The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) says that 4,452 civilians have been killed and 5,531 injured in Ukraine since the full-scale Russian invasion started on February 24.
Giving Ukraine the status of a candidate country for membership in the European Union right now will prove that European unity is real and that European values really work, President Volodymyr Zelensky has said.
NATO leaders realize that Ukraine needs assistance urgently and are providing the country with modern military equipment, but the practical delivery of this equipment and weapons takes some time in order to train the Ukrainian military on how to use new weapons.
Ukrainian defenders carried out an air strike against the positions of Russian troops in the Mykolaiv region this morning, with enemy losses being specified.
Ukraine has offered the United States a "lend-lease" agreement on the supplies of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in order to get about six billion cubic meters of fuel.
In the context of Russia's full-scale invasion, Ukraine's need for modern anti-missile systems is now the greatest in Europe, and delays in providing these weapons cannot be justified.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in a phone call on Tuesday discussed defense cooperation and further steps to counter Russian aggression.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that the Ukrainian people and the Ukrainian army will hold out in a war with the Russian aggressor, but Ukraine will lose fewer people if it gets the necessary weapons.
The Lithuanian Defense Ministry has agreed on ammunition for the Bayraktar TB2 UAV for Ukraine, for which the Lithuanians raised funds but Turkey's Baykar Makina later decided to donate the drone to Ukraine.
The United States, along with its allies and partners, is working to implement an alternative scheme for exporting grain from Ukraine by rail, which involves building temporary grain silos on Ukraine's borders.