Russian forces launched 36 attacks on the Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka, and Maryinka sectors, with Bakhmut and Maryinka remaining at the epicenter of hostilities.
U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen met with her German counterpart Christian Lindner on Friday to discuss countering Russia's evasion of Western sanctions imposed on it over its war against Ukraine.
In Izium district of Kharkiv region, a Russian artillery projectile hit the territory of an agricultural enterprise, killing its employee. Law enforces launched criminal proceedings.
The Government of Slovakia today approved a proposal of the Agriculture Ministry to cancel the unilateral ban on imports of agricultural goods from Ukraine, only EU legislation will apply to imports of these products into the country.
President Volodymyr Zelensky has discussed further defense cooperation with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, thanked for long-range Storm Shadow missiles and emphasized that Ukraine expects to receive clear signals about its future with NATO.
President Volodymyr Zelensky signs a decree imposing sanctions on 13 individuals and 28 legal entities that helped Russia maintain control over Zaporizhstal (Ukraine's steel maker).
The European Union should focus its efforts not only on immediate measures to support Ukraine on the battlefield but also on developing a long-term assistance program that will prove that Russia's hopes for EU tiredness are futile.
Kyiv Mayor Vitaly Klitschko showed foreign and Ukrainian journalists the fragments of missiles and attack drones that Russia launches to kill Ukrainian civilians.
Once Ukraine joins the European Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, this will complete the process of reformatting the global security architecture.
On May 12, Russian troops once again began shelling the city of Kherson and settlements in the region, and it is known that two women were killed in the Kakhovka district.
Volodymyr Ohryzko, former Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine (2007-2009), has "zero expectations" for China's peacekeeping activities to end the war Russia launched against Ukraine.