French President Emmanuel Macron, who is due to meet US President Donald Trump on 21 September, intends to encourage him to make the "right decisions" regarding Russia's war against Ukraine.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said Ukraine is willing to work towards the de-escalation of the war and will discuss diplomatic proposals with its partners.

The Canadian government has added eight more Russians to its sanctions list over their involvement in the illegal deportation and forced transfer of Ukrainian children to Russia as well as their indoctrination and militarisation.

The European Union's General Court has dismissed Hungary's lawsuit against the EU's decision to use windfall profits from Russian assets frozen in the West to fund Ukraine's defence.

German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul has expressed dissatisfaction with the volume of orders from Ukraine placed with the German defence industry.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has told journalists during his visit to Colombia that a roadmap for resuming negotiations between Russia and Ukraine could be drawn up in the coming weeks.

The United Kingdom is providing £100 million (around €116 million) for an air defence package for Ukraine ahead of winter, including Patriot missiles.

Kyiv and Zhytomyr oblasts have received new batches of critical energy equipment from Lithuania.

Bulgaria's naval forces detected an unidentified drone in the waters of the Black Sea near St Ivan Island on 27 August and destroyed it.

A commercial vessel caught fire in the Black Sea in Romania's exclusive economic zone on the evening of 27 August. The crew of 12 sailors was rescued.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova has threatened that Russia could attack UK military targets in Ukraine and "beyond its borders" in response to Ukrainian strikes in which it alleges British-made weapons were used.

Sergei Naryshkin, head of Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service, has confirmed that he met and held talks with CIA Director John Ratcliffe during Ratcliffe's visit to Moscow on 25 August.

The Bulgarian Navy has identified wreckage from several drones discovered along the country's Black Sea coast.

Russia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has summoned Liliana Burda, Romania's chargée d'affaires in Moscow.

It has emerged that Polish President Karol Nawrocki sent his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy a congratulatory letter marking the 35th anniversary of the restoration of Ukraine's independence, wishing Ukraine victory in the war.