**🇷🇺 Russia – Friday, 9 October 2026**
**Glide bomb hits buses, kills 30**
A Russian guided bomb struck two passenger buses in Kramatorsk on October 8, killing at least 30 and injuring 18, prosecutors said; some reports put the toll at 33. Moscow made no immediate comment; Kramatorsk's city council said there were "absolutely no military targets" at the site.
**US, Ukraine, EU meet in Miami**
Delegations from the US, Ukraine and European partners met in Miami on October 9 to discuss new proposals including security guarantees, reconstruction and a possible energy-and-grain ceasefire, advancing the trilateral push with Russia reported yesterday.
**Previously:**
The Kyiv Independent
At least 33 dead after Russian glide bomb strikes Kramatorsk buses
"Russia comes to the Ukrainian land with death," Donetsk Governor Vadym Filashkin said.
The Kyiv Independent
US proposes trilateral talks with Russia, Ukraine by end of October, Zelensky says
"The American side is currently in contact with Ukraine and Russia and is proposing to hold some kind of meeting at the technical level in a trilat...
**🇷🇺 Russia – Thursday, 8 October 2026**
**Ukraine gives its account of Wednesday's strike**
Russia's defense ministry maintained it hit military-linked targets including Odesa port facilities. Ukrainian officials now say the October 7 barrage, which fell on Putin's 74th birthday, killed at least 28 people nationwide, including 20 in a single cruise-missile strike on an apartment block in Pryluky, Chernihiv region, with five children among the dead. Zelensky called it a "vile strike."
https://kyivindependent.com/russia-slams-kyiv-in-mass-missile-drone-attack-on-putins-74th-birthday/
**Zelensky: US pushing trilateral talks by month's end**
Zelensky said Washington wants a trilateral US-Ukraine-Russia meeting by the end of October, floating a mutual halt to strikes on energy infrastructure, with talks possibly in Abu Dhabi. The Kremlin has not yet confirmed the trilateral format; Putin had ruled out any ceasefire on long-range strikes at Valdai on October 1.
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2026/10/04/8056421/
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