Zelensky says situation in Kharkiv region 'controlled' but 'not stabilized'
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that the situation in the Kharkiv region is currently "controlled" but not "stabilized" amid a Russian offensive.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that the situation in the Kharkiv region is currently "controlled" but not "stabilized" amid a Russian offensive.
Russian drones attacked energy infrastructure sites in two regions in eastern and central Ukraine on the night of May 17 to 18, with emergency and restoration work ongoing.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has criticized the position of Western countries that ban the use of their weapons for strikes within Russia, adding that the West is afraid of Russia's defeat in the war and does not want Ukraine to lose it.
The number of those injured in a Russian attack on the Shevchenkivskyi district in Kharkiv has increased to 31, with three people killed in the shelling.
Russian invaders attacked Ukraine with 13 Shahed-131/136 strike drones launched from the Primorsko-Akhtarsk and Kursk area on the night of May 18 to 19.
The U.S. ban on Ukrainian forces using U.S.-made weapons for strikes within Russia is severely compromising Ukraine's ability to defend itself against Russian offensive operations in the north of the Kharkiv region.
Russian invaders killed three and wounded five residents of Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region on Friday, May 17.
Russia's overall combat losses in Ukraine between February 24, 2022 and May 18, 2024 are estimated at about 491,080 troops, with 1,210 soldiers killed or wounded in action in the past 24 hours.
In the Donetsk region, the number of people who have returned after evacuation since the beginning of the full-scale invasion is already 231,000 persons. In total, about 472,000 people remain in communities.
During the day, the Russian military shelled the border communities of Sumy oblast 44 times. According to preliminary data, no one was injured.
A meeting was held with the participation of ministries and services of Ukraine and Poland, as well as business representatives from the Polish side, on cooperation between the two countries in the fields of medicine, pharmacy, rehabilitation, and prosthetics.
Since the beginning of the day on May 17, 101 combat clashes have taken place at the front, the enemy has launched 15 missile strikes, 70 airstrikes and 452 kamikaze drone strikes, carried out 2,843 attacks on the positions of the Defense Forces.
On the night of Saturday, May 18, the Russians launched several groups of attack drones in Ukraine.
Medical institutions in the Dnipropetrovsk region received 40 mobile workstations for intensive care units, 100 laptops, and 10 printers from Finnish and American partners to facilitate and modernize their work.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has not changed his plans, as he still wants Ukraine and Ukrainians to disappear.
In the Zaporizhzhia sector, Ukrainian National Guard soldiers used drones to hit a camouflaged Russian S-60 anti-aircraft gun.
This year Naftogaz Group’s goal is to reach about 15 billion cubic meters of natural gas in production volumes.
Over 1,000 people, including 200 children, have been evacuated from border areas in the Sumy region over the past three days of planned evacuation.
The main areas of interest to Chilean partners are mining, especially cooperation in critical materials, agriculture and processing industry.
On May 13, the State Security Service of Latvia (VDD) detained two persons on suspicion of gathering intelligence for the purpose of passing it on to Russia.
17 May 2024
The number of combat engagements in the Kramatorsk, Pokrovsk and Dnipro River sectors has increased, whereas in the Kharkiv sector, Ukrainian defenders are strengthening the defense in the border areas of the region and conducting reconnaissance.
Ukraine's air defense units shot down three Russian Kh-59 guided air missiles in the Odesa region on Friday, May 17.
Serhii Peretiatko, head of the Novotroitske village military administration in the Kherson region, has been wounded in an enemy drone attack.
Russia's operation in the Kharkiv region is aimed at weakening Ukrainian forces and strengthening their propaganda.
The number of those killed and wounded in a Russian attack on Kharkiv on Friday has increased.
The Ukrainian energy sector has lost a significant part of its generation, and there is a need for rational electricity consumption again.
The situation on the front line near Kharkiv is difficult, but it is under control.
The Ukrainian and Slovenian sides are already finalising a bilateral security document within the framework of the G7 declaration.
The Russian military attacked people in the village of Vesele, Kherson region, using a drone.