On Monday, British Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, and President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, discussed a so-called "jets coalition" at a meeting at Chequers.

The UK is to provide Ukraine with hundreds of new long-range attack drones with a flight range of more than 200 km.

During his visit to Rome, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has urged Italian politicians and public figures to visit Ukraine to better understand why it continues to stand up to evil the way it does.

Important decisions have been made by Ukraine and Italy to protect the Ukrainian skies. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said this after talks with Giorgia Meloni, the head of the Italian government, in Rome on Saturday. 

South Africa hits back at US accusations of arms shipment to Russia.

Sweden will seek to define the EU's recognition of the Wagner Group private military company as a terrorist organisation.

EU foreign ministers will discuss current foreign and security policy issues, including support for Ukraine amid Russian aggression, at an informal meeting in Stockholm on Friday.

The British government has officially confirmed sending long-range Storm Shadow missiles to Ukraine.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has commented on the possible loss of US military support for Ukraine after the 2024 US presidential election, saying that Ukraine could gain victory by then.

Former US President Donald Trump has refused to call Russian President Vladimir Putin a war criminal because, according to him, it could harm negotiations with the Russian Federation.

Former US President Donald Trump has refused to answer the thrice-voiced question of who he wants to see as the winner in Russia's war against Ukraine.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg believes that Russia's invasion of Ukraine is affecting China's calculations regarding the possibility of invading Taiwan.

Six members of the Seimas [Lithuanian parliament – ed.] are proposing that Russia's actions in Ukraine should be assessed in the same way as the crimes of the USSR and the Nazis.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has asked not to consider the anticipated counteroffensive of the Ukrainian army as the last one.

The Commission on Geographical Names Standardisation Outside of Poland, which operates under the country's main geodetic service, has decided to no longer call the Russian city of Kaliningrad by its Russian name, but instead to use the Polish name Królewiec.

European Union countries are holding the first discussion of proposed new sanctions against Russia on 10 May, which would target Chinese and Iranian companies and enable exports to third countries to be curtailed for violating existing restrictions.

Czech President Petr Pavel said that he supports the creation of a tribunal to investigate the crime of Russian aggression against Ukraine.

Swedish Defence Minister Pål Jonson has said that his country could not supply its fighter jets to Ukraine because it does not have enough of them. 

On Tuesday, May 9, the Pentagon announced a new military assistance package of $1.2 billion to Ukraine.

The European Parliament voted to prolong tariff-free trade with Ukraine for another year to support the Ukrainian economy in wartimes.

The Russian ambassador in Poland had to pay tribute to fallen Ukrainians by laying flowers at a Soviet monument.

Activists of the Euromaidan Warsaw initiative woke Russian diplomats in Warsaw at 06:00 on 9 May with the sound of sirens and bombing.

Foreign Secretary James Cleverly left for Washington on May 8 to meet US Secretary of State and leading members of Congress to discuss the US and UK's long-term commitment to Ukraine.

The UK is likely to send long-range missiles to Kyiv.

The last four-week instructor courses for Ukrainian troops have finished in Lithuania.

Unrecognised Transnistria has asked Russia to increase the number of so-called Russian "peacekeepers," citing an increase in security risks.

The German concern Rheinmetall wants to provide Ukraine with a significant amount of artillery ammunition and announced plans to produce up to 600,000 shells per year.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has commented on the upcoming counterattack planned by the Ukrainian army.

Leopard 1 tanks, sent by Denmark and Germany, will be ready for deployment in Ukraine by June 1.