German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius has compared Putin's war against Ukraine to Hitler's annexation of Czechoslovakia in 1938 and said that Europe should prepare for a large-scale Russian attack.

Slovakia will participate in the inaugural Peace Summit in Switzerland.

The European Parliament refused to vote on the financing for the Council of the European Union because EU countries were unable to provide Ukraine with additional Patriot systems.

CNN has learned that potential US presidential candidate Donald Trump supposedly plans to divide NATO countries into "two tiers" depending on their defence spending, and wants to force Russia and Ukraine to start negotiations to end combat actions.

Following Russia's large-scale air attack on Ukraine on the night of 10-11 April, Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has once again called on Ukraine’s partner countries to provide Kyiv with Patriot air defence systems.

Finnish leader Alexander Stubb has said that during the spring and summer, Western partners should make every effort to support Ukraine, as this is the period when there are risks of Russia prevailing on the battlefield.

US General Christopher Cavoli, the commander of the joint NATO Armed Forces in Europe, has said that Russia poses a "chronic threat" to the world and further assistance to Ukraine in repelling the Russian aggression is crucial.

Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer is convinced that Russia needs to be brought to the negotiating table to end the war in Ukraine.

UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron has commented on the Russian propaganda efforts against support for Ukraine in the United States.

The Swiss government will host a two-day high-level conference on the settlement of the war in Ukraine – known as the Peace Summit – in mid-June.

The United Kingdom and Ukraine have signed a framework agreement to promote cooperation in defence and industrial matters.

The newly appointed Minister of National Defence of Lithuania, Laurynas Kasčiūnas, arrived in Kyiv, where he held a meeting with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, as part of his first overseas visit in this position.

Switzerland plans to strengthen Ukraine's economic development and long-term reconstruction over the next 12 years.

The European Union court has satisfied the lawsuit of the shareholders of Alfa-Bank Petr Aven and Mikhail Fridman, the individuals close to Russian leader Vladimir Putin, to annul their inclusion on the EU sanctions list from February 2022 to March 2023.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that he doesn't need "primitive" ideas from potential US presidential candidate Donald Trump regarding ending Russia's aggressive war.

Finnish media broadcaster Yle has surveyed the country’s MPs on whether they support the deployment of EU states troops in Ukraine, and the majority opposed this idea. 

Josep Borrell, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, has said in the wake of the drone attack on the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) in Ukraine that Russia should withdraw from the power plant.

Nela Lisková, Czech activist and misinformer, has been sentenced by the Ostrava District Court to probation for numerous instances of defamation, including for the call for the "de-Ukrainisation" of Czechia.

A full-scale conflict in Europe is no longer a fantasy, and Europeans must find new ways to fund preparations for a potentially wider war on the continent.

The US Department of State has confirmed that Secretary of State Antony Blinken expressed, in conversations with allies, concern about the nature of cooperation between China and Russia.

The Danish government has allocated DKK 40 million (more than EUR 5 million) to restore Ukraine's energy system after massive Russian attacks on infrastructure.

The IT Coalition within the Ukraine Defence Contact Group (Ramstein format) has set up expert subgroups, and two of its members, Estonia and Luxembourg, have announced new financial contributions.

Janet Yellen, US Secretary of the Treasury, has indicated that she had "difficult conversations" about Ukraine during her four-day visit to China.

The high-level Peace Summit that Switzerland has agreed to host at Ukraine’s request may take place in mid-June.

Donald Trump's campaign adviser Jason Miller has described the report by The Washington Post, in which the publication allegedly revealed details of Trump's "peace plan" for Ukraine, as fake news. 

Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has discussed with his British counterpart David Cameron the strengthening of assistance for Kyiv with air defence systems, including Patriot systems.

UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron and his French counterpart Stéphane Séjourné have jointly called on allies to do even more to ensure victory over Russia.

Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė strongly believes that Western military instructors can be deployed to Ukraine to train Ukrainian soldiers, provided that proper air defence is in place.