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.

It remains unclear whether Volodymyr Zelenskyy will be invited to the NATO summit in The Hague this June, but the Ukrainian president is likely to attend a defence industry forum being organised by NATO in parallel with the summit.

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, who is currently on a visit to Moscow, will travel to Kyiv at the end of this week to meet with Ukrainian officials and discuss the outcomes of the 16 May negotiations held in Istanbul.

Hungary currently has no intention of approving the opening of negotiation clusters in Ukraine's EU accession talks due to tense bilateral political relations.

Vladyslav Vlasiuk, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's Commissioner for Sanctions Policy, has denied claims of a supposed breakdown in cooperation between the United States and the European Union on sanctions.

The Financial Times has learned that the European Commission and the most influential EU member states are insisting on lowering the upper price cap on Russian oil to US$45 to strengthen sanctions against Russia.

German Vice-Chancellor Lars Klingbeil has stated that there have been no new agreements within the government coalition regarding a change of course on lifting restrictions on long-range strikes by Ukraine against Russian territory.

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan is visiting Moscow, where he is scheduled to hold talks, including on ending the war in Ukraine. He has already met with Vladimir Medinsky, head of the Russian delegation at the Istanbul negotiations.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy has urged the United States and Europe to demonstrate strength towards Russia to force it to cease fire.