Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar has welcomed the submission to the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian parliament) of a bill on education in national minority languages, saying it strengthens the educational rights of Hungary's community in Ukraine.

Vsevolod Chentsov, Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration, expects the remaining clusters in Ukraine's EU accession negotiations to be opened by the end of 2026.

Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski has criticised the US decision to invite Russian leader Vladimir Putin to the G20 summit in Miami, calling it a "bad idea". However, Warsaw will not boycott the meeting.

Politico has learned that EU candidate countries will be offered unprecedented "gradual integration" into the EU's single market, including frictionless trade and access to research programmes while their applications are being assessed.

Belgian Defence Minister Theo Francken has said at a defence and space summit that the number of hybrid threats is set to increase and that the EU therefore needs to strengthen its air defence, including with the help of Ukrainian technologies.

Lithuania's Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned a representative of the Russian embassy on 30 September to deliver two notes of protest.

A bipartisan group of members of the US House of Representatives has called on US President Donald Trump not to ease sanctions on Russia and instead to implement the Graham Act.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has said Russia has demonstrated it is unwilling to engage in serious negotiations following Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov's dismissive response to his unexpected meeting with his German counterpart, Johann Wadephul.

Estonia's Internal Security Service has established that an arson attack on a building used by defence company Milrem Robotics in Tallinn on the night of 14-15 August was an act of sabotage ordered by Russian secret services.

Norway will allocate 25 million kroner (€2.3 million) to help find and bring back Ukrainian children deported by Russia and assist prisoners of war and civilians held in detention.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said Washington has invited Russian leader Vladimir Putin to attend the G20 leaders' summit in Miami this December and expressed hope that he will attend.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said Washington will try to secure an energy ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine, although he acknowledged that doing so would be difficult.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov held a closed-door meeting in New York on 23 September on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly.

US President Donald Trump has urged Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin to end Russia's war against Ukraine in a brief comment to journalists after arriving for the UN General Assembly in New York.

US President Donald Trump has said Washington is working on a "massive deal" to purchase potash fertiliser from Belarus.