On the morning of 16 October, a large-scale air alert was announced across Ukraine. The reason was the take-off of a MiG-31K fighter jet in Russia, which is a carrier of hypersonic "Kinzhal" missiles.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that the supply of US Tomahawk cruise missiles to Ukraine would cause "colossal damage" to relations between Russia and the United States and lead to a "serious escalation".

US President Donald Trump said that on Friday he plans to have a conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to discuss the war and a possible Ukrainian offensive.

Ukrainian Defense Forces have pushed back Russian invaders near Nove Shakhove and Kucheriv Yar in the Donetsk region.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke about preparations for his October 17 meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump, which could bring an end to the Russia-Ukraine war closer.

The Pecherskyi District Court of Kyiv has extended the pretrial investigation period in the case of NABU detective Ruslan Mahamedrasulov by six months.

Emergency power cuts have been introduced in Kyiv and across all regions of Ukraine (except for Donetsk region and part of Chernihiv region).

Ukrainian soldiers hit the radar station of the enemy's S-400 air defence system with an American GMLRS guided missile.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy has dismissed Serhii Lysak from the post of head of the Dnipropetrovsk RMA.

The performers of the liquidation of the so-called head of the occupation "Council of Deputies of Nova Kakhovka" in the Kherson region, Vladimir Leontiev, shared details of the successful operation.