The Czech Armed Forces have reported that Czechia has also experienced sightings of unidentified drones near strategic sites, including military facilities.

The Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian parliament) has approved a presidential decree authorising the deployment of several Ukrainian Navy vessels to the United Kingdom and Türkiye.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has announced that a Ukrainian negotiation team, led by Prime Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko and Andrii Yermak, Head of the President's Office, will visit the United States next week.

Hungary has likely maintained spies in Brussels for years and even attempted to recruit staff from EU institutions, according to a joint investigation by German newspaper Der Spiegel, Belgian newspaper De Tijd and the Hungarian outlet Direkt36.

Dmitry Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of Russia's Security Council, has said the appearance of unidentified drones over airports and strategic sites in Europe is a "way to scare Europeans with war", but did not directly acknowledge Russia's involvement.

Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof has arrived in Ukraine and is currently in Kyiv.

Lithuania's new Prime Minister Inga Ruginienė has arrived in Kyiv on a visit, and this is her first foreign trip in office and her first visit to Ukraine in this role.

A compromise on the EU's 19th sanctions package may involve the partial lifting of sanctions on assets linked to Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska – because Austria wants compensation for its Raiffeisen bank, which had to pay a large fine in Russia.

French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu has confirmed that French authorities detained two crew members of the tanker Boracay, which is considered part of Russia's shadow fleet.

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has admitted that European countries have underestimated the reality of the Russian threat and have acted too slowly on measures needed for their own defence.

EU Commissioner for Enlargement Marta Kos has said she is confident that Hungary's veto on the start of EU accession talks with Ukraine will soon be overcome, after which several negotiating clusters will be swiftly opened.

Ukraine has been advancing at a record pace in its technical preparations for accession to the European Union, EU Commissioner for Enlargement Marta Kos has stated.

Starting in December, the Netherlands will deploy ground-based air defence systems in Poland.

Ukraine has sent a mission to Denmark to share battle-tested expertise in downing hostile drones.