Vira Kravchuk

Ukraine's government pushed back against American diplomat's suggestion that Russian language prevalence in eastern Russian-occupied oblasts could legitimize Moscow's territorial claims.

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov stated that Ukraine must abandon occupied Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia oblasts, which Russia claims as its own territories.

The document, enacted during Donald Trump's first presidency, formally rejected Russia's annexation of Crimea.

The European Commission is simultaneously developing legal pathways for companies to exit existing gas agreements without penalties as part of a comprehensive strategy to reduce Russian energy dependence.

The US president claimed that Ukraine has "no cards to play" and suggested Zelenskyy faces a choice between immediate peace or continuing the war that could result in losing "the entire country."

The attack, which included both artillery and drone strikes, continued for more than 24 hours and resulted in the complete destruction of infrastructure essential to the city's power grid.

The industrial complex in Yelabuga is responsible for producing 6,000 drones in 2024 alone, which are used to attack Ukrainian cities.

Jean-Noël Barrot claimed that it was a tactical "charm offensive" aimed directly at preventing Donald Trump from losing patience with the peace process.

President Trump's tariff policies, designed to reduce foreign dependency, are creating unintended complications for Pentagon drone acquisition as China imposes retaliatory measures on American companies, especially drone makers with military contracts.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov recently accused the EU of promoting "neo-Nazi ideology" after EU officials recommended boycotting Russia's Victory Day Parade on 9 May as the Kremlin uses Soviet victory over Nazi Germany to justify current invasion.

Ukraine's former ambassador to Germany and current UN representative, Andrii Melnyk, responded "Please stop with this clown show. We're not on the Reeperbahn [red-light district in Hamburg, Germany]. Ukraine needs Taurus like it needs air. Don't let us suffocate."

While the plan recognizes Crimea as Russian, it does not acknowledge Russia’s claim to four additional eastern oblasts it declared annexed in 2022, nor does it demand a withdrawal of Russian troops.

The attack damaged civilian infrastructure in different oblasts of Ukraine, however causing no casualties.

US President also wrote, "The Golden Rule of negotiation and success: whoever has the gold makes the rules."