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            <title>Ukraine Monitoring 8 Tankers Carrying Russian Diesel Potentially Bound For US</title>
            <description>Ukrainian authorities are monitoring eight tankers carrying more than 300,000 tons of Russian diesel fuel that could be bound for the United States, Ukrainian government sources told RFE/RL on November 3.</description>
            <link>https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-tankers-russian-diesel-united-states/33890246.html</link> 
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            <pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2026 08:47:46 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Midterm Democrat Gains Likely To Put Trump&apos;s Russia, Ukraine, Iran Policies Under Pressure </title>
            <description>Democratic Party victories in the US midterm elections are set to shift the balance of power in Congress, giving the party greater oversight and influence over legislation, with implications for US policy toward Russia, Ukraine, and Iran.</description>
            <link>https://www.rferl.org/a/democrats-midterms-trump-russia-ukraine-iran/33890205.html</link> 
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            <pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2026 06:43:09 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Following Oleshky Truce, Melania Trump To Host Russia-Ukraine Talks</title>
            <description>US first lady Melania Trump will host Russian and Ukrainian representatives at the White House on November 5 for a meeting following a localized cease-fire in part of Ukraine&apos;s southern Kherson region, as a new round of US-mediated peace talks is set to take place next week.</description>
            <link>https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-oleshky-melania-trump-talks/33889941.html</link> 
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            <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2026 22:18:10 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Clashes Near Kyiv Highlight Tension Over Military Manpower Challenges </title>
            <description>Crowds clashed with Ukrainian riot police and national guardsmen in a Kyiv suburb on November 2 in the latest tensions over military efforts to catch alleged deserters and enlist men -- sometimes forcibly -- to fight in the war against Russia.</description>
            <link>https://www.rferl.org/a/clashes-near-kyiv-highlight-tension-over-military-manpower-challenges/33889849.html</link> 
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            <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2026 17:21:42 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Ukrainian Crowd Clashes With Riot Police, Again Highlighting Recruitment Tactics, Military Morale</title>
            <description>A crowd clashed with police and National Guard troops in a Kyiv suburb amid allegations that men were being held and tortured in a private house. The incident highlights growing tensions over Ukraine’s controversial military recruitment practices as it strives to repel Russia’s full-scale invasion.</description>
            <link>https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-men-soldiers-recruitment-busification/33889589.html</link> 
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            <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2026 12:51:57 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>&apos;We Are Here For You&apos;: Love Helps Ukrainian Soldier Rebuild Life After Devastating Injuries</title>
            <description>A Russian drone strike left Ukrainian soldier Oleksandr Pylypets without both arms and eyes along with with devastating facial injuries. After weeks in a coma, he began a long recovery. With his wife and children by his side, he is learning to regain his independence and rebuild his life. </description>
            <link>https://www.rferl.org/a/ukrainian-soldier-learns-to-live-again-after-losing-his-arms-and-eyes/33889619.html</link> 
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            <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2026 12:48:16 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>US, Russia, Ukraine To Resume Peace Talks Amid Doubts Over Breakthrough</title>
            <description>The United States says it will host new Russia-Ukraine peace talks in Abu Dhabi on November 10-11, but analysts caution that deep divisions over a cease-fire and security guarantees make a major breakthrough unlikely.</description>
            <link>https://www.rferl.org/a/us-russia-ukraine-peace-talks-abu-dhabi-ceasefire/33889451.html</link> 
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            <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2026 08:46:55 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Russian Strikes Kill More Than 30 In Ukrainian Town As Aid Hub Hit Multiple Times, Kyiv Says</title>
            <description>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said his country would cease strikes on Russian oil refineries – as demanded by US President Donald Trump -- if the US would provide Kyiv with Patriot air-defense missiles. </description>
            <link>https://www.rferl.org/a/zelenskyy-patriot-missile-russia-refinery-trump/33888449.html</link> 
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            <pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2026 00:00:50 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>&apos;We Escaped Hell&apos;: Oleshky Residents Reach Ukraine After Years In War-Torn City</title>
