According to the US, representatives from Kiev, Moscow and Washington will meet for negotiations next week in the struggle to end Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine. The trilateral working-level meeting is scheduled to take place on Tuesday and Wednesday next week in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, US special envoy Steve Witkoff said on Platform X.
“The discussions will focus on post-war security arrangements, de-escalation, humanitarian assistance and the next steps towards peace,” he said. In addition, according to Witkoff, US envoys are scheduled to meet with representatives from Germany, France, Great Britain, NATO and the EU this week. The talks in Brussels will focus on security guarantees for Ukraine, Europe's post-war security order and reconstruction.
According to a media report, representatives of the USA, Russia and China are discussing a three-way summit between Presidents Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping. The meeting could take place later this month on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in the Chinese financial metropolis of Shenzhen, the Financial Times reported, citing people familiar with the situation. The APEC summit is scheduled for November 17th and 18th.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj is coming to Berlin today ahead of new talks between Russia and Ukraine about an end to the war. Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU) announced this in a speech at the IHK Berlin.
According to the authorities, Russian attacks on the Ukrainian energy infrastructure have again led to massive power outages in parts of the country. In the northern Zhytomyr region, more than 180,000 households were without power in the morning, as Governor Vitaly Bunechko announced. Around 130 towns are affected. There were initially no reports of injuries or fatalities. Emergency shutdowns occurred in the southern Odessa region after an attack there severely damaged a facility owned by private utility DTEK, the company said. The facility has come under repeated attack in the past two months. The repair work is expected to take longer
According to its own statements, Russia once again carried out massive attacks on Ukrainian energy facilities and port infrastructure during the night. The Interfax news agency reported that facilities were hit in the western Vinnytsia region as well as in the eastern regions of Dnipropetrovsk and Kharkiv, citing the Russian Defense Ministry. In addition, port infrastructure in the southern Black Sea region of Odessa and ships used for military purposes were attacked.
According to President Volodymyr Zelensky, the hacking of Russia's air strike warning system was a Ukrainian counterattack in kind. “We are only responding to their attacks,” Zelensky told US broadcaster PBS. "They attacked our system. It was a cyber attack," he continued. Of course Ukraine resisted this. The warning apps of the two warring parties inform their citizens about, among other things, impending air strikes. Russia repeatedly attacks targets with cyber attacks to harm the civilian population, including Ukrainian banks or the pension system, Zelensky said.
Late on Sunday evening, the Ukrainian app “Air Alert” was hacked, whereupon citizens received, among other things, fake warnings about alleged nuclear attacks on their smartphones. A few hours later on Monday morning, the Russian Civil Defense app was hacked and also sent false warning messages. Ukraine blames Russia for the cyber attack on its own warning app.
According to Ukrainian intelligence reports, Russia is planning a massive attack on the energy infrastructure and logistics targets in the neighboring country during the congressional elections in the USA. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Platform
Zelensky demanded that the international community make it clear to Russia that terror would not be accepted. As long as the war lasts, Russia's oil industry must continue to be attacked and Moscow must not make any money from international business. "We have to put such pressure on Russia that it has no alternative but to end this war. America can do it," he said, referring to the USA. However, President Donald Trump's government recently relaxed some sanctions there, among other things to allow Russia to export diesel.
After a warning about a threat in their own airspace, the Latvian armed forces gave the all-clear on Tuesday night. The military said the object probably fell on Latvian soil in an area near the Russian border. The army had previously alerted the population. "Get to safety! There is a threat in Latvian airspace," said a message on the short message service X. Residents of two eastern regions had been asked to seek shelter indoors. NATO fighter jets have been deployed for airspace surveillance. Ukrainian military drones have already entered the airspace of Finland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania several times during attacks on Russian oil ports in the Baltic Sea. Some of the drones missed their targets and triggered alarms in neighboring countries.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has condemned the air strike on the town of Komyshuvakha near Zaporizhzhia, which left at least 26 dead, as a “devious terrorist attack”. “The Russians prove again and again that they hate Ukraine, everything that is here,” Zelensky said in his evening video speech. The attack occurred as the people still remaining in the town near the front line gathered at the school to receive humanitarian aid. Helpers continued to search the rubble for other victims in the evening, as 27 residents were still missing.
Zelensky accused Moscow of not being interested in a peaceful solution. “If Russia really wanted de-escalation, then now, after Oleshky, would have been the right time to continue humanitarian measures,” he said.
According to President Volodymyr Zelensky, 18 people were killed and five others injured in a Russian attack on a village in the southeastern Ukrainian region of Zaporizhzhia. Russian armed forces initially dropped aerial bombs on a school in the village of Komyshuwacha, which was used to distribute humanitarian aid, Zelenskyj wrote on Telegram. After the first air raid, there was a second attack with nine more bombs directly on the shelter where people had gathered. The Russian side should have known that help was being given out to the residents there on a weekly basis.
