U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk will arrive in Kyiv early on May 10.
The United States embassy in Kyiv on May 9 issued a warning that Russia could launch "a potentially significant" attack in the coming days, despite Putin's self-declared Victory Day "truce."
The sanctioned oil tankers have transported over $24 billion in cargo since 2024, according to Downing Street. The U.K. has now sanctioned more shadow fleet vessels than any other country.
Washington and its partners are considering additional sanctions if the parties do not observe a ceasefire, with political and technical negotiations between Europe and the U.S. intensifying since last week, Reuters' source said.
The Kyiv Independent’s contributor Ignatius Ivlev-Yorke spent a day with a mobile team from the State Emergency Service in Nikopol in the south of Ukraine as they responded to relentless drone, artillery, and mortar strikes from Russian forces just across the Dnipro River. Nikopol is located across from the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in the city of Enerhodar.
Peter Szijjarto's announcement came after Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) allegedly dismantled a Hungarian military intelligence network operating in Zakarpattia Oblast.
The aftermath of the Russian attacks with drones against Kyiv Oblast overnight on Feb. 17, 2025. (State Emergency Service / Telegram)
Russian attacks against Ukraine killed three and injured eight civilians over the past day, regional authorities reported on Feb. 17.
Russian forces launched 147 drones from the Russian cities of Orel, Bryansk, Kursk, Shatalovo, Millerovo, and Primosk-Akhtarsk at Ukraine overnight, according to Ukraine's Air Force.
Ukraine's air defense shot down 83 drones over Kharkiv, Sumy, Poltava, Dnipropetrovsk, Cherkasy, Chernihiv, Odesa, Kirovohrad, Zaporizhzhia, and Kyiv oblasts, the Air Force said.
Another 59 drones disappeared from radars without causing any damage, according to the statement. Drones that disappear from radars before reaching their targets are usually decoys. Russia sends them alongside real drones to overwhelm Ukraine's air defense.
In Donetsk Oblast, two people were killed in the attack against the town of Bilytske, Governor Vadym Filashkin reported.
In Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Russian forces attacked the town of Marhanets overnight with artillery, injuring four people, including a 64-year-old woman and three men, aged 22, 26, and 54. One of the injured was hospitalized in a moderate severity condition, according to Governor Serhii Lysak.
The day prior, Russia struck the Nikopol district with drones and artillery. As a result of the attacks, a 52-year-old man was killed, while a 74-year-old man suffered a leg injury, Lysak reported.
In Kherson Oblast, Russia targeted 32 settlements, including the regional center of Kherson, over the past day. As a result of the attacks, two people were injured, Governor Oleksandr Prokudin reported.
In Kyiv Oblast, Russian forces attacked several settlements with drones. A man suffered a hand injury in the attack against the Borysil district, local military administration reported. He was treated at the scene of impact.
Kateryna Hodunova is a News Editor at the Kyiv Independent. She previously worked as a sports journalist in several Ukrainian outlets and was the deputy chief editor at Suspilne Sport. Kateryna covered the 2022 Olympics in Beijing and was included in the Special Mentions list at the AIPS Sport Media Awards. She holds a bachelor's degree in political journalism from Taras Shevchenko University and a master's degree in political science from the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy.
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