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Eight hundred and twenty-third day. Online "Jellyfish"

Meduza has been monitoring the Russian invasion of Ukraine live since February 24, 2022. Read the chronicle of the events of May 25 here , see photographs of the previous day of the war here .

Main news:

• The German Chancellor and the Italian Foreign Minister spoke out against Ukraine’s use of Western weapons to attack Russian territory.
• Vladimir Zelensky recorded an address to world leaders against the backdrop of a printing house destroyed by a Russian attack in Kharkov.
• Sky News: Russia produces shells three times faster and four times cheaper than the US and EU countries.
• The death toll from a Russian strike on a hypermarket in Kharkov has risen to 16.
• Russian troops launched an air strike on Ukraine. The Ukrainian Armed Forces shot down 12 missiles and 31 drones. In Zhmerinka, Vinnytsia region, three people were injured during a night attack by the Russian Federation.
• In the Belgorod region, four people were killed and 18 more were injured during shelling.
• The head of the US Treasury warned of tougher sanctions against banks that have not stopped operating in Russia.

May 26, 2024 06:58:53

Hello. Today is the 823rd day of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. In the new online “Medusa” will talk about the course of hostilities and related events in the rest of the world.

Read the chronicle of the previous day of the war here .

May 26, 2024 06:59:56

At least 12 people were killed and 43 others were injured in a Russian airstrike on the Epicenter construction supermarket in Kharkov on May 25. This data is provided by the mayor of the city, Igor Terekhov, on the morning of May 26.

Ten of the dead have not yet been identified. In addition, the number of people injured as a result of a missile attack on the center of Kharkov has increased to 25 people, the mayor said.

May 26, 2024 07:00:22

A series of explosions occurred in the evening and at night in the Belgorod region. A missile alert was announced in the region, said Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov. According to him, the air defense system shot down 29 air targets on approach to Belgorod.

As a result of the shelling, for which the official blamed the Ukrainian Armed Forces, four civilians were killed and 18 more were injured, including two children. Four of the victims are in intensive care.

In particular, the villages of Oktyabrsky and Dubovoe in the Belgorod region were under fire. Kamikaze drones also attacked the village of Borisovka, the villages of Plotvyanka and Pankov.

“I wanted to express my sincere condolences to the families and friends of the victims, although I understand that there are no words that could console a loved one from the loss, the irreparable loss. And their memory will be with us forever,” the governor said in a video message on social networks.

May 26, 2024 07:02:10

The Russian Ministry of Defense reported three times during the evening and night about the “suppressed” attacks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

According to the military department, at about 22:30 on May 25, air defense systems on duty destroyed one Neptune anti-ship missile and 29 rockets from the RM-70 Vampire multiple launch rocket system over the Belgorod region.

At night, air defense intercepted ten Ukrainian aircraft-type drones over the territory of the Kursk region and three drones over the Oryol region, and in the morning another UAV was shot down over the Belgorod region.

Acting Governor of the Kursk Region Alexey Smirnov reported seven downed drones in the Rylsky and Kurchatovsky districts. According to the head of the Oryol region, Andrei Klychkov, there were no casualties or damage as a result of the drone attack.

The governor of the Bryansk region, Alexander Bogomaz, said that the forces of the Russian Ministry of Defense destroyed another drone over the territory of the Brasov region.

May 26, 2024 07:08:11

On the night of May 26, Russian troops launched a combined missile and air strike on Ukraine, reports the command of the Air Force of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

According to the department, the Russian military used:

• two Kh-47M2 Kinzhal aeroballistic missiles from MiG-31K aircraft (launched from the airspace of the Tambov region);
• 12 X-101/X-555 cruise missiles from Tu-95 TS strategic aviation aircraft (launch area - Saratov region);
• 31 attack drone “Shahed-131/136” (launched in Primorsko-Akhtarsk, Yeysk, as well as Cape Chauda in the annexed Crimea).

Ukrainian air defense forces shot down 12 Kh-101/Kh-555 cruise missiles and 31 drones.

Air targets were destroyed within the Nikolaev, Odessa, Dnepropetrovsk, Poltava, Zaporozhye, Khmelnitsky, Kirovograd, Vinnitsa and Chernigov regions.

