"There is no point in prolonging the killings. And I will wait for Putin on Thursday in Turkey," President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
"We cannot allow NATO's military infrastructure to get that close to our borders," Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said.
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.
Preliminary findings suggest that one of the men killed the other before taking his own life.
Western leaders dismissed the Kremlin's proposal for talks in Istanbul on May 15 as insufficient.
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.
The pope said he was praying to God to grant the world the "miracle of peace."
Ushakov’s comments follow Russian President Vladimir Putin's May 11 invitation for direct talks with Ukraine in Istanbul starting May 15.
The assault began around 2 a.m. on May 11, with Russian forces deploying 108 Shahed-type attack drones and decoy UAVs from multiple directions, Ukraine’s Air Force said.
Zelensky called a ceasefire the essential first step toward ending the war.
The number includes 1,310 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.
"Think of the hundreds of thousands of lives that will be saved as this never ending 'bloodbath' hopefully comes to an end... I will continue to work with both sides to make sure that it happens."
Russian attacks were reported in 12 out of Ukraine's 25 regions on Jan. 14. Russian forces hit Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Luhansk, Kharkiv, Kherson, Mykolaiv, Zaporizhzhia, Kyiv, Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk, Sumy and Vinnytsia oblasts. According to the regional governors and governmental officials, at least 28 civilians were killed and 83 injured.
In the central Dnipropertrovsk Oblast, rescuers are trying to retrieve prople who remain under the rubble of an apartment building in Dnipro. The Kh-22 missile attack against the residential building killed at least 20 people, including a 15-year-old girl. At least 73 people were injured, including 14 children.
Almost 40 people are still trapped under the rubble, according to police and emergency service.
Another missile strike also damaged around 50 houses, three schools, two kindergartens, and apartment buildings in the city of Kryvyi Rih.
Russian forces also shelled Nikopol, Marhanets, Chervonohryhorivka with heavy artillery, damaging houses, power lines, and water supply station, the governor Valentyn Reznichenko said in a morning Telegram post. No casualties were reported.
At least 21 civilians were killed and 74 were injured in the region on Jan. 14, according to Kyrylo Tymoshenko, a deputy head of Ukraine's Presidential Office.
In eastern Donetsk Oblast, seven civilians were killed, and four were injured, the governor Pavlo Kyrylenko said in a morning Telegram post.
Four were killed in shelling of the front-line city of Avdiivka alone, located just six kilometers from the outskirts of the occupied regional capital of Donetsk.
Russian attacks injured two civilians in eastern Luhansk Oblast, according to the regional government and the Presidential Office.
In the southeastern Zaporizhzhia Oblast, the regional government said that Russian forces attacked several towns, including the regional capital, damaging 16 houses, apartment buildings, and infrastructure. No casualties were reported.
Russian forces struck critical infrastructure in northeastern Kharkiv Oblast, causing power outages. Governor Oleh Syniehubov said the power was restored by the morning of Jan. 15. No casualties were reported, Syniehubov said.
Russian forces also shelled southern Kherson Oblast 76 times on Jan. 14 with artillery, mortars, tanks, and drones. Two people were injured, the governor Yaroslav Yanushevych said in a Telegram post.
In southern Mykolaiv Oblast, Russian forces shelled the municipality of Kutsurub. No casualties were reported, the governor Vitalii Kim said.
One civilian was injured in northern Sumy Oblast, Tymoshenko said.
Russia’s 10th mass missile attack across Ukraine in the afternoon of Jan. 14 hit energy infrastructure in Kyiv, Kharkiv, Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk, Zaporizhzhia, and Vinnytsia oblasts, according to Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko.

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