The United States is ready to send USD 1.5 billion a month to the government of Ukraine over the next 4-5 months. This was announced by the First Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Derek Hogan at a conference at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington. “Over the past three months, the Unites States has sent Ukraine about USD 53.6 billion, which is the largest assistance that we have provided to Europe since the Marshall Plan”, Derek Hogan further said.

Germany will continue to supply state-of-the art weapons to Ukraine, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said at a press conference in Berlin. “it is clear that Ukraine needs additional weapons for its defense. In the critical phase we are considerable expanding our support”, Chancellor Scholz said.

“Scholz and his government must not try to seek a balance in Ukraine-Russia relations," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an interview with ZDF ahead of the chancellor's visit to Kyiv.