"I am waiting to see who will come from Russia, and then I will decide which steps Ukraine should take. So far, the signals from them in the media are unconvincing," President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
The air raid was announced at around 2:30 p.m. local time, while the explosion sounded around 2:50 p.m. The number of victims killed rose to three, Sumy Oblast Governor Oleh Hryhorov reported at 8:42 p.m.
If confirmed, the decision would mark the first time since Russia's full-scale invasion that President Volodymyr Zelensky is absent, either physically or virtually, from a NATO summit.
The disclosure follows a warning from Digital Affairs Minister Krzysztof Gawkowski, who on May 6 said Moscow was carrying out an "unprecedented" interference campaign.
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.
Earlier reporting from the Washington Post cited a former Russian official who claimed Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Putin’s foreign policy aide, Yuri Ushakov, would represent Moscow in the talks.
The Council of Europe on May 14 approved the creation of a special tribunal to prosecute Russia's top leadership for the crime of aggression against Ukraine, Ukrainian lawmaker Maria Mezentseva reported.
Viktoria Roshchyna, 27, disappeared in August 2023 while reporting from Ukraine's Russian-occupied territories. Moscow admitted she was in Russian detention the following year.
Dutch Justice Minister David van Weel speaks about the future of the EU-led special tribunal for the crime of aggression against Ukraine and its role in bringing Russia to justice.
Authorities began on April 30, 2024, dismantling a monument in central Kyiv commemorating the Pereiaslav Council, a 17th-century treaty between the Cossack Hetmanate and the Muscovite Tsardom. (Kyiv City Military Administration/Telegram)
Authorities began dismantling a monument in central Kyiv commemorating a 17th-century treaty between the Cossack Hetmanate and the Tsardom of Muscovy, the Kyiv City Military Administration said on April 30.
The Pereiaslav Council of 1654 saw the Cossacks, inhabitants of modern-day Ukraine, enter into an alliance with Moscow against the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
The statue was erected during the Soviet era in 1982 as part of the People's Friendship Arch complex, a series of three sculptures made in honor of the "reunification of Ukraine and Russia."
The Kyiv City Military Administration said that the dismantling will likely take several days, as the sculpture consists of roughly 20 parts weighing about six to seven metric tons.
The monument will be subsequently moved to the Ukraine State Aviation Museum.
Authorities began on April 30, 2024, dismantling a monument in central Kyiv commemorating the Pereiaslav Council, a 17th-century treaty between the Cossack Hetmanate and the Muscovite Tsardom. (Kyiv City Military Administration/Telegram)
Authorities began on April 30, 2024, dismantling a monument in central Kyiv commemorating the Pereiaslav Council, a 17th-century treaty between the Cossack Hetmanate and the Muscovite Tsardom. (Kyiv City Military Administration/Telegram)
As Ukraine launched its campaign of decommunization and de-Sovietization of its public spaces, one statue of the complex was removed in April 2022 after the start of Russia's full-scale invasion.
Earlier in April 2024, the Culture Ministry removed the complex's official status as a historic site, paving the way for further dismantling.
The Pereiaslav Council has often been used in Soviet and Russian historiography as "evidence" of the supposed centuries-old affinity between the Ukrainian and Russian nations.
Russian President Vladimir Putin mentioned the treaty in his 2021 article "On the Historical Unity of Russians and Ukrainians," a propaganda piece that preceded the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
