NATO fighter jets conducting air patrol missions in the Baltic States carried out three sorties over last week to detect and escort Russian aircraft violating flight rules.

The UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has expressed readiness to deploy troops to Ukraine for an extended period to support a potential ceasefire in the war initiated by Russia and to prevent further invasion.

The European Union is reported to be working on a new package of sanctions against Russia, the 17th in a series, with sources revealing what it may include.

The Helsinki District Court in Finland found Voislav Tordenin (Jan Petrovsky), the founder and former commander of the Rusich military group, guilty of committing war crimes in Ukraine and sentenced him to life imprisonment on 14 March.

Austria's new Foreign Minister Beate Meinl-Reisinger is on a visit to Ukraine. She arrived in Kyiv on 14 March.

Finland has announced a new, 28th military aid package for Ukraine, worth about €200 million.

Russian authorities refuse to voice their official position on the peaceful settlement of the Russo-Ukrainian war.

The French National Assembly has approved a resolution calling for increased assistance to Ukraine and the confiscation of frozen Russian assets to provide financial support to Kyiv.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz believes that demilitarisation of Ukraine is one of Russia's goals, and this must not happen.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the US "will have contact with Russians" today.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha told reporters that US Secretary of State Marco Rubio responded warmly when he presented him with an icon of Virgin Mary during negotiations in Saudi Arabia.

The captain of the container ship Solong, which collided with a tanker in the North Sea off the coast of the United Kingdom, is a Russian citizen, as reported by the ship's owners. The statement comes after police announced the arrest of one person on suspicion of manslaughter by negligence in relation to the incident.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, in light of the talks between the US and Ukraine in Saudi Arabia, has stated that Moscow's position would not be formed abroad and it is therefore worth following the news from Russia.

Dutch Defence Minister Ruben Brekelmans has stated that Ukraine and its president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, should not agree to a settlement of the Russo-Ukrainian war that could push the country into an interwar period, as Russia’s ambitions for the Russian world are a nightmare for Europe.

Finnish Defence Minister Antti Häkkänen visited Ukraine on Monday, 10 March.