The European Commission approved new defence procurement for Ukraine worth €6.1 billion on 24 August as part of the EU's €90 billion loan.

The heads of state and government of the UK, Estonia, Luxembourg and Moldova, as well as European Council President António Costa, arrived in Kyiv on the morning of 24 August to mark Ukraine's Independence Day.

Spanish F-18 fighter jets were scrambled in Romania on 13 August after aerial assets near the border with Ukraine prompted the authorities to issue an air-raid warning for the third time that day.

Poland's Internal Security Agency, working with the police, has detained a Russian national who was preparing to murder a dual US-Ukrainian citizen on behalf of Russian intelligence services.

The Portuguese Air Force will strengthen its maritime surveillance with AR5 drones specially designed by technology company Tekever for maritime missions.

Moldova is providing a 50% discount on rail transit for Ukrainian cargo, with the new arrangement in effect from 10 August until the end of the year.

The Lithuanian government on Wednesday 12 August approved changes to its plan for constructing defensive engineering fortifications along the borders with Belarus and Russia's Kaliningrad Oblast, including the creation of a new defensive belt.

Germany has delivered a €5.7 million aid package to the State Emergency Service of Ukraine (SES), including robotic systems.

Marc Henrichmann, chairman of the German Bundestag's Parliamentary Oversight Panel and member of the Christian Democratic Union party, wants Germany's intelligence services, which he says need to be "rebuilt from the ground up", to be given powers to carry out pre-emptive cyberattacks against Russian drone manufacturers.

Reuters has learned that Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia are cooperating to shield their infrastructure from potential Russian attacks that could be staged as "false-flag" operations, as allied intelligence services have repeatedly warned.

Ukraine has uncovered an intensive Russian propaganda campaign across Europe, in which the migration crisis in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta is being used to destabilise the region.

Poland's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has summoned the Russian ambassador in connection with the crash of a Russian missile on the territory of the Lublin Voivodeship on 30 July.

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has held a phone call with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk after a Russian missile crashed on Polish territory on 30 July.

France's Ministry of Interior has ordered the expulsion from the country of Russian propagandist Xenia Fedorova, who previously headed RT France, the French-language branch of RT (formerly Russia Today).

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived in Paris on 13 July.