May 26, 2024 07:13:00

Three people were injured as a result of night shelling by the Russian Federation in the city of Zhmerynka, Vinnytsia region. The head of the region's military administration, Sergei Borzov, announced this by publishing a photo of the consequences of the attack on his Telegram channel.

According to him, debris from a Russian drone fell on three four-story residential buildings, seven private residential buildings and six cars.

40 people were evacuated from apartments. The victims refused hospitalization.

“Currently, emergency rescue work is underway to dismantle overhanging structures from the floors of the house that pose a threat to passers-by,” writes Borzov.

May 26, 2024 07:16:29

US authorities are considering the possibility of tightening secondary sanctions against foreign banks that continue to operate in Russia, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told Reuters.

Yellen did not specify which banks and what restrictive measures she was talking about. Sanctions, said the head of the US Treasury, will be resorted to only if they are necessary, but “banks operating in Russia for some reason must understand that this is very dangerous.”

May 26, 2024 07:23:43

Vladimir Zelensky addressed world leaders on the eve of the “peace summit”, which is scheduled to take place on June 15 in Switzerland. The President of Ukraine recorded an appeal at a printing house in Kharkov, which was destroyed by a Russian missile attack.

For them it is a pleasure to burn. We all know who we're dealing with. Russia is led by people who want to make it the norm to burn lives, destroy cities and villages, divide peoples and erase national borders through war. There is no nation that can stop such a war only through its own efforts. We need the participation of world leaders.

Does Russia want dialogue? Ukraine has the world's largest experience of deception on the part of Russia in negotiations. Deception, which, in particular, was a cover for Russia to prepare for this war. And that is why global efforts are needed - a Peace Summit with the participation of leaders whom Russia cannot deceive. Together with Switzerland we are preparing such a summit. It started on June 15th. We have already confirmed the participation of more than 80 states and continue to work with leaders, inviting them to the Summit. Thank you to everyone who truly helps the world.

I address the world leaders who have so far been left out of the global efforts to prepare for the Peace Summit: President Biden, the leader of the United States, and President Xi, the leader of China. We do not want the UN Charter to burn down just like these books. I hope you don't either. Please show your leadership in bringing peace to true peace, not a pause between blows. The efforts of the world majority are the best guarantee of fulfilling obligations. Please support the Peace Summit with your personal leadership and participation.

May 26, 2024 07:29:38

Kharkov, May 25

May 26, 2024 07:48:51

About the situation in the regions of Ukraine by the morning of May 26

In Kharkov, as a result of the evening shelling of the Shevchenko district, 25 people were wounded , 12 buildings were damaged, including seven high-rise buildings, a medical facility, a store, six vehicles, non-residential buildings, and a research institute building. The strike on the Epicenter hypermarket killed 12 people and injured 43 more. In the Chuguevsky district of the Kharkov region, during the shelling of the village of Pechenegy and the city of Chuguev, five people were wounded and private houses were damaged.

During the day, Russian troops struck the Zaporozhye region 426 times. Eight settlements were under fire. There were three reports of housing destruction. No civilians were harmed.

In the Nikolaev region at night, air defense forces destroyed three drones of the “Shahed 131/136” type. In the Koblevo community, as a result of a drone being hit by a blast wave, the windows of a preschool educational institution were damaged. There were no casualties.

In the Kherson region, 14 settlements came under fire within 24 hours, including Kherson. The Russian military targeted residential areas; 11 private houses, outbuildings, a warehouse and a car were damaged. A hit to critical and industrial infrastructure was recorded. Four people were injured.

In the Sumy region, Russian troops carried out ten attacks on border areas during the night and morning, and 86 explosions were recorded. The Nikolaevskaya, Yunakovskaya, Miropolskaya, Krasnopolskaya, Velikopisarevskaya, Shalyginskaya and Druzhbovskaya communities were under fire. There was no information about casualties.

In the Dnepropetrovsk region, 11 drones were shot down overnight (five in the Sinelnikovsky district, two each in Kamensky and Pavlogradsky, one each in Nikopol and Novomoskovsky). In Nikopol, as a result of artillery shelling and a kamikaze drone strike, a school, a medical facility, four shopping pavilions, two shops, six apartment buildings and three private residential buildings, an outbuilding, four garages, a car, and power lines were damaged. The Marganets and Krasnogrigoryevsk communities were under fire from heavy artillery of the Russian Federation. There were no dead or injured.

