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The appointment of Andrey Belousov as Russian Defence Minister instead of former head of the ministry Sergei Shoigu is unlikely to have a direct impact on the course of the Russian war in Ukraine.
Ukraine's SBU State Security Service and HUR military intelligence agency attacked important Russian military logistics targets in Crimea and on the Russian Black Sea coast on the night of May 16 to 17.
Lithuania has transferred ammunition, anti-drone systems, UAVs, generators and folding beds to the Ukrainian army as part of uninterrupted military support for Ukraine.
In Ukraine's eastern Kharkiv region, Russian invaders have expanded the area of active hostilities by almost 70 kilometers and concentrated their main efforts on the Strilecha-Lyptsi sector, attempting to take Vovchansk and launch an offensive on the rear of Ukrainian forces.
New satellite imagery showing the aftermath of an attack on the Belbek Air Base in occupied Crimea has confirmed the destruction of three Russian fighter jets and damage to one warplane.
The Center for Strategic Communication and Information Security pursues efforts to provide a brief explanation to foreign audiences on the current topics of particular interest as regards Ukraine.
On Friday morning, May 17, the Russian military shelled Tiahynka in the Kherson region, wounding a 56-year-old man.
Near Vovchansk, Kharkiv region, Ukrainian border guards destroyed an enemy infantry fighting vehicle.
The Ukrainian Defense Forces repelled 41 enemy attacks in the Pokrovsk sector over the past day.
After a nighttime attack, a fire broke out at one of Russia’s largest oil refineries in Tuapse, Krasnodar Krai.
Russian missile strikes against Ukraine’s energy infrastructure since March 2024 have likely caused long-term damage to the Ukrainian energy infrastructure and repeated energy blackouts.
On May 16, the Russian army shelled 15 settlements in the Kherson region, killing two people.
On May 16, the Russian army injured five civilians in the Donetsk region.
There was one Russian warship in the Black Sea as of 07:30 on Friday, May 17.
The Russian invasion forces launched 20 one-way attack UAVS of the Shahed-131/136 type at Ukraine overnight Friday.
Russia’s total combat losses from February 24, 2022, to May 17, 2024, are estimated at 489,870, including 1,410 servicemen killed or wounded in action in the past day alone.
Explosions rocked the city of Novorossiysk in Russia late Friday amid the reports of a drone attack.
In Russia’s region of Belgorod, local authorities said a number of drones attacked targets in several settlements.
A series of blasts rocked the areas of Sevastopol and Dzhankoy in temporarily occupied Crimea overnight Friday.
16 May 2024
During the day, Russian troops fired 32 times at the border areas and settlements of Sumy region.
The global economic outlook for 2024 has improved from the January estimates of UN economists and is now cautiously optimistic.
President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke about working with partners to provide Kharkiv, Donetsk, Sumy and other regions with more basic defence - air defence systems and long-range weapons.
We managed to add confidence to the direction of Vovchansk, but Russian shelling does not stop, and there are threats.
United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator for Ukraine Denise Brown condemned Russia's strikes on Kherson and the Kharkiv region, which resulted in dozens of civilian casualties.
One of Russia's targets now is the gas infrastructure in western Ukraine. Russia's success there can put Europe’s entire energy security under threat.
On Thursday, May 16, Russian troops shelled the Korabelnyi district of Kherson, injuring a 54-year-old woman and a 52-year-old man.
The Russian army, with air support, is attacking near the village of Lyptsi, Kharkiv region.
In Kharkiv, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky met with the servicemen of the 92nd separate assault brigade named after Kish Ataman Ivan Sirko and presented them with state awards.
The Russian army hit a village in the Vovchansk community with cluster munitions, leading to at least five civilian casualties.