Ukraine's foreign minister said strengthening support for Ukraine and increasing pressure on the aggressor, including imposing tougher sanctions, remain essential to restoring regional peace and security.

Following Russia's strikes on Ukraine, a drone entered EU member Romania's airspace in the early hours of Friday and crashed onto the roof of an apartment block in the eastern city of Galati, sparking a fire and injuring two people. The Romanian Defence Ministry said radar tracked the drone from the Ukrainian border into Romania and that this is the first recorded drone strike on a residential building in Romania. The ministry said it scrambled two F-16s to track multiple drones flying near the border and that pilots have been authorized to engage airborne targets.

Japan's Defense Ministry said on May 29 it will dispatch four JSDF personnel to a NATO command in Germany that coordinates training and equipment support for Ukraine. The team — two from the Ground Self-Defense Force, one each from the Maritime and Air Self-Defense Forces — will begin duties on June 1 and be posted for one year at a US base in Wiesbaden. The personnel will focus on planning and coordination of Ukraine assistance, not combat operations. Japan's defense minister Koizumi said the deployment aims to study new operational methods from the Russia-Ukraine battlefield to bolster Japan's defense posture.