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16 October 2025
On the outskirts of Pokrovsk and in surrounding settlements, Ukrainian forces are neutralizing thousands of Russian invaders. Meanwhile, fighting with enemy sabotage and reconnaissance groups persists within the city itself.
On the night of October 15-16, Russia carried out another combined strike targeting Ukraine's energy infrastructure, particularly facilities in the gas sector.
A drone exploded at an enterprise in the Krasnopillia community, Sumy region, early on October 16, killing a 38-year-old man.
Counter-sabotage operations by Ukrainian forces are ongoing in Kupiansk, Kharkiv region, where the enemy has concentrated about 80 troops.
Reports claiming that Russian forces landed on Karantynnyi Island in the Korabelnyi district of Kherson are false.
Ukrainian forces struck the Saratov oil refinery on the night of October 15-16.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that the Russians used more than 300 drones and 37 missiles, including a significant number of ballistic missiles, last night, and also spoke about the enemy's double terror – repeated strikes and cluster munitions.
Russian invaders attacked the Kramatorsk community in the Donetsk region with drones at night and in the morning.
A man was wounded in Nizhyn, Chernihiv region, as a result of a Russian attack that occurred in the early morning.
Russian invaders killed one and wounded six residents of the Donetsk region over the past day, October 15.
As a result of drone attacks targeting energy facilities in Russia’s Volgograd region overnight on October 15–16, a fire broke out at an electrical substation.
On October 15, Ukrainian Defense Forces recorded 184 combat engagements with Russian forces along the front line.
Russian forces attacked an enterprise in Chernihiv.
In Kherson region, two people were injured over the past 24 hours as a result of Russian aggression.
Russia’s total combat losses in its war against Ukraine from February 24, 2022, to October 16, 2025, amount to approximately 1,127,300 personnel, including 1,080 eliminated in the past 24 hours.
Russian propaganda is spreading a fake story on social media, alleging that Ukrainian soldiers killed three civilians in Sumy region.
In the Southern Slobozhanshchyna sector, drone pilots from the main operational and reconnaissance unit, together with fighters from the 'Strix' strike UAV company of the 4th Border Guard Detachment, destroyed five shelters and a communications antenna belonging to Russian invaders.
The Russian army shelled the private sector of the Kramatorsk community in the Donetsk region, damaging residential buildings.
Russia has effectively acknowledged that the reconstruction of occupied Avdiivka has been halted.
15 October 2025
In Nizhyn, Chernihiv region, two people were injured and a Nova Poshta terminal and an apartment building were damaged during a Russian drone attack on the evening of October 15.
The United States is delivering weapons and equipment to Ukraine strictly according to schedule.
Russia spends around $150 billion per year on the war, meaning Ukraine will need at least $120 billion for defense in 2026. Half of this amount is to be raised from international partners and allocated to the production of European and Ukrainian weapons.
Ukraine's main task at this stage is to expand its long-range strike capabilities against enemy territory. The potential exists, and systems like Patriots and Tomahawks can help lay the foundation for lasting peace.
Ukrainian Defense Minister Denys Shmyhal outlined the key priorities he presented to international partners during the 31st meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group in the Ramstein format.
At today's meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group, representatives of 19 countries expressed their readiness to provide Ukraine with new military aid packages.
Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Oleksandr Syrskyi visited military units and formations holding back the enemy on the border with the Dnipropetrovsk region and issued instructions to ensure the brigades are fully supplied.
Since the start of the day, 99 clashes have occurred between the Ukrainian Armed Forces and Russian troops, with fighting ongoing in six sectors of the front. The enemy has been most active in the Pokrovsk sector.
To better protect its critical infrastructure from Russian strikes, Ukraine requires, among other things, unique air defense systems produced by the United States.
A Russian drone struck farming equipment in a field near the village of Huliaipilske in Zaporizhzhia region. A man operating the tractor was injured.
One of the largest Siberian internet providers, Orion Telecom, lost over 66 million rubles as a result of a special cyber operation conducted by the cyber unit of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine.