The Netherlands expects to send F-16 fighters to Ukraine this autumn – right after Denmark, which expects to deliver first fighter jets in the summer. 

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan will not attend Vladimir Putin's "inauguration" ceremony following his so-called re-election.

Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda has reported on a telephone conversation he had with his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelenskyy. 

The European Union says it is preparing for a possible sudden cessation of Russian gas supplies after the transit contract between Ukraine and the Russian Federation expires at the end of 2024.

Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has stated that it sees no reason to recognise Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin as the democratically elected and legitimate president of Russia.

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock had a secret dinner with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at a restaurant in one of Berlin's five-star hotels.

Latvian Foreign Minister Baiba Braže, who was appointed last week, arrived in Ukraine on Friday 26 April.

Kristo Enn Vaga, an Estonian MP and member of the Riigikogu's state defence commission and the Ukraine-Estonia parliamentary group, started cycling from Tallinn to Kyiv on Friday morning to raise funds for the Ukrainian Defence Forces.

Polish President Andrzej Duda has said that incidents involving Russian missiles flying in the airspace of NATO member states threaten to spark a wider war.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has said that China should stop supporting the Russian Federation in its war against Ukraine if it wants to have good relations with the West and has also warned allies against becoming dependent on Chinese resources.

The White House has stated that air defence equipment is currently a priority for Ukraine.

The US has stated that the first weapons under the recently announced military aid package will be delivered to Ukraine within a few days.

Lithuania is considering helping Ukraine to repatriate men liable for military service, but first they need to work out how to do this.

Italy has announced the signing of an agreement with Ukraine and the UN cultural agency UNESCO on the reconstruction of Odesa, in particular, the reconstruction of the Transfiguration Cathedral, which was damaged by a Russian missile strike.

The United States did not announce the transfer of long-range ATACMS missiles to Ukraine at the request of the Ukrainian side.