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In Ukraine today, restrictions on electricity supply are applied during the day. Due to bad weather, 200 settlements are de-energized.

NATO is developing several "land corridors" for the transfer of American troops and armored vehicles to the front line in the event of a major European ground war with russia.

The deficit in Ukraine's energy system is slightly larger than the day before, due to increased consumption of air conditioners, reduced solar energy generation and electricity imports from Europe.

Due to the shortage of electricity caused by Russian missile strikes on power plants, all regions of Ukraine have restrictions on electricity consumption and hourly schedules for disconnecting industrial and domestic consumers.

Romania will discuss the possibility of transferring the Patriot air defense system to Ukraine to protect its territory.

Elina Svitolina, the first racket of Ukraine, reached the fourth round of the French Open (Roland Garros) after defeating Anna Bogdan from Romania in two consecutive sets. (7:6, 6:2), in the next round, she will face the fourth racket of the world Elena Rybakina from Kazakhstan.

At night, russia attacked energy facilities in 5 regions, which may cause potential changes in the schedules of power outages in Ukraine.

In the Uman District of Botosani, located near the border with Ukraine, 7,000 Ukrainians were fictitiously registered at the same address in order to fraudulently obtain Romanian citizenship for a fee of 50 euros per person.

Two Czech motorcyclists illegally crossed the Ukrainian border in Transcarpathia during a motorcycle trip through the mountains and were detained by Ukrainian border guards, after which they were returned to Romania.

Ukraine's men's futsal team will play against Romania, Germany, and Cyprus in the qualifying cycle for Euro 2026, with the best team from the group directly qualifying for the final tournament in Lithuania and Latvia.

Europol conducted the largest-ever operation against botnets, stopping droppers such as Ice, system BC, Pikabot, Smokeloader and Bumblebee, which led to 4 arrests and dismantling of more than 100 servers around the world.

Today, it is planned to import electricity from 5 countries (Romania, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary and Moldova). Due to the increase in production at nuclear power plants after the planned repair of two units, the application of electricity consumption limits is not predicted.

Due to enemy attacks in the Khmelnitsky region, more than 10 thousand subscribers were left without electricity. There are no restrictions on the supply of electricity to consumers today.

In Odesa region, more than 2,000 consumers lost power due to bad weather, and a nighttime drone attack caused a 2-hour power outage in Rivne region.

A roundtable discussion was held with the participation of the Ombudsmen of Romania and Ukraine to discuss the creation of a commission on national minority rights, equal rights of citizens and language policy.

The spokesman for the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine, Andriy Demchenko, confirmed that Romanian law enforcement officers detained two Ukrainians who illegally crossed the border and may be involved in the attack on a border guard in Zakarpattia.

As of today, Ukraine does not expect any restrictions on electricity consumption, and imports are planned from 5 countries - Romania, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, and Moldova.

The Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine has added several elements to the National List of Intangible Cultural Heritage Elements, including traditional folk games, ceremonial dances, traditional cheese-making practices, and wedding rites from different regions of Ukraine.

The eChezha service has been used more than a million times to cross the Ukrainian border. More than 100,000 users from different countries, including drivers and carriers, have already registered with the system.

Today, Ukraine may experience power outages during evening peak hours due to the application of hourly outage schedules from 20:00 to 22:00, the Ministry of Energy reports.

Romania expelled a russian diplomat for activities contrary to the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, while russia promised to give an "adequate response".

A Romanian citizen was arrested for allegedly spying for Russia by observing, photographing and transmitting information about NATO military facilities and equipment.

Ukraine is facing constant electricity shortages due to extensive damage to its energy infrastructure as a result of Russian attacks, necessitating hourly blackout schedules across the country from 00:00 to 24:00 and emergency electricity imports from neighboring countries.

The energy situation in Ukraine remains tense due to hostile shelling of civilian infrastructure, with damage reported in Kharkiv region, but Ukraine is covering its consumption with domestic generation and imports from neighboring countries, and plans to increase import capacity.

Ukraine imposed power supply restrictions on consumers while receiving emergency aid from the EU, and at a mine in Donetsk region, more than 160 workers remained underground due to shelling that stopped ventilation equipment.

Today, on May 22, Ukrenergo lifted restrictions on electricity consumption throughout Ukraine from 07:00 to 20:00. Electricity supply to 95% of consumers affected by the nighttime Russian attack in the East has been restored.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky invited Iraqi Prime Minister Al-Sudani to take part in the Peace Summit, discussed post-war reconstruction, energy cooperation and agreed to strengthen bilateral trade ties.

During the telephone conversation, Zelensky discussed regional security, bilateral cooperation in energy, trade and other spheres with Azerbaijani President Aliyev.

President Zelenskyy discussed Ukraine's defense needs with Romanian President Iohannis, thanked Romania for its military assistance, and agreed to speed up work on a bilateral security agreement.

From 11:00 to 17:00, consumption restrictions were lifted in all regions of Ukraine as solar power plants increased production and planned imports from 5 countries, and from 17:00 to midnight, emergency power outage schedules will be in effect in all regions.