The U.S. Treasury said Wednesday it imposed new sanctions on Russia over its "lack of serious commitment to a peace process to end the war in Ukraine."

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin's special envoy Kirill Dmitriev was in the United States for meetings with Trump administration officials including special envoy Steve Witkoff,

Russia notified the United States in advance about the exercises of its strategic nuclear forces, including the deployment of the latest Burevestnik missile. This was announced on October 27 by Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov.

Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán was delighted to learn last week that Russia and the United States had chosen his country as the venue for another summit on ending the war in Ukraine.

Ukraine has already joined the preparations for hearings initiated by a bipartisan group of U.S. senators on Russia’s crimes related to the abduction of Ukrainian children. — Ukrinform.

This cluster of quakes serves as a reminder that large subsea seismic events near Russia can trigger trans-Pacific tsunami alerts, with possible effects for Alaska, Hawaii, and the US West Coast. The pair of earthquakes that struck Saturday were both moderate in strength, measuring at 5.2 and 5.3 magnitude, according to the USGS.