By the end of 2024, Poland will begin construction of the first elements of defensive fortifications on its borders with Russia and Belarus as part of the East Shield project.

Lithuanian border guards refused to let the cars of the Moscow-Kaliningrad transit train pass, which had the letter "Z" painted on them and the inscription "Vilnius is a city of Russia".

The Patriot anti-aircraft missile system that Bucharest pledged to transfer to Kyiv has arrived in Ukraine.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha has held a meeting with his Armenian counterpart Ararat Mirzoyan in Warsaw.

The Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs denied that Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha addressed the idea of a peace accord with territorial concessions in exchange for security guarantees with Western colleagues, as reported by the Financial Times.

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has warned of the risk of disinformation and attempts to influence the federal election scheduled for September 2025, especially from the Russian Federation.

US Vice President Kamala Harris has reiterated her unwavering commitment to the Ukrainian people ahead of her meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy next week.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy outlined how Ukraine plans to use the €35 billion loan provided by the European Commission.

The European Commission will provide a €35 billion loan for Ukraine within a crediting plan for US$50 billion using Russian frozen assets, coordinated with G7 countries.

Ukraine will need to introduce amendments to the Constitution on the way to EU membership, Olha Stefanishyna, Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration and Minister of Justice, has stated.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has said that Ukraine has achieved "a lot" during its offensive operation in Russia’s Kursk Oblast.

Dmytro Kuleba, Foreign Minister of Ukraine, intends to discuss with his European Union counterparts the possibility of allowing EU countries, particularly Poland, to use their air defence capabilities to protect a portion of Ukraine's airspace.

The meeting of the Eurozone finance ministers, planned to be held on 13 September in Budapest, could be cancelled due to a growing indignation of the EU member states regarding the attitude of the Hungarian authorities towards Russia.

General Onno Eichelsheim of the Royal Dutch Air Force stated that Ukraine could use the F-16 fighter jets provided by his country for strikes on Russian territory.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Moldova has refuted the fake news spread by Russian propaganda media, which claimed that the US was allegedly transporting biological material samples from Ukraine through Moldova.