Politico has reported that French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz criticised European Council President António Costa at a closed-door meeting of EU leaders over his contact with the Kremlin.

The United Kingdom announced on 18 June a new military aid package for Ukraine worth £725 million, which includes the supply of 150,000 drones and more than 350 air defence missiles and radars by the end of this year.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has sent a letter to EU leaders ahead of a European Council meeting, reportedly calling on governments to introduce restrictions on accepting Ukrainian refugees.

The Dutch government has pledged to purchase drones and air defence systems for Ukraine worth a total of €500 million.

G7 countries will license not only air defence systems for production in Ukraine, but also weapons for long-range strikes.

Deputy Polish Defence Minister Paweł Zalewski has stated that Ukraine is not showing sufficient interest in receiving Polish MiG-29 fighter jets

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced new sanctions against Russia targeting its shadow fleet, energy revenues, defence industry and disinformation activities.

US President Donald Trump has said that, following his conversations with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian ruler Vladimir Putin, he believes there may be an opportunity to "do something" to end the war in Ukraine.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said he proposed a meeting with Vladimir Putin at the G7 summit in France this week for talks on ending the war, but Russia was "not ready to speak".

Ukraine can now activate emergency EU support in response to major cyber incidents after the Council of the European Union approved its inclusion in the EU Cybersecurity Reserve.

A total of 56% of Ukrainians believe that the US has grown weary of the war and is pressuring Ukraine to make concessions to Russia.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has spoken in favour of "associate membership" in the EU for Ukraine, with benefits that would reward the country for progress towards full accession.

Heorhii Tykhyi, spokesman for Ukraine's Foreign Ministry, has stated that Ukraine does not receive free military aid from Bulgaria and that defence cooperation between the two countries is conducted on a commercial basis.

The Norwegian government has announced the allocation of NOK 1.2 billion (€109 million) this year for the development and procurement of naval drones for Ukraine.

Bulgaria will no longer supply weapons to Ukraine, the country's Defence Minister Dimitar Stoyanov said.