In negotiations held in Istanbul, Russia issued sweeping demands to Ukraine, including the full handover of four occupied regions and formal recognition of Crimea as Russian territory. If these conditions are not met, Russian officials warned they would seek to seize two more regions —…
Russia attacked Ukraine overnight into 16 May with over 100 explosive drones, in yet another of its daily nighttime UAV barrages. Additionally, it shelled cities and targeted civilians with artillery, munition-dropping drones, and FPV UAVs. The combined assaults over the past day, night, and…
Pope Leo XIV has offered the Vatican as the venue to host future peace talks between Russia and Ukraine, the Vatican’s secretary of state has said.
Cardinal Pietro Parolin described the outcome of the recent Türkiye peace talks as “tragic.”
“It’s all tragic because we hoped that a…
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Russian and Ukrainian delegations met in Istanbul for nearly two hours of negotiations, resulting in agreement on a major prisoner exchange but little progress on other key issues.
A Ukrainian diplomatic source told Reuters that Russia presented unacceptable demands,
Today, there is interesting news from the Pokrovsk direction.
Here, the international effort to support Ukraine’s fight against Russia, led by the Drone coalition with Latvia at its forefront, is set to deliver 12,000 drones this year by June. As a result, the deadliest drone brigade,…
In the early hours of 16 May, a drone strike reportedly hit a Russian ammunition depot in Perevalne, near Simferopol, in temporarily occupied Crimea. According to the monitoring Telegram channel Krymsky Veter and eyewitness accounts shared on local social media, explosions and a fire broke out…
On 16 May, Politico reported that European leaders gathering for the sixth European Political Community summit in Albania are weighing a full trade embargo against Russia. The move comes after Russian President Vladimir Putin ignored calls for a 30-day ceasefire in Ukraine and failed to attend…
The Ukrainian Air Force confirmed that an F-16 fighter jet was lost while repelling a Russian air attack in the early hours of 16 May 2025. According to the communications department of the Air Force Command, contact with the aircraft was lost at approximately 03:30.