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. 

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.