The European Peace Facility, which currently finances military support for Ukraine, may need to be turned into a Ukrainian Defense Fund to ensure sustainable and long-term support for the Ukrainian people.
Poland is watching closely the developments in Belarus regarding the reports of the deployment of Russian nuclear capabilities to the country, as well as the exile of Russia’s Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin.
Russians are trying to advance to Avdiivka, which is 20 kilometers from the decision-making center of the occupiers in the "DPR," but they are not approaching the city with their equipment closer than six kilometers.
In the Bakhmut direction, Ukrainian border guard officers have detected an enemy infantry group and an ammunition depot, and then decimated them with mortar fire.
Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk expects that in the near future it will be possible to return several more little Ukrainians who were illegally taken by Russia to their homeland.
At the NATO Summit in Vilnius, Ukraine expects to receive a guarantee of an invitation to join NATO after the country’s victory in the war, as the three key prerequisites for being a member of the Alliance have been successfully implemented.
Finance Minister of Ukraine Sergii Marchenko and Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Samantha Power discussed the current financial situation in Ukraine.
Ukraine will continue its global legal work to ensure that international instruments work one way or another to punish all Russian terrorists and the aggressor state itself.
Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valerii Zaluzhnyi in a phone call with Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark Milley said that the Ukrainian forces managed to intercept the strategic initiative on the battlefield.