- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed his generals to abandon the rules of war to seize more territory, resulting in intensified Russian aerial strikes on Kyiv's civilian infrastructure, including schools, hospitals and key bridges over the Dnipro River.
- South Korea's President Lee Jae Myung warned of further action against Ukraine unless Kyiv apologises and acknowledges a confidentiality agreement regarding the transfer of two captured North Korean prisoners of war, following Volodymyr Zelensky's public announcement at the UN.
- Ukrainian forces launched targeted drone strikes on Russian oil infrastructure over the past 24 hours, causing fires at a major Lukoil refinery in Volgograd and an oil dispatch facility in the Samara region.
- The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation reported that world food prices reached their highest level in nearly four years during September, driven by climate shocks, supply chain disruptions, and Black Sea trade bottlenecks caused by the conflict.
- Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar welcomed draft legislation submitted to Ukraine's parliament that aims to strengthen the legal guarantees and educational rights of the ethnic Hungarian minority in Ukraine.
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