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24 May 2025
Ukrainian First Deputy Prime Minister, Economy Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko has received a diplomatic note from Chargé d’Affaires a.i. at the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine Julie S. Davis, confirming the completion of internal procedures for the establishment of the U.S.-Ukraine Reconstruction Investment Fund.
Even though the European Commission has approved the transitional measures coming into effect from June 6, 2025, Ukraine and the European Union have the political will to reach an agreement on balanced trade conditions by the end of July 2025.
DNA analysis of the remains exhumed in Puzhnyky will take approximately 2–3 months.
Ukraine has received permission and is preparing to conduct exhumation work in Poland this year.
Ukraine and the European Union are working to expand and develop new financial mechanisms aimed at attracting more private capital for the country’s recovery.
23 May 2025
Russia will be ready to hand over to Ukraine its list of conditions for achieving a ceasefire immediately after the completion of the 1000-for-1000 prisoner exchange, which began on Friday.
A 37-year-old scout Mykola Znaida from Kyiv region, who spent almost two years in captivity and whose family had no information about him for six months, has returned from Russian captivity.
Ukraine admits that the upcoming meeting between President Volodymyr Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin may be in an expanded format, and would very much like US President Donald Trump to join it.
Minister of Finance of Ukraine Sergii Marchenko discussed with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva priority reforms to strengthen Ukraine's financial stability.
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has unveiled exclusive footage documenting the release of 390 Ukrainians from Russian captivity. The exchange took place on Friday, May 23, as part of the first phase of the "1,000-for-1,000" prisoner swap.
On the occasion of the Day of the Marines, Vice Admiral Oleksiy Neizhpapa, Commander of the Naval Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, presented awards to soldiers defending the homeland in the hottest sectors of the frontline.
Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov emphasized that the prisoner exchange lists were compiled with a single overriding criterion: to save lives.
As part of the "1000-for-1000" exchange, 390 prisoners have been returned to Ukraine.
As part of the "1000-for-1000" exchange, 390 prisoners have been returned to Ukraine.
As part of the "1000-for-1000" exchange, 390 prisoners have been returned to Ukraine.
As part of the "1000-for-1000" exchange, 390 prisoners have been returned to Ukraine.
Russia intensifies efforts to undermine Ukraine's mobilization campaign
Since the beginning of the day, there have been 84 combat engagements between Ukrainian defenders and Russian forces. Fighting is still ongoing in five sectors of the front, with the highest enemy activity reported in the Pokrovsk sector.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has stated that Moscow is against organizing Russia–Ukraine peace negotiations in the Vatican, calling the idea "not elegant." He also dismissed the notion that Russia would ever "allow" Ukraine to live under its own laws as an illusion.
On May 21, the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine carried out a strike on the forward command post of the 3rd Army Corps of Russian invaders in the temporarily occupied town of Bakhmut, Donetsk region.
Law enforcement authorities have launched an investigation into the execution of two more Ukrainian prisoners of war by Russian forces in the Pokrovsk sector.
Given the high level of profitability of the domestic banking system, the state may decide on imposing an additional profit tax on banks at an increased rate even this year.
President Volodymyr Zelensky has awarded honorary distinctions to three brigades of the Ukrainian Navy’s Marine Corps. The 38th Separate Marine Brigade was granted an honorary name, while the 36th and 37th Brigades were recognized for their courage and bravery.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has confirmed a strike on PJSC Energia in the town of Yelets, Lipetsk region of the Russian Federation.
Russia has ramped up its disinformation campaign targeting Ukraine's president
In the Prydniprovsky direction, Russian troops are trying to force the Ukrainian Defense Forces from the Antonivsky bridge, and in the south of the island zone they are trying to take control of the islands of Zabych, Nestryha and Kozulisky.
In the village of Pechenyhy, Chuhuiv district, Kharkiv region, Russian troops destroyed a production facility and a road repair and maintenance company with Shahed in the morning of May 23.
In the Pokrovsk direction, operators of the Corsair battalion of the 38th Separate Marine Brigade destroyed Russian self-propelled artillery systems and MT-LBs using FPV drones.
In the training of marines, the training of helmsmen who operate small boats - “drivers” - is still relevant. In addition to the Basic combined arms training (BCT), drivers are trained for two weeks in the Navy training centers.
Combat drone operators from the "Prime" strike UAV unit of the 5th detachment of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine successfully struck enemy targets in the Kursk sector, including an ammunition depot, a tank, two UAV takeoff and control positions, and ten fortified locations.