Trump declined to confirm whether he personally called Elon Musk about restoring Ukraine's Starlink/Starshield access. "Whether I called or someone else doesn't matter. I think the point is that he restored it," Trump said, referring to Ukraine's access to the satellite service. #Ukraine

President Trump says most people support his decision not to proceed with sanctions against Russia proposed by Senator Lindsey Graham. "Everyone thinks we did the right thing because we were able to get a great person back," Trump said. #Russia

Zelensky says Russia used three ballistic missiles with cluster warheads against Kyiv overnight. One struck Pechersk between the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra and St. Vvedensky Monastery, damaging monastery buildings, homes, shops and cafes. He says the warheads detonate in the air and affect everything within a roughly 400-meter diameter, and that no military target was nearby. #Ukraine

Democratic Senator Jon Ossoff alleges Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff are negotiating with the Kremlin over billions of dollars in sales of sanctioned Russian oil assets, including Lukoil holdings, to investors linked to Trump. Ossoff says the same investors put hundreds of millions into Trump family businesses and claims the US government would receive 15% from the transactions. #Russia

❗️Denmark will provide a $112.6 million state-backed loan guarantee to Fire Point's Danish subsidiary to help launch production in Southern Jutland. The financing will be provided through Denmark's Export and Investment Fund because the war prevents the company from borrowing on normal terms. Copenhagen says locating Ukrainian defense production abroad will better protect it from Russian attacks and strengthen cooperation between Ukrainian and Danish defense industries. #Ukraine

Ukrainian military radio technology expert Serhii "Flash" Beskrestnov says Russia struck Kyiv's historic center overnight with an Iskander ballistic missile carrying a K5 cluster warhead. According to him, the warhead contains 58 submunitions that detonate in the air and are intended to maximize effects on people and equipment across a 400 by 400 meter area. Flash said the strike was not aimed at a military target and reported many wounded civilians and destruction. #Ukraine

The Financial Times reports Ukraine has gained access to NATO's Support and Procurement Agency, allowing Kyiv to purchase weapons, ammunition and military equipment through its mechanisms. NSPA COO Jacqueline Borsboom said this gives Ukraine a more structured way to access procurement expertise, support services and an established industrial base, potentially expanding defense procurement through joint contracts and logistics support. #Ukraine

Witkoff praised Putin being such a humanitarian. Meanwhile, Kyiv has come under a massive missile attack, with more than 10 various missiles reportedly launched at the capital, including Iskander-M, Zircon and S-400. Dozens of explosions were heard within minutes. #Ukraine

❗️Zelensky says Russia has agreed to a trilateral meeting of Ukrainian, US and Russian delegations, with Washington proposing it happen as soon as possible. Ukraine hopes for talks in early November to prepare a potential Trump-Zelensky-Putin leaders' meeting. #Ukraine

Russian channels suggest Russia may have lost a second Su-30SM today, after the earlier crash in Kaliningrad. The second aircraft is also reported to have been a Su-30SM, with its crew killed. The location and circumstances remain unknown. #Russia

US Senator Thom Tillis blasted Steve Witkoff after he called Putin a "humanitarian." Tillis told Witkoff to ask Ukrainian families whose children Putin has kidnapped and murdered whether they agree with that description. #Ukraine

President Trump says he held off on new sanctions against Russia because they would have ended talks for Stephen Hubbard's release. He claimed critics later called to apologize after learning negotiations were underway and again blamed Biden for failing to free Hubbard. #Ukraine

Ukraine's sanctions commissioner Vladyslav Vlasiuk criticized the first Russian diesel shipment to the US. He calculates that the 40,000-ton cargo equals roughly 300,000 barrels, less than two hours of US diesel demand. With the voyage from Ust-Luga taking 2.5 to 3 weeks, Vlasiuk says the US will export more than 4 million tons of its own diesel before the tanker arrives, around 100 times the volume it brings. #Ukraine

Putin received US envoy Steve Witkoff at the Constantine Palace in St. Petersburg, where talks are now underway. Putin said Russia could supply large volumes of fertilizer to the US market and told Witkoff Moscow is ready to help resolve the conflict involving Iran. #Russia

Republican lawmaker and former FBI agent Brian Fitzpatrick is calling for an investigation into restrictions on Starshield for Ukraine. He says that if Elon Musk ordered the slowdown, it was likely illegal because Musk can make decisions about civilian Starlink, but not Starshield, which Fitzpatrick described as a military national security asset. He says he is prepared to call everyone involved, including Musk, before Congress to testify under oath. #Ukraine

Democratic Senator Chris Coons criticized Elon Musk's control over strategically important technology, saying one person should not be able to influence the course of a war "with one switch." He compared it to a private individual being able to turn fighter jets, aircraft carriers or nuclear submarines on and off, and argued that dual-use technologies can be critical to modern combat. Coons said US interests align with Ukraine, not Russia. #Ukraine

A joint CSIS and George W. Bush Institute report says 12,000 North Korean workers have been sent to Russia’s Alabuga special economic zone to assemble Shahed-type attack drones. The report says they are paid $2.50 an hour, while Pyongyang takes 70% to 90% of their wages. Russian youth and other foreign workers are also employed there, with researchers alleging coercive labor practices affecting multiple groups. #Russia

Protecting business interest? Axios reports that Trump’s son-in-law and envoy Kushner, who joined yesterday’s Oslo talks online, again pressed Ukraine to halt strikes on Russian oil refineries. The issue was raised during negotiations involving US and European partners. #Ukraine

❗️WSJ reports Elon Musk personally ordered a slowdown of the military-grade Starlink service relied on by Ukraine, rendering some offensive and interceptor drones virtually useless. Musk and Trump discussed the decision after it became public, while one source says they had also discussed it beforehand. Musk had publicly said such restrictions were up to the US military and president; Trump said Monday he did not know who was responsible. #Ukraine

Is he talking to himself?