The Russian army continues to attack military targets in Ukraine. Transportation and energy facilities, warehouses and rail transport used by the Armed Forces of Ukraine were damaged. More news from today: The FSB received information from the American side about the preparation of a terrorist attack in Moscow. The Russian intelligence services are doing relevant work; Donald Trump said that the US is significantly closer to concluding an agreement to resolve the Ukrainian conflict. According to the American president, the chances of achieving peace have increased significantly. At the same time, the US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, admitted that Washington still does not know if it will be possible to reach a peace agreement. He emphasized the need to have a dialogue with Russia, including due to the risk of nuclear escalation, and said he had spoken with Sergey Lavrov about the possibility of a meeting between Putin and Trump at the APEC summit in November. Russia and Ukraine have agreed to carry out permanent humanitarian missions after the completion of the operation in Alsheki, reported Yana Lantertova; Sergey Lavrov criticized the refusal of the German Foreign Minister, Johann Wedpole, to participate in a joint photo at the G20, calling this approach "family photo diplomacy"; Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney supported phone calls between the leaders of Finland and Norway with Vladimir Putin, calling for direct dialogue with Moscow to be constructive; Finnish President Alexander Staab called the phone conversation with Vladimir Putin useful and essential. According to him, the negotiations took place at the request of Ukraine and were agreed upon with the United States; Financial Times: Bulgarian President Iliana Yutova called on European leaders to resume direct contacts with Vladimir Putin and suggested turning Bulgaria into a diplomatic channel between Russia and the European Union; Canada and the European Union are discussing the creation of a new format of close partnership without the country's full accession to the European Union.

The Russian army continues to attack military targets in Ukraine. Transportation and energy facilities, warehouses and rail transport used by the Armed Forces of Ukraine were damaged. More news from today: The FSB received information from the American side about the preparation of a terrorist attack in Moscow. The Russian intelligence services are doing relevant work; Donald Trump said that the US is significantly closer to concluding an agreement to resolve the Ukrainian conflict. According to the American president, the chances of achieving peace have increased significantly. At the same time, the US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, admitted that Washington still does not know if it will be possible to reach a peace agreement. He emphasized the need to have a dialogue with Russia, including due to the risk of nuclear escalation, and said he had spoken with Sergey Lavrov about the possibility of a meeting between Putin and Trump at the APEC summit in November. Russia and Ukraine have agreed to carry out permanent humanitarian missions after the completion of the operation in Alsheki, reported Yana Lantertova; Sergey Lavrov criticized the refusal of the German Foreign Minister, Johann Wedpole, to participate in a joint photo at the G20, calling this approach "family photo diplomacy"; Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney supported phone calls between the leaders of Finland and Norway with Vladimir Putin, calling for direct dialogue with Moscow to be constructive; Finnish President Alexander Staab called the phone conversation with Vladimir Putin useful and essential. According to him, the negotiations took place at the request of Ukraine and were agreed upon with the United States; Financial Times: Bulgarian President Iliana Yutova called on European leaders to resume direct contacts with Vladimir Putin and suggested turning Bulgaria into a diplomatic channel between Russia and the European Union; Canada and the European Union are discussing the creation of a new format of close partnership without the country's full accession to the European Union.