Kharkiv Oblast
Famous chef Hector Jimenez-Bravo posted a photo in military uniform, hinting at joining the Armed Forces. He announced that he has a specific mission and is impressed by the strength of the Ukrainian army.
There are 29 mobile pharmacy points operating in Ukraine, serving remote communities and front-line regions. The largest number of mobile pharmacies operate in Kharkiv, Kyiv, Cherkasy, and Chernihiv regions.
Russian troops have begun using motorcycles to attack Ukrainian positions due to a shortage of armored vehicles. Motorcycles allow them to quickly penetrate the rear, but suffer significant losses.
Ukrainian scientists have moved the breeding stock of Charolais cattle from the front-line Kharkiv region to Lviv region. This made it possible to preserve the valuable gene pool and continue breeding work.
On the night of May 19, Russia attacked Ukraine with 112 drones. Air defense destroyed 76 "Shahed" drones, but Kharkiv, Sumy, Donetsk, Cherkasy, and Kirovohrad regions were affected.
Over the past day, Russian troops shelled 7 settlements in the Kharkiv region, damaging residential buildings, a bakery, and a farm. 167 combat clashes were recorded.
Andriy Kovalenko stated that the threats from the Russians are traditional behavior, which often has no basis. During negotiations in Istanbul, the Russians demanded that Ukraine withdraw its troops from the occupied territories.
The government allocates funds for the reconstruction of three residential buildings and a hospital in the Zaporizhzhia region. UAH 598 million was also allocated for reconstruction in the Kharkiv region.
Russian troops shelled Kupiansk at around 8 a. m., killing a 55-year-old woman. Four employees of the municipal service were injured, three of them were hospitalized. A company car was damaged.
In the Pokrovsk direction, operators of the "Corsar" battalion destroyed a T-72 tank and two armored fighting vehicles of the occupiers with drones. Ukrainian soldiers continue to destroy enemy equipment.
Russian drones attacked Kozacha Lopan, wounding two men. After that, the occupiers struck an FPV drone at the "ambulance" brigade that arrived at the scene.
Russian forces shelled Kupyansk, Kupyansk-Vuzlovyi, Shestakove, and Staryi Saltiv. Houses and businesses were damaged, and there were injuries. The Prosecutor's Office has launched an investigation.
The SBU and the National Police detained 5 accomplices of the Russian Federation in Kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk, and Kharkiv regions. They tried to destroy a synagogue, a car of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and relay cabinets of Ukrzaliznytsia.
The Defense Forces of Ukraine repelled 23 attacks in the Pokrovsk direction, where the enemy made 29 attempts to break through. Fighting continues near Vovchansk and other settlements.
The Russian group across the Oskil River is not capable of active assault actions due to the impossibility of effective supply. The occupiers cannot build a crossing due to fire damage.
The Russian strike by KAB on the village of Sadovod in Kharkiv region led to the destruction of residential buildings and a fire. Two women suffered an acute stress reaction.
Despite daily shelling, more than 8,000 civilians remain in the Kupiansk district. The authorities are evacuating people from the Petropavlivka community due to the escalation of the situation.
Russian troops are intensively shelling the Kupyansk district with guided aerial bombs and FPV drones. There is destruction, four people have had an acute stress reaction, movement around the city is dangerous.
Russian troops shelled Kharkiv region, four people were injured in Kupyansk and Kondrashivska community. Civil infrastructure was damaged in various areas of the region.
On May 10, Russian troops launched air strikes on Kupyansk and hit Blahodatne with an FPV drone. As a result of the shelling, three civilians were injured, they have an acute reaction to stress.
During the day, the enemy shelled the Kharkiv region, injuring people in Velyki Prokhody and Kupyansk. In Zarichne, an 11-year-old boy was injured in an explosion.
In the village of Zarichne, Stary Saltiv community, an 11-year-old boy sustained severe injuries due to the explosion of an unidentified object. He has been hospitalized, and doctors are providing the necessary assistance.
40-year-old Chris Garrett from Great Britain died in Kharkiv region. He was engaged in demining as part of the "Azov" unit, for which he was sentenced by the occupiers to 14 years.
The National Security and Defense Council stated that the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation is spreading false accusations of Ukraine violating the ceasefire. In fact, the Russian Federation is violating its own "truce", hitting civilians in Kharkiv region with drones, launching air strikes on Sumy region and attacking at the front.
"Khartia" fighters liberated a forest in Kharkiv region with an area of over 200 hectares. Control over the forest area north of Lyptsi has been restored. The operation lasted more than 5 months, the enemy suffered significant losses.
In the villages of Starovirivka and Husynka, a farm building and a threshing floor were on fire as a result of the shelling. Also, a 16-year-old teenager was injured and hospitalized.
As a result of enemy shelling in the Kharkiv region, 8 fires broke out, the largest of which covered 85 hectares of forest near Izyum. The fire has been localized, but the threat of detonation of ammunition remains.
Over the past day, the enemy shelled 7 settlements in the Kharkiv region. 4 people were injured in Zolochiv, including two children, 2 in Kupyansk, and 3 in Tsirkuny.
In the Kharkiv region, near Izyum, a large-scale fire has engulfed 85 hectares of forest. The fire has spread to residential buildings, ammunition is detonating, and evacuation is underway.
As a result of shelling from MLRS on forest massifs of the Boriv community, fires occurred on an area of more than 7 hectares. Rescuers and pyrotechnic teams are working on the sites.