The Dutch government, which will resign soon, has adopted decisions aimed at accelerating the production of defence equipment for Ukraine and for its own use.

Instead of depending on a larger US-led plan, the EU has indicated that it may dramatically enhance funding for Ukraine by getting its own multibillion-dollar loan to assist Kyiv.

A division of General Dynamics, the Spanish company Santa Barbara Systems, which is focused in Spain and repairs Leopard tanks for delivery to Ukraine, has suffered a cyber attack that affected the work of its website.

The German public is divided over whether Ukraine should be allowed to use Western-supplied weapons to strike military targets in Russia, a recent poll has shown.

US President Joe Biden does not think that Russia’s proposal to end the war in Ukraine is the best that Ukraine can hope for.

US President Joe Biden has said that peace in Ukraine means a guarantee that Russia will never be able to occupy Ukraine, but he does not think that Ukraine has to become a NATO member for this to be the case.

Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has stated that Russia is attempting to undermine the authority of the Peace Summit in Switzerland by convincing countries not to attend.

Estonia will transfer a power unit from the Auvere power plant and electric motors to Ukraine.

Chinese officials have responded to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's statement that Russia and China are attempting to undermine Ukraine’s Peace Summit in Switzerland. 

Belgium, which currently holds the rotating presidency of the EU Council, is urging EU governments to consider starting a procedure to deprive Hungary, which takes over the presidency next month, of its voting rights.

Ruslan Stefanchuk, Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, has announced the start of official negotiations between Ukraine and Poland on a bilateral security agreement.

Athens has been reviewing a list of Kyiv’s old and new requests for military assistance from the reserves of the Hellenic Armed Forces against the backdrop of the new Russian offensive on various fronts in Ukraine.

US President Joe Biden is likely to miss a Peace Summit in Switzerland in June because of a campaign fundraiser in California. He is expected to attend alongside George Clooney, Julia Roberts, and other stars.

The EU countries remain divided over measures aimed at Russia's so-called "shadow fleet", which consists of semi-legal oil tankers. Countries such as Greece, Cyprus and Malta have opposed such measures.

The Norwegian government has decided to ban entry of Russian citizens who go there for tourism or other non-essential trips.