The foreign minister noted on France Inter that since the start of the war in Ukraine, they have been told 20 times that Ukraine would fall and that the US was abandoning Ukraine.

However, Barrot maintained that the truth is that Europe has long been providing the bulk of the support to Kyiv.

The minister also said that two-thirds of the intelligence currently being provided to Ukraine comes from Europeans, and from France in particular.

Barrot stressed that they are fighting a war not only on the battlefield but also in people's minds.

He accused the Kremlin and its social media trolls of seeking to turn Europeans away from supporting Ukraine and Ukrainians.

According to The Washington Post, the US has threatened to stop sharing intelligence with Ukraine if the Ukrainian military carries out further strikes on Russian energy facilities.

On Tuesday, Zelenskyy confirmed in an interview with NPR that the Ukrainian military had received warnings and threats regarding intelligence-sharing, but these threats had not yet been carried out.

On 13 October, Trump himself denied that the US had stopped providing intelligence to Ukraine.

The European Commission stated that it had seen no signs that intelligence-sharing between Ukraine and the US had been halted.

Zelenskyy said he is scheduled to meet the NATO secretary general, the president of France and the prime ministers of Poland, Denmark and Belgium. He is also due to have an audience with King Philippe of Belgium.

The Ukrainian president noted that on 16 October he is scheduled to meet the presidents of the European Council and the European Commission, as well as the prime ministers of Hungary, Finland and Sweden.

"All of us in Europe want this war to end. And for that to happen, strong signals are needed – more real pressure on Russia and more defence support for Ukraine. It is especially important now to act together to protect lives," Zelenskyy wrote on X.

Earlier, Kyiv said that the time and location need to be agreed for a full-scale meeting between Zelenskyy and Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar.

Magyar said he will discuss the "historic success" in changing relations between the two countries with the Ukrainian president but stressed that the meeting will be brief.

As reported by European Pravda's correspondent, Kallas said she believes Russia's oil revenues must be cut off, and that is Ukraine's objective in carrying out strikes on Russian oil refineries.

"The majority of Russia's funding for the war comes from oil revenues. So clearly Ukraine wants this war to stop, and that's why cutting off the funding for the war is the way to do it," she said.

Kallas added that pressure on Moscow should be intensified, expressing disagreement with those who are putting pressure on Kyiv.

"We see that we should squeeze Russia, not Ukraine, to surrender, to end this war. And there we have been very committed," she added.

The Washington Post recently reported on an alleged US "peace plan" for Ukraine that would envisage increasing pressure on Ukraine, which has indeed been happening of late.

In particular, there have been problems with Starlink in Ukraine in recent days.

On 14 October, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy ordered the resumption of strikes on Russian oil refineries despite Trump's request to the contrary.

Tillis said the error appears to have occurred at a more local level within the US Defense Department's Starshield systems, rather than with Starlink or SpaceX.

"I'm not holding my breath for Defense Secretary Hegseth to offer transparency, so we'll be asking the DOD Inspector General to initiate an investigation and report back to Congress and the American People," Tillis wrote on X.

The senator emphasised that the situation had put the safety of both Ukrainian civilians and US diplomatic and security personnel at risk.

"At best, this was an unacceptable error or lapse, and at worst a conscious decision to clear the field for a Russian attack," Tillis added.

Axios previously reported that the White House said it was not involved in the restrictions affecting the Starlink satellite system in Ukraine, pointing out that it does not control SpaceX.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the US's decision to impose restrictions on Starlink use in Ukraine was a mistake that would result in human losses.

Zelenskyy also said he would be discussing intelligence sharing and Starlink access with UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham.

As reported by European Pravda's Brussels correspondent, Prime Minister of Estonia Kristen Michal repeated an argument he has made before: that Russian oil refineries must be destroyed because sales of energy finance the war.

"I have said publicly in Estonia that the faster all the Russian refineries and ability to sell energy will be blown to smithereens, the better. Because Russia is funding the war with that," Michal said.

Michal stressed that Estonia relies on the US as a partner and NATO ally that assists with security matters.

