Here is how things stand on Thursday, October 16, 2025:

Fighting

The Russian Ministry of Defence has announced that its troops had pushed Ukrainian forces out of two settlements of Oleksiivka in Dnipropetrovsk region and Novopavlivka in Donetsk region.

The Ukrainian energy ministry has said the country’s power infrastructure has been hit with drones, knocking out electricity supplies in several areas including in the central Dnipropetrovsk region.

Weapons and military

Kyiv will need up to $20bn in military aid next year from NATO countries, Ukrainian Defence Minister Denys Shmyhal said. The aid will help Ukraine build 10 billion drones in 2026, according to the Reuters news agency.

German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius has announced that Berlin will finance a US weapons package for

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