US President Joe Biden is planning a trip to Germany to meet with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, French President Emmanuel Macron and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

American billionaire and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has contributed approximately US$75 million over the past three months to his America PAC (Political Action Committee), which supports Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.

The United States will not deploy the THAAD medium-range missile interceptor system near Ukraine to shoot down Russian missiles and drones, as it does for Israel, because the Russian-Ukrainian war and the war in the Middle East are different.

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has said that the Alliance will not be intimidated by Russia's threats and that Ukraine will continue to receive assistance.

Ukraine alone should decide whether to agree to negotiate with Russia or not, and the main task of Kyiv’s foreign partners is to continue to help make Ukraine as strong as possible, former NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said in an interview with Der Spiegel.

Ukraine has the right to defend itself against Russian aggression, even by attacking targets on Russian territory, asserts former NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.

Politico, citing informed sources, has reported that Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán refuses to approve the extension of sanctions against Russia to help US presidential candidate Donald Trump. This will complicate the allocation of a US$50 billion loan to Ukraine from Russian frozen assets.

It is expected that on Monday, 14 October, the European Union may impose sanctions against individuals and legal entities in connection with Iran's supply of ballistic missiles to Russia.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has reiterated in Berlin that he would like the war to end no later than 2025 and said he will present a plan to German Chancellor Olaf Scholz that would help achieve this.

Hungary and Russian energy giant Gazprom have agreed on a possible increase in Russian gas supplies to this EU country.

Despite the sanctions, in 2023, German companies may have supplied more than 300 deliveries to Russia that could have been used to produce vehicle parts or ammunition.

On Wednesday, French President Emmanuel Macron released footage of the Anna of Kyiv Brigade of Ukraine's Armed Forces, which is currently training in France.

Germany handed over two IRIS-T medium– and short-range air defence systems to Ukraine last week.

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.

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