Bulgaria will oppose the European Union's proposed 21st package of sanctions against Russia unless two names are removed from the list: Patriarch Kirill of the Russian Orthodox Church and Vagit Alekperov, one of the heads of Lukoil's Bulgarian business.

Hungary has agreed to the opening of the sixth cluster of Ukraine's and Moldova's European Union accession negotiations, covering external relations.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has told journalists at the site of a Russian strike in Darnytskyi district of Kyiv that he still hopes for a visit by US special representatives to Ukraine.

Following Russia's recent attacks on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas has announced new sanctions proposals targeting five legal entities and one individual.

Russia has intensified surveillance of critical military facilities in several European countries, according to a report by the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS).

According to a poll, 33.6% of Poles say their attitude towards Ukrainians has worsened following the recent crisis in Polish-Ukrainian relations.

Ukraine's ambassador to NATO, Aliona Hetmanchuk, has confirmed that a ministerial-level meeting of the Ukraine-NATO Council will take place after all during the Alliance summit in Ankara.

People close to Polish President Karol Nawrocki are considering limiting contact with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy amid worsening Polish-Ukrainian relations.

Marcin Przydacz, Head of the International Policy Bureau of the Polish President's Office, has described Ukraine's authorities as "kleptocratic" and said he doubts they actually want to join the European Union.

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has said that the key task of the Alliance's summit in Ankara will be to confirm the fulfilment of allies' defence commitments, as this, in his words, is the main factor in deterring Russia.

Latvian Defence Minister Raivis Melnis has said the country will soon deploy additional air defence systems, particularly to strengthen its eastern border.

The Polish government believes President Karol Nawrocki deliberately stripped Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of the Order of the White Eagle shortly before the Ukraine Recovery Conference in Gdańsk.

Tomasz Siemoniak, Poland's Minister-Coordinator of Special Services, has said that President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made the right call in deciding not to attend the Ukraine Recovery Conference in Gdańsk.

A total of nine in ten Ukrainians support a constructive approach to resolving historical disputes with Poland: the majority believes each nation can have its own heroes and one third hopes for a shared view from historians.

Zbigniew Bogucki, head of the Chancellery of the President of Poland, has said that the absence of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy from the Ukraine Recovery Conference in Gdańsk would demonstrate the Polish government's inability to manage the situation.