The 19th package of European Union sanctions against Russia may be approved on Thursday 23 October.

EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas has said she finds it troubling that Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin, who is the subject of an arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court, is set to visit the territory of a European Union member state.

The Netherlands will soon allocate a new €90 million aid package to support the production of reconnaissance and attack drones in Ukraine.

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has said that the United States hopes to see an increase in the volume of American weapons purchases by European NATO allies under the Prioritised Ukraine Requirements List (PURL) initiative for delivery to Ukraine.

NATO defence ministers are meeting in Brussels today, 15 October, to strengthen the Alliance's response to Russia's aggressive actions.

The European Commission intends to unveil on Thursday 16 October a "roadmap" for implementing the EU's defence capability development programme Readiness 2030 – ReArm Europe.

Members of the European Parliament are convinced that the restrictions on Ukraine regarding the use of weapons supplied by Western states to strike military targets on the territory of the Russian Federation should be lifted.

The European Parliament adopted a resolution on 9 October urging EU member states to shoot down aerial targets that illegally violate their borders.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has stated that systematic incursions by Russian drones into EU airspace are part of the hybrid war that Russia is waging against Europe.

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.