• Lukashenko: “Serious standoff between Kiev and Moscow, we have to sit at the negotiating table”
• According to the US, “Moscow executes soldiers who do not follow orders”
• Moscow’s Defense Minister: “If the necessary conditions are created, we are ready to politically discuss both the post-war solution to the Ukraine crisis and the parameters of further coexistence with the West on a realistic basis.”
• For Orban: “Kiev won’t win,” but European leaders don’t want to admit it
9:02 a.m. – The Russians arrest two of their soldiers suspected of killing the Ukrainian family of nine
Russian investigators have arrested two army soldiers in Moscow-controlled eastern Ukraine suspected of massacring a family of nine, including two children, in Volnovakha. According to Russian media, the two soldiers killed with silenced weapons. The reasons for the killings could be personal and not related to the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.
06.20 a.m. – Ukraine: Explosions in the Khmelnytskyi region
Explosions occurred overnight in the Khmelnytsky region of Ukraine after an aerial warning signal was activated. Serhii Tyurin, the first deputy governor of the Khmelnytskyi region, said this on his Facebook profile. Tyurin stated that there were no casualties or damage following the kamikaze drone attack. The Ukrainian Air Force had previously warned of the presence of drones in the Khmelnytskyi region on the way to Starokostiantyniv.
5:44 a.m. – Family of 9 massacred in their home by Russian occupiers
An entire family of nine, including two children aged nine and five, were shot dead in their home in the Ukrainian town of Volnovakha in the Russian-occupied Donbas. According to the BBC, Ukrainian authorities claim that Russian soldiers killed the entire Kapkanets family because they refused to leave their home on October 27, the birthday of a family member. According to Russian investigators, two suspects were arrested: Russian soldiers from the Far East. Pictures of the murdered family circulated on social media: the bodies can be seen still hugging each other and covered in blood after being riddled with bullets. Authorities in Ukraine and Russia have launched separate investigations into the incidents.
Ukrainian Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets said that “bloody hands of Russians” were involved in the Volnovakha murders. “According to initial information, the occupiers killed the entire Kapkanets family, who were celebrating a birthday and had refused to hand over their house to the Chechen occupiers,” he wrote on Telegram. The Donetsk prosecutor’s office, which is still under Ukrainian control, also confirmed that the military shot the family members because the request to evacuate the house was rejected. Volnovakha was captured by Russian forces just weeks after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine began in February 2022. Most of the city was destroyed.