Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has arrived in Norway for talks about the Russia-Ukraine war. He is expected to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump's Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, who arrived in Oslo earlier. Witkoff will also meet European officials.
Russian diesel shipments have resumed to key export markets including Türkiye and Brazil after Moscow lifted its diesel export ban and the U.S. delayed tougher sanctions measures.
Tanker tracking data from Kpler and LSEG showed at least two cargoes, each carrying around 300,000 barrels of diesel, recently departed Russia's Baltic port of Primorsk for the two countries.
Russia began easing diesel export restrictions on October 9. While exports remain down about 41 per cent from a year ago at roughly 345,000 barrels per day, traditional buyers are re-emerging.
Turkey has accounted for around 34 per cent of Russian diesel exports this year, followed by Brazil with 24 per cent and Morocco with 10 per cent, with Moroccan imports also resuming after the ban was lifted.
Latvia has become one of the five largest importers of Russian grain this marketing season, importing 431,700 tonnes between July and October, as Russia shifts exports from the Azov-Black Sea basin to Baltic ports.
The redirect comes after disruptions to Russia's main Black Sea export routes in August. Baltic ports now handle much of Russia's grain trade, with Latvia serving as a key transit point despite calls from Baltic states for tighter EU restrictions on Russian grain exports.
Iran remains Russia's largest grain buyer, followed by Egypt, Azerbaijan and Nigeria.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the European Union must adopt a new strategic approach to the **Arctic, warning that Russia is rebuilding its military presence in the region.
Presenting a new EU Arctic strategy, von der Leyen said the security assumptions that once underpinned stability in the Arctic can no longer be taken for granted, describing the region as an area where major geopolitical interests are increasingly colliding.
Two people were killed in Ukrainian attacks on the Russian-controlled Luhansk region over the past 24 hours, according to Leonid Pasechnik, the Moscow-installed head of the territory.
The claim could not be independently verified, and there was no immediate comment from Ukrainian authorities.
The reported deaths come amid continuing cross-border strikes and fighting linked to the war in Ukraine.
Photos show Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arriving at Oslo Airport.
Photos show U.S. President Donald Trump's Special Envoy Steve Witkoff arriving at Oslo Airport. He is due to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European officials in the Norwegian capital.
Half of Ukraine's regions are suffering from power cuts due to Russian strikes, the country's state electricity transmission operator, Ukrenergo has said.
Power outages have occurred in Kirovohrad, Zhytomyr, Lviv, Odesa, Rivne, Ternopil, Khmelnytskyi, Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk, Kharkiv, Sumy, and Chernihiv regions, the operator said in a statement on Facebook on Tuesday.
Industrial users across Ukraine will face restrictions on electricity usage throughout the day to prevent overloading equipment damaged in the attacks, Ukenergo added.
Russian drones struck critical energy infrastructure in Ukraine's western Lviv region, Governor Maksym Kozytskyi said on Tuesday. According to the governor, a second drone struck the same facility following the initial attack.
The extent of the damage and any casualties were not immediately clear.
Russia's Defence Ministry said on Tuesday that its air defences had destroyed 383 Ukrainian fixed-wing drones over the previous 24 hours, according to TASS. The Ministry also claimed Russian forces had struck Ukrainian long-range drone launch sites, per report.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Tuesday that a batch of missile interceptors purchased for Ukraine under the Prioritised Ukraine Requirements List (PURL) programme may not have been delivered.
Speaking to reporters in Mumbai, Rubio denied that Washington had deliberately withheld military assistance from Kyiv.
“I think the important takeaway for you is that there has not been some deliberate political directive to go out and harm Ukraine,” he said.
Rubio also said he had spoken with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for 45 minutes.
The Kremlin said on Tuesday that efforts were under way to ease a worsening food crisis in the Russian-controlled town of Oleshky in southern Ukraine.
Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said President Vladimir Putin had discussed the situation with U.S. President Donald Trump and confirmed that Russia's human rights commissioner was involved.
Putin also told Pope Leo on Friday that Moscow was ready to cooperate with a Vatican initiative to deliver humanitarian supplies to civilians.
