Skip next section Why did US scrap Trump-Putin meeting in Budapest?
10/31/2025October 31, 2025
Why did US scrap Trump-Putin meeting in Budapest?
The United States canceled a in Budapest after Moscow sent Washington a memo restating hard-line demands on Ukraine, according to a UK media report.
The cancellation followed a tense phone call between Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the Financial Times reported, citing people familiar with the matter. Afterward, Rubio told Trump that Russia was showing no willingness to negotiate. “Trump was not impressed with their position,” one source said.
Earlier this month, Trump and Putin had agreed by phone to meet in the Hungarian capital to discuss ending Russia’s war in Ukraine. Days later, Russia’s foreign ministry sent the memo underlining demands to address what Putin calls the “root causes” of his three-and-a-half-year invasion, three people familiar with the matter said.
It outlined conditions that included Ukrainian territorial concessions, a steep reduction of its armed forces, and guarantees that it would never join NATO.
Despite describing his October 16 call with Putin as “very productive,” Trump reportedly grew irritated when the Russian leader boasted of battlefield gains near Kupiansk and the Oskil River.
After the summit’s cancellation, Trump imposed new sanctions on Russia’s two largest oil producers and criticized Putin for rather than pursuing peace.
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10/31/2025October 31, 2025
Ukrainian drones hit Russian power plant, Moscow strikes back
A power plant in the Oryol region was hit by Ukrainian drones overnight, regional authorities said on Friday.
Governor Andrey Klychkov wrote on Telegram that debris from an intercepted drone fell on the facility, causing power outages and heating disruptions in parts of the city of Oryol.
The Russian Telegram channel Astra reported additional Ukrainian attacks on an electrical substation in Vladimir and a refinery near Yaroslavl on the Volga River.
Russia’s Defense Ministry said its forces intercepted 130 Ukrainian drones overnight.
In response, Russian air strikes targeted the , where local officials said 10 combat drones struck within one hour. Regional governor Oleh Hryhorov reported that a residential building and other civilian sites were hit, injuring at least two people.
Ukrainian railway depots in the Sumy and Kharkiv regions were also damaged, officials said.
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10/31/2025October 31, 2025
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The UK’s Financial Times is reporting that the US called off a planned Trump-Putin summit in Budapest after Moscow restated its hardline demands on Ukraine in a memo.
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