German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called the decision by the G7 countries to use $50 billion in profits from immobilized Russian assets a "historic step."
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and U.S. President Joe Biden have signed a ten-year bilateral security agreement that envisages support for Ukraine now and in the long term in order to strengthen the country's ability to fend off potential future aggression.
At the G7 summit, President Volodymyr Zelensky identified the areas in which Ukraine needs assistance the most: additional Patriot air defence systems, accelerating the transition to F-16s and developing a Marshall Plan for Ukraine.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin praised the outcome of the Thursday meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group on Thursday, and assured that the United States is working every day to ensure additional air defense capabilities for Ukraine.
Defense Minister of Ukraine Rustem Umerov will discuss with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg the nation’s urgent needs and various models of cooperation with the Alliance.
By the end of 2024, the G7 countries will have provided Ukraine with another EUR 50 billion. The terms of the loan are yet to be determined by G7 finance ministers.
Eight foreign ministers of EU member states called on the EU top diplomat, Josep Borrell, to consider the ban on Russian diplomats’ free movement around the bloc, restricting it to countries of accreditation.
The Minister of Energy of Ukraine, German Galushchenko, held a meeting with the U.S. President’s Special Representative for Ukraine’s Economic Recovery, Penny Pritzker. The parties met during the Ukraine Recovery Conference in Berlin.
The United Kingdom has announced 50 new sanctions designations and specifications to degrade Vladimir Putin’s war machine, in coordinated action with G7 partners to support Ukraine.
Since the beginning of the day, the number of combat clashes has increased to 41, with the battles being most intense in the Kurakhove, Pokrovsk, and Kramatorsk axes.
Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov and U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin have discussed in detail the planning of Ukraine's defense needs on the sidelines of a meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group.
The Cabinet of Ministers has allocated an additional UAH 2.5 billion to prepare the energy system of the Kharkiv region for the upcoming heating season.