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16 October 2025
Ukraine will require approximately $60 billion in external financing over 2026–2027 to cover its budget deficit and support the energy sector, which continues to suffer from ongoing Russian attacks.
Poland has signed an agreement with eight Nordic and Baltic countries to expand a training facility – Camp Jomsborg – at the Land Forces Training Center in Nowa Demba-Lipa. The center will host training for NATO and Ukrainian military personnel on the operation of unmanned aerial vehicles.
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.
President Volodymyr Zelensky has appointed Olha Reshetylova (Kobylynska) as Ukraine’s Military Ombudsman.
On the night of October 16, the Russians carried out another massive attack on Ukraine's gas infrastructure.
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.
On the morning of October 16, emergency power outages were implemented in Kyiv and nine other regions, while scheduled hourly outages remain in effect in the Chernihiv region.
The most likely future government of the Czech Republic may be less supportive of Ukraine, but is unlikely to block military aid to Kyiv if it is in the Czech interests, including in international forums.
A man was wounded in Nizhyn, Chernihiv region, as a result of a Russian attack that occurred in the early morning.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine has strongly condemned mass searches conducted by Russian occupation security forces in the homes of Crimean Tatars in several districts of Crimea.
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 the night of October 16, Russian forces attacked Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, halting operations at gas production facilities in the Poltava region.
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.
On October 15, Ukrainian Defense Forces recorded 184 combat engagements with Russian forces along the front line.
Police in Ternopil have detained a group of servicemen accused of unlawfully detaining people, subjecting them to physical violence and torture, extorting money, and seizing property.
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.
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.
Police in Ternopil have detained a group of servicemen accused of unlawfully detaining people, subjecting them to physical violence and torture, extorting money, and seizing property.
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.
In Mykolaiv region, the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) and the National Police exposed a pro-Russian agitator who called the Maidan Revolution a “state coup” and justified Russia’s armed aggression against Ukraine.
In Lviv, prosecutors have sent to court an indictment against a 33-year-old Ukrainian citizen who, acting on behalf of Russia, planned to bomb Ukrainian military personnel from a Territorial Recruitment Center (TRC).
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.
During the meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the Ukrainian delegation discussed steps to end the war in Ukraine and security issues for all of Europe.
Police in Ternopil have detained a group of servicemen accused of unlawfully detaining people, subjecting them to physical violence and torture, extorting money, and seizing property.