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17 October 2025
Over the past three years of cooperation, Ukraine has received $2.4 billion in grant support through the Ukraine Relief, Recovery, Reconstruction, and Reform Trust Fund (URTF) of the World Bank.
During his meeting with Volodymyr Zelensky, Donald Trump confirmed that he will address the issue of allowing Ukraine to carry out strikes within Russian territory.
The talks between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and U.S. President Donald Trump are lasting significantly longer than originally planned, a source in the Ukrainian delegation told Ukrinform.
The Ukrainian delegation brought to the White House meeting between Presidents Volodymyr Zelensky and Donald Trump a set of maps highlighting the "pressure points" of Russia's defense industry and wartime economy.
U.S. President Donald Trump has said his administration is considering supplying Ukraine with Tomahawk or similar missiles to strengthen the country's defense capabilities and encourage Russia to come to the negotiating table.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that now is the time to bring Russia's war against Ukraine to an end, even though Russian leader Vladimir Putin is unwilling to do so.
The future of civilization is being fought over in Ukraine
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that the main topics of his meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House will be achieving a ceasefire and securing reliable security guarantees.
Presidents Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine and Donald Trump of the United States, together with their delegations, have begun bilateral talks at the White House, taking place in the format of an official working lunch.
The success of U.S. President Donald Trump in brokering peace in the Middle East could act as a catalyst for his more active involvement in ending Russia’s war against Ukraine.
The courage of Ukrainian soldiers on the front line, as well as the Ukrainian people’s ability to effectively resist Russian aggression, convinced U.S. President Donald Trump that Ukraine “has cards”.
Ukraine and Slovakia have signed several bilateral documents, including those on technical and financial cooperation.
The European Union has offered to use part of Russia’s frozen assets — which are intended to fund a reparations loan for Ukraine — to purchase weapons from the United States.
Russia’s use of FPV drones has led to a decline in the number of Ukrainian servicemembers able to return to duty after being wounded.
Ukraine’s Defense Forces have carried out new precision strikes on Russia’s fuel and energy infrastructure facilities and military targets in the temporarily occupied Crimea.
Ukraine should rely not on U.S. Tomahawk missiles — which it is unlikely to receive, or will receive only in limited numbers — but on its own long-range weapons development.
Slovakia will supply Ukraine with a new package of energy equipment worth €500 million and allocate €300,000 for the construction of shelters in schools.
Since the beginning of the day, there have been 80 combat clashes between the Ukrainian Armed Forces and Russian troops. Fighting is currently ongoing in seven sectors of the frontline, with the enemy continuing to exert the most pressure on Pokrovsk.
Slovakia will not obstruct Ukraine’s accession to the European Union and wants to show solidarity with Ukrainians, who may face a difficult winter.
Russia is expanding the Engels-2 air base — the main hub of strategic aviation from which aircraft-carriers launch strikes on Ukraine.
Finland is sending its 30th materiel assistance package to Ukraine.
On Friday, emergency power cuts are planned during the evening peak consumption period; in the eastern part of the country, power cuts may resume in the next hour.
The District Court in Warsaw has decided to deny Germany’s request to extradite Ukrainian citizen Volodymyr Zh., who is suspected by Berlin of involvement in the Nord Stream pipeline explosions, and has lifted his temporary arrest.
Russian troops are deliberately shelling the Kherson Regional Local Lore Museum: they destroyed one-third of the building, breached the roof, and damaged the walls.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine confirmed the information about the Russian Armed Forces shooting down their Su-30SM fighter jet.
In Chernihiv, a Russian drone strike damaged railway rolling stock and injured a train driver.
In southern Ukraine, during adverse weather conditions, Russian occupation forces reduce the use of unmanned aerial vehicles but increase the intensity of artillery shelling and may step up assault operations.
Finland has joined the Tallinn Mechanism, which provides support for strengthening Ukraine’s cybersecurity and resilience.
Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko has called on the Slovak side to support the provision of a reparations loan to Ukraine based on frozen Russian assets.
In temporarily occupied Crimea, Russians, repelling attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, probably shot down their own plane.