🇺🇦 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has warned that any easing of sanctions against Russia without genuine agreements to halt military actions would be a sign of weakness and a gift to President Putin. He emphasized the importance of maintaining pressure on Russia to ensure a resolution to ongoing conflicts.

🇷🇺🇺🇸 Russia has confirmed its readiness to supply oil and petroleum products to the U.S. and global markets, according to President Vladimir Putin. He stated that the presence of Russian oil in the American market would positively impact the global economy. Additionally, Putin and Trump have agreed to continue personal contacts and cooperation between their administrations, intelligence services, and agencies, as reported by the Kremlin. For more details, visit the release.

🇺🇸 A telephone conversation between Putin and Trump has marked their sixth discussion since the beginning of this year, according to TASS.

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🚫 Ukraine will continue to strike Russian refineries if an energy truce is not reached, according to a source from RBC-Ukraine.

🎉 Donald Trump has extended birthday wishes to Vladimir Putin. In response, Putin expressed his gratitude to Trump for the birthday greetings and warm words, according to Ushakov.

🇷🇺🇺🇸 The possibility of a bilateral meeting between Putin and Trump has not yet been specifically discussed. The leaders may find an opportunity to meet, shake hands, and talk on the sidelines of the APEC summit, provided they both attend, according to Ushakov.

🚨 Former President Donald Trump has indicated that he might reconsider his plan to avoid large-scale strikes against Iran before the midterm elections. "I could do it. We'll see," Trump told reporters. Meanwhile, the U.S. urged Americans to leave Iran immediately on October 8. In other news, diesel prices on the CME exchange plummeted following discussions between Putin and Trump.

🚨🇺🇦 U.S. negotiations with Ukrainian and European representatives in Miami were constructive, according to Witkoff. They discussed resolving the Ukrainian conflict before winter and creating a new security architecture between Russia and Europe for lasting peace. The U.S. and European nations aim to prepare a unified resolution plan for Russia in the coming weeks. However, the Ukrainian delegation ended talks early after news of a "big deal" between Trump and Putin surfaced. An American official warned that Ukraine could lose intelligence support if strikes on Russian refineries continue. Witkoff and Kushner are considering visits to Moscow and Kyiv next week to discuss peace proposals, but the impact of the Trump-Putin deal remains unclear. — AXIOS

⚠️ Ukraine will persist in its strikes on Russian oil refineries, despite a diesel supply deal between Trump and Putin, according to a Ukrainian official cited by the Financial Times. Trump finalized the agreement after Zelensky ignored calls to halt attacks on these facilities. The U.S. has warned that it may withhold intelligence support from Ukraine if the strikes continue, as reported by Axios. For more details, visit FT and AXIOS.

🛢🇺🇸🇷🇺 The Trump administration supports a potential deal for the acquisition of foreign assets from LUKOIL by a consortium led by investor Todd Boehly. The consortium, which includes the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC), aims to acquire LUKOIL's fields in Asia, Europe, Africa, and North America, with a combined production exceeding 350,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day. The deal may also include three refineries in Bulgaria, Romania, and the Netherlands, with a total capacity of 350,000 barrels per day. U.S. officials estimate the foreign assets' value at around $20 billion. — NYP

🚨 Former President Donald Trump, speaking to supporters in Syracuse, New York, threatened to "destroy" Iran if the country refuses to negotiate a deal with the United States. He claimed that the resolution regarding Iran is progressing at a "dizzying speed," according to a post on Truth Social.

📈 The Russian stock index, IMOEX, rose by 0.8% following a significant increase of 4% the previous day.

🚫🛢🇺🇸 Hurricane Isaias has led to a significant disruption in the U.S. oil industry, with 63% of oil production in the Gulf of Mexico halted. Additionally, refinery operations are being suspended as the storm approaches. For further details, visit — CNBC.

🏆🇺🇸 Trump: The Nobel Peace Prize has been discredited by radical anti-democrats.

❗️🇪🇺🇷🇺 NATO Military Committee Chairman Giuseppe Cavo Dragone has confirmed that NATO has no plans to block Kaliningrad. "It should be clear regarding Kaliningrad: NATO is not preparing any blockade. Reports of such a threat are based on a non-existent scenario," he stated in an interview with La Repubblica.

⚠️✴️ Former Mt.Gox CEO claims that a crypto wallet, Ledger, purchased in Malaysia contained a spy module with a SIM chip, despite its intact packaging. For more details, visit this link.

✨ The XRP Ledger has resolved a decade-old bug that could have potentially generated billions of dollars worth of XRP from thin air. Fortunately, there were no losses of funds, no compromise of private keys, and no disruption to consensus. For more details, see the report.

🌟 The total revenue of the Hyperliquid protocol has surpassed $1.4 billion, with over $1.26 billion allocated for the buyback of HYPE tokens in the open market. The company holds more than 56% of the perpetual crypto futures market share, according to an overview by Castle Labs. Currently, Hyperliquid leads in monthly trading volume for perpetual futures among similar projects and ranks first among crypto projects in total revenue this year.