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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Maira Butt

Zelensky and US envoys hold talks as Rubio denies withholding intelligence

  • Marco Rubio denied claims that the United States is withholding intelligence from Ukraine , calling the allegations “scandalous” and untrue.
  • A new poll published by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS) on 20 October revealed that the Ukrainian president’s trust rating rose by 14 percentage points since the U.S. struck a deal with Moscow to supply Russian diesel, drawing a furious reaction from Kyiv.
  • Relations between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky further strained after Trump accused the Ukrainian president of doing nothing to stop the war.
  • Finnish President Alexander Stubb announced that talks with Zelensky and Steve Witkoff yielded elements of peace to be presented in St. Petersburg.
  • Zelensky confirmed that missile-strike intelligence sharing with the United States is working and expects to speak with Marco Rubio soon.

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