Interfax-Ukraine
Interfax-Ukraine is a Ukrainian news agency founded in 1989 as part of the Soviet Interfax network and later established as an independent entity. It covers political, economic and general news from Ukraine, distributing both wire reports and its own analytical material. The agency is headquartered in Kyiv and operates as part of the international Interfax information group.
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Russian drone strikes on Volyn kill one, knock out power to hundreds of thousands across Lutsk region
In the night of 15–16 October, Russia launched an attack with roughly 20 drones on Volyn Oblast in northwestern Ukraine. The private agricultural company "Agrofruct LTD" in Manevychi was hit, killing one person and injuring eight, while an enterprise with foreign investments in Lutsk was also struck. Lutsk was left fully without electricity, public transport was suspended, and water supply was disrupted. Local authorities initially warned of a possible ammonia leak at the Manevychi site before retracting the warning.
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Russia launches massive new campaign of strikes on Ukrainian energy facilities
On 16 October, Russian Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov publicly reported to Vladimir Putin that Russia had begun a dedicated campaign of massive strikes on Ukrainian energy infrastructure. Overnight into 17 October, Russian forces hit energy facilities in 10 oblasts, with President Volodymyr Zelensky saying more than 15 power generation and transmission sites were damaged in one of the largest such strikes on record.
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Budanov: new round of Ukraine–US–Russia peace talks being prepared for October
Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Kyrylo Budanov said on September 12 that a new round of trilateral Ukraine–US–Russia peace talks is being prepared for October. He confirmed the trilateral format but did not disclose a possible venue, and said Ukraine is preparing for an October meeting. The statement came on the sidelines of the YES conference in Kyiv.