Péter Magyar, the leader of the Hungarian opposition Tisza party, has stated that the Fidesz party of current Prime Minister Viktor Orbán will in the coming days launch a disinformation campaign prepared jointly with Russian political strategists.

Hungary's parliament has adopted a resolution by majority vote opposing Ukraine's accession to the European Union and further financing of its military needs at the expense of EU countries.

János Lázár, Hungary's Minister of Construction and Transport, has effectively admitted that the seizure of Ukrainian cash-in-transit guards and confiscation of money was carried out in response to the alleged blocking of the Druzhba oil pipeline.

Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has blamed Ukraine for rising oil prices in Hungary and said he has asked the European Commission to lift sanctions on Russian energy.

The Counterterrorism Centre of Hungary has seized two Ukrainian cash-in-transit vehicles when they stopped at a petrol station near Budapest.

Hungary's National Tax and Customs Administration has reported the seizure of cash-in-transit vehicles and bank employees from Ukraine, stating that the detention was carried out "on suspicion of money laundering".

Russian ruler Vladimir Putin has instructed a group of political strategists and Russian military intelligence to interfere in the parliamentary elections in Hungary in April in order to ensure that incumbent Prime Minister Viktor Orbán wins, investigative journalists working with European security services have reported.

Hungary has hidden the cash-in-transit vehicles belonging to Ukraine's state-owned Oschadbank seized on 5 March at a restricted facility within its Counterterrorism Centre.

The Embassy of Ukraine in Poland is clarifying the circumstances of a large-scale operation by Polish law enforcement agencies, during which proceedings were initiated to deport 91 Ukrainian citizens.

The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) has reported the detection and and tracking of two Russian Tu-142 military aircraft operating in the Air Defence Identification Zones (ADIZ) of Alaska and Canada.

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has said he intends to coordinate his position with the European Commission on the Druzhba oil pipeline before any meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

The US and at least one Gulf country are holding talks on purchasing Ukrainian interceptor drones designed to shoot down Iranian-made Shahed drones.

SEPS, Slovakia's state-owned electricity transmission system operator, has said it intends to terminate its contract with its Ukrainian counterpart, Ukrenergo, for emergency electricity supplies after the move was approved by the Slovak government.

It has emerged that US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a phone call on 23 February after which they decided to launch an operation against Iran on Saturday 28 February.

Belgium has set bail at €10 million for the Russian-owned tanker Ethera, part of Moscow's shadow fleet, after seizing it on 1 March. The Kremlin has used the fleet to circumvent Western restrictions on its energy sector imposed since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

The Russian-flagged tanker Arctic Metagaz, which was transporting liquefied natural gas (LNG), has caught fire in the Mediterranean Sea.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, during his visit to the White House, told US President Donald Trump that Ukraine has to preserve its territory once the war ends.

US President Donald Trump's Special Envoy Steve Witkoff has said that Iranian representatives boasted during negotiations that they could produce 11 nuclear bombs.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has commented on a recent statement by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, who said last week that setting a specific date for Ukraine's accession to the European Union is currently impossible.

French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot has said at a press conference in Paris that France is ready to contribute to the defence of its partners in the Middle East amid the escalating situation in the region.