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 Norwegian government has intended to allocate about US$23.6 million (NOK 250 million) for investments in Ukraine.

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

The new NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte arrived in Kyiv on Thursday, 3 October.

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.

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.

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.

Alexander Lukashenko, the self-proclaimed President of Belarus, has followed Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin in threatening the West with nuclear weapons.

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

Former Dutch Defence Minister Kajsa Ollongren believes that the world should stop fearing the "red lines" of Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin, as they "exist only in our heads," and should also learn from Ukraine's military experience.

A decision to lift restrictions on Ukraine's use of long-range Western weapons against military targets in Russia may be made by early winter.

The end of allied support for Ukraine's self-defence will lead to an increase in the number of war crimes, not a decrease.