German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has said that Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin is currently waging a hybrid war against Europe and Germany.

Denmark is stepping up monitoring of oil tankers passing through its waters amid European efforts to counter Russia's shadow fleet, which helps the Kremlin circumvent sanctions.

Maria Zakharova, spokesperson for the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has responded in her usual abrasive manner to a statement by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz suggesting that Russia might be behind a series of drone incidents.

Polish authorities have detained a Ukrainian citizen, Volodymyr Z., suspected by Germany of involvement in sabotaging the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines.

The Czech government has banned Russian diplomats and holders of service passports without Czech national accreditation from entering the country.

Keith Kellogg, US President Donald Trump's Special Envoy for Ukraine, has said that the rapprochement with Belarus, ruled by self-proclaimed Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko, is linked to Washington's attempts to "ensure lines of communication" with Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin.

Ukraine and the European Union have completed the screening of Ukrainian legislation as part of EU accession negotiations.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has confirmed that she has proposed the idea of providing Ukraine with a reparations loan based on frozen Russian assets.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has announced an agreement with Ukraine to allocate €2 billion for drone technology.

President Volodymyr Zelensky has revealed that six NATO member states have already funded four packages of defence assistance to Ukraine, totalling over US$2 billion under the PURL (Prioritised Ukraine Requirements List) initiative, with another six countries ready to contribute.

Romania has opened discussions with Ukraine on producing drones under a new European Union defence funding programme.

US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has ordered hundreds of US military generals and admirals to gather next week at a Marine Corps base in Virginia for an unannounced meeting.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has called on the EU to use frozen Russian assets to provide Ukraine with a €140 billion loan to demonstrate "staying power" against Russian aggression.

The Kremlin has rejected Denmark’s suggestion that Russia may have been involved in the drone incident near Copenhagen Airport, calling it "baseless".

Estonian Defence Minister Hanno Pevkur has stated that Estonia is ready to host British fighter jets capable of carrying nuclear weapons following the incursion of Russian jets into its airspace on Friday 19 September.