Gergely Gulyás, Minister of the Hungarian Prime Minister's Office, has said that Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is set to meet US President Donald Trump at the White House on 7 November.

Belgium is investigating the appearance of several drones over a military base in the southern part of the country. The Belgian Defence Ministry believes it was a deliberate reconnaissance operation.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has announced that Ukrainian and EU advisers will meet on 31 October or 1 November to discuss the outlines of a plan to end the Russo-Ukrainian war.

The Ukrainian flag has been removed once again from above the entrance to Ukraine's honorary consulate in the city of Przemyśl in Poland.

Options for US energy sanctions against Russia have been "on standby" for a long time – from strong to weak packages – and US President Donald Trump has this week opted for the middle one.

The European Union finally approved the 19th package of sanctions against Russia by written procedure on the morning of 23 October.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has stressed that the introduction of the first new sanctions against Russia by President Donald Trump's administration should not come as a surprise and does not mean that Washington is abandoning talks with Moscow.

Kirill Dmitriev, CEO of the Russian Direct Investment Fund and a member of the Kremlin's negotiation team, has denied Western media reports claiming that preparations for a meeting between US President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin have been halted.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has announced the preparation of a "completely new" agreement with Kyiv's European partners, which is intended to form part of security guarantees for Ukraine.

Belgium has agreed not to block the EU's idea for a "reparations loan" to Ukraine using frozen Russian assets, meaning the European Union can now move on to practical steps for its implementation.

Polish diplomatic sources believe it is highly unlikely that Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin would choose to fly over Polish airspace on his way to a planned meeting with US President Donald Trump in Budapest.

The EU is reportedly discussing a new enlargement model that would grant new member states limited voting rights at first – a proposal that could make Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán more amenable to Ukraine's accession.

On Monday 20 October, the EU Council approved the RePowerEU mechanism, which envisages a complete phase-out of Russian fossil fuels by the European Union, by a large majority. Hungary and Slovakia voted against.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy believes that Budapest is not the best location for the talks preliminarily agreed upon between US President Donald Trump and Russian ruler Vladimir Putin.