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Zelensky said SBU Alpha special operators hit a Russian FSB headquarters and destroyed a Pantsir-S1 air defense system on temporarily occupied Ukrainian territory. He said the single operation caused around 100 Russian troops killed and wounded, adding that Ukraine’s medium- and long-range sanctions will continue to work against Russian forces.
Greek officials said the naval drone found near Lefkada was Ukrainian and “extremely dangerous,” CNN Greece reports. Athens said it knows the USV type, origin and role, briefed NATO and the EU, and expects explanations and assurances from Kyiv that such an incident will not happen again. Greece said the Mediterranean must not become a theater of war.
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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.
New footage shows the Feodosia oil depot in occupied Crimea after repeated Ukrainian strikes. The marine oil terminal has burned at least 6 times from autumn 2024 to spring 2026, with the latest attack on April 23 involving 5 hits and a fire.
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.