Ukrainian pilots have been trained to operate anti-aircraft defence systems, as well as survival in the event of ejection over enemy territory.

Slovakia has handed over the first four MiG-29 fighters to the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

Hungary will not arrest the Russian leader if he comes to the country, despite the arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC).

The Czech Republic has been helping Ukraine with arms supplies as much as possible, but it only has a few options for further assistance.

EU heads of state and government are meeting on Thursday 23 March in Brussels for a spring summit: one of the topics of discussion is the issue of providing Ukraine with ammunition.

Roberta Metsola, President of the European Parliament, has met with Andrii Kostin, Prosecutor General of Ukraine, in Brussels. They discussed holding Russia accountable for the war and crimes committed.

The Annual Report issued by Jens Stoltenberg, NATO Secretary General, provides an estimate of the total amount of assistance that member states have provided to Ukraine since the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion.

Jens Stoltenberg, Secretary General of the North Atlantic Alliance, stated that there are signs that Russia has requested lethal aid from China to bolster the full-scale war in Ukraine.

The UK plans to hand over armour piercing round with depleted uranium and Challenger 2 tanks to Ukraine.

The Pentagon is speeding up its delivery of Abrams tanks to Ukraine, opting to send a refurbished older model that can be ready faster, rather than the newer M1A2.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba and European Parliament President Roberta Metsola have held a telephone conversation in which the key topic was the creation of a tribunal for the crime of aggression committed by the Russian Federation.

The European Union paid Ukraine on Tuesday the second tranche of macro-financial aid amounting to 1.5 billion euros from the package of 18 billion euros.

So far, 18 countries plan to participate in the project on joint purchase of ammunition to help Ukraine and replenish the national reserves of member states. In addition, others expressed their readiness to join later.

Boris Pistorius, Head of the Ministry of Defence of Germany, said that the German Marder infantry fighting vehicles (IFV), the transfer of which Berlin announced in January, are already on their way to Ukraine.

Latvians support Ukraine not only rationally but through absolute conviction and emotions because in the past Russia did the same to them as it is doing to Ukrainians now.

European Union foreign affairs and defence ministers have reached an agreement on a two-billion-euro plan to raid their stockpiles and jointly purchase desperately needed artillery shells for Ukraine.

EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell hopes that EU countries will agree on a multipronged initiative aimed at speeding up supplies and bolstering their defence industries on Monday.

A decision by the Russian occupation authorities to declare Melitopol as "the capital" of the Russian-occupied part of Zaporizhzhia Oblast means they cannot implement their plans for advancing further.

Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba asks Ukraine's partners to speed up the supply of ammunition, as every day of delay means someone is going to die on the frontline.

At an extraordinary online meeting, the Slovak government decided to transfer 13 MiG-29 fighters to Ukraine.

Russian troops have temporarily depleted the combat capability of their deployed formations in Ukraine and have had one of the lowest rates of offensive operations since at least January 2023.

On Thursday, 16 March, the Swedish government approved the decision to transfer eight Archer self-propelled artillery systems to Ukraine based on an assessment of the country's Armed Forces. The Swedish government requested that the country’s parliament include this as part of an additional draft budget.

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen on Thursday, commenting on Poland's decision to send MiG-29 to Kyiv, said that Western countries are now discussing the possibility of sending Ukraine modern fighters.

Sébastien Lecornu, the French Minister of Defence, announced the arrival of the first batch of French AMX-10 RC wheeled tanks in Ukraine on Thursday, 16 March.

Germany has handed over another package of military assistance to Ukraine, which includes artillery 155 mm shells and rockets for MARS II multiple-launch fire systems.

Polish President Andrzej Duda has announced the transfer of four MiG-29s to Ukraine in the coming days.

On Thursday, March 16, Estonian government officials supported Defence Minister Hanno Pevkur's proposal to send another package of military assistance to Ukraine, in particular, sniper weapons and equipment for special forces.

The participating states of the Ramstein meeting will consider how to solve the problem of ammunition production for Ukraine.