Despite the active hostilities in the north of Kharkiv region, there are currently no grounds to announce an evacuation from Kharkiv, as the situation is under full control.
2,526 people have been evacuated from the northern districts of Kharkiv region, where active hostilities are currently taking place, with the majority of evacuees coming from Vovchansk and the rest from other districts such as Zolochiv, Bohodukhiv and Kharkiv.
Active hostilities continue in the north of Kharkiv region, the enemy is trying to advance deeper, but the situation is under control.
Dutch singer Joost Klein was disqualified from the Eurovision Song Contest for violating the rules due to inappropriate behavior towards a teammate after a certain incident.
Drones of DIU attacked the Volgograd oil refinery in Russia. This was reported by UNN with reference to its own sources.
The representatives of Ukraine Alyona Alyona and Jerry Heil, who will perform the song "Teresa & Maria" at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 as the number 2, have dropped to 6th place in the bookmakers' ranking with 3% chances of winning.
Russian occupants are transferring ammunition and manpower from Mariupol to Volnovakha, including at least 23 trawls with tracked vehicles - tanks and infantry fighting vehicles - that are likely to be redeployed to the Volnovakha-Vuhledar-Kurakhove area.
In the Kharkiv region, the Armed Forces of Ukraine repelled 9 Russian attacks in the morning, fighting defensive battles to deter the enemy offensive and destroy the occupiers.
Russian occupants continue their attempts to reach the borders of Donetsk and Luhansk regions, intense fighting is taking place in the Avdiivka and Bakhmut directions, but the situation remains under control of Ukrainian troops.
The situation in the Kupyansk district remains difficult but under the control of the Defense Forces, and critical infrastructure such as water and electricity supply is functioning normally despite constant Russian assaults and shelling.
President Zelensky thanked the Ukrainian units that are destroying the Russian occupiers, stating the need to disrupt Russia's offensive operations and regain the initiative.
The Kremlin is using bot attacks, accusations of money laundering, and deliberate fakes related to Nazism to try to discredit Ukraine at the Eurovision Song Contest and prevent it from winning.
The Security Service of Ukraine prevented terrorist attacks in Kyiv on May 9, which were planned by the Russian GRU.
In the south of Ukraine, the situation remains stable: 14 hostile attacks took place, mostly in Zaporizhzhia, while no enemy ships were spotted in the Black Sea.
Canada will provide more than $56 million for Germany's initiative to find and supply air defense systems to Ukraine to protect it from Russian air attacks.
Belgium will provide an additional €9 million to the United Nations Development Program to help rebuild Ukraine's war-damaged energy infrastructure, particularly around Kharkiv.
The United States announces new military aid to Ukraine worth $400 million, including Patriot missiles, Stinger anti-aircraft missiles, Bradley fighting vehicles, MRAPs, Javelin anti-tank systems, and other ammunition.
Canada's Roshel, a manufacturer of armored vehicles supplied to Ukraine, plans to launch production of armored vehicles in Ukraine, employing more than 200 Ukrainian refugees in Canada who are eager to return and contribute to the local economy.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned that if Ukraine is not helped, Putin will move to the complete destruction and occupation of our country, after which Russian missiles will target neighboring countries.
The Cabinet of Ministers will allocate UAH 513. 3 million to provide one-time financial assistance to the families of fallen servicemen of the State Special Transport Service.
The Cabinet of Ministers will allocate nearly UAH 750 million to the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine to strengthen the country's defense capabilities.
The appointment of former military commissar Oleksandr Muzychenko, who headed the Transcarpathian Regional Center for Civil-Military Protection from 2020 to 2023, as deputy head of the Transcarpathian Regional State Administration was approved.
The Cabinet of Ministers has allocated an additional UAH 189. 5 million to continue the restoration of damaged apartment buildings in Kyiv region.
The Energy Efficiency Fund has launched the GreenDom program, which will allow condominiums to receive compensation of up to UAH 1 million for the installation of solar power plants and up to UAH 2 million for the installation of heat pumps for heating.
On Saturday, May 11, the first underground school for 450 students will open in Kharkiv, allowing 900 children to be taught in two shifts.
The Cabinet of Ministers has approved a decision allowing two Ukrainian banks to attract up to EUR 30 million from the European Investment Bank to support Ukrainian small and medium-sized businesses by improving preferential lending conditions.
The Cabinet of Ministers will allocate UAH 7. 1 billion to purchase equipment to restore Ukraine's high-voltage power grid and better synchronize it with the EU grid.
Two teenagers, aged 13 and 15, were seriously wounded during the Russian attack on a school in Kharkiv on May 8 and are now in intensive care, doctors are fighting for their lives and limbs, said the mayor of the city, Igor Terekhov.
Ukraine successfully repelled a new wave of Russian counterattacks in the Kharkiv sector with artillery fire after preparing for an offensive.
There is no panic among residents in Kharkiv, despite a turbulent night when rocket attacks damaged 26 buildings, severely destroyed two of them and demolished one, and injured two people, including a child.
