Russia killed at least nine people and wounded 33 in an overnight missile and drone assault on Kyiv. The attack exposed Ukraine's dwindling supply of Patriot interceptors as Donald Trump retreated from a pledge to license their production.
President Volodymyr Zelensky announced on Sunday that Prime Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko will step down as part of a sweeping renewal of Ukraine’s government and law-enforcement leadership, less than a year after she took office. She is widely tipped to become Kyiv’s next ambassador to the United States.
NATO's 32 leaders opened a two-day summit in Ankara on Tuesday, chaired by Mark Rutte and hosted by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, under pressure from Donald Trump to lift defence spending toward a new five-percent target. The gathering convened hours after Russian missiles and drones killed at least 16 people in Kyiv.
The informal EU foreign ministers' meeting in Limassol put Ukraine, India and Saudi Arabia on an agenda where small states still have to be precise.
Luxembourg plans to lift defence investment to 2.3% of GNI by 2029, estimated at EUR1.665 billion that year, while reviewing later steps toward NATO's wider 2035 commitment.
Luxembourg will raise defence spending by 0.1 percentage points of GNI each year through 2029. The roadmap translates into estimated outlays of ?1.373 billion in 2027, ?1.513 billion in 2028 and ?1.665 billion in 2029.
A Trump-brokered three-day ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine took effect on 9 May 2026 for May 9 to 11, paired with a 1,000-for-1,000 prisoner swap. Within hours of the start, Ukraine's General Staff reported 51 Russian violations while Moscow accused Kyiv of drone attacks.
Moscow announced an 8-9 May truce for the WWII anniversary; Kyiv responded with its own 5-6 May ceasefire and rejected Russia's terms, in a choreography that says more about politics than peace.
Underground guides circulating among Russian troops detail medical, legal and unofficial routes to exit service, in a war that is now visibly straining the personnel system that sustains it.
The fifth European Political Community summit drew nearly fifty heads of state to Yerevan on 4 May, with Volodymyr Zelenskyy's attendance putting Armenia on a collision course with the Kremlin.
Russian forces ceded roughly 120 square kilometres in Ukraine between March and April 2026, the first monthly net loss since the Ukrainian counter-offensive of summer 2023.
On 6 January 2026, 35 countries signed the Paris Declaration committing to robust security guarantees for Ukraine, including UK and French deployments and US-led ceasefire monitoring.
From 4 p.m. on 11 April through midnight on 12 April 2026, Russia and Ukraine paused fire for Orthodox Easter. Both sides accused each other of hundreds of breaches; US-mediated peace talks have effectively stalled.
Temporary protection for Ukrainian refugees has been extended to 4 March 2026, with 3,671 people from Ukraine welcomed by Luxembourg as of mid-2025 and clear progress in school enrolment and labour-market integration.