The survey, conducted between April 24 and May 4, shows that 56.9% of respondents would not be willing to compromise on either territorial integrity or Ukraine’s pro-Western direction in any potential talks with Moscow.
U.S. Cardinal Robert Prevost was elected the new pope and leader of the Roman Catholic Church on Thursday, taking the name Pope Leo XIV, a senior cardinal announced on May 8 to crowds gathered in St. Peter’s Square, according to Vatican News.
Despite the Kremlin’s announcement of a May 8–11 truce, heavy fighting continued in multiple regions throughout the day.
The shooting occurred around 3:22 p.m. local time in Sofiivska Borshchahivka, a residential area in Bucha district, according to the Kyiv regional police.
Lawmakers urged the EU and its member states to step up efforts to hold Moscow accountable through international courts and support for Ukraine’s campaign to bring its children home.
The Kyiv Independent’s Chris York sat down with author, historian, and Russia’s Victory Day celebrations on May 9, which mark the Soviet Union’s role in defeating Nazi Germany in World War II, are one of the country’s biggest public events of the year. President of the Ukrainian Society of Switzerland Andrej Lushnycky who sheds some light on the things Putin would rather you didn’t know about World War II.
Washington’s involvement may also help mitigate political opposition in Europe, while giving the U.S. strategic visibility over future Russian energy flows, sources told Reuters.
This is the fourth such tranche from the bloc, which is secured by proceeds from frozen Russian assets.
At least 19 children were killed and 78 injured in April, the highest verified monthly number of child casualties since June 2022.
Russian forces used a new batch of Iranian-made Shahed "kamikaze" drones to strike Ukraine for the third day in a row, targeting Kyiv for the first time in 25 days, the Institute for the Study of War said in its latest update.
The D.C.-based think tank cited Ukraine's Southern Command spokesperson Natalia Humeniuk as saying that Russian forces waited until a new delivery of Shahed drones had arrived in order to use them for renewed strikes against Ukraine. She also noted that Russia's use of missiles had decreased, the ISW said.
Out of the 26 drones that Russia launched at Ukraine on April 19-20, Ukrainian forces shot down 21 and of the 12 drones Russia launched on April 20-21, Ukraine shot down eight, the ISW said in its update, citing the Ukrainian General Staff.
Russia targeted Kyiv, Odesa, Poltava, Vinnytsia, Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia, Kharkiv, and Chernihiv oblasts in this latest bout of drone attacks, the ISW reported.
The attacks caused damage to civilian infrastructure in Vinnytsia and Poltava oblasts. The Kyiv City Military administration did not report any damages from the drone attacks on Kyiv, but noted the strikes were the first after a 25-day lull of attacks on the capital.
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