Turkish officials told Bloomberg that while they don't expect Trump to visit Istanbul, they are not ruling it out, and preparations for any scenario are underway.
Melkonyants was arrested in August 2023 in connection with the activities of the European Network of Election Monitoring Organizations (ENEMO), which was co-founded by Golos's legal predecessor, the Golos association.
Ukraine's underground storage facilities are currently using 19.4% of their capacity. Almost 32%, or 2.79 bcm, less gas is available in the storages than in the previous year, according to the estimates.
The majority of Ukrainians, 71%, do not support holding elections before a full peace deal, even in the case of a ceasefire and security guarantees, according to a poll published by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS) on May 14.
"He'd like me to be there, and that's a possibility. ... I don't know that he would be there if I'm not there. We're going to find out," U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One while traveling to Qatar, Reuters reported.
Trump has long demanded that NATO allies increase their military spending, previously calling for the alliance to raise its benchmark from 2% to 5% of GDP.
More than 1,000 Russian government entities and 1,200 private companies are involved in the economy of occupied Mariupol, a major southeastern city occupied by Russia after it invaded Ukraine in 2022, according to a research paper published on May 14.
The measures target almost 200 ships of Russia's "shadow fleet," 30 companies involved in sanctions evasion, 75 sanctions on entities and individuals linked to the Russian military-industrial complex, and more.
The government has approved "reform roadmaps in the rule of law, public administration, and democratic institutions, as well as Ukraine’s negotiation position," Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said.
The statement did not name the ex-official by name, but details of the case indicate it relates to Oleh Hladkovsky, a former deputy secretary of Ukraine's top security body who has been wanted since mid-April.
A man rides a bicycle under a local election campaign poster on a street in Russian-occupied Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, on Aug. 12, 2023, (STR/AFP via Getty Images)
Two Russian-led militants from occupied parts of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts were sentenced to 12 years in prison with confiscation of property for treason, the Prosecutor General's Office reported on Dec. 1.
One of them, a resident of Russian-occupied Makiivka in Donetsk Oblast, enlisted into a unit of Russian proxy forces on Feb. 24, 2022, according to the prosecutors.
He was allegedly engaged in setting up Russian positions near Kherson and in Mykolaiv Oblast, supplied his unit near Marinka with food, and performed combat missions near Krasnohorivka.
Another convict from Luhansk, occupied by Russia since 2014, "voluntarily" joined Russian proxy forces the next day after Russia launched its full-scale invasion, the Prosecutor General's Office wrote.
He purportedly served in Russian-occupied Alchevsk and Kreminna in Luhansk Oblast, as well as in Donetsk Oblast's Novoluhanske and Klishchiivka.
Both combatants were captured during the Ukrainian counteroffensive and put into custody, reads the report. Their cases were investigated by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU).
Ukrainian media outlet New Voice reported on Nov. 13, citing its sources, that the SBU was investigating over 8,000 cases of suspected treason.
Dinara Khalilova is a reporter at the Kyiv Independent, where she has previously worked as a news editor. In the early weeks of Russia’s full-scale invasion, she worked as a fixer and local producer for Sky News’ team in Ukraine. Dinara holds a BA in journalism from Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv and a Master’s degree in media and communication from the U.K.’s Bournemouth University.
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