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Germany's Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK) has allocated over EUR 7 million for the repair of Ukraine's energy infrastructure.

For Warsaw and Poland's EU presidency, opening negotiations with Ukraine on EU membership is a "very important" issue. Many countries are pressuring Budapest not to use its bilateral disputes with Kyiv as a pretext to block Ukraine's path to the European Union.

Deputy Minister of Defense Serhiy Boiev and participants in the NATO Political Committee meeting discussed strengthening Ukraine's defense capabilities as a guarantee of lasting peace.

During his working visit to India, Ukraine's Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrii Sybiha met with Swedish counterpart Maria Malmer Stenergard and NATO Parliamentary Assembly President Marcos Perestrello. The parties discussed diplomatic efforts to advance peace.

On May 21-22, a forum on modern security challenges, Europe Civil Security, will be held in Warsaw, which will consider Ukraine's experience in countering Russian aggression.

Ukrainian Defense Ministers Rustem Umerov and his counterpart Guido Crosetto of Italy discussed Ukraine's priority defense needs during a meeting in Rome.

As per the latest World Bank RDNA4 assessment, the needs for restoring Ukraine's energy sector amount to about $68 billion, so the government is working on creating a mechanism for confiscating frozen Russian assets that would be spent on reconstruction efforts.

Pavlo Palisa, Deputy Head of Ukraine's Presidential Office, has stated that the United States has resumed security assistance to Ukraine following talks in Saudi Arabia.

The United States understands Ukraine's arguments on the ceasefire issue, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

The coalition of Ukraine's partner countries is currently working on synchronizing sanctions packages against Russia's "shadow fleet," according to Kira Spyrydonova, Director of the Economic Diplomacy Department at Ukraine's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA).

Russian forces continue shelling Ukraine's northern Chernihiv and Sumy regions, but they are focusing most of their efforts on the areas of the Sumy region bordering Russia's Kursk region.

Ukraine's Special Operations Forces (SOF) have captured nine Russian soldiers near Pokrovsk.

Between March 3 and March 9, Ukraine's air defense forces destroyed 700 Russian aerial attack systems.

Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov and EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas met in Brussels to discuss financial support for Ukraine's defense.

According to World Bank experts, Ukraine's agricultural sector has suffered direct losses amounting to $11.2 billion due to the full-scale invasion.

Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov met with a delegation from the international parliamentary alliance "United for Ukraine" (U4U) in Kyiv to discuss Ukraine's key defense needs in 2025.

Ukraine's Permanent Representative to the Council of Europe Borys Tarasyuk has said that work on the statute of a Special Tribunal for the crime of Russian aggression is expected to be finalized within the next few weeks. The vote on the joint agreement between Ukraine and the Council of Europe, which would establish the Tribunal, is likely to take place in May.

Türkiye is not against Ukraine's membership in NATO, as this is not solely an aspiration of the Ukrainian people to attain such a status but rather a desire to have security guarantees for their country.

Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha discussed ways to achieve a comprehensive, just and lasting peace with U.S. Special Representative for Ukraine and Russia Keith Kellogg.

Ukraine's plan is to put pressure on Russia, prepare security guarantees together with partners and achieve peace in 2025.