The European Council, which is currently meeting in Brussels, plans to approve the need for constructing the East Shield project along the borders with Russia and Belarus, strengthening the European Union’s defence infrastructure. However, Ukraine will not be covered by this protection.

EU leaders will start working on the idea of EU security guarantees for Ukraine following the potential conclusion of hostilities, including the deployment of European troops in Ukraine, on 6 March during an unscheduled European Council meeting in Brussels.

Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, will visit London on Sunday, 2 March, to attend an informal meeting organised by UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer to discuss Ukraine and security in Europe.

The European Union and Ukraine may launch a series of projects on critical raw materials as early as March 2025, with the EU particularly interested in a project for extracting Ukrainian graphite.

The leaders of the 27 European Union states held a videoconference on 26 February to hear French President Emmanuel Macron report on his talks with US President Donald Trump and discuss preparations for an emergency summit of the European Council scheduled for 6 March.

Ukraine has not received a proposal from the European Union for a new mutually beneficial agreement on Ukrainian critical minerals during the visit of the College of Commissioners to Kyiv on 24 February, as the partnership in this area between Ukraine and the EU is already ongoing.

During Poland's presidency of the European Union, Cluster 1 (Fundamentals) will definitely be opened in negotiations on Ukraine's accession to the EU. However, there is no unanimity among EU member states regarding Cluster 6 (External Relations).

EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Kaja Kallas believes that Ukraine’s path to NATO is irreversible and that sooner or later the country will become a member of the Alliance.

A new EU initiative on military assistance to Ukraine presented at an EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting on 24 February has received wide approval, although the details will be discussed by EU leaders at an extraordinary summit on 6 March.

The European Union's position on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is clear: He is a legitimate president chosen in fair elections.

The EU does not currently intend to hold an unscheduled European Council meeting dedicated to peace talks and security guarantees for Ukraine but does not rule out holding such an event in the future after consultations with member states.

European Council President António Costa has stated that if Denmark’s territorial integrity were challenged, the European Union would support it in upholding the principles of sovereignty and inviolability of borders.

The European Union should continue to provide military support to Ukraine so that it can enter possible peace talks from a position of strength, and find the resources to do so, even if it has not done so before. 

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has stated that the so-called presidential "elections" in Belarus on 26 January 2025 do not meet international standards and that there are no grounds to recognise Alexander Lukashenko as the legitimate president of Belarus.

The bilateral screening process which examines whether Ukrainian legislation complies with EU law will continue until autumn 2025.