Major General Jan Dam, Commander of the Danish Air Force, has announced that Denmark has undertaken to train up to one hundred Ukrainian specialists to service F-16 fighter jets, with 50 of them already trained and participating in the preparation of the first aircraft in Ukraine.

Olaf Scholz, Chancellor of Germany, has stated the EU must allocate more funds for such countries as Germany which accept a large number of Ukrainian refugees.

The new president of Slovakia, Peter Pellegrini, has said that his country is participating in the Czech initiative to purchase shells for Ukraine. In particular, the ammunition purchased is being upgraded at Slovak factories.

The EU has condemned the Russian authorities' decision to block access to more than 80 European media outlets in Russia as absolutely unreasonable.

The EU Committee of Permanent Representatives has approved a new package of sanctions against Belarus.

The EU Court of Justice has upheld the complaint of Russian oligarch Dmitry Pumpyansky and his wife, Galina Pumpyanskaya, against EU sanctions at the second attempt.

The first Intergovernmental Conference for Ukraine’s EU Accession, which officially starts the negotiations regarding Ukraine’s EU membership, has begun in Luxembourg.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has issued a statement on the occasion of the inaugural Intergovernmental Conference on Ukraine's Accession to the EU, which will officially launch discussions for Ukraine's membership in the European Union.

The Pre-Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued arrest warrants for Sergei Shoigu, former minister of defence of Russia, and Valeriy Gerasimov, the head of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia.

Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala said that the first batch of ammunition had been delivered to Ukraine as part of the Czech initiative to purchase shells for the country.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) issued its verdict on the merits in the first interstate case, Ukraine v. Russia (re Crimea), recognising the systemic violations of human rights committed by the Russians in occupied Crimea.

The German government has rejected the idea that Ukrainian refugees who are not willing to work should be deported.

Today, EU countries approved the first tranche of military aid to Ukraine totalling up to €1.4 billion, sourced from frozen Russian assets.

The Dutch government, which will resign soon, has adopted decisions aimed at accelerating the production of defence equipment for Ukraine and for its own use.

Instead of depending on a larger US-led plan, the EU has indicated that it may dramatically enhance funding for Ukraine by getting its own multibillion-dollar loan to assist Kyiv.