On 15 April, former US President Donald Trump attended the first hearing in a lower Manhattan courtroom. He is charged with falsifying business records to influence the 2016 presidential election.

Over six months of deadlock in the US Congress, passing new aid legislation for Ukraine, is likely coming to an end this week.

On Friday, 12 April, the first Wartime Diplomacy Forum was held in Kyiv and discussed both the success and the problems of Ukraine's work at an international level.

Last week, Romania's Defence Ministry made open to public debate draft provisions on national defence. It has several innovations and could potentially affect not only Romania's but also regional security.

On 11 April, Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico made several statements friendly towards Ukraine following the Ukrainian-Slovak intergovernmental consultations.

At the local elections in Poland (7 April), just like at last year's parliamentary elections, politicians actively used the topic of relations with Ukraine in the context of "protecting Poland's economic interests."

Ukraine and Latvia have signed a bilateral security agreement on Thursday.