Hungary cancelled a meeting planned for May 12 with a Ukrainian delegation on the rights of national minorities, Hungary's Deputy Foreign Minister said on May 11, amid a deepening spying scandal between the two countries.
Three were injured in Russia's Kursk Oblast when the town of Rylsk was allegedly struck by a missile attack on May 11, local governor Alexander Khinshtein claimed.
This week, the world watched in anticipation for Russia’s Victory Day parade after President Volodymyr Zelensky commented that he could not guarantee the safety of those attending. Meanwhile, the European Union moves one step forward to banning Russian gas from the European continent. It is also revealed this week that U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has fallen out of step with the White House.
"(Russian) President (Vladimir) Putin... doesn't want to have a ceasefire agreement with Ukraine, but rather wants to meet on Thursday, in Turkey, to negotiate a possible end to the bloodbath. Ukraine should agree to this, immediately," U.S. President Donald Trump said.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will travel to to Antalya, Turkey, for a NATO foreign ministers’ meeting from May 14–16, where he is expected to address the war in Ukraine and push for stronger Allied defense commitments.
The Kremlin said the leaders held a detailed discussion about the Russian initiative and Erdogan expressed full support, reiterating Turkey’s readiness to provide a venue and assist in organizing the negotiations.
Erdogan told Macron that international cooperation is critical for initiating peace negotiations and the "sensitive implementation" of Ukraine’s recovery and reconstruction processes, the Turkish Presidency reported.
Aftermath of an airstrike on the village of Chorne in Kharkiv Oblast on Feb. 15, 2024. (Kharkiv Oblast Governor Oleh Syniehubov / Telegram)
A Russian attack on the village of Chorne in Kharkiv Oblast killed three people, two of whom were a couple, Governor Oleh Syniehubov reported on Feb. 15.
The village is situated around 80 kilometers east of Kharkiv and just 12 kilometers from the Russian border.
Russian forces used two guided aerial bombs, Syniehubov said.
One bomb hit a car, leaving a 58-year-old woman, a 56-year-old man, and a 17-year-old girl dead. The man and woman were husband and wife, according to Syniehubov.
A 54-year-old woman and a 53-year-old man were also injured.
A separate attack on the Kharkiv Oblast village of Dvorichna on Feb. 15 injured two men, aged 51 and 47, the Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor's Office reported on Feb. 15.
The day before, an attack on the village of Velykyi Burluk killed four people.
All three villages are located in the Kupiansk district, where Russia is intensifying attacks.
Irynka Hromotska
