Mariupol whom she later claimed to have adopted.
Reuters: Russian and Belarusian skiers and snowboarders will not be allowed to compete in next year's Winter Olympics, even as neutral athletes, after the sport's governing body voted on Tuesday not to allow them into qualification events.
The Kyiv Independent: Explosions occurred at oil refineries in Romania and Hungary on the evening of Oct. 20, both of which have links to Russia, local media reported on Oct. 21.
Reuters: European nations are working with Ukraine on a new proposal for a ceasefire in Russia's war along current battle lines, four European diplomats said, mainly incorporating ideas already under discussion while pressing to keep the U.S. in a central role.
Bloomberg: Ukraine is deploying around 9,000 drones per day to fend off Russia’s ongoing assaults, according to a top Ukrainian military official, a figure that underscores just how crucial drones have become to the ongoing war (archive).
Reuters: Russia's top carmaker Avtovaz will stick to a four-day work week until the end of 2025 to clear excess inventory, Russian news agencies reported on Tuesday, citing CEO Maxim Sokolov.
AP News: A Ukrainian citizen allegedly working for Russian intelligence services as part of a sabotage campaign was detained in Poland, while two others were arrested in Romania, prosecutors said Tuesday.
Reuters: Poland warned Putin on Tuesday against travelling through its airspace for a summit in Hungary with Trump, saying it could be forced to execute an international arrest warrant if he did.
CNN: As temperatures drop in Ukraine, Russia has stepped up drone attacks on power facilities supplying millions of homes across the country. There are signs that the Russian military is repeatedly hitting the same areas to aggravate the population’s suffering. The northern regions of Chernihiv and Sumy – adjoining Russia and Belarus – have seen constant attacks over the past month.
Reuters: Russian company Russneft has supplied a first oil cargo to the newly built Kulevi oil refinery in Georgia this month, according to LSEG ship-tracking data and industry sources.
The Kyiv Independent: A fire at the ATAN oil depot in the village of Hvardiiske, located in Russian-occupied Crimea, reignited with increased intensity, the Crimean Wind Telegram channel reported on Oct. 21.
Reuters: Oil majors, including Chevron and Shell, have reduced oil and gas output at a top Kazakhstan field after a Ukrainian drone strike damaged a gas processing plant in Russia that supports their operations, the companies said on Tuesday.
European leaders, including from Britain, France, Germany and the European Union, issued a joint statement with Ukraine on Tuesday backing Trump's call for a ceasefire at present battle lines. "We strongly support President Trump's position that the fighting should stop immediately, and that the current line of contact should be the starting point of negotiations," the statement said.
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