Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has urged Armenia not to rush into reorienting its trade toward the European Union. He suggested that Yerevan first assess the prospects of maintaining current export volumes.

The prosecutor's office of occupied Crimea has referred the criminal case against four Crimean Tatar women from the Bakhchysarai district to the Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don. This is the first case in occupied Crimea involving the alleged participation of women in Hizb ut-Tahrir.

On the night of October 2, the Volgograd region was among the Russian regions targeted by Ukrainian drones. Governor Andrey Bocharov reported a massive drone attack on the region's industrial infrastructure.

The United Kingdom expanded its sanctions against Russia on 1 October. The new package comprises 31 measures targeting 23 individuals and entities and eight vessels. London said the sanctions target, among other things, sources of funding for Russia’s military campaign, pro-Kremlin information networks and individuals linked to human rights violations in territories of Ukraine occupied by Russia.

On October 1, the opposition United National Movement (UNM) party held a rally in Tbilisi calling for the release of former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili. The gathering took place at the Rike Park amphitheater, despite a ban issued by the Ministry of Internal Affairs due to preparations for the "Tbilisoba" festival. Several dozen people assembled at the site.

Three people have been detained in Ingushetia, Tatarstan and Bashkortostan in a joint operation by the FSB, Interior Ministry and Investigative Committee. Russian law-enforcement authorities accuse them of involvement in attacks on military personnel and law-enforcement officers in Chechnya in 1999 and 2000. The detainees’ names and ages have not been disclosed.

The Telavi District Court fined Georgian citizen Aleksi Kenchoshvili 1,500 lari for verbally insulting Tbilisi Mayor Kakha Kaladze on social media. The case was heard based on a report filed by the Hate Speech Division of the Human Rights Protection Department under the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs.

A project to restore through rail and road connections between Russia, Georgia, and Armenia via Abkhazia has been unveiled in Moscow. The initiative bears the working title "Putin’s Path."

The European Union has imposed sanctions on Ali Chomaev, the head of the "Adel" children's camp in Karachay-Cherkessia and the "Solnechny Bereg" camp in Dagestan. The restrictions also apply to 16 other individuals and 16 legal entities.

Ukrainian UAVs attacked occupied Crimea overnight into October 1. Krymenergo reported that energy infrastructure was targeted, leaving some settlements without electricity.