London police have arrested three people on suspicion of espionage in favour of Russia. They have been taken to a London police station and detained under the National Security Act.

Germany has shifted its stance and now supports expanding the use of frozen Russian assets to fund Ukraine following new pressure from US president Donald Trump.

European Parliament President Roberta Metsola has said the EU legislature will establish a permanent office to strengthen daily cooperation with Ukraine.

US President Donald Trump has said that his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy "is going to have to make a deal" to end the war, and European countries must stop buying Russian oil.

The Council of the European Union approved on 16 September recommendations for EU member states on the return, reintegration into Ukrainian society and change of legal status for Ukrainians displaced by the war and now living in EU countries once conditions allow.

Commander of the Finnish Defence Forces, General Janne Jaakkola, has said that his country is closely monitoring the Zapad-2025 (West-2025) Russian-Belarusian military exercises.

US President Donald Trump has toughened his rhetoric on Moscow, for the first time calling Russia the aggressor in its war against Ukraine.

The German government has approved roughly €10 billion less in aid to Ukraine for 2026-2027 than the Federal Defence Ministry initially requested, German tabloid Bild has reported, citing an internal document from the ministry.

A bipartisan group of US senators has introduced a bill to label Russia and Belarus state sponsors of terrorism due to the abduction of Ukrainian children.

Russia’s oil revenues and war machine have been hit by a new UK sanctions package on 12 September, as UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper arrived in Kyiv.

Radosław Sikorski, Deputy PM and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland, arrived in Ukraine on 12 September.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has met with his Finnish counterpart Alexander Stubb in Kyiv, where they discussed the Russian drone attack on Poland, the need to step up pressure on Russia and support for Ukraine on its path to the EU.

Latvian authorities have ordered a temporary closure of airspace along the borders with Russia and Belarus, set to last seven days.

Finnish President Alexander Stubb and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy have honoured the memory of fallen Ukrainian defenders in Kyiv.