The German government expects US President Joe Biden's visit to Germany to send a strong signal of continued support for Ukraine.

France has stated that it will provide Ukraine with Mirage 2000 fighter jets next year.

US Vice President Kamala Harris has said that she would not agree to a bilateral meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin to talk about his war against Ukraine.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha has held bilateral talks with his Slovak counterpart Juraj Blanár on 7 October, which resulted in the announcement that Slovakia would provide Ukraine with €500,000 to address energy issues.

Josep Borrell, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, has said that everyone wants the war in Ukraine to end as soon as possible, first and foremost the Ukrainians themselves, but the main question is how exactly this will happen.

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock is not opposed to Ukraine striking deep into Russian territory in self-defence in the future.

French President Emmanuel Macron has urged the international community to avoid using double standards in analysing global conflicts, particularly in the Middle East and Ukraine.

Poland is ready to start training the first few hundred Ukrainian volunteers who decide to join the Ukrainian Legion. 

Felix Baumann, Swiss Ambassador to Ukraine, has stated that Switzerland participated as an observer in the China-Brazil meeting on the "peace plan for Ukraine" and did not sign any communiqué.

The European Union is preparing to introduce a sanctions package against Iran for supplying ballistic missiles to Russia.

The European defence conglomerate KNDS has signed a contract to supply 12 CAESAR self-propelled howitzers, which will be financed by Ukraine.

The Patriot anti-aircraft missile system that Bucharest pledged to transfer to Kyiv has arrived in Ukraine.

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.

Switzerland will provide 1.5 billion Swiss francs (approx. US$1.7 billion) over the next four years for Ukraine's rehabilitation initiatives, as well as encourage private sector investment.

Kaupo Rosin, Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Estonia, has stated that even in the event of a frozen conflict in Ukraine, the war will not be over, and Ukraine's victory is necessary for long-term peace.

Oral hearings will continue on Ukraine's claim at the Arbitration Tribunal in The Hague on 3 October, where Russia is accused of violating the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea.

The US Department of State has stated that it has seen a number of productive steps in the Victory Plan presented by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and that it will be in contact with Kyiv on this issue.

Paweł Wroński, spokesman for the Polish Ministry for Foreign Affairs, has noted that during the first conversation between Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski and the new NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte they will discuss, among other things, assistance to Ukraine.

Estonian Defence Minister Hanno Pevkur says that the country's government has discussed the possibility of sending its military personnel on non-combat missions to Ukraine’s west, but no specific decision has been made yet.

Lithuania and Sweden have agreed to purchase €22 million worth of equipment to support Ukraine's mine clearance needs.

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.

JD Vance and Tim Walz did not raise the issue of the war in Ukraine during the vice-presidential candidate debates in the US.

The Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs denied that Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha addressed the idea of a peace accord with territorial concessions in exchange for security guarantees with Western colleagues, as reported by the Financial Times.

On the second anniversary of the sham referendums organised by Russia in the occupied southern and eastern territories of Ukraine, the UK has stressed that it does not recognise the results of these "referendums".

The European Union has decided to introduce a thematic sanctions regime dedicated to hybrid threats from Russia.

Annalena Baerbock, German Foreign Minister, has supported the idea of the West to provide Ukraine with long-range missiles for self-defence, although Chancellor Olaf Scholz opposes such a move, fearing an escalation of the war.

Republican US presidential candidate Donald Trump has once again stated ahead of a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in New York on 27 September that he will be able to quickly end the war in case he wins the elections and claimed he has a "very good relationship" with Zelenskyy and Russian ruler Vladimir Putin.

Successful Ukrainian airstrikes aimed at destroying Russian army military depots are expected to start affecting the front line by October.