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• U.S. Pushes Russian Gas Sales to Europe via Ukraine Pipelines as Kyiv Resumes Refinery Strikes

  A Witkoff-Kushner plan would route Russian gas through a U.S. intermediary and escrow account to win an energy truce, but EU law bans Russian gas by 2027.

• Trump Invokes Defense Production Act for Oil Refining as First Russian Diesel Tanker Heads to New York

  A Section 303 order and up to $150 million in DPA funds target fuel prices 10 days before the midterms, as the tanker Agioi Fanendes sails from Primorsk with 40,000 tons of Russian diesel.

• Putin Frees American Stephen Hubbard During Witkoff Talks in St. Petersburg; Kremlin Eyes Ukraine Talks Around Nov. 10

  Russia released a 74-year-old Michigan teacher held for more than four years as Moscow signaled it could return to three-way talks with Ukraine and the U.S. in November.

• Putin Floats Trump-Xi Summit in China on Ukraine Without Zelenskyy; Kremlin Confirms Talks, Trump Says He'd Go

  The Kremlin says a three-way meeting at APEC in Shenzhen was raised, Trump says he would attend mainly to discuss nuclear arms, and Kyiv warns the format rewards Moscow.