"We rely on them. And also sometimes even good friends need a remind[er of] what is right," the Estonian minister said.

Michal mentioned that Estonia shares a border with Russia and has the support of the three nuclear powers within NATO: the US, UK and France.

"We have had shadow fleet cutting our cables, different kind of pipelines. We have had Russian fighter jets in our airspace. We have even had to shoot down different drones in our airspace. They all came. Help came from NATO… So, basing on that, I must say that NATO is working well and the US is a partner in NATO. Trump has assured us and everybody else last time in Ankara that he is following NATO and also Article 5," he added.

The European Council is meeting in Brussels on 15-16 October. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is expected to attend on 16 October.

No additional decisions regarding financial aid for Ukraine are planned to be made at the meeting, and the question of using frozen Russian assets is not on the leaders' formal agenda, although the topic may be raised during the discussions.

European Pravda previously reported that the European Council plans to call for stricter visa requirements for Russian citizens.

The European Council will also "express regret over the agreement reached between US President Donald Trump and Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin on the supply of Russian diesel".

"The block [on attacking refineries] is out. We're done," Zelenskyy said in a forthright interview with the FT in London. He also sharply criticised Washington's eagerness to strike business deals with Moscow and Trump's apparent affinity for Russian leader Vladimir Putin.

Asked to explain the relationship between the two leaders, Zelenskyy said Trump has an instinctive affinity for autocrats and extremely wealthy people.

"He [Trump] speaks about it openly and loudly that he loves such people and he respects such people. Because for him people who can be leaders 20 years, 30 years, 40 years, it means they can be very strong," Zelenskyy said in an interview with Financial Times.

The FT noted that Washington has increased pressure on Kyiv to stop strikes on Russian oil refineries, arguing that a moratorium on the attacks, together with an agreement to purchase hundreds of thousands of tonnes of Russian diesel fuel, is necessary to bring down fuel prices in the US.

Zelenskyy said he had suspended strikes on energy facilities for three days to accommodate the US request. However, Moscow continued to attack Ukraine's energy infrastructure and kill civilians, with more than 100 people killed in the past week.

The president also said that, despite Ukraine suspending its strikes, its forces had been left without US early-warning systems for incoming ballistic missiles. Starlink satellite communications, operated by Elon Musk's company, had also been slowed across the country, making battlefield operations and medium-range strikes against Russian military facilities more difficult.

The FT wrote that the deterioration in relations between Kyiv and Washington marks the most serious crisis between Ukraine and its most important security partner since the Oval Office spat in February 2025.

"Zelenskyy stressed that Ukraine's relationship with the US as an 'honest' and 'strategic' partner was essential in the fight against Russia, comparing it to Kyiv's relationship with the UK," the FT noted.

Asked whether Ukraine would stop striking oil refineries even if Russia continued its attacks, in an effort to repair relations with the White House, Zelenskyy said he would agree to do so only if the US supplied him with more American-made Patriot interceptors.

He believes that halting strikes on oil refineries could simply encourage the US and Russia to strike further deals, potentially providing additional funding for Putin's war machine.

"The question will be when will the next deal be? Maybe it will be gas. Definitely it will be gas," Zelenskyy said.

He added that the US suspension of intelligence sharing and disruption of Starlink services has become "dangerous" for Ukraine.

"We will find a way out . . . but it's better not to give him [Putin] the new life or the new will to fight," Zelenskyy concluded.

On 11 October, Trump published a post on his social media Truth Social announcing an "energy ceasefire" between Russia and Ukraine, which allegedly took effect immediately. He said that both sides had consented to cease strikes on energy infrastructure, although neither party had been informed of this.

Barak Ravid, a journalist at American news portal Axios, stated that Zelenskyy had been unaware of the "energy ceasefire" between Ukraine and Russia announced by Trump, but added that Ukraine supports it.

Later, Zelenskyy reported a Russian strike on CHP-5 [a combined heat and power plant] in Kharkiv and a power station in Kyiv following Trump's statement.

On 13 October Zelenskyy stressed that Ukraine has refrained from striking Russian oil refineries and energy facilities for two days in response to a proposal by Trump. Russia, meanwhile, has attacked Ukrainian energy facilities and critical infrastructure.

