- Russia’s Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu has held a phone call with his United States counterpart, Lloyd Austin, where the pair discussed “issues of international security”.
- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Russia’s President Vladimir Putin appears to be “much softer and more open to negotiations” than in the past.
- Russia’s Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu has held a phone call with his United States counterpart, Lloyd Austin, where the pair discussed “issues of international security”.
- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Russia’s President Vladimir Putin appears to be “much softer and more open to negotiations” than in the past.
- Moscow says Ukrainian forces have killed at least four people in a missile attack on evacuating civilians in occupied Kherson.
- President Zelenskyy says Russia is planning to blow up a dam that would flood a swath of southern Ukraine to cover the retreat of Moscow’s troops; Moscow denies the claim.
- Ukrainians are facing the first nationwide electricity outages since the war began, conserving energy by turning off some domestic appliances and wrapping themselves in blankets.
This live blog is now closed, thank you for joining us. These were the updates on the Russia-Ukraine war on Friday, October 21: