01:15
American experts suppose that Russian troops are preparing an offensive in the southern direction, while on May 22 they made only minimal gains in eastern Ukraine.
01:45
According to Operational Command South, “Admiral Makarov”, one of the Russian Black Sea Fleet’s newest ships, has set out from Sevastopol to join the Russian naval group in the Black Sea.
03:55
Since the beginning of the full-scale war, rescuers of Kharkiv garrison of the State Emergency Service have completely dismantled the rubble at 98 sites and recovered 150 bodies of the victims.
09:05
In the night, Russian troops launched a new missile strike on Zhytomyr region. The missile damaged an industrial facility, the wreckage of another missile damaged three buildings in Korosten.
10:10
In the morning, near the head office of Ukrposhta in Kyiv, a queue again formed. Citizens are waiting for the start of the sale of a new postage stamp with a Russian warship.
10:55
After the strikes on Malyn, the Russians hit Korosten, Zhytomyr region. On the night of May 23, one missile was shot down, yet another damaged railway infrastructure.
11:55
Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova said the number of confirmed civilian deaths from Russian armed aggression had reached 4,600, including 232 children.
12:10
The President of Ukraine signed a law on confiscation of assets of those supporting Russia’s aggression against Ukraine.
13:45
Swiss President Ignazio Cassis announced that an international conference on the restoration of Ukraine would take place in Lugano in early July.
14:40
The Russians resumed their offensive on Sloviansk. In the Slobozhanskyi direction, the situation is also difficult.
15:30
In Luhansk region, the Russians fired on an evacuation bus.
16:35
Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis called on the partner countries to create a naval coalition to unblock Ukrainian ports.
17:35
Starbucks joins other companies, such as McDonald’s and Exxon Mobil, which are completely withdrawing their businesses from Russia. The coffee giant says it has decided to leave the Russian market.
18:45
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports that the occupiers have created 19 “commandant’s offices” in Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions.
19:30
The Russian army has brought 25 battalion tactical groups to Luhansk region. The number of personnel of each unit is approximately equal to five hundred people.
20:20
Following the second meeting of the Contact Group on defense of Ukraine on May 23, a number of countries confirmed either an increase in military assistance to Ukraine or their readiness to facilitate the training of the Ukrainian military. In his statement, Lloyd Austin, the U.S. Secretary of Defense, singled out Denmark, which announced that it would hand over Harpoon anti-ship missiles to Ukraine to protect Ukraine’s shores, as well as the Czech Republic, which he thanked for a recent donation of “attack helicopters, tanks and rocket systems.”
21:20
Microsoft plans to help rebuild Ukraine’s digital industry after the war, according to Minister of Digital Transformation Mykhailo Fedorov. He reported the agreement after a meeting with Microsoft President Brad Smith in Davos on May 23. Fedorov also said they had agreed on the official launch of Xbox in Ukraine, with Ukrainian accounts and Ukrainian-language support on the consoles.