As reported by Politico, the intergovernmental commission, which deals with economic, scientific and technical cooperation issues, has been inactive since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Its last meeting was held in Bratislava on 12 November 2021.

Politico obtained a note from the Russian government written by Russia's Science Minister Valery Falkov, who is on the EU sanctions list. The document states that Slovak Foreign Minister Juraj Blanár agreed during a video call on 20 August to hold a meeting of the Russian-Slovak intergovernmental commission in Moscow.

Prime Minister Robert Fico said on 14 October that the meeting was scheduled for 25 November. The Russian note, dated 10 September, had initially proposed a different date: 26-27 October.

Asked about the possible agenda for the commission meeting, Slovakia's Foreign Ministry referred Politico to Blanár's public statements following the 20 August call.

"We pursue a policy in all directions and maintain dialogue with all countries that are interested in pragmatic cooperation with us for the benefit of the Slovak Republic's national interests," Blanár said at the time.

According to the Russian document, during the August video conference Blanár expressed Slovakia's opposition to the EU's gradual phase-out of Russian gas imports and asked for the issue of supplies to be discussed at the meeting in Moscow. Slovak representatives also stressed the importance of continuing Russian oil deliveries through the Druzhba pipeline and welcomed regular supplies of nuclear fuel for Slovak power plants.

The agenda for next month's meeting extends beyond energy cooperation. The two sides plan to discuss setting up working groups on culture, tourism, agriculture and environmental protection as well as the status of the Russian Centre of Science and Culture in Bratislava.

Blanár also expressed disagreement with what the note described as "discrimination against Russian athletes" at international competitions, saying the issue would be discussed at the commission meeting.

Fico recently said he does not want war to come to Slovakia "because of some Article 5" of NATO.

Fico also accused the West of having "needlessly added fuel to the fire" for more than four years in the context of the Russia-Ukraine war, thereby supposedly provoking a conflict between Russia and NATO.

"On Friday morning, I will hold my first official one-on-one meeting with the president of Ukraine," Magyar wrote on Facebook.

Magyar posted a photo in front of an aircraft and announced that he was heading to Brussels for an EU summit.

He noted that the agenda includes further strengthening the protection of Europe's external borders, addressing the energy crisis and approving the EU's seven-year budget.

On 12 October, the Ukrainian parliament approved amendments to the law on education. The changes are necessary for Hungary to agree to the opening of negotiating clusters 2 and 3 in Ukraine's EU accession talks.

On 13 October, the Council of the European Union officially opened two more clusters in Ukraine's EU accession negotiations.

Read more in the article Hungary lifts its veto: what the deal means for Ukraine’s EU accession

"Lithuania is taking action and will not look away. Today, we froze the assets of Mikhail Fridman and Alisher Usmanov under our national sanctions regime," Lithuanian Foreign Minister Kęstutis Budrys wrote on X.

As the minister noted, removing these two Russian oligarchs from EU sanctions sent the wrong signal.

Budrys emphasised that sanctions pressure on Russia and those who facilitate the Russian war effort must be strengthened and maintained on an ongoing basis.

As part of national sanctions, Lithuania banned entry to Usmanov and Fridman. Estonia also introduced its own national sanctions against these oligarchs.

"The European Council emphasises the need to prevent the export through the EU of grain stolen by Russia from temporarily occupied Ukrainian territories," the draft conclusions of the European Council summit reads.

The European Council would also "express regret over the agreement reached between US President Donald Trump and Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin to supply Russian diesel".

Furthermore, during the European Council meeting on 15-16 October, no additional decisions regarding financial aid for Ukraine are planned, nor is the question of using frozen Russian assets on the leaders' formal agenda, although the topic may be raised during discussions.

The summit of EU leaders on 15-16 October will also call for assisting Ukraine in its winter preparations, particularly regarding the resilience of critical infrastructure and will address the consequences of Russia's blockade of Black Sea export routes.

Consideration of the "Ukrainian matter" during the European Council meeting in Brussels is scheduled for 16 October. The attendance of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is expected.