The certification of Ukrenergo, Ukraine’s state-owned electricity transmission system operator, as an independent operator will not hinder the import of electricity from the EU during winter.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will deliver a speech at a meeting of the European Council on 17-18 October, which will focus on further support for Ukraine. He will likely present Ukraine's Victory Plan to EU leaders.

On 14 October, the European Parliament's Trade Committee approved the European Commission's proposal to provide Ukraine with a €35 billion loan, financed by frozen Russian assets.

Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced that more than 60 foreign diplomatic missions and structural units of the Ministry have received reports of an alleged bomb threat, and security measures have been stepped up.

Hungary has opted not to support the EU decision to provide Ukraine with a US$35 billion loan at the expense of profits of frozen Russian assets, until the presidential election in the United States.

Latvian volunteers collected about €200,000 of donations and purchased assistance for the Azov 12th Special Forces Brigade of Ukraine's National Guard, which will be sent in October.

French President Emmanuel Macron has urged the international community to avoid using double standards in analysing global conflicts, particularly in the Middle East and Ukraine.

Romanian Agriculture Minister Florin Barbu has asked the European Commission to ban imports of poultry products from Ukraine. He says he has taken this action at the request of Romanian producers.

The Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance (UINP), in response to requests from Polish citizens, plans to begin the search and exhumation of Polish remains in Rivne Oblast in 2025.

The Court of Justice of the European Union has rejected a lawsuit filed by Belgian lawyers seeking to overturn the 2022 sanctions banning legal services for Russian companies and state institutions.

Jens Stoltenberg, who is soon to step down as NATO Secretary General, has explained that it is for NATO member states to decide whether to invite Ukraine to join the Alliance while part of its territory is occupied.

Jens Stoltenberg, who is about to step down as NATO Secretary General, has urged Alliance members not to be dissuaded from providing further military assistance to Ukraine because of Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin's "reckless Russian nuclear rhetoric".

US President Joe Biden has stressed that American support for Ukraine will last until Ukraine achieves a "just and durable peace".

The representatives of Russia will not be invited to the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp which will be celebrated on 27 January 2025.

Finnish President Alexander Stubb believes that Western powers, including the United States, should lift restrictions on Ukraine's use of Western-supplied weapons for long-range strikes on Russian territory.