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Trump's pressure on Zelensky to accept an agreement with Russia that includes territorial transfers in Donbass in exchange for unspecified economic benefits is intensifying. The New York Times wrote this on the day the Ukrainian leader met the American special envoy Witkoff in Oslo, who will fly to Moscow in the next few days to see Putin. Also phone call with Rubio after tensions over weapons and intelligence: the Secretary of State assured Zelensky that the head of the White House did not give any orders to damage Kiev.

EU regulators are examining possible "online interference" and "disinformation campaigns" from non-EU countries that may have helped fuel protests in France and similar incidents of violence in other EU countries in recent days. The Financial Times reports this, citing security officials, according to whom pro-Russian and far-right social media accounts, already linked to previous disinformation campaigns, have spread violent videos in an attempt to further fuel the chaos. Iran and Algeria are also among the countries suspected of being involved.

Last night, Russian air defense forces intercepted and shot down 373 Ukrainian fixed-wing drones over Russian regions and the Black Sea, the Russian Defense Ministry reported. Ukrainian drones were shot down over the Novgorod, Tver, Bryansk, Belgorod, Kursk, Smolensk, Kaluga, Oryol, Tula, Krasnodar and Ryazan regions, the Moscow region, the Republic of Crimea (annexed by the Russian Federation in 2013) and the Black Sea.

Two people died this morning in Kiev following a Russian attack that hit a 24-story residential building in the Svyatoshynskyi neighborhood. Ukrinform writes it, citing local authorities. Following the attack, an apartment on the twentieth floor of a skyscraper caught fire. The fire affected an area of ​​approximately 70 square meters and the structure of the apartment was partially destroyed. "During the rubble removal operations, rescuers found the bodies of two people," the State Emergency Service said. In the Desnyanskyi neighborhood, seven parked cars caught fire in the courtyard of a skyscraper. The fire was brought under control over an area of ​​50 square metres. A fall (of a hostile object, ed.) was recorded in an open area in the Solomyanskyi district.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that the special envoy of the US president, Steve Witkoff, is traveling to St. Petersburg. Tass writes this, citing Reuters. On October 19, Axios correspondent Barak Ravid reported that Witkoff hoped to visit Russia and meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin after holding consultations with Volodymyr Zelensky in Oslo. Yesterday, a Tass source confirmed that Witkoff's plans to visit Russia today had been confirmed.

The Ukrainian armed forces have conducted some attacks against energy infrastructure in Donbass and Crimea. The Kyiv Independent reports it. In detail, structures were hit in the city of Chystiakove, Donetsk Oblast. Blackouts are also reported in Crimea due to drone attacks and a telecommunications site in Luhansk was damaged. In the Krasnoperekopskyi district of Crimea, there were drone strikes near the train station.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio described the talks in Oslo between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and US special presidential envoy Steve Witkoff as "positive" and said the latter is now traveling to Russia. The AFP reports it. "It was a positive meeting, nothing unexpected or surprising; now, armed with these ideas, he will be able to go to St. Petersburg to share them with the Russian side. Let's see if we can make some progress," Rubio said during his visit to Mumbai.