Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov rejected the idea of a 30-day ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine, claiming in an interview with ABC News on May 10 that it would be "an advantage" for Ukraine.
"Our involvement in the war was justifiable, and this belongs to our sovereign rights," North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un said. "I regard this as part of the sacred mission we must execute for our brothers and comrades-in-arms."
"We have a plan B and a plan C. But our focus is plan A, the essence of which is to get everyone's support" for Ukraine's accession, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said.
"(T)he presence at the Victory Parade of a country that bombs cities, hospitals, and daycares, and which has caused the deaths and injuries of over a million people over three years, is a shame," Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said.
"According to the participants of the performances, their goal is to remind the civilized world of the barbaric actions of Moscow, which for many years and decades has systematically violated international law," a source in Ukraine’s military intelligence agency (HUR) told the Kyiv Independent.
"I have great hope that an agreement for a ceasefire in Ukraine will be reached this weekend," German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on May 9, shortly before traveling to Kyiv alongside the leaders of France, Poland, and the U.K.
U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk will arrive in Kyiv early on May 10.
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.
A screenshot of a video from Ukraine's Foreign Ministry on July 18, 2024, showing Ukrainian wheat flour delivered to Palestine. (Ukraine's Foreign Ministry/X)
Ukraine delivered 1,000 tons of wheat flour to Palestine, Ukraine's Foreign Ministry said on July 18.
The delivery was the first tranche of three food aid packages to be sent under a humanitarian program entitled "Grain from Ukraine."
Hunger has become a persistent problem in Gaza against the backdrop of the ongoing incursion by the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF).
International aid groups and foreign powers have been delivering food aid and other humanitarian supplies, but the U.N. estimated that Gaza needs more than 500 truckloads of daily assistance to help support the local population.
Kyiv voiced support for Israel after it came under a deadly attack by the Hamas militant organization in October 2023.
Tel Aviv's subsequent shelling and ground invasionof Gaza attracted harsh criticism from much of the international community, with the U.N. estimating the Gaza death toll to be over 35,000.
Anastasiia Lapatina
