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Peskov rejected Zelensky’s 60-day ceasefire for an election and offered one day without strikes. Moscow has still not confirmed Trump’s energy ceasefire.
Trump called for a new Ukrainian leader, then announced an energy ceasefire Kyiv was not told of. Zelensky offered refineries for power plants and an election after 60 days.
Trump announced a Russia-Ukraine energy ceasefire on 11 October. Zelensky said it was news to him but offered to stop refinery strikes if Russia does too.
Houthi missiles killed 12 at Riyadh’s airport after five Saudi assumptions about Yemen collapsed. The bigger mistake is the Houthis’: Saudi Arabia will not fold, and it can break them without taking Sanaa.
After the Riyadh airport strike killed 12, the Houthis named every Saudi airport but Mecca and Medina as targets. What they, the coalition and Trump have said.
Trump said ‘We may’ on joining Saudi strikes while Rubio, Guterres and Gulf capitals condemned the Riyadh airport attack that killed 12. What each statement commits to.
The US makes far more diesel than it burns. Trump’s diesel deal with Putin is a midterm stunt that rewards Moscow and sells out Ukraine and Europe.
Trump said Ukraine should get a new president a day after his Russian diesel deal. Dmitriev welcomed it; Germany, Latvia and Kallas held to sanctions.
A US Air Force notice about four retired KC-10 tankers for a “North African partner” is being sold online as a done deal for a strike on Ethiopia’s dam. It is a market survey, not a sale. Egypt is still the likeliest customer, and the tankers would give Cairo a long arm that answers to no one else.
Axios says Trump cut the diesel deal after Kyiv ignored refinery requests. Zelensky and the UK government replied; what each side said.
The Kremlin says Trump welcomed Russia’s offer to take Iran’s uranium, while Pezeshkian, Rubio and Ghalibaf traded warnings. What was said.
Trump announced Russian diesel for US and world markets after a Putin call; Zelensky called it a weak decision and said Kyiv’s team was a smokescreen.
Rubio called the Ukraine war a stalemate, Peskov said the Kremlin agrees, and Moscow still rejects the partial ceasefire Trump’s envoys took to Miami.
Pezeshkian told Putin Iran never left the talks, days after calling them meaningless, as Trump pledged no strikes before 3 November.
Reuters says Jared Kushner and Kirill Dmitriev discussed a US investor stake in the sanctioned Nord Stream pipelines. It is a devil’s bargain that goes around Germany, Ukraine and NATO.
Trump says the US will not attack Iran before the 3 November midterms; Araghchi says Tehran will answer within days. What was said and what continues.
The US Embassy in Riyadh warned of cancelled flights and a possible Saudi airspace closure after deadly Houthi strikes on Abha and Riyadh airports. Washington expects a wider war, and Saudi Arabia must escalate.
Trump said an Iran deal is not what he wants while Vance and Rubio set terms for one. What was said, how it fits, and what Tehran answered.
The Houthis have frozen Yemen’s Mokha front and turned missiles on Saudi airports. Trump offered Riyadh everything except bombs, so Saudi Arabia is building the coalition, with Pakistan and Türkiye, that will finish the war without him.
Trump says a call with Putin on the Irkutsk plague case is scheduled. Rubio asks Russia for more information, and Peskov accepts help but disputes the premise.
