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.
President Volodymyr Zelensky at the Made in Ukraine summit in Kyiv on Feb. 26 (President's Office)
Ukrainians can expect more government reshuffles shortly, President Volodymyr Zelensky said in his evening address on March 30.
Earlier in the day, Zelensky dismissed two more members of the Presidential Office and four advisors in a shake-up of his inner circle, after dismissing two deputy heads of the Presidential Office on March 29.
In decrees published online, Commissioner for Soldiers' Rights Alyona Verbytska andZelensky's First Aide Serhiy Shefir, a long-time business partner of Zelensky, were dismissed from their roles.
Natalia Pushkaryova was dismissed from her role as the president's commissioner for volunteers, and three non-staff advisors: lawmaker Mykhailo Radutsky, former deputy head of the Presidential Office Serhiy Trofimov, and economist Oleh Ustenko, were also dismissed.
"We continue to reboot our state institutions," Zelensky said in his evening address.
"Several changes have been made this week and there are still more decisions in preparation."
"Today new decrees regarding advisors were issued...we are making the (President's) Office more efficient."
Ukrainska Pravda reported that according to its sources, the final decision on who is next to be dismissed has not yet been made.
The changes have been announced amid a wider personnel reshuffle, which also included the replacement of National Security and Defense Council Secretary Oleksiy Danilov with the chief of the Foreign Intelligence Service, Oleksandr Lytvynenko, on March 26.
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