The European Commission has effectively refused a request from Ukraine's Ministry of Agrarian Policy to provide Ukrainian farmers with €220 million in non-refundable aid over Russian attacks on Black Sea ports, stating that the EU is already providing assistance through existing mechanisms.

European Commission spokesperson Anitta Hipper said on 20 August that it is up to Ukraine itself to decide when to hold elections, but that this must be based on its Constitution and legal framework and meet the relevant democratic standards.

The European Commission has said it will update and provide EU member states with operational guidance on the application of new rules for granting temporary protection to Ukrainians in the EU in the coming weeks. The rules entered into force on 5 August.

NATO says it is aware of a drone discovered at Leipzig/Halle Airport in Germany.

European Pravda has reported that €2.5 billion of the €3.47 billion transferred to Ukraine by the EU on 30 July as part of "defence disbursements" under a €90 billion loan will be allocated to purchasing 16 Swedish-made Gripen E fighter jets for Ukraine's armed forces.

NATO says it is only a matter of time before Mykhailo Drapatyi, the newly-appointed commander-in-chief of Ukraine's Armed Forces, and Alexus Grynkewich, Supreme Allied Commander Europe and Commander of US Forces in Europe (SACEUR), meet in person.

The European Union has said it considers all individual sanctions it has imposed, including those against Tatiana Navka, the wife of Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, to be justified and well-founded.

On the morning of Thursday 23 July, the EU's Committee of Permanent Representatives (Coreper) reached an agreement on the content of the EU's new 21st package of sanctions against Russia and decided to hold a written procedure for its approval in the afternoon.

Hungary has refused to approve the screening results for negotiation clusters 2 and 3 for Ukraine and Moldova during a meeting of the Council of the EU's Working Party on Enlargement (COELA) on 22 July.

The European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) has decided to terminate the current €2 million grant to Fondazione La Biennale di Venezia after the Russian pavilion resumed operations in a limited format at the Venice Biennale this spring.

The Working Party on Enlargement and Countries Negotiating Accession to the EU (COELA) will on 22 July hold its second discussion with Hungary regarding the approval of the screening results for negotiating clusters 2 and 3 for Ukraine and Moldova, a step required to begin the procedure for their opening.

The Élysée Palace has released a list of state leaders and representatives of international institutions who will take part in the Coalition of the Willing summit in Paris on 13 July.

Bulgarian Foreign Minister Velislava Petrova has said that the names of Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill and Lukoil founder Vagit Alekperov have been removed from the draft of the 21st EU package of sanctions against Russia, allowing Bulgaria to fully support the package.

The remaining negotiating clusters for Ukraine's EU accession talks will be postponed until autumn after the sixth cluster is opened on 14 July.

Kaja Kallas, the EU's top diplomat, commenting on the resignation of Prime Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko and changes to the Cabinet of Ministers, has said that forming a government is the internal affair of each country.