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.
A fire blazes at Lake Tiahle in the Osokorky Ecopark in Kyiv on March 5, 2024. (State Emergency Service of Ukraine / Telegram)
A pre-trial investigation has started into the fire that broke out on the evening of March 5 at Osokorky Ecopark, a wetland park in Kyiv's Darnytskyi district, the Kyiv Police said on March 6.
The wetland park has been the center of a decades-long struggle between property developers and civil society activists, who campaign against illegal construction on the lakes and meadows and demand the local authorities revoke building permits.
Emergency services received reports of a fire near Lake Tiahle at around 4:46 p.m. on March 5. Dry grasses and reeds near the lake caused the fire to spread to an area of three hectares, while flooding and lack of access routes hindered firefighting operations.
Firefighters were able to localize the fire at 11:15 p.m. The fire was extinguished shortly before midnight.
In a social media post, the Osokorky Ecopark NGO said it had received a threat of arson a few days before the fire. The post implied that developers may have been behind the blaze.
The Kyiv Police said that investigators "have initiated criminal proceedings under Part 2 of Art. 252 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine," which concerns "deliberate destruction or damage of territories taken under state protection and objects of the nature reserve fund."
The Kyiv City Prosecutor's Office said that the circumstances around the fire are being established, as well as the damage to the nature reserve and possible causes of the fire.
Andrea Januta
