The Romanian Foreign Ministry has described the crash of a Russian UAV into a high-rise residential building in the city of Galați on the night of 28-29 May as a "serious escalation" by Moscow.

European ambassadors have been shown foreign-made components found in Russian missiles and UAVs launched on Ukraine on the night of 23-24 May.

The Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian Parliament) has ratified an agreement on a €90 billion EU macro-financial assistance loan for Ukraine.

The US Embassy has dismissed claims by Kaja Kallas, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, that American diplomats have left the Ukrainian capital because of Russian threats of missile strikes.

The European Union is not yet planning to appoint a chief negotiator for possible peace talks on ending Russia's war against Ukraine.

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, the Belarusian opposition leader in exile, has opened the Mission of Democratic Forces of Belarus in Kyiv during her ongoing visit to Ukraine.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia has claimed that the detention of Metropolitan Hilarion, Metropolitan of the Russian Orthodox Church, in Czechia over the transportation of an unidentified substance was an "orchestrated provocation" and demanded his immediate release.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said that Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov asked him during a phone call on Monday 25 May to pass on a message from Russian ruler Vladimir Putin to US President Donald Trump that Russia would strike Kyiv.

Police in the city of Karlovy Vary, Czechia, stopped a car on 24 May carrying Russian Metropolitan Hilarion, who heads the Czech branch of the Russian Orthodox Church, and found four small containers with a white substance inside.

Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna believes Russian leader Vladimir Putin sees Europe's participation in talks on ending Russia's war against Ukraine as beneficial for himself.

Finnish President Alexander Stubb said on Sunday 24 May that he would be willing to represent Europeans in potential peace negotiations with Russia.

Given the casualty figures in the Russia-Ukraine war, Ukraine is today in its most advantageous position since February 2022.

Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Taras Kachka has met with Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić during his visit to Serbia on 21 May.

Ukraine must ensure the Hungarian minority enjoys the same rights as minorities in other EU countries before Budapest agrees to the opening of the first cluster in the EU's pre-accession talks with Kyiv.

US President Donald Trump has described this week's meeting between the leaders of China and Russia as "good".