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The UN Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine cited Vladimir Putin's own instructions in concluding that Russia's attacks on the power system are war crimes and crimes against humanity. Russian strikes have hit the bridge carrying Kyiv's green metro line on at least four days this month.
Mark Carney and Recep Tayyip Erdoğan launched a Canada–Türkiye strategic partnership covering trade, defence and energy. The deal expands military industry cooperation 33 months after Canada lifted arms export restrictions. Canadian firms are also pursuing nuclear reactor contracts in Türkiye .
Zelenskyy demands US Patriot interceptors as Russia attacks Ukraine’s power grid. He says US has restricted military support, warns of Russian influence operations across Europe, and outlines growing defence cooperation with Italy.
Trump neutralised a bipartisan Russia sanctions law just 28 days after signing it, waiving sweeping penalties two days before enforcement. The decision followed his diesel deal with Putin, reopening Russian energy trade despite objections from Republicans and Democrats.
Putin envoy Kirill Dmitriev says the US Treasury asked his sanctioned Russian investment fund to help facilitate diesel payments. He also claims Russia and the US are discussing nuclear-powered data centres, just two days before new US investment restrictions take effect.
House Democrats introduced legislation to sanction Russia's oil industry after Trump authorized Russian diesel imports despite a 2022 ban. Republicans have criticized the deal, but none cosponsored the bill. Bipartisan opposition is growing, yet Congress has taken no action to block it.
Kremlin spokesperson Peskov said Russia could not be accused of breaking a truce with no agreed terms, hours after Russian strikes on Kyiv's combined heat and power plants left more than 600,000 people without electricity.
Zelenskyy says Ukraine honoured Trump's energy ceasefire while Russia continued bombing Ukrainian energy facilities. He also linked Ukrainian strikes on Yandex data centres to a decline in bots spreading hate and division online.
Oil prices fell despite sustained Ukrainian strikes on Russian refineries, then surged after US-Israeli attacks on Iran. Trump blamed Ukraine for rising fuel costs, despite US government data showing prices soared after the war disrupted oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz.
Trump announced a deal with Putin to sell 4.8 million tonnes of Russian diesel, worth nearly $7.24 billion, while easing US sanctions. The agreement would strengthen Russia’s war finances and undermine Ukraine’s efforts to cut off revenues funding Russia’s invasion and attacks on civilians.
Jared Kushner is negotiating Gaza and Ukraine while discussing Russian energy deals, as his business partners pursue Lukoil assets and his firm profits from an Israeli financial group invested in military suppliers, prompting congressional conflict-of-interest investigations.
The UK sanctioned 31 Russian targets on 1 October, including Marat Kambolov, declared South Ossetia's leader on 19 September, three Arctic LNG carriers and officials accused of torturing civilians and kidnapping Ukrainian children.
A Russian-language document dated August sets out up to 1,000 missiles, drones and bombs to cut power and heat to Kyiv, Kharkiv and Odesa by 90 per cent. Volodymyr Zelensky said Vladimir Putin told his commanders in September that "there are no rules now".
Donald Trump says data centres will make communities “very, very happy.” But a $700B+ spending boom is colliding with dry wells, rising power bills, unpermitted gas turbines and secret deals. Records show who gets the money. The full public cost is far more expensive.
US Ambassador Guilfoyle privately met with Romanian Social Democrat leaders. Bolojan’s government resisted a US LNG deal she promoted involving Nova Power & Gas and investigated its nuclear project. Weeks later, the Social Democrats joined far-right AUR to topple his government.
