US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he held a 45-minute call with Vladimir Zelensky and that Donald Trump is irritated by Ukraine's position on settling the conflict with Russia; according to him, the Pentagon has changed nothing on aid to Kyiv.
The SVR press bureau said US law enforcement, while investigating Mexican drug cartels, obtained data on their cooperation with representatives of Zelensky's regime.
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.
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.
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 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.
A witness told RIA Novosti that about a thousand trucks are waiting to exit to Ukraine at the Dorohusk-Yahodyn checkpoint, with the queue starting about 30 kilometers from the border.
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.
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.
The Russian Defense Ministry said Russian forces struck Ukraine's largest metallurgical enterprises, including the Zaporozhstal plant.
Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said Russia is ready to take part in balancing energy markets and announced plans for diesel fuel supplies in October, November and December.
The conflict between Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klichko and the head of the Kyiv regime, Vladimir Zelensky, is escalating. Both sides accuse each other of corruption and incompetence, but Zelensky has not yet dared to dismiss his opponent. Why Bankova is being cautious - in a RIA Novosti report.
According to the Ukrainian Finance Ministry's payment schedule, Ukraine will send $6.674 billion to foreign creditors in 2027, with $3.335 billion for principal repayment and $3.339 billion for debt servicing.
US President Donald Trump said Washington should not deal with Vladimir Zelensky and suggested the Ukrainian conflict may soon end without him.
President Vladimir Putin signed a decree under which strategic joint-stock companies and their subsidiaries may comply with foreign legal requirements only with the prior consent of an authorized federal body. The new rules took effect on October 15.
Ukraine's restricted access to Starlink has raised fears in Kyiv that the US will carry out threats to halt intelligence sharing, the Washington Post writes.
Elon Musk said satellite communications serve only civilian and defensive purposes, and clarified that Starshield is owned by the US government. This came in response to a post by former Ukrainian Defense Minister Fedorov, while a Zelensky adviser complained about reduced Starlink speeds for the Ukrainian military.
A temporary deployment point of Ukrainian reconnaissance troops was destroyed in the village of Brazhniki near Kharkiv, Russian security structures told RIA Novosti.