Overview

• NATO defense ministers in Brussels pushed burden‑sharing and broader participation in the PURL scheme, as Finland said it would join and the Netherlands pledged €90 million to Ukrainian drone production.
• NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said 19 countries signaled new assistance at the Ramstein session, while U.S. War Secretary Pete Hegset cast PURL as the pivotal conduit for weapons to Ukraine.
• Ukraine’s grid operator reported emergency shutoffs in seven regions early on Oct. 15 after fresh drone strikes on energy facilities, later lifting the cuts as repairs continued and conservation was urged for peak hours.
• Ukraine’s General Staff recorded 154 combat engagements on Oct. 15, with 42 attacks repelled on the Pokrovsk axis and an estimated 138 Russian casualties there during the day.
• Regional strikes persisted, including drones hitting gas stations and other civilian sites in Chernihiv, and a major blaze at the Feodosia oil terminal in occupied Crimea damaged 11 tanks and prompted evacuations.