Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,330

Here is how things stand on Thursday, October 16, 2025:

Fighting

Weapons and military

• Kyiv will need up to $20bn in military aid next year from NATO countries, Ukrainian Defence Minister Denys Shmyhal said. The aid will help Ukraine build 10 billion drones in 2026, according to the Reuters news agency.
• Russia’s Federal Security Service chief said that Moscow has no doubt about NATO’s security services’ involvement in incidents with alleged Russian drones over EU territory, RIA cited him as saying. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen proposed a “drone wall” after about 20 Russian drones allegedly entered the airspace of EU and NATO member Poland last month.

Politics and diplomacy

Energy and economy

• EU Economy Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis told the AFP news agency that the bloc will urge G7 partners to consider tapping immobilised Russian assets in aiding Ukraine, as finance ministers of the group meet in Washington this week.
• Repairs are set to begin “soon” to restore the power supply to Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, according to Rafael Grossi, head of the UN’s nuclear watchdog IAEA. The site has been under the control of Russia since shortly after its invasion of Ukraine in 2022, and it has been cut off from the Ukraine grid since September 23.