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.
Erdogan told Macron that international cooperation is critical for initiating peace negotiations and the "sensitive implementation" of Ukraine’s recovery and reconstruction processes, the Turkish Presidency reported.
The aftermath of a Russian attack against Dnipro, Ukraine, on March 28, 2025. Photo published on March 29, 2025. (Governor Serhii Lysak/Telegram)
Russian attacks across Ukraine killed at least four civilians and injured at least 36 over the past day, regional authorities reported on March 29.
Russia launched 172 attack and decoy drones against Ukraine overnight, the Air Force reported. Ukrainian air defenses shot down 94 drones, while 69 disappeared from radars without causing damage, according to the statement.
A Russian drone attack on March 28 killed four people and injured at least 21 in the city of Dnipro in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, sparking a large fire at a hotel and restaurant complex and damaging at least 10 houses, a school, an administrative building, and high-rise buildings.
Artillery and drone strikes against the Nikopol district also injured two men aged 48 and 46, Governor Serhii Lysak reported.
In Donetsk Oblast, two people were injured in a Russian attack against the village of Sukha Balka, Governor Vadym Filashkin reported.
Nine civilians were injured in Russian attacks against Kherson Oblast, said the regional governor, Oleksandr Prokudin. Two high-rise buildings and 38 houses were damaged.
In Kharkiv Oblast, Russian strikes injured a 39-year-old man in Kupiansk and another civilian in the village of Liutivka, according to Governor Oleh Syniehubov.
Martin Fornusek is a news editor at the Kyiv Independent. He has previously worked as a news content editor at the media company Newsmatics and is a contributor to Euromaidan Press. He was also volunteering as an editor and translator at the Czech-language version of Ukraïner. Martin studied at Masaryk University in Brno, Czechia, holding a bachelor's degree in security studies and history and a master's degree in conflict and democracy studies.
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