            <description>Shaking with joy, relatives of Ukrainians who have endured years under Russian occupation with almost no food, water, or electricity rushed to greet their loved ones in tears in Chernihiv on October 31.</description>
            <link>https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-oleshky-evacuation/33888411.html</link> 
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            <pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2026 17:59:27 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Moscow Reports Drone Attack On Nizhny Novgorod As Russian Strikes Cut Power In Ukraine</title>
            <description>Moscow and Kyiv traded strikes on November 1, with dozens of drones reportedly destroyed over Russia&apos;s Nizhny Novgorod region and energy infrastructure hit in four Ukrainian regions, leaving hundreds of thousands without power.</description>
            <link>https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukraine-war-drone-nizhny-novgorod-power/33888277.html</link> 
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            <pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2026 12:20:00 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Rubio Casts Doubts On Quick Deal To End War In Ukraine, Defends Russian Contacts</title>
            <description>US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he was unsure whether a negotiated end to the war in Ukraine was possible, while European officials told RFE/RL the top US diplomat privately expressed doubts that Russian President Vladimir Putin will attend December’s Miami G20 summit.</description>
            <link>https://www.rferl.org/a/rubio-atlanta-ukraine-russia-putin-lavrov-20/33888075.html</link> 
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            <pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2026 00:02:01 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Tears Of Joy As Ukrainians Evacuated From Russian-Occupied Oleshky Reunite With Family</title>
            <description>After nearly four years under Russian occupation, hundreds of residents from the southern Ukrainian city of Oleshky have arrived in Ukrainian-controlled territory following a cease-fire brokered by US first lady Melania Trump. A convoy of 25 buses helped facilitate the evacuation.  </description>
            <link>https://www.rferl.org/a/tears-of-joy-as-ukrainians-evacuated-from-russian-occupied-oleshky-reunite-with-family/33888013.html</link> 
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            <pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2026 16:11:50 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Food Lines, War Dead: The Way They Live Now In A Frigid Siberian Town</title>
            <description>The scene outside Tura&apos;s main food store looked like something from the Soviet era: With the mercury at -15 C, residents lined up for hours to pay high prices for staples short supply. The shortages stemmed from geography and negligence, but Russia’s war on Ukraine has taken its toll on the town. </description>
            <link>https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-food-shortages-war-remote-siberia/33887359.html</link> 
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            <pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2026 13:45:45 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>As Lavrov Returns To G20, Ukraine, Middle East Highlight Western Divisions
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            <description>Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov&apos;s return to a major diplomatic gathering in the United States has exposed widening divisions between Washington and its European allies over how to deal with Moscow as Russia continues its war against Ukraine.
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            <link>https://www.rferl.org/a/as-lavrov-returns-to-g20-ukraine-middle-east-highlight-western-divisions/33887896.html</link> 
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            <pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2026 09:40:26 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Evacuation From Russian-Occupied Oleshky Completed, Kyiv And Moscow Say</title>
            <description>Evacuation of residents from the Russian-occupied southern Ukrainian city of Oleshky had been completed as Moscow and Kyiv continued to stick to the temporary cease-fire brokered by US first lady Melania Trump.</description>
            <link>https://www.rferl.org/a/zelenskyy-warns-of-long-delay-as-us-approves-patriot-interceptors-sale/33887884.html</link> 
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            <pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2026 09:18:32 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Evacuations, Humanitarian Mission Begin In Russian-Occupied Ukrainian City Of Oleshky</title>
            <description>Ukrainian and Russian delegations have arrived in Russian-occupied Oleshky as a cease-fire allows humanitarian aid deliveries and civilian evacuations. Ukraine has prepared 25 buses and ambulances to evacuate residents, while those who remain will receive humanitarian assistance.</description>
            <link>https://www.rferl.org/a/evacuations-humanitarian-mission-begin-in-russian-occupied-ukrainian-city-of-oleshky/33887434.html</link> 
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            <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2026 14:40:23 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>G20 Diplomats Meet In Atlanta Amid Divisions Over Russia, Ukraine</title>
