Trump may tell Putin that if he doesn't end the war, he will send Tomahawk missiles to Zelensky. Moscow sees this as a significant escalation.
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19:15 Defending Ukraine from Russian drones and restoring the affected energy sector were among the main issues at today's meeting of the Ukrainian Supreme Command, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reported. He mentioned the creation of new helicopter units and the need for additional weapons to combat Russian drones, which attack Ukrainian cities and energy facilities every night.
"The most difficult situation is in the villages on the front line and near the border with Russia, where Russian drones and missiles arrive in the shortest possible time and alarms and shelling continue almost constantly," Zelensky wrote on the social network Telegram.
"We have determined how to expand the capabilities of the military aviation in defense against drones. Additional helicopter groups will be created. We are working with partners to provide Ukraine with the most necessary types of aircraft. There have been reports of cooperation with companies that produce fighter drones. Maximum production volumes are needed," he said.
18:40 **US President Donald Trump is preparing to welcome his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky to the White House on Friday, the Kyiv correspondent of the Financial Times (FT) wrote on the social network X, citing three informed sources. The expected meeting between Trump and Zelensky on Friday was also reported on X by the Washington correspondent of the Axios server, also citing unnamed sources.
NEWS: President Trump plans to welcome President Zelenskyy in Washington on Friday, three people familiar with the plans tell me. This comes after two phone calls between the presidents over last weekend during which they discussed Tomahawk missile sales and how to end Russia's…
— Christopher Miller (@ChristopherJM) October 13, 2025
Trump and Zelensky spoke twice over the weekend, discussing the sale of Tomahawk cruise missiles and how to end the war with Russia, the FT correspondent recalled. He also noted that a Ukrainian delegation is starting a week of talks with their American counterparts in Washington.
President Trump is expected to meet with Ukrainian President Zelensky at the White House on Friday, per two sources with knowledge
— Barak Ravid (@BarakRavid) October 13, 2025
Zelensky has previously described the delivery of Tomahawk missiles, which Russia fears, as a means to force Moscow to end the war it started more than three years ago. In a phone call with Trump, he also urged Ukraine to strengthen its air defenses, protecting the country from increasing Russian attacks on Ukrainian energy before the coming winter.
The details of the presidents' possible meeting on Friday are not yet known, noted the Ukrainska Pravda server, recalling that Trump and Zelenskyy last met last month, on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York.
16:53 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Monday that the agreement to end the war in the Palestinian Gaza Strip also brings hope for achieving a peace settlement in Ukraine. This was reported by the AFP agency, TASR reports.
"In Ukraine, we welcome the efforts that led to today's result in the Middle East. The hostages have been released and the war in Gaza is ending. This is truly an extraordinary event," the Ukrainian president said.
Zelensky praised US President Donald Trump's determination, which he said contributed to the conclusion of the agreement. He also thanked countries and figures who he said"have real influence" and helped broker peace.
"We are working to ensure that a day of peace also comes for Ukraine," Zelensky added, adding that"Russian aggression remains the last global source of destabilization."
15:22 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy today welcomed the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, which was reached after two years of fighting and brokered by US President Donald Trump. According to Zelenskyy, this gives hope for peace also to Ukraine, which has been resisting Russian aggression for the fourth year. In this war, the US president is also trying to play the role of a mediator between Kiev and Moscow, the AFP agency noted.
"When peace is achieved in one part of the world, it brings greater hope for peace in other regions where life is still under threat," Zelensky wrote on the social network X.
"We are working to bring peace to Ukraine. Russian aggression remains the last global source of destabilization. If a ceasefire and peace have been achieved for the Middle East, the leadership and determination of global actors can certainly work for us, in Ukraine, in Europe," he added.
When peace is achieved for one part of the world, it brings more hope for peace in other regions where life is still under threat. In Ukraine, we welcome all the efforts that have led to today's outcome for the Middle East. The hostages have been freed, and the war in Gaza is…
— Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) October 13, 2025
14:25 European Union High Representative Kaja Kallas announced in Kiev a contribution of ten million euros to the establishment of a special tribunal for the crime of aggression against Ukraine. Another six million euros will go to support Ukrainian children who were abducted to Russia and survivors of sexual violence. This follows from Kallas's statements on the X network. Ukraine has been resisting large-scale Russian military aggression for four years.
