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.
A missile's remnants lie collected after a missile strike on August 15, 2023 in Lviv, Ukraine. (Photo by Stanislav Ivanov/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)
The Kh-101 cruise missiles that Russia used in the morning attack on Ukraine contain about 30 foreign-made chips, Presidential Office head Andriy Yermak said on Aug. 15.
The missiles were manufactured by Russia in April this year, he added.
Further information is being collected, and "the sanctions need to be strengthened so that Russia cannot obtain critical components and manufacture missiles," Yermak said.
Russian forces launched a total of 28 air and sea-based cruise missiles of various types on Aug. 15, according to the Air Force.
This number included 20 Kh-101/Kh-555 missiles, as well as four Kh-22, and four Kalibr missiles at Ukraine, the Air Force reported, adding that air defenses shot down 16 Kh-101/Kh-555 and Kalibr missiles.
The attack killed three people and wounded 27 as of 3 p.m. local time, Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said.
Civilian facilities in eight Ukrainian regions were damaged, including residential buildings, educational institutions, and a hospital, said Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal.
In June, the Ukrainian news site LIGA.net reported that up to 81% of foreign components found in Russian missiles originate in the U.S. The publication cited a document from the Yermak-McFaul Expert Group on Russian Sanctions.
The issue also extends to the combat drones Russia uses against civilian infrastructure in Ukraine. A Russian drone shot down over Mykolaiv was made with parts from Western countries, Yermak said on July 18.
Yermak posted on Telegram an image of the Iranian-made Shahed drone's engine with the words "Made in Ireland" clearly visible on the carburetor.
Francis Farrell
