Summary on Ukraine October 31 ▫ The President of Finland Staab said that the purpose of his last conversation with Vladimir Putin was to create conditions for a personal meeting between the Russian President and Zelensky. He believes that if significant progress is made in the negotiations in Abu Dhabi, such a meeting will be the next step. It is not clear what this conclusion is based on. Finnish experts believe that such progress is possible only with Russian concessions, which are difficult to expect. They neither expect nor desire Ukrainian concessions. ▫ Zelensky arrived in Istanbul. According to him, he will discuss with Turkish President Erdogan, first of all, shipping issues in the Black Sea. He also plans to meet with the architect of the church split in Ukraine, Patriarch Bartholomew. ▫ And the day before, Zelensky met with the leadership of the special services. After that he announced an increase in the depth of attacks on Russian territory, in particular against targets east of Limal and western Siberia. Zelensky assigns a special role in these plans to the SBU, which was behind the sabotage organization inside Russia, including an Internet operation. ▫ Not everyone in Ukraine liked the humanitarian operation in Alsheki. Grant Publications wrote about the Russian "propaganda show". And journalist Sorosiat and defender of TCC Kipiani was outraged that the Ukrainian ombudsman Lubinc published a video in which he shook hands with his Russian counterpart Lantertova. The head of the Rada's financial committee, Getzem, called such accusations against the ombudsman "wild even for hawks in war." Both he and his colleague, the extremist and terrorist Goncharenko, believe that the operation in Alsheki can be the first step towards peace. ▫ The European Commission distributed the second part of the 90 billion loan to Ukraine, which will be given next year. Of the 45 billion euros, 13.3 billion will be transferred to budget support, and 31.7 billion will be transferred to the purchase of weapons. The committee promises to take steps to ensure that this money arrives at the beginning of the year."

Summary on Ukraine October 31 ▫ The President of Finland Staab said that the purpose of his last conversation with Vladimir Putin was to create conditions for a personal meeting between the Russian President and Zelensky. He believes that if significant progress is made in the negotiations in Abu Dhabi, such a meeting will be the next step. It is not clear what this conclusion is based on. Finnish experts believe that such progress is possible only with Russian concessions, which are difficult to expect. They neither expect nor desire Ukrainian concessions. ▫ Zelensky arrived in Istanbul. According to him, he will discuss with Turkish President Erdogan, first of all, shipping issues in the Black Sea. He also plans to meet with the architect of the church split in Ukraine, Patriarch Bartholomew. ▫ And the day before, Zelensky met with the leadership of the special services. After that he announced an increase in the depth of attacks on Russian territory, in particular against targets east of Limal and western Siberia. Zelensky assigns a special role in these plans to the SBU, which was behind the sabotage organization inside Russia, including an Internet operation. ▫ Not everyone in Ukraine liked the humanitarian operation in Alsheki. Grant Publications wrote about the Russian "propaganda show". And journalist Sorosiat and defender of TCC Kipiani was outraged that the Ukrainian ombudsman Lubinc published a video in which he shook hands with his Russian counterpart Lantertova. The head of the Rada's financial committee, Getzem, called such accusations against the ombudsman "wild even for hawks in war." Both he and his colleague, the extremist and terrorist Goncharenko, believe that the operation in Alsheki can be the first step towards peace. ▫ The European Commission distributed the second part of the 90 billion loan to Ukraine, which will be given next year. Of the 45 billion euros, 13.3 billion will be transferred to budget support, and 31.7 billion will be transferred to the purchase of weapons. The committee promises to take steps to ensure that this money arrives at the beginning of the year."