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.
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.
Russian businessman Igor Churkin, who was detained in Argentina at the request of Ukraine, has applied for political asylum in the South American country, the Russian state-owned news agency TASS reported, citing Natalia Pustovalova, an official of the Russian Embassy in Buenos Aires.
The Argentine police detained Churkin on Jan. 30 at the request of Ukraine's State Bureau of Investigation. According to Ukraine, Churkin was involved in a fraudulent attempt to preserve his company's assets in Lviv.
Lviv Bus Plant LLC, co-owned by Churkin, his father Igor Churkin Sr., and brother Oleg, reportedly took out a loan from a state-owned bank, securing it with company property. The loan has never been paid back.
Churkin was detained at Buenos Aires airport when he flew in with his family on a tourist visa. An Argentine court released the Russian businessman on bail, barring him from leaving the country until his potential extradition to Ukraine is considered.
The hearing was expected to occur within 45 days, by mid-March 2024.
Churkin's lawyer told RIA Novosti that the application for political asylum "paralyzes extradition" for several years, at least until the Argentine authorities decide on asylum.
The lawyer added that the businessman also submitted a request for Argentine citizenship because his daughter was born in the country.
Nina Mishchenko
