According to the President of Ukraine, the United States does not want escalation On October 17, US President Donald Trump held talks with Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky at the White House. The closed part of the meeting lasted just under two hours. After the negotiations, only Zelensky came out to reporters. The Ukrainian president called the meeting “productive.” According to him, they discussed with Trump the supply of long-range weapons, meaning Tomahawk missiles.

US President Donald Trump, after negotiations with Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky at the White House, said that it was time for Moscow and Kyiv to make a deal. He wrote about this on the social network Truth Social. The US President did not speak to reporters after the meeting with Zelensky.

Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky said that during a meeting with US President Donald Trump they discussed the supply of long-range weapons. According to him, they decided not to make public statements about the results of these negotiations. “We, of course, talked about long-range [missiles]. And I don't want to make statements about this. We decided that we will not talk about this because ...

The State Security Service of Latvia has begun criminal proceedings against a citizen of the country who threatened Ukrainian Elena Dudnik and her husband Gabriel Sharov on a train in Switzerland. Delfi reports this. The case was opened under Part 3 of Article 78 - on the fact of actions aimed at inciting national and ethnic hatred, and which are associated with violence and threats.

Prince Andrew, brother of Britain's King Charles III, has announced that he will renounce his title of Duke of York. His statement was published by Buckingham Palace. “In discussions with the King and immediate family, we have concluded that the ongoing allegations against me are a distraction from the work that His Majesty and the Royal Family do. I decided, as always, to put my obligations to my family and country first.

A meeting between US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky took place at the White House. Update. At about 23:00 Moscow time, the meeting of the presidents ended. Before it began, the presidents answered questions from journalists. According to Trump, both Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin want the war to end.

Journalists hid this fact. Теперь их обязали объяснить, как так получилось Hoyo Films; BBC British media regulator Ofcom has concluded that the BBC committed a “serious violation” of broadcasting rules during the production and broadcast of the documentary “Gaza: How to Survive in a War Zone.” The film, released in February 2025, depicts the lives of children in Gaza during the war. The story is told from the perspective of 13-year-old Abdullah al-Yazuri.

An explosion occurred in one of the workshops of the Avangard plant in Sterlitamak, the city mayor’s office reported on its telegram channel. The official statement notes that the data on the dead and injured is being “clarified.” According to “Caution News”, five people were injured, according to the telegram channel “112” - six. “112” also notes that a wall collapsed near one of the plant buildings.

A number of important amendments were made to the bill on year-round conscription before the second reading, and specialized telegram channels drew attention. The validity period of electronic summonses issued by military registration and enlistment offices is proposed to be limited to 30 days.

Novaya Gazeta Europe told his story In the Russian-annexed Donetsk People's Republic, Sergei Petrik was tried in early October. This is a pediatrician. He received 15 years in a maximum security colony on charges of “high treason.” Journalist Dmitry Durnev, who knew Petrik for many years, told his story in an article for Novaya Gazeta Europe. Here is the main thing from this publication.

Rosfinmonitoring has updated the list of terrorist extremists - it includes the author, journalist and author of the telegram channel “Orthodoxy and Zombies” Ksenia Luchenko, historian of Russian cuisine Pavel Syutkin and deputy chairman of the Yabloko party Maxim Kruglov Criminal cases have been filed against all three. Ksenia Luchenko is accused of spreading “fake news” about the army. Investigators are deciding the issue of arresting the journalist in absentia - she is not in Russia.

The Supreme Court of the Netherlands rejected Russia's cassation appeal and approved the ruling of the Amsterdam Court of Appeal in the case of the payment of $50 billion to former shareholders of the Yukos oil company, AR writes. The Supreme Court was the last instance in which Russia could challenge the international arbitration decision made back in 2014.

The District Court of Warsaw refused to extradite Ukrainian citizen Vladimir Zhuravlev, suspected of involvement in sabotage on the Nord Stream gas pipelines, to Germany. He has been released from custody, Polish radio station RMF24 reported. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, commenting on the court's decision, wrote on the social network X: “And rightly so.

In November, RIMA Fest: People Against Oblivion, an international festival dedicated to digital memory preservation and resistance to censorship, will take place in Berlin and New York. Archivists, journalists, researchers and tech activists will gather to discuss how to protect digital traces, the right to truth and the future of archives. In Berlin, the festival will be held offline and online.

But this will not happen - Hungary will again violate international law (as was already the case with Netanyahu) Getty Images On the night of October 16-17, 2025, after a telephone call with Vladimir Putin, US President Donald Trump announced a new meeting with the Russian President in Hungary. The country's authorities have already stated that Putin is not at risk of arrest in Hungary under a warrant from the International Criminal Court (ICC).