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.
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.
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.
"Trump needs to believe that Putin actually lies," Zelensky told journalists in Kyiv. "And we should do our part. Sensibly approach this issue, to show that it’s not us that is slowing down the process."
Mariana Bezuhla, MP and member of the Ukrainian Committee on National Security, at the Warsaw Security Forum on Oct. 4, 2022. (Attila Husejnow/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
Mariana Bezuhla, a member of Ukraine's parliament, announced on Jan. 11 that she had written a letter of resignation from the Servant of the People party led by President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Bezuhla stirred controversy in November when she called for the dismissal of Valerii Zaluzhnyi, commander-in-chief of Ukraine's armed forces. Her comments led other Servant of the People lawmakers to demand her expulsion from the party.
"I don't need a weak faction and party in a time of war," Bezuhla said in a Facebook post announcing her letter of resignation.
"I will continue to support the President's initiatives, but I don't want to have any common obligations with the MPs of the faction who stab me in the back."
The legislature's Committee on Rules of Procedure supported a resolution to dismissBezuhla from her position as deputy head of the National Security and Defense Committee on Jan. 8.
Lawmakers were meant to consider Bezuhla's dismissal from her committee post on Jan. 10, but the vote was reportedly blocked.
Bezuhla said she continues to "support the president" and is willing to work "with everyone in the parliament, regardless of factional affiliation, with every citizen, regardless of political preferences of the past and future."
Abbey Fenbert is a senior news editor at the Kyiv Independent. She is a freelance writer, editor, and playwright with an MFA from Boston University. Abbey served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Ukraine from 2008-2011.
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