1. Russia launched a daytime strike on Kyiv using jet-powered drones: eight air raid alerts were issued in the capital over the course of 24 hours. Data centers and nodes of two internet providers were also hit separately.
A daytime strike on the capital with jet-powered "Shaheds" is primarily a political message. Moscow responded to Zelensky's talks with Trump in New York by escalating further. In addition, the kremlin demonstrated that strikes on the energy sector are not the only tool for "cutting off" Ukraine's power. Shifting the focus from power generation to gas stations, warehouses, logistics, and data centers means that russia is moving from knocking out electricity to disrupting economic chains — fuel, supplies, and data transmission, which can bring businesses to a halt no less effectively than blackouts. Through these demonstrative steps, russia rejects the very logic of de-escalation that the United States and Ukraine are trying to establish.
2. Ukraine continued striking the enemy's oil and energy rear. Drones attacked Bashkortostan.
Ufa is located approximately 1,300 kilometers from the front line, and the very fact of the strike is more important than the scale of the damage: Ukraine is showing that there are practically no oil refining and logistics facilities in russia that are beyond its reach.
3. The EU and 51 countries signed a joint statement demanding a full, immediate, and unconditional ceasefire. The United States was not among the signatories. On the same day, kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that there were no prerequisites for moving toward a peace track, and that a meeting between the leaders would be possible only if Zelensky came to moscow. Zelensky confirmed that during his meeting with Trump, he asked to increase deliveries of U.S. Patriot missiles ahead of the expected russian winter campaign. But no specific agreement on additional deliveries was reached.
The absence of the U.S. signature from the statement by 51 countries calling for a ceasefire is presented by Washington as preserving its position as a mediator. But for some reason, Trump views mediation as non-opposition to the position of russia. He does not accept the position of international law and elementary logic. Thus, all U.S. "peacekeeping" efforts are aimed not at ending the war, but at maintaining "friendly" relations with putin, which constitutes support for russian aggression. The lack of a result regarding Zelensky's request for Patriot missiles fits completely into this pattern.
4. In New York, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with russian Foreign Minister Lavrov. After the talks, the russian Foreign Ministry said that moscow maintains an "unconditional commitment to achieving its goals" in the war. At the same time, it was announced that Kirill Dmitriev would travel to the United States for talks with Witkoff and Kushner.
Sending businessman Dmitriev to the United States specifically indicates that moscow still expects to build relations with the United States based on the commercial interests of Trump's inner circle. And the statement by the russian Foreign Ministry against this backdrop shows that russia still views the White House as a tool for pressuring Ukraine.
5. Rubio said that the United States had invited putin to the G20 summit, which is to take place in December in Miami. A meeting between putin, Trump, and Zelensky could potentially take place there.
Putin is unlikely to accept the invitation. Ukraine does not agree to his ultimatum-like conditions for ending the war, while the energy truce that the United States and Kyiv will propose is not in his interests, since the kremlin is primarily counting on the destruction of Ukraine's energy infrastructure in winter in this war. In addition, most G20 leaders support Ukraine, and putin does not like feeling like an outcast, nor does he like processes that he cannot control.
Putin may fly to Miami only if Trump and Xi reach some agreements today concerning russia and elevating it to the level of a Third Player. But this is unlikely, and even in such a case, the issue of Ukraine would not be putin's main concern; he could simply ignore Zelensky while demonstrating a position of strength.
However, the very fact that the aggressor has been invited to the summit is another step by the United States toward restoring putin's acceptability in the West, with Trump "normalizing" aggression and dictatorship as such.
6. The occupied part of the Donetsk oblast spent 24 hours in darkness. Head of the occupation administration of Donetsk Kulemzin said that as of 15:00, 159,554 subscribers remained without electricity — about half a million residents. The cause cited was an overloaded grid.
Donetsk is without electricity not because of Ukrainian strikes on the city itself, but because the russian power system in the occupied territory physically cannot withstand the load and is collapsing from its own overload long before the frosts. Donbas is turning into a subsidized area with deteriorating infrastructure, and maintaining control over it is becoming increasingly costly for russia.
7. Following a harsh speech by Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Trump's threats against Iran at the U.N., the price of Brent rose by 3.86% at once, to $103.08 per barrel.
Yesterday's positive trend for Ukraine of declining moscow's revenues from oil sales has stopped. As long as the war between the United States and Iran continues, moscow will not be interested in a compromise peace with Ukraine. This means russia will do everything to ensure that this war continues.