Sumy
According to the defense minister, Russia is preparing to open a new front in the north, deploying more troops and equipment, aiming to use all its manpower and firepower against Ukraine.
Deputy Prime Minister Olha Stefanishyna discussed Ukraine's urgent military needs, including air defense systems, F-16 aircraft, ammunition and long-range artillery with NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg.
Border guards do not observe any other areas of Kharkiv region where the enemy could launch an offensive similar to Liptsy and Vovchansk, but active actions are being taken in these areas to prevent the enemy from advancing deeper into Ukraine.
Former Minister of Agrarian Policy Mykola Solsky is accused by NABU detectives and SAPO prosecutors of land grabbing, but they do not specify which land.
Russian troops shelled Sumy region three times at night and in the morning, resulting in 14 explosions in Seredyno-Budska, Esmanska and Velykopysarivska communities.
For the first time, Iran has supplied Russia with modern Qaem-5 guided bombs, which were probably on board the Iranian Mohajer-6 drone that crashed in the Kursk region of Russia while trying to attack the Sumy region of Ukraine, indicating a new level of military cooperation between Tehran and Moscow.
Over the past 4 months, the State Automobile Inspectorate has revoked the accreditation of more than 20 driving schools due to corruption schemes involving falsification of driving exams.
An Iranian Mohajer-6 reconnaissance and strike drone equipped with Ghaem-5 bombs crashes in Russia near the front line.
A 43-year-old man was arrested for pouring gasoline on his partner and setting her on fire during a drunken quarrel in the village of Mykhailivka, Sumy region, causing severe burns to the 37-year-old woman.
In Odesa, an official of the Primorskyi RTCK of the JV organized a large-scale scheme to make money by helping men who wanted to avoid mobilization to “correct” their data in the Oberih database of the register of persons liable for military service. In this way, the official illegally earned about a million dollars.
Fighting continues near Andriyivka, and in the Kramatorsk sector, Russian occupants made two offensive attempts but were repelled.
Russian troops attacked the border of Chernihiv region with various types of weapons, 38 explosions were recorded.
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.
The Air Force informs of a missile threat in Sumy and Poltava regions.
Intense fighting continues in the Kharkiv, Kupyansk, Kramatorsk and Pokrovsk sectors as Russian troops attempt to break through Ukrainian defenses - 77 combat engagements have been recorded since the beginning of the day on May 24.
The Sumy Territorial Recruitment Center explained that the man whom the military and law enforcement officers pulled out of the car had not been served a summons and that he was drunk.
Russia has deployed units from its "African Corps" to join regular Russian troops and mercenaries in an offensive against Vovchansk in the Kharkiv region of Ukraine.
In Ukraine, in 2022, 2023, and 2024, the government allocated money for the construction of appropriate fortifications.
Ukrainian troops have stopped the Russian offensive in the Kharkiv sector and are conducting counteroffensive operations, inflicting significant losses on the occupiers.
The enemy fired 25 times at the border areas and settlements of Sumy region, resulting in 108 explosions in different localities.
Another 28 schools in Zaporizhzhia region will switch to a mixed online and offline learning format due to safety concerns amid frequent air danger warnings.
President Zelenskyy held a meeting with senior military and intelligence officials to discuss the situation on the battlefield, enemy plans to disrupt the Peace Summit, and the provision of necessary weapons and assistance to the army.
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.
President Zelenskyy discussed the situation at the front with the military command, emphasizing maximum attention to the entire border and inflicting maximum losses on the Russian occupiers.
Five "criminal authorities" were detained in Kyiv for participating in criminal "gatherings" linked to an illegal group that produced forged documents to help those liable for military service illegally cross the Ukrainian border.
Power engineers restored power supply in Sumy, Romensk and Akhtyr districts after an enemy airstrike disrupted power supply on the night of May 22, while work continues to restore power supply in Shostka and Konotop districts.
Due to Russia's attack on the energy sector, the city of Sumy was left without electricity, and efforts are currently being made to restore electricity supply and provide electricity to critical infrastructure facilities in the first place.
During the race in Ternopil, the organizers collected 260 thousand UAH, and MHP doubled this amount. For these funds, the necessary equipment has already been purchased and transferred from the Ternopil region for the 105th separate brigade of the TRO of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
According to the state border service of Ukraine, an offensive by Russian occupation forces in the Sumy region cannot be ruled out, as they may try to advance there in order to divert Ukrainian troops from other fronts.
President Zelenskyy discussed the situation in Kharkiv and Donetsk regions with the military commander, saying that Ukraine maintains control everywhere despite Russia's use of guided bombs, and emphasized the need for additional air defense systems and new combat aircraft.