At least 19 children were killed and 78 injured in April, the highest verified monthly number of child casualties since June 2022.
The agreement, signed on April 30, establishes a joint investment fund between Kyiv and Washington and grants the U.S. special access to projects developing Ukraine's natural resources.
Three women in Kharkiv, believing the truce was in effect, were injured by a Russian drone while gardening.
Russian forces struck the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant with a drone on Feb. 14, breaking through the confinement and creating a 15-meter hole in it.
The denunciation of the convention will take effect six months after the decision is made.
Xi Jinping is one of 27 leaders expected to attend the Victory Day parade in the Russian capital on May 9.
Some 2020 medical facilities were partially damaged, while another 305 were completely destroyed, the ministry's statement read.
The number includes 1,200 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.
"Everyone in Moscow must know that they have to reckon with us. Europe will support Ukraine," German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul said.
Ukraine is considering moving away from the U.S. dollar and closer to the euro as a benchmark for the hryvnia, National Bank Governor Andrii Pyshnyi told Reuters.
The Atesh partisan group claims it disabled communication at several Russian military facilities when it allegedly destroyed equipment at a transformer substation in the village of Mogiltsy in Russia's Moscow Oblast.
When asked if he considers Russian President Vladimir Putin a "war criminal," U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent replied, saying, "Yes."
"The Russians are asking for a certain set of requirements, a certain set of concessions in order to end the conflict. We think they’re asking for too much," U.S. Vice President JD Vance said on May 7, according to Politico.
Russia’s flagship crude oil, Urals, has sold at less than half of international prices and below the G7-imposed price cap amid Western sanctions, impacting its ability to wage its full-scale war against Ukraine, reported Bloomberg on Jan. 9.
On Jan, 6, the price of Russia’s Urals grade stood at $37.80 a barrel at the Baltic Sea port of Primorsk, said Bloomberg, citing Argus Media.
Meanwhile, the global benchmark Brent stood at $78.57 on the same day.
On Dec. 5, the EU and G7 nations agreed on a $60 price cap for Russian crude oil. The EU also imposed an embargo on maritime deliveries of Russian oil. After the ban's first week, total Russian exports dropped by 54%.
Bloomberg cites the loss of the European market, putting Russia at the “mercy of a tiny pool of large buyers,” such as China and India, as a potential reason for the prices.
On Jan. 10, Russia’s Energy Ministry said it is working on additional measures to limit discounts to international benchmarks on Russian oil prices following Western price caps, Reuters reported, citing Russian state-controlled media TASS.
On Dec. 27, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree to ban oil and oil product exports to countries complying with the Western price on Russian crude. The ban will reportedly come into effect on Feb. 1, but the date for the oil products ban will be determined by the Russian government and could be after Feb. 1.
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