World News from Ukraine

Russian ballistic missiles hit Kyiv hours after Vladimir Putin agreed in principle to resume talks with Ukraine and the United States, while Moscow said it downed more than 800 Ukrainian drones.

Rodion Miroshnik said strikes on civilian infrastructure rose three to four times after the first funds from the EU’s 90 billion euro military loan and an EU–Ukraine drone alliance.

The Bank of Russia said international reserves were $723.2 billion on 16 October 2026, slightly lower than a week earlier, while Western sanctions still freeze assets linked to the war in Ukraine.

Ghana’s president says he will use the Russia-Africa Summit to urge Vladimir Putin to agree a ceasefire in the war in Ukraine.

Chancellor Merz said no durable end to Russia's war is possible without Ukraine and its European partners, as advisor-level talks follow meetings in Oslo and St. Petersburg.

Ukraine's president said easing sanctions would strengthen Putin, asked allies for better air-defence missiles, and rejected recognising occupied land as Russian.

Ukrainian drone attacks have cut Russian refining by 30 percent as crude tops $100 and the IEA expects fuel shortages to last into 2027.

Wes Streeting said there is a clear line between appeasement and a peace process after Donald Trump’s Ukraine-war negotiator called Vladimir Putin a humanitarian.

Acting Energy Minister Yevgeny Paramonov said Ukrainian strikes in the Zaporizhzhia region killed four energy-company employees and injured more than ten others in 2025-2026.

Kyiv says Russia launched ballistic missiles soon after US envoy Steve Witkoff’s talks with Vladimir Putin, killing at least two people and wounding 34.

After meeting a US envoy in Norway, Ukraine’s president said Russian attacks on civilians in Kyiv, including cluster munitions, showed Moscow’s position on the war had not shifted.