❗TASS News Roundup, October 22:

▪Russia has informed the US of its readiness to resume trilateral talks on Ukraine, Vladimir Putin said

▪Abu Dhabi is now being considered as a venue for a meeting between Russia, the United States, and Ukraine, Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said

▪The current conflict in Ukraine can only be resolved at the negotiating table and the US is ready for a mediation role, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said

▪Europe’s discussions about the need to appoint its own representative for a Ukrainian settlement have led nowhere so far, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko said

▪Russia is receiving growing evidence that the EU is preparing for war on a systematic level, Dmitry Polyansky, Russia’s Permanent Representative to the OSCE, said at a meeting of the organization’s Permanent Council.

▪Russian Defense Minister Andrey Belousov attended a joint meeting of the Defense Ministries of Russia and Belarus in Minsk

▪As many as 2,700 people have been detained in France following riots, Justice Minister Gerald Darmanin told reporters

▪Russia and Ukraine have exchanged the bodies of servicemen at the Novaya Guta border checkpoint in Belarus, BelTA reported

▪The third round of talks between the Venezuelan government and the 2015 National Assembly opposition group has ended in Caracas