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Received — 27 October 2026 ⏭

Cease-Fire Brokered by Melania Trump Begins in Ukrainian City of Oleshky

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By: Carlotta Gall and Oleksandr Chubko
27 October 2026 at 08:25
Many people left in Oleshky, where bombardment is constant, have run out of food. A truce that began Tuesday is supposed to allow aid in and civilians out.

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Protesters outside the U.S. Embassy in Warsaw demanding help for the residents of Oleshky, a Ukrainian town under siege by the Russians, this month.

What to Know About the Cease-Fire for a Besieged Ukrainian City

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By: Carlotta Gall and Oleksandr Chubko
27 October 2026 at 00:00
Many people left in Oleshky, where bombardment is constant, have run out of food. A truce set to begin early Tuesday is supposed to allow aid in and civilians out.

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Protesters outside the U.S. Embassy in Warsaw demanding help for the residents of Oleshky, a Ukrainian town under siege by the Russians, this month.

What to Know About the Cease-Fire for a Besieged Ukrainian City

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By: Carlotta Gall and Oleksandr Chubko
27 October 2026 at 00:00
Many people left in Oleshky, where bombardment is constant, have run out of food. A truce set to begin early Tuesday is supposed to allow aid in and civilians out.

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Protesters outside the U.S. Embassy in Warsaw demanding help for the residents of Oleshky, a Ukrainian town under siege by the Russians, this month.

Civilian Suffering Was Goal of Russian Strikes in Ukraine, U.N. Panel Says

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By: Nick Cumming-Bruce
26 October 2026 at 23:12
The assaults on infrastructure, which cut off heat and power on bitterly cold winter days, amounted to a crime against humanity, investigators said.

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Svitlana Zinoviyeva, left, and her daughter, Oleksandra Buzko, mounted a tent above the bed last winter to stay warm at home amid subzero temperatures, power outages and minimal to no heat in buildings across the city in Kyiv, Ukraine.
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Received — 25 October 2026 ⏭

Elon Musk Says Ukraine Violated Starlink’s Rules

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By: Sheera Frenkel · Siobhán O’Grady and Liubov Sholudko
25 October 2026 at 08:54
The comments came after the disruption in the country’s satellite service. Earlier, Ukraine said drones using Starshield, the Pentagon-funded service, were back to normal speeds.

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Ukrainian soldiers operated a drone over Russian-occupied territory from the Zaporizhzhia region in 2023.
Received — 24 October 2026 ⏭
Received — 23 October 2026 ⏭

Lawmakers Plan to Block Trump Nominees Over Ukraine Satellite Network Restrictions

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By: Robert Jimison
23 October 2026 at 18:35
Senators have warned the White House they will withhold confirmation votes until the administration ensures the restoration of communications capabilities used by Ukraine’s military.

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Representative Brian Fitzpatrick, Republican of Pennsylvania and a former F.B.I. agent who worked on Russian counterintelligence in Kyiv, said he doubted the communication problems were accidental.

Melania Trump Says She Brokered a Cease-Fire in a Starving Ukrainian City

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By: Katie Rogers
23 October 2026 at 17:37
The first lady, who is positioning herself as an intermediary between two warring nations as her husband sides with Russia, said the agreement would allow residents to evacuate.

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“It was abundantly clear that without my intervention, the possibility to bring humanitarian aid into the city and to evacuate the elderly would be impossible,” Melania Trump, the first lady, said in a statement.

How Long Will Russians Put Up With War? Here’s What They Told Us.

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By: Valerie Hopkins
23 October 2026 at 10:30
“Everything is fine” is a common refrain in a country used to adapting to a new normal.

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Smoke rising from a Ukrainian strike on an industrial zone in St. Petersburg, Russia, on Sunday.

Arms Race Intensifies in Korea as the North Is Emboldened by Russia Alliance

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By: Choe Sang-Hun
23 October 2026 at 06:13
A rare escalation this month exposed the increasingly lethal arsenals the two Koreas are building up across the world’s most heavily fortified border.

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A photograph provided by North Korean state media showing the leader, Kim Jong-un, and his daughter, Kim Ju-ae, overseeing the firing of an intermediate-range missile from the country’s east coast during a drill in October.
Received — 22 October 2026 ⏭
Received — 21 October 2026 ⏭

In Trump’s Diplomacy, Insults Are a One-Way Street. Ukraine Is the Latest Example.

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By: Peter Baker
21 October 2026 at 17:44
The latest rift with President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine serves as a reminder that President Trump readily lashes out at other world leaders, only to grow outraged if they fight back.

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President Trump’s belligerence leaves many world leaders reluctant to cross him for fear of blowback or even, depending on his mood, a fresh round of tariffs.
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