Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić, at a meeting with Kremlin head Vladimir Putin, has complained that Serbia was "in a difficult situation" because of the war Russia has unleashed against Ukraine.

Lithuania intends to join Finland’s initiative to develop a shelter network in Ukraine.

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, during his meeting with Russian ruler Vladimir Putin in China, said he intends to raise the issue of Ukrainian attacks on Russia’s energy infrastructure in his talks with the Ukrainian president.

The United Kingdom has stated that it will extend the Ukraine Permission Extension scheme for another 24 months.

German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius has strongly criticised remarks made by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen regarding military security guarantees for Ukraine.

An extraordinary meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Council has been convened for Monday 1 September in Brussels.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will join European leaders who are gathering in Paris on Thursday 4 September to discuss possible security guarantees for Ukraine.

Polish Defence Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz has warned against becoming accustomed to Russia’s war against Ukraine, stressing that such complacency could amount to Moscow’s greatest victory.

The Kremlin has once again claimed that it "does not object" to a meeting between Russian leader Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, but insists it has its own "expectations" regarding preparations for such a meeting.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has commented on media reports suggesting that, as part of a future peace agreement, European leaders are considering the creation of a 40-kilometre buffer zone between Ukrainian and Russian forces.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is confident that US President Donald Trump has not lost interest in the negotiation process regarding the Russo–Ukrainian war.

Belgium will provide Ukraine with an additional €100 million in military aid in 2025 as part of NATO’s new initiative, the Prioritised Ukraine Requirements List.

Extended Range Attack Munition missiles, which have been approved for delivery to Kyiv by the US State Department, may begin arriving in Ukraine as early as this year.

The European Commission is working on a mechanism that would allow nearly €200 billion in frozen Russian assets to be transferred into a special fund and directed toward Ukraine’s reconstruction after the war.

Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski has invited Robert "Magyar" Brovdi, Commander of the Unmanned Systems Forces, to Poland despite Hungary’s sanctions, which include an entry ban.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has condemned Hungary’s decision to ban entry to Robert "Magyar" Brovdi, Commander of the Unmanned Systems Forces of Ukraine and an ethnic Hungarian, calling it outrageous.

Robert "Magyar" Brovdi, Commander of the Unmanned Systems Forces and an ethnic Hungarian born in Zakarpattia Oblast, has responded to Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán's government's entry ban, imposed after the attacks on the Druzhba oil pipeline, by advising them to "stick it up their arse".

The European External Action Service, headed by Kaja Kallas, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, will be summoning Russia’s chargé d’affaires to the European Union over the Russian attack on the EU mission building in Kyiv.

Russia or its proxies are launching reconnaissance drones over routes used by the United States and its allies to transport military cargo through eastern Germany.

The European Union will shortly approve its 19th package of sanctions against Russia and discuss how best to use frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine’s defence and recovery.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha has lashed out at Hungary’s decision to ban the commander of the Ukrainian military unit responsible for the attack on the Druzhba oil pipeline from entering the country.

Katarina Mathernova, European Union Ambassador to Ukraine, has stated that Russia carried out a targeted strike on a building located next to the European Union mission in Ukraine on the night of 27-28 August.

Hungary’s Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó has announced that his country is prohibiting the commander of the Ukrainian military unit responsible for the "latest attack" on Russia’s Druzhba oil pipeline from entering Hungary.

Russia’s real response to peaceful efforts aimed at ending the war is a large-scale attack on Kyiv on the night of 27-28 August, Katarína Mathernová, Ambassador of the European Union to Ukraine, has said.

The building housing the European Union’s mission to Ukraine has been damaged as a result of a Russian strike on Kyiv on the night of 27-28 August, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha has reported.

Poland has said it launched "all the necessary procedures" to protect its airspace as Russian airstrikes were targeting Ukraine on the night of 27-28 August.

The Ukrainian delegation, which will hold talks with the US President’s special envoy Steve Witkoff in New York this week, will focus on security guarantees for Ukraine.

Russia maintains its long-standing position that NATO countries’ troops should not be deployed to Ukraine, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday 27 August amid ongoing discussions regarding security guarantees for Ukraine.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has spoken with his Finnish counterpart Alexander Stubb regarding security guarantees for Ukraine.