An SBU drone struck the Gazprom Neftekhim Salavat oil refinery in Bashkortostan, flying a distance of 1,500 km and damaging a catalytic cracker.
President Zelensky dismissed Serhiy Lupanchuk from the post of commander of the Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and appointed Oleksandr Trepak to replace him.
Ukraine's path to EU accession will be difficult, but the European Parliament and the EU will help rebuild Ukraine's infrastructure and economy because Ukraine is Europe and Europe is Ukraine, said European Parliament President Roberta Metsola.
Ukraine is close to starting EU accession talks after fulfilling all the necessary requirements, and the negotiation phase is expected to begin in June, according to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
The "cotton" at two oil depots in the village of Yurivka near Anapa in the Krasnodar Territory of Russia is a successful operation of SBU drones.
The hearing of the appeal against the measure of restraint in the form of detention without bail was postponed until June 3 against the employee of the State Protection Department suspected of killing a 16-year-old teenager on a Kyiv funicular due to the lack of case materials.
Ukraine may have to raise electricity tariffs as it needs more than $1 billion to prepare for the fall and winter period.
Two oil depots in Yurovka (Krasnodar Krai) were attacked overnight by drones, which damaged tanks and caused a fire at one of the facilities.
Due to hostile shelling and damage to energy facilities, there may be limited power supply to household consumers during peak hours from 18:00 to 23:00, but a complete blackout is not expected in Ukraine.
Some Ukrainian pilots are already completing training on American F-16s. When the fighter jets arrive in Ukraine, the pilots will be ready to perform missions.
The number of flights of Russian reconnaissance drones in the area of responsibility of the Southern Military District usually exceeds 150, with the aim of identifying the positions of the Ukrainian military for further strikes.
Two models of economic reservation are discussed: one where persons liable for military service pay 35,000 hryvnias in taxes for the maintenance of a soldier, and the other with industry quotas where companies pay the minimum wage of a soldier for each reserved employee.
The United Kingdom will provide an additional €23 million to the Energy Support Fund for Ukraine to help rebuild damaged energy infrastructure, enhance security and provide backup power.
The Verkhovna Rada plans to consider a draft law that proposes to increase penalties, including fines and imprisonment, for drug trafficking and precursor production during martial law.
The Verkhovna Rada plans to consider a draft law that would allow the President to return the submission for the appointment of judges to the High Council of Justice for reconsideration during martial law and a year afterwards if there is information about actions that threaten national security.
Ukraine will involve MPs in each of the 35 chapters that form the basis of the EU accession negotiations, with MPs from the relevant committees participating in the negotiations on the respective chapters, a new approach compared to previous EU enlargements.
The Supreme Court ruled that the right to conscientious objection is not absolute and can be restricted during mobilization by requiring objective evidence of sincere and consistent religious beliefs that go beyond one's own statements.
Due to massive rocket and drone attacks on energy facilities by Russia, which caused a shortage of electricity, Ukrenergo is forced to limit power supply to industry and business from 18:00 to 23:00 in all regions of Ukraine to avoid emergency power outages for the population.
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has amended the procedure for reserving persons liable for military service during martial law, vesting the Ministry of Defense with powers previously held by the General Staff of the Armed Forces, including the authority to approve lists of persons to be reserved and submit them to the Ministry of Economy for decision.
Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal has instructed ministries to approve repair schedules for energy facilities and measures to strengthen their protection before the start of the 2024/25 heating season to overcome the consequences of russian aggression.
On June 12, the European Court of Human Rights will hold oral hearings in the interstate case Ukraine and the Netherlands v. Russia regarding human rights violations in the occupied territories of Donetsk and Luhansk regions since 2014 and during Russia's full-scale invasion.
Ukraine has tripled its production of military equipment, including ammunition, artillery shells, mortar shells, and air defense systems, to meet the needs of the Armed Forces.
Seven people, including four children aged 8, 14, and 15, were injured as a result of Russian shelling of the Saltiv district of Kharkiv, which damaged a school and nearby residential buildings.
In 2024, Ukraine caught up with Russia in terms of production of kamikaze drones like the Shahed-131 and Shahed-136, as well as other attack drones.
In May, oil prices dropped to $83-85 per barrel, which gives hope that gasoline prices will decline after their significant rise at the beginning of the year.
On May 12-15, there will be no restrictions or bans on visiting cemeteries in Kyiv, but people are urged to limit crowds and time spent there due to the lack of civil defense shelters, and to organize additional public transportation routes to the main cemeteries.
Like Hitler's Nazism, Putin's Nazism wants its borders to end nowhere, seeking to dominate and subjugate the world through violence and propaganda. According to Zelenskyy, he will be stopped by the courage and determination of those who stand up to evil and defend life.
Two former Berkut 'black company' commanders will be tried for organizing the destruction of weapons and official documents used during the Maidan protests to conceal crimes against protesters.
Russia has the advantage, but Western countries can turn things around by increasing production of munitions, drones and other new technologies widely used by Ukraine, Dutch Defense Minister Kajsa Ollongren said.
Ukrainian intelligence services have disabled the russian online services of the 1C company, which specializes in business database software, through a cyberattack.
