The German government is cautiously withdrawing its reservations about allowing Ukraine to use Western weapons to strike military targets in Russia.

The White House has stressed that the United States' support for Ukraine will remain unchanged, regardless of who represents the US at the planned Peace Summit in Switzerland.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has hinted that the Biden administration may be open to allowing Ukraine to use US-supplied weapons to strike Russian territory.

Important changes in the wording regarding Ukraine's membership prospects will be made at an upcoming meeting of NATO leaders in Washington.

Finland has not imposed any restrictions regarding Ukraine's strikes on Russia’s territory with weapons that it handed over to Ukrainian troops. 

Prime Minister of Sweden Ulf Kristersson has commented on the allocation of the largest package of military aid to Ukraine, which includes, among other things, an ASC 890 airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft.

Sweden has announced its sixteenth package of military aid to Ukraine, the largest package for the country. It will cost SEK 13.3 billion (about €1.16 billion).

Former US President Donald Trump, during a meeting with his campaign donors, has said that he would have bombed Moscow and Beijing, writes The Washington Post.

Several states have asked Sweden to put on hold the plans to send Gripen fighter jets to Ukraine in order to focus on delivering F-16s.

In response to the decision to enable Ukrainian forces to strike Russia, Josep Borrell, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, stated that a balance must be maintained between the risk of escalation and Ukraine's need to protect itself.

Oleksandr Syrskyi, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, has held a phone conversation with the Chief of the General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces, General Wiesław Kukuła.

Finnish President Alexander Stubb has visited Estonia on a working visit, where, among other things, he discussed assistance to Ukraine.

On 27 May, the Council of the European Union imposed sanctions on two individuals, including Viktor Medvedchuk, a former pro-Russian member of the Ukrainian parliament and close friend of Vladimir Putin, who is the godfather of Medvedchuk’s daughter; and one organisation spreading anti-civil society propaganda in the EU and adjacent countries.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the President of Ukraine, has stated that a bilateral security pact with Lithuania will be signed soon.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg asks that the allies review the constraints on Ukraine's ban on using Western weaponry against the Russian Federation in the midst of border fighting in Kharkiv Oblast.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, in his online appeal to the EU Council of Foreign Ministers on Monday, appealed for faster delivery of more air defence systems and asked the diplomats to support Ukraine's attacks on military targets on Russian territory.

Germany is planning to allocate an additional €60 million for humanitarian assistance to Ukraine.

Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis has stated that Western countries should overcome their fear of Russia when it comes to supporting Ukraine.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has spoken out against Ukraine's use of Western-supplied weapons to strike Russian territory after NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg called for the lifting of the ban on Kyiv.

Spain will send Patriot air defence system missiles and Leopard 2A4 tanks to Ukraine as part of a previously announced aid package.

French President Emmanuel Macron has called for continued assistance to Ukraine, against which Russia is waging a war of aggression.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has said that Russian forces are losing 24,000 soldiers every month in its war of aggression against Ukraine.

Germany has delivered a new batch of military assistance to Ukraine, which includes artillery shells, Leopard 1 AP tanks, machine guns, drones, rifles and ammunition.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has said that Hungary is working to "redefine" its NATO membership status to allow it to opt out of NATO’s deepening support for Ukraine.

Russian leader Vladimir Putin is still not ready for peace in the third year of Russia's war against Ukraine, French President Emmanuel Macron believes. 

Athens has been reviewing a list of Kyiv’s old and new requests for military assistance from the reserves of the Hellenic Armed Forces against the backdrop of the new Russian offensive on various fronts in Ukraine.

US President Joe Biden is likely to miss a Peace Summit in Switzerland in June because of a campaign fundraiser in California. He is expected to attend alongside George Clooney, Julia Roberts, and other stars.

Polish authorities are stepping up security around the main transit hub for foreign military aid to Ukraine over concerns about Russian-backed sabotage operations.

Following the Russian bombings on Kharkiv and Liubotyn in Kharkiv Oblast, which resulted in casualties and destruction, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba stressed the necessity of additional Patriot air defence missiles.

Nataliia Halibarenko, the head of the Ukrainian mission to NATO, believes that sooner or later, a decision on the right of Ukrainian troops to use US weapons to strike targets in Russia will be made.