Ukraine is ready to halt attacks on Russian oil refineries if Moscow ceases its own strikes on Ukrainian energy infrastructure, Zelensky said on Sunday.

Russian technology and AI company Yandex said on Sunday that its infrastructure had been damaged in a drone attack, resulting in the complete shutdown of its data center in the Vladimir region.

The Ukrainian President offered some of his sharpest criticism of U.S. President Donald Trump after the third mass-casualty Russian air attack on Ukraine this week.

Kremlin foreign policy spokesman Yuri Ushakov said the conversation on Friday between President Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin was "very substantive and friendly" and "neither wanted to hang up first." — Interfax

United States President Donald Trump said on Friday that Russia had agreed to supply diesel to the global market to ease fuel prices.

Rosatom said the International Chamber of Commerce agreed that a Finnish firm wrongly terminated the contract for a new nuclear power plant over the invasion of Ukraine and claims of significant delays.

The Kremlin also said Putin and Trump discussed major economic initiatives during the phone call, including potential supplies of Russian fuel.

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All four airports serving Moscow imposed temporary flight restrictions Friday afternoon amid a drone attack, Russia’s aviation regulator said.

With roads mined and supplies dwindling, civilians in the occupied Ukrainian town are risking their lives to find food or escape.

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Rybakov had written four party slogans on his ballots while voting at a polling station on Sept. 20: “For Peace,” “For Freedom,” “For a Life Without Fear” and “For a Ceasefire Agreement.”

State oil giant Rosneft has advertised jobs for anti-aircraft gun and armored vehicle crews to defend a refinery in the southern city of Samara against Ukrainian drones, the exiled news outlet Vyorstka reported.

Russia’s Central Bank sees no realistic path to meeting President Vladimir Putin’s target for expanding the stock market by 2030, a senior official said, as falling share prices and limited investor demand push the goal further out of reach.

Following Zvinchuk’s detention, Dmitry Medvedev, the deputy chairman of Russia's Security Council, said Russia may need to "top up" its prisoner exchange fund with EU and U.S. citizens.

Authorities in Montenegro have detained Mikhail Zvinchuk, the founder of the influential pro-war Russian Telegram channel Rybar, in an operation targeting suspected Russian influence activities, officials in the Balkan country confirmed.

Russian technology and AI company Yandex said that several modules at its data center in the Kaluga region southwest of Moscow had been completely disabled by a drone attack, the second in two days.

Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder helped celebrate Russian President Vladimir Putin's 74th birthday at the leader's home, the Kremlin said Thursday.

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Despite the statement, authorities have yet to say definitively whether the death of lab worker Darya Shipilova could have been caused by plague.