Day 1,692.
Today, as President Zelensky arrives for talks with European leaders in Brussels, Russia embodies the geopolitical equivalent of running to teacher to say big boys took their football, by complaining that Ukraine has hit another one of their oil refineries. Donald Trump is accused of betrayal, for the second time this week, but this time from a most unlikely source, and NAFO gets a shout out in the Irish Parliament. And, as we mention football, we end this torrid week with something a bit brighter: a dispatch with Ukraine’s number one football team as they start their Champions League campaign.
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Dominic Nicholls (Host on Ukraine: The Latest). @DomNicholls on X.
Francis Dearnley (Host on Ukraine: The Latest). @FrancisDearnley on X.
Tom Steed (Telegraph Journalist).
Producer: Rachel Porter
Senior Producer: Lilian Fawcett
Video Producer: Sophie O’Sullivan
Social Producer: Tom Steed
Studio Director: Meghan Searle
Executive Editor: Francis Dearnley
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Arthur Gibson, philosopher who rose from poverty to become the cleverest man in Britain (Telegraph Obituary):
Trump: Zelensky is destroying Ukraine (The Telegraph):
Ukraine Finds a New Set of Targets (The Atlantic):
https://www.theatlantic.com/national-security/2026/10/ukraine-russia-trump-putin-war/689002/
The Defector: A Russian Officer Turned Against His Country and Helped Ukraine Kill Hundreds (Wall Street Journal):
https://www.wsj.com/world/russian-defector-deadly-sabotage-campaign-a95d163c
Netherlands denies visas to 3 Russian athletes, barring them from world championships (Kyiv Independent):
https://kyivindependent.com/netherlands-denies-visas-to-3-russian-athletes-barring-them-fro
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HIGHLIGHTS:
– Trump: Zelensky is destroying Ukraine
– Starlink restored to Ukrainian troops
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