Hungary

For the first time in 10 years, the Ukrainian women's national handball team qualified for the 2024 European Championships, drawing with Slovakia with a score of 25:25.

A team of Ukrainian volunteers was forced to temporarily stop producing camouflage nets and stretchers for the Ukrainian Armed Forces due to Serbia and Hungary's blocking of their transit.

Yermak and Szijjarto held online talks, making progress in improving Ukrainian-Hungarian bilateral relations, including agreeing on 5 out of 11 proposed points, finalizing positions on national communities, expanding logistics and transportation capabilities on the common border, and planning to record the agreements reached.

Hungary is the only NATO member that openly opposes direct military support and the Alliance's coordination role for Ukraine, refusing to provide financial assistance and participate in relevant planning.

NATO is planning long-term military support for Ukraine through a proposed €100 billion fund, but the proposal has received mixed reactions from allies.

After a lengthy meeting in Brussels, Kuleba and Szijjarto agreed to take steps to improve relations between Ukraine and Hungary in the coming days and weeks.

At a meeting in Brussels, NATO countries agreed to begin planning for long-term military support for Ukraine, but did not decide on a specific structure or package of assistance.

Stoltenberg discussed with Prime Minister Orban Hungary's concerns about NATO's role in Ukraine, expressing confidence that a consensus would be reached on providing support to Ukraine from beyond its borders.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg proposed a 5-year, €100 billion ($107 billion) military aid package called Mission for Ukraine to provide long-term, predictable security assistance to Ukraine, but at a meeting in Brussels, Allies had mixed reactions to the plan.

In the morning, the damage limited the power supply to all consumers in Kharkiv region, while restrictions on industry continued in Kryvyi Rih. No electricity exports are planned.

Ukraine is redirecting grain cargo to the seaports of Odesa, so the volume of grain transportation by sea has increased.

Four men were caught 100 meters from the border with Hungary with a rubber boat, intending to illegally cross the Tisa River into Hungary by paying thousands of dollars to smugglers.

Due to Russian missile attacks that damaged thermal and hydroelectric power plants, electricity supply is limited in Kryvyi Rih and Kharkiv region. However, there may be restrictions in two other regions.

Power outage schedules are in effect only in Kharkiv region, but restrictions may be applied in Odesa and Khmelnytsky regions due to increased consumption.

Ukraine will lose millions in potential profits due to new EU restrictions on duty-free imports of agricultural products from Ukraine, which take into account the reduced imports from the second half of 2021.

Due to grid constraints, Kharkiv and Odesa regions are subject to emergency outage schedules, but electricity imports from 5 countries are planned, and no shortage is expected in the power system.

German company Rheinmetall receives 130 million euros from the EU to increase production of 155-mm artillery ammunition and explosives to replenish the European armed forces.

Ukraine plans to import a record amount of electricity, while no exports are planned, as the power system is stable and no shortages are expected despite Russian attacks.

Hungary will not extend the ban on imports of honey from Ukraine, as the previous ban did not have a positive impact on prices in the local market and caused losses to companies exporting honey to the EU, said the country's Minister of Agriculture Istvan Nagy.

Ukraine may withdraw from the list of "international sponsors of war" due to pressure from China, France, Austria, and Hungary on companies that are on the list despite supporting Ukraine.

The Visegrad foreign ministers agreed that Ukraine should restore its territorial integrity after Russian aggression, although Hungary and Slovakia did not explicitly confirm their support for this statement.

Washington supports the idea of issuing $50 billion worth of bonds for Ukraine using frozen russian assets to finance Ukraine's war effort.

Slovakia and Hungary refused to participate in financing a Czech initiative to purchase 800,000 artillery shells for Ukraine, citing their opposition to the provision of lethal weapons and their belief that the conflict has no military solution.

Poland will make a material, technical and financial contribution to the Czech plan to increase the supply of ammunition to Ukraine from outside the European Union.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has spoken out about using profits from frozen Russian assets to purchase weapons and ammunition for Ukraine's defensive struggle against the Russian invasion.

The US Congress is discussing various mechanisms to provide additional assistance to Ukraine, including the use of seized assets of Russian oligarchs, the provision of weapons and humanitarian aid separately or as a package, and the possibility of loans, although the details are still being discussed.

Armin Papperger, CEO of Rheinmetall, believes that Europe should create its own version of the Israeli Iron Dome air defense system.

An audit by the Accounting Chamber found that the war, fires, and illegal logging caused the state to incur losses of almost UAH 23 billion.

Ukraine will bring far more benefits to the EU than the costs of its accession process, making it a worthwhile investment for the bloc.

The draw ceremony for the 2024 Olympic football tournaments, in which the Ukrainian national team is a participant in the men's competition, will take place on March 20 at 9:00 PM Kyiv time in Saint-Denis, Paris.