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Ukraine has suspended attacks on Russian oil refineries after weeks of pressure from US President Donald Trump, the Wall Street Journal reports. The pause, which is expected to last at least until the end of the midterm elections, if not until the end of November, began last week.
Kiev's Armed Forces have launched one of the largest attacks against Moscow since the beginning of the year. Mayor of the Russian capital, Sergei Sobyanin, posted this on social media, saying that 862 drones were directed toward the Moscow region overnight. Air defense forces neutralized them remotely from the city, while another 170 were hit as they approached the capital.
The previous drone attack on Moscow occurred the previous night, when 613 drones were launched toward the city. Commenting on yesterday's attack by Ukrainian forces, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov called Kiev's attempt to strike the city with drones during the Russia-Africa summit "strange."
A worker at the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant was killed in a drone strike.
TASS reported this, citing a statement on Telegram from the energy company. "Yesterday, a drone strike by the Ukrainian Armed Forces killed a welder at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP)," the statement said. "He was on his way to work on an electric scooter when the attack occurred, which hit a person who was moving. This is barbaric. A hunt for civilians, a hunt for nuclear workers. We regard this incident as yet another targeted attack against the personnel of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant." The IAEA was informed of the attack, the statement reads.
A humanitarian convoy has departed for Oleshky. The operation is coordinated by US First Lady Melania Trump and led by Russian Commissioner for Humanitarian Affairs Yana Lantratova and Ukrainian representative Dmytro Lubinets. Kirill Dmitriev, Russian President Vladimir Putin's envoy, announced the news on X. "A humanitarian approach based on trilateral coordination between Russia, the United States, and Ukraine," he wrote on the social media site.
In recent weeks, Pentagon officials have warned several NATO countries, primarily the Baltic states, that their statements regarding the alleged threat from Russia are detrimental to European security. TASS reported this, citing Reuters, which said the United States emphasized the need to moderate its tone during bilateral meetings with representatives of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. It is not known whether these remarks were communicated to the governments of other European countries, while the Pentagon declined to comment, citing the confidentiality of the bilateral meetings.
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