Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has once again denied rumours that Ukraine and Russia had supposedly nearly reached an agreement to cease hostilities in the spring of 2022 and that the process failed, purportedly due to Kyiv's refusal under the influence of London.

Ukraine is preparing a bilateral security agreement with Luxembourg.

Victoria Nuland, former US Under Secretary of State, has declined to answer whether Washington considers it possible for Ukraine to achieve such a victory that would result in the regaining of all its occupied territories.

Spanish newspaper El Pais, citing its sources, has reported that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will travel to Spain in the coming days. During this visit, Kyiv and Madrid will sign a bilateral security agreement.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has stated that he has numerous questions for the previous government regarding the possible influence of Russia on its representatives.

Ukraine and Ireland have agreed to start preparing a bilateral security agreement as a follow-up to the G7 declaration on "security guarantees" on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Vilnius.

Roberta Metsola, President of the European Parliament, is on a visit to Kyiv.

The upcoming oral hearings in the interstate case at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), entitled "Ukraine and the Netherlands v. Russia" and concerning human rights violations in the occupied territories of Donbas, have been scheduled for 12 June.

Dutch Defence Minister Kajsa Ollongren has said that Western assistance is crucial to reversing the current tide on the Russo-Ukrainian war front, where Russia currently has the upper hand.

Poland scrambled its fighter jets on the morning of 8 May due to Russia's missile attacks on Ukraine. 

Moldovan President Maia Sandu says that official Chisinau will focus its efforts on minimising the risk of Russian aggression against it but will defend itself in the event of such a scenario. 

Radio Liberty has learned that of the six EU member countries sending diplomats to the "inauguration" of Russian leader Vladimir Putin, one state has changed its mind at the last moment.

The Office of the President of Ukraine has reported "tangible progress" in the work of Ukraine and the United States on a bilateral security agreement to follow up on the G7 declaration on security guarantees.

Tomasz Szmydt, a judge of the Voivodeship Administrative Court of Warsaw, has appeared at a press conference in Minsk declaring that he wants to stay in Belarus and will be applying for political asylum, as he does not agree with the policy of his country. 

Baiba Braže, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Latvia, has stated that Latvian diplomats will not attend the so-called "inauguration" of the ruler of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, following his "re-election."