Mike Johnson, Speaker of the US House of Representatives, said on Sunday (14 April) that the House would "try again" to vote for military assistance to Israel in response to Iran's large-scale attack.

Czechia has discovered over a million pieces of artillery ammunition around the world that can be purchased for Ukraine outside Europe.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine, has had a phone conversation with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte and received confirmation that the Netherlands has allocated another EUR 1 billion for military aid for Ukraine and EUR 400 million more for the rebuilding.

Russia is outraged due to recent statements by Stephane Séjourné, French Foreign Affairs Minister, about France’s unwillingness to negotiate with Russia and has summoned the French ambassador to Moscow to its Foreign Ministry.

Republican Party leader Steve Scalise has said that Mike Johnson, Speaker of the US House of Representatives, is in talks with the White House on financial aid for Ukraine.

While on a visit to a defence company near Bordeaux, French President Emmanuel Macron said France will be participating in a summit dedicated to peace in Ukraine, which will be held in June in Switzerland.  

On Friday 12 April, the Council of the European Union finally approved a law on EU-wide minimum rules for the prosecution of violations or circumvention of EU sanctions in member states.

Ukraine and Slovakia have discussed Bratislava's participation in the implementation of the Ukrainian Peace Formula.

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has said that his country supports Ukraine's aspirations of becoming an EU member state as soon as possible. 

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda in Vilnius on Thursday before the start of the Three Seas Summit.

The Swiss government will host a two-day high-level conference on the settlement of the war in Ukraine – known as the Peace Summit – in mid-June.

The United Kingdom and Ukraine have signed a framework agreement to promote cooperation in defence and industrial matters.

The newly appointed Minister of National Defence of Lithuania, Laurynas Kasčiūnas, arrived in Kyiv, where he held a meeting with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, as part of his first overseas visit in this position.

Finnish media broadcaster Yle has surveyed the country’s MPs on whether they support the deployment of EU states troops in Ukraine, and the majority opposed this idea.