Lilia Podolyak
Von der Leyen emphasized the need for the EU to invest in defense and strengthen its defense capabilities to maintain peace on the continent against the backdrop of Russia's invasion of Ukraine and Putin's threats.
Russian forces advanced near several localities, including Solodke, Novomykhailivka, Sokil, Ocheretyno, Novooleksandrivka, Chasovyi Yar, Berestove, and occupied Netaylove, according to a DeepState map, although this information was not confirmed by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Incumbent President Gitanas Nausėda leads with 76. 64% of the vote in the second round of the presidential election in Lithuania, and Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonite leads with 23.85%.
Ukrainian troops repelled numerous Russian attacks on many fronts, engaging in 95 combat engagements, and the Air Force, missile forces and artillery struck 16 times at enemy concentrations.
A man with a knife attacked several people in the Lyon subway and injured them before being detained by police.
On Sunday, May 26, Russian troops shelled Siversk, Krasnohorivka and Chasiv Yar in Donetsk region, killing three people and wounding two others.
Russian troops shelled 10 settlements in Sumy region with drones, artillery and mortars, causing 127 explosions.
Russia is conducting a sabotage campaign across Europe to disrupt arms shipments to Ukraine, setting fires and recruiting locals to carry out attacks in order to slow down military aid to Kyiv.
The United States will take part in the Peace Summit in Switzerland, which begins on June 15 and aims to unite global opinion on how to stop the Russian-Ukrainian war, but it remains unclear at what level the United States will be represented.
Enemy shelling caused forest fires in the Lyman district, and firefighters spent hours extinguishing the flames over an area of 58 hectares under enemy fire.
An 80-year-old man was wounded and hospitalized as a result of the shelling of Mykhaylivka in Kherson region by Russian troops.
Moldova's pro-European parties have signed a pact to speed up the country's accession to the European Union and promote the rule of law and social cohesion around the goal of EU integration.
Trump offered to support his candidacy at the Libertarian Party convention, but the participants booed him.
Russians fired 10 times at the border areas and settlements of Sumy region, causing 86 explosions in many localities.
The Russian military shelled 14 settlements in the Kherson region, damaging critical infrastructure, 11 private houses, a warehouse and a private car, and injuring 4 people.
According to the Ukrainian Navy, as of May 26, three Russian warships were in the Black Sea.
Ukraine's air defense system shot down 11 Shaheds over the Dnipro region at night, with drones destroyed in different areas.
12 people were killed and 43 wounded in an enemy air strike on a hypermarket in Kharkiv, while another strike in the city center killed 25 people, including a 14-year-old boy, and wounded 68 civilians.
During a nighttime air strike, the Ukrainian Air Force shot down 12 of 14 Russian missiles and 31 attack UAVs in 9 regions of Ukraine.
Since the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine, Russian troops have lost approximately 501,190 personnel and 7662 tanks.
In one day, Russian forces carried out 426 attacks on 8 settlements in Zaporizhzhia region, including 149 drone strikes, 24 rocket attacks and 253 artillery strikes, destroying residential buildings but causing no civilian casualties.
In Mykolaiv region, three Shahid drones were destroyed at night, damaging the windows of a kindergarten, but causing no casualties.
Three residential buildings, 7 outbuildings and 6 cars were damaged by shelling in Zhmerynka, Vinnytsia region, injuring 3 people who refused hospitalization, reports the State Emergency Service of Ukraine.
Ukrainian polar explorers have expanded their research on Antarctic terrestrial organisms, using the Noosphere ship and Ukrainian yachts to reach remote islands along the Antarctic Peninsula, collecting samples and data on vascular plant distribution, microclimate, and freshwater crustaceans.
Russia attacked a crowded shopping mall in Kharkiv, killing and wounding civilians, prompting EU representative Joseph Borrell to strongly condemn the horrific attack and call for increased air defense support for Ukraine.
Death toll from strike on Kharkiv epicenter rises to 11.
Russian missile strikes caused a power outage in the city of Starokonstantinov, Khmelnytsky region, after X-101 and Kinzhal missiles hit the area.
More than 4,000 people have been affected by a massive landslide in a village in northern Papua New Guinea.
The Russian army attacked 10 settlements in Sumy region, firing 174 artillery, mortar, missile, and drone strikes.
A Russian MiG-31K fighter jet launches a Kinzhal missile from the Savasleyka airfield in the direction of Ukraine's Ivano-Frankivsk region.