UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron have held a private conversation about the situation in Ukraine.

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer plans to urge US President Joe Biden to allocate funds for a US$20 billion loan to Ukraine as part of a larger G7 loan before Donald Trump takes office.

The German Air Force has scrambled its jets from two bases to escort a Russian reconnaissance aircraft over the Baltic Sea.

The majority of Germans (57%) still support military assistance to Ukraine two and a half years after the beginning of the Russian full-scale invasion.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has urged Ukraine’s partners to assist it with more weapons rather than pursue negotiations with Russia.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that the idea of any concessions to Russia is unacceptable for Ukraine, and he considers it suicide for the whole of Europe.

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock paid a visit to the village of Yahidne in Chernihiv Oblast, where hundreds of locals were imprisoned in the basement during the first few weeks of the Russian occupation.

Slovak President Peter Pellegrini has not granted permission for Slovak citizens to serve in the Ukrainian army, despite receiving four requests since he assumed office in June of this year.

The incumbent President of Moldova, Maia Sandu, has emerged victorious in the second round of the presidential election.

Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo has announced that Finland will provide Ukraine with a new aid package to help the country through the winter in the coming months.

The Estonian Defence Forces Intelligence Centre believes that the participation of North Korean soldiers in Russia's war against Ukraine will not change the situation at the front.

Survey results show that about 35 percent of Ukrainian refugees in Europe do not want to return home in the long term.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine, presented his Victory Plan to the Verkhovna Rada on 16 October and to EU leaders on 17 October, who said it has "very, very many good ideas".

The Swiss government has decided to supply Ukraine with three demining vehicles.

The Krakow District Court has started the trial of two Russian nationals who were hired by the Wagner Group, an infamous Russian PMC, to distribute flyers in Krakow, urging people to join the organisation.