The Spanish police consider the murder of former Ukrainian official Andrii Portnov in Madrid to be professionally planned and probably contracted.

Ukrainian defence forces struck at a Russian military-industrial complex.

US President Donald Trump said that "a major prisoner swap" had taken place between Ukraine and Russia.

The State Duma of the Russian Federation says that the creation of a "union state" is the goal of the war against Ukraine.

In the morning of 23 May, Russian invaders shelled Huliaipole district of Zaporizhzhia region.

The "buffer zone" spoken of by Kremlin dictator Vladimir Putin may be created on Russian territory. This is why the Defence Forces are conducting operations in the Kursk and Belgorod regions.

On the night of 23 May, Ukrainian drones attacked a number of regions of the Russian Federation. Explosions were heard in the Moscow, Tula and Ryazan regions.

Ukraine’s Ambassador to the United Kingdom and former Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Valerii Zaluzhnyi, believes that Ukraine should not expect the restoration of its 1991 borders as long as the enemy retains the resources to continue its war against the country.

Russian dictator Vladimir Putin believes that U.S. President Donald Trump’s gaps in knowledge about the Russia-Ukraine war have always given him an advantage in their conversations.

During his presidential campaign, U.S. President Donald Trump repeatedly promised to end the war in Ukraine in the shortest possible time. Now, however, he acknowledges that achieving a ceasefire is not so simple.