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Monday, 13 April 2026, 12:50
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky stated that a diplomatic resolution to the war requires an effective plan for a just peace and a strong Ukrainian position at the negotiating table.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has stated that while contacts between his team and representatives of U.S. President Donald Trump are ongoing, detailed peace agreements can only be achieved in direct negotiations between the presidents of the U.S. and Ukraine.
Ukraine has received military aid from the United States worth more than $70 billion, but claims that U.S. support has amounted to $100–200 billion are inaccurate, President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has urged Ukraine's allies to provide greater support, ensuring a lasting peace that would deter Russian President Vladimir Putin from considering another attack.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has stated that Russian dictator Vladimir Putin is afraid of engaging in direct negotiations with Ukraine, perceiving such actions as a sign of defeat and weakness.
Former French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal has been appointed head of the parliamentary friendship group with Ukraine.
President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that discussions about the idea of deploying a European peacekeeping contingent in Ukraine are ongoing, but this mission cannot be the only guarantee of security.
01 February 2025
Keith Kellogg, the U.S. President's special envoy for Ukraine and Russia, has stated that Donald Trump's team has a "solid plan" to end hostilities and initiate peace talks between Russia and Ukraine.
The Donald Trump administration has begun discussing the need for elections in Ukraine, potentially by the end of the year, amid efforts to negotiate an end to the war launched by Russia.
In Odesa, several objects of Ukraine's cultural heritage came under enemy fire, including the Philharmonic building, which is under UNESCO protection. Ukraine insists on toughening sanctions against those who harm the national cultural heritage.
The Ukrainian Defense Ministry's Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR) has rejected allegations of involvement in unlawful activities in Slovakia.
In the Netherlands, companies owned by Russian oligarchs continue to operate despite sanctions by exploiting legal loopholes.
31 January 2025
Defense Minister Rustem Umerov of Ukraine arrived in the Netherlands to meet with the head of the Ministry of Defense, Ruben Brekelmans.
The United States is ready to increase pressure on Russia through sanctions, tariffs, and other measures if the Kremlin leader refuses to start negotiations to end Russia's war against Ukraine.
The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine announced that on Friday, January 31, it dismissed Marina Bezrukova from her position as director of the state enterprise Defense Procurement Agency and appointed Arsen Zhumadilov as the acting director.
Germany's Social Democrats support providing aid to Ukraine and are not interested in disputes over additional military assistance.
Germany must continue supporting Ukraine to ensure it remains strong before lasting peace can be achieved.
On January 31, the Bundestag adopted a proposal by the Free Democratic Party (FDP) urging the government to cease obstructing additional military aid to Ukraine and to promptly submit the necessary proposals to the parliament's budget committee.
The main task of Ukrainian diplomacy is to strengthen Ukraine as much as possible and increase the cost of war for the aggressor state in order to bring about a just peace.
The new U.S. administration understands it is necessary to keep exerting pressure on Russia to end the Russo-Ukrainian war.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio reiterated his position that the Russia-Ukraine war should be concluded through negotiations in which both sides must make concessions.
Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Ruslan Stefanchuk and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to Ukraine Masashi Nakagome have discussed the issues of strengthening inter-parliamentary cooperation and implementation of Ukraine’s Peace Formula.
30 January 2025
Ukraine has called on the international community, including the OSCE leadership, to properly react to Russia's executions of Ukrainian prisoners of war.
Ukraine is calling on its partners to impose sanctions against Belarusian defense industry enterprises that help Russia fulfill its state defense order and thus kill Ukrainians.
Presidents of Ukraine and Lithuania Volodymyr Zelensky and Gitanas Nauseda have discussed Ukraine’s defense needs, investments in arms production, and security guarantees for Ukraine.
President Volodymyr Zelensky has expressed gratitude to the government and people of Sweden for the largest Swedish defense package for Ukraine.
Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia, and Poland are calling on the EU to double its defense spending, as these member states bordering Russia believe urgent defense needs amount to at least EUR 100 billion.
The fierce public debate in the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine around personnel appointments in the Defense Procurement Agency does not help the country either internally or externally. Therefore, the dispute must be quickly resolved, based on NATO recommendations on defense procurement, adopted at the Washington Summit last year.
The Romanian Foreign Ministry has reaffirmed its steadfast support for Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity following controversial statements by Romanian presidential candidate Calin Georgescu.