Germany agrees to support a U. S. plan to use frozen Russian assets, mostly in Europe, to provide $50 billion in aid to Ukraine.
France supports the request by the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court to issue arrest warrants for Israeli leaders, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, while condemning the anti-Semitic murders committed by Hamas and calling for a long-term political solution to restore peace.
The United States and Saudi Arabia are close to finalizing a bilateral defense agreement that provides for American guarantees of defense for Saudi Arabia, Saudi access to advanced American weapons such as F-35 aircraft in exchange for a halt to Chinese arms purchases, and the exchange of new technologies, including artificial intelligence.
The ICC prosecutor requested an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, and EU representative Josep Borrell noted the ICC's mandate to prosecute serious international crimes, saying that countries that have ratified the Rome Statute must comply with ICC decisions.
The British Foreign Office does not support the decision of the ICC prosecutor to issue an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, stating that the investigation of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict does not fall under the jurisdiction of the ICC, as Israel is not a party to the Rome Statute.
Putin's attempt to unleash a 19th-century imperial war of aggression against Ukraine in 2024 is a strategic mistake, says US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin.
Biden rejected the ICC's accusations against Israel, saying that the Israeli army's actions in Gaza do not constitute genocide, and promised to work with Israel to destroy Hamas.
Poland plans to create a system of fortifications, bunkers and other obstacles along its 400-kilometer border with Russia and Belarus, including reforesting and flooding some areas to restore a sense of security to residents living there.
The U. S. Congress may consider providing Georgia with economic and military assistance, including preferential trade, improved market access, visa liberalization, and military support for territorial defense against Russian aggression, if Georgia abandons its anti-Western rhetoric, respects human rights, and withdraws its Russian-like "foreign agent" law.
Ten people were injured, four of them seriously, when lightning struck a group on the banks of the Elbe River in Dresden, Germany, during a severe thunderstorm, with two men suffering cardiac arrest.
Iran announced June 28 as the date for the election of a new president after the death of President Ibrahim Raisi in a plane crash.
In Odesa, explosions occurred during an air raid alert due to Russian attacks by Shahid drones, as reported by the mayor, Gennadiy Trukhanov.
The U. S. State Department has declared its unwavering support for Ukraine in defeating Russia in the ongoing war and pledged to expedite military assistance to achieve this goal.
Four people were injured in drone strikes in Kharkiv, some of them suffering from acute stress reactions, and explosions were heard in Odesa amid air raid alert in the region.
Russian troops planned a May offensive to partially encircle Kharkiv, attacking from both sides of the Pechenizka Reservoir, but were stopped by Ukrainian defenses that failed to achieve their goal.
China has successfully launched four high-resolution optical remote sensing satellites called Beijing-3C into Earth orbit using a Long March-2D rocket.
NATO partners support Germany's initiative to provide Ukraine with air defense systems through financial and technical contributions.
Nine people were arrested in Poland for committing acts of sabotage on Russia's orders, including beatings and arson attempts.
Russian troops falsely claim to have occupied the village of Bilohorivka, but Ukrainian paratroopers from the 81st Airmobile Brigade have destroyed or disabled 6 tanks and 9 armored vehicles over the past two days.
Four people will be tried for embezzling 251 million hryvnias allocated for the purchase of bulletproof vests for the military, instead of which the funds were misappropriated.
According to the head of the Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance, Oleksandr Usyk's boxing gloves bore a monogram of Jesus Christ with the Greek letters alpha and omega, a 1600-1700-year-old Christian symbol that symbolizes Christianity and its founder.
Since the beginning of the day, 95 combat engagements took place on the frontline, during which the enemy carried out 5 missile attacks, 39 air strikes, 309 kamikaze attacks, and 2910 attacks on Ukrainian positions using various types of weapons.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned the decision of the ICC prosecutor to request arrest warrants for himself and others as an outrageous moral outrage of historic proportions that will bring eternal shame to the international court.
The Russian military shelled 14 settlements in Sumy region with a variety of weapons, including mortars, artillery, grenade launchers, and drones, resulting in 243 explosions.
The Netherlands will supply Ukraine with another batch of YPR-765 infantry fighting vehicles with remotely operated combat stations at the request of President Zelensky.
Due to the dry spring, the Russian authorities in Crimea are forced to use the resources of the Belogorsk and Taigan reservoirs to fill the North Crimean Canal, which indicates an acute problem of water shortage earlier than expected.
The death of Tsunami commander Oleksandr Gostishchev during the shelling was a personal tragedy for the head of the Odesa Regional State Administration Oleh Kiper.
The head of the Odesa Regional State Administration, Oleh Kiper, met with the Estonian delegation to discuss the grain corridor, strengthening air defense, cooperation in the field of digitalization and IT, economic ties between enterprises, and organizing recreation for children from Odesa in Estonia.
Back in the seventies, the windmill was transported to the National Museum of Culture and Life of Ukraine, where they planned to assemble and restore it. The idea was never realized. Today, it has become possible with the support of the MHP-Community Foundation.
The grain corridor from Odesa is working despite constant Russian attacks, with a growing number of ships leaving the port under military escort.
