"I invited His Holiness to make an apostolic visit to Ukraine. Such a visit would bring real hope to all believers and to all our people," Zelensky said.
Previously, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk accused the Russian intelligence services of orchestrating a May 2024 arson attack on the Marywilska shopping centre in Warsaw.
Presidential Office chief Andriy Yermak voiced doubt about leading negotiations with anyone from Russia except President Vladimir Putin, implying only the Russian leader can make real decisions.
This includes at least seven people injured in drone attacks overnight on May 12, a date from which Kyiv and its allies put forward a demand for a 30-day unconditional truce, a step that Moscow continues to reject.
"When European unity becomes inconvenient, disinformation goes so far as to make a simple tissue look like drugs," the Elysee Palace reacted to a fake story pushed by Russia.
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.
The aftermath of Russian attacks against Kharkiv Oblast on Feb. 8, 2024. (Governor Oleh Syniehubov/Telegram)
Russia carried out attacks against nine of Ukraine's oblasts over the past day, killing at least four civilians and injuring at least 12, regional authorities reported on Feb. 9.
Russia launched artillery and mortar attacks on around 15 settlements in the Kharkiv Oblast over the past day, injuring a 47-year-old security guard in the Zmiiv community, Governor Oleh Syniehubov said.
Russian attacks damaged a hotel, houses, a private enterprise, and a gas pipeline in the oblast.
Russian forces launched 82 attacks against Kherson Oblast over the past day, killing two people, injuring one, damaging residential areas, a medical institution, and a critical infrastructure in the oblast, Governor Oleksandr Produkin said.
Russia hit Pokrovsk, Kramatorsk, and Bakhmut districts in Donetsk Oblast over the past day, Governor Vadym Filashkin said.
The attack on the oblast killed two civilians in Avdiivka and Selydove and injured seven in Selydove.
In Mykolaiv Oblast, Russia hit the Kutsurub community with drones, injuring one resident and damaging an ambulance, Governor Vitalii Kim said.
Overnight, Russia also hit the Horokhiv community in the oblast, damaging a farm, three trucks, a bus, and warehouses.
Russian troops launched 156 strikes against 24 settlements of Zaporizhzhia Oblast over the past day, injuring two people, Governor Ivan Fedorov said on Telegram.
Russian military made seven attacks on Nikopol in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast over the past day, damaging private houses, several gas pipelines, and power lines, Governor Serhii Lysak said.
Russia also hit the Marhanets community in the oblast overnight.
Luhansk, Odesa, and Sumy oblasts also came under attack, but no casualties were reported.
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