            <description>Foreign ministers from the Group of 20 leading economies are gathering in Atlanta on October 30-31 for talks expected to expose continuing divisions among Western governments over Russia&apos;s war in Ukraine.</description>
            <link>https://www.rferl.org/a/g20-meeting-atlanta-us-ukraine-russia/33887200.html</link> 
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            <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2026 11:16:00 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Evacuation From Oleshky Completed As Buses Head To Ukraine, Russia</title>
            <description>Moscow and Kyiv say the evacuation of residents from the Russian-occupied Ukrainian city of Oleshky was completed &quot;without incident,&quot; as buses filled with civilians left the area for the first time in more than four years under a US-brokered truce that is set to remain in effect until November 1.</description>
            <link>https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-oleshky-evacuation-melania-trump/33887157.html</link> 
            <guid>https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-oleshky-evacuation-melania-trump/33887157.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2026 07:30:17 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Russian Drone Strikes Railway Station In Dnipro, Killing At Least 14</title>
            <description>A Russian drone struck a railway station in Dnipro, killing at least 14 people and injuring others, Ukrainian officials said. The attack hit a platform where a passenger train bound for Zaporizhzhya was standing.</description>
            <link>https://www.rferl.org/a/russian-drone-strikes-railway-station-in-dnipro/33886701.html</link> 
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            <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2026 15:00:53 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Russian Drone Attack Kills 14 In Dnipro As Oleshky Truce Enters Third Day</title>
            <description>A Russian attack on Ukraine&apos;s eastern city of Dnipro killed at least 14 people and injured more than 10 others, according to Ukrainian officials, as a fragile cease-fire around Russian-occupied Oleshky entered its third day on October 29.</description>
            <link>https://www.rferl.org/a/oleshky-ukraine-russia-melania-trump-ceasefire/33886379.html</link> 
            <guid>https://www.rferl.org/a/oleshky-ukraine-russia-melania-trump-ceasefire/33886379.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2026 02:17:39 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>&apos;Life On Every Street&apos;: Ukrainians In Kherson Welcome Cease-Fire In Nearby Oleshky</title>
            <description>A US-brokered cease-fire went into effect on October 27 to let humanitarian aid arrive in the Russian-occupied suburb of Oleshky and allow civilians to leave. On the opposite side of the Dnieper River, in the Ukrainian-held city of Kherson, locals said the pause in fighting produced a rare sense of normalcy as people went shopping and walked the streets without fear of air strikes. </description>
            <link>https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-kherson-oleshky-cease-fire/33886202.html</link> 
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            <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2026 01:05:53 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Locals Brace For Rough Winter As Russia Bombards Ukraine&apos;s Bilozerske</title>
            <description>Russian bombs and artillery have devastated the city of Bilozerske in Ukraine&apos;s Donetsk region. With the city in ruins and colder temperatures approaching, remaining residents are bracing for a rough winter. </description>
            <link>https://www.rferl.org/a/locals-brace-for-rough-winter-as-russia-bombards-ukraine-s-bilozerske/33886143.html</link> 
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            <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 18:47:40 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Zelenskyy Hopes For Ukraine, Russia, US Talks By November 10, As Trump Floats Putin Meeting With Ukrainian Leader</title>
            <description>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that technical-level talks involving Ukraine, Russia, and the United States aimed at ending the war will take place in Abu Dhabi between November 6 and 10.</description>
            <link>https://www.rferl.org/a/trump-zelenskyy-putin-meeting-ukraine-peace-talks/33885793.html</link> 
            <guid>https://www.rferl.org/a/trump-zelenskyy-putin-meeting-ukraine-peace-talks/33885793.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 10:23:06 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Why Russia&apos;s Central Crimean Drone Base Is Hard For Ukraine To Destroy</title>
            <description>A military airfield in Crimea has been transformed into a hub for drone launches, new satellite images sourced by RFE/RL show. We spoke to one Crimean military insider about why Ukraine has been unable to take the site out of action. </description>
            <link>https://www.rferl.org/a/crimea-drone-strike-russia-ukraine-war-shahed/33885309.html</link> 
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            <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 21:36:41 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>&apos;Get Killed Or Starve&apos;: Life Under Russian Occupation In Oleshky</title>
            <description>Residents fleeing Russian-occupied Oleshky describe hunger, soaring food prices, and threats from Russian soldiers. Cut off from supplies, civilians risk mines and drone attacks to escape. Now, a proposed cease-fire could open a humanitarian corridor for those still trapped in the Ukrainian city.
