The US licensed russian diesel after Trump’s call with Putin; Kyiv calls it a gift to the kremlin

Civilian victims of russian strikes on 9 October and the night of 10 October — per official reports as of the morning of 10.10; the data are incomplete and may rise. Updated totals of the most severe earlier strikes are given for comparison:

• Kramatorsk (Donetsk region), 8.10 — at least 33 killed, 18 injured, an aerial bomb on a bus stop with two scheduled buses (as of 13:09 8.10; no final data found)
• Pryluky (Chernihiv region), 7.10 — 22 killed (5 of them children), 54 injured (7 of them children), missile strike on a five-storey building; search operation completed on 8.10
• Zaporizhzhia, 10.10 (≈04:48) — 7 killed (3 of them children), 10–11 injured (2 of them children), guided aerial bombs on a five-storey building and residential blocks; the search under the rubble continues
• Ivano-Frankivsk, night of 9.10 — 1 killed, drones on the city
• Dnipropetrovsk region, Zaitseve station, 9–10.10 — 1 killed (an Ukrzaliznytsia worker), a repeat strike during repair work
• Rivne region, 9.10 — 7 injured, 4 of them children (a 13-year-old boy in serious condition), strike on the house of a large family
• Kyiv region, over the day to 10.10 — 6 injured, 28 sites damaged (24 private houses) in five districts

Zaporizhzhia, 10 October at about 04:48: russian guided aerial bombs hit a five-storey apartment building, and in part of a stairwell the floors collapsed down to the second storey. At least 26 residential buildings were damaged in Shevchenkivskyi and Voznesenivskyi districts (23 apartment blocks, 3 private houses), three of them seriously. As of 08:05 Ivan Fedorov reported 5 killed (2 of them children) and 11 injured (including a 12-year-old boy and a 14-year-old girl); as of ≈08:23–08:30 the regional authorities and media reported 7 killed, including three children. Rescuers pulled several people from the rubble; the search continues — people may still be under the debris. The reports found say nothing about a day of mourning.

Rivne region, 9 October: a large family was hurt in a russian strike — 7 injured (two women, a man and four children), all hospitalised. According to the head of the Rivne RMA Oleksandr Koval, three children are in moderate condition; the first report said a 10-year-old boy was in serious condition, a later one a 13-year-old, so the data on the children’s condition differ. The community is not named in the report.

218 combat clashes were recorded on 9 October. russia carried out 88 airstrikes (282 KABs), used 9,389 kamikaze drones, shelled positions and settlements 2,471 times and carried out 1 missile strike. Attacks by direction (the named directions account for only about 88 of the 218 clashes; the rest are not broken down in the retelling of the report):

• Pokrovsk — 22
• South Slobozhanskyi — 18
• Kostiantynivka — 16
• Huliaipole — 12
• Lyman — 8
• North Slobozhanskyi and Kursk — 8
• Kupiansk — 2
• Sloviansk, Orikhiv — 1 each
• Kramatorsk, Oleksandrivka, Prydniprovskyi — no assaults

Ukraine’s General Staff reports russian losses for 9–10 October (total ~1,550,910 personnel; no independent confirmation):

• personnel — 1,420
• tanks — 4
• armoured vehicles — 6
• artillery systems — 50
• MLRS — 2
• air defence systems — 6
• unmanned ground vehicles — 9
• operational-tactical UAVs — 1,591
• vehicles — 534
• special equipment — 2

On the night of 10 October russia attacked with 160 strike drones, 110 of them jet-powered. By 09:00, 117 had been shot down or suppressed (82 of them jet-powered); hits were recorded at 14 locations and debris fell at 10 more. The report says nothing about missiles; the attack was continuing at the time of the report. Over the day to the morning of 10.10, drones damaged 28 sites in five districts of Kyiv region, and 6 people were hurt.

unverifiedAir Force spokesman Yurii Ihnat said on 9 October that russia has changed its approach to air attacks: it is widening the areas where drones are used in order to disperse air defence; about two-thirds of the drones launched are classic piston-engined ones, but the share of jet drones is growing; jet drones fly in small groups. In his words, 100% interception is physically impossible. Glavcom also cites an ISW assessment: russia combines waves of drones and missiles against a limited number of targets, probably preparing for a winter campaign against critical infrastructure.

