31 October 2025 - Ukraine Special Weapons News

Russia Strikes Ukraine's Rail Network, Hits Sumy High-Rise, Injuring Civilians RFE/RL 31 Oct 2025 -- A series of Russian air strikes on the northeastern Ukrainian city of Sumy has damaged residential areas, injuring at least 11 people, including four children, as Ukrainian forces targeted energy infrastructure inside Russia.
Moldova, Ukraine Crack Down On Wagner Affiliates In Cross-Border War Crimes Investigation RFE/RL 31 Oct 2025 -- Police raided dozens of homes in Moldova and Ukraine, officials said, as part of a cross-border investigation into hundreds of people linked to Russian mercenary groups and who allegedly committed war crimes in Ukraine.

A Violent Death Casts A Stark Spotlight On Ukraine's Military Manpower Problem RFE/RL 31 Oct 2025 -- On October 18, Roman Sopin called his mother and asked her to bring him some clothes, cash, and his contact lenses -- he had been swept off a Kyiv street by conscription officers and was preparing to be inducted into the Ukrainian Armed Forces to fight against invading Russian troops.
We Are Working to Ensure Good News for Ukraine - And It Will Come - Address by the President President of Ukraine 31 Oct 2025
President Held a Meeting on Ukraine's Further Sanctions Work: Shadow Fleet, Russian Military-Industrial Complex, and Long-Range Strikes President of Ukraine 31 Oct 2025
Ukraine Imposed Sanctions on Pro-Russian Propagandists and Companies Supporting Russia's Military-Industrial Complex President of Ukraine 31 Oct 2025
Svitlana Grynchuk: Presence of IAEA experts at Ukrainian energy facilities is critically important today Ukraine Government 31 Oct 2025 -- Minister of Energy of Ukraine Svitlana Grynchuk held a meeting with Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Mariano Grossi on the sidelines of the G7 Energy Ministers' Meeting in Toronto.
Statement of the MFA on Russia's Strikes Against Substations Supplying Ukrainian Nuclear Power Plants Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine 31 Oct 2025
Initial Air Assault Forces units have begun daily use of the 'Impulse' system Ukraine MOD 31 Oct 2025

Statement by Russian Defence Ministry's Official Representative Russia MoD 31 Oct 2025 -- Yesterday's statement by representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Georgy Tikhy prohibiting foreign and Ukrainian media from trying to reach Ukrainian servicemen who are being encircled through Russia's liberated territory is an official recognition of the catastrophic situation for remaining troops of the AFU in Krasnoarmeysk, Dimitrov, and Kupyansk.
Russian Forces Liberate Novoaleksandrovka in Dnepropetrovsk Region Sputnik 31 Oct 2025 -- The Russian armed forces have taken control of the settlement of Novoaleksandrovka in the Dnepropetrovskregion, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Friday.
Russian Forces Destroy Bridge Supplying Ukrainian Troops Near Pokrovsk Sputnik 31 Oct 2025 -- The Russian aerospace forces destroyed a bridge over the Vovchya River, along which the Ukrainian armed forces transported ammunition and equipment to Krasnoarmeysk (Pokrovsk) in the Dnepropetrovsk region, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Friday.
Trump-Putin summit axed after Kremlin memo on ending Ukraine war: Report Press TV 31 Oct 2025 -- The United States has canceled a planned summit in Budapest between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin after Moscow issued a memo reiterating its conditions for ending the war in Ukraine, according to reports.

Pentagon Clears Way for Tomahawk Missiles to Ukraine, Final Decision Rests with Trump Sputnik 31 Oct 2025 -- The Pentagon has authorized the White House to supply long-range Tomahawks missiles to Ukraine, and now it is up to US President Donald Trump to make the final decision, CNN reported on Friday, citing US and European officials.

Update 325 - IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine IAEA 31 Oct 2025 -- An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team today visited a substation critical to nuclear safety and security in Ukraine and reported damage as a result of recently reported military activities, IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said today.
Ukraine: Russian attacks on energy could trigger major 'crisis within crisis' UN News 31 Oct 2025 -- The UN's top aid official in Ukraine expressed concern on Friday about "continuous attacks" on energy production sites and distribution facilities.

Statement on Ukraine's energy security Canada 31 Oct 2025 -- "We, the G7 Energy Ministers, condemn Russia's war against Ukraine, and its impact on their energy security. We reaffirm our unwavering support for Ukraine in defending its territorial integrity and right to exist, and its freedom, sovereignty and independence."

Tallinn Mechanism Partners Commit Over 241.7 million euros to Strengthen Ukraine's Cyber Defences Amid Escalating Russian Aggression Canada 31 Oct 2025 -- Tallinn Mechanism Members Canada, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States together with observers Czechia, the European Union, NATO and the World Bank, gathered in Paris on October 30-31st.
Tallinn Mechanism members announce additional €60 million in support for Ukraine Estonia MFA 31 Oct 2025 -- On 30-31 October, participants of the Tallinn Mechanism convened in Paris, with donor countries collectively announcing an additional €60 million in support of Ukraine's cyber resilience this year. Estonia contributes €500,000 annually to the mechanism.

Canada provides support to Ukraine's energy infrastructure Canada 31 Oct 2025 -- As winter approaches and temperatures fall, Russia's renewed attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure threaten to leave millions of people without electricity, water and heat. Canada remains steadfast in providing support to Ukraine's efforts to rebuild and strengthen the resilience of its energy system.

The President met with the Prosecutor General of Ukraine President of the Republic of Lithuania 31 Oct 2025 -- On Friday, President Gitanas Nausėda met with Ruslan Kravchenko, Prosecutor General of Ukraine.

Former Odesa Mayor Placed Under House Arrest, Suspected Of Mishandling Deadly Floods RFE/RL 31 Oct 2025 -- A court in Kyiv placed former longtime Odesa mayor Hennadiy Trukhanov under round-the-clock house arrest for 60 days on charges of official negligence, weeks after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stripped him of Ukrainian citizenship.

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