The Swedish military detected a Russian submarine in the Baltic Sea on 14 October and escorted it with fighter jets.

Finland has decided to join the Prioritised Ukraine Requirements List (PURL) initiative, which involves purchasing weapons in the United States for transfer to Ukraine.

A Russian FPV drone has attacked a UN humanitarian convoy near the village of Bilozerka in Kherson Oblast, and an Italian official who was accompanying the mission was also there at the time of the strike.

Radosław Sikorski, Polish Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, has presented the Iranian-made Shahed-type drone, which Russia uses in its war against Ukraine, to the British Parliament.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, speaking at the Sharm el Sheikh Summit, also known as the 2025 Gaza peace summit, has called for an end to Russia's war against Ukraine and expressed hope for the participation of US President Donald Trump in achieving peace.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will take part in a European Council meeting in Brussels on 23 October.

The European Union is working to provide Ukraine with an additional €100 million in aid for the winter period.

The European Commission and European capitals have condemned Russia's new strikes on Ukrainian energy infrastructure, which have brought about the first large-scale power outage in Kyiv in a long time.

Hundreds of crucial missiles have been delivered to Ukraine several months ahead of schedule, according to Luke Pollard, UK Minister for Defence Readiness and Industry.

A joint project between the UK and Ukraine to manufacture interceptor drones has been in negotiation and could be realised within months.

G7 ambassadors held an urgent meeting with Ukrainian Energy Minister Svitlana Hrynchuk and representatives from the energy sector on Friday 10 October to discuss support in response to Russian attacks on Ukraine's energy and civilian infrastructure.

Rheinmetall, one of Germany's largest defence companies, will deliver several more Skyranger 35 air defence systems to Ukraine, with funding provided from frozen Russian assets.

Polish Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Radosław Sikorski arrived in Lviv Oblast for a working visit on 10 October.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha has called on international partners to respond decisively to Russian strikes on Ukraine's critical civilian infrastructure on the night of 9-10 October.

Kaja Kallas, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, has emphasised the importance of continuing and increasing support for Ukraine, as she believes it will not be able to win the war against Russia on its own.

US President Donald Trump has said he will eventually succeed in resolving the war that Russia is waging against Ukraine.

US President Donald Trump has said that resolving the war launched by Russia against Ukraine has turned out to be more difficult than achieving peace in the Middle East.

Milrem Robotics, an Estonian robotic vehicle manufacturer, has announced that it will deliver over 150 THeMIS unmanned ground vehicles to Ukraine.

Italy has called for a ceasefire in all wars during the Winter Olympic Games, which will take place in February 2026 in the north of the country.

Ukraine and Lithuania have signed a memorandum to strengthen cooperation in the protection of critical infrastructure.

Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna has criticised the statements of former German chancellor Angela Merkel, who suggested that resistance from Poland and the Baltic states to direct dialogue with Putin may have influenced his decision to launch the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

EU member states have agreed to impose restrictions on the movement of Russian diplomats within the European Union in response to the growing number of sabotage attempts often led by spies operating under diplomatic cover.

Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė has said that her country will not lift sanctions on Russia and Belarus until Ukraine's territorial integrity is fully restored and all damages caused by Russia are compensated.

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.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has once again claimed that Hungarians do not want to be in the same union as Ukrainians, arguing that the fate of Ukrainians is to live alongside Russia.

A performance by Russian opera singer Anna Netrebko in the Romania city of Cluj-Napoca has been cancelled due to a campaign by the Embassy of Ukraine and Romanian activists.

Ukraine and the US plan to conclude a drone deal under which Kyiv will share its combat-tested drone technology with Washington in exchange for royalties or other forms of compensation. The deal could be worth billions of dollars.

The US government shutdown has put the possibility of weapons talks between Ukraine and America in Washington this week in doubt.

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.