War

Over the past day, Russian troops launched two airstrikes and 34 artillery strikes on Vuhledar. Novoukrayinka came under Grad MLRS fire. "The Russians launched two airstrikes and 34 artillery strikes on Vuhledar in Volnovakha direction. Prechystivka also came under artillery fire, Novoukrayinka was struck with Grad MLRS," Pavlo Kyrylenko, Head of the Donetsk Regional Military Administration, posted on Telegram. In Donetsk direction, one person was killed and another was injured in Kurakhove. Three apartment blocks and four private houses were damaged in the town. Three more houses were damaged in Kurakhivka. According to Kyrylenko, one person was injured and two…

In Mykolaiv, Kazakhstan is restoring a trauma center that was destroyed as a result of Russian shelling. This information is reported on the website of the Mykolaiv City Council, according to Ukrinform.  "Restoration work has begun on the city's trauma center located on the premises of the Mykolaiv Emergency Medical Hospital. A contractor from Kazakhstan is working quickly and efficiently. I visited the site and was impressed by the cleanliness of the construction site," said Irina Shamrai, the head of the city's healthcare department.  It is noted that in addition to the reconstruction of the trauma center building itself, plans…

The German Foreign Office has provided 34 more pickup trucks to Ukraine's defense forces in the last three weeks. That's according to the Twitter account of the German Embassy in Ukraine, Ukrinform reports. "Mobility is an important factor in Ukraine's defense capability and resilience. To strengthen the Ukrainian security forces, the German Foreign Office has provided another 34 pickup trucks in the last three weeks," the embassy said. Read also: Germany to give Ukraine EUR 11B purely in defense aid - Zelensky German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on May 14 announced the allocation of EUR 2.7 billion in a new military…

French investigators have already arrived in Ukraine to conduct an investigation into the death of AFP journalist Arman Soldin during a Russian missile attack near Chasiv Yar in Donetsk region. The Head of the office of the international organization Reporters Without Borders in Eastern Europe and Central Asia Jeanne Cavellier said this in a comment to Ukrinform. She reminded that the French prosecutor's office had launched an investigation into the death of Arman Soldin in the war in Ukraine, and noted that the case was moving quite quickly. "We are in touch with the French part of the investigation because…

Ukrainian gunners have destroyed two Russian 2S5 self-propelled howitzers. In a post on Facebook, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine published a video showing the destruction of the artillery pieces, according to Ukrinform. "Artillerymen of the 44th Artillery Brigade named after Hetman Danylo Apostol destroyed a Russian 2S5 self-propelled gun, which in turn hit one more artillery piece with its ammunition at a distance of 70 meters," the post reads. Read also: Three Russian Grad MLRS shelling Sievierodonetsk destroyed Earlier reports said that from February 24, 2022 to May 16, 2023, Ukraine's defense forces eliminated about 199,980…

In one of the communities in the Kyiv region, the roof of a private house was damaged due to the falling debris, while in another community, the fence near a house was damaged. The Head of the Kyiv Regional Military Administration reported this on Facebook, according to Ukrinform.  "In one of the communities, the roof of a private house was damaged due to the falling debris. In another community, minor damage to the fence near a house was detected. We will facilitate the prompt restoration of the damaged property." Kravchenko stated He noted that there were no recorded casualties or…

President Volodymyr Zelensky returned to Kyiv and immediately held a meeting of the Staff of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief whose members adjusted the schedule of the supply of weapons and ammunition. "The first thing after returning to Kyiv is the Staff meeting. I listened to the reports of the leaders of the united strategic groups of troops on the course of military operations in their areas of the front. We analyzed the overall operational situation and intelligence data. The schedule of the supply of weapons and ammunition was adjusted. Their distribution among combat units and reserves [was discussed]," the President posted…

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dmytro Kuleba, promised to share more updates soon regarding the provision of modern fighter aircraft to Ukraine. The head of Ukrainian diplomacy made this statement on his Facebook page, according to Ukrinform. "Stay tuned for news - there will be even more soon, specifically regarding aircraft. Currently, intensive diplomacy is taking place at all levels, bringing us closer to effectively closing the Ukrainian airspace, significantly strengthening our Air Forces, and acquiring fundamentally new capabilities," Kuleba stated. Read also: Sunak: Britain will be key part of coalition to support Ukraine’s Air Force He added that he…

While performing combat missions in Kharkiv region, the soldiers of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine spotted a Russian unmanned aerial vehicle that crossed the state border and flew deep into the territory of Ukraine. Border guards downed a Russian drone using special technical means. "It turned out to be a secret device designed for creating maps of the area, so-called Kartograf. It has a camera with 12 lenses and is part of the 'family' of Ptero multi-purpose unmanned systems," the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine reports. The Russian invaders thus try to carry out aerial reconnaissance and…

The formation of the security assistance package to Ukraine announced by Berlin has already begun. "For some types of weapons, contracts have already been concluded," Nadine Krüger, a spokeswoman for Germany's defense ministry, told a briefing, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. According to her, the production of the latest IRIS-T SLM air defense systems continues. The spokeswoman clarified that the package includes four such systems in addition to the four announced earlier. As noted, the next security assistance package to Ukraine worth more than EUR 2.7 billion includes, in particular, 18 wheeled howitzers, artillery rounds, guided missiles for air defense systems,…