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The Verkhovna Rada passed in the first reading a draft law on exemption from VAT and customs duties on imports of components for the production and repair of mechanized demining machines, which aims to address the problem of significant mine contamination of Ukraine's territory during the war.

Ukraine's women's 3x3 basketball team has won one of 12 tickets to the European Championships, defeating teams from Turkey, Estonia, Poland, and Slovakia in the qualifying tournament in Bratislava.

Despite efforts to cut off supplies of Russian fossil fuels, gas imports to Europe from Russia in May exceeded those from the United States.

Many regions of China are experiencing extreme weather conditions: high temperature warnings have been issued in the northern regions, and heavy flooding due to heavy rains in the southern provinces.

Ukrainian athlete Veronika Marchenko won a license for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, taking third place at the world qualifying tournament in Antalya, Turkey.

Iraq and Jordan withdrew their signatures from the joint communiqué of the Global Peace Summit, bringing the document aimed at achieving peace in Ukraine to 78 countries.

The participants of the Peace Summit in Switzerland have drafted a final declaration. They call for the return of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant to Ukrainian control, the restoration of safe access to Ukrainian seaports, and the exchange of prisoners of war. Russia is accused of causing massive human suffering and destruction through its aggression against Ukraine.

The men's national volleyball team of Ukraine has reached the final of the Golden Euroleague 2024, defeating the Czech Republic 3-0 in the semifinals.

The war started by Russia risks going beyond Ukraine's borders and may involve the use of weapons of mass destruction, Turkey's foreign minister said at the Global Peace Summit.

World leaders are gathering in Switzerland for the Peace Summit, and European officials have spoken out about the impact of the event.

Several banks in Kyrgyzstan have stopped making money transfers to and from Russia due to new US and UK sanctions against Moscow.

G7 leaders gather for their annual summit in Italy, seeking to double down on support for Ukraine with a $50 billion loan package using frozen Russian assets, confront China's economic ambitions, and discuss issues such as artificial intelligence, while also facing domestic challenges.

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan will represent Turkey at the peace summit in Switzerland after attending a meeting of BRICS foreign ministers in russia.

NATO plans to ask its allies to commit to providing at least 40 billion euros of annual military assistance to Ukraine, replacing the previous proposal for a five-year fund due to resistance from member countries.

The leadership of the Odessa region is negotiating with Turkey on the transfer of floating power plants to cover the electricity shortage. It is planned to place one vessel each in Izmail, Odessa and Yuzhny.

Ukraine and Turkey have agreed to cooperate in the field of rehabilitation of Ukrainian servicemen, while Turkey has expanded its assistance to include a pilot project to create an effective rehabilitation system with the participation of various institutions.

In 2023, according to the quota system of the occupation regime, Russian exporters exported at least 34,000 tons of grain worth 6. 2 million euros from the occupied Kherson region of Ukraine.

The Ukrainian Defense Forces have destroyed the professional core of the Russian army, which the Russian Federation spent 15 years forming, said former Defense Minister of Ukraine Oleksii Reznikov.

NATO is developing several "land corridors" for the transfer of American troops and armored vehicles to the front line in the event of a major European ground war with russia.

At the European Youth Fencing Championships in Antalya (Turkey), Ukrainian rapier players Daria Mironyuk, Alina Polozyuk, Olga Sopit and Ekaterina Budenko won silver medals in team competitions.

Ukrainian rapier player Daria Mironyuk won a gold medal in the individual competition at the European Youth Fencing Championships in Antalya, Turkey.

The G7 and the EU are considering measures to restrict the activities of third-country banks that use alternative financial messaging systems, such as SWIFT, to help Russia circumvent international sanctions.

The Odessa regional state administration has received significant assistance from international partners, including the EU, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Italy, Greece, Germany, France, the United States and Norway. Partners transfer medical equipment, ambulances, electric generators and other support for the restoration and development of the region.

The head of the Odessa regional administration Oleg Kiper discussed with the governor of the Turkish province of Ankara the possibilities of cooperation in the economic, agricultural, innovative, sports, educational spheres, the signing of an interregional Agreement and the organization of recreation for children of military personnel and internally displaced persons in Ankara.

Biden's participation in the peace summit in Switzerland remains uncertain, as the United States has not confirmed his presence, possibly for security reasons. Its presence or high-level representation by the United States is crucial for demonstrating Western support for Ukraine's peace initiative.

12 people, including 6 passengers and 6 crew members, were injured after a Qatar Airways plane en route from Doha to Dublin hit turbulence while flying over Turkey.

Today, May 27, is World Emergency Medical Day. The event was established not in honor of the fact that the European Society of Emergency Medicine was signed in London on May 27.

Russia claims that the Wilayat Khorasan group of the so-called Islamic State coordinated the terrorist attack on Crocus City Hall near Moscow via the Internet from the Afghanistan-Pakistan region.

While digging in his wine cellar, an Austrian winemaker finds mammoth bones 30,000 to 40,000 years old and stone tools used by prehistoric people.

A Russian oil tanker's engine failed while passing through the Turkish Dardanelles Straits, temporarily blocking maritime traffic for three hours.