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            <link>https://www.rferl.org/a/get-killed-or-starve-life-under-russian-occupation-in-oleshky/33885344.html</link> 
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            <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 16:27:34 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Amid Legal Uncertainty, US Lawmakers Warn Banks, Ports Over Russian Diesel Imports </title>
            <description>A bipartisan group of US lawmakers have warned American banks, port authorities and fuel-industry groups against facilitating imports of Russian diesel, raising the prospect of congressional investigations and legal action over President Donald Trump’s decision to ease restrictions on Russian fuel.</description>
            <link>https://www.rferl.org/a/amid-legal-uncertainty-us-lawmakers-warn-banks-ports-over-russian-diesel-imports/33885120.html</link> 
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            <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 12:06:48 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Wider Europe Briefing: Can The EU Put Russia&apos;s GRU On Its Terror List?
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            <description>In this week&apos;s briefing,  Rikard Jozwiak drills down on two issues: Can the EU add Russia&apos;s GRU to its terror list? Plus, more rolling EU sanctions on Moscow.
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            <link>https://www.rferl.org/a/wider-europe-briefing-can-the-eu-put-russia-s-gru-on-its-terror-list/33885122.html</link> 
            <guid>https://www.rferl.org/a/wider-europe-briefing-can-the-eu-put-russia-s-gru-on-its-terror-list/33885122.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 11:55:02 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Cease-Fire in Ukraine&apos;s Oleshky Expanded To Help Flow Of Aid, Safe Passage</title>
            <description>The US-negotiated cease-fire aimed at allowing humanitarian aid into the southern Ukrainian city of Oleshky took effect in the early hours of October 27, shortly after Russian air attacks struck Kyiv, hitting a university dormitory and other civilian sites and killing at least one person.</description>
            <link>https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-strike-kyiv-dormitory-us-zelenskyy/33884968.html</link> 
            <guid>https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-strike-kyiv-dormitory-us-zelenskyy/33884968.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 01:54:00 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>&apos;Destroyed&apos;: Relentless Russian Strikes Drive Civilians From Ukraine&apos;s Kramatorsk</title>
            <description>As Russian forces intensify attacks on Ukraine’s Donetsk region, evacuations are accelerating in Kramatorsk, a key city still held by Kyiv. As Moscow seeks to seize all of the Donetsk region, Ukraine has issued a mandatory evacuation order for families with children in Kramatorsk and Slovyansk.</description>
            <link>https://www.rferl.org/a/relentless-russian-strikes-drive-civilians-from-ukraine-s-kramatorsk/33883080.html</link> 
            <guid>https://www.rferl.org/a/relentless-russian-strikes-drive-civilians-from-ukraine-s-kramatorsk/33883080.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2026 09:24:41 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>After Starshield Disruptions, Zelenskyy Says Satellite Communications Now Fully Functional</title>
            <description>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on October 24 that the Starshield and Starlink satellite systems were back to normal operations. Disruptions in the communications systems, developed by Elon Musk&apos;s SpaceX company, had limited Ukraine&apos;s defensive operations for over a week, leaving it more vulnerable to Russian attacks. </description>
            <link>https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-zelenskyy-musk-starlink-starshield-satellite/33883630.html</link> 
            <guid>https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-zelenskyy-musk-starlink-starshield-satellite/33883630.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2026 21:52:47 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Bipartisan US Lawmakers Push Back On Trump&apos;s Russia Policy, Vow Support For Ukraine</title>
