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18 May 2024
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.
During the day, the Russian military shelled the border communities of Sumy oblast 44 times. According to preliminary data, no one was injured.
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.
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.
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The number of people wounded in today's shelling of Kharkiv by enemy combat vehicles has increased to 25.
Lithuania has actively joined the German initiative to strengthen Ukraine's air defence by announcing its intention to transfer 6 AMBER 1800 radar systems to Ukraine.
On May 20, 2019, Volodymyr Zelensky’s five-year term as President of Ukraine officially began. According to the Constitution, the next presidential election was supposed to take place on March 31, 2024, but Russia’s full-scale invasion pushed this issue far into the background before it returned to the Ukrainian media space only after a series of statements voiced by Western politicians.
Propagandists are trying to discredit Ukraine in front of its partners
If the situation in Kharkiv deteriorates, where intense fighting with Russian troops is taking place, Ukraine will be forced to ask Poland for humanitarian support for the region.
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.
There was one Russian warship in the Black Sea as of 07:30 on Friday, May 17.
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.
A series of blasts rocked the areas of Sevastopol and Dzhankoy in temporarily occupied Crimea overnight Friday.
16 May 2024
The Russian army, with air support, is attacking near the village of Lyptsi, Kharkiv region.
Ukraine’s Defense Forces went for a counteroffensive move in the Vovchansk area, Kharkiv region.
In Kharkiv region, two women were killed and four injured as a result of Russian shelling. Criminal proceedings have been opened.
Since the beginning of the day, Ukrainian troops have continued to perform combat missions within the urban area of Vovchansk in the northern part of the city, keeping the enemy under fire control.
In the Kharkiv region, one person was killed and 13 others were injured as a result of enemy shelling in the past day.
There were no Russian warships in the Black Sea and Sea of Azov as of 07:30 on Thursday, May 16.
An explosion rang out in Kharkiv around midnight on Wednesday.
15 May 2024
The Russians hit the Nikopol district four times today, deploying one-way attack UAVs.
Over the course of the day, Ukraine’s Defense and Security Forces have managed to partially stabilize the situation on the battlefield.
Some 74 percent of Ukrainians believe Russian missile and drone strikes on energy infrastructure facilities across the country are part of the aggressor’s long-term strategy in the ongoing war.
Satellite imagery shows traces of a massive fire at the Belbek airfield in temporarily occupied Crimea following a Ukrainian precision strike believed to have involved multiple missiles.
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.
The number of people injured in a missile attack on Mykolaiv by Russian troops has increased to six.