Russia Offers Oleshky Truce, Continues Ukraine Strikes — SkimNews
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- Russia said on October 26, 2026 that restarting U.S.-mediated trilateral talks next month would not restrict combat operations; Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said its forces would continue “massive strikes on Ukraine’s military-industrial complex.”
- Oleshky was set for a humanitarian ceasefire beginning early Tuesday, October 27, 2026, brokered by Melania Trump after months of reports that residents in the Russian-occupied city faced dire shortages of food, water and medicine.
- Dmitry Peskov said Moscow was open to additional short-term, front-line humanitarian ceasefires—“for humanitarian purposes, absolutely”—while insisting that the overall pace of the war would not slow.
- Russia has intensified drone and missile attacks on energy sites around major Ukrainian cities in recent weeks; Kyiv says the campaign is intended to plunge Ukraine into cold and darkness through winter.
- Ukraine and its allies say Russia’s demands for more territory in eastern Ukraine and sweeping military and political restrictions on Kyiv amount to capitulation that would leave the country exposed to a future Russian attack.
- Russia’s strikes the previous year left millions in Ukraine without heating or electricity as temperatures fell as low as -20C.
- U.S. envoys will meet both sides next month after several previous rounds failed to move Ukraine and Russia closer to a deal.
Why it matters: For Oleshky residents, the Oct. 27 ceasefire follows months of reported shortages of food, water and medicine. The wider winter stakes are explicit: Kyiv says Russia’s energy-site attacks aim to plunge Ukraine into cold and darkness, while strikes the previous year left millions without heating or electricity at temperatures as low as -20C.
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