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.
Two of the suspects were reportedly detained over the weekend, and the third on May 13, during police raids in Germany and Switzerland.
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.
This marks Zelensky's highest trust rating recorded by KIIS since December 2023, when he enjoyed the confidence of 77% of respondents.
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.
Brazilian President Lula da Silva claimed that Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha had appealed to his Brazilian counterpart, Mauro Vieira, to ask Putin if he was willing to conclude a peace agreement.
"Trump needs to believe that Putin actually lies," Zelensky told journalists in Kyiv. "And we should do our part. Sensibly approach this issue, to show that it’s not us that is slowing down the process."
Ukraine's air defense shot down 80 drones, while another 42 disappeared from radars without causing any damage, according to the statement.
Scholz, Macron: Ukraine needs clear security guarantees from NATO allies, not membership
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and French President Emmanuel Macron both emphasized the necessity of security guarantees for Ukraine over NATO membership status while speaking at the second European Political Community Summit (EPC) in Moldova on June 1.
Scholz said that Ukraine and its allies are still "very far away" from any kind of peace agreement, stressing that security guarantees for Ukraine should take precedence over NATO membership at the moment, Reuters reported.
"Given the current situation, it is not about establishing membership ... We all have to focus on how we as individuals can support Ukraine," he said.
Regarding potential guarantees that could be provided to Ukraine, Sholz said: "They must be designed in such a way that they give Ukraine the security it needs against the danger of being attacked, that they also stabilize Ukraine at the same time, ..., and of course it is always part of the security guarantee that it is taken seriously."
Macron also said on June 1 that he favored "stronger, concrete very clear security guarantees" for Ukraine by NATO member countries at the upcoming NATO Summit in Lithuania in July, Reuters reported.
"We have to give a long-term perspective to Ukraine. It is imperative that the Vilnius summit gives these immediate guarantees," Macron said.
The French president did not provide details on what those guarantees would look like, but said they "needed to be somewhere between what security guarantees Israel receives and full NATO membership," Reuters wrote.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky discussed security guarantees and EU and NATO membership as part of his agenda at the EPC summit in Moldova.
"I think security guarantees are important not only for Ukraine. They are also important for Moldova because Russia is carrying out aggression in Ukraine and there is a potential threat of aggression in other parts of Europe," Zelensky said.
Earlier in April, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that "the first step toward any membership of Ukraine to NATO is to ensure that Ukraine prevails."
Fedir Venislavskyi, the Ukrainian president's representative in the Verkhovna Rada, said on May 28 that the NATO was unlikely to grant Ukraine membership until the war with Russia is over.

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