Ukraine's underground storage facilities are currently using 19.4% of their capacity. Almost 32%, or 2.79 bcm, less gas is available in the storages than in the previous year, according to the estimates.
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.
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.
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."
General Valerii Zaluzhnyi, the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, in his office in Kyiv, Ukraine, on June 28, 2023. (Oksana Parafeniuk/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
The room in which a recording device was found had not been used in a long time, and it's unlikely that any state secrets were captured by it, Ukrainian Commander-in-Chief Valerii Zaluzhnyi said to RBC Ukraine on Dec. 18.
It was Zaluzhnyi's first public comment on the news that recording devices had been discovered in rooms used by the general and his staff.
Zaluzhnyi said that he had planned to use the room in which one of the devices was discovered for future work, including on Dec. 18, but there had been a "significant break" since its last use.
The general did not speculate on who might have placed the item there, saying instead, "it's a war" and "anything can happen."
Ukraine's General Staff said earlier on Dec. 18 that more than one recording device had been found, an update from a report by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) on Dec. 17, in which only one recording device was described as being detected.
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