The publications' latest report covers the period of February 24, 2022 to May 8, 2025. Since it was last updated at the end of April, 2,857 additional Russian military personnel have been confirmed killed.
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.
President Volodymyr Zelensky Dutch Defense Minister Kajsa Ollongren in Kyiv on March 20, 2024. (President of Ukraine)
The Netherlands will procure 150 million euros ($164 million) worth of munitions for Ukraine’s F-16 jets, Dutch Defense Minister Kajsa Ollongren announced on March 20.
Ollongren said the jet munitions will come "directly from the industry."
Together with partner countries, the Netherlands also secured a contract for new intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) drones for about 200 million euros ($218 million), Ollongren said.
President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that Ollongren came to Ukraine on an official visit on March 20, and met with him in Kyiv.
Zelensky said that they discussed "bolstering Ukraine's air defense, providing artillery, armored vehicles and UAVs, in particular in the framework of joint projects."
The Dutch delegation also visited the city of Dnipro, which provided "an opportunity to see the devastating consequences of Russian aerial terror with their own eyes," Zelensky said.
Zelensky expressed gratitude for the Netherlands' support and for the bilateral security agreement recently signed by Prime Minister Mark Rutte.
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte traveled to Kharkiv on March 1 to sign the agreement.
Rutte told journalists on Feb. 26 that the Netherlands will also provide 100 million euros ($108.5 million) in aid to support Czechia's plan to procure hundreds of thousands of ammunition rounds for Ukraine from outside the EU.
Martin Fornusek