💥📏 505 km from Ukrainian-held territory ≈Redkino experimental plant (Redkino, Tver region), night of 9 October. Ukraine’s General Staff confirmed the hit (report of 9.10 at about 12:39–12:44 Kyiv time): according to it, the plant makes components of the Detsilin-M fuel for Kh-55 and Kh-101 missiles and is under international sanctions. The General Staff gave no extent of damage. The local authorities effectively acknowledged a fire at an enterprise in the same settlement but did not name it: Governor Vitaly Korolyov said that after a repelled attack a fire broke out at a plant in Redkino, workers were evacuated and no one was hurt.

local authorities: indirectLocal authorities (Tver region governor Vitaly Korolyov (via Radio Svoboda), 9.10): after a repelled attack a fire broke out at a plant in the settlement of Redkino (did not name the enterprise); workers were evacuated to shelters, no one was hurt; the fire was later put out.

💥📏 750 km from Ukrainian-held territory ≈Branch of the Barmin Research Institute of Launch Complexes (TsENKI JSC) in Dalneye Konstantinovo, Nizhny Novgorod region, night of 9 October. Ukraine’s General Staff confirmed the hit (9.10 at about 12:39–12:44): the institution builds and maintains launch complexes, fuelling equipment and missile control systems. The General Staff did not specify the consequences. The material found contains no statement by the local authorities about this particular site — the hit is confirmed only by the Ukrainian side.

local authorities silentLocal authorities (Nizhny Novgorod region authorities, 9.10): no statement about the consequences at this site was found.

💥📏 750 km from Ukrainian-held territory ≈Intercontinental ballistic missile disposal centre near Surovatikha, Nizhny Novgorod region, night of 9 October. Ukraine’s General Staff confirmed the hit (9.10 at about 12:39–12:44), explaining the target as reducing russia’s capacity to produce explosives and rocket fuel; the extent of damage was not given. No statement by the local authorities about this site was found. The General Staff called all three strikes an exercise of the right to self-defence under Article 51 of the UN Charter.

local authorities silentLocal authorities (Nizhny Novgorod region authorities, 9.10): no statement about the consequences at this site was found.

🔥unverified📏 1,705 km from Ukrainian-held territory ≈Lukoil-Ukhtaneftepererabotka refinery (Ukhta, Komi Republic), morning of 9 October. President Zelensky announced the hit (9.10, at about 14:11), citing a distance of about 1,900 km from the border and An-196 RS drones; Astra, analysing eyewitness videos, sees smoke over the plant. The material found contains no confirmation from the General Staff, SBU, HUR, SSO or USF, so the hit remains unconfirmed. The local authorities acknowledged only a repelled attack: the head of Komi Rostislav Goldshtein reported repelling a drone attack, Ukhta airport was closed and schoolchildren were evacuated; he did not mention the refinery.

local authorities: indirectLocal authorities (head of the Komi Republic Rostislav Goldshtein (via Astra), 9.10): the region repelled a drone attack; Ukhta airport was closed, schoolchildren were evacuated to shelters; did not mention the refinery or a fire.

💥unverified📏 300 km from Ukrainian-held territory ≈Yandex data centre (Kaluga region), night of 9 October. The company confirmed damage and warned of possible outages of some services; the extent of the damage was being clarified. Governor Vladislav Shapsha reported 26 drones shot down, hits on city infrastructure, damaged private houses in two districts and 9 injured (5 hospitalised), but did not name the site. On 9.10 Zelensky mentioned a strike on “another data centre”. No confirmation from the General Staff, SBU, HUR, SSO or USF was found, so the hit is unconfirmed; it is the second reported strike on a Yandex site in a week (see Sasovo).

local authorities: indirectLocal authorities (Kaluga region governor Vladislav Shapsha; Yandex (via Radio Svoboda, Kyiv Independent), 9.10): 26 drones shot down, city infrastructure and private houses damaged, 9 injured; Yandex confirmed damage to its data centre in the region.

💥📏 315 km from Ukrainian-held territory ≈Military targets, night of 9 October and 8 October. Ukraine’s General Staff (report of 9.10, 14:31 per LB.ua) confirmed hitting: a Pantsir-S1 air-defence missile-gun system near Kudepsta (Krasnodar krai) — lost by russia; storage, preparation and launch sites for strike drones and a command and observation post near Donetsk; ammunition and materiel depots in the areas of Rubizhne, Sentianivka and Luhansk (Luhansk region) and Vesele (Donetsk region); a field fuel and lubricants depot near Stroitel (Belgorod region); a command and observation post of an airborne assault unit near Ukrainka (Donetsk region), hit on 6.10. The General Staff did not specify the extent of the destruction; no statements by the local authorities were found.

local authorities silentLocal authorities (local authorities of Krasnodar krai and Belgorod region, 9.10): no statements about these sites were found.

