00:05
The evacuation of the Ukrainian military from Azovstal continues. The most influential international mediators are involved in this process, said President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky in an appeal following the 83rd day of the war.
02:00
According to Pavlo Kyrylenko, head of the regional military administration, the Russians fired phosphorus munitions at a school in Avdiivka, Donetsk region, as a result of which the building burned down completely. In total, since the beginning of the full-scale war against Ukraine, Russians in the Donetsk region have damaged and destroyed 416 educational institutions, including 181 kindergartens, 191 schools, 23 vocational schools and 21 higher education institutions.
05:30
In the evening, Russian troops fired artillery and mortar shells at the border areas of the Sumy region. The village of Dmytrivka in the Sumy region was also shelled. No one was injured, but the shell hit a private home.
07:25
Russian troops attacked the city of Dnipro. One missile destroyed a transport infrastructure facility, and the wreckage of another fell on a private yard. Two women and a man were injured. Everyone is in the hospital.
08:00
On the morning of May 18, after an enemy missile strike, destruction occurred and a fire broke out in the private residential sector in the Inhulskyi district of Mykolaiv. 1 person was reported to have sustained shrapnel wounds.
08:20
The Russians continue to shell Severodonetsk, as well as the surrounding villages with mortars and multiple-launch rocket systems. About 50,000 civilians remain in the settlements of the Luhansk region.
09:40
According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, during the war with Ukraine, Russian forces lost more than 28,000 troops. Ukrainian defenders also destroyed 1,251 tanks, more than 3,000 combat vehicles and 2,137 units of motor vehicles.
09:50
The Russians launched another attack on the Odesa region from the Black Sea. The aggressor is deliberately continuing his attempts to destroy infrastructure and put psychological pressure on civilians by attacking the region’s settlements in the morning. According to preliminary information, there is no significant damage or casualties.
10:40
In Kharkiv, Russian shelling damaged a residential building overnight, according to the updated report. The settlements of the region came under fire: Tsyrkuny, Ruski Tyshky, Cherkaski Tyshky, Pytomnyk, Pechenihy. On the morning of May 17, enemy troops fired heavily on Merefa, damaging more than 30 homes, a high-voltage line, and civilian cars. No one was injured.
11:00
Mass burial sites around Mariupol continue to increase. Satellite images show that the graves of civilians have increased from 200 m to 340 m in length. In this way, the Russians are trying to hide the traces of their crimes against the civilian population.
Mariupol, 12th May
Mariupol, 9th May
12:00
According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, 959 Ukrainian defenders left the Azovstal plant, including 80 wounded. A separate report said that Ukrainian soldiers in Olenivka, Donetsk region (occupied territory controlled by the self-proclaimed DPR), were awaiting an exchange.
13:00
More than 4,500 private and multi-storey residential buildings were destroyed in the Kyiv region due to fighting, the regional military administration reports.
The worst damage was recorded in the Bucha, Irpin, Hostomel, Borodianka, Makariv, Velyka Dymerka and Piskivka territorial communities.
14:05
The Armed Forces destroyed the command post of the Black Sea Fleet brigade, the Department of Strategic Communications reported.
According to preliminary information, the artillery strike killed 3 Russian officers and wounded 14 others.
15:05
The largest fire since the beginning of the year occurred in the Chornobyl zone on May 18, according to the State Agency for Exclusion Zone Management.
More than 1,500 hectares are burning in the area of the “Zelenyi Mys” checkpoint in Opachych forestry. Extinguishing the fire is complicated by the wind and limited technical resources after the occupation, as well as the threat of mine explosions.
The radiation conditions are under control, but the movement of the smoke towards Vyshhorod and Kyiv is possible.
15:40
At least three people died due to the shelling of a convoy of cars with civilians in the Kherson region. Six people have been injured to varying degrees, according to the Prosecutor General’s Office.
According to the investigation, Russian troops near the village of Davydiv Brid fired a Grad multiple-launch rocket system at a convoy of civilian cars with people trying to drive to the Beryslav district of the Kherson region.
16:40
Russian invaders are shooting without hesitation at civilians trying to leave the temporarily occupied territories, according to a conversation intercepted by the Security Service of Ukraine.
“I do not feel sorry for them, not even the civilian population. Everyone who wanted to leave has already left. So we are just killing and we don’t care”, the Russian occupier tells his wife.
17:10
Bombing of Azovstal threatens marine life in the Sea of Azov, the Mariupol City Council warned.
According to the city council, as a result of the fighting, a technical facility holding back tens of thousands of tons of concentrated hydrogen sulfide solution may have been damaged. The council warned that leakage of this liquid would completely kill the flora and fauna of the Sea of Azov, and hazardous substances could then reach the Black and Mediterranean Seas.
According to the mayor, international experts and the UN should be allowed access to the site in Mariupol to study the situation and prevent a global-scale environmental catastrophe.
17:30
The Etnodim brand has created a collection of embroidered garments based on paintings by Kazimir Malevich, Alexandra Exter and other Ukrainian artists.
The art collection includes seven embroidered dresses, six embroidered shirts and a linen vest. It was created for Vyshyvanka Day, which falls on May 19 this year.
The Etnodim art collection can be purchased on the brand’s website and in the store at Verkhnii Val, 58/28. Part of the brand’s profits will go to help the Armed Forces.
18:45
The Armed Forces of Ukraine liberated the settlement of Dementiivka in the Kharkiv region, the General Staff reported.
20:10
The shelling of the border areas of Sumy and Chernihiv regions by the Russian Federation does not stop, the State Border Guard Service writes.
Today, the Sumy region was shelled five times by Russia whereas the Chernihiv region was shelled twice. The enemy used large-calibre machine guns, automatic grenade launchers, tube and rocket artillery.
20:50
As a result of yesterday’s airstrikes on Bakhmut, a 2-year-old child died. The child’s body and the woman’s body were pulled from the rubble of an apartment building.
Two men were also killed. Four other people, including children aged 9, 12 and 17, were injured.
22:00
The occupiers have already stolen about 400,000 tons of grain from Zaporizhia, Kherson, Donetsk and Luhansk regions, which could lead to famine in these areas in the future.