These are the important thing occasions on day 1,177 of Russia’s battle on Ukraine.
Right here is the place issues stand on Friday, Could 16 :
Combating
- Combating continues alongside the 1,100km (683 mile) entrance line, the place Russia’s Ministry of Defence mentioned its forces captured two settlements situated close to Moscow’s long-term targets. Russia claimed to have taken Novooleksandrivka, a rural village close to Pokrovsk, a logistics hub in Ukraine’s Donetsk area, in addition to the city of Torske, which is situated close to the cities of Sloviansk and Kramatorsk.
- The Ukrainian army acknowledged that Novooleksandrivka had been underneath assault, but it surely didn’t point out Torske in its newest report.
- Oleksandr Syrskii, Ukraine’s high army commander, mentioned on Telegram that Russia “has turned its aggression in opposition to Ukraine right into a battle of attrition and is utilizing a mixed pressure of as much as 640,000 troops”.
- Ukraine misplaced its first F-16 fighter jet on Friday as a result of an “uncommon state of affairs on board”, however the pilot efficiently ejected, in line with the Ukrainian Air Drive.
Ceasefire
- Turkish, Russian and Ukrainian envoys will maintain trilateral talks in Istanbul, though hopes are low for any breakthrough after Russia despatched a lower-level delegation to the assembly than hoped. The assembly marks the primary direct talks between Russia and Ukraine since a gathering in 2022 additionally held in Istanbul.
- Turkiye will participate in two trilateral conferences on Friday as a part of the renewed diplomatic efforts to finish the battle in Ukraine, Turkish Overseas Ministry sources advised the Reuters information company.
- A gathering will happen between Turkish, US and Ukrainian officers and is scheduled to happen at 10:45am native time [07:45 GMT], adopted by talks between Turkish, Russian and Ukrainian delegations at 12:30pm [09:30 GMT], the sources advised Reuters.
- The Ukrainian delegation will now be led by Defence Minister Rustem Umerov as an alternative of Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara on Thursday.
- “We will’t be working world wide searching for Putin,” Zelenskyy mentioned after a gathering with Erdogan. “I really feel disrespect from Russia. No assembly time, no agenda, no high-level delegation – that is private disrespect. To Erdogan, to Trump.”
- US President Donald Trump mentioned an settlement between Russia and Ukraine will not be attainable with out him first assembly Putin. “I don’t imagine something’s going to occur, whether or not you prefer it or not, till he and I get collectively,” Trump advised reporters on Air Drive One.
