Kaja Kallas, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and ministers from EU member states have signed a declaration in Lviv expressing their intention to transfer €1 billion in profits from frozen Russian assets to Ukraine.

During his first visit to Poland, Germany's new Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul has reiterated Germany and Europe’s support for Ukraine.

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent agreed when asked on 7 May if he considered Russian leader Vladimir Putin a war criminal.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz plans to visit Ukraine in the near future.

Romania’s Foreign Ministry, through a statement by spokesman Andrei Țărnea, has responded to Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin's claims that Romania and Bulgaria contributed to the tensions that led to the war in Ukraine.

A poll has shown that 47% of Ukrainians, as of early May, have fairly positive expectations regarding the signing of a US critical minerals deal.

Former US President Joe Biden has described his successor Donald Trump’s stance on Russia’s war against Ukraine as a modern form of appeasement, warning that this could encourage other European countries to begin making concessions to Russia.

Mathias Cormann, Secretary-General of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), says that Ukraine has made significant progress in fighting corruption.

The order to temporarily suspend the shipment of US military aid to Ukraine came from the office of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and the White House was unaware of the decision.

Russia has stepped up its surveillance of NATO’s military activity in the Baltic Sea and is carrying out shows of force and provocations, according to a report by Latvia’s Defence Intelligence and Security Service (MIDD) assessing Russia’s military activity near Latvia.

The Telegraph has learned that the United Kingdom is secretly preparing for a direct military attack by Russia – an updated secret homeland defence plan will determine the strategy for the first days after a strike on the UK territory by a hostile foreign state.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has said that Ukraine's membership in the EU is disadvantageous for his country, as it threatens the Hungarian economy.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has stated that the Trump administration's efforts have fostered some rapprochement between Russia and Ukraine, although the two sides remain far apart.

US Vice President JD Vance is convinced that Russia's war against Ukraine will not end anytime soon.

Steve Witkoff, Donald Trump’s special envoy to the Middle East, former real estate lawyer and investor, has raised concerns among US administration insiders over his approach to negotiations with two of America’s biggest adversaries.