Ukraine's preferential terms or its steel exports will not be affected by a new European Commission plan to protect the EU steel industry, which was presented in Strasbourg on 7 October and aims to cut import quotas by 47% while doubling tariffs on excess imports.

The European Commission does not believe that the victory of Andrej Babiš's ANO party in the Czech parliamentary elections will negatively affect the implementation of the initiative by EU chief diplomat Kaja Kallas to deliver 2 million artillery shells to Ukraine by the end of 2025.

The European Commission is considering involving other countries holding frozen Russian assets in providing reparations loans to Ukraine and plans to raise the issue at the G7 level.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán believes that drones flying into the territory of European Union member states that do not belong to those states should be shot down.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has said ahead of the informal European Council summit in Copenhagen on 1 October that providing Ukraine with a reparations loan based on frozen Russian assets is a sensitive issue that many EU member states remain hesitant about.

The European Union expects that €2 billion out of the €4 billion transferred to Ukraine by the EU on Wednesday 1 October will be invested in drones.

Frozen Russian assets held within the European Union should be used to provide Ukraine with a reparations loan in 2026-2027 to finance its budgetary and military needs, as suggested by Sweden and Finland.

European Commission spokesperson Thomas Regnier announced on 24 September in Brussels that Slovakia and eight other EU member states will participate in a meeting on the creation of a drone wall on the EU's eastern border. The meeting will be held on Friday, 26 September, by European Commissioner for Defence Andrius Kubilius. Hungary will not be represented.

NATO will determine whether to use force against Russian aircraft or drones violating its airspace based on real-time intelligence about the level of threat they may pose.

Hungary and Slovakia have not been invited to take part in a videoconference on establishing a "drone wall" along the eastern border of the European Union, convened by Andrius Kubilius, European Commissioner for Defence and Space.

The European Commission has approved amendments proposed by Ukraine to the Ukraine Plan, which outlines the reforms needed to unlock EU funding under the Ukraine Facility.

The European Union has announced its 19th sanctions package against Russia, which includes a ban on imports of Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) to EU markets since 1 January 2027.

The European Commission has approved the proposal for the 19th package of European Union sanctions against Russia; the contents of the package will be published on 19 September.

On 22 September, at a meeting of the Council of the European Union in Brussels, the issue of further restricting exports of certain agricultural products from Ukraine to the EU will be discussed, following an initiative put forward by Slovakia.

The European Commission plans to present a new, 19th package of sanctions against Russia on Friday 19 September.