The Ukrainian authorities are doing everything to ensure that tactical steps contribute to the strategic goal, i.e. the success of Ukraine in the battle for the temporarily occupied territory.
EU defense ministers have agreed to a proposal to provide Ukraine with immediate military aid, including 155mm and 152mm artillery shells, with EUR 1 billion to be allocated from the European Peace Facility for the reimbursement of the delivery.
The ultimate objective of the UN in the context of the war that Russia started against Ukraine is to achieve a just peace in accordance with the UN Charter and international law.
IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva has said that due to the war in Ukraine, the economic outlook for Russia beyond 2023 is “quite devastating.”
President Volodymyr Zelensky has congratulated all Ukrainian women on International Women's Day and expressed gratitude to all the wives, mothers and those who are currently defending Ukraine.
The top military leadership of Ukraine, the United States, Great Britain, Poland, and NATO discussed continued arms supplies to Ukraine and the strengthening of the embattled nation’s air defense.
The U.S. has received no intelligence that could confirm Belarus’s readiness to take direct part in hostilities in Ukraine, but at the same time the regime of Alexander Lukashenko keeps providing the country’s territory as a bridgehead for the Russian forces.
Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal of Ukraine discussed with the leadership of the International Development Association projects to support Ukraine, including work on a special program for the country’s recovery.