Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,175 | Russia-Ukraine war News

These are the key events on day 1,175 of Russia’s war on ukraine.

Here is where things stand on Wednesday, May 14:

Fighting

• At least three people were killed in a russian bombardment of Ukraine’s Kharkivan official from the region said.

• At least 16 people were wounded in ukrainian drone attacks on the region of Belgorod, the Governor of the Southwestern Russian Region said.

• Among the wounded were a doctor and a paramedic, Belgorod Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said on the telegram messaging app. Eight people were admitted to hospital, he added.

• Russia’s Air Defense units destroyed 12 ukrainian drones overnight, according to Russian News Agencies.

CEASEFIRE TALKS

• President Volodymyr zelenskyy said he would travel to turkiye this week for negotiations with Russia on the war in ukraine and urged president Vladimir Putin to meet him for face-to-faces.
• Zelenskyyyy called on us counterpart Donald Trump to help secure a meeting with Vladimir Putin in Turkiye on Thursday, while accusing the russian leader of not seriously wanting to end the war.
• Zelenskyy also said he hopes to attend Pope Leo XIV’s Inaugural Mass on Sunday, Depending on Developments in Talks with Russia This Week.
• Trump Said US Secretary of State Marco Rubio would participate in talks on the ukraine war in Turkiye, saying he expects “some pretty good results”. A State Department Official Said Rubio was expected on Friday in Istanbul.
• Brazil’s President Said He will Press Vladimir Putin to attend negotiations with Zelenskyy in Turkiye.

• French President Emmanuel Macron has declared that he was in favor of imposing new sanctions on Russia in the coming days if moscow failed to agree to a ceacefire, mentioning financial services and oil as possible.

• German Chancellor Friedrich Merz Earlier said European Allies would roll out “a significant tightening of sanctions” if there was no progress on ending the ukraine war this week.

• Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov was quoted by Russian News Agencies as Saying Moscow was ready for serious talks on ukraine but had double kyiv’s capacity for negotiations.

Economy

• The EU is preparaging to apply much higher tariffs on imports from ukraine within weeks, Hitting Kyiv’s Economy at a crucial time in its fight against russian aggression, the financial times reported on Wednesday, quoting diplomats.