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.
"There is no point in prolonging the killings. And I will wait for Putin on Thursday in Turkey," President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
"We cannot allow NATO's military infrastructure to get that close to our borders," Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said.
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.
Preliminary findings suggest that one of the men killed the other before taking his own life.
Western leaders dismissed the Kremlin's proposal for talks in Istanbul on May 15 as insufficient.
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.
Russian attacks kill 2, injure 12 over past day

Russian attacks have killed two Ukrainian civilians and injured 12 others over the past day, local officials reported early on Nov. 15.
There were 81 Russian attacks on Kherson Oblast over the past day, injuring seven people, Governor Oleksandr Prokudin said.
Russian forces fired 18 projectiles at the city of Kherson and also targeted an educational institution in the area around Beryslav, according to Prokudin.
In Donetsk Oblast, one person was killed and two were injured after an apartment building in the city of Selydove was hit by an overnight Russian missile attack, according to the Interior Ministry.
The ministry said that at least one more person might still be trapped under the rubble.
Nikopol in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast was attacked 11 times over the past day with both heavy artillery and drones, Governor Serhii Lysak reported.
One attack killed a 26-year-old man and injured a 72-year-old man.
There were attacks in villages across Kharkiv Oblast over the past day, according to Governor Oleh Syniehubov.
In attack in the village of Kozacha Lopan injured two men, aged 70 and 77, and damaged buildings.
There were 114 attacks recorded across Zaporizhzhia Oblast over the past day, but no casaulties were reported, Governor Yurii Malashko said.
Attacks were also recorded in Mykolaiv, Sumy, Zaporizhzhia, but without reports of civilian casualties.

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