May 26, 2024 07:57:34

The State Service of Ukraine for Emergency Situations publishes photos and videos of the consequences of the night attack in Zhmerynka, Vinnytsia region.

Three four-story and seven private residential buildings were damaged in the city. Three people were injured.

May 26, 2024 08:00:45

Some time ago, photos and videos appeared on Russian and Ukrainian telegram channels dedicated to the war with a strange armored vehicle, the contours of which resembled a house or barn. Beneath the armor plates was a Russian Army T-80 tank, damaged in battle. Instead of a full repair, the Russian military decided to protect the vehicle with an additional armored cocoon. This protection, according to its creators, should protect the tank from drone attacks.

The Russian military has nicknamed the “modified” T-80 “Tsar-Barbecue” - it seems they are even proud of it. The Ukrainian military laughs at the “barbecue” and calls it an “armored barn.” The Russian army is now turning armored all-terrain vehicles into “barbecues”, also trying to protect them from drones. The problems of the “tsar barbecues” are directly related to their new advantages - such “armored sheds” can no longer perform the functions of conventional tanks: their turrets do not rotate; Such equipment can no longer conduct full-fledged artillery fire. In this case, it is enough to hit only one such clumsy machine and the attack led by the “tsar-barbecue” will be thwarted. However, until better protection against drones is invented, such incredible equipment will continue to appear on the battlefield.

May 26, 2024 08:11:39

Every day since the Russian invasion began, Meduza editors have selected the top war photos from the day before. These photographs contain scenes of cruelty, violence and death, but most of them are not placed under a special plate, which the editors usually use to hide such images. In this series of photo stories we try to document the war as it is.

May 26, 2024 08:20:41

An infrastructure facility was damaged in the village of Murom, Shebekino urban district, Belgorod region.

As the governor of the region, Vyacheslav Gladkov, reported on the morning of May 26, the settlement was attacked by two Ukrainian kamikaze drones. One fell and exploded, leaving the agricultural enterprise without power. The second explosion damaged a car parked next to a private house.

No civilians were injured as a result of the incidents.

May 26, 2024 08:29:30

The fire in the Epicenter construction hypermarket in Kharkov, destroyed by a Russian airstrike, was extinguished after 16 hours, said the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Igor Klimenko.

The fire spread over an area of ​​more than 13 thousand square meters.

According to the Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine, the death toll has increased to 13 people.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs reports that another 43 people were injured. 16 people are considered missing.

May 26, 2024 08:36:16

Over the past 24 hours, Russian troops shelled the territory of 11 regions of Ukraine: Dnepropetrovsk, Kharkov, Donetsk, Lugansk, Vinnitsa, Sumy, Nikolaev, Zaporozhye, Khmelnitsky, Kherson, Chernigov regions.

According to the media center of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a total of 123 settlements and 112 infrastructure facilities were attacked.

Russian troops used mortars, tanks, cannon artillery, multiple launch rocket systems, anti-aircraft missile systems, operational-tactical missile systems, drones and tactical aircraft.

May 26, 2024 08:42:10

State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin, following Vladimir Putin, called Vladimir Zelensky an illegitimate president, and the people of Ukraine the only source of power in the country.

According to the Russian official, Zelensky now does not have the right “to announce mobilization, send people to war, or make any other decisions on behalf of the head of state.”

“Citizens of Ukraine mobilized on the basis of illegal decisions must return home today - Zelensky is illegitimate, he cannot give orders,” Volodin writes in his Telegram channel. — Any agreements with an illegitimate president are invalid and may be challenged in the future. With the end of his term of office, Zelensky’s right to speak on behalf of Ukraine ended.”

May 26, 2024 08:52:28

May 26, 2024 08:55:56

Russia is gathering a new group of troops near the borders of the Kharkov region. Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky spoke about this in an address to world leaders, which he recorded from a printing house in Kharkov destroyed by a Russian missile attack.

It is Russia that is the only source of aggression and is constantly trying to expand the war. Just now, the other day, we are defending ourselves 60 kilometers northeast of this place from another attempt at a Russian offensive.

