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Key updates Russia Strikes Odesa Infrastructure Again After Days of Deadly Attacks Russian Strike Sets Kyiv Café Ablaze as Attacks Continue Into Night US Extends Waiver for Russian-Controlled Serbian Oil Firm as Exit Talks Drag On Lithuania Moves to Ban Russian, Belarusian Artists Who Performed in Occupied Ukraine Russia struck Odesa infrastructure again after days of attacks that killed civilians and damaged residential, commercial and logistics sites. Russia struck Odesa infrastructure again late Wednesday, extending a relentless series of attacks on the Black Sea city that have killed civilians and damaged homes, businesses and logistics facilities in recent days. “Odesa was attacked by the enemy. Infrastructure was damaged,” Serhiy Lysak, head of the Odesa City Military Administration, reported on Telegram. Russian attacks caused new fires in Kyiv late Wednesday, hitting a café in a residential building and a warehouse as strikes on the capital continued. Russia launched a fresh attack on Kyiv early Thursday, Oct. 1, sparking fires at a café and warehouse after a day of Russian strikes on the Ukrainian capital killed three people and wounded seven. In the Solomianskyi district, flames broke out at a café on the ground floor of a residential building. Washington extended NIS’s operating license through Oct. 30 as talks continue over a sale of Russia’s majority stake to Hungary’s MOL. Washington has extended a crucial operating license for Serbia’s Russian-majority-owned oil company NIS for another month, keeping the country’s only refinery running as negotiations continue over removing Moscow’s controlling stake. The US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) extended the license through Oct. 30, Serbia’s government announced Wednesday. Lithuania’s government approved a proposal on Wednesday, Sept. 30 to bar Russian and Belarusian artists who worked in occupied Ukrainian territories or supported Russia’s war from performing in the country. To work in Lithuania, they would have to sign a public declaration condemning Russia’s aggression – a step that could expose them to prosecution at home. The amendment, if approved by the parliament, would take effect on Jan. 1, 2027. Lithuania’s government has approved a proposal to bar Russian and Belarusian artists and other cultural figures from performing in the country if they had previously worked in occupied or annexed Ukrainian territories. The government backed the measure on Wednesday, Sept. 30, Lithuanian media LRT reported. The ban would also cover anyone who has directly or indirectly supported Russia’s war against Ukraine.