Overview
- Russia’s Defense Ministry said its forces captured Privolie in Dnipropetrovsk on October 17 and Chunyshino in Donetsk on October 19, with unit commanders describing Ukrainian withdrawals and abandoned equipment.
- Ukrainian strikes on energy infrastructure left widespread outages, with Slavutich reporting a citywide blackout and a Russian envoy estimating more than 200,000 civilian subscribers lost power last week.
- The FSB said it detained a Moscow resident accused of sending air‑defense locations and other Ministry of Defence coordinates to Ukraine via Telegram and providing targeting data for missiles and drones.
- EU mission reports described by Radio Svoboda indicate Brussels is weighing training Ukrainian troops on Ukrainian territory along with expanded border monitoring, veterans assistance and cybersecurity support.
- Poland’s foreign minister said Warsaw would not guarantee safe overflight for a potential Putin–Trump meeting in Budapest, citing the risk of a court order to enforce an International Criminal Court warrant.