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.
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.
Emergency responders in Pokrovsk, Donetsk Oblast, following the strike on the city on Aug. 7, 2023. (Photo: State Emergency Service of Ukraine / Telegram).
Russian forces attacked five oblasts over the past day, killing at least 11 people and injuring at least 91 others, according to the authorities on Aug. 8.
Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, Kherson, and Sumy oblasts came under attack.
In Donetsk Oblast, rescue operations are ongoing following repeated Russian strikes on the center of Pokrovsk on the evening of Aug. 7. The rescuers had to stop working overnight due to the high threat of another strike.
Ukraine's Interior Ministry reported that at least seven people were killed and 67 wounded, including two children, 29 police officers, and seven emergency workers.
Donetsk Oblast Governor Pavlo Kyrylenko reported that the outskirts of Kramatorsk were also hit, as well as multiple other settlements.
Russia also bombarded the city of Avdiivka with tanks, artillery, and air missiles, according to Kyrylenko.
In Kharkiv Oblast, Governor Oleh Syniehubov reported that Bohodukhiv, Kharkiv, Chuhuiv, and Kupiansk districts were attacked over the past day.
Two civilians aged 45 and 65 were killed when Russian forces dropped four guided aerial bombs on the village of Kruhliakivka.
Nine people were injured, including two emergency workers, and six houses were damaged, Syniehubov said.
Russia also targeted the city of Kharkiv on the morning of Aug. 7 with an S-300 missile, damaging a building. No casualties were reported.
In Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, repeated Russian shelling killed one 36-year-old man and injured an elderly resident in the city of Nikopol, Governor Serhii Lysak reported on Aug. 7.
The shelling of Nikopol continued overnight, Lysak said on Aug. 8, damaging two schools, 12 houses, two farm buildings, and a gas pipeline.
In Kherson Oblast, Governor Oleksandr Prokudin reported that the city of Kherson was shelled 18 times by Russian forces over the past day.
In the early hours of Aug. 7, Russian forces fired on a high-rise apartment building in Kherson, killing one 59-year-old woman and injuring 12 people, including two emergency workers.
In Sumy Oblast, Russian forces shelled four communities on Aug. 7, the Sumy Oblast Military Administration reported on Telegram.
Two settlements were also shelled overnight, the administration said on the morning of Aug. 8. No deaths or injuries were reported.
Olena Goncharova
