US Vice President Kamala Harris has said that she would not agree to a bilateral meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin to talk about his war against Ukraine.

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico reiterated his negative stance on Ukraine's NATO membership but promised not to block its path to the EU.

Josep Borrell, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, has said that everyone wants the war in Ukraine to end as soon as possible, first and foremost the Ukrainians themselves, but the main question is how exactly this will happen.

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock is not opposed to Ukraine striking deep into Russian territory in self-defence in the future.

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has stated that he, as head of the government, would never agree to Ukraine's accession to NATO.

The Netherlands will allocate €400 million to start the development and production of drones together with Ukraine.

By the end of 2024, Poland will begin construction of the first elements of defensive fortifications on its borders with Russia and Belarus as part of the East Shield project.

Lithuanian border guards refused to let the cars of the Moscow-Kaliningrad transit train pass, which had the letter "Z" painted on them and the inscription "Vilnius is a city of Russia".

The Patriot anti-aircraft missile system that Bucharest pledged to transfer to Kyiv has arrived in Ukraine.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha has held a meeting with his Armenian counterpart Ararat Mirzoyan in Warsaw.

The Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs denied that Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha addressed the idea of a peace accord with territorial concessions in exchange for security guarantees with Western colleagues, as reported by the Financial Times.

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has warned of the risk of disinformation and attempts to influence the federal election scheduled for September 2025, especially from the Russian Federation.

US Vice President Kamala Harris has reiterated her unwavering commitment to the Ukrainian people ahead of her meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy next week.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy outlined how Ukraine plans to use the €35 billion loan provided by the European Commission.

The European Commission will provide a €35 billion loan for Ukraine within a crediting plan for US$50 billion using Russian frozen assets, coordinated with G7 countries.