"Only member states can take out loans within the 150 billion euros instrument, but they can use these funds for joint procurement with Ukraine," EU Defense Commissioner Andrius Kubilius said.
"We agreed to pursue ambitious measures to reduce Russia's ability to wage war by limiting Kremlin revenues, disrupting the shadow fleet, tightening the Oil Price Cap, and reducing our remaining imports of Russian energy."
Zelensky on May 12 removed Lieutenant General Ivan Havryliuk from the Headquarters of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief, the top command and control body for all branches of Ukraine's defense apparatus.
Ukraine remains the most mined country in the world. Nearly one-third of Ukraine's territory, approximately 174,000 square kilometers, had been mined since Russia began its full-scale invasion of the country in February 2022.
The phone call comes as Moscow once again rejected a 30-day ceasefire, with Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova claiming that a ceasefire would give "Kyiv a break to restore its military potential and continue its confrontation with Russia."
Flight MH17 departed from Amsterdam Schiphol Airport en-route to Kuala Lumpur International Airport on July 17, 2014. Three hours into the flight, the Boeing-777 was shot down by Russian proxy forces using a Buk surface-to-air missile above Ukraine’s Donetsk Oblast.
"I am grateful for the support and the readiness at the highest level to promote diplomacy," President Volodymyr Zelensky said of the phone conservation with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. "We share the same view on the need for a ceasefire."
The convictions mark a significant development in Britain's efforts to counter Russian intelligence operations amid heightened tensions stemming from Moscow's war against Ukraine and repeated Kremlin threats toward Kyiv's allies.
According to the Verkhovna Rada's website, Ukraine completed the ratification of the U.S.-Ukraine minerals agreement on May 12. President Volodymyr Zelensky signed the deal.
The aftermath of a Russian attack against Dnipro, Ukraine, on March 28, 2025. Photo published on March 29, 2025. (Governor Serhii Lysak/Telegram)
Russian attacks across Ukraine killed at least four civilians and injured at least 36 over the past day, regional authorities reported on March 29.
Russia launched 172 attack and decoy drones against Ukraine overnight, the Air Force reported. Ukrainian air defenses shot down 94 drones, while 69 disappeared from radars without causing damage, according to the statement.
A Russian drone attack on March 28 killed four people and injured at least 21 in the city of Dnipro in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, sparking a large fire at a hotel and restaurant complex and damaging at least 10 houses, a school, an administrative building, and high-rise buildings.
Artillery and drone strikes against the Nikopol district also injured two men aged 48 and 46, Governor Serhii Lysak reported.
In Donetsk Oblast, two people were injured in a Russian attack against the village of Sukha Balka, Governor Vadym Filashkin reported.
Nine civilians were injured in Russian attacks against Kherson Oblast, said the regional governor, Oleksandr Prokudin. Two high-rise buildings and 38 houses were damaged.
In Kharkiv Oblast, Russian strikes injured a 39-year-old man in Kupiansk and another civilian in the village of Liutivka, according to Governor Oleh Syniehubov.
Martin Fornusek is a news editor at the Kyiv Independent. He has previously worked as a news content editor at the media company Newsmatics and is a contributor to Euromaidan Press. He was also volunteering as an editor and translator at the Czech-language version of Ukraïner. Martin studied at Masaryk University in Brno, Czechia, holding a bachelor's degree in security studies and history and a master's degree in conflict and democracy studies.
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