A French court has granted permission for the enforcement of a Hague arbitration ruling, which requires Russia to pay US$5 billion in damages to Naftogaz Group, Ukraine's largest national oil and gas company, as a result of the occupation of Crimea.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff will travel to Paris this week to hold talks on Ukraine, among other topics.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has officially begun examining a case concerning Russia's unlawful adoption of Ukrainian children taken from Crimea following the occupation of the peninsula in 2014.

Lawyers in Brussels are preparing a plan B to help override Hungary's veto of the June extension of sanctions against Russia.

Special envoys of US President Donald Trump and Kremlin ruler Vladimir Putin met in St Petersburg on Friday 11 April.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has received the credentials of the new Portuguese Ambassador, marking the official start of his mission in Ukraine.

Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal has confirmed that Ukraine has its own "red lines" concerning the details of the agreement with the United States on access to Ukrainian minerals and outlined three such points.

The European Commission hopes that the total number of artillery shells provided to Ukraine by European countries will reach two million by the end of 2025.

Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha has stated that Kyiv has defined its vision for the text of a future agreement on critical minerals, emphasising that it is a matter of principle to ensure the deal does not contradict Ukraine's path towards EU accession.

Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever has stated that Ukraine is expected to receive two F-16 fighter jets for spare parts this year, with the timing of the deliveries depending on when Belgium itself will receive the F-35 fighter jets it has ordered.

The Norwegian government is allocating more than NOK 4 billion (€240 million or about US$0.36 billion) through the Czech initiative to purchase artillery ammunition for Ukraine and another NOK 1 billion (€60.18 million or about US$90 million) through the European Peace Fund.

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has stated that he would consider "lasting peace" for Ukraine to be a situation in which Russia would not dare to launch a new attack.

Poland has supplied Ukraine with an additional 5,000 Starlink Enterprise items to ensure stable communications for the military and critical infrastructure.

Defence ministers from the coalition of the willing will meet at NATO headquarters next week.

Annalena Baerbock, Germany's outgoing Foreign Minister, has received a special award from the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry in recognition of her support for Ukraine in recent years.