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Ukraine May 2025
Ukraine accuses Russia of undermining next round of peace talks (LINK) 30 May 2025
Ukraine to receive $3 bn loan from Japan backed by frozen Russian assets (LINK) 30 May 2025
UN Commission concludes that Russian armed forces' drone attacks against civilians in Kherson Province amount to crimes against humanity of murder (LINK) 28 May 2025
— "From July 2024, Russian forces have recurrently killed and injured civilians in an area stretching over more than 100 kilometres along the right bank of the Dnipro River in Kherson Province. The drone attacks have been widespread, systematic and conducted as part of a coordinated state policy, the report said. The attacks followed a regular pattern and the same modus operandi, demonstrating that they were planned, directed, and organized. There is no information suggesting that Russian military and civilian authorities have taken any steps to prevent or stop the commission of the crimes."
Germany and Ukraine's other main allies scrap range limits on arms sent to Kyiv (LINK) 26 May 2025
Secret note reveals Russia using Telegram bots to control drones attacking Ukraine, Economist reports (LINK) 25 May 2025
Trump says Putin 'has gone absolutely crazy' after major Russian attack on Ukraine (LINK) 25 May 2025
Russian strikes kill 12 people across Ukraine, officials say: Deaths were reported in Ukraine's west and south regions and the capital Kyiv, while Russia says it destroyed 95 Ukrainian drones (LINK) 25 May 2025
— It comes a day after Kyiv suffered one of the heaviest assaults since the start of the Russian invasion, with Russian aerial attacks killing at least 13.
Kyiv comes under large-scale Russian drone and missile attack with explosions heard across the city (LINK) 24 May 2025
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: Kyiv comes under 'combined enemy attack' after prisoner exchange (LINK) 24 May 2025
Without waiting for Trump, E.U. and Britain impose new sanctions on Russia over Ukraine less than 24 hours after President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin exchanged a friendly, if fruitless, phone call about ending the war in Ukraine (LINK) 21 May 2025
— The measures will crack down on Moscow's so-called "shadow fleet" — around 200 vessels used to transport Russian oil exports globally — the 27-nation bloc and London said in separate statements. They are the 17th set of European sanctions imposed on Russia since it invaded its neighbour in 2022, the E.U. said.
Fox News: Trump distances himself from Russia–Ukraine conflict: 'Not our people, not our soldiers' (LINK) 21 May 2025
Trump says Russia and Ukraine to 'immediately' begin ceasefire talks after two-hour call with Putin (LINK) — ground.news: 15 media reports (LINK)19 May 2025
Trump to call Putin, Zelenskyy next week: just a day after the rare direct peace talks between Russia and Ukraine, nine people were killed in a Russian strike on a bus in northeastern Ukraine (LINK) 17 May 2025
Russia and Ukraine agree to prisoner swap in first direct talks since 2022, with each side giving up 1000 prisoners of war (LINK) 16 May 2025
The United States ambassador to Ukraine, Bridgette Brink, resigned in protest last month after nearly 30 years in public service, according to an op-ed penned by the veteran diplomat and published on Friday (LINK) 16 May 2025
Ukraine's Zelenskyy sends delegation for Russia talks after Putin no-show: said that the Russian delegation did not include "anyone who actually makes decisions" (LINK) 15 May 2025
Putin sacks chief of military's land forces (LINK)15 May 2025
Russia says Putin not due to attend peace talks with Ukraine in Turkey: sends "very junior" delegation (LINK) 15 May 2025
Ukraine ready to meet Russia but only if ceasefire agreed, says Zelenskyy (LINK) 11 May 2025
Journalist Ekaterina Barabash after escaping Russia: Russians have "always been taught that Ukraine is just a part of Russia. But this belief is a kind of poison. It's something that every Russian grows up with, often without even realizing it." (LINK) 10 May 2025
— "I often hear [...] 'Everyone lies.' They're willing to accept the lies from Russian propaganda, but they won't even consider competing narratives from other sources. 'Everyone lies,' they say. It's an awful argument — a foolish one, really."
EU endorses special tribunal to prosecute Russian leaders, aiming to secure accountability beyond the scope of existing ICC warrants (LINK) 9 May 2025
AlJazeera: Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,164 (LINK) 3 May 2025
- A resident was killed in Ukraine's southern Kherson region when a fallen attack drone detonated as the victim was trying to carry it away from a residential house.
- At least 46 people were injured after Russia launched a mass drone attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city, hitting a high-rise apartment block and triggering fires.
- Russia said its forces were continuing to create a "security strip" in border areas of Ukraine's Sumy region after driving Ukrainian troops out of the Kursk region, just across the border in western Russia.