🛢️unverified📏 70 km from Ukrainian-held territory ≈Oil terminal in Rostov-on-Don, night of 10 October. Glavcom in its overnight review (10.10, 05:57) reported that drones attacked an oil terminal; the available text says nothing about a fire, damage or the operator. No confirmation from the General Staff, SBU, HUR, SSO or USF and no statements by the local authorities had been found as of the morning of 10.10, so the strike is unconfirmed. The marker’s coordinates are the city centre.

local authorities silentLocal authorities (Rostov region authorities, 10.10): no statement about this site had been found at the time of the issue.

As of the morning of 10.10 there are no results or confirmation from the General Staff, SBU, HUR, SSO or USF for earlier-mentioned strikes: the Volodarskaya pumping station (Moscow region, 6.10), a tanker in the port of Sochi (6.10), an enterprise in Sasovo district of Ryazan region (8.10; ISW suggests a Yandex data centre was hit there) and an enterprise in Krasnodar (8.10). Results usually appear a day or more later.

ISW, in its assessment for 8 October, writes that russian milbloggers acknowledged Ukrainian advances east of Sloviansk and Kramatorsk, and believes that counteroffensive actions may complicate russian attempts to capture the “Fortress Belt”. ISW considers the russian MoD’s claims of encircling Ukrainian troops near Velykyi Burluk and Dobropillia unconfirmed: according to its sources, these are small infiltrating groups. ISW also notes that russia is moving drones and special forces from quieter sectors to the Sloviansk–Kramatorsk direction. The assessment for 9.10 could not be read.

Russian milbloggers recently acknowledged Ukrainian advances east of Slovyansk and Kramatorsk

Mediazona, in an investigation of 9 October, established that a strike on Donetsk on 26 August killed at least 20 russian officers of the headquarters of the “Centre” grouping, the Central Military District and the 41st Combined Arms Army (18 on the same day, two died later); the outlet calls it the largest known loss of officers from a single strike. Method: matching staff lists with state registers and obituaries. The material gives no confirmation from the General Staff, SBU or HUR; the staff lists of the Central Military District and the 41st Army are current only as of July 2025.

On 9 October, after a call with Putin, Trump announced on Truth Social a deal to supply russian diesel to the American and world markets. According to him, russia will supply:

• immediately — over 300,000 tonnes
• in November — another 500,000 tonnes
• after that — 1 million tonnes (Trump also mentioned a possible 3 million tonnes depending on the state of the refineries)

Russia will immediately supply over 300,000 Tons of Diesel Fuel to the American and Global Marketplace

The US Treasury (OFAC) issued a “temporary general license” for the supply of russian diesel to the world market; according to the Kyiv Post, the licence is valid until 7 April 2027. The White House, according to CNN, did not explain who will pay for the fuel, when the first shipments will arrive or whether they will arrive before the 3 November midterm elections. The US has not imported russian oil and gas since 2022, and Trump signed sweeping sanctions against russia only a month ago. Atlantic Council analyst Joseph Webster believes the promised volumes are vague and too small for the global diesel shortage. The Kyiv Independent writes that Zelensky had proposed to the US a mutual halt to strikes on energy: Ukraine would stop hitting russian refineries if russia stopped hitting Ukraine’s energy.

The talks between Ukraine, the US and Europeans in Miami on 9 October lasted about eight hours (Axios): they discussed security guarantees from the US, Europe and NATO, territorial proposals, a post-war package (reconstruction, rebuilding the army, the budget deficit) and a roadmap for Ukraine’s EU accession. Envoy Witkoff called the meeting productive on X — topics included de-escalation, the resilience of the energy system in winter and reconstruction. Radio Svoboda, citing anonymous sources, writes that there will be no second day of talks; no reasons were given. Witkoff and Kushner, according to Axios, are considering trips to Moscow and Kyiv next week; Peskov said the same day that they are welcome in Moscow.

