Overview

• Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha and EU High Representative Kaja Kallas held a substantive call to coordinate the next diplomatic measures aimed at securing a just, durable and comprehensive peace.
• Ukraine, Moldova and Romania convened the fourth ministerial meeting in Chernivtsi with Poland’s and Lithuania’s foreign ministers joining online to form an expanded Lublin Triangle format.
• The session’s agenda spanned Russia’s war against Ukraine, cybersecurity, countering disinformation, Euro-Atlantic integration, energy security, border infrastructure and security in the Black Sea, Baltic Sea and Danube regions.
• President Volodymyr Zelenskyy hosted Romanian Foreign Minister Oana-Silvia Țoiu on her first visit since taking office, underscoring Romania’s steadfast political and military backing.
• During their talks, Zelenskyy detailed intensified Russian strikes including the August 6 attack near the Odesa-Romania border and they agreed to broaden training programs for Ukrainian F-16 pilots and marines in Romania.