One person killed in Russian attack on Kharkiv.

According to the Sumy Oblast Military Administration, the drone struck the procession while commemorations marking Ukraine’s Day of Heroes were taking place across the city.

The comments come after German Chancellor Friedrich Merz proposed creating an interim "associate" form of EU membership for Ukraine and other candidate countries while they wait for full accession to the bloc.

A 69-year-old cyclist was hit by an FPV drone in the village of Kostyrka. He was one of 20 people injured in overnight Russian attacks on Kherson Oblast that also damaged a church and eight homes.

The number includes 950 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.G

A bipartisan group of U.S. senators urged Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in a May 23 letter to release a previously approved $400 million aid package for Ukraine that has been delayed for months.

"(I)t would be fairer if within NATO, and particularly the European part of NATO, we could see other Allies also stepping up," NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said.

A fire broke out at a fuel terminal in the southern Russian city of Novorossiysk overnight on May 23, local authorities and media channels reported.

"We continue to increase the rate at which Russian personnel are being eliminated," President Volodymyr Zelensky said.

Tulsi Gabbard said she is resigning to support her husband, who is battling "an extremely rare form of bone cancer."

The Ukrainian General Staff called the Russian claim "misleading information," stressing that it strictly adheres to the international humanitarian law and strikes military infrastructure and facilities used for military purposes.

Denmark says work on a Fire Point rocket fuel factory is ongoing, contradicting claims by the Ukrainian company’s co-owner that the project had been put “on ice” amid scrutiny over the Mindich corruption scandal.

"If we see an opportunity to pull together talks that are productive, not counterproductive, and that have the chance to be fruitful, we're prepared to play that role," U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said.