The Energy Community warns Ukraine that there is a threat of Ukrenergo, a Ukrainian national power company, losing its certificates of compliance with European standards, which means a ban on electricity imports from Europe.

The European Union has expressed its outrage over the death of Ukrainian journalist Viktoriia Roshchyna in Russian captivity. 

Germany, along with three other NATO countries, is preparing a substantial package of military support for Ukraine worth €1.4 billion, which is expected to be delivered by the end of 2024.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has arrived in Paris and will soon begin a meeting with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron.

Ukraine's Foreign Ministry has urged the Georgian authorities not to exploit the Russo-Ukrainian war in their election campaign.

The President's Office has published the text of an agreement between Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković and Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that was signed during Zelenskyy’s visit to Croatia.

Polish farmers are once more planning to block the movement of goods across the border with Ukraine. They want to keep blockading the Medyka-Shehyni checkpoint until the end of the year.  

The European Commission is likely to release its annual progress report on EU candidate countries on 30 October, later than originally expected.

Around 70% of EU citizens believe that their home countries benefit from EU membership.

Newly appointed NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has confirmed during his first foreign visit to Kyiv that the Ukrainian issue will be his key priority in his new post. 

After a meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has expressed hope that NATO countries will change their position on protecting Ukraine's skies.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has stated that they have not yet received any requests for a phone conversation from German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.

The Polish and Ukrainian foreign ministries have released contradictory statements regarding whether Polish Minister Radosław Sikorski met with his Ukrainian counterpart Andrii Sybiha during the latter’s visit to Poland this week.

During a meeting with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha, Szymon Hołownia, Marshal (Speaker) of the Polish Sejm (lower house of the Polish parliament), brought up the issue of exhuming the remains of victims of the Volyn tragedy.

An air-raid warning was issued and fighter jets took off in the Romanian area that borders Ukraine over the Danube because of a Russian drone attack on the night of 1-2 October on southern Odesa Oblast.