Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that Russia disrupted a truce announced by Donald Trump and that elections are only possible after a ceasefire. The European Union has imposed nearly 1,600 new sanctions against Russia's military-industrial complex. The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) detained an agent of the Russian Federation who had planted a bomb under a bus carrying Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel.

The news from Ukraine and the world for October 12 was summarized by Ukrinform.