Moscow and Hanoi agreed to negotiate and sign agreements to construct nuclear power plants in Vietnam, the two countries said in a joint statement on May 11.
The sanctions appear to be in response to Russia's rejection of a 30-day ceasefire that the U.K., alongside Ukraine, France, Germany, and Poland, demanded during a visit to Kyiv on May 10.
"We now know for sure that the great fire of the Marywilska shopping centre in Warsaw was caused by arson ordered by the Russian special services," Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on X. "Some of the perpetrators have already been detained, all the others are identified and searched for."
The publications' latest report covers the period of February 24, 2022 to May 8, 2025. Since it was last updated at the end of April, 2,857 additional Russian military personnel have been confirmed killed.
Hungary cancelled a meeting planned for May 12 with a Ukrainian delegation on the rights of national minorities, Hungary's Deputy Foreign Minister said on May 11, amid a deepening spying scandal between the two countries.
Three were injured in Russia's Kursk Oblast when the town of Rylsk was allegedly struck by a missile attack on May 11, local governor Alexander Khinshtein claimed.
This week, the world watched in anticipation for Russia’s Victory Day parade after President Volodymyr Zelensky commented that he could not guarantee the safety of those attending. Meanwhile, the European Union moves one step forward to banning Russian gas from the European continent. It is also revealed this week that U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has fallen out of step with the White House.
"(Russian) President (Vladimir) Putin... doesn't want to have a ceasefire agreement with Ukraine, but rather wants to meet on Thursday, in Turkey, to negotiate a possible end to the bloodbath. Ukraine should agree to this, immediately," U.S. President Donald Trump said.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will travel to to Antalya, Turkey, for a NATO foreign ministers’ meeting from May 14–16, where he is expected to address the war in Ukraine and push for stronger Allied defense commitments.
The aftermath of the Russian strikes in Donetsk Oblast, July 18, 2023. (Source: Governor Pavlo Kyrylenko/Telegram)
Russian forces attacked 10 oblasts over the past day, killing at least six people and injuring at least 25, local officials reported on July 18.
The oblasts of Donetsk, Kharkiv, Kherson, Odesa, Sumy, Zaporizhzhia, Chernihiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Luhansk, and Mykolaiv came under attack.
In Donetsk Oblast, three residents were killed and four injured, Governor Pavlo Kyrylenko reported.
In Stepanivka, one person was killed and two injured. One civilian died in Makarivka, one in Stepove, and two civilians were wounded in Avdiivka, Kyrylenko said.
The governor also reported damage to multiple private houses across the oblast due to the attacks.
In Kharkiv Oblast, two people were injured in Russian strikes, Governor Oleh Syniehubov said.
Russian multiple-launch rocket systems targeted Kupiansk, lightly injuring two men aged 49 and 60 and damaging a commercial building and two private houses.
Three people were injured in Russian strikes against Kherson Oblast, Governor Oleksandr Prokudin informed.
Russian forces launched 95 strikes and 517 projectiles against the oblast over the past day, Prokudin said.
According to the Kherson Oblast Prosecutor's Office, at least two of the wounded victims, women aged 58 and 25, received their injuries in a Russian strike against the Bilozerka community.
One person was injured in a night strike against Odesa Oblast, Governor Oleh Kiper informed.
Russian forces launched six Kalibr cruise missiles and a number of Shahed attack drones against the oblast overnight, Kiper said.
All the missiles and 21 drones were destroyed by air defenses but the fallen debris and the resulting shockwave in Odesa damaged port infrastructure, private houses and injured an elderly resident.
In Sumy Oblast, two civilians were killed and 10 injured in Russian attacks, the Sumy Oblast Military Administration reported.
The Bilopillia community sustained heavy fire from Russian artillery and mortars, killing two people and injuring ten more.
Several administrative buildings, residential buildings, and other objects were damaged in the community, as well as elsewhere in Sumy Oblast, local officials said.
One person died and five were injured in Russian strikes against Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Governor Yurii Malashko reported.
Russia launched an airstrike against the city of Orikhiv, killing a 72-year-old woman and injuring three women aged 43, 73, and 79, and two men aged 75 and 48, the governor specified.
Malashko also reported 26 cases of civilian property damage across the oblast, including to high-rise buildings and private houses.
According to the Air Force, Russia carried out a massive air strike overnight from the southern direction, launching 36 Shahed kamikaze drones and six Kalibr cruise missiles. Next to all the Kalibr missiles down over Odesa, Ukrainian air defense destroyed 31 Shaheds across the country, mainly in Odesa and Mykolaiv oblasts.
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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