Antonina Tumanova
In Slovakia, Prime Minister Robert Fitzo was injured in a shooting where the government was meeting and was taken to hospital.
Ukrzaliznytsia has scheduled an additional daily train #279/280 between Kyiv and Sumy from May 18-26 to increase transportation between Sumy region and the capital.
Russian aircraft dropped several unexploded bombs on the Belgorod region, causing no casualties.
Kyiv experiences minor power outages, affecting about 10% of consumers, until about 23:00 due to a significant deficit in Ukraine's power system caused by large-scale damage to Ukrainian power plants as a result of enemy rocket fire.
Ukrenergo has been forced to introduce controlled emergency power outages in all regions of Ukraine from 21:00 to 24:00 tonight due to a significant power shortage caused by Russian shelling and increased consumption due to cold weather.
Due to massive attacks on critical infrastructure and electricity shortages, hourly power outage schedules will be introduced in Lviv region.
In a number of districts of the capital, the power supply has partially disappeared. According to YASNO, emergency power outages have been introduced.
Explosions sound in Kharkov. Residents are asked to go to shelters and not disturb the air defense system.
Georgian Interior Ministry officials detained 13 protesters during a rally in Tbilisi against the law on foreign agents, accusing them of disobedience and disturbing public order.
President Zelensky said that the situation in key combat areas such as Donetsk and Kharkiv regions is tense but under control, Chief of the General Staff Syrsky is working with brigades in combat positions, and soldiers are destroying the advancing Russian occupiers.
the Russian military carried out airstrikes on residential areas of Kharkiv, as a result of which 20 civilians were injured, including 3 children, and numerous buildings were damaged.
219 defenders from Odesa Oblast took advantage of an interest-free loan for new housing under the eHouse program. The preferential rate is 3-7%, and the loan term is up to 20 years. The minimum down payment is 20%.
The Kyiv City Court of Appeal left a 50-year-old drunken man who threatened and attacked police officers with weapons in custody for two months without bail.
In Crimea, another 1,500 land plots are being transferred to participants in Russia's war against Ukraine in the Saki and Chornomorsk districts.
Journalists reported attempts to pressure, threats and obstruction of their journalistic activities, which led to the launch of a pre-trial investigation by the Prosecutor General's Office into the fact of influence on a journalist and threats of murder or violence against a journalist.
Explosions were heard in Kharkiv again, the city is under fire, as reported by the mayor and the head of the Kharkiv regional military administration.
16 people, including three children, were injured and residential buildings were damaged in Kharkiv as a result of hostile shelling by Russia.
15 people were injured, including a 28-year-old man in serious condition and a 78-year-old woman in moderate condition, as a result of hostile shelling of Kharkiv, 5 people suffer from acute stress reaction, including two children aged 8 and 12.
Nine people were lightly injured as a result of Russian strikes on Kharkiv, including a hit to a residential building.
Detentions began near the Georgian parliament building after a group of protesters broke down the fence, and the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs said the action had turned violent.
Georgia's parliament imposed a "red level" of security, requiring all deputies and staff except essential personnel to leave the building, after passing a controversial law on foreign agents amid protests.
The Russian army struck residential neighborhoods in Kharkiv. Information about the destruction and the victims is being clarified.
An explosion was heard in Kharkiv. The Air Force warned of the launch of guided aerial bombs in the Kharkiv region.
Georgia passed a controversial law on "foreign agents" amid protests, prompting Western criticism of undermining democracy.
Air defense forces in the Kyiv region are pursuing enemy drones, and residents are advised to take shelter until the air raid is over.
Movement of enemy drones was spotted in four regions. The Air Force spotted them in Chernihiv, Kirovohrad, and Mykolaiv regions.
The Russian army dropped explosives from a drone on a fire truck when rescuers were working at the scene of an enemy attack in Kherson region.
At least 8 people were killed and 64 injured when a giant billboard collapsed during a dust storm and downpour in Mumbai's Ghatkopar neighborhood.
Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba discussed with his Azerbaijani counterpart Jeyhun Bayramov Russia's strikes on Ukraine's energy infrastructure, thanked Azerbaijan for its humanitarian aid, and coordinated further bilateral contacts.
Ukraine may receive F-16 fighter jets from Denmark within a month, says Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen.