UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, during a special address at Downing Street, has announced that his time in office has come to an end.

Urszula Pasławska, an MP from the Polish People's Party (PSL) coalition, has described the decision to strip President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of the Order of the White Eagle as a moral victory and argued that attention should now shift to future relations with Kyiv, including the Ukraine Recovery Conference.

Polish President's spokesperson Rafał Leśkiewicz has said that Polish President Karol Nawrocki is raising the issue of Polish-Ukrainian historical relations at the international level.

Inspector of the German Army Christian Freuding has stated that Germany must prepare for a Russian attack by 2029 or even earlier.

US President Donald Trump has said the United States will resume attacks on Iran due to what he described as insufficient progress in negotiations on ending the war.

The Netherlands is ending its participation in Operation Interflex, the UK-led programme training Ukrainian troops, as the initiative shifts from basic military training to specialised instruction.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has said that it is up to Ukraine to resolve tensions in Polish-Ukrainian relations following the decision to name a Special Operations Forces unit after the Heroes of the UPA.

The Romanian government has confirmed media reports regarding four maritime drones in the Black Sea, one of which exploded in the port of Constanța.

A second explosion occurred near Romania's port of Constanța after an uncrewed surface vessel exploded there on Friday, while another two drones exploded on the Ukrainian side of the Black Sea.

Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš has stated that German Chancellor Friedrich Merz should lead negotiations on behalf of the European Union with the aim of ending Russia's aggression in Ukraine.

Ukraine has asked Germany to provide dozens of additional interceptor missiles for Patriot air defence systems from its own stockpiles this year in order to strengthen the country's protection against Russian attacks.

The EU may officially open the first cluster in accession talks with Ukraine and Moldova on 15 June after Hungary signalled it would drop its long-standing opposition to Ukraine's membership bid.

Germany's former chancellor Gerhard Schröder, who is regarded as a personal friend of Russian ruler Vladimir Putin, is currently visiting the Russian capital, Moscow.

Finnish media outlet Helsingin Sanomat has reported that a drone threat alert issued for the Helsinki area in mid-May may have been caused by a mistake on Ukraine's part.