The US Department of State has stated that it has seen a number of productive steps in the Victory Plan presented by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and that it will be in contact with Kyiv on this issue.

Andrii Sybiha, the Foreign Minister of Ukraine, has provided details of his one-day visit to Poland, during which, among other things, he discussed the issue of exhumation of the remains of those killed in the Volyn tragedy, which is a problem for relations between the two countries.

EU ambassadors on 2 October agreed on a new sanctions package targeting Russian hybrid threats.

Polish National Defence Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz has reported that the number of Ukrainians who have volunteered for the Ukrainian Legion in Poland was extremely low.

Former Polish Foreign Minister Jacek Czaputowicz has criticised the current Polish government, accusing it of intending to create a conflict with Ukraine instead of unblocking the exhumation of the remains of Polish victims of the Volyn tragedy.

Fifty Ukrainian activists protested in Vienna on 1 October against a possible government coalition with the far-right Freedom Party of Austria.

JD Vance and Tim Walz did not raise the issue of the war in Ukraine during the vice-presidential candidate debates in the US.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz wants to speak with Russian President Vladimir Putin over the phone for the first time in over two years.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has thanked Jens Stoltenberg for supporting Ukraine as NATO Secretary General and congratulated his successor, Mark Rutte, on taking up the post.

The Financial Times has quoted an unnamed Western official as saying that US President Joe Biden may agree to change the status of Ukraine's application for NATO membership before he leaves office in January 2025.

Mark Rutte, the new NATO Secretary General, has announced his intention to uphold the Alliance’s commitments to Ukraine, particularly concerning the irreversibility of its path towards NATO membership.

Former Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has officially taken over as NATO Secretary General from his predecessor Jens Stoltenberg on Tuesday, 1 October.

New NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has said that he is not concerned about the possible impact of the US presidential election results on the Alliance's unity and, in particular, on its ability to support Ukraine. 

Mark Rutte, who will officially become NATO's new Secretary General on Tuesday, has said that Ukraine will be at the top of his list of priorities as the Alliance's new leader. 

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, who is stepping down on Tuesday and handing over to Mark Rutte, said that NATO will be in good hands with the Dutchman at the helm.