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.

The Council of the European Union on 11 May imposed sanctions on 16 individuals and seven legal entities responsible for the systematic illegal deportation, forced transfer and forced assimilation of Ukrainian minors.

Rustem Umierov, Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council (NSDC), has briefed President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the results of meetings with US President Donald Trump's special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.

Hungary's new Foreign Minister Anita Orbán, ahead of the EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting on 11 May, stated that her country will no longer use its veto right on European Union policy as an instrument of blackmail and will work to restore the trust of its EU and NATO partners.