Kyiv will have to improve its revenue collection and how efficiently it spends money, the European Commission said in a press release on May 20, if it wants to access more than $8 billion of the loan.
The conversation marks the first recorded direct contact between Macron and Lukashenko since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion.
Russian forces launched a large-scale missile attack on Kyiv overnight on May 24, officials reported.
Key developments on May 23-24: * 'Damage in every district of Kyiv' — Massive Russian ballistic missile, drone attack kills 4, injures 100 * Russia launched Oreshnik missile at Kyiv Oblast in overnight attack, Zelensky confirms * Ukraine strikes major Russian oil pumping station supplying Moscow Oblast, SBU says * Russian drone hits Sumy funeral procession in ‘cynical’ attack, killing 1, injuring 14 Russian forces launched a large-scale combined missile and drone attack overnight on May 24
The Vtorovo oil pumping and dispatching station in Russia's Vladimir Oblast is a strategic infrastructure hub that supplies fuel to the Moscow region and its major airports.
"They're really insane. It's important that this doesn't go unpunished for Russia," Zelensky said.
"The residential complex where the Ambassador of Albania to Ukraine resides was struck, putting his life at serious risk," Ferit Hoxha, Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Albania, posted on X.
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Russian forces launched a large-scale missile attack on Kyiv overnight on May 24, officials reported.
