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Key updates Zelensky: Europe Must Be Included in November Peace Talks Zelensky Urges US to End Month-Long Patriot Missile Delay as Russian Strikes Kill Civilians Russian Strike Hits Kharkiv Apartment Building, Injures Four Including 4-Year-Old Boy Israel Election: Four Scenarios as Opposition Edges Netanyahu but Falls Short of Majority President Volodymyr Zelensky insisted that European countries must participate in upcoming US-mediated peace negotiations with Russia, warning that no European partner should be excluded. His remarks followed a rare phone call between Finnish President Alexander Stubb, Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre and Vladimir Putin, ahead of expected trilateral negotiations in Abu Dhabi in November. President Volodymyr Zelensky insisted Tuesday, Oct. 27, that European countries must be involved in upcoming peace negotiations, warning that no European partner should be excluded from decisions on ending Russia’s war against Ukraine. His remarks came as preparations continued for US-mediated talks involving Ukrainian, American and Russian representatives in November, following renewed diplomatic contacts between Moscow and European leaders. President Volodymyr Zelensky urged Washington to authorize Patriot and NASAMS missile deliveries delayed for nearly a month, warning that interceptor shortages are leaving Ukrainian civilians vulnerable to deadly Russian ballistic attacks. His appeal followed strikes on Kyiv that damaged a university campus, student dormitories and critical infrastructure. President Volodymyr Zelensky urged the US on Tuesday, Oct. 27, to approve urgently needed Patriot interceptor deliveries that have been delayed for nearly a month, warning that shortages are leaving Ukrainian civilians vulnerable to deadly Russian ballistic missile strikes. His appeal followed Russian attacks on Kyiv on Monday evening and overnight that killed a 46-year-old woman and injured 15 others. The strikes damaged the State University of Trade and Economics, including student dormitories and academic buildings, as well as nearby Kyoto Park, residential buildings and transport infrastructure. Five of those injured were university students and staff, Ukrainian officials said. A Russian attack on Kharkiv’s Osnovianskyi district late on Oct. 27 hit a residential apartment building, injuring four people, including a four-year-old boy. Local officials reported that people were trapped inside as emergency crews responded. Russian forces struck a residential apartment building in Ukraine’s northeastern city of Kharkiv late Tuesday, Oct. 27, injuring at least four people, including a four-year-old boy, Ukrainian officials reported. Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov reported on Telegram that the strike hit an apartment building in the city’s Osnovianskyi district, leaving residents trapped inside. Israel faces uncertain coalition talks after exit polls projected 52–53 seats for Gadi Eisenkot’s opposition bloc and 50 for Benjamin Netanyahu’s allies. Arab Israeli parties could become kingmakers, while a minority government, national unity coalition or fresh elections remain possible. Israelis went to the polls in the highest turnout for decades on Tuesday, with initial exit polls showing a slight edge but no majority for the opposition, meaning the next government will be formed by whoever can cobble together a coalition. The country’s main pollsters projected the opposition bloc, led by ex-army chief Gadi Eisenkot, to win 52 or 53 seats, and Netanyahu’s bloc to win 50.