U.S. Secretary of State Rubio said he has discussed with Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov the possibility of a meeting between Trump and Putin next month at the APEC summit.

Russia's Deputy Prime Minister Novak said on the 30th that Ukraine struck multiple Russian refineries and a gas facility that day. Russian presidential aide Ushakov said Ukraine ignored US President Trump's call to stop strikes on Russian refineries; Trump had urged a halt but Ukraine did not comply. Ukrainian President Zelenskiy said on the 30th that Russia continues to target Ukrainian power plants, the grid and energy interconnection facilities, has taken no de‑escalatory steps in the energy sector, and that Ukraine will continue to respond. Zelenskiy added that on the 15th Ukraine had paused attacks on Russian refineries at US request but cancelled that pause after Russia continued strikes on Ukrainian energy infrastructure.

Meta Platforms (META.O) partnered with Chinese startup Fourier Intelligent (Fourier) to develop a humanoid robot prototype, producing a roughly 106 lb machine codenamed “Max” in just three months, The Information reported.