Russia is preparing to attempt offensive actions and 90 kilometers from here to the northwest - another group of troops is gathering at our border. The one who does all this does not want peace.

Does Russia want dialogue? Ukraine has the world's largest experience of deception on the part of Russia in negotiations. Deception, which, in particular, was a cover for Russia to prepare for this war.

May 26, 2024 09:07:39

Death toll from Russian strike on hypermarket in Kharkov rises to 14

This was announced by the head of the military administration of the Kharkov region Oleg Sinegubov.

May 26, 2024 09:23:31

Morning report of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

• Over the past 24 hours, 141 military clashes took place. Russian troops carried out 10 strikes with 13 missiles, 40 airstrikes, in particular using 56 KABs, and 1001 strikes with kamikaze drones, of which 994 were FPV drones, against the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and populated areas of Ukraine. Also, the Russian military carried out 3,604 attacks from various types of weapons, 96 of them from MLRS.
• During the day, air forces, missile forces and artillery of the Ukrainian Defense Forces hit two control points, three personnel concentration areas and an enemy electronic warfare station. During the day, the losses of the Russian military amounted to 1,110 people killed and wounded. The enemy also lost 12 tanks, 17 armored combat vehicles, 24 artillery systems, one MLRS, a Su-25 aircraft, 11 drones, 31 vehicles and seven units of special equipment.
• Since the beginning of the day, 35 military clashes have occurred on the fronts. Russian troops carried out 529 attacks on positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and populated areas of Ukraine, carried out three air strikes using three guided bombs. During the night, Russian troops fired 14 missiles and 31 attack drones into Ukraine. Air defense forces shot down 12 missiles and all drones.
• In the Kharkov direction, the threat of a breakthrough by Russian troops has been repelled, and stable defense has been ensured. Wherever the Russians continue to attack, they suffer significant losses. In particular, Ukrainian artillery and infantry units interact effectively. The enemy tried to storm the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces three times. The defense forces repelled two attacks in the direction of the villages of Liptsy and Ternova. The enemy continues to try to advance from the area of ​​the village of Lukyantsy - there is a battle going on. Units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces continue measures to strengthen the stability of defense. Over the past 24 hours, the enemy lost 179 manpower in the Kharkov direction. A tank, an armored combat vehicle, three artillery systems and six vehicles and special equipment were also destroyed.
• Since the beginning of the day, six military clashes have occurred in the Kupyansk direction. One attack repulsed. In the areas of Sinkovka, Novoegorovka, Grekovka, Nevsky and Druzhelyubovka, fighting continues. The situation is under control.
• In the Limansky direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces gave a tough rebuff to the attempt of Russian troops to advance towards Nevsky.
• The enemy did not conduct active operations in the Kramatorsk direction.
• In the Pokrovsky direction, the intensity of hostilities is quite high - to date, the enemy has already attacked the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces 14 times. Six attacks were repulsed, eight engagements - in the areas of Novoaleksandrovka, Kalinovoy, Sokol and Nevelskoye - continue. Defense forces are taking measures to prevent enemy advances.
• In the Kurakhovsky direction, Ukrainian soldiers repelled a Russian attack in the Konstantinovka area. The enemy is currently continuing offensive operations in the Krasnogorovka area. The situation is under the control of the defense forces.
• In the Vremevsky direction, not far from Razdelny and Staromayorsky, two enemy attempts to improve the tactical situation failed.
• In the Orekhovsky direction there is a battle in the Malaya Tokmachka area.
• In the Dnieper direction, on the bridgeheads on the left bank of the Dnieper River, two enemy attacks were repelled in the area of ​​​​the village of Krynki. Loss of positions is not allowed.
• In other areas, the situation has not undergone significant changes.

During a war, it is impossible to quickly verify information disseminated even by official representatives of the parties to the conflict.

May 26, 2024 09:29:06

The European Union called the Russian attack on a supermarket in Kharkov an “atrocity”

“Russia’s attempts to terrorize Ukrainian citizens as part of a war of aggression against Ukraine are criminal. Together we can stop Russia's brutal attacks. We urgently need to make progress in developing a comprehensive air defense solution for Ukraine,” European Council President Charles Michel said in a statement.

According to the latest data, 14 people were killed during an airstrike on the Epicenter construction hypermarket in Kharkov. More than ten more are still missing. More than 40 people were injured.

