The majority of Ukrainians, 71%, do not support holding elections before a full peace deal, even in the case of a ceasefire and security guarantees, according to a poll published by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS) on May 14.
"He'd like me to be there, and that's a possibility. ... I don't know that he would be there if I'm not there. We're going to find out," U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One while traveling to Qatar, Reuters reported.
Trump has long demanded that NATO allies increase their military spending, previously calling for the alliance to raise its benchmark from 2% to 5% of GDP.
Two of the suspects were reportedly detained over the weekend, and the third on May 13, during police raids in Germany and Switzerland.
More than 1,000 Russian government entities and 1,200 private companies are involved in the economy of occupied Mariupol, a major southeastern city occupied by Russia after it invaded Ukraine in 2022, according to a research paper published on May 14.
This marks Zelensky's highest trust rating recorded by KIIS since December 2023, when he enjoyed the confidence of 77% of respondents.
The measures target almost 200 ships of Russia's "shadow fleet," 30 companies involved in sanctions evasion, 75 sanctions on entities and individuals linked to the Russian military-industrial complex, and more.
The government has approved "reform roadmaps in the rule of law, public administration, and democratic institutions, as well as Ukraine’s negotiation position," Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said.
The statement did not name the ex-official by name, but details of the case indicate it relates to Oleh Hladkovsky, a former deputy secretary of Ukraine's top security body who has been wanted since mid-April.
Brazilian President Lula da Silva claimed that Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha had appealed to his Brazilian counterpart, Mauro Vieira, to ask Putin if he was willing to conclude a peace agreement.
"Trump needs to believe that Putin actually lies," Zelensky told journalists in Kyiv. "And we should do our part. Sensibly approach this issue, to show that it’s not us that is slowing down the process."
Ukraine's air defense shot down 80 drones, while another 42 disappeared from radars without causing any damage, according to the statement.
The EU plans to significantly increase tariffs on Ukrainian goods after the current duty-free deal lapses on June 6, the Financial Times reported on May 14, citing undisclosed diplomatic sources.
A register of missing persons has been launched in Ukraine, the Reintegration Ministry reported on May 2.
The register will include basic information such as the person's name, place and date of birth, marital status, place of residence, last known location, circumstances and time of their disappearance, the ministry wrote.
The register was developed by the Internal Affairs Ministry along with the Commissioner for Missing Persons, as well as other agencies.
Additionally, the register will include data "to facilitate the search for a person," such as the presence or absence of a court decision to recognize people as missing or declared dead.
A missing person's status will be reflected in the register one month after the data has been entered.
"The availability of centralized information on missing persons will help to establish a more efficient search operation. Only by cooperating with other agencies will we be able to find the missing persons as quickly as possible," Commissioner for Missing Persons Oleh Kotenko said.
According to the International Commission on Missing Persons, the circumstances under which people have disappeared during Russia's all-out war against Ukraine include "forcible deportations, summary executions, arbitrary and incommunicado detention, kidnapping and abduction, and family separation."
Tens of thousands of people, including both soldiers and civilians, have gone missing since 2014, when Russia illegally annexed the Crimean peninsula and invaded Ukraine's Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts.
The number has only risen since Russia launched its full-scale invasion on Feb. 24, 2022.
Kotenko said on April 18 that more than 7,000 Ukrainian service members are currently considered missing.
According to the Ukrainian official, about 60-65% of missing persons usually turn out to be in captivity, while the rest might no longer be alive.

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