Kallas said she had come to Kiev to discuss financial and military support for the besieged country, the security of Ukraine's energy sector and how to hold Russia accountable for war crimes."The evidence of Russian war crimes in Ukraine is clear. Unpunished crimes only encourage new atrocities. Today we are providing the first ten million euros to the special tribunal," she wrote in a later post.
The European Union has previously supported the creation of a special tribunal for the crime of aggression against Ukraine, which will be established within the framework of the Council of Europe. The war, which Russia launched with a military invasion in 2022, has reportedly claimed hundreds of thousands of lives. According to Kiev and the West, Russian soldiers committed a series of war crimes and crimes against humanity in it. Moscow denies committing war crimes in Ukraine. The International Criminal Court (ICC) has meanwhile issued arrest warrants for Russian President Vladimir Putin and other Russian officials.
"Russian leaders are responsible for this war, and there would be no war crimes if there were no crime of aggression," Kallas said at a press conference with her Ukrainian counterpart, Andriy Sybiha."Some of the darkest chapters of the Russian war include the forced deportation of children and rape," the diplomat continued, also announcing a financial contribution to provide assistance and care to victims and survivors.
Kallas also said the European Union is providing record levels of military support to Ukraine this year, mentioning two billion euros for drones. She recalled Russian air strikes on Ukraine, including strikes on energy infrastructure."The European Union has already mobilised 800 million euros to support Ukraine in the winter. We are working on another 100 million euros for generators, shelters and cold weather equipment," she added.
Ukrainians inspire the world with their courage.
— Kaja Kallas (@kajakallas) October 13, 2025
Their resilience calls for our full support.
I am in Kyiv today for talks on financial and military support, the security of Ukraine's energy sector, and holding Russia accountable for its war crimes. pic.twitter.com/xQ3juq9aTT
14:01 Senior Ukrainian officials are on their way to Washington for defense talks with American officials, the office of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced on Monday. TASR reports, according to a report by the AFP agency.
The statement comes as Russia is stepping up its attacks on energy infrastructure in Ukraine and Washington is considering supplying long-range missiles to Kiev.
The Ukrainian team, which includes Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko, will discuss in the US"strengthening our air defense and offensive capabilities" as well as "increasing (energy) resilience to winter," the head of the Ukrainian president's office, Andriy Yermak, said on social media.
13:30 The Polish prosecutor's office has filed charges against a couple with Russian citizenship for espionage for the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB). According to the spokesman for the Prosecutor General's Office, Przemysław Nowak, they were collecting and intending to pass on to Russia information that could harm Poland's interests. This is reported by the Warsaw correspondent of TASR, based on information from the prosecutor's office.
According to the investigation, the defendant Igor R. collected and transmitted data on Russian opposition activists living in Poland, as well as on the persons and institutions that helped them, from February to August 2022. He gave the information to his wife Irina R. on an encrypted medium, which was to be delivered by the FSB in Russia. In the country, she subsequently tried to establish contact with representatives of this service and send the encrypted data via a courier service.
In addition, in July 2024, the defendant, in cooperation with two citizens of Ukraine and another Russian, arranged for the shipment of a package containing nitroglycerin, military electric detonators, an initiation device, a metal thermos with a cumulative insert, and a bag of aluminum powder.
12:37 According to Czech President Petr Pavol, Russia is a fundamental threat to freedom and security in Europe, which it is trying to destroy step by step. He said this on Monday in a speech at the Forum 2000 conference. He noted that regardless of the composition of the future Czech government, it is important to strengthen the foundations of democratic civil society, reports a TASR correspondent in Prague.
"Today, Russia poses a fundamental threat to European freedom, security and democracy. It seeks to disintegrate the democratic system and wants to destroy Europe step by step. It seeks to weaken and divide the transatlantic community," the Czech president stressed.
According to Pavl, US President Donald Trump's efforts to achieve peace in Ukraine show whether Russian President Vladimir Putin is truly seeking a peaceful solution."The answer, no, surprised no one... (Russia) instead redoubled its cynical military campaign and is using terror to break the morale of Ukrainians," he noted. According to Pavl, the recent violation of the airspace of Estonia and Poland shows that the Kremlin is not reluctant to take more and more risks.
