Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, in a telephone conversation with Portuguese Foreign Minister Augusto Santos Silva, thanked him for supporting Ukraine and stressed the need to speed up Ukraine's accession to the EU.

"Call with Portuguese Foreign Minister Augusto Santos Silva. Grateful to Portugal for supporting Ukraine as we defend ourselves and Europe from Russian aggression. We agree on the need to elevate pressure on Russia. I underscored the need to speed up Ukraine's accession to the EU," Kuleba said on Twitter on Monday.