President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he spoke with U.S. President Donald Trump twice on May 19—before and after Trump’s call with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin.

Ukraine’s State Agency for the Restoration and Development (SARD) signed a memorandum of cooperation with SG, a leading South Korean asphalt concrete producer, SARD announced on May 19.

The phone call between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, mostly focused on Ukraine, has lasted two hours, Russian state propaganda agency RIA Novosti reported on May 19.

South Korea’s military said North Korea received Russian help to develop a new air-to-air missile, following a test last week, Yonhap reported on May 19.

Russian forces advanced near Nova Poltavka, Malynivka, and Romanivka in Donetsk Oblast, the DeepState monitoring project reported on Telegram on May 19.

Security Action for Europe (SAFE) fund to enhance European defense through loans for joint arms purchases, with final approval set for May 21, the Financial Times reported.

Pro-Russian Moldovan politician Victoria Furtună, linked to oligarch Ilan Shor, claimed Moldova should “return” the Budjak region in southern Odesa Oblast, Ukraine, to regain Black Sea access, ...

Veteran and National Antarctic Scientific Center director Yevhen Dykyi outlined possible frontline scenarios amid ceasefire talks with Russia in an interview with Radio NV on May 19.

Two men opened fire from a car window in Kyiv’s Darnytskyi district on May 19 and were swiftly detained by law enforcement, Kyiv police reported on Facebook.

Polish customs officers have seized five tons of tires intended for Boeing civilian aircraft that were being transported to Russia, Reuters reported on May 19.

Ukraine’s SBU Security Service detained a 42-year-old unemployed man from Chernihiv Oblast for spying on Ukrainian forces guarding the northern border, working for Russian GRU military intelligence, ...

Land plots in the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone may be allocated for small modular reactors, the head of Ukraine’s Exclusion Zone agency told Interfax-Ukraine on May 19.