These are the important thing occasions on day 1,180 of Russia’s battle on Ukraine.
Right here is the place issues stand on Monday, Could 19:
Combating
- Russia launched its largest drone assault on Ukraine because the begin of the battle, destroying houses and killing no less than one lady, a day earlier than United States President Donald Trump is because of talk about a proposed ceasefire with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
- Ukraine’s air pressure stated Russia launched 273 drones at Ukrainian cities, greater than the earlier document Moscow had set in February, on the battle’s third anniversary.
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Ukraine’s navy intelligence company stated Russia deliberate to conduct a “coaching and fight” launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile to intimidate Ukraine and the West, as ceasefire talks proceed.
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Russian forces have taken management of the settlement of Bahatyr in Ukraine’s japanese Donetsk area, Russia’s Ministry of Defence stated. It additionally stated that Russian forces had downed 75 Ukrainian drones on Sunday, in accordance with Russia’s state TASS information company.
Ceasefire talks
- The leaders of France, Germany, Italy and the UK once more pressed the need for sanctions towards Russia in a name with Trump earlier than his phone summit with Putin on Monday, the workplace of UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer stated.
- Putin instructed Russian state tv that he needed to “get rid of the causes that triggered” its battle on Ukraine, “create the situations for an enduring peace and assure Russia’s safety”, two days after the primary direct talks with Kyiv since 2022 failed to provide a ceasefire deal.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with US Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Rome, on the sidelines of Pope Leo XIV’s inauguration, to debate the most recent developments on ceasefire talks with Russia. It was their first assembly since their heated White Home encounter in February.
- The pope held his first private audience as Catholic chief with Zelenskyy, after highlighting hopes for peace for a “martyred Ukraine”.
