Presidential Office chief Andriy Yermak voiced doubt about leading negotiations with anyone from Russia except President Vladimir Putin, implying only the Russian leader can make real decisions.
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Monday, May 12
This includes at least seven people injured in drone attacks overnight on May 12, a date from which Kyiv and its allies put forward a demand for a 30-day unconditional truce, a step that Moscow continues to reject.
"When European unity becomes inconvenient, disinformation goes so far as to make a simple tissue look like drugs," the Elysee Palace reacted to a fake story pushed by Russia.
The comments came after Trump urged Ukraine to agree to direct negotiations with Russia, which has invited Kyiv to peace talks in Istanbul on May 15, without first agreeing to halt military operations.
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"There is no point in prolonging the killings. And I will wait for Putin on Thursday in Turkey," President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
A Russian drone hit a civilian freight train in Donetsk Oblast on May 12 and injured its driver, Ukrainian Railways said amid Kyiv's calls for a ceasefire.
The number includes 1,170 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.
Moscow and Hanoi agreed to negotiate and sign agreements to construct nuclear power plants in Vietnam, the two countries said in a joint statement on May 11.
The sanctions appear to be in response to Russia's rejection of a 30-day ceasefire that the U.K., alongside Ukraine, France, Germany, and Poland, demanded during a visit to Kyiv on May 10.
"We now know for sure that the great fire of the Marywilska shopping centre in Warsaw was caused by arson ordered by the Russian special services," Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on X. "Some of the perpetrators have already been detained, all the others are identified and searched for."
Monday, May 12
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.
The Pentagon plans to more than double the number of Ukrainian troops trained at the U.S. Army base in Grafenwoehr, Germany, the New York Times reported on Dec. 15, citing two unnamed American officials.
U.S. instructors will be able to train a battalion of Ukrainian soldiers (600-800 people) every month starting early next year, according to the sources.
The corresponding decision has already been approved by U.S. President Joe Biden, the officials told the NYT.
They added that the training program would also change, with American trainers instructing larger groups of Ukrainian forces in more advanced battle tactics, including “collective training,” when the infantry learn to act in coordination with the artillery support.
According to NYT sources, the Ukrainian military command was cautious about sending a larger number of people from the front line for training, but with the intensity of fighting decreasing in winter, such an opportunity occurred.
The extended program is, to some extent, a renewal of the training that the U.S. and other allies had conducted for the Ukrainian military from 2015 until the start of the full-scale invasion at the Yavoriv Combat Training Center near Lviv, the officials said.
About 300 Ukrainian servicemen are trained by U.S. instructors monthly, according to the NYT. About 3,100 soldiers have already underwent training since Feb. 24, the report said.
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