Here is where things stand on Wednesday, May 14:
Fighting
- At least three people were killed in a Russian bombardment of Ukraine’s Kharkiv, an official from the region said.
- Russia’s air defence units destroyed 12 Ukrainian drones overnight, according to Russian news agencies.
Ceasefire talks
- President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he would travel to Turkiye this week for negotiations with Russia on the war in Ukraine and urged President Vladimir Putin to meet him for face-to-face talks.
- Zelenskyy called on US counterpart Donald Trump to help secure a meeting with Vladimir Putin in Turkiye on Thursday, while accusing the Russian leader of not seriously wanting to end the war.
- Zelenskyy also said he hopes to attend Pope Leo XIV’s inaugural Mass on Sunday, depending on developments in talks with Russia this week.
- Trump said US Secretary of State Marco Rubio would participate in talks on the Ukraine war in Turkiye, saying he expects “some pretty good results”. A State Department official said Rubio was expected on Friday in Istanbul.
- Brazil’s president said he will press Vladimir Putin to attend negotiations with Zelenskyy in Turkiye.
- Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov was quoted by Russian news agencies as saying Moscow was ready for serious talks on Ukraine but had doubts about Kyiv’s capacity for negotiations.
Economy
Source: Aljazeera
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