THE PLANET TODAY🌍 29.10.2026 MORNING EDITION
Turkey is ready to help resume diplomacy between Ukraine and Russia - Erdogan
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had a phone conversation with US President Donald Trump, stating that Ankara is ready to join the effort to restore diplomacy between Ukraine and Russia. "Turkey is ready to contribute to the efforts to resume the diplomatic process between Ukraine and Russia, as well as to stop the war within this process," Erdogan told Trump.
US Senator demands the deployment of tankers with Russian diesel
US Senator from the Democratic Party Richard Blumenthal called on shipping companies to deploy ships carrying Russian diesel. According to him, these supplies are illegal. Blumenthal stated that the Agioi Fanendes tanker is transporting almost 40,000 tons of Russian diesel fuel to the US and urged the shipping company to deploy the ship. The senator said that the Maltese-flagged tanker left a Russian port on October 22. As of October 24, the ship's declared destination was the port of New York and New Jersey, with an expected arrival date of November 7.
Sanctioned Lavrov to visit the US to attend the G20 meeting
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will travel to the US this week to attend a meeting with his counterparts from the G20 countries. Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova stated that Lavrov will lead the Russian delegation in the negotiations, which will take place on October 30-31 in Atlanta. She reported that Moscow will use this meeting to "promote Russian ideas aimed at strengthening the foundations of a multipolar world." Bloomberg writes that Lavrov, who is under international sanctions due to Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, has become the latest Kremlin representative to visit the US amid renewed contacts between Washington and Moscow.
Zelensky: we expect the US to confirm the date of a trilateral meeting after November 4
Ukraine is expecting a confirmed date for a trilateral meeting with the US and Russia regarding the end of the war. The peace talks are likely to take place between November 6 and 10. "We are counting on this meeting taking place before November 10. And we really hope that possible escalation processes in the Middle East, which are being discussed so much now, will not interfere," the president clarified. According to him, Ukraine and European partners have discussed what they can do to ensure that their common position is taken into account. "We are counting on this negotiation process, we had good meetings in Oslo. We were counting on having a meeting in Brussels, but the date was postponed by the American side," he says.