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Ukraine 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.
