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.
Turkish officials told Bloomberg that while they don't expect Trump to visit Istanbul, they are not ruling it out, and preparations for any scenario are underway.
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.
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.
Yulia Navalnaya at the European Parliament on Feb. 28. 2024. (European Parliament)
Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, addressed the European Parliament on Feb. 28, saying that Europe needs to find more "innovative ideas" to fight Vladimir Putin's regime.
Navalnaya took up a more active public role after Navalny's death on Feb. 16 in a Russian penal colony in the town of Kharp, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District.
Leaders around the world pointed at Putin as to blame for Navalny's death. It remains unclear whether the harsh prison conditions caused his death or if he was intentionally murdered.
Speaking at the parliament, Navalnaya accused Russian authorities of orchestrating a killing of Navalny, which, in her words, showed that "Putin is capable of anything and that you cannot negotiate with him."
"If you really want to defeat Putin, you have to become an innovator," Navalnaya said.
"You can't hurt Putin with another resolution or another set of sanctions that is no different from the previous ones... You aren't dealing with a politician but with a bloody mobster."
According to Navalnaya, the most important thing is to target Putin's friends, associates, and managers of his wealth.
"You, and all of us, must fight this criminal gang," she stressed.
"Everything has already been used: weapons, money, sanctions. Nothing is working," Navalnaya alleged.
International financial and military support has been crucial for Ukraine in resisting Russian aggression, aiding the country to withstand two years of full-scale war. Recent delays in U.S. assistance, the key military donor, already had a palpable effect on the ground, contributing to the loss of Avdiivka.
"No diplomatic notes, but investigations into the financial machinations. Not statements of concern, but a search for mafia associates in your countries, for the discreet lawyers and financiers who are helping Putin and his friends to hide money," Navalnaya said.
The U.S., the EU, and the U.K. announced additional sanctions against Russia shortly after Navalny's death and on the second anniversary of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The country already faces the heaviest sanctions in the world because of its aggression against Kyiv.
Katie Marie Davies
