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The Department of the Air Force plans to convert the F-15C Eagle Formal Training Unit at Kingsley Field in Klamath Falls, Oregon, into a third F-35A Lightning II FTU, providing additional training capacity to the fifth-generation aircraft.

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The Council adopted today a Regulation which renews the suspension of all customs duties, quotas and trade defence measures on Ukrainian exports to the EU for another year, until June 2024.

Today, Deputy Secretary-General for Political Affairs and Political Director of the European External Action Service, Enrique Mora, received the Special Envoy of the Chinese Government for Eurasian Affairs, Li Hui, in Brussels.

On 25 May 2023, in Riga, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Latvia, Edgars Rinkēvičs, met with the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Martinus Josephus Maria (Tiny) Kox, and the Secretary-General of the Council of Europe, Marija Pejčinović Burić, to reaffirm the preparedness of the Latvian Presidency of the Council of Europe's Committee of Ministers for close cooperation with

Norway will consider how to contribute to the education and training of Ukrainian personnel on the F-16 fighter plane, says Norwegian minister of Defense Bjørn Arild Gram.

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Ambassador Neil Holland says that Ukraine must be able to secure peace on their own terms. Russian aggression cannot be rewarded.

Statement by Ambassador James Kariuki at the UN Security Council meeting on Africa.

Ben Wallace held a bilateral meeting with his counterpart, Oleksii Reznikov, in which they discussed priorities for arming Ukraine to achieve victory against Russia

The NATO-Ukraine Commission held a virtual meeting on Thursday (25 May 2023) with Yuliia Svyrydenko, First Deputy Prime Minister and Economy Minister of Ukraine. Participants discussed Ukraine's needs and reconstruction plans, at a critical phase in Ukraine's fight against Russia's full-fledged invasion and with the NATO Summit in Vilnius in just over six weeks.

Western nations have basically been waging an undeclared war against Moscow and Minsk, according to Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu, who was speaking on 25 May 2023 with his Belarusian colleague Viktor Khrenin. Sergei Shoigu stated, 'Today we are facing the collective West, which is virtually waging war against our countries'.

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The Sudanese parties have announced their support for talks between the army and the Rapid Support Forces in Jeddah aimed at reaching a ceasefire. This was conveyed through two separate statements issued by the Forces of Freedom and Change (the former ruling coalition) and the Revolutionary Front.

The Royal Saudi Air Force has carried out six evacuation flights from Sudan to the Kingdom since the start of the evacuations until today.

The European Union is gravely concerned by the escalation in Gaza following today's Israeli air raids. The EU deeply regrets the loss of civilian lives, including children, and calls for the respect of international humanitarian law. Civilian lives must be protected under all circumstances.