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 drone attack against Dnipro, Ukraine, on April 8, 2025. (State Emergency Service/Telegram)
Russian attacks across Ukrainian oblasts killed at least one civilian and injured at least 34 over the past day, regional authorities reported on April 9.
Moscow's forces attack Ukrainian towns and villages on a daily basis, inflicting civilian casualties and damage to infrastructure with drones, missiles, artillery, and aerial bombs.
Ukrainian air defenses shot down 32 of the 55 attack and decoy drones launched by Russia overnight, the Air Force reported. Eight decoy drones disappeared from radars without causing damage, according to the statement.
Seventeen people were injured in Russian attacks against Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Governor Serhii Lysak reported, including fifteen wounded in a Russian drone attack against Dnipro.
Four houses, 15 high-rise buildings, about 20 cars, several enterprises, and administrative buildings were damaged in the regional center.
Two men aged 36 and 43 were also injured during Russian artillery and drone strikes against the city of Nikopol, Lysak said.
Five civilians were injured during Russian attacks against Donetsk Oblast, including three in Kramatorsk, one in Pokrovsk, and one in Myrne, reported Governor Vadym Filashkin.
One person was killed and seven injured in Russian strikes in Kharkiv Oblast, said the regional governor, Oleh Syniehubov.
A drone attack reportedly killed a 64-year-old man near the front-line town of Vovchansk, and two people were injured in a drone attack during the distribution of humanitarian aid in the nearby village of Bilyi Kolodiaz.
Four civilians were injured in waves of drone attacks against Kharkiv overnight, and a 72-year-old woman was injured in air strikes against the Zolochiv community, Syniehubov said.
In Kherson Oblast, four people were injured in Russian strikes, Governor Oleksandr Prokudin reported. A high-rise building and 15 houses were damaged.
A 60-year-old man was injured during a Russian attack against the Polohy district in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, said Governor Ivan Fedorov.
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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