Monday, October 20, 2025

Zelensky ready for negotiations with Russia ‘in any format’

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Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky has said that he is ready for negotiations with Russia but only after a ceasefire along the current front lines.
Zelensky met with US President Donald Trump at the White House on Friday and had earlier backed his call to have the troops “stop where they are.” RT

Village of Pleshchiivka

 "Russia’s Ministry of Defense claimed that its forces captured the village of Pleshchiivka in the Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine
The Russian Defense Ministry had earlier announced the capture of one village in the Dnipropetrovsk region and two in the northeastern Kharkiv region, closer to the Russian border." AJ

Russia launches mass attack on Ukrainian coal mine, nearly 200 miners evacuated

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Russia launched a large-scale attack against a coal mine in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast on Oct. 19, trapping 192 employees underground, the Ukrainian energy company DTEK reported." KI

Hamas Violates Ceasefire, Israel Hits Terror Targets

"The ceasefire between genocidal “death cult
Hamas and Israel lasted about as long as any reasonable person could have expected before the Jew-hating terrorists violated the agreement and war restarted.
Hamas
fired an anti-tank missile and gunshots at Israeli soldiers who were in the Israeli-controlled area as per the agreement. Israel posted about two soldiers killed in Gaza; it’s not clear if they were killed in this attack or a previous one. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed that it has resumed operations against terror targets in a necessary move for its own defense." TP

Strong mag. 5.5 Earthquake - South Pacific Ocean, 213 km south of Rotuma Island, Rotuma, Fiji

"A strong magnitude 5.5 earthquake occurred in the South Pacific Ocean 211 km (131 mi) from
 Fiji late in the evening at 10.03 pm local time (GMT +12). The quake had a moderate depth of 77 km (48 mi) and was not felt (or at least not reported so)." VD

151 combat clashes on frontline

"Ukrainian Defense Forces engaged in 151 combat clashes with Russian troops.
Russian
forces carried out one missile strike, 60 airstrikes, launched one missile, and dropped 128 guided aerial bombs. In addition, they used 2,371 kamikaze drones and conducted 3,604 artillery shellings on Ukrainian positions and settlements.
In the Northern Slobozhanshchyna and Kursk sectors,
Ukrainian defenders repelled 11 Russian assaults, with two more clashes ongoing. The enemy launched two airstrikes (dropping six guided bombs) and carried out 129 shellings, including one with multiple rocket launcher..
In the Southern Slobozhanshchyna sector,
Russian forces attacked Ukrainian positions 10 times near Vovchansk, Tyke, Kamianka, and toward Dvorychanske and Bolohivka.
In the Kupiansk sector, the enemy launched three assaults toward Pishchane, two of which are still underway.
In the Lyman sector,
Russian troops attacked five times near Drobysheve, Serednie, and Myrne.
In the Sloviansk sector,
Ukrainian troops repelled one assault near Serebrianka.
In the Kramatorsk sector, no offensive actions were recorded.
In the Kostiantynivka sector,
Russian troops attacked 17 times near Oleksandro-Shultyne, Shcherbynivka, Toretsk, Pleshchiivka, Rusyn Yar, and Sofiivka. All attacks were repelled.
The Pokrovsk sector saw the highest activity — 53
Russian assaults on Ukrainian positions near Shakhove, Volodymyrivka, Rodynske, Novoekonomichne, Chervonyi Lyman, Myrnohrad, Sukhyi Yar, Zvirove, Kotlyne, Udachne, Filiia, Promin, Lysivka, Molodetske, Dachne, and toward Novopavlivka. Fighting continues in four locations.
According to preliminary data,
Ukrainian troops eliminated 44 Russian soldiers (27 irrecoverable losses), destroyed two artillery systems, 19 drones, three vehicles, and five pieces of special equipment, and struck 11 enemy shelters, an EW station, eight vehicles, and one artillery system.
In the Oleksandrohrad sector,
Russian forces made 22 attempts to breach Ukrainian defenses near Andriivka-Klevtsove, Voskresenka, Orestopil, Oleksandrohrad, Vyshneve, Verbove, Sichneve, Vorone, Sosnivka, and Novohryhorivka. Seven clashes are still ongoing.
In the Huliaipole sector, the enemy carried out three failed assaults near Malynivka.
In the Orikhiv sector, one attack occurred near Plavni.
In the Prydniprovske sector, three unsuccessful attempts to approach Ukrainian positions were recorded near the Antonivskyi Bridge." Ukrin

'He's going to take something' — Trump says Putin has 'won' territory in Ukraine

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Russian President Vladimir Putin has "won certain property" during the full-scale invasion of Ukraine and should be expected to take Ukrainian territory as part of a peace deal, U.S. President Donald Trump said in an interview with Fox News.
Following his meeting with Zelensky, Trump echoed these sentiments on social media, writing that Ukraine and Russia should make a peace deal "with property lines being defined by war and guts." KI

Strong mag. 5.1 Earthquake - Tanimbar Islands Region, Indonesia

"A strong magnitude 5.1 earthquake occurred in the Banda Sea near Pulau Selu island,
Indonesia, in the morning at 7.44 am local time (Asia/Jayapura GMT +9). The quake had a shallow depth of 60 km (37 mi) and was not felt (or at least not reported so)." W

Tropical Storm Fengshen kills at least five, leaves two missing in the Philippines

"Tropical Storm Fengshen (locally named Ramil in the
Philippines) crossed Luzon producing torrential rain, flooding, and landslides. At least five people were killed in Quezon Province, while two others remain missing in Bukidnon after a landslide." W