00:05
First Deputy Chief of the President’s Administration of Russia Sergei Kirienko said that Russia was not at war with Ukraine, but with the “united West using Ukrainians as a proxy.”
00:10
Deputy Commander of the Azov Regiment Svyatoslav Palamar said that he and the regiment’s command were staying on the territory of the Azovstal plant as of May 19.
00:40
The Associated Press published a video of the Ukrainian paramedic “Taira” (Yuliia Paievska), recorded in Mariupol before she was captured. The video shows footage from Taira’s body camera, taken in early March.
04:30
Ukrainian human rights commissioner Lyudmyla Denisova reported that the occupiers continue to forcibly integrate Ukrainian children into the Russian cultural sphere. To do this, the invaders enforce “Russian standards” in Ukrainian educational institutions in the temporarily occupied territories. About 3,500 teachers from these institutions are already undergoing retraining in order to prepare for work in the temporarily occupied territories. According to Denisova, such coercion and interference in the educational process directly violate the rights guaranteed by the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Geneva Convention.
05:30
In the Kherson region, the enemy continues to provocatively fire on the settlements occupied by them. Positioning their weapons to make it appear that fire is coming from Ukraine’s Armed Forces, the Russian fascists also use air defense equipment, shoot down their own missiles and present this as if Ukraine’s Armed Forces were shelling civilians.
“In Zaporizhzhia region, the occupiers have begun sewing Ukrainian military uniforms and changing into them to prepare further provocations against the civilian population,” the Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration reported earlier.
11:20
The city of Rubizhne in the Luhansk region shared the same fate as Mariupol. The industrial city has been completely destroyed, there are no undamaged buildings left, and many houses cannot be restored. In the yards there are cemeteries.
11:45
Occupiers destroyed 19 more residences in Donetsk Region, leaving people dead and wounded, according to the National Police.
Thirty-four civilian facilities on the territory of the region have been damaged. Thirteen settlements came under fire, including: Soledar, Bakhmut, Avdiivka, Lyman, Marinka, New York and others.
The Rashists used aviation, tanks, heavy artillery and Grad multiple rocket launchers against civilians.
12:40
Today Dmytro Kozatskyi, call sign “Orest”, a soldier of the Azov regiment, made his photographs of the defenders of Mariupol freely available with an appeal to the world media and anyone willing to help to distribute them.
“So that’s it. Thanks for the shelter, Azovstal is the place of my death and my life. By the way, while I am in captivity, I will leave you high-quality photos; please send them to all journalism awards and photo contests. If I win anything, it will be a pleasure after I get out. Thank you all for your support. See you soon.”
12:55
Russian troops have shelled the border areas of Chernihiv and Sumy regions with 120-mm mortars over the past 24 hours, Ukraine’s State Border Guard Service reported.
13:30
In the morning, the occupiers fired artillery at a school in Sieverodonetsk, where more than 200 people, including children, were sheltering. Three adults were killed on the spot.
14:10
The Russian Federation hit Malyn in Zhytomyr Region with missiles: nearly 100 buildings and infrastructure have been damaged. No civilian deaths, but three people were injured.
14:35
Ukraine has received the second and final tranche of €600 million of macrofinancial assistance from the EU from the €1.2 billion emergency macrofinancial assistance package.
15:15
The occupiers have blocked all roads from the temporarily occupied Kherson Region to Ukrainian-controlled territory, Operational Command South has reported.
15:40
The Ukrainian Defence Ministry warns that Russian warships in the Black Sea are ready to launch a combined salvo of up to 16 Kalibr cruise missiles. Also, the Russian Black Sea Fleet grouping continues to blockade civilian shipping and Ukrainian ports.
16:45
According to the Office of the President, sappers have completely demined the main roads of the Kyiv region. Electricity supply has been restored to 100% of the Kyiv region. The work lasted 45 days instead of the expected 60.
18:25
The Russian Federation launched a missile strike on the town of Lozova in the Kharkiv region. A house of culture was partially destroyed. Seven people were injured, including an 11-year-old child. Firefighting and debris removal operations were reported.
19:10
Russian occupiers have deployed 130 units of military equipment in the vicinity of Chornobaivka near Kherson, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
20:50
Attorneys General of five countries, namely the UK, US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, have said they support Ukraine in investigating Russia’s war crimes, according to the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine.
“We look forward to working together with the Prosecutor General and her Office to ensure every perpetrator faces justice,” the statement said.
21:45
Almost everyone was evacuated from Azovstal, Zelensky said in an interview on the occasion of the third anniversary of his inauguration.
The President noted that civilians, medics, and the seriously wounded were evacuated. It is planned to complete the evacuation of the remaining ones soon.