Czechia’s Supreme Administrative Court has rejected a cassation appeal by a Russian state-owned company against the freezing of 61 of its properties.

The Ukrainian military has used a single unmanned ground vehicle to evacuate four wounded infantrymen from the front line in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.

Early reports indicate that six people have been injured in a Russian guided aerial bomb strike on the city of Sumy.

Ukrainian air defence forces neutralised 254 out of 285 Russian drones launched against Ukraine between the morning and 18:30 on 30 September.

A Russian Geran-4 attack drone crashed into a playground in Kyiv's Obolon district on the afternoon of 30 September but failed to detonate.

Emergency power outages have been rolled out in parts of Ukraine following multiple Russian attacks on the country's energy infrastructure.

The Russians have used a special warhead designed to destroy high-voltage transmission towers on a jet-powered strike drone for the first time.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has denied the existence of political prisoners in Russia and stated that Moscow is not discussing sanctions relief with the US in exchange for their release.

Emergency power outages have been introduced in Kyiv on the orders of Ukrenergo, Ukraine's state-owned electricity transmission operator.

US Senator Chris Coons has said that the Pentagon has obligated 99.8% of the US$400 million Congress allocated for aid to Ukraine, just a day before the end of the financial year.

Yet for the EU, what matters is not the title of the law but its content. But the Ukrainian authorities are becoming increasingly adept at reporting on reforms, while at the same time trying to undermine their essence and retain leverage over appointments to key judicial governance bodies.

The European Union expects Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to take part in the European Council meeting on 15 October to discuss support and funding.