But if there is no peace agreement, the aid provided by the United States could further shrink. That raises another question: who has the capacity to fill the gap?  Which countries are contributing the most to Ukraine’s war efforts?

Russia has launched hundreds of drones and missiles on western Ukraine overnight in one of the heaviest bombardments in recent weeks, Ukrainian officials have said. Strikes were reported in Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk, and Lviv, where one person was killed and others injured.

Austria will provide an additional EUR2 million in humanitarian aid to Ukraine, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha announced following bilateral talks with his Austrian counterpart Beate Meinl-Reisinger in Odesa.

Donald Trump has suggested it would be “impossible” for Ukraine to win the war without attacking Russia. The US president also criticised his predecessor, Joe Biden, for not granting Kyiv permission to “fight back”, in an ambiguous social media post.

France on Thursday condemned a massive wave of attacks on Ukraine as evidence of Russia’s lack of resolve to pursue a genuine peace agreement, and end the war that has raged since February 2022.

Austrian Foreign Minister Beate Mainl-Reisinger arrived in Odesa on August 20. That night, the Russians launched a massive drone attack on the Odesa region, according to Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha.

Taras Kachka, Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration, has informed European colleagues that Ukraine expects the first negotiation cluster, Fundamentals, to be opened as soon as possible.