On the eve of Ukraine's Independence Day, some embassies put their staff closer to bunkers and sent local Ukrainian employees living on the outskirts of Kyiv to hotels with bunkers in basements.

President Volodymyr Zelensky explained that Ukraine is not ready to negotiate with Russia now, so as does not want to repeat the negative experience of the Minsk agreements, which led to the loss of control over Ukraine's territories.

Polish President Andrzej Duda has declared the need to liberate the entire territory of Ukraine, including Crimea, from the Russian occupation.

The Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan summoned Petro Vrublevskyi, the Ambassador of Ukraine, and expressed protest against his remarks about Russians.

An official representative of the German Ministry of Defence said on Monday that the department has rejected a proposal from the Bundestag MPs from the ruling coalition to send Ukraine more weapons and, if necessary, to agree to the weakening of the Bundeswehr.

German public broadcaster Deutsche Welle responded that the statements of Oleg Nikolenko, Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman, about its Russian editorial office backing the Kremlin's propaganda, are untrue. They also called on Dmytro Kuleba to sort out the situation.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine called on Austria to expel the Permanent Representative of Russia to International Organizations in Vienna, Mikhail Ulyanov, who published a tweet interpreted by many as a call to eliminate Ukrainians.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky should join the G20 summit in Bali if Russian President Vladimir Putin attends it.

The European Union has submitted the relevant information to the UN International Court of Justice in the Hague about the case "Allegations of Genocide under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Ukraine v. Russian Federation)," which Russia used to justify its invasion of Ukraine.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said that the calls of German politicians to launch the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline bring him an image of drug addiction.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg had a conversation with the Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Mark Rutte, about support for Ukraine.

On Thursday morning, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan left for Ukraine on his first official visit since Russia's full-scale invasion.

Canada will grant Ukraine 450 million Canadian dollars (nearly 350 million US dollars) in aid for purchasing gas ahead of the heating season.

Latvians donated 300,000 euros on the first day of the fundraising campaign for a Bayraktar for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Oleksii Reznikov, the Ukrainian Minister of Defence, has announced new security assistance from the United States after a conversation with US Secretary of State Lloyd Austin.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is persuading Western countries to shut down their borders to Russian citizens, insisting that this is the only way to make them feel part of the responsibility for the actions of the Russian leadership and push Putin to end the war.

Latvia has launched a fundraising campaign to buy a Turkish Bayraktar drone to hand it over to the Ukrainian Armed forces.

The Ukrainian Air Force has received four helicopters donated by Latvia, which will soon be fully included in the aviation fleet of the Ukrainian Army, the Ministry of Defense informed.

Finland plans to take part in the reconstruction of the infrastructure destroyed during the hostilities in the Chernihiv region.

Jaroslav Naď, Minister of Defence of the Slovak Republic, has denied the reports that Slovakia has already handed over MiG-29 jets to Ukraine.

Jaroslav Nad, the Minister of Defence of Slovakia, has confirmed the transfer of four Zuzana 2 self-propelled howitzers to Ukraine.

High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, has joined the calls to demilitarize the zone around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.

The Netherlands has joined the British-led training program for the Ukrainian military.

Oleksii Reznikov, the Minister of Defence of Ukraine reported that another batch of British M270 MLRS had arrived in Ukraine.

Ukraine is calling on President Joe Biden's administration to sanction all Russian private banks to deprive President Putin of the ability to wage war.

The Russia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that Switzerland cannot represent Ukraine's interests in Russia, RIA Novosti reports.

Ukraine’s initiative on restricting Russian citizens’ opportunities to visit Europe is gaining momentum in the EU.