"We have a plan B and a plan C. But our focus is plan A, the essence of which is to get everyone's support" for Ukraine's accession, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said.
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"(T)he presence at the Victory Parade of a country that bombs cities, hospitals, and daycares, and which has caused the deaths and injuries of over a million people over three years, is a shame," Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said.
"According to the participants of the performances, their goal is to remind the civilized world of the barbaric actions of Moscow, which for many years and decades has systematically violated international law," a source in Ukraine’s military intelligence agency (HUR) told the Kyiv Independent.
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"I have great hope that an agreement for a ceasefire in Ukraine will be reached this weekend," German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on May 9, shortly before traveling to Kyiv alongside the leaders of France, Poland, and the U.K.
U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk will arrive in Kyiv early on May 10.
The United States embassy in Kyiv on May 9 issued a warning that Russia could launch "a potentially significant" attack in the coming days, despite Putin's self-declared Victory Day "truce."
The sanctioned oil tankers have transported over $24 billion in cargo since 2024, according to Downing Street. The U.K. has now sanctioned more shadow fleet vessels than any other country.
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The sanctions list includes 58 individuals and 74 companies, with 67 Russian enterprises related to military technology.
Washington and its partners are considering additional sanctions if the parties do not observe a ceasefire, with political and technical negotiations between Europe and the U.S. intensifying since last week, Reuters' source said.
Despite the Kremlin's announcement of a May 8–11 truce, heavy fighting continued in multiple regions throughout the front line.
Putin has done in Russia everything that Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva had been against in Brazil.
Slovenia's National Assembly has adopted a declaration commemorating the Ukrainian victims of the Holodomor genocide, Ukraine's Embassy in Slovenia reported on May 23.
The Holodomor, a man-made famine that took place between 1932-33, occurred during Joseph Stalin's reign over the Soviet Union and caused an estimated 3.5 to 5 million Ukrainian deaths. Some scholars say the number may have been as high as 10.5 million.
The Ukrainian government has been calling on the international community to recognize it as a genocide.
According to the declaration, as cited by the embassy, Slovenia "condemns the genocidal actions that caused the death of millions of Ukrainians and inflicted great damage to the foundations of Ukrainian society."
Slovenia also "condemns and rejects attempts to distort historical facts, expresses solidarity with those who lived through the Holodomor, and pledges to preserve the memory of all the victims of these intentional, cruel, and criminal actions, while committing to promoting awareness of the tragic historical events in Ukraine during this period."
Ukraine's Embassy in Slovenia wrote that they welcomed the decision, adding that "the recognition of such horrific crimes will prevent them from being repeated in the future."
Aside from Slovenia, at least 22 countries recognized the Holodomor as a genocide of the Ukrainian people. Several countries and institutions did so in 2022 and 2023. Those include Iceland, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Germany, Ireland, and Bulgaria.
In December 2022, the European Parliament also recognized the Holodomor as a genocide of the Ukrainian people and urged Russia to issue an official apology for the atrocities committed by the Soviet regime.
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