First Deputy Foreign Minister Serhii Kyslytsia and Ukrainian delegation member Oleksandr Bevz have met with representatives of Ukraine’s European partners.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived in Lithuania on Monday 2 June to participate in the Bucharest Nine (B9) summit.

Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský, commenting on the attack on Russian strategic aircraft, has said that it is in Europe's interest to have a strong and well-armed Ukraine as an ally.

The Ukrainian delegation has arrived in Türkiye for the second round of talks with the Russian delegation.

Yehor Cherniev, Head of the Ukrainian Parliament’s permanent delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, believes that the Alliance will not make any official decisions on non-expansion, as demanded by Russia.

During his visit to Kyiv on Friday 30 May, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has said that Türkiye is proposing to host a meeting between the leaders of the United States, Russia and Ukraine to bring the war in Ukraine closer to an end after potential second talks in Istanbul.

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, at a press conference in Kyiv on Friday after meeting with Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha, has said that Russia’s war against Ukraine is approaching a turning point.

A Prague court has handed a suspended sentence to teacher Martina Bednářová for denying Russian war crimes in Ukraine.

Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service has complained that Serbian defence companies continue supplying ammunition to Ukraine despite Serbia’s official stance of neutrality.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has said that supplying Ukraine with Taurus cruise missiles is possible.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy believes that Ukraine must be present at the NATO summit in The Hague, and that not being invited would look like "Putin's victory over NATO".

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has said that Russia's behaviour in negotiations over the Russo-Ukrainian war indicates the Kremlin's desire to drag out time rather than to reach a real peace agreement.

The vast majority of EU citizens support the purchase and supply of military equipment for Ukraine.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his US counterpart Donald Trump discussed sanctions on Russia’s energy and banking sectors during their meeting at the Vatican.

Pressure is mounting within Germany's ruling CDU/CSU bloc on party leader Friedrich Merz to support the delivery of long-range Taurus missiles to Ukraine and the training of Ukrainian forces to operate them.

The US Department of State believes that Moscow should take seriously the statements made by President Donald Trump, who has not ruled out strengthening sanctions against Russia.

US President Donald Trump has stated that Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin is "playing with fire".

Keith Kellogg, President Donald Trump’s special envoy for Ukraine, has stated that the United States has received Kyiv’s list of conditions for ending the war but is still awaiting a response from Moscow.

A previously unidentified Russian hacking group was responsible for 2024 cyberattacks targeting the Netherlands’ police networks, NATO and several European countries, Dutch intelligence services have revealed.

On the morning of Tuesday 27 May, German prosecutors conducted a raid on a house in Brandenburg on suspicion of support for Russian militants in Ukraine’s east.

Vladyslav Vlasiuk, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's Commissioner for Sanctions Policy, has denied claims of a supposed breakdown in cooperation between the United States and the European Union on sanctions.

Politicians from Germany's ruling CDU/CSU and SPD parties are calling on Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul to lobby Washington for greater support for Ukraine during his upcoming visit to the US.

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has stated that Russia’s recent attacks on Ukraine prove that Moscow has no interest in peace.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has said that Germany, France, the United Kingdom and the United States have lifted all restrictions on Ukraine regarding the range of strikes.

Slovenian President Nataša Pirc Musar believes that the European Union should resume some form of dialogue with Russia – at least through quiet diplomacy conducted by a designated team.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy has urged the United States and Europe to demonstrate strength towards Russia to force it to cease fire.

The Pentagon is likely to downgrade the status of a political office that plays an important role in the military response to the war in Ukraine.