Axios journalist Barak Ravid, citing an unnamed US official, reports that Trump envoy Steven Witkoff hopes to present Vladimir Putin with ideas developed at talks in Oslo with Vladimir Zelensky and Ukrainian and EU delegations.
The Washington Post, citing unnamed sources, reports that Washington did not approve a third country's transfer of Patriot missiles to Ukraine; according to the same sources, the Pentagon also did not approve the arms shipment.
US President Donald Trump told reporters that Vladimir Zelensky may need to entrust the negotiations on a Ukrainian settlement to someone else.
US President Donald Trump told reporters he is ready to hold a trilateral meeting with Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping if they want it, and suggested it would take place in China.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian met Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Tehran and thanked Vladimir Putin for his principled approach to the Middle East situation. Lavrov said Russia is ready to help find ways out of the Iran-US conflict.
French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu did not rule out imposing a state of emergency over mass unrest, calling a curfew more suitable for now.
Dmitry Peskov called personnel rotations in the government normal and explained the possible strengthening of the Finance Ministry by the importance of macroeconomic stability. Mikhail Mishustin submitted candidates for new cabinet members to the State Duma, with consideration set for October 21.
Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has sent the State Duma candidates for new government members, including Rosaviatsia head Dmitry Yadrov for transport minister in place of Nikitin.
A source in Turkey's cabinet told RIA Novosti that Ankara will not allow warships through the Bosphorus and Dardanelles amid heightened tensions in the Black Sea, citing the Montreux Convention and the need for regional stability.
Dmitry Peskov said in a Wall Street Journal interview that Moscow, Washington and Beijing acknowledge the hypothetical possibility of a trilateral meeting.
US President Donald Trump said on Truth Social that Vladimir Zelensky does not want, and possibly never wanted, an end to the conflict in Ukraine.
French President Emmanuel Macron acknowledged that the protests involved many concerned citizens alongside radical elements, condemned violence against law enforcement and urged parties and unions to denounce the instigators.
French President Emmanuel Macron demanded the government learn lessons from the unrest and take measures to prevent a repeat; Interior Minister Laurent Nunez reported over 2,000 detained and more than 600 law enforcement officers and firefighters injured.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that if the EU and Vladimir Zelensky consider the Russia-US diesel agreement a betrayal of Ukraine, it is self-promotion and clowning.
In October, the Mak self-propelled howitzer was shown for the first time at the Center exercises. It is Russia's third wheeled self-propelled gun after the Malva and the Giatsint-K. RIA Novosti reports on the reasons for the shift to a wheeled chassis and global trends.
Russia's Defense Ministry said Russian forces struck facilities used by Ukraine's military, including a logistics center in Rivne and a vessel east of Odesa.
VK's data center in the Leningrad Region was attacked by drones, and the St. Petersburg oil terminal caught fire after the raid; fires are being extinguished in four districts of St. Petersburg, with no fatalities.
The US president said his decision not to impose tougher sanctions on Russia is very good and will benefit the whole world. The White House explained the move as an effort to achieve peace between Moscow and Kyiv.
According to the New York Times, the Trump administration is considering Europe resuming Russian gas purchases and restarting Nord Stream as part of a plan for a peaceful settlement in Ukraine.
White House spokesperson Taylor Rogers said Trump did not apply tougher sanctions against Russia so as not to hinder US efforts toward a peace agreement with Kyiv.
Russian troops continue strikes on Ukrainian plants and infrastructure used by militants, the Russian Defense Ministry said; a Kromberg & Schubert facility in Lutsk that repaired vehicles for the Ukrainian army was hit.
The Russian government must approve a program to restore retail and logistics infrastructure damaged by terrorist attacks; a report on the matter is due by November 1, 2026, then quarterly.
The Russian Defense Ministry said Russian forces struck Ukraine's largest metallurgical enterprises, including the Zaporozhstal plant.
Donald Trump issued an executive order exempting certain sanctions, restrictions and tariffs under the recently passed law on sanctions against Russia and Iran, citing US national interests.
Russian President Vladimir Putin visited an auxiliary command post of the joint group of forces, RIA Novosti reports.