UN Secretary-General António Guterres emphasized that a ceasefire should be the first step toward a broader resolution of the conflict and must ultimately pave the way to a just peace that respects the UN Charter and Ukraine’s territorial integrity.
Since the beginning of the day, Ukrainian Defense Forces have engaged in 83 combat clashes with Russian invaders. Fighting continues in seven frontline sectors, with the most intense assaults taking place near Pokrovsk, Toretsk, and Lyman.
The Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don (Russia) sentenced residents of Zaporizhzhia region Oleh Zavgorodnyi and Fedir Trifonov to 24 and 17 years in prison in the case of preparing to blow up a convoy of Russian invaders.
Germany and Europe will continue to support Ukraine to prevent Russia from completely destroying the peace and security order on the continent and in the world.
The explosions at a large arsenal in the Vladimir region of the Russian Federation, which resulted in the loss of about 105,000 tons of various ammunition, were caused by negligent handling.
Russia is actively using satellites in its war against Ukraine. Since 2015, Russia has deployed about 200 satellites and 150,000 military personnel to operate the system.
The joint developments of the preparatory event, ‘On the Way to URC 2025’, will be part of a joint position that the Ukrainian side will present at the Ukraine Recovery Conference in Rome.
The Verkhovna Rada has endorsed in principle draft bill No. 13256 ‘On Amendments to the Budget Code of Ukraine on Implementing the Agreement between the Government of Ukraine and the Government of the United States’.
Foreign nationals and stateless persons serving in the Ukrainian Armed Forces or the State Special Transport Service are eligible to obtain the status of a combat participant.
Soldiers from the 106th Battalion of the 63rd Mechanized Brigade, known as the "Steel Lions," have captured a citizen of Uzbekistan on the Lyman front.
On Friday, May 16, a high-level meeting of defense ministers from Poland, Germany, France, Italy, and the United Kingdom will take place in Rome to discuss coordination of military support for Ukraine.
Ukraine's representatives, the band Ziferblat, took to the stage of the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 with their song "Bird of Pray," performing fifth in the lineup.
The U.S.-Ukraine Reconstruction Investment Fund will have a balanced governance structure with equal representation, and critical decisions will be made only by unanimous consent.