Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov has said Russia will not take part in the talks between Ukraine and the United States scheduled for 21 March in the US.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has said media reports misrepresented her comments about Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's position on blocking a loan to Ukraine.

EU leaders have condemned Russian strikes on Ukrainian infrastructure that resulted in pollution of the Dnister River.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has said he believes the European Union will not survive without Russian energy resources and described the EU's stance on phasing out Russian oil as "crazy".

Naftogaz, Ukraine's largest state-owned oil and gas company, has announced that it has briefed the EU deputy ambassador to Ukraine on a plan to repair the Druzhba oil pipeline.

Self-proclaimed Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko is holding a meeting on Thursday with a US delegation led by John Coale, the US Special Envoy to Belarus.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán believes that Russia's aggression against Ukraine should not prevent it from becoming part of Europe's future security and energy systems.

Slovak Foreign Minister Juraj Blanár has claimed that Ukraine has already announced timelines for repairing the Druzhba oil pipeline on more than one occasion, so the situation should be verified by experts on the ground.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday began a visit to Spain with a stop at the defence company Sener Aerospace&Defence.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte have discussed the involvement of additional countries in an initiative to purchase US weapons for Ukraine and an increase in current contributions.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived in the United Kingdom's capital on an official visit on Tuesday 17 March.

The European Union has offered Ukraine financial and technical support to restore oil supplies to Hungary and Slovakia through the Druzhba pipeline, and Kyiv has agreed.

European Council President António Costa has said that the European Union may in future have to negotiate with Russia on security and peace in Ukraine, although he added that this moment has not yet come.

Italy, France and seven other countries have informed the European Commission that a Russian LNG tanker drifting in the Mediterranean poses an environmental threat and have called for immediate action.

During President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's visit to London on 17 March, the United Kingdom and Ukraine are preparing to sign new agreements on defence cooperation.