The oil refinery in Tuapse. Photo: Rosneft The Russian oil refinery in Tuapse stopped work after the attack of Ukrainian drones and a fire that arose. It is reported by Reuters with reference to sources. According to the source of the publication, on May 17, drones fell into the production unit of liquefied oil gas, while the installation of distillation of crude oil remained unharmed.

Radar Amber-180. Photo: Altimus-Tech Ukraine will receive six Amber-1800 radars from Lithuania. This is stated in a message in the Ministry of Defense of Germany. German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius noted that Lithuania is participating in the German initiative IAAD, which is aimed at strengthening the Ukrainian air defense. He did not specify the terms of supply of the Amber-1800, while noting that Lithuania reaches an extremely high level in military assistance.

Photo: Instagram Danone The French company Danone has completed a transaction to sell its Russian business company "Ben R". This was reported by the press service of the company. "Following the press release of March 22, 2024, in which Danone announced the receipt of permits of Russian regulatory authorities necessary for the sale of business in Russia by Vasyn R LLC, Danone announces the completion of this transaction," the press release says. Other details of the transaction are not given.

Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili. Photo: BBC Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili imposed a veto on the bill adopted by the Parliament "On the Transparency of Foreign Infant" - an analogue of the Russian Law on "Inoagents". “Today I have imposed a veto on the“ Russian ”law. This law is inherently Russian. It contradicts our constitution and all European standards, therefore it presents an obstacle on our European path,” Zurabishvili said, Georgian Channel One reported .

President Vladimir Zelensky during a trip to the Donetsk region in April 2024. Photo: President’s press service The West does not want to allow Russia to defeat in the war, just as he does not want the defeat of Ukraine. President Vladimir Zelensky said this in an interview with the AFP news agency . " We are in an absurd situation when the West is afraid that Russia will lose the war. And does not want Ukraine to lose it ," he said, not hiding his irritation to the position of the West.

The evacuation of civilians from the Donetsk region. Photo of the State Emergency Service (State Emergencies Ministry) From the beginning of the full -scale invasion of the Russian Federation to Ukraine, 231 thousand people returned back after the evacuation. This was announced by the head of the department for civil protection, mobilization and defense work of the Donetsk regional military administration Dmitry Petlin, the State Agency of Ukrinform reports .

PRC Chairman Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin at a meeting in Moscow in March 2023. Photo: AFP Zelensky would like to see the delegation of China at a peaceful summit in Switzerland. President Vladimir Zelensky said this in an interview with the AFP news agency .

The wounded Prime Minister of Slovakia Robert Fitzo is transported to the hospital. Photo: Ján Krošlák, Tasr The court in Slovakia arrested the 71-year-old writer Yuray Zintul, who was suspected of attempted attempted prime minister of the country Robert Fitzo, reports the Slovak edition of RTVS. According to RTVS, the suspect pleaded guilty. On the charges, Zintul threatens from 25 years to life imprisonment.

President Vladimir Zelensky (left) and the head of the Kharkov Regional State Administration Oleg Sinegubov. Photo: press service of the President of Ukraine From the districts of the Kharkov region, which are subjected to active shelling of Russian troops from May 10, almost 10 thousand people were evacuated. This was announced in his telegram channel on the morning of May 18, the head of the Kharkov regional state administration (OGA) Oleg Sinegubov.