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.
"I myself have heard relatives talking: our village is being attacked, let's roll the car out of the garage, maybe they will shell it — at least we will get money. The car is old, we can't sell it," Belgorod Oblast Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said.
A factory belonging to the French dairy company Danone near Chekhov, Russia, on July 22, 2017. (Yuri Kadobnov/AFP via Getty Images)
The French dairy products company Danone launched a dissolution of its last subsidiary in Belarus, DanoneBel, independent Belarusian media outlet Plant B reported on April 4.
The yogurt maker has been operating in Belarus since 2008.
Danone had previously divested its stakes in two Belarusian factories located in Pruzhany and Shklou, according to the news story.
More foreign companies have abandoned or scaled back their operations in Russia as a response to the all-out war against Ukraine, which Moscow unleashed in late February 2022.
After Russia began its full-scale invasion, Danone initially said it would stay in Russia but changed course later in October 2022, pursuing a sale of its Russian operations.
Danone's Russian assets lost management control to the Russian government in July 2023 in Moscow's response to Western sanctions against Russian companies abroad.
Danone announced on March 22 that it had obtained the necessary regulatory approvals from Russia to dispose of its business in the country to Vamin R company. The closing of this disposal was expected in the coming weeks since the announcement.
The French company launched the transfer process of this business in October 2022.
According to the company, the total loss in its accounts amounts to $1.3 billion.
Alexander Khrebet is a reporter with the Kyiv Independent. He covers Ukraine’s foreign policy, alleged abuse of power in the country’s military leadership, and reports on the Russian-occupied territories. Alexander is the European Press Prize 2023 winner, the #AllForJan Award 2023 winner and Ukraine's 2022 National Investigative Journalism Award finalist. His was published in the Washington Times and Atlantic Council.
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