May 26, 2024 09:43:21

The head of the investigative department of the National Police of Ukraine in the Kharkov region, Sergei Bolvinov, published on Facebook a video from a surveillance camera that captured the moment of a Russian airstrike on a hypermarket in Kharkov.

“It is clearly visible that people were completely unprepared for such an attack, they were at their workplaces and minding their own business. Now we are studying every minute of camera footage,” he wrote.

Soon the video in Bolvinov’s post became unavailable (why is unknown), but the Ukrainian media managed to widely disseminate it.

May 26, 2024 09:57:38

The Ministry of Energy of Ukraine tells how the Russian night missile attack affected the Ukrainian regions.

In the Khmelnitsky region, according to the department, more than 11 thousand subscribers in 13 settlements were left without electricity after the shelling. By morning, power supply to consumers was restored.

In the Dnepropetrovsk region, an explosive device was discovered at one of the substations. The police and sappers were called to neutralize it.

In the Vinnytsia region, more than 1.3 thousand consumers were left without gas due to damage to gas distribution networks.

In the Sumy region, a shell fell next to one of the gas distribution stations. The equipment was not damaged, gas supply did not stop.

The Ukrainian Air Force reported that during the night Russian troops fired 14 missiles and 31 drones across Ukraine. All air targets, with the exception of two missiles, were shot down by Ukrainian air defense.

May 26, 2024 10:11:31

Russian enterprises produce artillery shells three times faster than the United States and European Union countries, according to the consulting company Bain & Company.

Despite the fact that the combined power of the economies of Ukraine’s Western allies significantly exceeds Russia’s, they lag far behind the Russian Federation in terms of the speed of production of shells, notes the Sky News channel.

According to Bain & Company forecasts, in 2024, Russia will produce about 4.5 million artillery shells, and the EU and the US will produce a total of 1.3 million shells. At the same time, the cost of Russian 152 mm ammunition is four times less than Western 155 mm ammunition.

The Ukrainian military, Sky News reports, says that for every shell they fire, Russian troops can respond with five.

May 26, 2024 10:32:13

Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said in an interview with The Guardian that Warsaw supports Kyiv's right to strike military targets inside Russia. According to the head of the Polish Foreign Ministry, the West must stop constantly limiting itself in what it does to support Ukraine.

Sikorsky was also skeptical of Russia's threats to use nuclear weapons. “The Americans told the Russians, if you detonate a nuclear weapon, even if it doesn’t kill anyone, we will hit all your positions in Ukraine with conventional weapons, we will destroy them all. I think this is a real threat,” he said .

The former President of the Russian Federation, Deputy Head of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev responded to this statement - as usual in a boorish manner and with threats.

“Firstly, the Yankees haven’t said anything like that yet because they are more cautious than the Poles. Secondly, the defeat of our goals by the Americans means the beginning of a world war, and the foreign minister, even of a country like Poland, must understand this. And thirdly, given that another Pole, Duda, recently announced his desire to place tactical nuclear weapons in Poland, Warsaw will not stand aside and will certainly receive its share of radioactive ash. Is this what you really want? - he wrote on the social network X.

May 26, 2024 10:48:56

Italy against Ukrainian attacks on Russian territory with Western weapons

Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani responded to NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, who the day before called on the alliance allies supplying weapons to Ukraine to lift the ban on their use for attacks on military targets in Russia.

“We are an integral part of NATO, but every decision must be made collectively,” Ansa quoted Tajani as saying. — The choice of Kyiv is the choice of Kyiv. We will not send Italian soldiers to Ukraine, and the military tools sent by Italy are used inside Ukraine, we work for peace.”

On May 17, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky asked Western countries to allow the use of supplied weapons against targets in Russia. The United States has traditionally opposed this, but, according to The New York Times, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, after a recent trip to Kyiv, proposed that the White House allow Ukrainian troops to strike targets in Russia with American weapons.

