Ukraine's men's kumite team won bronze at the European Karate Championships, defeating Turkey 3-1 and gaining a direct license to the World Team Championships.
russian telegram channels falsely claimed that the leadership of the Kharkiv region had disappeared due to the russian offensive, but Ukrainian officials confirmed that the regional leadership remained in Kharkiv and was fulfilling its duties.
Active hostilities continue in the Kharkiv sector, with the enemy using assault tactics, while Ukrainian troops repel attacks and inflict losses on the occupiers.
russian troops advanced near several settlements, including Verbove, Krasnohorivka, Netaylove, west of Semenivka, east of Novopokrovske, and occupied the villages of Morokhovets, Oliynykove and Zelene.
The Ukrainian Air Force warns of a possible ballistic missile attack from the east.
Yermak held an online meeting with Bono, discussed Ukraine's resistance to russian aggression, announced the upcoming Global Peace Summit in Switzerland and called on Bono to support and spread the word about the summit aimed at ending russia's war against Ukraine.
On May 12, rescuers in Vinnytsia pulled the body of a man without signs of life from the Southern Bug River.
Elina Svitolina reached the fourth round of the WTA 1000 tournament in Rome after defeating Anna Kalinska 6-3, 6-3, becoming the only Ukrainian to reach the last 16.
On May 12, the occupiers shot off the finger of a 74-year-old civilian resident of Vovchansk, Kharkiv region.
Enemy forces shelled the outskirts of Kharkiv, no casualties were reported, but information on potential damage is still being established.
Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov said that the occupiers shelled the suburbs of Kharkiv twice.
On May 12, 2024, russian troops fired 26 times at the border areas and settlements of Sumy region, resulting in 157 explosions, one local resident was killed and two others were injured.
The Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine informs of a possible ballistic missile attack from the east.
An explosion has hit Kharkiv, Ukraine.
Shelling continues on the northern border of Kharkiv region, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are engaged in fierce fighting to protect civilians and territory, and nearly 6,000 residents have been evacuated.
putin dismisses patrushev from the post of secretary of the security council and appoints shoigu to replace him.
putin proposes appointing andrey belousov as the new defense minister to replace sergei shoigu.
Ukraine's Air Force reports a missile moving through Sumy region toward Poltava region.
In Zaporizhzhya region, the enemy made 542 attacks, shelling 9 localities, but there were no casualties.
In Donetsk region, 2 civilians were wounded in Novoselivka Persha and Mykolaivka as a result of the occupants' terrorist aggression.
On May 11, Ukrainian air defense units in the southern regions destroyed five russian reconnaissance drones, including four Zala models in Kherson and one Orlan-10 in Mykolaiv.
Over the past day, 155 combat engagements took place, with russia launching 13 missile attacks, 118 air strikes and 120 attacks from multiple launch rocket systems at Ukrainian positions and localities.
In the Kherson region, 1 person was killed and 5 others, including 1 child, were wounded as a result of hostile shelling by Russian troops in several localities over the past day.
The enemy army shelled a village in Dnipropetrovs'k region, there were no casualties or damage.
According to the Ukrainian Armed Forces, russia lost 1,260 personnel, 5 tanks, 22 armored combat vehicles, 22 artillery systems, 2 MLRS, 1 air defense system, 1 aircraft, 42 UAVs, 1 cruise missile, as well as 64 vehicles and tanks in one day.
Yesterday, the enemy shelled Mykolaiv region twice with artillery, including the water area and the city of Ochakiv, but there were no casualties.
More than 300 people have died as a result of devastating floods that swept through several provinces of Afghanistan, destroying thousands of homes and complicating rescue operations.
A drone crash at the volgograd oil refinery in russia caused a fire, which was extinguished without casualties.
russian prisoner-soldier Andrey Kurbasov raped and murdered a 17-year-old girl in the temporarily occupied Luhansk. This highlights the terror and impunity faced by civilians under russian occupation.
A 50-year-old man who shot a dog with a traumatic pistol in a parking lot was detained in Chernihiv.