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Russia's Defence Ministry said its forces carried out a massive strike on targets in Kyiv and the surrounding region. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio denied any pause in intelligence sharing with Ukraine and urged President Volodymyr Zelensky to focus on ending the war.
An overnight Ukrainian drone attack on Saint Petersburg killed one person and injured five, set fires at an oil terminal, depot and warehouses, and damaged residential buildings and two houses. Russian officials said 145 drones were shot down locally and 1,015 were neutralised nationwide.
People killed in the overnight attack
Donald Trump paused a proposed sanctions package targeting Russia. Zelenskyy urged support for it and said Russia struck more than 15 Ukrainian energy sites; overnight attacks killed at least four and wounded dozens, while Ukrainian drones disrupted flights in Moscow.
AllegedRussian strikes hit more than 15 critical Ukrainian power-generation and transmission facilities.
Russian attacks across nine Ukrainian regions killed at least eight people, wounded 60, hit two shopping centres and cut power to more than one million people. Officials reported 370,000 households lost power in Volyn.
AllegedPeople killed in Kharkiv drone attacks
Poland scrambled fighter jets as Russian attacks struck western Ukraine near the Polish border. Poland’s armed forces said no violation of Polish airspace was recorded.
People whose electricity was cut in Ukraine's Volyn region
On 16 October in Brussels, EU leaders renewed support for Ukraine as Zelensky and Trump clashed over energy strikes and US backing. Zelensky sought an additional €70 billion for next year; the EU asked its commission to propose financing, but made no concrete funding promise.
Volodymyr Zelensky requested additional EU funding for Ukraine next year.
The World Health Organization said ongoing Russian attacks have damaged healthcare infrastructure in Ukraine, including four warehouses used by WHO since July. The attacks have destroyed medicines and supplies and disrupted healthcare services.
The value of medicines and supplies destroyed in strikes on warehouses used by WHO since July exceeded $1.5 million.
Consumer prices in September were 3.7% higher than a year earlier.