Austria has approved the 12th package of EU sanctions against Russia after Ukraine's National Agency on Corruption Prevention removed the Austrian banking group Raiffeisen Bank International (RBI) from the list of international war sponsors.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Austria, Alexander Schallenberg, is in favor of keeping open the channels of dialogue with Russia, despite the latter’s attempt to take over another state “in a neo-imperialist way”.
Minister of Social Policy of Ukraine Oksana Zholnovych and Federal Minister of Social Affairs of Austria Johannes Rauch signed the Protocol of Intentions on Ukraine–Austria cooperation in social sphere.
Austrian Defense Minister Klaudia Tanner denied the possibility of the Ukrainian military being trained in Austria to operate Leopard 2 main battle tanks.
President Volodymyr Zelensky believes that Austria could help Ukraine with anti-drone systems, electronic warfare systems, demining, ambulances, and fire trucks.
Austria condemns the holding of sham referenda in the temporarily occupied Ukrainian territories and will never recognise either their results or Russia’s attempts to annex the territory of Ukraine.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine has called on Austria to expel Russia's Permanent Representative to the International Organizations in Vienna, Mikhail Ulyanov, who called for the extermination of Ukrainians.