Key developments on Oct. 20:

• Ukrainian strikes on Yandex data centers disrupt Russian court hearings, media reports
• Ukraine's HUR claims 108 Russian soldiers killed, 29 captured in Sumy Oblast operation
• Power outages in half of Ukraine's oblasts after Russian assault on power plants
• Fire at oil

President Volodymyr Zelensky has spent much of the past two years trying to win over Donald Trump. Flattery, constant meetings, and carefully calibrated concessions have become hallmarks of his dealings with the U.S. president.

But the strategy has failed, prompting Zelensky to change course and adopt a more confrontational

U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff will meet Russian officials in St. Petersburg on Oct. 21 to discuss European and U.S. proposals for peace in Ukraine, Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store said.

Da Steve Witkoff, der Sondergesandte des US-Präsidenten, sich heute in Oslo zu erneuten Verhandlungen Selensky und Vertretern aus Großbritannien, Deutschland, Italien und Frankreich, der EU und der NATO treffen will, übersetze ich hier einen Artikel der TASS über den Streit zwischen der EU und der Ukraine einerseits und den USA andererseits, weil er zeigt, in […]

Putin floats a summit with Trump and Xi on Ukraine, without Kyiv or Europe