21 October 2025 - Ukraine Special Weapons News |
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Combat Operations
Ukraine
- Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Pedro Sánchez Discussed Ukraine's Energy Needs and Agreed on New Steps to Support Ukraine President of Ukraine 21 Oct 2025
- The Frontline Can Spark Diplomacy - Address by the President President of Ukraine 21 Oct 2025
- Statement on Peace for Ukraine President of Ukraine 21 Oct 2025
- Andrii Sybiha held phone talks with Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada Anita Anand Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine 21 Oct 2025
- Andrii Sybiha condemns another Russian attack on Chernihiv and Sumy regions Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine 21 Oct 2025
- Verkhovna Rada increases security and defense spending by UAH 324.7 billion Ukraine MOD 21 Oct 2025
- Denys Shmyhal discusses arms transfers and defence cooperation with Margarita Robles Ukraine MOD 21 Oct 2025
- Ministry of Finance: Parliament approves increase in State Budget spending to boost country's defense capabilities Ukraine Government 21 Oct 2025 -- The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has adopted the Law "On Amendments to the Law of Ukraine "On the State Budget of Ukraine for 2025" regarding financial support for the security and defense sector." The document provides for an increase in state budget expenditures by UAH 324.7 billion to strengthen the country's defense potential.
- Minister of Defence of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal comments on increase in spending on decurity and defense Ukraine Government 21 Oct 2025 -- Spending on security and defense will increase by UAH 324.7 billion in 2025. The Verkhovna Rada has adopted the relevant amendments to the State Budget of Ukraine.
- Security and defense spending ramped up by UAH 324.7 billion: Parliament approves amendments to 2025 State Budget Ukraine Government 21 Oct 2025 -- Parliament has approved amendments to Ukraine's 2025 State Budget, increasing security and defense spending by UAH 324.7 billion.
- Government to fund measures to strengthen state defence capabilities Ukraine Government 21 Oct 2025 -- The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has allocated funds from the reserve fund of the state budget to enhance the resilience of critical infrastructure.
Russia
United States
- Trump Says He Put Off Plans To Meet Putin To Avoid 'Wasted Meeting' Though Diplomacy Continues RFE/RL 21 Oct 2025 -- There are no plans for US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin to meet "in the immediate future," a senior White House official said on October 21, days after Trump had indicated that another summit was being arranged with his Russian counterpart.
- Ranking Member Shaheen Statement on Trump-Putin Meeting Cancellation US Senate Foreign Relations Committee 21 Oct 2025 -- Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement after the White House confirmed there are now "no plans" for President Trump to meet with Vladimir Putin:
- Trump Says Efforts To Reach Peace Deal Ongoing As Ukraine, EU Make Their Own Diplomatic Moves RFE/RL 21 Oct 2025 -- US President Donald Trump said on October 20 that attempts to reach an agreement between Russia and Ukraine to end the war are ongoing, and warned that if an agreement is not reached the consequences will be serious.
NATO
United Nations
Foreign Reactions
- Brussels Moves To Leverage $204 Billion In Russian Assets For Ukraine Loan RFE/RL 21 Oct 2025 -- EU leaders will task the European Commission on October 23 with drawing up a legal proposal to leverage 176 billion euros ($204 billion) of frozen Russian state assets for a loan to Ukraine - a move that could cover most of Kyiv's financial needs for the next three years.
- Foreign Minister Tsahkna to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe: Swift progress needed on launching the special tribunal Estonia MFA 21 Oct 2025 -- On 20 October, Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna held a telephone conversation with Alain Berset, Secretary General of the Council of Europe, to discuss the establishment of a special tribunal for prosecuting the crime of aggression committed against Ukraine and bringing those responsible to justice.
- Japan's NEXI stands ready to expand war risk insurance for Ukraine's recovery Ukraine Government 21 Oct 2025 -- On October 21, 2025, a working meeting was held in Tokyo between a Ukrainian delegation led by Minister of Economy, Environment, and Agriculture Oleksii Sobolev and Chairman and CEO of the Japan Export-Credit Agency (NEXI) Atsuo Kuroda.
- B. Braže at the EU Foreign Affairs Council: "The aggressor must pay - the 19th Sanctions package of the EU and an agreement on using frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine has to be reached urgently." Latvia MFA 21 Oct 2025 -- On 20 October 2025 in Luxembourg, Minister of Foreign Affairs Baiba Braže, speaking at the EU Foreign Affairs Council, emphasised that the only path to peace is to ensure support for Ukraine's self-defence and to maintain economic, political and military pressure on Russia.
- Minister Budrys: Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity cannot be the subject of negotiations Lithuania MFA 21 Oct 2025 -- On 20 October in Luxembourg, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Kęstutis Budrys, participates in the European Union's Foreign Affairs Council (FAC).
News Reports
- Wider Europe Briefing: EU Leaders Might Agree On Russia Sanctions...But Little Else RFE/RL 21 Oct 2025
- Former NATO Chief Stoltenberg Says Alliance Let Ukraine Down, Washington Was 'Defeatist' RFE/RL 21 Oct 2025 -- Former NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg says the alliance "was letting Ukraine down" by failing to deliver enough support during 2023-24, describing a "defeatist" mood in Washington and European nations failing to make promised arms deliveries.
- Nord Stream Sabotage Case Back In Court Amid Legal Setbacks, Political Blowback RFE/RL 21 Oct 2025 -- Germany's ongoing effort to pursue Ukrainian citizens it suspects of being behind explosions that damaged the Nord Stream gas pipelines faces its next battle in the high-security bunker courtroom at Bologna prison in northern Italy on October 23, following a series of recent legal and political setbacks.
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