In an interview with French broadcaster TF1 on May 13, Macron discussed new Russia sanctions and stationing French nuclear weapons in other European countries as a deterrent against Russia.
Performing their song "Bird of Pray," Ukrainian band Ziferblat passed the Eurovision semi-finals on May 13, qualifying Ukraine for the grand final on May 17.
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov confirmed that a Russian delegation will be in Istanbul on May 15 for direct peace talks with Ukraine. Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Putin’s foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov will likely represent Russia.
The move follows Ukraine's ratification of the minerals agreement, deepening U.S.-Ukraine economic ties and signaling expanded U.S. involvement in Ukraine's long-term recovery.
"Ukraine has initiated a coordinated campaign to vilify Hungary in order to undermine our initiative to hold a poll on (Kyiv's) EU membership," Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz warned that further concessions from Ukraine during negotiations would be unreasonable if Russia continues to attack civilian targets.
U.S. President Donald Trump's special envoys, Steve Witkoff and Keith Kellogg, will travel to Istanbul for possible peace talks between Ukraine and Russia, Reuters reported on May 13, citing three undisclosed sources.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said he will meet with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara, but said both leaders are ready to fly to Istanbul if Russian President Vladimir Putin chooses to attend the talks there.
The aftermath of a Russian attack on the town of Selydove in Donetsk Oblast on June 13, 2024. (Vadym Filashkin/Telegram)
Russian attacks against Ukraine killed 1 person and injured 20 over the past day, regional authorities said on June 14.
Russia targeted a total of 10 Ukrainian oblasts — Chernihiv, Mykolaiv, Khmelnytskyi Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, Sumy, Kherson, Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, and Donetsk. Casualties were reported in the latter five regions.
A Russian aerial bomb attack on the residential are of the town of Selydove in Donetsk Oblast injured at least six people aged between 62 and 93, the Prosecutor General's Office reported.
The attack damaged at least 10 high-rise buildings, a house, a shop, a cafe and a pharmacy, according to the prosecutors.
Three more people were injured in Toretsk, Krasnohorivka and Kurakhove, Donetsk Oblast Governor Vadym Filashkin said.
The aftermath of a Russian attack on the town of Selydove in Donetsk Oblast on June 13, 2024. (Prosecutor General's Office)
Russian troops used an FPV drone to hit a bus carrying over 20 people in the Esman community of Sumy Oblast in the morning of June 14, the local authorities said.
According to preliminary information, three women were injured and received medical care. All passangers were evacuated.
Six people, including a three-year-old girl, were injured in a Russian attack on the town of Novomoskovsk in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Governor Serhii Lysak said. Another girl, aged 12, suffered from shock and will be recovering at home.
The attack damaged 91 houses, five education institutions, and a gas infrastructure facility.
In Kharkiv Oblast, Russia's FPV drone strike damaged a bus carrying 15 civilians in the town of Kupiansk, as well as a police car, a civilian car, a cafe, and residential buildings, Governor Oleh Syniehubov reported. One man suffered injuries, he added.
Another man was injured and hospitalized after Russia carried out an air strike on the village of Buhaivka in the Chuhuiv district, damaging a house.
Russian attacks against Kherson Oblast damaged nine houses, a car, and a cultural institution, said Governor Oleksandr Prokudin. One person was killed in the region over the past day, according to Prokudin.
Kateryna Denisova works as a News Editor at the Kyiv Independent. She previously worked as a news editor at the NV media outlet for four years, covering mainly Ukrainian and international politics. Kateryna holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Taras Shevchenko University of Kyiv. She also was a fellow at journalism schools in the Czech Republic and Germany.
Kateryna Denisova
