Zelensky arrived in Slavutych and met community leaders from Kyiv and Chernihiv regions on strengthening protection in northern Ukraine. He said the border will be additionally reinforced and new fortifications built. Zelensky also warned Belarus’s leadership that consequences will follow any aggressive actions against Ukraine or Ukrainians.
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❗️ Ukraine presented the Behemoth strike drone, a domestic Shahed-type system with range up to 300 km, 75 kg payload, speed up to 200 km/h and operating altitude of 90-300 m. The drone can fly in FPV or autonomous mode, uses Starlink for communications and carries a tandem warhead combining a shaped-charge penetrator and thermobaric munition.
DARTS drones from Ukraine’s 20th K-2 Unmanned Systems Brigade neutralized dozens of Russian logistics vehicles in rear areas between Lyman and Kostiantynivka. Strike depth ranged from 20 to 60 km, targeting supply routes behind the front.
In response Zelensky said Ukraine can strengthen defenses and act preventively against threats from Russian territory and Belarus’s leadership. He said Minsk must feel real consequences will follow if aggressive actions target Ukraine or Ukrainians from Belarusian territory.
Kremlin spokesperson Peskov said the Kremlin sees no risk of fuel shortages from Ukrainian drone strikes on Russian refineries. The denial comes as major plants have halted or cut output and occupied Crimea faces visible fuel pressure.
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Ukraine struck an electrical substation near Chonhar in occupied Kherson Oblast on May 19, using five strike drones. The attack fully stopped the substation’s operation, cutting another Russian-controlled energy node near occupied Crimea.
Russia is holding drills across the country on the combat use of nuclear weapons, according to Russian state media.
Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces struck a series of Russian high-value targets across Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia. Hits included an S-300V radar and fuel truck near Shyroka Balka, a Tor system and tractor near Berestove, a BM-27 Uragan near Zelenyi Hai, a command-observation post near Bohatyr, UAV workshops in Donetsk, a UAV control point in Selydove, logistics targets and a port crane in Berdiansk.
Zelensky confirmed another Ukrainian long-range strike on Russian oil refining, this time against the Syzran refinery more than 800 km from Ukraine’s border. He called the attack part of Ukraine’s long-range sanctions against Russian refining and said Kyiv will continue this direction, thanking the Unmanned Systems Forces and Special Operations Forces for accuracy.
❗️Reuters says German Chancellor Merz proposed giving Ukraine EU associate member status without voting rights. Ukrainian officials could join EU summits and ministerial meetings, while member states would politically commit to applying the bloc’s mutual aid clause.
Ukraine’s Air Force said there is no need to scare people after elevated radiation was found on debris from a Russian Shahed carrying an old Soviet R-60 missile in Chernihiv Oblast. Communications chief Yurii Ihnat said the missile warhead contains a depleted uranium core, calling it a standard alloy, after the SBU recorded gamma radiation of 12 µSv/h near the wreckage.
Ukraine’s Trident laser anti-drone system has been integrated into a mobile trailer-based air defense platform and is undergoing final tests. Developers say it can destroy reconnaissance drones at up to 1.5 km, FPV drones at 800-900 m and practically hit Shahed-type strike drones at up to 5 km, using AI-assisted guidance, automatic target capture, tracking and radar integration.
Ukraine’s drones successfully attacked the Syzran oil refinery in Russia, triggering a fire at the facility. The strike adds another Russian fuel-processing site to the expanding wave of hits on refinery infrastructure across Russia this month.