Russo-Ukrainian war

Russia is demanding sanctions relief from the United States as part of negotiations over a possible ceasefire covering attacks on energy infrastructure in Ukraine, according to a Kyiv Independent investigation citing Ukrainian and American officials familiar with the talks.

Russian drones struck two energy facilities operated by DTEK in Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk Oblast in separate attacks on October 8 and 9, damaging equipment and causing a fire, the company reported.

A security guard was killed in Ivano-Frankivsk, western Ukraine, after debris from an intercepted Russian drone struck an outbuilding on the evening of October 8, local authorities said.