May 26, 2024 11:01:13

Daily briefing of the Russian Ministry of Defense

• The North group of troops defeated two brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Liptsy, Volchansk and Russkie Tishki, Kharkov region, and repelled a counterattack of an assault group in the Glubokoye area.
• The “West” group of troops took control of the village of Berestovoe, Kharkov region, and defeated the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Stelmakhovka region, Lugansk region.
• The “southern” group took up more advantageous positions and defeated the manpower of two brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of Seversk and Konstantinovka, Donetsk region.
• The “Center” group of troops improved the tactical situation, defeated three brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Evgenovka, Rozovka and Novgorodskoe in the Donetsk region, and repelled a counterattack of the assault group in the Novoaleksandrovka area.
• The Vostok group of troops occupied more advantageous positions, defeated two brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Prechistovka and Makarovka areas of the Donetsk region, and repelled a counterattack of the assault group in the Vladimirovka area.
• The Dnepr group of troops defeated the manpower and equipment of two brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Rabotino district of the Zaporozhye region and Tyaginka of the Kherson region.
• Aviation, missile forces and artillery of the Russian Federation hit two ammunition depots of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, as well as concentrations of enemy manpower and military equipment in 128 regions. During the day, air defense systems shot down five ATACMS operational-tactical missiles, 32 HIMARS and Vampire missiles, a Neptune anti-ship missile, and 41 drones.

During a war, it is impossible to quickly verify information disseminated even by official representatives of the parties to the conflict.

May 26, 2024 11:24:15

In the Kursk region, three settlements came under fire from Ukraine, reports Acting Governor Alexey Smirnov.

In the village of Krasnooktyabrsky, Glushkovsky district, a local resident was wounded. She was hospitalized at the regional hospital.

In the village of Vnezapnoye, Korenevsky district, a machine operator working in the field was concussed due to a drone attack.

In the neighboring village of Gordeevka, a Ukrainian copter damaged two tractors. The machine operators were not injured.

May 26, 2024 11:32:23

Hit on a hypermarket in Kharkov. CCTV camera footage

May 26, 2024 11:48:03

Daily summary of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The situation at the front at 13:00 on May 26

• Since the beginning of the day, the most Russian attacks have been recorded in the Pokrovsky direction. Increased enemy activity is also observed in the Kharkov region. The Ukrainian Armed Forces react harshly to the assault and offensive actions of the Russian Federation, destroying enemy infantry and equipment.
• The total number of military clashes since the beginning of the day has reached 57.
• In the Kharkov direction, Russian troops carried out eight assault and offensive operations. Six times they were driven back near the settlements of Ternovo and Liptsy. The Ukrainian Armed Forces continue to repulse two enemy attacks in the areas of Volchansk and Liptsy.
• In the Kupyansky direction, the enemy tried to advance ten times near Sinkovka, Novoegorovka and Nevsky. Seven attacks have been repulsed and hostilities continue. The situation is under control.
• In the Seversky direction, the battle continues near Belogorovka.
• In the Kramatorsk direction, Russian troops twice tried to attack near Ivanovsky and Andreevka. The fighting continues in the Andreevka area.
• The Pokrovsky direction has the highest intensity of attacks - in total, Russian troops have already tried to improve the tactical situation 24 times. Currently, there are five military clashes near Novoaleksandrovka and Yasnobrodovka, and one more each in the areas of Kalinovoy, Sokol and Umansky.
• In the Kurakhovsky direction, since the beginning of the day, Russian troops have carried out four assaults in the areas of Krasnogorovka, Georgievka, Paraskoveevka and Konstantinovka. All attacks were repelled by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
• In the Vremevsky direction, the enemy unsuccessfully attacked three times near Staromayorsky and Razdelny.
• In the Orekhovsky direction, the Russians carried out one assault in the direction of Malaya Tokmachka, received a worthy rebuff and retreated.
• In the Dnieper direction, the number of military clashes increased to three.
• In other areas, the situation has not changed significantly.
• Ten border settlements in the Chernigov and Sumy regions were under Russian artillery fire, including Porozok, Obilnoye, Miropolye and Popovka.

During a war, it is impossible to quickly verify information disseminated even by official representatives of the parties to the conflict.

May 26, 2024 11:59:31

Governor of the Bryansk region Alexander Bogomaz reports on another air attack in the region.

On the afternoon of May 26, air defense systems on duty shot down two Ukrainian aircraft-type reconnaissance drones over the Sevsky district, the official said.

There were no injuries or damage, Bogomaz claims.

