Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers (government) on 30 May approved the country’s next negotiating positions for joining the EU in two clusters.

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, at a press conference in Kyiv on Friday after meeting with Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha, has said that Russia’s war against Ukraine is approaching a turning point.

The Kremlin has welcomed a statement by Keith Kellogg, US President Donald Trump’s special envoy for Ukraine, that the United States considers Russia’s concerns about NATO expansion to be justified.

On 30 May, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha greeted in Kyiv the Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, who visited Moscow this week. In Kyiv, the Turkish diplomat shared the results of negotiations in Russia.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy has hinted that dialogue on Taurus missiles between Ukraine and Germany is ongoing, but made it clear that all discussions are confidential and behind the scenes.

Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service has complained that Serbian defence companies continue supplying ammunition to Ukraine despite Serbia’s official stance of neutrality.

The United Kingdom and Germany will convene the meeting of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group, also known as the Ramstein Format, at NATO Headquarters on 4 June 2025.

Ukraine’s Defence Minister Rustem Umierov has announced that the new contract for the production of IRIS-T systems and corresponding missiles for Ukraine is worth €2.2 billion.

German Defence Ministers Boris Pistorius and his Ukrainian counterpart Rustem Umierov have signed an agreement in Berlin to finance the production of long-range weapons in Ukraine as part of a broader support package totalling approximately €5 billion.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz promised to do everything to weaken Russia's military machine and to prevent the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline from working.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has announced an expansion of military assistance to Ukraine from Germany.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said that he will again choose Türkiye to host the second round of Russian-Ukrainian talks.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz does not expect the war in Ukraine to end soon.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has clarified his statement on allowing Ukraine to strike deep into Russia during a visit to Finland on Tuesday, noting that the US, the UK, France and Germany had lifted restrictions on Ukraine's long-range strikes against Russia several months ago.