Ukraine's underground storage facilities are currently using 19.4% of their capacity. Almost 32%, or 2.79 bcm, less gas is available in the storages than in the previous year, according to the estimates.
The majority of Ukrainians, 71%, do not support holding elections before a full peace deal, even in the case of a ceasefire and security guarantees, according to a poll published by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS) on May 14.
"He'd like me to be there, and that's a possibility. ... I don't know that he would be there if I'm not there. We're going to find out," U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One while traveling to Qatar, Reuters reported.
Trump has long demanded that NATO allies increase their military spending, previously calling for the alliance to raise its benchmark from 2% to 5% of GDP.
More than 1,000 Russian government entities and 1,200 private companies are involved in the economy of occupied Mariupol, a major southeastern city occupied by Russia after it invaded Ukraine in 2022, according to a research paper published on May 14.
The measures target almost 200 ships of Russia's "shadow fleet," 30 companies involved in sanctions evasion, 75 sanctions on entities and individuals linked to the Russian military-industrial complex, and more.
The government has approved "reform roadmaps in the rule of law, public administration, and democratic institutions, as well as Ukraine’s negotiation position," Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said.
The statement did not name the ex-official by name, but details of the case indicate it relates to Oleh Hladkovsky, a former deputy secretary of Ukraine's top security body who has been wanted since mid-April.
Brazilian President Lula da Silva claimed that Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha had appealed to his Brazilian counterpart, Mauro Vieira, to ask Putin if he was willing to conclude a peace agreement.
"Trump needs to believe that Putin actually lies," Zelensky told journalists in Kyiv. "And we should do our part. Sensibly approach this issue, to show that it’s not us that is slowing down the process."
Mariana Bezuhla, MP and member of the Ukrainian Committee on National Security, at the Warsaw Security Forum on Oct. 4, 2022. (Attila Husejnow/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
Lawmaker Mariana Bezuhla said on July 17 that she had submitted an application to leave President Volodymyr Zelensky's Servant of the People parliamentary faction.
The central figure of many controversies, Bezuhla has repeatedly made headlines with her harsh criticism of the former and current military leadership, including ex-Commander-in-Chief Valerii Zaluzhnyi and his successor, Oleksandr Syrskyi.
Bezuhla made the announcement shortly after she was dismissed as the head of the subcommittee on civilian oversight over the military. She presented her dismissal as a "reaction to speaking the truth about the problems in the Armed Forces."
Opposition lawmaker Iryna Herashchenko said that her colleague Iryna Friz from the European Solidarity group initiated her dismissal, adding, "Thank you to all committee members who supported this decision."
Bezuhla's attacks against Zaluzhnyi in November led her party colleagues to call for expulsion. Bezuhla announced her resignation from the party in January but has remained a Servant of the People's parliamentary faction member.
The lawmaker claimed at the time that Zaluzhnyi did not prepare military plans for 2024 and called for his dismissal. The comments came amid widespread speculations about a rift between the commander-in-chief and the Presidential Office, which resulted in Zaluzhnyi's dismissal.
Bezuhla then went on to criticize Syrskyi and other high-ranking generals. The lawmaker said in May that she traveled to the front line in Kharkiv Oblast only days after Russia launched a new offensive in the sector, lambasting Ukrainian commanders after the trip.
The MP spoke especially harshly about Yurii Sodol, the Joint Forces commander and head of the Khortytsia group of forces facing Russian troops in Kharkiv Oblast. Sodol himself was later dismissed after criticism from other officers.
Earlier this month, Bezuhla criticized Air Force Commander Mykola Oleshchuk for a supposed lack of preparations for receiving F-16 fighter jets from Western partners.
The lawmaker said that her decision to leave the parliamentary group should be announced later this week. Opposition MP Oleksii Honcharenko explained that Bezuhla would remain in the parliament as an independent.
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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