"If you ask, it's probably something that can't be answered negatively," Finnish President Alexander Stubb said.

The news comes on the heels of the U.K.'s surprise easing of Russian oil sanctions, dealing a further blow to London's image as one of Ukraine's most steadfast partners.

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.

In the latest episode of Ukraine This Week, Anna Belokur examines Russia’s growing recruitment of fighters from African countries — and the tactics used to lure vulnerable people into military service.

"We had just opened the coffee shop yesterday," Yevhen Prusak, 35-year-old co-owner of Hogo coffee shop, told the Kyiv Independent at the scene.

The number includes 1110 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.

Oleksandr Usyk retained his heavyweight title with a late-round victory over Rico Verhoeven on May 24.

Civilian casualties were reported in Odesa and Kharkiv oblasts while drones targeted Kyiv after President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that Russia was preparing a broader assault across Ukraine.

Citing Ukrainian and Western intelligence reports, Zelensky said Russia appeared to be preparing an Oreshnik missile strike on Ukraine.

According to the Sumy Oblast Military Administration, the drone struck the procession while commemorations marking Ukraine's Day of Heroes were taking place across the city.

The comments come after German Chancellor Friedrich Merz proposed creating an interim "associate" form of EU membership for Ukraine and other candidate countries while they wait for full accession to the bloc.

A 69-year-old cyclist was hit by an FPV drone in the village of Kostyrka. He was one of 20 people injured in overnight Russian attacks on Kherson Oblast that also damaged a church and eight homes.

The number includes 950 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.G

A bipartisan group of U.S. senators urged Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in a May 23 letter to release a previously approved $400 million aid package for Ukraine that has been delayed for months.

"(I)t would be fairer if within NATO, and particularly the European part of NATO, we could see other Allies also stepping up," NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said.

A fire broke out at a fuel terminal in the southern Russian city of Novorossiysk overnight on May 23, local authorities and media channels reported.

"We continue to increase the rate at which Russian personnel are being eliminated," President Volodymyr Zelensky said.

Tulsi Gabbard said she is resigning to support her husband, who is battling "an extremely rare form of bone cancer."

Key developments on May 22: * Ukraine denies Russian claim that drone strike killed civilians in occupied Luhansk Oblast * Ukraine strikes Russia's Yaroslavl Oil Refinery 4 times in month, Zelensky confirms * Russia offers university admission boost for students who pass drone piloting exam * Russian attacks kill 5, injure 52 across Ukraine as Dnipro drone strike leaves dozens wounded Ukraine's General Staff on May 22 rejected Russian claims that an overnight Ukrainian drone strike killed

The Ukrainian General Staff called the Russian claim "misleading information," stressing that it strictly adheres to the international humanitarian law and strikes military infrastructure and facilities used for military purposes.

VORU COUNTY, Estonia — In southeast Estonia lies a lake-studded, woodland region locals call Missomaa, which makes up the country's three-way borderland with Latvia and Russia. Its innocuous-looking woods are overlaid by cameras and sensors feeding data to a British unit stationed nearby, informing their first-person-view (FPV) drone operators about an "enemy" vehicle closing in. Corey, an operator of the British 2nd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland (2 Scots), simulates a strike by doing

On May 22, 1979, thousands gathered in Lviv to bid farewell to Volodymyr Ivasyuk, one of the most influential figures in modern Ukrainian music. Weeks earlier, the composer had disappeared under mysterious circumstances before being found dead in a forest near the city of Lviv, in what Soviet authorities declared a suicide. Yet for Ukrainians, Ivasyuk's death became inseparable from the broader machinery of Soviet repression aimed at silencing Ukrainian culture and identity. His funeral transf

Denmark says work on a Fire Point rocket fuel factory is ongoing, contradicting claims by the Ukrainian company’s co-owner that the project had been put “on ice” amid scrutiny over the Mindich corruption scandal.

"If we see an opportunity to pull together talks that are productive, not counterproductive, and that have the chance to be fruitful, we're prepared to play that role," U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said.

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The upcoming summit, scheduled for July 7 and 8, is expected to test NATO's unity amid major rifts between the U.S. and other allies.

Ukraine’s recent counterattacks in the south were officially presented as a major success, with Kyiv claiming hundreds of square kilometers recaptured from Russian forces. But most battlefield maps barely changed. So what is really happening on the front line? The answer lies in the growing “gray zone” — vast contested areas where drones dominate the battlefield, infantry infiltrates enemy positions, and traditional front lines are becoming increasingly difficult to define. As both Russia and Uk