According to emergency services, twelve people were injured in Russian drone attacks in the Kharkiv region of eastern Ukraine. A cooling system, greenhouses and residential buildings were damaged. Five injured people were reported in the Black Sea port city of Odessa.
Russia has officially withdrawn from the European Convention against Torture. According to the Council of Europe, this will end all independent monitoring of Russian prisons. The organization's anti-torture committee in Strasbourg can no longer check how prisoners are being treated in Russia.
After the start of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine, the committee received several reports of torture and ill-treatment in Russia and Russian-occupied areas in Ukraine. However, Moscow did not allow the committee to visit again.
Moscow had already announced last year that it wanted to leave the convention. The European Convention for the Prevention of Torture is part of the Council of Europe's treaties. Because of the war in Ukraine, Russia was expelled from the Council of Europe in 2022. Moscow justified its withdrawal from the convention by saying that it could no longer participate in the anti-torture committee.
According to satellite images from the NASA FIRMS system on Monday, the “Samara” pumping station, around 860 kilometers southeast of Moscow, is burning. The image shows a heat anomaly that may indicate fires. Ukraine resumed its attacks on Russian oil facilities late last week after a nearly two-week pause in response to deadly attacks on its civilian infrastructure.
The pumping station is an important node in the Russian pipeline network with a storage capacity of over 1.6 million cubic meters. Deliveries from Western Siberia and Kazakhstan are processed there. The operator Transneft as well as the Kazakh Energy Ministry and KazTransOil did not initially respond to inquiries. The junction was the target of several Ukrainian attacks in October. The governor of the Samara region, Vyacheslav Fedorishchev, reported on his channel on a Russian social network about a Ukrainian drone attack.
According to Russian information, the people still remaining in the front-line town of Oleschky will in future be provided with relief supplies on a monthly basis. Russian human rights commissioner Jana Lantratova said this was agreed upon through the mediation of US First Lady Melania Trump. “There are still people in Oleschky who need help,” said Lantratova. A six-day ceasefire had enabled the delivery of humanitarian aid and the evacuation of residents. Meanwhile, the Kremlin rejected further local ceasefires based on the Oleschky model. Nothing like that is planned for the time being, said presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov.
According to the government in Moscow, a resumption of Russian gas deliveries to Europe through Ukraine, as demanded by the USA according to a media report, is not possible for the time being, according to the government in Moscow. Given the situation on site, corresponding plans cannot be implemented at the moment, Presidential Office spokesman Dmitri Peskov told journalists. He commented on a report in the Wall Street Journal newspaper, according to which the USA is pushing for renewed Russian gas exports to Europe via Ukrainian territory.
According to a Russian Telegram channel, the hacker group Hitcore has claimed an attack on the Ukrainian warning app. The Telegram channel Mash, which has ties to the Russian security services, said representatives of the group had claimed responsibility for the cyberattack. The information could not be independently verified.
According to Russian information on Monday, fake emergency warnings were also sent via the Russian Emergency Management Ministry's warning app. The ministry said the overarching public warning system was functioning normally. The app is merely a supplementary service. The ministry did not say who was behind the attack.
Russia does not expect any changes in President Donald Trump's policy regarding Ukraine after the US midterm elections. The US President will stick to his course of striving for a peaceful negotiated solution in Ukraine, said presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov. Russia is following the vote closely. However, this is an internal matter for the USA.
The Ukrainian army accuses Russia of using a humanitarian ceasefire in the southern Ukrainian town of Oleshky to strengthen its military positions. During the six-day ceasefire, the Russian side rotated units, expanded positions and delivered ammunition, the General Staff in Kiev said. The Ukrainian armed forces, on the other hand, strictly adhered to the agreements. The ceasefire brokered by US First Lady Melania Trump and Pope Leo, among others, expired on Sunday evening. It was intended to enable aid deliveries and the evacuation of civilians from the front-line city controlled by Russia. According to Trump, almost 800 people were brought to safety.
According to a newspaper report, the USA is pushing for a rapid resumption of Russian natural gas exports to Europe via pipelines through Ukraine. This is part of talks to stop attacks on energy infrastructure before winter, reports the Wall Street Journal, citing government representatives from the USA, Europe and Ukraine.
According to the ministry, the Russian Emergencies Ministry's app has become the target of a massive cyber attack. The state news agency Tass reports that false information was spread, citing the ministry. Work is currently underway to restore the application. No further details were initially given.
