The air raid was announced at around 2:30 p.m. local time, while the explosion sounded around 2:50 p.m.
Melkonyants was arrested in August 2023 in connection with the activities of the European Network of Election Monitoring Organizations (ENEMO), which was co-founded by Golos's legal predecessor, the Golos association.
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.
Two of the suspects were reportedly detained over the weekend, and the third on May 13, during police raids in Germany and Switzerland.
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.
This marks Zelensky's highest trust rating recorded by KIIS since December 2023, when he enjoyed the confidence of 77% of respondents.
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.
Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said on April 14 that NATO's Membership Action Plan (MAP) is no longer a necessary step for Ukraine's path to joining the military alliance.
On April 10, the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's parliament, appealed to NATO member states to accelerate Ukraine's membership process, including "the decision of the Bucharest NATO Summit in 2008 regarding Ukraine's membership," according to lawmaker Oleksiy Honcharenko.
Kuleba clarified on April 14 that the parliament's reference to the Bucharest Summit should not be misconstrued as a requirement for Ukraine to implement the MAP on its path to NATO membership, given that the two are intertwined.
"They mentioned the decision in Bucharest; I understand them because the decision of the Bucharest summit is the foundation of the idea that Ukraine will be in NATO," Kuleba said.
However, he added that he would "read this statement of the Ukrainian parliament in the context that we were promised membership in Bucharest, and it is time to grant it, but not in connection with the MAP."
NATO's Membership Action Plan is a program that provides "advice, assistance, and practical support" customized to the unique needs of each country seeking to meet the requirements for joining the military alliance.
However, it is the start of a bureaucratic dialogue that does not necessarily guarantee membership in the military alliance.
For example, NATO says on its website that Bosnia and Herzegovina was invited to participate in the MAP back in 2010, officially launching it in 2018. The country has still not received a formal invitation to join the military alliance.
Meanwhile, Finland and Sweden applied to join NATO in May 2022 in response to Russia's all-out war in Ukraine. NATO officially signed the accession protocol for Finland to join the military alliance in July 2022.
Finland officially became the 31st member of the military alliance during the April 4 formal ceremony at NATO headquarters in Brussels.
Ukraine applied for a fast-track NATO accession on Sept. 30 after Russia illegally claimed the annexation of Ukrainian territory. However, until Russia's war against Ukraine ends, the country's prospects of definitive NATO membership remain uncertain.

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