On the morning of October 16, Russian invaders struck the territory of one of the Ukrainian Ground Forces’ training units with two ballistic missiles. There are both killed and wounded servicemen.

"Ukrenergo" does not currently plan to introduce hourly power outages for the population.

The change in US President Donald Trump's position on Ukraine is becoming increasingly noticeable and gives Kyiv hope for a tougher approach from Washington to Russia in order to force it to sit down at the negotiating table.

Since 16 October, the duties of the Odesa mayor have been performed by the secretary of the Odesa City Council, Ihor Koval.

US President Donald Trump proposes to use the proceeds from the 500 per cent duty on imports from China to purchase weapons for the needs of the Ukrainian army.

On the night of 16 October, the Ukrainian Defence Forces struck the Saratov Oil Refinery.

Consumers in Kharkiv, Sumy, Poltava and other regions are without power due to enemy attacks on the energy infrastructure. Emergency repair works are ongoing.

Russian invaders have attacked gas production facilities in Poltava region.

Germany is providing 400 million euros for the purchase of long-range drones for Ukraine under the "Ramstein" format.

The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine is preparing to extend martial law and general mobilisation again on 21 October.