Russia and Ukraine have accused each other of obstructing aid deliveries to the town, which Ukrainian forces are seeking to recapture.
The Kremlin said on Tuesday it hoped a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff could be arranged in Russia soon to discuss the Ukraine peace process.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Witkoff could brief Putin on the positions of Ukraine and European leaders following talks in Oslo.
Witkoff is expected to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and representatives from Britain, France, Germany and Poland on Tuesday, alongside EU and NATO officials.
Peskov gave no further details, although U.S. media reports suggest the meeting could take place in St Petersburg on Wednesday.
Russia's Defence Ministry said on Tuesday that its forces had captured the village of Tymoshivka in Ukraine's southeastern Zaporizhzhia region.
The ministry said units of its Vostok (East) group of forces had taken control of the settlement.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Russia of conducting a long-running hybrid war across Europe through propaganda and political interference.
In an interview with Italy's Corriere della Sera, Zelenskyy said Moscow had invested heavily in spreading narratives through television, online platforms and social media.
He warned that Russia was exploiting far-right movements, religion and migration to deepen divisions in European societies, including Italy, France, Britain and Germany.
Zelenskyy also alleged that Russian influence networks were operating in the United States.
Ukraine's largest private energy company, DTEK, has said that a Russian attack overnight hit three of its energy facilities in the southern Odesa region.
DTEK said on the Telegram app that 32,700 families remained without electricity. It said its crews were working around the clock to restore supply.
A Russian drone strike on a highway connecting Ukraine's capital Kyiv to the Black Sea port of Odesa killed three people, the Kyiv Regional Prosecutor's Office said. Several cars were set ablaze and four people were wounded, the office said in a post on the Telegram app.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said he held a “substantive conversation” with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, focusing on ballistic missile interceptors, early warning of Russian missile attacks and restoring the Starlink satellite internet services
In a post on X, Zelenskyy said the two had agreed to speak again soon to provide an update, as diplomatic efforts to end Russia’s war in Ukraine continue.
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is arriving in Oslo on Tuesday for talks on the war in Ukraine and European security, the Norwegian government and co-host Finland said.
Earlier it was reported that U.S. President Donald Trump's Special Envoy Steve Witkoff is expected to travel to Norway this week for a round of negotiations on ending the war in Ukraine.
“President Zelenskyy has asked Norway and Finland to arrange a meeting as part of ongoing diplomatic efforts, at a critical time for Ukraine,” Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere said in a statement.
Finland's President Alexander Stubb said he will attend meetings with Zelenskyy and Stoere to discuss “Russia's illegal war of aggression against Ukraine and the overall security situation in Europe.”
Zelenskyy, Stubb and Stoere will hold a press conference later on Tuesday, Norway said.
Finland's President Alexander Stubb has said he will meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Norway's Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store in Norway on Tuesday for talks about the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
The Russian military struck three cargo vessels in Ukraine's port of Reni and another cargo vessel en route to Odesa, the Russian Defence Ministry said on Telegram. It also hit two logistics hubs in the Volyn region and in the city of Khmelnitskiy, the Ministry added.
All the vessels and the logistics hubs were all being used for military purposes, the Ministry said
An overnight Russian airstrike killed three people and injured another six in the region surrounding Ukraine's capital of Kyiv, the area's emergency service has said on Telegram.
Russian forces struck a production and warehouse building where a fire was later extinguished, the emergency service said in the post.
U.S. President Donald Trump's negotiator Steve Witkoff is set to travel to Norway this week for the next round of negotiations on ending the war in Ukraine, according to three people familiar with the matter.
Two of the people said they expected Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to attend the meetings. Another person familiar with the matter said Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, who was expected to take part in the talks, was sick and would attend virtually.
The Oslo discussions are expected to include Zelenskyy, Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store, representatives of the E4 – made up of Britain, France, Germany, and Poland – the European Union, and NATO.
Witkoff is also set to travel to Russia to meet President Vladimir Putin, two of the people familiar with the matter said. The Russian conversations are going to focus on a range of topics related to Ukraine as well as the release of American citizen Stephen Hubbard, who was jailed in Russia in 2022.
The people, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the schedule was tentative and could change.
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