• 4 a.m.: NATO meets in Oslo, last step for compromises before Vilnius

Ukraine's accession, Jens Stoltenberg's succession and military spending: the foreign ministers of NATO countries will try Thursday in Oslo to find compromises on these three thorny issues on the agenda of the Vilnius summit in July.

Without consensus, there will be no decision, said NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. However, one month before the meeting, no point has been decided. Lithuanian leaders, hosts of the Vilnius summit, are worried about this and say they fear failure, which is annoying.

  • 3:50 a.m.: Europe shows unity in Moldova against Putin

About fifty European leaders are meeting Thursday in Moldova, a small neighboring country of Ukraine that also lives in fear of Russia, a way to send a message of unity to Vladimir Putin while working to resolve the continent's crises.

The heads of state and government of 47 countries were invited from 7:30 GMT to Château Mimi, a winery in the village of Bulboaca, 35 km from the capital Chisinau.

The presence of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at this second meeting of the European Political Community (EPC) was not announced. But he could be there after having crisscrossed the globe in recent weeks - Italy, Germany, France, United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia for the Arab League summit, Japan for the G7 summit. On the other hand, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, re-elected on Sunday, will be absent, diplomatic sources said.

  • 3:28 a.m.: Three killed in Kiev in airstrike

An airstrike on the Ukrainian capital early Thursday killed three people, including two children, Kiev Mayor Vitaly Klitschko and military authorities said.

"Three people died and four people were injured in the Desnyansky district," the Kiev military administration wrote on Telegram. "Among the three dead in Desnyansky district were two children (aged 5-6 and 12-13)," the source said.

Vitaly Klitschko explained on Telegram: "According to the first reports of the rescuers, three dead, including two children, and four wounded were found" in this part of Kiev.

  • May 31 Essentials

A night bombing of a poultry farm in Ukraine's occupied Luhansk region killed at least five people and wounded 19, Russian authorities said, accusing the Ukrainian military of carrying out the strike.

During a speech in Slovakia, French President Emmanuel Macron claimed that Russian President Vladimir Putin had "awakened" NATO by invading Ukraine.

With AFP and Reuters

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