In the morning, the governor reported that another Ukrainian drone was shot down over the region in the Brasovsky district.

Updated . According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, at about 14:10 air defense forces shot down one Ukrainian drone in the Belgorod region and two more in the Bryansk region.

26 May 2024 12:06:37

May 26, 2024 12:18:22 PM

Kharkov, May 26

Consequences of a Russian missile attack on the Epicenter construction hypermarket. According to the latest data, 14 people were killed in the store, and more than 40 were injured. Firefighters spent more than 16 hours extinguishing a fire with an area of ​​13 thousand square meters at the impact site.

May 26, 2024 12:26:50

The Ukrainian Armed Forces repelled the threat of a breakthrough by Russian troops in the Kharkov direction

As Nazar Voloshin, the speaker of the operational-tactical group of troops “Khortitsa”, said on the telethon, on May 26, the Russian army tried to break through on the Strelechya-Glubokoye front.

“In the Kharkov region, the Defense Forces stopped the enemy in the direction of Strelechya - Glubokoe, they successfully knocked him out of those positions, the offensive was stopped in the direction. Systematic work is now underway to dislodge the enemy from their occupied positions. The defense forces reached the defense lines on time, for the most part,” RBC-Ukraine quotes him as saying.

According to Voloshin, Russian troops had some success in the Volchansk direction and in the direction of Strelechye - Glubokoe. “The occupiers are trying to saturate these areas with equipment and manpower in order to prevent the Defense Forces from seizing the tactical initiative on the battlefield. Of course, the enemy does not give up attempts to break through the defenses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Liptsy, Volchansk, Tikhoy and Staritsa. But thanks to the actions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, enemy troops are stuck on the road in Liptsy, completely bogged down in Volchansk, and the Ukrainian Armed Forces are pushing them out of there,” he added.

During a war, it is impossible to quickly verify information disseminated even by official representatives of the parties to the conflict.

26 May 2024 12:39:04

The office of the President of Ukraine published a rare interview with Vladimir Zelensky in Russian. He communicated with representatives of Central Asian media from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan and, at the request of journalists, spoke Russian so that there would be no misunderstandings or discrepancies during translation. The interview took place in Kharkov in a printing house that was destroyed by a Russian missile attack.

May 26, 2024 12:42:43

Death toll from Russian strike on Kharkov hypermarket rises to 15

May 26, 2024 12:53:05

The Russian army continues to strike the Kharkov region.

On the afternoon of May 26, a 72-year-old local resident was killed as a result of shelling in the village of Boguslavka in the Izyumsky district, according to the head of the region’s military administration, Oleg Sinegubov.

Two more civilians were injured. Among them is a nine-year-old boy.

26 May 2024 13:06:52

Ukrainian kamikaze drones attacked several villages of the Grayvoronsky urban district, the governor of the Belgorod region Vyacheslav Gladkov writes in his telegram channel.

In the village of Bezymeno, a car was damaged; its driver was taken to the hospital with a mine explosion injury and a through shrapnel wound to the right thigh. The car was completely burned out.

In the village of Novostroevka-Pervaya, a drone flew into the window of a private residential building. There were no casualties. As a result of the explosion, windows in the house were broken, the façade was damaged and the gas boiler was damaged.

During a new attack in the same village, a car was damaged.

May 26, 2024 01:23:13 PM

The first deputy head of the patrol police department of the Kharkov region, Alexey Beloshitsky, published a video of the first minutes after the Russian strike on a construction hypermarket in Kharkov. Footage from patrol chest cameras showed officers providing first aid to victims of the shooting.

May 26, 2024 1:26:55 PM

The death toll in the Kharkov hypermarket rose to 16 people

26 May 2024 13:49:32

The Russian army keeps its units near the borders of the Sumy region, but now these forces are not enough for a successful offensive. This was stated by the representative of the State Border Service of Ukraine Andrey Demchenko.

“It cannot be ruled out that the enemy continues to build up its forces in these directions. We must be prepared for the development of any situation,” RBC-Ukraine quotes him as saying.

The length of the Ukrainian-Russian border in the Sumy region is more than 560 kilometers, Demchenko recalled. The representative of the border service did not rule out that Russian troops may try to launch an offensive in the Sumy region, as well as in the Kharkov region bordering it.

