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."
A still from CCTV footage released by police (National Police)
Four men have been arrested after a Moroccan man was kidnapped, forced to transfer $170,000 in cryptocurrency, and then strangled to death in Kyiv, the capital's police force said on July 29.
In a post on Facebook, police said the 29-year-old victim was abducted from outside his home in the Solomianskyi district of Kyiv around midnight on an unspecified date. People in a nearby house heard screams and saw the man being beaten and bundled into a car.
He was then taken to an abandoned building where he was forced to transfer over the cryptocurrency – which police identified as Bitcoin – to digital wallets belonging to the attackers, who then strangled him and buried his body in a forest.
A police source told the Kyiv Independent the victim was from Morocco.
CCTV footage released by the police appears to show the moment the man was kidnapped.
A police operation subsequently led to the arrests of four men aged 24 to 29. Police allege that in an effort to hide evidence of the crime, the number plates of the car used in the attack were changed afterwards.
All four have been charged with four crimes including murder, robbery and concealment of a crime.
They face up to life imprisonment if found guilty.
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Olena Zashko
