Russian attack kills three in Odesa and sets a warehouse of food for schools ablaze, a day before Abu Dhabi peace talks
The same day, Russia also hit a logistics company in Odesa Oblast for the third time.
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Europe heads to the Abu Dhabi talks on ending Russia’s war, but the Kremlin says it hasn’t discussed a security deal with Europeans
Washington says work on Europe’s postwar security has already advanced, but Norway’s prime minister says it must wait until the war ends.
WSJ: US pitches Russian gas through Ukraine’s pipelines as Moscow’s incentive for an energy truce
Kyiv let Russian transit expire in January 2025. The EU’s full ban on Russian pipeline gas starts in autumn 2027.
More than a US briefing: Brussels security talks on Ukraine planned for 27 or 28 October, Kyiv says
Zelenskyy also ruled out neutrality and limits on Ukraine’s army as the Kremlin says Putin is ready in principle for new three-way talks in mid-November.
Putin claims Russia is ready for new talks with Ukraine, calls occupied land historical Russia
He also cited unnamed genetic studies to claim Russians and Ukrainians are one people, a day after hosting a US envoy.
Zelenskyy names three postwar security guarantees for Ukraine. Even Russia needs one of them, he says
He names NATO membership, direct US guarantees, and a European Coalition of the Willing as the paths under discussion.
Trump cannot get Putin to halt strikes on Ukraine’s power grid, so he blames Ukraine instead, Zelenskyy says
Before that, US officials had cut Kyiv off from US intelligence and lowered a speed cap on Starlink to pressure Ukraine.
In Oslo, US pushes Zelenskyy toward deal with Russia again. Day later, in same city, Norway discusses arming Ukraine with more NASAMS missiles
As Washington eases pressure on Russia and leans on Kyiv, Ukraine’s European partners are moving the other way.
No warning, capped Starlink, unsigned Patriots: Zelenskyy lists US holds to senators as Kyiv reads them as pressure
He said he offered US envoys a 30-day pause on refinery strikes in exchange for Patriots. A US official disputed Kyiv’s account of the Patriot hold.
A month before the diesel waiver, Trump’s envoys had already pitched Kyiv on Russian gas, NYT says
Behind the public peace talks, the envoys pressed Kyiv to consider reviving a trade Europe had spent years shutting down.
“Now it’s your turn”: US envoys planned to show Moscow a refinery pause and a diesel deal, then ask for something back, a source tells Reuters
Ukraine’s part of that exchange was to stop striking Russia’s oil plants, a request Kushner repeated at the Miami meeting.
Trump’s peace envoys left, and Russia hit Kyiv with ballistics—the one thing Ukraine still struggles to stop
Only two ballistic missiles came down overnight, and the shortfall is now the centerpiece of what Kyiv is asking its allies to deliver.
Ukrainian journalist asks Trump’s envoy to his face whether he was disgusted to sit across from “international criminal” Putin. Witkoff wouldn’t answer directly
Earlier, Russia's FSB put a $400,000 bounty on Ukrainian journalist Dmytro Gordon.
Ukraine put its own peace proposals on the table as two US envoys reached Kyiv for the first time
Security guarantees topped the Ukrainian list, and the day's diplomacy ran in consecutive sessions that widened to include three European governments' security chiefs.
Ukraine logged impacts at 11 sites while the American peace delegation was still in Moscow
The strike package mixed jet-powered attack drones, decoys, and cruise missiles across several oblasts.
Witkoff and Kushner to visit Kyiv and Moscow to revive peace talks as Russia ramps up attacks across Ukraine
The US envoys will meet Russian and Ukrainian leaders as Washington attempts to put peace talks back on track.
Two birthday calls: Zelenskyy thanked Trump for “every step from Javelins to Patriots.” Putin told Trump to make Zelenskyy come to Moscow
The Zelenskyy call lasted 35 minutes and produced a G7 meeting. The claimed Putin call lasted 55 minutes and produced another Witkoff trip.
Iranian foreign minister won’t deny Russia is feeding Tehran intelligence on American warships
Araghchi described Iran's partnership with Russia as "very good" and ongoing — hours after NBC cited sources saying Moscow has been providing Iran with location data on US forces.
Geneva talks hit impasse over Medinsky’s demands as Witkoff claims “meaningful progress”
The political track of US-brokered trilateral negotiations stalled on 17 February after Russia swapped its delegation chief for a Kremlin propagandist.
Trump envoy claims Ukraine peace talks down to “one issue,” heads to Moscow
Working groups to convene in Abu Dhabi as EU pledges support—but warns frozen assets won't be confiscated