unverifiedAccording to Axios citing an American official and a Ukrainian official (both anonymous), Witkoff and Kushner told the Ukrainian delegation in Miami that Trump was expecting a call with Putin and the lifting of sanctions on russian diesel; the decision was made after Kyiv allegedly ignored about six requests to stop strikes on refineries. The Ukrainian official claims the Ukrainians were threatened with a cut-off of access to American intelligence; the American official denies this. An anonymous senior Ukrainian official to FT correspondent Christopher Miller: “We will burn their refineries” (as retold by Glavcom).

unverifiedFrom aggregator reports that could not be verified in primary sources: Greece and Spain, according to The Telegraph, refused to hand Ukraine 200 Patriot missiles; the US imposed sanctions on the International Criminal Court, which issued an arrest warrant for Putin; the Bundestag adopted a resolution on Germany’s special historical responsibility towards Ukraine.

💰⛽ Ukraine and russia. In a Truth Social post on 9 October (location not given) Trump announced that he had held a “very successful” conversation with Putin and that russia will supply diesel to the American and world markets; he named lower prices for Americans, including farmers and truckers, as the priority, and cited “total control” of the Strait of Hormuz as justification. The post mentioned neither sanctions nor the war in Ukraine (CNN). Zelensky then called the deal “not fair and not honest”.

Lower prices for Americans, especially our Great Farmers, Ranchers, and Truckers, is my Greatest Priority.

📞🤝 Ukraine and russia. Speaking to reporters (according to TASS, at the White House) Trump thanked Putin for the diesel deal; TASS dates the remarks to 10.10, but Glavcom, citing a Reuters video, places them on 9.10. Asked about Zelensky’s criticism, according to Axios, Trump declined to comment and said he was pleased with the deal. Axios: Trump expects Witkoff and Kushner to carry a message from Florida to russia.

I want to thank President Putin, to be honest with you.

🛢️unverifiedIran. According to a CNBC headline of 9 October, Trump’s comments about talks with Iran calmed the oil market (the price barely changed); the text of the article could not be read, so the content of the statement is not given. The material found contains no new confirmed statements about strikes on Iran over the past day.

😅🙈light noteunverifiedLight note. When reporters told Trump that Zelensky had called the diesel deal a weak step, he, as retold by Glavcom citing Reuters, first asked who had said that, and on hearing it was the president of Ukraine replied “Okay” — and did not address the substance of the criticism, instead repeating that the world needs oil and that the US is a “reliable partner”.

Democratic Senators Jeanne Shaheen, Chuck Schumer and Elizabeth Warren said after the diesel deal was announced that it is “a total betrayal of Ukraine, our European allies and American national security” and that Putin “only responds to strength”. A European diplomat, according to the Kyiv Independent, assessed the deal’s impact on prices as “very unlikely”, but said its symbolism “will have a real impact”.

a total betrayal of Ukraine, our European allies and American national security

The material found contains no statements by Chinese officials about the war over the past day; no other American officials (besides Trump and Witkoff) with new statements on Ukraine were found.

🗣️Yuri Ushakov, Putin’s foreign policy aide, on 9 October after Putin’s call with Trump (about an hour and a half): Putin made no commitment to resume peace talks. According to Ushakov, Ukraine’s strikes on Moscow and other cities during the State Duma elections “derailed” the possibility of an immediate resumption of the negotiating process; moscow, in his words, remains in favour of a political and diplomatic settlement, while Kyiv’s attempts to stop russian troops “have no prospects”. Putin, according to Axios, expressed confidence that the diesel deal will have a positive effect on the world economy. Context: an American official tells Axios that Putin is “open to a discussion on ending the war”, even though he keeps striking Ukraine; Ushakov gave no independent confirmation of the reasons the talks were derailed.

🗣️Dmitry Peskov, Putin’s spokesman, said at a briefing on 9 October that Trump’s envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are “always welcome” in Moscow if they want to share the results of the talks with the Ukrainian delegation; he named no dates for a visit. Context: the visit has not been officially confirmed; Axios writes that a trip to Moscow is being considered for next week.

🗣️unverifiedDmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of russia’s Security Council, in a social media post on 9 October (Glavcom does not name the platform), reacted to the detention in Risan (Montenegro) of Mikhail Zvinchuk, head of the propaganda project “Rybar”: he wrote that it will probably be necessary to “replenish the exchange fund” with Europeans and Americans, and quoted the saying “if you live with wolves, howl like a wolf”. He named no concrete plans to detain foreigners. Context: Zvinchuk’s detention is reported only by Ukrainian media in retelling; the direct source of the post has not been verified.