            <description>A bipartisan group of US lawmakers is stepping up efforts to defend Ukraine, challenging President Donald Trump’s decision to ease restrictions on Russian energy imports and demanding guarantees that Kyiv will retain access to critical American military and intelligence support.</description>
            <link>https://www.rferl.org/a/us-lawmakers-trump-russia-policy-ukraine-bipartisan-pushback/33883500.html</link> 
            <guid>https://www.rferl.org/a/us-lawmakers-trump-russia-policy-ukraine-bipartisan-pushback/33883500.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2026 16:51:22 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Zelenskyy Says Ukraine&apos;s Starlink Speed Restored As Moscow And Kyiv Exchange Attacks</title>
            <description>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the Starshield satellite communications system had returned to its previous operating speed following restrictions that had disrupted Ukrainian military operations.</description>
            <link>https://www.rferl.org/a/kraine-starshield-satellite-speeds-restored-drone-operations/33883512.html</link> 
            <guid>https://www.rferl.org/a/kraine-starshield-satellite-speeds-restored-drone-operations/33883512.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2026 13:04:40 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>White House Says Melania Trump Brokers Localized Cease-Fire For Occupied Ukrainian City
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            <description>US First Lady Melania Trump has brokered a localized cease-fire between Russia and Ukraine for the Russian-occupied southern Ukrainian city of Oleshky, with Kyiv confirming preparations for an operation to establish humanitarian corridors and evacuate civilians.</description>
            <link>https://www.rferl.org/a/white-house-says-melania-trump-brokers-localized-cease-fire-for-occupied-ukrainian-city/33883147.html</link> 
            <guid>https://www.rferl.org/a/white-house-says-melania-trump-brokers-localized-cease-fire-for-occupied-ukrainian-city/33883147.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 18:32:19 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Dodging Russian Drones On Ukrainian Road To Frontline Druzhkivka
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            <description>RFE/RL joins Ukraine’s 93rd Mechanized Brigade on a dangerous route to Druzhkivka where Russian drones target vehicles and troops. Only a few thousand civilians remain inside the battered frontline city as Russian bombs devastate homes and Ukrainian forces hold the line.</description>
            <link>https://www.rferl.org/a/dodging-russian-drones-on-ukrainian-road-to-frontline-druzhkivka/33883054.html</link> 
            <guid>https://www.rferl.org/a/dodging-russian-drones-on-ukrainian-road-to-frontline-druzhkivka/33883054.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 16:38:28 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>US Accuses Russia Of &apos;Deliberately Reckless&apos; Move With Military Satellite Flyby </title>
            <description>US officials publicly accused Russia of threatening a Finnish-operated commercial satellite that provides imagery and intelligence to Ukraine and other nations, calling the move “deliberately reckless.”</description>
            <link>https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-us-satellite-accusation-intelligence-threat/33881569.html</link> 
            <guid>https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-us-satellite-accusation-intelligence-threat/33881569.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 17:40:45 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Ukraine Cuts Chinese Drone Dependence, But Critical Gaps Remain</title>
            <description>In 2022, Ukraine relied almost entirely on Chinese components for its military drones. While that dependency has now been drastically reduced, Ukraine still relies on Beijing for essential parts that remain difficult to replace at the necessary scale and cost.
