Kyrylo Budanov, Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, has said negotiations involving the United States and Russia are continuing at the technical level despite the current pause in high-level contact.

German Ambassador to Ukraine Haiko Thoms asserts that the special status for Ukraine proposed by Chancellor Friedrich Merz ahead of its EU accession is the best idea among those with a realistic chance of being agreed by member states and offers Ukraine advantages rather than the risks others have seen in the proposal.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha has neither endorsed nor categorically rejected German Chancellor Friedrich Merz's proposal for a new format of relations between the EU and Ukraine, but reiterated Kyiv's position on membership.

Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha has said Ukraine is expecting a visit by Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha has said after talks with his Hungarian counterpart Anita Orbán that he still believes accession negotiations should be opened by the end of the first half of 2026.

Ukraine's Ambassador to Hungary Fedir Shandor has said he is anticipating good-neighbourly relations with Budapest following the change of government in Hungary.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha has already been in contact with Anita Orbán, who is expected to become Hungary's foreign minister in the government of incoming prime minister Péter Magyar.

Hungary's incoming Prime Minister Péter Magyar has said it is obvious that Russia poses a threat to Europe, and has described past contacts between Hungarian and Russian foreign ministers as unacceptable.

Taras Kachka, Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration, has said Hungary has raised no objections to negotiating clusters 3, 4 and 5 being opened for Ukraine.

Brussels has proposed an alternative route for Kyiv to obtain budget support while also creating a positive impulse in relations with the EU.

Hungarian authorities have agreed to return both seized cash-in-transit vehicles to Ukraine's state-run Oschadbank, but are keeping the money and gold that they were transporting.

Hungary has not coordinated a visit by its delegation to the Druzhba oil pipeline with Ukraine and Kyiv has sent Budapest an official objection to the proposed format.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has described Hungary's treatment of seven Ukrainian cash-in-transit workers and seizure of Oschadbank funds as "banditry".

The Hungarian government adopted a resolution on the evening of Monday 9 March, already signed by Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán, ordering the seizure of currency and valuables from Oschadbank cash-in-transit vehicles, attempting to create a legal basis for its actions.

Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten believes the absence of a clear path for Ukraine to join the EU could destabilise Europe as a whole, not just from Russian actions.

Hungary, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán held discussions with the body that carried out the special operation.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has said he will block European funding for Ukraine until Kyiv restores the operation of the Druzhba oil pipeline for supplies of Russian oil to Hungary.

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.

European Commissioner for Enlargement Marta Kos said that Ukraine and Moldova will not be separated in the EU accession process, but this could change if Ukraine slows down the implementation of the necessary reforms.