Vice President JD Vance met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for the first time since their squabble in the Oval Office earlier this year.

Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy presented Pope Leo XIV with a religious icon, painted on wood that had seen the frontlines.

The intensified diplomacy came as Russia launched its largest drone barrage against Ukraine since the start of the full-scale invasion in 2022.

Vance and Zelenskyy clashed during an Oval Office meeting in February. Trump is speaking to Zelenskyy and Russian President Vladimir Putin on May 19.

In the meeting, Vance accused Zelenskyy of being insufficiently grateful for U.S. military aid as his country fights off a Russian invasion. President Donald Trump later echoed Vance's accusations during the meeting, leading Zelenskyy to be kicked out of the White House.

Pope Leo XIV presided over his inaugural mass Sunday, May 18, with world leaders and a crowd of 200,000 people gathered in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican. Following the death of Pope Francis on April 21, a conclave commenced May 7, bringing together a private group of cardinals tasked with voting for a new leader of the Roman Catholic Church.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese tells Ukrainian President Zelenskyy that Australia is doing "whatever we can" to pressure Russia.

A man suspected of involvement in a plot to assassinate Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will stand trial in Poland, Reuters reports. The suspect, Pawel K., was detained in April 2024 as a result of cooperation between Polish and Ukrainian prosecutors.