The European Commission is set to propose on 16 June that the first negotiating cluster be opened in the EU accession talks with Ukraine and Moldova.

Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev believes that the European Union should take a leading role in negotiations with Russia to put an end to its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Norway and the European Union have signed an agreement worth more than NOK 400 million to help secure Ukraine's energy system before winter.

The German Embassy in Ukraine has said it will continue its work despite Russia's threats of further strikes on Kyiv and calls for Western diplomats to leave the Ukrainian capital.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has met with Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, the Belarusian opposition leader in exile.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha and Hungarian Foreign Minister Anita Orbán have held their first in-person meeting on the sidelines of a NATO meeting in the Swedish city of Helsingborg.

The European Commission has confirmed that it received a letter from German Chancellor Friedrich Merz regarding a possible new status for Ukraine ahead of full EU membership and said the issue should be discussed at the level of the European Council.

Lithuanian Defence Minister Robertas Kaunas has confirmed that the drone which crashed and was found in the Utena District on the evening of 17 May belonged to Ukraine.

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has warned that Russia will encounter devastating repercussions if it uses nuclear weapons against Ukraine during its ongoing joint nuclear-capability exercises with Belarus.

Ambassadors of European Union member states are expected to discuss a mini-package of sanctions this week that could include Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill (secular name Vladimir Gundyayev).

Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Heorhii Tykhyi has commented on the incident involving the downing of a drone over Estonia on Tuesday 19 May.

The London branch of Deutsche Bank has been fined £165,000 (about US$221,000) for breaching the UK's sanctions regime against Russia.

Ukraine and Latvia have rejected claims by Russian intelligence alleging that Riga had allowed Kyiv to use Latvian territory or airspace for strikes on Russian regions.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha has agreed with his Hungarian counterpart Anita Orbán to hold a round of Ukrainian-Hungarian consultations at expert level later this week and discussed Ukraine's accession to the European Union.

Iryna Mudra, Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine responsible for issues related to holding Russia internationally accountable, commented on the historic decision to launch the Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine.

At a meeting of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe on 15 May, participants approved a key decision in the process of launching the Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha has announced that the European Union has officially informed the Council of Europe of its intention to join the agreement on the Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived in Romania on 13 May, where he will take part in the Bucharest Nine summit and hold a series of meetings on strengthening Ukraine's defence.

US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has stated during Senate committee hearings that the Pentagon has sent its military personnel to Ukraine to learn how to deploy drones in real combat conditions.

The United Kingdom announced a new package of sanctions against Russia on 11 May over the abduction of Ukrainian children and recent attempts to interfere in upcoming elections in Armenia.