According to the President of the Czech Republic, the war that Russia is waging against Ukraine is not fought only with weapons on the battlefield, but also by lying and spreading fear and disinformation in society. According to him, Russia is trying to sow distrust, spread lies about Europe and its allies or institutions. Therefore, according to Pavol, the best protection against divisions in society and hybrid threats is not only free media, but also independent universities, science, an independent judiciary and a vibrant civil society based on the principles of democracy.
12:24 European Union High Representative Kaja Kallas said on Monday that Russia was"playing with war" in response to a series of violations of the airspace of EU member states. TASR reports this according to a report by the AFP agency.
NATO has strengthened its defenses along its eastern borders, accusing Moscow of testing the alliance's air defenses by violating member states' airspace with drones and aircraft.
"Every time Russian drones or aircraft violate our airspace, there is a risk of escalation, whether targeted or not. Russia is playing with war," Kallas said during a visit to Ukraine, stressing the need to strengthen the Union's defense capabilities."To prevent war, we must transform Europe's economic power into a military deterrent," she stressed.
Kallas arrived in Kiev on Monday morning for talks on financial and military support for Ukraine, especially its energy infrastructure, as Russia renewed attacks on power plants ahead of winter. Ukraine announced on Monday that it would limit energy consumption in at least seven regions of the country in response to the attacks. “The enemy wants to influence the mood and morale of our population,” Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha said during a joint press conference with Kallas. “This is especially cynical before the onset of winter,” he added.
Historic blow. Ukraine destroys rare Russian amphibious vehicles for the first time
10:47 Two people were killed in a Russian drone attack in Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia region. This was reported today by the head of the local military administration, Ivan Fedorov.
"A Russian drone hit a civilian car. A 53-year-old man died on the spot, his 50-year-old wife succumbed to her injuries," Fedorov wrote on Telegram, adding that the attack took place in the village of Preobrazhenka near Orakhiv.
The Ukrainian army is currently leading a counterattack in the area. President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sunday that Ukrainian troops had advanced three kilometers near Orakhiv.
10:25 Ukrainian soldiers who operate in the rear earn 20,000 hryvnias per month. They would certainly like to see more money, because in the calculation it comes out to less than 500 euros. Of course, those who perform combat missions receive much higher salaries:"They receive from 100,000 to 200,000 hryvnias," the Znaj server explained. Will other members of the armed forces receive higher incomes?
10:17 The Ukrainian Ministry of Energy said that as a result of Russian attacks, there were power outages in at least seven regions of the country in the north, east and south of the country.
"Due to the difficult situation in the unified energy system of Ukraine, caused by previous Russian attacks, emergency power outages had to be introduced this morning in the Kharkiv, Sumy, Poltava, Donetsk, Dnepropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia (for industrial consumers) and partially in the Kirovohrad region," the ministry wrote on Telegram.
"Emergency shutdowns will be lifted after the situation in the energy system stabilizes," the authority added, adding that consumers should save electricity, especially during morning and evening peak hours.
According to the ministry, Russia most recently attacked energy infrastructure in the Chernihiv and Donetsk regions, with planned hourly outages being implemented in the former.
9:46 The Russian Defense Ministry has denied reports that a Russian submarine had made an emergency surfaced off the coast of France due to a malfunction. The Interfax news agency reported this today.
NATO's naval command said last week that a French frigate had spotted a refurbished Russian submarine off the coast of Brittany. The vessel was subsequently escorted by the British and Dutch navies as it sailed through the North Sea.
We. Are. Watching.
— NATO Maritime Command (@NATO_MARCOM) October 9, 2025
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⚓ A French Navy frigate conducts surveillance of the Alliance's maritime approaches, marking the presence of a Russian submarine operating on the surface off the coast of Brittany. NATO stands ready to defend our Alliance with… pic.twitter.com/SeTh3Ij7NN
"The information disseminated by some media outlets about the alleged malfunction and subsequent emergency surfacing of the Novorossiysk diesel-electric submarine off the coast of France does not correspond to reality," Interfax quoted a report from the press service of the Russian Black Sea Fleet.
