German Chancellor Olaf Scholz wants to speak with Russian President Vladimir Putin over the phone for the first time in over two years.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has thanked Jens Stoltenberg for supporting Ukraine as NATO Secretary General and congratulated his successor, Mark Rutte, on taking up the post.

The Financial Times has quoted an unnamed Western official as saying that US President Joe Biden may agree to change the status of Ukraine's application for NATO membership before he leaves office in January 2025.

Mark Rutte, the new NATO Secretary General, has announced his intention to uphold the Alliance’s commitments to Ukraine, particularly concerning the irreversibility of its path towards NATO membership.

Former Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has officially taken over as NATO Secretary General from his predecessor Jens Stoltenberg on Tuesday, 1 October.

New NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has said that he is not concerned about the possible impact of the US presidential election results on the Alliance's unity and, in particular, on its ability to support Ukraine. 

Mark Rutte, who will officially become NATO's new Secretary General on Tuesday, has said that Ukraine will be at the top of his list of priorities as the Alliance's new leader. 

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, who is stepping down on Tuesday and handing over to Mark Rutte, said that NATO will be in good hands with the Dutchman at the helm.

The United States has signed a US$6.9 billion contract with Boeing Corporation to produce small-diameter bombs, which will be delivered to Ukraine, Japan and Bulgaria.

The Government of Lithuania has officially handed materials related to cross-border crimes against humanity committed against Belarusians by representatives of Alexander Lukashenko's regime over to the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague.

Poland’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has stated that the exhumation of victims of the Volyn tragedy will be considered in the first stage of Ukraine’s EU membership negotiations.

Ukraine and Hungary plan to hold a meeting of the joint intergovernmental commission by the end of the year.

After talks with Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó in Budapest, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said that he and his Hungarian counterpart noted "positive dynamics" in resolving the issue of national minorities.

The government and Labour Ministry buildings in Chișinău were vandalised on the night of 26-27 September. Two people who received instructions from Moscow have been detained.

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.