US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Ukraine’s Armed Forces are now the strongest and most powerful army in Europe. He said Ukrainians created new tactics, techniques and technologies, shaping a unique hybrid asymmetric war against Russia.
A photo shows 2 ballistic missiles flying over Kyiv during Russia’s overnight attack.
A cargo ship carrying Russian ammunition was reportedly hit in Berdyansk port. Local sources said the vessel entered the occupied port for mooring at 10:00 today and was struck shortly after.
Kremlin spokesperson Peskov rejected Europe’s bid to mediate talks between Kyiv and Moscow, saying only the US currently acts as mediator. He claimed Europeans “do not want and cannot” become mediators because they are effectively participating in the war and support what he called a crushing strike and defeat of Russia.
❗️Zelensky ordered Ukraine’s Defense Forces and special services to propose possible formats for Ukraine’s response to Russia’s mass strike. The directive follows the May 13-14 attack, when Russia used 1,567 drones and 56 missiles against Ukraine.
❗️Zelensky said Russia used 1,567 drones and 56 missiles in mass attacks on May 13-14, with Ukraine downing 94% of drones and 73% of missiles. In Kyiv, 7 people are dead, 39 wounded and nearly 20 remain unaccounted for after a residential section collapsed.
❗️A Ukrainian drone strike damaged 2 Russian helicopters at the Ozero forward landing site in Voronezh region on April 29. The hit damaged a Mi-8 from the 41st Helicopter Regiment and a Mi-28 from the 15th Army Aviation Brigade, wounding 2 officers.
Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces hit multiple Russian targets overnight on May 14, commander Robert “Magyar” Brovdi said. Targets included a Redut-2US communications system in Frolivske, Donetsk region; a Tor SAM in Brusivka, Luhansk region; command and deployment points of the Kaira UAV unit in Staromlynivka; and a communications node in Kinski Rozdory, Zaporizhzhia region.
Hungary handed a protest note to Russian Ambassador Yevgeny Stanislavov over Russia’s air attack on Zakarpattia, where a large Hungarian minority lives. He arrived at the Foreign Ministry at 11:30 Kyiv time and left 25 minutes later without comment. The strike also affected Hungarian railway workers who were at Ukraine’s Chop station during the attack.
STING interceptors downed more than 300 targets over the past day and night during Russia’s mass attack. Three units destroyed over 200 drones between them, with one unit hitting 120 targets and two records broken for shootdowns by a single crew.
Ukraine’s Air Command Center showed its combat work during Russia’s massive combined strike on May 13-14.
Zelensky said 5 people were killed and about 40 wounded in Kyiv after Russia’s night attack. Another 7 were wounded in Kyiv region, 28 in Kharkiv and 2 in Odesa region. More than 180 sites were damaged nationwide, including over 50 residential buildings.
Ukraine’s border guard forces destroyed around 120 strike drones during Russia’s mass attack on Ukraine. Of those, 91 were downed in the north of the country.
First person footage by firefighters at the Nurlino oil pumping station in Russia after it as hit by Ukrainian long-range drones.
Satellite imagery shows a major fire at the Astrakhan gas processing plant after a Ukrainian drone strike. The blaze is centered on the open sulfur storage area and the rail-loading node, with numerous fire trucks visible near the burning zone. The fire involves sulfur storage pads used for technical sulfur produced during gas purification. Astrakhan is one of Russia’s largest sulfur producers, an...