Russia War of Ukraine: List of the main events, today 1,178 | Russia-Ukraine, news war

These are the main events per day 1,178 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Here is the place where things stand on Saturday, May 17:

Fighting

• Russia is preparing for new Military attack in UkraineUkrainian military analysts and Western military analysts said, as Russian Defense Minister André Pelosov in Minsk was on Friday to discuss joint military training in September and hand over new weapons to Belarus.
• Oil Senhopov, head of the regional military administration in Kharkif, said that a drone attack on the northeastern city of Kobansk killed a 55 -year -old woman and wounded four men.
• The Russian Ministry of Defense said that its forces seized six settlements in eastern Ukraine during the past week. According to the ministry’s statement, Russian forces in the Donetsk region advanced and took control of Torske, KotlyAivka, Myrolyubivka, Mykhailivka, Novouleksandrivka and Vilne Pole, and reports of the Tukiye News Agency.

• The Russian Ministry of Defense released a video clip showing the Russian forces that raise the Russian flag in the Mykhailivka settlement.
• A court in the Luhanssk region, which was occupied by Rossi Ukraine, sentenced Australian Oscars, Charles August, Jenkins, to 13 years in prison in a highly security criminal colony to fight on behalf of Ukraine.

cease-fire

• Kirill Dimitriev, investment envoy of Russian President Vladimir Putin, said late on Friday that the first direct dialogue between Russia or Ukraine in three years on Friday has achieved good results. 1. The largest prisoner exchange 2. The ceasefire that may work 3. Understanding positions and continuous dialogue. ”
• Ukrainian Defense Minister Rostam Omrov said in the wake of talks that about 1,000 prisoners from each side will be replaced “in the near future”, in the largest exchange since the beginning of the war in 2022.
• Umerov led the Ukrainian delegation, which ended 90 minutes after Istanbul, while Putin’s advisor, Vladimir Midinski, negotiated on behalf of Russia. United States delegation It was led by Foreign Minister Marco Rubio.
• Medinsky, who was the main Russian negotiator, expressed his satisfaction with the talks and said that Moscow was ready for more negotiations, including the ceasefire. “We have agreed that all parties will present their views on a potential ceasefire and put them in detail,” Midinski said after the meeting.

• A source in the Ukrainian delegation told Reuters that Russia’s demands “are separate from reality and exceeded anything previously discussed.” The source said that Moscow had issued an ultimatum to Ukraine to withdraw from parts of its lands in order to obtain a ceasefire “and other ingenious and non -constructive conditions.”
• Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Vian, who opened talks by welcoming the delegation and calling for a quick ceasefire, served as a binding between the negotiating tables at the Dolmabahs Palace in Istanbul.
• Ukrainian President Folodimir Zelinski expressed his regret after talks what he called a lost opportunity for peace. “This week, we had a real opportunity to move towards ending the war – if Putin was not only afraid of coming to Turk
• Zelenskyy, who did not attend the talks, said he was “ready to hold a direct meeting with him (Putin) to solve all major issues,” but “he did not agree to anything.”
• US President Donald TrumpWho pressed the end of the conflict, he said he would meet Putin “as soon as we can prepare it” in an attempt to make progress in peace talks. “I think the time has come to do so,” Trump told reporters in Abu Dhabi as a trip to the Middle East.

• On Friday with European leaders, Zelinski was in Tirana, with European leaders to discuss security, defense and democracy standards against the background of the war. He made a phone call with French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Friedrich Mirz, British Prime Minister Kiir Starmer and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk.
• The Prime Minister said, after consultations with President Trump, the European leaders also agreed to proceed with a joint action against Russia due to a Turkish failure to agree to a ceasefire in Ukraine.
• Starmer said after talks that the Russian position was “clearly unacceptable” and that European leaders, Ukraine and the United States “were closely compatible with” their responses.
• European Commission President Ursula von der Layen announced new plans for additional sanctions on Moscow after Putin’s failure to travel to Turki to negotiate with Ukraine.
• On Friday, US Senate members renewed calls to Congress to transfer sanctions on Russia after the ceasefire talks in Russia, Ukraine, showed little progress, but no sounds were set on bills that were presented six weeks ago aimed at pressuring Moscow to negotiate seriously.

Regional security

• Russia and Belarus are preparing a new large military maneuver together, according to BELTA reports, the Belarusian government agency. “We are planning to develop measures to confront the aggression against the union state,” said Defense Minister Pelosov during a meeting with his Belarusian counterpart, Victor Khrinin, in Minsk. The union state brings together Russia and Belarus.
• He said that the exercise, called Zapad 2015, or West 2015 in English, will be the main event of combat training for regional forces formations. It is planned to maneuver in mid -September, according to the agency.

Economy and trade

• Data from the official state statistics agency on Friday showed that Russia’s economic growth slowed to 1.4 percent on an annual basis in the first quarter of 2025, the lowest quarterly number in two years.
• Economists have warned months ago of the slowdown in the Russian economy, with low oil prices, high interest rates and deflation in manufacturing throughout the opposite wind. Moscow has reported a strong economic growth in 2023 and 2024, due to a large extent to the massive government defense spending on the conflict in Ukraine.
• The Baltic Countries Council (CBSS), which represents the democratic countries adjacent to the Baltic Sea, called for new shipping rules to allow stronger joint measures against the so -called shadow in Russia.