The SBU announced the conviction of three pro-Russian agitators in different regions of Ukraine. They received 3 to 5 years in prison for supporting Russian aggression and spreading Kremlin propaganda.
Occupants shelled Donetsk region with artillery, aircraft and a drone. A 61-year-old tractor driver was killed and 5 civilians, including two children, were wounded. The youngest 3-year-old child is in serious condition.
British intelligence predicts that Russia will continue its tactical advance in the Donetsk region in the coming weeks. Russia's overall operational capabilities remain limited due to high casualties, limited training, and a lack of officers.
There were 99 combat engagements over the last day. The most intense fighting took place in the Pokrovsk sector, where the enemy made 36 attempts to attack. Ukrainian defenders are holding back the onslaught and repelling the enemy's attacks.
russian troops attacked the border of Chernihiv region with mortars and artillery. Thirty-four explosions were recorded in different communities, with no information on casualties.
Over the last day, 85 combat engagements took place in various sectors of the frontline. The most intense fighting continues in the Pokrovsk sector, where 32 clashes of varying intensity were registered.
russian forces attacked the Dnipro region nearly two dozen times, using kamikaze drones, artillery shelling, and ballistic missiles, damaging homes, vehicles, a gas pipeline, and other infrastructure, but no casualties were reported.
Russian troops have concentrated their main efforts on Kupyansk and Pokrovsky directions, while, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, 22 military clashes occurred in Kupyansk and 12 military clashes continue in Pokrovsky direction, while six more attacks were repelled.
On May 21, 86 clashes occurred at the front, most of which occurred in the Pokrovsky, Kharkiv, Seversky and Kramatorsk directions, as the enemy continues active operations, but Ukrainian troops restrain the onslaught and give a decisive rebuff, as a result of which 47 Russian occupiers and 14 units of weapons and military equipment were lost.
The situation in the areas of military operations remains difficult, but is controlled by the Ukrainian Defense Forces, with intense fighting concentrated in the Donetsk region, especially in the Pokrovsky direction, where the enemy made 23 unsuccessful attempts to break through the Ukrainian defense line.
In some areas of the frontline, Ukrainian troops are succeeding in repelling Russian attacks, in particular in the Pokrovsk sector, which remains the hottest, with 37 combat engagements so far.
Ukrainian troops are successfully repelling Russian attacks on many fronts, with the enemy being most active in the Pokrovsk sector.
Fierce fighting continues at the Siverskyi and Pokrovske directions, where Russian troops are making numerous unsuccessful attempts to break through the Ukrainian defense, suffering significant losses.
Over the last day, the enemy conducted 96 combat engagements and fired 3700 times in the area of responsibility of the "East" operational and tactical group in the Kharkiv region, Kramatorsk, Pokrovsk and Kurakhove in Khortytsia.
Ukrainian troops repelled a russian attack on Chasovyi Yar in Donetsk region and destroyed more than 20 units of enemy armored vehicles.
Russian occupants do not abandon their intention to capture the town of Chasiv Yar, despite losses in manpower and military equipment.
In the Pokrovsk sector, the number of combat engagements increased to 21, with the enemy putting the most pressure on Ukrainian positions in the vicinity of Novooleksandrivka.
Russian invaders launched an unsuccessful attack in the area of Hlyboke-Liptsi in Kharkiv region, Ukrainian troops repelled the attack and inflicted losses on the enemy.
In the Kharkiv sector, fighting continues near Stanytsia, the situation in Vovchansk is under control, and Ukrainian troops are improving their tactical positions in certain areas.
Ukrainian troops repelled 41 enemy attacks in the Pokrovsk sector yesterday, with the situation changing dynamically: in some areas the enemy achieved limited tactical success due to intense fire, while in others Ukrainian troops regained lost ground.
Over the past day, russians shelled 10 localities in Donetsk region, wounding 5 civilians and damaging buildings, infrastructure and residential houses in Volnovakha, Pokrovsk, Kramatorsk and Bakhmut districts.
Since the beginning of the day, 114 combat engagements took place, 5 of them are ongoing. The situation remains under the control of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, despite intense enemy shelling in many areas.
Russian invaders continue to increase their efforts in the Pokrovsk sector, the number of combat engagements there has increased to 30, while Ukrainian soldiers are holding the line and responding to the invaders' actions.
On May 16, intense fighting continued along almost the entire frontline, with 58 combat engagements recorded, with the Russian occupiers being most active in the Kramatorsk and Pokrovsk sectors, and Ukrainian troops taking measures to prevent their advance.
Russian troops are trying to break through and block Siversk to create conditions for an offensive on Sloviansk, but their advance in this direction is relatively halted, while Chasiv Yar remains under the control of the Ukrainian Defense Forces.
Since the beginning of the day, Ukrainian troops have repelled 140 enemy attacks in multiple directions, and intense fighting continues in various parts of the frontline.
Russian troops are attempting to push Ukrainian troops out of Vovchansk, Kharkiv region, but Ukrainian soldiers are fighting back, returning fire and continuing to comb the northwestern outskirts of the city.
In the Kharkiv sector, the Ukrainian Armed Forces partially drove the Russian occupiers out of the city of Vovchansk. Defensive actions are underway in the northern and northwestern outskirts of the city.
Since the beginning of May 15, 41 combat engagements have taken place on the frontline, with intense fighting continuing in the Kharkiv, Kupyansk, Lyman, Siversk, Kramatorsk, Toretsk, Pokrovsk, Kurakhove and Vremivsk sectors. The defense forces inflict significant losses on the Russian-terrorist forces.
Since the beginning of the day, 145 combat engagements took place along the entire frontline, during which the enemy fired 3 missiles, over 320 sorties of kamikaze drones and over 2,400 attacks on Ukrainian positions, actively using aviation and dropping almost 70 guided aerial bombs on Ukraine.
