UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron has expressed a warning about French President Emmanuel Macron's idea to consider sending NATO troops to Ukraine in the event of a theoretical breakthrough by Russian forces.

NATO is concerned with Russia's hostile acts on Allied territory and has promised to respond.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said he hopes Ukraine will continue to cooperate with the US no matter what this year’s US presidential election results are.

Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has encouraged Western allies to increase weapons manufacturing to bolster aid for Ukraine, emphasising that renewed US military support is not enough to defeat Russia.

The United States intends to provide Ukraine with US$1 billion in military help. This will be the first instalment of the US$61 billion aid plan, which the Senate is expected to approve.

Ukraine’s Ambassador to the United States, Oksana Markarova, has said that the vote on the bill with additional funding for Ukraine could take place somewhat later than expected if the senators’ speeches last longer than usual.

Representatives from Ukraine and the North Atlantic Alliance met in Poland to discuss the preparations for the NATO Washington Summit, including the establishment of the first NATO-Ukraine Joint Analysis, Training, and Education Centre (JATEC) in Bydgoszcz, Poland.

Members of the bipartisan delegation of the US House of Representatives, who arrived in Kyiv on 22 April on a visit, stressed that the delay in approving aid to Ukraine is not due to a decrease in the level of its support.

James O’Brien, Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, has outlined what the victory strategy for Ukraine that Congress requires of the White House may be like.

Germany has planned to supply up to 400 MRAP (Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected) heavy armoured vehicles to Ukraine, but due to logistical problems, this number is being gradually revised downwards, and actual deliveries have not yet begun.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg emphasised that Ukraine has the right to strike military targets outside its borders for self-defence, and Russian military aircraft are included in this category.

The US House of Representatives voted on 19 April to bring the long-awaited Ukraine aid bill to the floor.

The attendees at a NATO-Ukraine Council meeting held on 19 April have decided to provide Kyiv with more air defence systems, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has announced.

Activists in Slovakia who are unhappy that Robert Fico’s government has refused to send Ukraine military aid have raised almost €2 million to facilitate the supply of artillery ammunition to Kyiv.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has announced that Germany is trying to find six more Patriot air defence systems in NATO countries in addition to the one it has promised to send to Ukraine.