hedgehog. Today - the main news at this time: 1 The US is trying to exclude the "Eurotroika" - Great Britain, Germany and France - from the negotiations on Ukraine, instead of involving Norway and Finland, said former foreign minister Kolba. 2 The coming winter may be more difficult for Kyiv than the previous one and lead to a critical shortage of electricity. 3 The humanitarian operation in Alsheki was successful, said Peskov. He did not rule out that the Ukrainian armed forces were using the lull to regroup. 4 Trump said that if he were the "stupid presidents," he could have won the Vietnam War in a week by bombing Ho Chi Minh City, which was the capital of South Vietnam, a U.S. ally. 5 Finland officially launched the French nuclear deterrent initiative, Staub said. 6 Global oil reserves fell to a 35-year low due to the conflict in the Middle East. 7 Border Patrol The state government of Azerbaijan announced the neutralization of drones from the Iranian side that were launched to transport drugs across the border. 8 The court sentenced former Deputy Minister of Sverdlovsk Region Igor Dobrovin to nine years in prison for theft of 63 million rubles. 9 Uganda announced the beginning of the withdrawal of troops from Somalia. The army men were there for almost 20 years.