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Ukraine's president told reporters Kyiv will not cede territory, but said a comprehensive deal including security guarantees could be put to a referendum.
Consultations on security guarantees for Ukraine took place with NATO's involvement, while Infobae reports that US-mediated Ukraine-Russia technical talks are planned for Abu Dhabi on 10 and 11 November.
A drone strike sank the merchant vessel Khoryv in the Black Sea on Friday, killing one crew member and leaving three missing, and Romania's president blamed Russia, though the reports reviewed by Vocemundi include no Russian response to this incident.
NATO said on 20 October 2026 that allies are sending aircraft, radar, drones and intelligence staff to the Black Sea after attacks on ships near Romania and Bulgaria left sailors dead or missing.
Romanian military pilots shot down two drones over the Black Sea on 17 October 2026, and the reports reviewed by Vocemundi do not identify where the drones came from.
Romania is searching for seven missing sailors after two tankers caught fire near the Danube's Black Sea outlet, amid repeated drone attacks on shipping off Romania and Bulgaria.
NATO's top military commander in Europe, Gen. Alexus Grynkewich, set out in Warsaw a three-step approach to answering any attack on the alliance and stressed its readiness, according to the Wall Street Journal, Fox News and Le Monde.
Anadolu Agency and TASS both report that NATO will conduct a nuclear deterrence exercise in Italy, though the reports reviewed by Vocemundi consist only of headlines and give few details.
Two Latvian nationals living in the UK were arrested early on 8 October 2026 in connection with a Cambridgeshire base hosting US and NATO intelligence operations, and police say nothing so far links the case to an earlier incident near RAF Fairford.
Putin's remarks on 1 October 2026 followed Russian embassy statements alleging a NATO plan to blockade Kaliningrad, which NATO denies.
Russia warned of consequences if its Kaliningrad exclave were isolated, and the Kremlin called the warning non-confrontational, while NATO, according to Daily Sabah, rejected what it called nuclear threats.
Estonia says Russian special services ordered an August fire at defence firm Milrem Robotics, whose unmanned ground vehicles are used in Ukraine; Moscow calls the accusation baseless, and NATO and EU officials have backed Tallinn.
Two state-run news agencies, Russia's TASS and Turkey's Anadolu, report a Russian warning over any blockade of Kaliningrad but describe its severity differently.