Dutch Foreign Minister Wopke Hoekstra has said that there is no progress to report in international talks on the possible delivery of F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine.
Japan will accept injured Ukrainian soldiers for medical treatment as part of efforts to support their war-torn homeland in its ongoing battle to defend itself against Russia.
The Russian army continues to focus its main efforts on the Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka and Marinka areas, with 25 combat engagements recorded there today.
The heads of state and government of 46 member countries of the Council of Europe have called on Russia to immediately and unconditionally withdraw all its troops from Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova.
Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal and Secretary General of the Council of Europe Marija Pejcinovic Buric have discussed in Reykjavik further steps that need to be taken for Ukraine's victory.
By launching a brutal war of aggression against Ukraine, Russia refuses to recognise the democratic right of Ukrainians to choose their own future, and it will to be held accountable for crimes committed in Ukraine.
President of Hungary Katalin Novak condemned "Russia's insane decision of attacking Ukraine" and emphasized the need to punish all those involved in war crimes in Ukraine.