- Vladimir Putin, the President of Russia, stated that the planned meeting with Donald Trump in Budapest will not take place as scheduled. He noted that the meeting will most likely be postponed.
- According to Bloomberg, the European Union has postponed its decision on the possible use of frozen assets of the Central Bank of Russia to support Ukraine until December of this year.
- As reported by Reuters, at the summit in Brussels, EU leaders agreed to continue funding Ukraine's needs for the next two years.
- Three civilians were killed and four were injured as a result of Russian attacks in the Kherson region, local prosecutors reported.
- Gitanas Nausėda, the President of Lithuania, confirmed the violation of the country's airspace by Russian military aircraft, including a fighter jet and a transport plane. In response, the Russian Ministry of Defense denied these accusations.
- In Kramatorsk, two Ukrainian journalists were killed and another was injured as a result of a drone attack.
The car of the Ukrainian journalists who died on October 23 in Kramatorsk. Photo by Jose Colon / Anadolu / picture alliance. - The mayor of Belgorod, Valentin Demidov, reported that the number of injured as a result of the strike on the city has increased to nine.
- In Germany, authorities are taking measures to protect the subsidiaries of "Rosneft" from new U.S. sanctions, Reuters reports. At the same time, none of the two German subsidiaries of "Rosneft" are included in the new sanctions list from the U.S. Treasury.
- Chinese state-owned companies have suspended purchases of Russian oil following the imposition of U.S. sanctions against "Lukoil" and "Rosneft," according to Reuters. India is also considering reducing fuel imports from Russia.
- The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee unanimously supported a bill by Republican Senator Lindsey Graham to recognize Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism.