“In order to create zones where full-scale military operations are taking place in order to stretch the Defense Forces of our state, including in this direction. But, fortunately, what we record is that even despite the forces that the enemy now has, they are not enough to achieve such a strategic goal,” Demchenko noted.

But, according to the speaker, the Russians can still use these units in the Sumy direction to “cause panic, stretch our forces and prevent them from being transferred to other directions.”

26 May 2024 13:58:15

Ukrainian drones continue to attack the Belgorod region, reports Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov.

On the afternoon of May 26, in the village of Murom, Shebekinsky urban district, a car was seriously damaged by a drone. The driver was hospitalized with a shrapnel wound to the face.

FPV drones also attacked two infrastructure communications facilities in Murom. Power lines are damaged. There were no casualties. Subscribers in several settlements were left without electricity: Murom, Maslova Pristan, Grafovka, Ziborovka, Shamino, Korovino, Rzhavets, Polyana, Bezlyudovka, Pristen, and also partially Novaya Tavolzhanka.

In the village of Prilesye, Krasnoyaruzhsky district, three private residential buildings were damaged after shelling. Their windows were broken, fences, roofs and facades were cut, a gazebo and a greenhouse were damaged. There were no casualties.

In Belgorod itself, one drone fell and exploded in the area of ​​the Pedagogical College. No civilians were harmed. Two cars were damaged by shrapnel.

26 May 2024 14:04:05

26 May 2024 14:17:02

Olaf Scholz spoke out against Ukraine’s use of Western weapons to strike Russia. According to the German Chancellor, he does not yet see any reason to expand the zone of use of Western weapons in the war in Ukraine.

“There are clear rules for the supply of German weapons, which were agreed upon with Ukraine, and they work. At least that’s my position,” Tagesschau quotes Scholz as saying.

The goal of German policy towards Ukraine, the chancellor added, remains “to prevent the conflict from escalating into a major war.”

On May 25, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg called on alliance allies to lift the ban on the use of weapons they supply to Ukraine to attack military targets in Russia. According to The New York Times, Secretary of State Antony Blinkenis preparing a similar proposal for US President Joe Biden.

26 May 2024 14:26:52

Summary of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at 16:00 on May 26

• Most of the fighting since the beginning of the day has been in the Pokrovsky direction. At the same time, Russian troops are not giving up attempts to advance in the Kharkov region. The number of military clashes along the entire front line increased to 67.
• In the Kharkov direction, Russian troops carried out assault operations from Murom towards Staritsa. Two more military clashes continue in the areas of Volchansk and the village of Liptsy. The total number of battles in this direction is currently 11.
• In the Kupyansk direction, Russian troops are attacking in the Novoegorovka area.
• In the Liman direction, the Russian military, having received rebuff near Nevsky, carried out two more unsuccessful assaults in the Ternov area.
• Six military clashes continue in the Pokrovsky direction. Since the beginning of the day there are already 27 of them. The enemy is concentrating efforts, in particular, towards Novoaleksandrovka and Umansky, supporting the actions of its units with air strikes. The situation is under control, the Ukrainian defenders are giving a tough rebuff to the enemy. During the day, Russian troops have already lost 244 servicemen killed and wounded in this direction. A Russian tank, two infantry fighting vehicles, three armored personnel carriers and a car were also destroyed.
• In the Dnieper direction in the Krynok area, another attack was repelled. Their total number has increased to four.
• In other areas, the situation has not undergone significant changes.

During a war, it is impossible to quickly verify information disseminated even by official representatives of the parties to the conflict.

26 May 2024 14:45:23

One civilian was wounded as a result of shelling of the Shebekinsky urban district by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, writes the governor of the Belgorod region, Vyacheslav Gladkov.

The official did not specify under what circumstances and where exactly the victim was injured. The man was hospitalized in a Belgorod hospital with a shrapnel wound to the abdomen.⠀

In the city of Shebekino, one rocket landed in the garden of a private house, damaging a fence and a car. In addition, during the shelling, windows were broken and facades were cut in the building of the House of Culture and one commercial facility, Gladkov reports. Another shell hit the roadway in the city center, damaging a bus and two cars with shrapnel.

Also in the village of Novaya Tavolzhanka, a shell damaged an apartment building.

26 May 2024 15:00:36

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