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.
Illustrative image: A view of Kharkiv, Ukraine, on March 25, 2024, amid a city-wide blackout after a Russian on Ukraine's energy infrastructure on March 22, 2024. (Yan Dobronosov/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)
Editor's note: This is a developing story and is being updated.
Russia struck the city of Kharkiv twice with glide bombs on May 17, killing three and injuring 28 people, local authorities reported.
Russian forces targeted the Kholodnohirskyi district of the city, according to Governor Oleh Syniehubov.
As of around 5:45 p.m. local time, two men, both aged around 45, were killed, while the other 18 men and one woman were injured. The oldest victim is 60 years old, while the youngest one is 20.
The conditions of the four injured are serious, and other victims have injuries of moderate severity, Syniehubov said.
Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov reported that the number of injured had risen to 25 at around 6:25 p.m. local time.
Terekhov later updated the number of casualties, saying that three had been killed and 28 injured.
The information on damage and casualties is still being determined.
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War Notes
As Russian forces launched new offensive operations in the north of Kharkiv Oblast on May 10, both Kharkiv and a number of border settlements have come under heavy strikes.
Over the past night, a lengthyair raid alert had been finally lifted in Kharkiv Oblast after officials reported numerous Russian drone strikes and a ballistic missile threat.
The air alert had lasted more than 16 and a half hours, the longest since Russia's full-scale invasion began in February 2022.
Dinara Khalilova
