Brussels has proposed an alternative route for Kyiv to obtain budget support while also creating a positive impulse in relations with the EU.

Hungarian authorities have agreed to return both seized cash-in-transit vehicles to Ukraine's state-run Oschadbank, but are keeping the money and gold that they were transporting.

Hungary has not coordinated a visit by its delegation to the Druzhba oil pipeline with Ukraine and Kyiv has sent Budapest an official objection to the proposed format.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has described Hungary's treatment of seven Ukrainian cash-in-transit workers and seizure of Oschadbank funds as "banditry".

The Hungarian government adopted a resolution on the evening of Monday 9 March, already signed by Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán, ordering the seizure of currency and valuables from Oschadbank cash-in-transit vehicles, attempting to create a legal basis for its actions.

Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten believes the absence of a clear path for Ukraine to join the EU could destabilise Europe as a whole, not just from Russian actions.

Hungary, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán held discussions with the body that carried out the special operation.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has said he will block European funding for Ukraine until Kyiv restores the operation of the Druzhba oil pipeline for supplies of Russian oil to Hungary.

Hungary has hidden the cash-in-transit vehicles belonging to Ukraine's state-owned Oschadbank seized on 5 March at a restricted facility within its Counterterrorism Centre.

European Commissioner for Enlargement Marta Kos said that Ukraine and Moldova will not be separated in the EU accession process, but this could change if Ukraine slows down the implementation of the necessary reforms.

EU Commissioner for Enlargement Marta Kos has commented on whether Ukraine can join the European Union while the war remains in its active phase.

The Ukraine House, operating within the framework of the Munich Security Conference, is welcoming visitors with an exhibition featuring a real Shahed drone and a generated video of its possible use.

Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha has stated in Munich that Ukraine is consulting with partners about setting a fixed date for accession to the European Union, and that any such agreements must also take other candidate countries into account.

Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha has said at the Munich Security Conference that Europe can no longer rely on American protection and that Ukraine must become an integral part of a new European security architecture.

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte is confident that funding for US-made weapons for the Armed Forces of Ukraine under the Prioritised Ukraine Requirements List (PURL) programme will be provided as planned.

German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius has said it is realistic to agree on a specific date for Ukraine's accession to the European Union, but stressed that this would require negotiations and separate preparatory work.

Sweden is planning to announce details of a new aid package under the Prioritised Ukraine Requirements List (PURL) programme at a meeting of NATO defence ministers, which will be attended by Ukrainian Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov.

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has said that he is convinced the US leadership knows in detail about Russian attacks on Ukraine, including strikes on civilian facilities.

NATO has stated that Russian military losses on the battlefield in Ukraine rose sharply in 2025. The Alliance's intelligence assessments state that the Russian army lost 400,000 personnel killed and wounded last year.