And, on that note, we will be closing the blog for today. Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that 40 people were confirmed dead and more than 30 missing after “insane” Russian attack on a school in Ukraine on Monday (14:44), just days before key trilateral peace talks with the US and Russia. Zelenskyy continues his trip of Europe and after visiting Germany where he was hosted by chancellor Friedrich Merz, he is now expected in Spain. His comments came as the EU hosted key technical talks with the US, some EU countries, Nato, and the World Bank on Ukraine (10:05). Following the US midterm elections, some European leaders expressed hopes that the result will put Donald Trump under pressure to make progress in talks with Moscow and Kyiv (12:18, 12:57, 14:31). But some leaders also expressed concerns about the political consequences of the vote (11:31, 11:55, 12:45). In other news, Montenegro could be in a position to join the European Union as early as 2028 with accession ne