The US is ready to supply Europe with as much gas and oil as it needs. At the same time, Ukraine has submitted its proposals to the United States regarding gas infrastructure and nuclear power generation, and work on the details is ongoing.

On the night of 19 October 2025, the Ukrainian Defence Forces struck the Novokuibyshevsk oil refinery in the Samara region of the Russian Federation.

Russian troops are advancing in the Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhia regions.

Over the past 24 hours, on October 18, 2025, the city of Kharkiv and 5 settlements of the Kharkiv region were subjected to enemy attacks.

On the night of Sunday, October 19, drones attacked the Novokuibyshevsk oil refinery, which is located in the Samara region of the Russian Federation.

On Friday, October 17, during a meeting of the Ukrainian and American delegations in Washington, US President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff pressured Ukrainian officials to transfer the Donetsk region to Russian control.

During a conversation with US President Donald Trump, Russian dictator Vladimir Putin demanded that Ukraine give up the Donetsk region. In exchange for full control over the Donetsk region, he is allegedly ready to give up the occupied territories of Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions.

Today, on 18 October, the Russian armed forces conducted an air strike on the private residential sector of Lozova in the Kharkiv region. This is the first time the occupiers have used an anti-aircraft weapon to attack the city.

The US President continues to work to achieve peace, but Americans' patience with Russia's war against Ukraine is "running out".

On the evening of Saturday, 18 October, emergency power cuts were introduced in a number of regions of Ukraine due to a difficult situation in the power grid.