The Estonian National Defence Council will convene to discuss Russian sabotage and influence operations, as well as the upcoming Peace Summit in Switzerland, on Wednesday afternoon, 22 May, at the invitation of Estonian President Alar Karis.

Brussels officials insist on starting official negotiations on Ukraine's accession to the European Union as early as June.

Latvian Foreign Minister Baiba Braže, who ran her first half marathon to raise funds for drones for Ukraine, announced on Tuesday morning that she had already raised €13,500, and the amount continues to grow.

A German initiative to strengthen Ukraine's air defence has raised almost a billion euros for this goal.

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock arrived in Kyiv on 21 May on her seventh visit since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas has said the Baltic states should convey to Western countries the opinion that peace on Russian terms will not mean an end to human suffering.

The G7 finance ministers will discuss the legality of using €270 billion of frozen Russian state assets as collateral for providing an additional €30 billion loan to Ukraine when they meet this week in Stresa, northern Italy.

Bulgarian President Rumen Radev has called Ukraine's victory over Russia "impossible" and linked the war to an assassination attempt on Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico.

Jean-Louis Bourlanges, Chairman of the French National Assembly Foreign Affairs Committee, has called on the French authorities to allow Ukraine to launch strikes with French-supplied weapons on Russian territory.

The Finland-Russia border can be partially opened when the "deportation law" is adopted.

Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó has said that he has vetoed the Council of Europe's decision to recognise and support only one peace plan for Ukraine – President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's Peace Formula.

On 17 May, the Council of the European Union decided to suspend the broadcasting of four more media outlets that spread and support Russian propaganda and support the war of aggression against Ukraine: Voice of Europe, RIA Novosti, Izvestia and Rossiyskaya Gazeta. 

The offensive activity of the Russian Armed Forces in Kharkiv Oblast suggests that they seek to create a buffer zone, not capture the city of Kharkiv.

Nikos Dendias, Minister of National Defence of Greece, has denied media reports that Greece has secretly sent 250 containers with weapons to Ukraine.

Aleksandar Vučić, President of Serbia, said on Thursday, 16 May, that he is not sure that Western Balkan states will be able to join the European Union ahead of Ukraine.