❗️A new Razumkov Center poll found 66.3% of Ukrainians believe or rather believe in victory over Russia, while 54% do not expect a peace deal within 12 months. Another 61.6% say Moscow would violate any agreement and attack Ukraine again when convenient.
Ukraine’s Navy said a Russian strike drone hit the KSL Deyang cargo ship near Odesa Oblast as it moved through Ukraine’s maritime corridor toward Greater Odesa ports. The Marshall Islands-flagged vessel belongs to China’s KSL and has a Chinese crew.
Orthodox Russian priests drove through Perm with an icon of the Mother of God to pray for protection from drone attacks. The local diocese said the rite follows an old tradition of carrying holy objects around cities during external threats.🤷♂️
DeepState said Russia’s Zapad grouping faked a claim of Borova’s full occupation by using infantry footage filmed 25 km away near Kolomyichykha, then adding reconnaissance drone footage over Borova. Users geolocated the mismatch.
A drone attack is reported near Kstovo in Russia’s Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, with possible targets including the local oil refinery or the Gorky oil pumping station.
The number of wounded in Dnipro rose to 18 after Russia’s overnight combined strike. The injured include a 2-year-old girl and a 10-year-old boy, adding children to the toll from the attack on Dnipro and Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.
Ukraine downed or suppressed 507 Russian air targets overnight into May 18, including 4 Iskander-K cruise missiles and 503 drones. Russia launched 546 weapons, with the main strike aimed at Dnipro and Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.
Russian losses per 18/05/26 reported by the Ukrainian General Staff+1220 men+1 tank+5 ACVs+47 artillery+2 MLRS+2 AD systems+1 helicopter +1603 UAVs+5 GRCs
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Russian forces began fitting ships with anti-drone netting after successful Ukrainian naval drone attacks, starting with FSB Project 22460 Okhotnik patrol ships. Russian channels said the measure is privately funded and designed to offset external blast effects.
Peskov said Russia’s nuclear deterrent prevents threats to the state’s existence after Kremlin pool journalist Zarubin asked whether a nuclear power can still be “bitten” despite having powerful bombs. The exchange came in Moscow on May 17, after Ukrainian deep strikes hit targets across the Moscow region.
Ukraine’s General Staff confirmed strikes on Angstrem, a microchip producer for Russian precision weapons, and the Solnechnogorskaya pumping station, a critical part of the oil product pipeline ring around Moscow. Ukrainian RS-1 Bars, FP-1 Firepoint and BARS-SM Gladiator drones were used against targets in Moscow Oblast, alongside strikes on command posts, UAV control points and troop concentratio...
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