2025-10-21: Ukraine Roundup

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WSWS (2025-10-21). Explosion at factory in Bashkiria, Russia kills 3 workers. wsws.org The factory explosion gives insight not only into the industrial slaughter in Russia but also into the social relations prevailing in the country amid the war in Ukraine.

gerard Toal, Professor of Government, International Affairs, Virginia Tech (2025-10-21). When it comes to Ukraine peace negotiations, it's all over the map. | Gerard Toal

newarab (2025-10-21). Russia cuts power to north Ukraine amid Trump ceasefire calls. newarab.com

WSWS (2025-10-21). Ukraine: From sporadic resistance to war to the first hotbeds of collective struggle. wsws.org Resistance to forced mobilization in Ukraine is increasingly taking on social and collective forms.

ICRC (2025-10-21). Ukraine: Strikes on cities are upending lives. icrc.org

Mark J Willière (2025-10-21). Why Trump Believes Ukraine Can't Win the War Against Russia? thinktank.pk In the ongoing conflict between Ukraine and Russia, former U.S. President Donald Trump's recent statements have sparked intense debate. He has expressed skepticism about Ukraine's ability to emerge victorious, suggesting that the war should freeze along current battle lines and that territorial concessions might be necessary. This perspective comes amid shifting U.S. policy and global …

albawaba (2025-10-21). Trump and Zelensky clash at tense White House meeting over Ukraine's future. albawaba.com ALBAWABA- A tense White House meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday erupted into a heated confrontation, exposing deep rifts over how to end the nearly four-year war with Russia. The closed-door session, intended to outline a path to peace, reportedly devolved into shouting as the two leaders sparred over territorial concessions and continued U.S. military aid.According to close sources, Trump chastised Zelensky for rejecting Russian demands, warning that Ukraine risked being "destroyed" unless it surrendered the eastern Donbas region, including Donetsk a…

ICRC (2025-10-21). Ukraine: Supporting families living with uncertainty. icrc.org

| Sports Desk | (2025-10-21). Sindh women's softball team trials successfully concluded. tribune.com.pk Under the supervision of Coordinator Mohammad Nasir, the Sindh Softball Association successfully completed women's softball trials across all divisions of the province for the upcoming 35th National Games. | The final phase of the trials was held at KMC Sports Complex, Karachi, where more than 40 talented female players participated. The event was graced by the presence of Muhammad Zeeshan Merchant (General Secretary, Sindh Softball Association), Mohammad Nasir Ehsan (Secretary Finance & Trials Coordinator), Murad Hussain (Director Game Development), and Ismail Shah (District Sports Officer East). | "The trial…

adam Taylor, Professor of Anatomy, Lancaster University (2025-10-21). Bubble tea's dark side: from lead contamination to kidney stones. | Adam Taylor

Agence France-Presse (2025-10-20). Will Zelensky join Trump and Putin in Budapest for peace talks? Only if invited. scmp.com Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said he would be ready to join Russian President Vladimir Putin and US counterpart Donald Trump at their summit in Hungary if he is invited. | Trump and Putin said they would meet in the Hungarian capital, possibly in a matter of weeks, as the US leader continues to try to broker a peace deal to end the three-and-a-half-year war, triggered by Russia's 2022 invasion.

| afp | (2025-10-20). 'Will resume ties with US after two decades'. tribune.com.pk Bolivia's new center-right president-elect said Monday he would seek to reinstate diplomatic ties with the United States that were broken off nearly two decades ago under leftist ex-leader Evo Morales. | "In the specific case of the United States… that relationship will be resumed," economist-turned-senator Rodrigo Paz, 58, told reporters after emerging victorious in a run-off election Sunday. | He beat a fellow right-wing rival after voters in a first round in August delivered a critical blow to the socialist MAS party created by Morales and blamed by many for the South American country's myriad economic wo…

Tomdispatch (2025-10-20). A Matter of Life and Death: Trump, RFK Jr. and Lies that Kill. juancole.com By David Rosner and Gerald Markowitz ( Tomdispatch.com ) — The Senate Finance Committee hearing with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was explosive. The Secretary of Health and Human Services was accused of "reckless disregard for science and the truth," and senators from both parties were openly hostile as they questioned him extensively on his vaccine …

en.mehrnews (2025-10-20). Rodrigo Paz wins Bolivia presidential elections. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 20 (MNA) — Bolivians elected pro-business senator Rodrigo Paz as their new president, ending 20 years of socialist rule.

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