The sanctions appear to be in response to Russia's rejection of a 30-day ceasefire that the U.K., alongside Ukraine, France, Germany, and Poland, demanded during a visit to Kyiv on May 10.
"We now know for sure that the great fire of the Marywilska shopping centre in Warsaw was caused by arson ordered by the Russian special services," Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on X. "Some of the perpetrators have already been detained, all the others are identified and searched for."
The publications' latest report covers the period of February 24, 2022 to May 8, 2025. Since it was last updated at the end of April, 2,857 additional Russian military personnel have been confirmed killed.
Hungary cancelled a meeting planned for May 12 with a Ukrainian delegation on the rights of national minorities, Hungary's Deputy Foreign Minister said on May 11, amid a deepening spying scandal between the two countries.
Three were injured in Russia's Kursk Oblast when the town of Rylsk was allegedly struck by a missile attack on May 11, local governor Alexander Khinshtein claimed.
This week, the world watched in anticipation for Russia’s Victory Day parade after President Volodymyr Zelensky commented that he could not guarantee the safety of those attending. Meanwhile, the European Union moves one step forward to banning Russian gas from the European continent. It is also revealed this week that U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has fallen out of step with the White House.
"(Russian) President (Vladimir) Putin... doesn't want to have a ceasefire agreement with Ukraine, but rather wants to meet on Thursday, in Turkey, to negotiate a possible end to the bloodbath. Ukraine should agree to this, immediately," U.S. President Donald Trump said.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will travel to to Antalya, Turkey, for a NATO foreign ministers’ meeting from May 14–16, where he is expected to address the war in Ukraine and push for stronger Allied defense commitments.
The Kremlin said the leaders held a detailed discussion about the Russian initiative and Erdogan expressed full support, reiterating Turkey’s readiness to provide a venue and assist in organizing the negotiations.
The suspect in a photograph released by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) on April 21, 2025 (Security Service of Ukraine).
A woman has been arrested on suspicion of working with Russian military intelligence (GRU) to help target missile and drone strikes on Ukrainian airfields in western Ukraine, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) announced on April 21.
The 26-year-old Ukrainian, described as "a local drug addict looking for 'easy' money on Telegram channels," was detained in Khmelnytskyi Oblast, the SBU said in a statement.
It said the suspect rented an apartment near a logistics center of the Ukrainian Armed Forces to conduct reconnaissance near a military airfield in one of Ukraine's western oblasts.
According to the report, her information could have allowed GRU to strike military units at the time of the highest concentration of Ukrainian personnel and equipment, as well as informing them about Ukrainian air defenses.
The suspect's mobile phone, which reportedly contained incriminating messages with Russian security services, was seized.
The accused has been charged under Part 2 of the Art. 111 (treason committed under martial law) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. The suspect faces life imprisonment if convicted.
Also on April 21, the SBU detained a suspect alleged to have helped target Russian strikes on railway infrastructure potentially used by Ukraine's armed forces.
A 29-year-old unemployed woman was detained in the Chernihiv Oblast and accused of installing "a video camera with a power bank and online broadcast for the Russians" near a railroad crossing.
The suspect has been detained and charged under Part 2 of the Art. 111 (treason committed under martial law) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
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