Erdogan presses Russia and Ukraine to halt Black Sea attacks, hosts Zelenskyy

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Erdogan hosts Zelenskyy as the two agree to work on a new Black Sea grain corridor

On Saturday, Turkish President Erdogan hosted Ukrainian President Zelenskyy in Istanbul and urged Russia and Ukraine to stop attacks in the Black Sea. The two leaders agreed to work on a new Black Sea grain corridor. Civilians evacuated from Russian-occupied Oleshky reached Belarus on Saturday on their way to Ukraine, under what is described as the most significant truce since the full-scale invasion began. Fighting elsewhere continued in recent days, including Russian strikes on Kyiv energy facilities on Friday and Ukrainian drone attacks on Russia.

• Moscow and Kyiv have so far observed the six-day local truce around Oleshky, and an aid convoy entered the town on Friday.
• Russia said it struck energy infrastructure in and around Kyiv on Friday. Russian authorities said they intercepted more than 1,000 Ukrainian drones overnight, and an oil refinery was struck.
• A Russian drone strike on a train station in Dnipro on Wednesday killed at least 13 people.
• The US approved the sale of 500 Patriot interceptor missiles to Ukraine, and a Greek container ship sank after drone strikes off Bulgaria on October 28.