Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will join European leaders who are gathering in Paris on Thursday 4 September to discuss possible security guarantees for Ukraine.

The leaders of the two coalition factions in the Bundestag, Jens Spahn from the Christian Democratic Union/Christian Social Union (CDU/CSU) and Matthias Miersch from the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), arrived in Kyiv on 1 September.

Polish Defence Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz has warned against becoming accustomed to Russia’s war against Ukraine, stressing that such complacency could amount to Moscow’s greatest victory.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has commented on media reports suggesting that, as part of a future peace agreement, European leaders are considering the creation of a 40-kilometre buffer zone between Ukrainian and Russian forces.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has warned about the risks that Russia poses to Europe, stressing the importance of securing the EU’s eastern borders.

This week, a two-year project has been launched in Estonia under which Estonian police officers will train their Ukrainian counterparts.

Belgium will provide Ukraine with an additional €100 million in military aid in 2025 as part of NATO’s new initiative, the Prioritised Ukraine Requirements List.

Raimundas Vaikšnoras, Commander of the Lithuanian Armed Forces, has stated that sending troops to Ukraine is being considered, but it can only be implemented after a peace agreement is concluded or at least a ceasefire is established.

Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski has invited Robert "Magyar" Brovdi, Commander of the Unmanned Systems Forces, to Poland despite Hungary’s sanctions, which include an entry ban.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has condemned Hungary’s decision to ban entry to Robert "Magyar" Brovdi, Commander of the Unmanned Systems Forces of Ukraine and an ethnic Hungarian, calling it outrageous.

Robert "Magyar" Brovdi, Commander of the Unmanned Systems Forces and an ethnic Hungarian born in Zakarpattia Oblast, has responded to Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán's government's entry ban, imposed after the attacks on the Druzhba oil pipeline, by advising them to "stick it up their arse".

The Ukrainian delegation, which will hold talks with the US President’s special envoy Steve Witkoff in New York this week, will focus on security guarantees for Ukraine.

Germany has pledged to provide Ukraine with €9 billion annually over the next few years.

Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre has announced that his country plans to allocate US$8.5 billion to support Ukraine next year.

Officers of the Customs Criminal Service (CCS) have uncovered a Kaunas-based company in Lithuania that had allegedly posed as bogus recipients in Portugal and attempted to ship industrial water-treatment equipment to Russia.