
— Ukrainian officials say the plan limits Kyiv’s military size and long-range weapons in exchange for U.S. security guarantees. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Moscow remains open to negotiations, blaming Kyiv for the pause in talks. Planned trilateral talks in Ankara were postponed as Zelensky sought broader European involvement and faced domestic political turmoil.
— Explosions and fires were reported close to the front lines around the eastern city of Kharkiv, but also far from the front, in the western city of Lviv, which is close to Ukraine's border with NATO-member Poland. Most of the deaths were in the western city of Ternopil, where the Interior Ministry said two high-rise apartment blocks and energy facilities were hit. Many of Ukraine's regions reported some loss of power, as temperatures plunge.
— Italy signed off on a 12th package of military support for Kyiv and pledged to help Ukraine overcome its energy crisis this winter by sending generators. sGermany said it will raise military aid to Ukraine to 11.5 billion euros ($13.4bn) in 2026.
— It was "a specially calculated attack to cause as much harm as possible to people and civilians," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a post on Telegram. Moscow denies targeting civilian areas.
— The aim of this initiative, financed by the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs with a total budget of CHF7.1 million, is to establish a lasting national capacity.
— On October 22, 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump imposed sanctions on Russia’s two oil giants: Rosneft and Lukoil, and their subsidiaries. The current round of sanctions is more severe than previous measures. This is evident in the immediate five to six percent spike in global oil prices within days of their announcement. In India, the threat of secondary sanctions is likely to worry large oil corporations, leading to a reduction in Russian oil purchases. The effectiveness of the U.S. sanctions also lies in their control over global payment systems and financial infrastructure. To mitigate this vulnerability, India must develop alternatives across sectors—particularly in technology and logistics.
— Several Ukrainian regions suffered power outages on Sunday after Russia launched what the state grid operator called the "most massive strike" against Ukraine's power plants since the beginning of Moscow’s full-scale invasion of the country. Kyiv responded with a counterattack of drones overnight into Sunday, targeting energy infrastructure and leaving the Russian city of Voronezh and around 20,000 people without electricity, Reuters and AFP reported.
— It's the first time Ukraine has imprisoned a person on such charges. The court found Dmitry Kurashov, 27, a rifleman in the Storm-V assault unit of Russia's 127th Motorized Rifle Division composed of convicts who signed up to fight for the Kremlin in Ukraine in exchange for their release from prison back home, shot and killed unarmed Ukrainian serviceman Vitaliy Hodnyuk at point-blank range.
— Russia said on Monday that its troops had advanced in the eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk, an important transport and logistics hub that they have been trying to capture for more than a year, but Ukraine said its forces were holding on.
— Zelenskyy announced that Kyiv will set up offices for arms exports and joint weapons production in Berlin and Copenhagen this year.
— EC said in a draft text that Kyiv needed to make more progress on judicial independence, fighting organised crime and respecting civil society.
— Zelenskyy said Ukraine still needs to raise $750m to secure gas imports for the upcoming winter.
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