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            <link>https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-cuts-chinese-drone-dependence-but-critical-gaps-remain/33881578.html</link> 
            <guid>https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-cuts-chinese-drone-dependence-but-critical-gaps-remain/33881578.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 13:05:20 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Trump Says Musk Has Lifted Starlink Restrictions On Ukraine While Kyiv Reports Ongoing Issues</title>
            <description>Amid growing controversy over restrictions on Ukraine&apos;s use of Starlink satellite Internet services, which its military relies heavily on, US President Donald Trump claimed that the company&apos;s head, Elon Musk, had lifted limitations on Kyiv&apos;s access.</description>
            <link>https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-war-starlink-starshield-congress/33881387.html</link> 
            <guid>https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-war-starlink-starshield-congress/33881387.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 07:37:19 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Amid Russia&apos;s Onslaught, A Twist In The Pursuit Of Men Fleeing Ukraine For Moldova</title>
            <description>A viral video of two Ukrainian border guards’ violent pursuit of a man trying to cross the Dniester River into Moldova has highlighted a route Ukrainians use to escape Russia’s war and the prospect of fighting in it. In this case, all three men ended up in Moldova – and the guards were detained.</description>
            <link>https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-moldova-border-flee-violence-oar/33880923.html</link> 
            <guid>https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-moldova-border-flee-violence-oar/33880923.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 17:35:38 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>US Citizen Accused By Moscow Of Fighting For Ukraine Released From Russian Prison</title>
            <description>Stephen Hubbard, a 74-year-old retired teacher from Michigan held by Russia since 2022 on accusations of joining Ukraine&apos;s armed forces, has been freed in what is being framed as a goodwill gesture by the Kremlin.</description>
            <link>https://www.rferl.org/a/stephen-hubbard-russia-us-prisoner-release-trump/33880760.html</link> 
            <guid>https://www.rferl.org/a/stephen-hubbard-russia-us-prisoner-release-trump/33880760.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 11:53:03 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>After Witkoff Meeting, Putin &apos;Ready To Resume&apos; US-Led Peace Talks With Ukraine  </title>
            <description>Russian President Vladimir Putin told US envoy Steve Witkoff that Moscow was willing to resume stalled, US-mediated peace talks with Ukraine, Kremlin foreign policy aide Yury Ushakov said after the two met at Constantine Palace in St. Petersburg.</description>
            <link>https://www.rferl.org/a/us-russia-talks-witkoff-putin-ukraine/33880709.html</link> 
            <guid>https://www.rferl.org/a/us-russia-talks-witkoff-putin-ukraine/33880709.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 09:43:43 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Wounded Ukrainian Soldier Rescued From Front Lines By Aerial Drone</title>
            <description>In what Ukraine&apos;s military is calling a historic first, a soldier who suffered injuries to both legs on the battlefield was flown to safety by an unmanned aerial drone. His fellow servicemen say the soldier is &quot;a hero&quot; who didn&apos;t hesitate to strap himself to the hexacopter drone and fly at low altitude to reach his unit. </description>
            <link>https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-aerial-drone-battlefield-rescue-front-lines/33880389.html</link> 
            <guid>https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-aerial-drone-battlefield-rescue-front-lines/33880389.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 21:52:44 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>&apos;Everything Is Dead&apos;: Ukraine Liberates Dnipropetrovsk Settlements, But Villages Lie In Ruins</title>
            <description>Ukraine’s forces have retaken 26 settlements in the 
Dnipropetrovsk region, but the villages are largely destroyed and uninhabitable. As Russian troops are pushed back, Ukrainian forces face the challenge of holding the reclaimed territory under constant threat from drones.</description>
            <link>https://www.rferl.org/a/everything-is-dead-ukraine-liberates-dnipropetrovsk-settlements-but-villages-lie-in-ruins/33880295.html</link> 
            <guid>https://www.rferl.org/a/everything-is-dead-ukraine-liberates-dnipropetrovsk-settlements-but-villages-lie-in-ruins/33880295.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 18:19:21 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>After Oslo Talks, Zelenskyy Thanks US As Missile Intelligence &apos;Works Now&apos;</title>
            <description>US special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner will take part in meetings in Oslo to discuss the situation in Ukraine with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as Russia continues to pound the country amid growing tensions between Kyiv and Washington.</description>
            <link>https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-attack-zelenskyy-oslo-meeting/33880037.html</link> 
