The United States embassy in Kyiv on May 9 issued a warning that Russia could launch "a potentially significant" attack in the coming days, despite Putin's self-declared Victory Day "truce."
The sanctioned oil tankers have transported over $24 billion in cargo since 2024, according to Downing Street. The U.K. has now sanctioned more shadow fleet vessels than any other country.
Washington and its partners are considering additional sanctions if the parties do not observe a ceasefire, with political and technical negotiations between Europe and the U.S. intensifying since last week, Reuters' source said.
The Kyiv Independent’s contributor Ignatius Ivlev-Yorke spent a day with a mobile team from the State Emergency Service in Nikopol in the south of Ukraine as they responded to relentless drone, artillery, and mortar strikes from Russian forces just across the Dnipro River. Nikopol is located across from the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in the city of Enerhodar.
Peter Szijjarto's announcement came after Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) allegedly dismantled a Hungarian military intelligence network operating in Zakarpattia Oblast.
Moscow and Washington discuss the potential resumption of Russian gas supplies to Europe, among other issues related to the peaceful settlement of Russia's war in Ukraine, Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov confirmed to the Russian state-run Interfax news agency.
Olga Rudenko, the editor-in-chief of the Kyiv Independent.
Kyiv Independent Editor-in-Chief Olga Rudenko was shortlisted on April 11 for the 2025 Georgiy Gongadze Prize, a national award honoring independent journalism in Ukraine.
The prize recognizes journalists who demonstrate innovation, impact, and a firm commitment to the principles of independent journalism.
The winner will be announced on May 21, the birthday of Gongadze, a prominent investigative journalist and co-founder of Ukrainska Pravda who was murdered in 2000 after criticizing then-president Leonid Kuchma.
Other nominees include Ivan Lyubysh-Kirdey, a Reuters war correspondent who was seriously injured during a August 2024 attack on Kramatorsk, and Mykhailo Tkach, head of Ukrainska Pravda's investigations team since 2021.
The prize is awarded by a board composed of previous winners, media experts, a representative of the patronage community, and three invited media experts. It honors individuals who contribute significantly to Ukrainian journalism and uphold its values amid the ongoing challenges of war and disinformation.
Last year's winner was journalist and media trainer Tetiana Troshchynska.
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