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A 1,500-square-meter auto repair shop is on fire in Podolsk

Turkish Foreign Minister Fidan will meet with Russian delegation led by Putin’s presidential aide Medinsky at Istanbul's Dolmabahce Palace this evening: Foreign Ministry

Putin appointed the commander of the Russian Ground Forces, Oleg Salyukov, as Deputy Secretary of the Russian Security Council.

RuNet suffers major outage: users report that banks, streaming services, social networks, YouTube, Steam and neural networks like DeepSeek are experiencing interruptions

I decided to send a delegation to Istanbul - Zelensky According to the President of Ukraine, he is doing this out of respect for Trump and Erdogan and in an attempt to achieve at least the first steps to end the war. The delegation will be led by Defense Minister Rustem Umerov. The main mandate for the Ukrainian negotiating team is a ceasefire.

Trump just spoke about Russia and Ukraine, telling reporters that "nothing is going to happen until Putin and I get together"

Rubio is meeting with European Quint Counterparts and NATO SecGen Mark Rutte to discuss Russia-Ukraine and other key topics as Lavrov accusing Western European countries of not really seeking peace in Ukraine

The big issue on everyone’s mind is what’s happening in Russia-Ukraine,” @SecRubio says as NATO top diplomats’ Antalya ministerial kicks off with Rubio-Rutte warm words

Vladimir Medinsky will head the Russian delegation at the talks in Istanbul on May 15. The Russian delegation for the talks in Istanbul includes Medinsky, Galuzin, Fomin and Kostyukov, the Kremlin reported.

Trump: I always consider secondary sanctions on Russia

A batch of cocaine worth half a billion rubles disguised as bananas was discovered in the port of St. Petersburg. The ship with the illegal cargo arrived from Latin America

EU Ambassadors just gave green light to the 17th sanctions package on Russia. In parallel they have also approved more sanctions on Russia for human rights abuses, hybrid interferences around the world and chemical weapons proliferation

Ukraine said Tuesday that if Putin skips talks in Turkey it would be a "clear sign" to the world the Russian leader is not serious about peace, and the West should reply with boosted military support to Kyiv

Turkish President Erdogan: I spoke with Ukraine's Zelensky today. Türkiye is ready and happy to host any Russia-Ukraine talks. There is a new window of opportunity now. I hope the new opportunity will not be squandered

President Donald Trump on Monday raised the prospect of joining talks between Russia and Ukraine in Turkey on Thursday. "I was thinking about flying over. I don't know where I'm going to be on Thursday

Turkish Foreign Minister: We call on Russia and Ukraine to meet at the same table.

Earthquake of magnitude 5.3 - 63 km WSW of Beringovskiy, Russia

Earthquake of magnitude 5.3 - 53 km SW of Beringovskiy, Russia

Strikes were reported at Russian military HQ in Rylsk

Zelensky: We expect a ceasefire from tomorrow - complete and lasting, to provide the necessary basis for diplomacy. There is no point in dragging out the killings. And I will wait for Putin on Thursday in Turkey. Personally. I hope that this time the Russians will not look for reasons why they cannot.

Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 39 km SE of Vostok, Russia

Putin proposes Ukraine to start direct talks on 15th May in Istanbul without any preconditions

Joint statement by the leaders of France, Germany, Poland, the United Kingdom and Ukraine following their meeting in Kyiv: The leaders agreed that there should be a complete and unconditional ceasefire for at least 30 days from Monday, May 12. An unconditional ceasefire, by definition, cannot be subject to any conditions. If Russia were to impose such conditions, it could only be seen as an attempt to prolong the war and undermine diplomacy. They demanded that the ceasefire be comprehensive: in the air, at sea and on land. They stressed that this would require effective monitoring, which could be successfully implemented in close coordination with the United States. They agreed that the ceasefire should last at least 30 days to create space for diplomacy

Putin met with the head of Burkina Faso junta Ibrahim Traore in Kremlin

WSJ: Trump told donors he's frustrated by how hard ending Ukraine war has been, even losing sleep over it. He asked if Putin has changed, surprised by strikes on areas with kids. Putin, he says, has been tough in talks and wants “everything.”

Chita Airport (Kadala) is temporarily not accepting or sending aircraft since 09:10 Moscow time due to the need to extinguish a landscape fire (dry grass is burning) that broke out outside the airfield but has reached the airfield — Rosaviatsia

Macron: A just and lasting peace begins with a full and unconditional ceasefire. That is the proposal we are advancing with the United States. Ukraine accepted it on March 11. Russia, however, delays, sets preconditions, plays for time, and continues its war of invasion. If Moscow continues to obstruct, we will step up the pressure—together, as Europeans and in close coordination with the United States. We welcome President Trump’s call to move forward in this direction.

REPORTER: The US embassy in Kyiv is warning right now about a possible Russian significant attack on Kyiv. What's your message for Putin? TRUMP: I have a message for both parties. Get this war ended

Russia has closed airspace over parts of Volgograd and Saratov regions, including the Kapustin Yar range, from 06:00 on May 12 to 06:00 on May 13—likely for a ballistic missile test, as the "BO" code and unlimited altitude restriction suggest

Kremlin's spokesperson says Moscow had supported the idea of 30 days ceasefire from the very beginning, but with nuances