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Ukraine Invasion

• Zelenskyy Meets With Pope As Russia Launches Major Drone Assault On Ukraine RFE/RL 18 May 2025 -- Pope Leo XIV met one-on-one with Volodymyr Zelenskyy, as the Ukrainian leader looked to the Roman Catholic Church's leader to help push for a cessation of fighting in Russia's nearly 39-month-old war on Ukraine.
• Zelensky Says He's Ready for Dialogue With Russia 'in Any Format' Sputnik 18 May 2025 -- Volodymyr Zelensky thanked the Vatican Sunday for its willingness to provide a platform for direct talks.
• Silent Deportation: Russia's Crackdown On Crimean Tatars Echoes Soviet-Era Expulsions RFE/RL 18 May 2025 -- As Ukraine marks the anniversary of Stalin-era deportations of Crimean Tatars more than eight decades ago, members of the ethnic minority group living on the Russian-occupied Black Sea peninsula are enduring a renewed campaign of repression.
• Witkoff Hopes Trump-Putin Call Will 'Clear Logjam' in Ukraine Talks Sputnik 18 May 2025 -- US special envoy Steve Witkoff on Sunday expressed hope that the upcoming phone call between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will be very successful and will "clear up some of the logjam" in the settlement of the Ukraine conflict.
• Putin says military op in Ukraine aimed at long-lasting peace after direct talks: media Global Times 18 May 2025 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday that his country's special military operation in Ukraine is aimed at long-lasting peace, stressing that Russia has ample forces to complete the operation and reach the designated objectives, Russian state news agency Tass reported.
• Russian Forces Liberate Bogatyr Settlement in DPR - MoD Sputnik 18 May 2025 -- Russia's Battlegroup Vostok took control of the settlement of Bogatyr in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), the Russian Defense Ministry said on Sunday.
• 'Long-term Peace & Security' - Putin Defines Russia's Goals of Military Operation in Ukraine Sputnik 18 May 2025 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin has called lasting peace one of the main goals of Russia's military operation in Ukraine.

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• Russia detained the oil tanker Green Admire as it was departing from the Estonian Port of Sillamäe Estonia MFA 18 May 2025 -- Today, May 18th, the Russian Federation detained the oil tanker Green Admire, sailing under the Liberian flag and owned by a Greek company, as it was departing from the Estonian Port of Sillamäe and following a previously agreed route through Russian territorial waters.