Russian presidential aide Yury Ushakov stated that continuing trilateral negotiations in the U.S.-Ukraine-Russia format is pointless until Kyiv withdraws its troops from the part of Donbas under its control.

Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil blamed the US president’s "irresponsible war in Iran" for harming the Germany economy.

Europe has no time to wait for Ukraine’s accession to the EU to make sure Ukraine could help the continent defend itself given its battle-tested experience.

Ther World Health Organization says it is not in the same situation as with Covid-19 because hantavirus spreads differently.

Russia’s Ministry of Defense issued a statement confirming its intention to observe the ceasefire from midnight on May 8 until May 10.

The city of Kharkiv has allocated more than UAH 1.8 billion from its budget to support the Armed Forces of Ukraine during the years of full-scale war, with UAH 300 million planned this year.

President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that Ukraine does not recommend representatives of countries close to Russia visiting Moscow on May 9, amid Russian strikes and threats.

Germany will not give in to intimidation from the Kremlin and will continue operating its diplomatic mission in the Ukrainian capital.

The former university lecturer was a vocal critic of the government and ruling Rwandan Patriotic Front party.

For the first time in nearly two decades, there will be no military hardware, just soldiers during Saturday’s parade in Moscow.