Pope Francis and the President of the European Commission are committed to the Ukrainians and to bringing peace back to Europe.
Russian President Vladimir Putin tried to justify the war in Ukraine by comparing himself to a well-known Russian monarch of the 17th and 18th centuries.
Russia remains focused on the battle in eastern Ukraine, while Ukrainian forces advance in the south of the country claiming territory.
A British intelligence report warned that there is a risk of cholera in Mariupol, the southern Ukrainian city that fell under complete Russian rule.
Two British and one Moroccan fighters, who were fighting with Ukrainian forces, were sentenced to death on Thursday for alleged crimes in the territory of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic.