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.
Despite the Kremlin’s announcement of a May 8–11 truce, heavy fighting continued in multiple regions throughout the day.
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.
This is the fourth such tranche from the bloc, which is secured by proceeds from frozen Russian assets.
Trump's Ukraine remarks 'shocking,' echo Russian narratives, German opposition leader says
German opposition leader Friedrich Merz has criticized U.S. President Donald Trump's statements about Ukraine, calling them "shocking" and aligned with Russian narratives, the German TV news program Tagesschau reported on Feb. 21.
"This is the Russian narrative; this is how Putin has presented it for years, and I'm frankly shocked that Donald Trump has now apparently embraced it himself," Merz, the leading candidate for chancellor in the upcoming Feb. 23 parliamentary election, said.
Trump has made multiple false claims about Ukraine in recent days, including calling President Volodymyr Zelensky a "dictator" and accusing him of refusing to hold elections.
His remarks ignore the fact that Ukraine's constitution prohibits elections under martial law, which has been in effect since Russia's full-scale invasion began in 2022.
On Feb. 18, Trump appeared to place responsibility for the ongoing war on President Volodymyr Zelensky's wartime leadership. Merz described Trump's comments as "a classic substitution of the criminal for the victim."
The criticism comes as tensions between Kyiv and Washington escalate following U.S.-Russia talks in Riyadh on Feb. 18. Neither Ukraine nor Europe were represented at the talks.
Merz stressed that Europe must not passively seek a seat at the negotiations but rather assert its influence through diplomatic efforts. "We have to agree on a common strategy very, very quickly," he said.
As the chancellor candidate for Germany's conservative CDU/CSU alliance in the upcoming Feb. 23 elections, Merz has been a vocal critic of incumbent Chancellor Olaf Scholz's Ukraine policy.
He has repeatedly urged the government to provide Kyiv with long-range Taurus missiles and accused Scholz of being too hesitant in supporting Ukraine.
Recent polls indicate the CDU/CSU is leading ahead of the elections, which were called after Scholz's ruling coalition lost its parliamentary majority due to the departure of the Free Democratic Party (FDP).
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