17 May 2025 - Ukraine Special Weapons News |
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Combat Operations
- 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.
Ukraine
- President of Ukraine Discusses Next Diplomatic Steps toward Peace with President of Switzerland President of Ukraine 17 May 2025
- Ceasefire, Pressure on Russia, Canada's G7 Presidency, and Bilateral Cooperation: Volodymyr Zelenskyy Meets with Mark Carney President of Ukraine 17 May 2025
- In Helsinki, Joint European Efforts to Return Children Deported by Russia Discussed as Part of the President of Ukraine's Bring Kids Back UA Initiative President of Ukraine 17 May 2025
Russia
- 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
- 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.
United States
- 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: Billions of US taxpayers' money 'pissed away' in Ukraine by Zelensky Press TV 17 May 2025 -- US President Donald Trump has said that he is annoyed by US taxpayers' money being "pissed away" by Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky.
- Secretary Rubio's Phone Call with Russia Foreign Minister Lavrov US Dept. of State 17 May 2025
- 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.
NATO
United Nations
- Civilians killed in drone strike in eastern Ukraine: UN rights monitors UN News 17 May 2025 -- A drone strike in eastern Ukraine on Saturday could possibly be the deadliest in recent weeks, the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in the country, HRMMU, has said.
Foreign Reactions
- Sentencing of Oscar Jenkins Australia MFA 17 May 2025 -- The Australian Government is appalled at the sham trial and 13-year sentence given to Australian man Oscar Jenkins.
- Prime Minister Carney meets with President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy Prime Minister of Canada 17 May 2025
- Spain condemns the Russian attack on a bus in Ukraine Spain MFA 17 May 2025
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