Ukraine’s new Minister of Foreign Affairs, Andrii Sybiha, who took office last week, has held his first phone conversations with his counterparts from Norway and Belgium.

The Biden administration has reportedly sent a long-awaited classified report to Congress, outlining its strategy regarding the Russo-Ukrainian war. 

Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha has called on partners to finance the Ukrainian domestic defence industry's production of weapons essential for Ukrainian forces, which would help boost military aid.

The European Union has condemned the holding of local elections by the Russian Federation in occupied Crimea and Sevastopol. 

The largest airport in Sweden, near Stockholm, temporarily halted flight arrivals and departures for several hours due to unidentified drones.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz backs the idea of inviting Russia to the second Peace Summit and is convinced it is time to discuss ways to end the war.

The Foreign Ministers of Finland and Estonia held their first conversation together with Ukraine’s newly appointed Foreign Minister, Andrii Sybiha.

This week, a group of Ukrainian fighter pilots arrived in Canada for training.

Canada has announced a new military aid package for Ukraine, which will include aircraft missiles, small arms and equipment.

Alexander Lukashenko, the self-proclaimed president of Belarus, has signed a decree pardoning 30 political prisoners convicted of what the Belarusian authorities say are "protest-related crimes".

Seventeen Ukrainians deported from Russia are now stranded at the Russo-Georgian border because they lacked all the necessary documents. For nearly a month, they have been forced to live in a basement with bare walls at the Dariali checkpoint near Georgia's Upper Lars, unable to go outside as they await a resolution to their situation.

Ukraine's Foreign Minister, Dmytro Kuleba, noted that delivery of some of the promised Patriot systems is being delayed and urged partners to accelerate the process.

Ukraine is continuing discussions with its partners on the possibility of creating an air defence shield over Ukraine's West.

The location of remains of an "aerial target" that entered Poland during the large-scale Russian airstrike on Ukrainian cities on the morning of 26 August has still not been identified.

Lithuanian activists have announced that they are sending Ukraine the last of more than 1,100 anti-drone systems purchased with funds donated in response to the Radarom campaign.