A drone crashed in Romania's Tulcea County, about five kilometres from the Ukrainian border, after flying too low to be detected by radar surveillance systems.

Polish Deputy Defence Minister Cezary Tomczyk has dismissed criticism from former defence minister Mariusz Błaszczak regarding the possible transfer of several Patriot system missiles to Ukraine, stating that this would not weaken Poland's defence capabilities.

Mariusz Błaszczak, former Polish defence minister, has said that the government's plans to provide Ukraine with missiles for Patriot air defence systems are unacceptable.

Magdalena Sobkowiak-Czarnecka, Deputy Defence Minister of Poland, has said her country is considering transferring another batch of Patriot missiles to Ukraine.

Ukraine's State Emergency Service (SES) has submitted a request for international assistance in the form of humanitarian mine clearance equipment, with the appeal published on NATO's website.

A proposal by Poland's opposition Law and Justice (PiS) party to deport Ukrainian men of conscription age who do not have legal employment has received broad public support in Poland.

Ukraine has halted its intensive campaign of drone strikes against oil tankers using the major Black Sea port of Novorossiysk after a request made by US Vice President JD Vance at the end of last month.

The EU has said it is no surprise that Russia's Supreme Court has ruled that Yabloko, the only anti-war party on the ballot, should be barred from upcoming elections to the Russian State Duma.

Andrzej Śliwka, an opposition Law and Justice party member of parliament, is insisting on the deportation of unemployed Ukrainians from Poland, claiming that at least a brigade could be assembled from them for the war.

The attacker who stabbed a Polish teenager was another Polish national, not a Ukrainian as suggested in social media comments, Poland's Interior Ministry said, describing the unverified claims as Russian disinformation.

Bulgarian Foreign Minister Velislava Petrova has told Ukrainian Ambassador Olesia Ilashchuk that incursions into Bulgarian airspace are unacceptable following a drone incident near Kardam.

New information obtained by German media suggests that Leipzig airport came closer to a disaster than previously thought.

Lithuanian Defence Minister Robertas Kaunas has said that examinations of drone wreckage found in the country so far indicate that the aircraft were Ukrainian drones that had veered off course and entered Lithuanian territory after being affected by Russian electronic warfare systems.

Moldovan Prime Minister Vasile Tofan and President Maia Sandu have commented on a drone explosion near the settlement of Crokmaz in Ștefan Vodă district.

A man allegedly threatened and verbally abused two Ukrainian nationals in Kraków, with Polish police now investigating the incident.