Budapest will not hand over male Ukrainian refugees who are liable for military service to Kyiv, Hungarian Deputy Prime Minister Zsolt Semjén has said.
Oleksandr Kamyshin, Minister of Strategic Industries of Ukraine, has said that two Western countries have agreed to finance the production of weapons by the Ukrainian defence industry.
Thierry Breton, European Commissioner for the Internal Market, says the European Union has started preparations to open a Defence Innovation Office in Kyiv.
Josep Borrell, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, believes that EU countries could procure weapons for Ukraine from Ukrainian defence companies and swiftly send them to Kyiv for military support.
During his visit to Kyiv, UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron initiated negotiations with Ukraine about a 100-year partnership. This will be a completely new agreement to deepen relations between the two countries.
The Office of the President of Ukraine provided details on Friday morning of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's meeting with UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron, who paid an unannounced visit to Kyiv on Thursday, 2 May.
The Norwegian Police Security Service (PST) has discovered that Russian intelligence agents are working in Western Norway, which could mean that Russia may be preparing sabotage operations at critical infrastructure.
Latvia's newly appointed Foreign Minister Baiba Braže has said that Ukraine received Western weapons from some partners with a permission to strike at Russian territory.
Baiba Braže, who has recently been appointed the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Latvia, has shared her thoughts on how the so-called "coalition of drones", which is co-chaired by Latvia, is going to meet the needs of Ukraine's Armed Forces.