Antony Blinken, US Secretary of State, has visited one of the places where Ukrainian drones are manufactured during his visit to Ukraine.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has cancelled his visit to Spain, scheduled for 17 May, due to the challenging frontline situation.

The US Department of Defense has said that the Russian occupation forces are currently trying to advance on the territory of Ukraine, the situation on the battlefield is complicated, and all this is a cause for concern.

Ukraine and Poland are currently working on a draft of a bilateral security agreement.

US President Joe Biden’s administration is working to send an additional battery of the Patriot air defence system to Ukraine.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy has emphasised during his meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken that two additional Patriot air defence systems are necessary to defend the city of Kharkiv and Kharkiv Oblast.

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has said that the Patriot air defence systems that European countries have would be best kept in Ukraine and called for the transfer of these systems to Kyiv.

The US State Department predicts that the Russian occupation forces, which are currently trying to advance in Kharkiv Oblast, will not be able to achieve major gains in this area.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and the heads of government of the Nordic countries have pledged to continue to support Ukraine.

The US Department of State has commented on the dismissal of Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu and his replacement with Andrei Belousov.

UK Defence Secretary Grant Shapps has commented on the replacement of Russia's Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu with Andrei Belousov, seeing it as a way for Russia to continue its war against Ukraine.

Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu has said that Romanian Defence Minister Angel Tîlvăr has serious reservations about the possibility of providing Ukraine with a Patriot air defence system.

Ukraine's First Lady Olena Zelenska, together with Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, arrived in Belgrade on 12 May, marking the first visit by a senior Ukrainian official to Serbia since the onset of Russia's full-scale aggression.

The General Staff of the Estonian Defence Forces has noted that hostilities in Ukraine continue along the entire frontline, but the main activity is taking place in Luhansk and Donetsk oblasts. 

Commenting on the recent massive missile attack on Ukraine by Russia, the White House has said that the United States is doing everything it can to provide Ukraine with what it needs to fight aggression.