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A shooting took place in the village of Terlivka, in the Khmelnytskyi district, during a chase involving a driver whose licence had been revoked. One police officer was killed in the attack and another was injured.
Mobilisation measures have been stepped up in Kyiv over the past few months. The number of alert teams at the capital’s territorial recruitment and social support centres has been increased by 40%.
On 15 May in Chisinau, 33 states and the European Union plan to sign an agreement establishing a Special Tribunal on the crime of aggression against Ukraine. The signing is due to take place during a ministerial meeting of the Council of Europe.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has expressed the hope that Ukraine and Russia will resume talks in the near future. He said that Donald Trump’s administration is prepared to act as a mediator to bring about a diplomatic end to the war.
Since the start of the full-scale invasion, Russia has lost around 1,345,240 troops in Ukraine. Over the past 24 hours, the Russian army has suffered a further 1,060 casualties.
In Moscow and Kyiv, there is little faith that peace talks brokered by the US will resume any time soon, even after the war in the Middle East has ended. Both sides are becoming increasingly sceptical about US President Donald Trump’s diplomatic efforts.
US President Donald Trump will visit Beijing on 13–15 May for talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping. The two sides plan to discuss trade disputes, Taiwan, the war against Iran and Russia’s war against Ukraine.
Over the past 24 hours, the Russian army has lost a further 1,130 troops in the war against Ukraine. The Ukrainian military has also destroyed three Russian air defence systems.
Law enforcement officers in the Kyiv region have uncovered a scheme involving the misappropriation of public funds during the procurement of diesel generators for a sewage treatment plant in Bila Tserkva. According to the investigation, the equipment was purchased at a price almost three times higher than its actual value.
Over the past 24 hours, the Russian army has lost a further 1,020 troops in the war against Ukraine. The Ukrainian Armed Forces have also destroyed dozens of artillery systems, drones and vehicles.
The Pentagon’s website containing declassified material on unidentified aerial phenomena has been viewed nearly 500 million times in the past 24 hours. Over 160 documents and videos have already been published in the US.
Amid the ongoing war against Ukraine and regular drone strikes on Russian territory, public tension is mounting in Russia. Western and Russian analysts are pointing to a shift in public sentiment within the country.
