French President Emmanuel Macron announced before the start of the EU-Western Balkans summit in Montenegro that the next meeting of the Coalition of the Willing will take place in Paris on 13-14 July.

The Council of the EU working group on enlargement held an extraordinary meeting in Brussels on 4 June to prepare draft EU common positions on Cluster 1, Fundamentals, for Ukraine and Moldova so they would be ready for approval by EU ambassadors on 5 June or next week.

The European Commission cannot confirm reports that Hungary unblocked €6.6 billion from the European Peace Facility intended for military support to Ukraine.

Luxembourg will host two separate intergovernmental conferences on 15 June to open the first EU accession negotiating cluster (Fundamentals) for Ukraine and Moldova.

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.

The European Union plans to make a decision on the status of Ukrainian refugees after March 2027 in July 2026; if not, the decision is expected in September.

The European Union's 21st package of sanctions against Russia is to be approved by 15 July 2026 due to the deadline for updating the price cap on Russian oil.

The European Commission plans to present the European Union's new 21st package of sanctions against Russia early next week, on 8 or 9 June.

Amid Putin's threats towards Armenia over the possibility of a "Ukrainian scenario" should the country continue its pro-European course, the European Union has announced increased support for Armenia.

The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has dismissed claims by Kaja Kallas, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, that the US Embassy was the only diplomatic mission to leave Ukraine following Russia's latest threats.

The EU and Ukraine have finalised the text of the loan agreement required for Kyiv to receive a €90 billion loan for 2026-2027.

Paula Pinho, chief spokesperson for the European Commission, has said that discussions on a European Union envoy to take part in negotiations on peace in Ukraine would be appropriate once Russia has demonstrated a genuine willingness to end the war.

Ukraine is fully ready to open the first cluster in accession negotiations with the European Union, and Croatia expects this to happen in June 2026.

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte wants European countries to more evenly distribute the costs of US weapons purchases for Ukraine under the Prioritised Ukraine Requirements List (PURL) mechanism, as currently only six or seven allies are making the main contribution.