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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• Ukrainian Artillery Crew Sees No Prospect Of Cease-Fire RFE/RL 17 May 2025 -- To the Ukrainian soldiers facing off with advancing Russian troops in the Kharkiv region, the recent flurry of reports on possible cease-fire talks doesn't hold much sway, they say.
• Russia, Ukraine resume talks in Turkey after three-year hiatus, agree to exchange 1,000 POWs each Global Times 17 May 2025 -- Russian and Ukrainian representatives finally held direct talks in Istanbul on Friday, marking the first direct engagement between two sides since their meeting in the Turkish city in March 2022, after a scheduled negotiation on Thursday failed to materialize.
• Russia, Ukraine agree on large-scale POW swap, further talks in Istanbul People's Daily 17 May 2025 -- Delegations of Russia and Ukraine concluded their meeting in Türkiye's Istanbul on Friday, agreeing to hold a new round of negotiations and have a large-scale prisoner exchange.
• Trump Plans Calls With Putin, Zelenskyy As Russian Drone Strike Kills 9 In Ukraine RFE/RL 17 May 2025 -- US President Donald Trump said he will speak with the leaders of Russia and Ukraine in separate calls on May 19 as a deadly Russian drone attack killed nine minibus passengers in Ukraine a day after the first direct peace talks in three years produced no breakthrough.
• Trump Calls For Putin Meeting After No Ukraine-Russia Breakthrough In Istanbul Talks RFE/RL 17 May 2025 -- US President Donald Trump called for a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin after the first direct peace talks between Russia and Ukraine in more than three years ended without a breakthrough.
• Russian Forces Take Control of Aleksandropol Village in Donetsk Region - MoD Sputnik 17 May 2025 -- Russia's Battlegroup Tsentr has taken control of the village of Aleksandropol in the region of Donetsk, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Saturday.
• Kremlin Names Condition for Putin-Zelensky Meeting Sputnik 17 May 2025 -- A meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky is possible if delegations of both countries reach certain agreements, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Saturday.

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Foreign Policy

• Telephone conversation with President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev President of Russia 17 May 2025
• Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's telephone conversation with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 17 May 2025
• Secretary Rubio's Phone Call with Russia Foreign Minister Lavrov US Dept. of State 17 May 2025

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