Russian troops have advanced near Novoivanivka, Malynivka and Poltavka in Zaporizhzhia region.

US President Donald Trump said that the imposition of new sanctions against Russia could complicate or disrupt his planned meeting with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin.

US President Donald Trump has assured that he will not allow Russia's war against Ukraine to escalate to a global scale.

US President Donald Trump said that a meeting with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin could take place in two weeks. According to Censor.NET, he said this during a conversation with journalists on 16 October.

On the night of 17 October, the temporarily occupied Crimea was attacked by drones.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived on a visit to the United States on 16 October.

The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO) have served a notice of suspicion on Ukrainian MP Yevhen Shevchenko, formerly from Servant of the People, in a case over laundering the proceeds of crime.

The Kremlin stated that the issue of potentially supplying long-range Tomahawk cruise missiles to Ukraine was raised during the October 16 phone call between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin.

U.S. President Donald Trump considers it possible to arrange a meeting between Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Vladimir Putin to negotiate an end to the Russia–Ukraine war.

After a conversation on 16 October, US President Donald Trump and Russian dictator Vladimir Putin agreed to meet in Budapest to discuss ending the Russian-Ukrainian war.