Yaël Braun-Pivet, the head of the French National Assembly, announced her arrival in Ukraine with the French delegation on Thursday.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said that he had not communicated with Russian leader Vladimir Putin since December 2022, although before that, contacts were more frequent. 

Ukraine's Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal has arrived in Warsaw on 28 March for intergovernmental consultations with the participation of Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk.

The EU compromise on changes to the trade agreement with Ukraine, which does not satisfy Kyiv, has become possible because, among other things, Prime Minister Donald Tusk managed to win over French President Emmanuel Macron to Poland's side.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has insisted that his decision not to supply Ukraine with Taurus cruise missiles has been aimed at preventing a direct confrontation between Russia and NATO.

Deputy Prime Minister Olha Stefanishyna has announced that Ukraine currently has no dialogue with Poland regarding resolving the border blockade issue.

Olha Stefanishyna, Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration, has stated that Ukraine will "push forward" in the EU the decision on a complete ban on Russian grain imports and admits the possibility that Hungary will not block it.

Olha Stefanishyna, Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration, has announced that the government hopes the ambassadors of EU countries will finally approve the extension of autonomous trade preferences for Ukraine on Friday, 29 March.

The Belgian presidency over the EU Council has updated the draft agreement on the extension of duty-free trade with Ukraine, taking into account new restrictions.

The Latvian government decided to auction off a land plot in the centre of Riga, along with the so-called Moscow House located on it, on 26 March. The building was previously owned by the government of the Russian capital and was nationalised by the decision of the Saeima (the Latvian Parliament).

Slovenia will support the Czech initiative to purchase artillery ammunition for Ukraine from countries outside the European Union.

Ambassadors of the 27 EU countries will once again try to approve the extension of the duty-free trade agreement with Ukraine on Wednesday, 27 March.

In an interview with the Russian state-owned news agency TASS, Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó stated that sending NATO troops to Ukraine would mean risking World War III.