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Trump criticises Zelenskyy for targeting Russian refineries as woman killed in Kyiv strikes
Police officers inspect the site of a fitness club building hit by a Russian missile strike in Kyiv, Ukraine, 19 October 2026.
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U.S. President Donald Trump has criticised Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for continuing to target Russia's energy infrastructure, while Russian strikes on Kyiv overnight killed at least one person and damaged a metro station. 

⦿ 04:54 GMT | UPDATE

Rubio denies U.S. suspended intelligence sharing with Ukraine 

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Washington hasn't paused intelligence sharing with Ukraine, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said.

Ukraine has relied on U.S. ‌intelligence to spot the fast-moving ballistic missiles that Russia has fired in waves at its cities. Last week, Ukrainian officials said some ​Russian strikes had occurred without warning.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks to the press at Registan Square, in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, 19 October 2026.
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On Sunday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that the U.S. had resumed providing Kyiv intelligence to help it defend against Russian missile strikes. 

Speaking in Uzbekistan on Monday, Rubio said that the U.S. will continue to look for opportunities to end the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

He added that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Moscow should also be focused on ending the war. 

⦿ 04:20 GMT | UPDATE

U.S. delaying supply of Patriot interceptor missiles, Zelenskyy tells Bloomberg 

The U.S. is delaying the delivery of Patriot air defence missiles already paid for under a NATO initiative, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told financial news outlet Bloomberg in an interview on Sunday.

“The American side approved the delivery of only some of them, but not the rest. And this is not a technical issue,” Zelenskyy said.

He added that Ukraine was receiving just 12 Patriot interceptor missiles per month from the U.S., approximately a quarter of the number provided when former U.S. President Joe Biden was in office. 

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy looks on with a Patriot anti-aircraft missile system in the background, at an undisclosed location, in Germany, 11 June 2024.
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⦿ 03:13 GMT | UPDATE

Zelenskyy doesn't want war to end, Trump says 

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy doesn't want the Russia-Ukraine conflict to end and “probably never did,” U.S. President Donald Trump has said in a post on Truth Social.

Trump said the Ukrainian President was targeting Russian diesel refineries despite knowing the attacks would hurt the international diesel market, including in the United States.

He said “farmers, ranchers, and businesses" were suffering due to the Ukrainian strikes, but claimed the attacks weren't stopping Russia's ability to export diesel internationally.

“He could have made a better deal two years ago than he can now,” Trump added.

⦿ 02:43 GMT | UPDATE

Putin proposes summit with China's Xi and Trump to discuss Ukraine deal 

Russian President Vladimir Putin has floated the idea of meeting U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping in November in an attempt to negotiate a deal to end the Ukraine conflict, the Wall Street Journal has reported, citing people familiar with the matter.

Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, 15 October 2026.
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⦿ 02:40 GMT | UPDATE

Russian air strikes kill woman and hit Kyiv metro station 

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A Russian air strike killed a woman in Ukraine's Kyiv overnight while also hitting a subway station on the left bank of the capital city and damaging a 25-storey residential building, the city's Mayor Vitali Klitschko said on Telegram on Monday.

The attack, which also saw non-residential buildings and a medical facility hit, injured three other people in Kyiv, he said. 

Meanwhile, the U.S. has resumed sharing critical intelligence to help Ukraine defend against Russian missile strikes, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, a key to providing warning of the fast-moving missiles that Moscow has fired in waves.

⦿ 02:30 GMT | UPDATE

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