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Ukraine and Norway signed a security agreement in Stockholm, while Norway pledged to provide long-term military and non-military support to Ukraine, including allocating more than 6 billion euros for 2023-2027.
German defense minister Boris Pistorius announced a new arms package for Ukraine worth 500 million euros during his unannounced visit to Odessa.
Two trainee students were taken to intensive care in extremely serious condition after a ferry crashed during a night attack on Crimea. One of them had his leg amputated, while the other suffered a severe head injury.
During the night attack on Crimea in the temporarily occupied Kerch, two ferries - railway and automobile-were damaged by the wreckage of downed missiles.
the Russian Defense Ministry announced the attack of 2 Sea Dragons on the Crimea.
Bulgaria has no plans to send troops to Ukraine, as confirmed by acting Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev after a meeting with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.
An Iranian Mohajer-6 reconnaissance and strike drone equipped with Ghaem-5 bombs crashes in Russia near the front line.
According to the Ukrainian Navy, as of May 26, three Russian warships were in the Black Sea.
The head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine believes that over time, unmanned vessels are likely to dominate conventional warships, especially in closed waters such as the Black and Mediterranean Seas.
Russian occupants are increasingly realizing that Crimea is not a safe place to keep their ships, a spokesman for the Southern Defense Forces said.
According to Ukrainian Digital Technology Minister Mykhaylo Fedorov, Russia is using increasingly sophisticated means to cut off Ukraine's access to the Starlink satellite Internet network.
Russia claims that on the night of May 24, it shot down three ATACMS missiles and two drones over Crimea and the Belgorod region.
The resumption of the grain corridor actually saved the Ukrainian economy, allowing it to preserve the potential of the agricultural sector, jobs and foreign currency earnings. This was done thanks to the Ukrainian Defense Forces, which established control over the waters of the Black Sea. Therefore, the enemy began to act through interested parties.
After Ukraine's attack on the Cyclone corvette in Sevastopol, russia may have lost one of the few remaining Kalibr cruise missile carriers of the Karakurt project in the Black Sea.
A Russian oil tanker's engine failed while passing through the Turkish Dardanelles Straits, temporarily blocking maritime traffic for three hours.
In two years, the UNITED24 platform has implemented more than 100 projects in support of Ukraine, including the creation of the world's first fleet of maritime drones, raising funds for drones for the army, rebuilding infrastructure, and achieving many other important results that have strengthened the country and saved lives.
The last Russian ship capable of carrying Kalibr cruise missiles in Crimea, the Cyclone, was hit, leaving Russia without such carriers on the occupied peninsula.
On World Turtle Day, activists raise awareness of the threat of extinction of 60% of turtle species due to habitat pollution, climate change, and poor captive conditions.
Sweden will provide Ukraine with $7 billion in military aid over the next 3 years to strengthen European security against Russian aggression.
Russia probably transferred two more ships, a small anti-submarine ship and a base minesweeper, from occupied Sevastopol in Crimea to Novorossiysk amid large-scale losses near Crimea.
In temporarily occupied Feodosia, the russian occupation authorities put up for auction three historical dachas built in the late XIX - early XX centuries.
The conference in the UK discusses the planning of Joint International exercises Sea Breeze with a focus on mine clearance with the participation of Ukrainian Mine Action ships stationed in Scotland.
The invaders in Crimea have already distributed 1,500 land plots belonging to the local indigenous population among the participants of the war of conquest in Ukraine.
Russian unmanned aerial vehicles were spotted over several regions of Ukraine, triggering an air alert.
The Houthis attacked a tanker carrying oil from Novorossiysk to China with an anti-ship missile. The strike caused flooding, which disabled the engines and steering unit, but the crew was able to regain control of the ship and continue to move.
Drones from the Black Sea are heading to Chornomorsk in Odesa region, the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports.
On May 17, a number of military facilities of the aggressor state in Novorossiysk, Tuapse in Russia and the temporarily occupied Sevastopol in Crimea were damaged as a result of joint actions by the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine and the Security Service of Ukraine.
Russia claims to have destroyed and intercepted 102 drones over the territory of the Russian Federation and Crimea, as well as six unmanned boats in the Black Sea on the night of May 17.
Hostile drones were detected in the direction of Odesa and Odesa and Kirovohrad regions.
In Crimea, another 1,500 land plots are being transferred to participants in Russia's war against Ukraine in the Saki and Chornomorsk districts.