The Pentagon has responded to Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu, who expressed concerns about strikes by HIMARS and Storm Shadow on Crimea.

At his meeting with Chinese Prime Minister Li Qiang, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz urged him to use the influence that Beijing has on Moscow to push Russia to end the war against Ukraine.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken stated that he would present a new assistance package to Kyiv on Wednesday at the Ukraine Reform Conference in London.

Péter Szijjártó, the Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs, has responded to the statement of Dmytro Kuleba, the Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs, who accused Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán of acting in his own political interest by exchanging Ukrainian prisoners of war from Russia.

Any potential transfer of F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine, whether from the United States or from an allied operator, would take months

Hungary is not involved in the repatriation of 11 Ukrainian prisoners of war who are currently in Hungary.

The European Union is ready to propose a financial assistance package worth about €50 billion to support Ukraine.

US defence manufacturer Lockheed Martin has said it stands ready to help Ukrainian pilots fly and maintain its F-16 fighter jets if NATO states agree to send them to help the country against Russian aggression.

The newly announced legislation by the UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly allows Russian subjects to sanctions to donate their frozen assets towards the restoration of Ukraine.

The Ministry of Defence of Germany has analysed the course of military operations in Ukraine, which indicates that Ukrainian military forces are attempting to weaken the Russian army through diversions far beyond the front line.

The Ministry of Defence of Sweden has confirmed that Ukrainian pilots will participate in a "familiarisation training" on Swedish JAS 39 Gripen fighters.

NATO aims to hold the first meeting of the new cooperation body with Ukraine, the Ukraine-NATO Council, at the Vilnius Summit in July.

Dozens of their own special forces were supposed to arrive in Kyiv with the president of the South African Republic for security and mass media but this plane was forced to get stuck in Poland, causing a scandal.

The EU has stated that the visit of African leaders to Kyiv was accompanied by another missile attack by Russia.

Russia has sent its "greetings" to the African delegation which arrived on a state visit to Kyiv with a massive attack on 16 June.

Germany will "urgently" provide Ukraine with 64 more guided missiles for the Patriot air defence systems.

Pentagon Chief Lloyd Austin has outlined the main issues to be considered during the Ramstein meeting on 15 June.

Jens Stoltenberg, NATO Secretary General, said that against the background of the start of counteroffensive actions by Ukraine,  during the Ramstein meeting on Thursday, the allies would focus on ensuring the functioning of the delivered weapons systems.

Lithuania, together with the UK, Norway, the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden and Iceland, plans to purchase air defence equipment for Ukraine.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has stated the need to discuss security guarantees for Ukraine.

The United States places no importance on statements from Russia about the losses of the Ukrainian Defence Forces during offensive operations.

The Pentagon currently has no confirmation of information about the destruction of 16 units of Western equipment in Ukraine.

Oksana Markarova, Ukraine's ambassador to the United States, said that since the end of May, Washington has "changed its tone", commenting on the possible transfer of long-range ATACMS missiles to Kyiv.

Jens Stoltenberg, the Secretary-General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), believes that the Ukrainian forces' advance into the occupied territories in eastern and southern Ukraine, which are under Russian occupation, has shown initial signs of success.

The Administration of US President Joe Biden is planning to approve supplying Ukraine with projectiles for the Abrams tanks with depleted uranium.

French President Emmanuel Macron said that Western countries will intensify the supply of military assistance to Ukraine to help the counterattack of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

Given the latest reports about destroyed Leopard 2 tanks in Ukraine, German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius has promised to supply more of these tanks.

Russia wants to restore its influence in Moldova and use the country, particularly in the war against Ukraine.