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Ukraine does not have sufficient financial resources to independently maintain Armed Forces of 800,000 personnel, which is why Kyiv views partner funding as part of its security guarantees.

The American side proposed holding a trilateral meeting at the level of security advisors between Ukraine, the US, and Russia.

Ukraine has conveyed its vision on the issues of territories, the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), and financing for reconstruction to the US side and is awaiting the results of discussions between the US and Russia.

Russia is trying to sever Ukraine’s access to the Black Sea, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Saturday, following days of ramped-up airstrikes on ports and energy facilities in the Odesa region and a critical route to the Moldova border. Russia has unleashed an almost continuous drone and missile campaign against a region where ports key to Ukraine’s foreign trade and fuel supplies operate, after Moscow threatened to cut “Ukraine off from the sea”. Strikes have escalated even as the United States pursues an uphill diplomatic drive to coax a deal to end the war. Ukraine held talks with the US team on Friday, and American negotiators were set to meet Russian officials in Florida today. “The situation in the Odesa region is harsh due to Russian strikes on port infrastructure and logistics. Russia is once again trying to restrict Ukraine’s access to the sea and block our coastal regions,” Zelensky told reporters in Kyiv. Russia’s aim is “to sow chaos, to exert moral pressure during winter … so that there is n...

Portuguese Prime Minister Luís Montenegro announced the first contribution to the Energy Support Fund for Ukraine. The amount is EUR 600,000.

A senior NATO official expressed cautious optimism that the Czech Republic may continue its initiative to supply large-caliber ammunition to Ukraine from global manufacturers, despite the recent change of government in Prague.

Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha responded to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who expressed doubt that it was Russia that carried out the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

Today in Kyiv, Ukraine and Portugal signed a statement on establishing a partnership for the production of naval drones.

By the end of 2025, 704 religious sites in Ukraine had been destroyed or damaged as a result of Russian aggression, with around 200 completely destroyed.

Operators of the drone battalion of Ukraine’s 63rd Separate Mechanized Brigade “Steel Lions” have shown the current state of the town of Lyman in Kramatorsk district of Donetsk region.

The Defense Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU) has received FPV drones worth a total of UAH 1 million from donors.

The new Minister of Defense of the Czech Republic, Jaromír Zuna, considers it necessary to support Ukraine and continue the ammunition initiative. He plans to visit Ukraine in the near future.

This week, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine approved two negotiating positions for Ukraine on its path to European Union membership under Cluster 4, “Green Agenda and Sustainable Connectivity,” and Cluster 5, “Resources, Agriculture, and Cohesion Policy.”

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated that the United States has “made good progress” in Ukraine talks but warned that they have “ways to go” with “hardest issues”.

Türkiye has informed both Ukraine and Russia, as the parties to the conflict, of the need to act cautiously to avoid measures that could negatively affect security in the Black Sea.

Russia did everything it could to disrupt the adoption of a decision by EU leaders on Ukraine’s financial needs, but it failed. Poland played a major role in the positive outcome, and the Ukrainian people are grateful to the Polish state.

NATO has stated that the volume of weapons supplies to Ukraine has not decreased despite changes in U.S. policy following Donald Trump’s return to power.

The EU will revisit the issue of financing Ukraine if a newly agreed 90-billion-euro loan proves insufficient.

Ukraine’s Ambassador to Bulgaria, Olesia Ilashchuk, has called for restraint from speculation and political interpretations regarding the detention of her son, urging that official legal conclusions be awaited.

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine discussed the provision of weapons, aircraft, and surface-to-air guided missiles to Ukraine to strengthen air defense during talks with the Director General of the NATO International Military Staff, Lieutenant General Remigijus Baltrėnas.