Overview

• Ukraine’s grid operator said emergency power cuts were applied in seven regions on the morning of Oct. 15 and later canceled, as crews repair damage from new overnight attacks on energy sites.
• Ukrainian officials reported shooting down 69 of 96 drones in the Oct. 13–14 barrage, and authorities said fresh strikes overnight ignited fires at fuel facilities in the Chernihiv area.
• The General Staff logged 182 combat clashes on Oct. 14 and 99 more by 16:00 on Oct. 15, with the heaviest fighting concentrated along the Pokrovsk axis in Donetsk.
• NATO defense ministers in Brussels pressed wider participation in the U.S.-led PURL mechanism; Finland said it will join, and the Netherlands announced €90 million for Ukrainian drone production alongside a previously outlined €200 million counter‑UAV package.
• President Trump said supplying Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine remains under consideration after recent talks with President Zelenskyy, a prospect Russia warns would mark a new escalation.