French Defence Minister Sébastien Lecornu has said that a well-armed Ukraine will be an important part of the future security architecture.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has not ruled out the possibility of informal communication with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Saudi Arabia.

Iceland has transferred more than €2 million to the Ukraine Energy Support Fund, bringing the country's total contribution to the fund to more than €5.6 million.

The United States is opposed to using harsh language in joint G7 statements in order not to hinder its efforts to persuade Russia and Ukraine to come to the negotiating table.

Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani has expressed hope that the plan proposed by French President Emmanuel Macron to deploy European forces in Ukraine will not be necessary.

Euractiv, citing unnamed European diplomats, has reported that the European Union has not ruled out that Hungary may block the extension of sanctions against Russia this week, as they are set to expire on 15 March.

US Republican Senator Lindsey Graham is preparing a new bill on sanctions against Russia which he  plans to submit this week.

Five resolutions in support of Ukraine have been introduced in the United States Senate, but none were enacted due to Republican senators' opposition, officials from the senators' offices have reported.

Estonian Defence Forces Intelligence Centre has reported successful Ukrainian counterattacks on the Pokrovsk front, while Russian troops have made some progress in Russia's Kursk Oblast, where Ukrainian forces are conducting an operation.

Republican lawmakers are calling on US President Donald Trump to reverse his decision to suspend military and intelligence assistance to Ukraine.

Heorhii Tykhyi, Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry spokesman, has said that next week's talks between Ukraine and the United States in Saudi Arabia will focus on bilateral relations and the path to peace in Ukraine.

The White House has dismissed as "fake news" reports in the media regarding the alleged plans of President Donald Trump’s administration to revoke the temporary legal status of approximately 240,000 Ukrainians who fled the country due to the full-scale Russian invasion.

The United Kingdom has announced a deal with the Anglo-American defence technology company Anduril UK which will allow the Ukrainian Armed Forces to obtain more advanced strike drones to counter Russian aggression in the Black Sea.

Some US allies are considering reducing the amount of intelligence they share with Washington in response to the Donald Trump administration's conciliatory approach to Russia.

The halt in intelligence sharing between the US and Ukraine is reported to apply solely to information that could be used for Ukrainian strikes deep inside Russian territory.