On the 448th day of the Russian invasion, the British and German defense ministers said Wednesday in Berlin that it was up to "the White House" to decide on a possible delivery to Kiev of F-16 fighter jets. Meanwhile, Iran and Russia on Wednesday signed an agreement to open a north-south trade route.
Finland announces that Russia has frozen its embassy's bank accounts. Hungary refuses to release a new tranche of 500 million euros from the European Peace Facility to reimburse arms supplied by the EU to Ukraine.