The comments came after Trump urged Ukraine to agree to direct negotiations with Russia, which has invited Kyiv to peace talks in Istanbul on May 15, without first agreeing to halt military operations.
A Russian drone hit a civilian freight train in Donetsk Oblast on May 12 and injured its driver, Ukrainian Railways said amid Kyiv's calls for a ceasefire.
Moscow and Hanoi agreed to negotiate and sign agreements to construct nuclear power plants in Vietnam, the two countries said in a joint statement on May 11.
The sanctions appear to be in response to Russia's rejection of a 30-day ceasefire that the U.K., alongside Ukraine, France, Germany, and Poland, demanded during a visit to Kyiv on May 10.
"We now know for sure that the great fire of the Marywilska shopping centre in Warsaw was caused by arson ordered by the Russian special services," Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on X. "Some of the perpetrators have already been detained, all the others are identified and searched for."
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.
The aftermath of a Russian drone strike against Marhanets, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, on Feb. 6, 2024. (Governor Serhii Lysak/Telegram)
Editor's note: The article was updated with casualties in Marhanets, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.
Russian attacks on Feb. 6 injured two people in Kherson Oblast and two in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, regional officials reported.
Russia attacked the Kherson Oblast village of Tokarivka in the morning, the oblast's military administration reported.
The two victims, a 60-year-old man and a 74-year-old woman, were taken to the hospital. The military administration did not clarify the extent of their injuries or what their condition was.
Tokarivka, a village on the western bank of the Dnipro River, is located about 36 kilometers northeast of the city of Kherson.
Russian forces also launched a drone against Marhanets, injuring a 50-year-old woman and a 63-year-old man, Governor Serhii Lysak said.
The woman will be treated at home, while the man required hospitalization, the governor added.
Four houses and a car were also damaged in Marhanets.
Marhanets lies over 90 kilometers south of the regional center, Dnipro, and just across the mostly dried-up Kakhovka Reservoir. Russian forces hold the other bank of the reservoir, occupying the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant and the city of Enerhodar.
Nate Ostiller is a former News Editor at the Kyiv Independent. He works on special projects as a researcher and writer for The Red Line Podcast, covering Eastern Europe and Eurasia, and focused primarily on digital misinformation, memory politics, and ethnic conflict. Nate has a Master’s degree in Russian and Eurasian Studies from the University of Glasgow, and spent two years studying abroad at Kyiv-Mohyla Academy in Ukraine. Originally from the USA, he is currently based in Tbilisi, Georgia.
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