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Reuters: Russia has in recent months attacked Ukraine with a cruise missile whose secret development prompted Trump to abandon a nuclear arms control pact with Moscow in his first term as U.S. president, Ukraine's foreign minister said. Andrii Sybiha's comments are the first confirmation that Russia has used the ground-launched 9M729 missile in combat - in Ukraine or elsewhere.
Reuters: The United States cancelled a planned Budapest summit between Trump and Putin following Russia's firm stance on hardline demands regarding Ukraine, the Financial Times reported on Friday. The decision came after a tense call between the two countries' top diplomats.
The Kyiv Independent: Energy facilities in Russia's Oryol, Vladimir, and Yaroslavl oblasts were attacked overnight on Oct. 31, according to Russian officials and Telegram channels.
Reuters: Indian Oil Corp, the country's top refiner, has bought five cargoes of Russian oil for December arrival from non-sanctioned entities, traders said, resuming purchases despite pressure from Washington on India to stop buying Russian oil.
ISW: The changing nature of drone warfare and the increasingly porous nature of the frontline in the Pokrovsk direction make it difficult to assess the degree of control that Russian or Ukrainian forces exert within and around Pokrovsk.
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United24 Media: Russia has resumed military flights to its Hmeimim airbase in Syria after a six-month pause, signaling renewed cooperation with Damascus following the ouster of former ruler Bashar al-Assad, Bloomberg reported on October 30.
Reuters: A Russian bomb strike on a Ukrainian thermal power plant killed two people and injured others on Thursday in the eastern city of Sloviansk, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said.
The Insider: Switzerland’s Gunvor Group, founded by Russian oligarch Gennady Timchenko and his Swedish partner Torbjörn Törnqvist, has submitted an offer to Lukoil to acquire LUKOIL Int., the company through which the Russian oil giant manages its foreign assets. The deal is being prepared against the backdrop of U.S. sanctions.
RBC-Ukraine: Russian forces are looking for ways to protect oil refineries and military-industrial facilities from Ukrainian drones. They are attempting to combine old air defense systems with modern models into a single system, stated Andrii Yusov, a representative of the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine.
CBS News: A toy replica of the Iranian Shahed drone, which Russia has extensively deployed to attack Ukraine, is being marketed to children on a Russian e-commerce website.
The Moscow Times: Russia has caught up with the UK in the number of U.S.-dollar billionaires despite Western sanctions and economic isolation over the war in Ukraine, according to a new global wealth report by the research firm Altrata.
The Kyiv Independent: A Russian drone attack on the northern Ukrainian city of Sumy injured at least four, including the manager of a local television station, local authorities said on Oct. 30.
The Insider: When major chatbots are asked questions about Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine, nearly one in five answers include references to Russian state-controlled outlets — including media banned in the European Union — new research from the Institute for Strategic Dialogue has found.
Reuters: Ukraine is intensifying its efforts to defend the strategic hub of Pokrovsk, aiming to secure key supply and evacuation routes and root out Russian infantry infiltrating the city, the top army commander said on Thursday.
Reuters: Polish MiG-29 fighter aircraft intercepted a Russian reconnaissance plane over the Baltic Sea on Thursday in the second such incident this week, Polish Defence Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz said.
Reuters: A German of Russian ethnic background was convicted of spying and planning arson attacks on military installations and railways in Germany on behalf of Russia and sentenced on Thursday to six years in prison.
Swissinfo: Three and a half months after the European Union, Switzerland is also implementing new sanctions against Russia.
Balkan Insight: BIRN journalists obtained access to private Telegram groups where recruiters lure Serbs from Bosnia and Serbia to join Russian forces in Ukraine with promises of lucrative contracts and veterans’ benefits.
Reuters: Russia launched a barrage of drones and missiles at Ukraine's energy infrastructure and other targets, forcing nationwide power restrictions and killing seven people, including a seven-year-old girl, Ukrainian officials said on Thursday.
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