UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz have discussed further cooperation to support Ukraine at a joint meeting.

Rishi Sunak, Prime Minister of the UK, has revealed that the new UK aid package for Ukraine will include millions of ammunition shells, hundreds of vehicles and long-range Storm Shadow missiles.

German Ambassador to Ukraine Martin Jaeger has shared photographs from his visit to Mykolaiv; he attended a training for mine clearance experts as an observer as part of his trip.

In a vote on Tuesday 23 April, the European Parliament approved a one-year extension of the deal on duty-free food trade with Ukraine, along with extra safeguards for European farmers.

Foreign branches of the state passport service Document have suspended the issuance of pre-made passports due to technical reasons.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has confirmed reports of suspending consular services to Ukrainian men liable for military service residing abroad.

The first batches of artillery shells procured under a Czech initiative to purchase ammunition for Ukraine outside the EU could be delivered to Ukraine in late May or early June.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has stated that he does not believe in implementing French President Emmanuel Macron’s idea of a global ceasefire in Russia’s war against Ukraine for the duration of the 2024 Olympics because Russia will not keep any promises.

The next meeting of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group, also known as the Ramstein format, is scheduled for 26 April and will be held via a video link.

Polish protesters have lifted the blockade at the Yahodyn-Dorohusk checkpoint, which had been in place since 9 February.

A bipartisan delegation from the United States Congress is visiting Kyiv on 22 April.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has warned Western countries that their military support for Ukraine will result in a "direct military clash between nuclear powers".

Polish protesters continue to block lorry traffic at four checkpoints on the Polish-Ukrainian border.

On 18 April, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHP) dismissed the appeal of Russian musician Philip Kirkorov against the Lithuanian authorities' decision to ban him from entering the country.

Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide, who has been on a visit to Ukraine since Monday, also visited Odesa.