According to it, the crew is carrying out a planned transfer after the submarine completed its tasks in the Mediterranean Sea."In accordance with international maritime traffic rules, the passage through the English Channel is carried out exclusively in a surface position," the fleet statement added.
8:11 A Ukrainian drone strike on Monday night hit a large oil depot in the city of Feodosia on the Russian-annexed Crimean peninsula, causing a fire. The incident was reported by Moscow-appointed governor Sergei Aksionov.
No casualties have been reported so far. The Russian Defense Ministry said it had destroyed 103 Ukrainian drones over several areas overnight, with more than 40 of them shot down over Crimea.
Ukrainian drones have struck the Russian-controlled oil terminal in Feodosia, occupied Crimea—the previous strike was just days ago. Occupation authorities confirm the fire.
The same warehouse was damaged in a Ukrainian attack last year. Kiev has repeatedly attacked fuel facilities behind the front lines in an attempt to disrupt Russian supply chains. At the same time, Russia continues to launch drone and missile attacks on Ukrainian territory. (tasr, dpa)
6:10 US President Donald Trump may tell Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin that if the war does not end, he could provide flat-flight Tomahawk missiles to the recalcitrant Ukraine. According to Reuters, Trump told reporters on Air Force One as he headed to Israel.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said earlier on Sunday that he had spoken to Trump by phone, the second time in two days. The Kremlin expressed"serious concern" over reports that Zelensky had spoken to Trump about the possible supply of Tomahawk cruise missiles.
Trump said he was trying to ensure that Ukraine receives new weapons at the request of the Ukrainian president."They would like to have Tomahawk missiles. That's a step forward," the US president added.
"I just spoke with US President Donald Trump, for the second time in two days, and today it was also a very productive conversation. Yesterday we agreed on a set of topics for today and discussed all aspects of the situation: protecting lives in our country and strengthening our capabilities in both air defense and resilience and long-range capabilities. We discussed many details about energy," Zelensky wrote on the social network.
Zelensky also spoke about strengthening Ukraine's air defenses in a phone call with Trump on Saturday. According to Axios, the presidents discussed the possibility of Ukraine acquiring American Tomahawk missiles, which would allow it to strike deep into the Russian rear. The Ukrainians say that the Tomahawk deliveries would help force Russian President Putin to the negotiating table. Axios' sources did not say whether any final decision has been made on the matter.
While Trump is considering whether to provide the Tomahawks to Kiev, Zelensky said on Fox News on Sunday that Ukraine would only use the missiles against military targets and would not attack civilians in Russia, Reuters reported.
The Kremlin admitted that the possibility of Tomahawk deliveries to Ukraine raises"serious concerns" in Russia, the RBK server wrote. While spokesman Dmitry Peskov repeated Putin's earlier words on Russian television that even Tomahawks would not change the situation on the battlefield, Peskov said that talk of possible deliveries represented"a very dramatic moment in terms of increasing tensions from all sides." He warned that "overseas experts" should bear in mind that if a Tomahawk were launched from Ukraine, Russia could assume that the long-range missile was equipped with a nuclear weapon.
"We see and hear that Russia is afraid that the Americans might give us Tomahawks. This is a signal that this kind of pressure can work for peace," Zelensky stressed. In his speech, he also announced the progress of Ukrainian troops in counterattacks near Dobropillya in the Donetsk region and near Orichiv in the Zaporizhia region.
Zelensky also asked French President Emmanuel Macron by phone to strengthen air defense."Russia is taking advantage of the fact that at this moment maximum attention is paid to the Middle East and domestic problems in each country. Russian strikes have become more repulsive. We discussed how to counter this," Zelensky wrote on the social network.
The Ukrainian president also reported that Russia had sent more than 3,100 drones, 92 missiles and rockets and about 1,360 aerial bombs against Ukraine last week."Russia continues its air terror against our cities and towns and intensifies attacks on our energy sector. The Russians are killing our people every day," Zelensky wrote on Telegram, adding that the Russian bomb that hit the church in Kostyantynivka on Saturday also killed a child. Therefore, no relaxation of pressure on Moscow can be allowed, Zelensky stressed, calling for further sanctions, tariffs and penalties on buyers of Russian oil who finance Russia's war.