            <guid>https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-attack-zelenskyy-oslo-meeting/33880037.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 11:25:25 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Funeral Held For Five Children From One Ukrainian Family Killed In Russian Strike In July
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            <description>Mourners gathered in Radushne in Ukraine&apos;s Dnipropetrovsk Region on October 19 at a funeral ceremony for five children from the same family who were killed in an air strike on July 30. Their burial was delayed as investigators used DNA analysis to identify the victims. Five other members of the Voronov family had already been laid to rest shortly after the attack.</description>
            <link>https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-family-children-killed-air-strike-radushne/33879683.html</link> 
            <guid>https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-family-children-killed-air-strike-radushne/33879683.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 22:18:16 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Star Wars: A Russian Military Satellite Gets Very, Very Close To One Used By Ukraine</title>
            <description>Last week, a Russian military satellite came “exceptionally close” to another Finnish-operated satellite that provides intelligence to Ukraine. “It’s concerning and aggressive with potential hostile intent – but I also think cooler heads believe it is signaling on the part of the Russians.” </description>
            <link>https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-space-satellite-ukraine-finland/33879458.html</link> 
            <guid>https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-space-satellite-ukraine-finland/33879458.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 17:02:14 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Rubio Vows To Keep Pushing For Ukraine Peace, Seeks Deeper US Ties In Central Asia</title>
            <description>US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Washington would continue efforts to end Russia&apos;s war against Ukraine, warning that the conflict risks escalating beyond the two countries as he met with Central Asian officials in Uzbekistan.</description>
            <link>https://www.rferl.org/a/rubio-ukraine-peace-us-ties-central-asia/33879304.html</link> 
            <guid>https://www.rferl.org/a/rubio-ukraine-peace-us-ties-central-asia/33879304.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 11:29:21 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Trump Again Criticizes Zelenskyy, Says Open To Meeting With Putin And Xi</title>
            <description>President Donald Trump slammed his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy and defended his decision to waive sweeping sanctions planned against Russia as an effort to keep Moscow at the negotiating table amid criticism from Kyiv and US lawmakers that it sends the wrong message to the Kremlin.</description>
            <link>https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-trump-putin-zelenskyy-war/33878954.html</link> 
            <guid>https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-trump-putin-zelenskyy-war/33878954.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 00:52:20 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Ukrainian Officials Slam Trump&apos;s Waiver Of Russia Sanctions As Rubio Defends Move</title>
            <description>Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha said that US President Donald Trump&apos;s decision to waive sweeping sanctions against Russia was &quot;indecisiveness,&quot; which &quot;sends the wrong message to the aggressor.&quot;</description>
            <link>https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-waiver-trump-rubio/33878767.html</link> 
            <guid>https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-waiver-trump-rubio/33878767.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2026 12:36:13 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Zelenskyy Says Russia Seeking Blackout In Ukraine After Latest Onslaught On Energy Facilities</title>
            <description>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russian strikes targeted energy facilities in multiple regions, leaving thousands of households without electricity, as Ukrainian and Russian officials reported civilian deaths following drone attacks on October 18.</description>
            <link>https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-drone-attacks-zelenskyy-airports/33878787.html</link> 
            <guid>https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-drone-attacks-zelenskyy-airports/33878787.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2026 12:07:44 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Russia Pounds Ukraine With Missiles And Hundreds Of Drones</title>
            <description>Russia launched a major overnight barrage of ballistic and cruise missiles and more than 300 drones across Ukraine, killing civilians, damaging apartment buildings, and striking critical energy infrastructure. As RFE/RL correspondent Serhiy Horbatenko reports from Slovyansk, an aerial bomb hit a residential building, killing one person and wounding at least 10.</description>
            <link>https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-massive-missle-attack-on-ukraine/33878499.html</link> 
            <guid>https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-massive-missle-attack-on-ukraine/33878499.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 16:50:40 +0200</pubDate>
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