The survey, conducted between April 24 and May 4, shows that 56.9% of respondents would not be willing to compromise on either territorial integrity or Ukraine’s pro-Western direction in any potential talks with Moscow.
U.S. Cardinal Robert Prevost was elected the new pope and leader of the Roman Catholic Church on Thursday, taking the name Pope Leo XIV, a senior cardinal announced on May 8 to crowds gathered in St. Peter’s Square, according to Vatican News.
The shooting occurred around 3:22 p.m. local time in Sofiivska Borshchahivka, a residential area in Bucha district, according to the Kyiv regional police.
Lawmakers urged the EU and its member states to step up efforts to hold Moscow accountable through international courts and support for Ukraine’s campaign to bring its children home.
The Kyiv Independent’s Chris York sat down with author, historian, and Russia’s Victory Day celebrations on May 9, which mark the Soviet Union’s role in defeating Nazi Germany in World War II, are one of the country’s biggest public events of the year. President of the Ukrainian Society of Switzerland Andrej Lushnycky who sheds some light on the things Putin would rather you didn’t know about World War II.
Washington’s involvement may also help mitigate political opposition in Europe, while giving the U.S. strategic visibility over future Russian energy flows, sources told Reuters.
President Volodymyr Zelensky and U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak at a press conference following their meeting at Chequers, near London, on May 15, 2023. (Ukraine's Presidential Office)
U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak met with President Volodymyr Zelensky at his country house near London on May 15 as part of Zelensky's tour of Western partners.
At a joint press conference after the meeting, Sunak said, as cited by BBC, that sending fighter jets to Ukraine was "not a straightforward thing," but London would be "a key part of the coalition countries," providing Kyiv with that support.
"We spoke about it, and I see that in the closest time, you will hear some, I think, very important decisions, but we have to work a little bit more on it," Zelensky told reporters.
Sunak said that the U.K. would start basic training of Ukrainian pilots this summer as well as negotiating with other countries on donating fighter jets to Ukraine, according to BBC.
The prime minister also confirmed his country would provide Ukraine with hundreds of air defense missiles and long-range attack drones.
"This is a crucial moment in Ukraine's resistance to a terrible war of aggression they did not choose or provoke," Sunak said.
"They need the sustained support of the international community to defend against the barrage of unrelenting and indiscriminate attacks that have been their daily reality for over a year."
Zelensky and Sunak held a two-hour talk, BBC wrote, during the Ukrainian president's second visit to the U.K. since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion.
The U.K. is the latest stop in Zelensky's European tour, following meetings with allies in France, Italy, and Germany.
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