Today, multiple Ukrainian strikes reportedly targeted a concentration of Russian military equipment and personnel near the Rosneft gas station in the Lgov area, according to local channels. A total of three attacks were carried out. The exact number of casualties remains unknown but the site is currently secured by military and emergency services.

🇺🇦🇨🇦 Ukrainian Foreign Minister Sybiiha held his first talks with Canada’s new Foreign Minister Anita Anand. They discussed diplomatic efforts for a just peace in Ukraine, a minimum 30-day ceasefire, tougher sanctions on Russia (energy & banking), and coordinating international support under Canada’s G7 presidency.

The EU Council will discuss suspending Hungary’s voting rights under Article 7 on May 27 over serious breaches of European values, including judicial independence and minority rights. This could stop Hungary from blocking aid to Ukraine and EU sanctions on Russia.

🇷🇺 During an interview on Al Arabiya, former Putin advisor Sergey Markov accidentally revealed that Russia has suffered "several hundred thousand" casualties in Ukraine—far higher than official Kremlin figures. If accurate, these are Russia’s heaviest military losses since WWII.

🇪🇺 Brussels is preparing a “Plan B” to launch EU accession talks with Ukraine without Hungary, should Orban maintain his veto. The workaround, dubbed “parallel negotiations,” would see 26 member states move forward with Kyiv—even if unanimity isn’t reached. Possibly already by fall.

🚨 Ukrainian drone attacks on Russian territory have resumed in large numbers. Even major Russian military channels are sounding the alarm: “Enemy UAVs over Russian territory. Many. Be cautious.”

🇷🇺 Putin has no plans to travel to the Vatican or elsewhere for peace talks, per Bloomberg.

Italy, a member of the ICC, is legally obligated to arrest him under the 2023 warrant—making such a trip diplomatically impossible.

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Russian losses per 23/05/25 reported by the Ukrainian General Staff.

+1050 men
+2 tanks
+1 AFV
+43 artillery
+2 MLRS
+148 UAVs

While drone numbers remain high, heavy equipment destruction is slowly declining.

Ukrainian air defense targetting and destroying a Russian Shahed drone attacking the Kyiv region this morning.

🇮🇹 Italy backs the EU’s goal to end Russian gas imports by 2027, says Energy Minister Pichetto Fratin. He added that Italy is now independent from Russian supplies and any new U.S. LNG deals are up to private buyers.