The member states of the Three Seas Initiative (3SI) granted Ukraine the status of "participating partner" in the group and supported its efforts to join the EU

92% of Ukrainians favour EU membership by 2030, according to the latest poll by the International Institute of Sociology in Kiev for the National Democratic Institute; before invasion 67% said they would vote 'yes' in referendum for immediate membership

Zelensky stated that the liberation of all occupied territories is on the horizon and Ukraine will definitely succeed

President Zelensky ordered reinforcements for Bakhmut, asking the General Staff for appropriate forces to help defend it, as "no part of Ukraine can be abandoned"

"Reconciliation between Russia and Ukraine is not possible in the next 100 years", reportedly declared Ukrainian Prime Minister Denis Shmyhal