[Korrespondent] 23.55 United States President Donald Trump does not rule out the possibility of visiting Russia this year. When asked by a correspondent for a Russian propaganda agency about a potential trip to Russia, Trump said that such an option is not excluded, and that he is ready to do whatever is necessary to bring a peace treaty between Moscow and Kyiv closer. At the same time, Trump did not specify either the possible dates or the format of a possible visit.
23.26 In the Sumy region on the evening of Tuesday, May 12, a Russian drone attacked civilian infrastructure, injuring a 13-year-old boy. As reported by the head of the Sumy regional military administration, Oleg Grigorov, the enemy drone hit the civilian infrastructure of the Bilopol community, the child was near the site of the hit. The boy was hospitalized and is undergoing surgery.
22.48 The governments of the United States and Ukraine have prepared a draft memorandum outlining the framework of a potential defense agreement between the countries in the field of UAVs. This was reported by sources familiar with the negotiations, CBS News reports.
The document, which has already been agreed upon by the US State Department and Ukrainian Ambassador Olga Stefanishyna, provides for the possibility of exporting Ukrainian military technologies to the United States and creating joint ventures for the production of drones.
22.27 As a result of a Russian strike on a residential building in Kryvyi Rih, the number of injured has increased to four people, two people have died. This was reported by the head of the OVA Oleksandr Ganzha.
According to him, doctors hospitalized a 9-month-old girl. The child is in intensive care in serious condition. A 23-year-old woman was also taken to the hospital in moderate condition.
Meanwhile, women aged 45 and 74 will be treated on an outpatient basis.
21.49 President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed decrees implementing the decisions of the National Security and Defense Council regarding sanctions against Russians and companies related to the Russian military-industrial complex.
20.59 Ukraine is gradually advancing the initiative to create an anti-ballistic missile coalition in Europe. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated this during an address.
The Head of State called this "a very important initiative" and noted that the meeting of national security advisors was attended by representatives of 13 countries and the office of the NATO Secretary General.
20.24 President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reported that Ukraine continues to carry out strikes on Russian facilities in response to shelling from Moscow. This includes gas industry facilities in the Orenburg region, located more than 1,500 kilometers from Ukraine. The head of state stated this in an evening address.
19:57 Russian troops attacked settlements in the Kherson region with artillery, mortars, and drones throughout the day. Three civilians were injured as a result of the shelling, the regional prosecutor's office reported.
19.37 The head of the ruling regime of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, plans to carry out a "point" mobilization of units in the country. He stated this during a meeting with Defense Minister Viktor Khrenin, where the latter reported on personnel issues in the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus, writes the local propaganda news agency BELTA.
The head of the Center for Countering Disinformation (CDC), Andriy Kovalenko, reacted critically to such statements by the Belarusian dictator, and also advised not to pay too much attention to Lukashenko's words, because "everything is under control in our forces."
19.33 On the night of May 12, units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine destroyed a number of important Russian military facilities on the TOT. The General Staff reported this on Tuesday.
18.52 Currently, there are no delays in the supply of weapons from the US under the PURL program. This was stated by Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiga, Interfax-Ukraine reports.
18.36 Canada became the first country outside Europe to sign the Convention on the Establishment of an International Compensation Commission for Ukraine. This was announced on the social network by Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiga on Tuesday, May 12.
Canada is now the first non-European country to sign the Convention establishing an International Claims Commission for Ukraine - an international mechanism that will help hold Russia accountable for the destruction and suffering caused by its illegal war. #SlavaUkraini… pic.twitter.com/qzUPQ2BVWv
— Anita Anand (@AnitaAnandMP) May 11, 2026
18.36 Various states asked Ukraine not to strike Russia during the May 9 parade, when their leaders were there. This was stated by Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiga, the Foreign Ministry reported.
18.17 Russian troops struck Zaporizhia district on Tuesday. As a result, houses were destroyed and there were injuries. This was reported by the head of the OVA Ivan Fedorov.
"The Russians hit Shchaslyve with a guided bomb. Houses were destroyed and damaged. A 75-year-old woman was injured," Fedorov noted.
Meanwhile, a 77-year-old man was injured in Kushugum. A Russian drone hit his yard and damaged his home.
18.08 Russia carried out a launch of the Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile, which was called "successful." The commander of the Strategic Missile Forces (SRF), Sergei Karakayev, reported this to Russian leader Vladimir Putin, propaganda media reported.
17.23 Russian leader Vladimir Putin is ready to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky not in Moscow just to put an end to the war, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in a comment to Russian propagandists.
"A lot of homework still needs to be done to "finalize the process," he warned.
16.51 Since the beginning of the day, Russian invaders have carried out 57 attacks on Ukrainian army positions in nine directions. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this in an operational summary.
More than half of all Russian attacks on the front are concentrated in the Pokrovsk and Kostyantynivka areas.
15.47 Law enforcement officers exposed and detained a Russian FSB agent in one of the front-line units of the SBU. This was reported by the Ukrainian special service.
The Russians recruited the official through her father, a resident of temporarily occupied Berdyansk. He acted as a "liaison officer."
15.02 Two large-scale mobilization evasion schemes, which were used by more than 1,000 conscripts, were dismantled in Kyiv. The organizers were detained, the SBU reported.
One of the schemes was organized by the head of a critically important enterprise in the capital. She massively "booked" conscripts.
14.20 Explosions have been heard in the Russian city of Orenburg. There is an "arrival" at a high-rise building, Russian public media reports.
In particular, one of the drones allegedly hit a residential building on Volgogradskaya Street, 4 km from JSC PO Strela, which produces cruise missiles and components for Su and MiG aircraft, ASTRA notes.
14.00 Mandatory evacuation of families with children was announced from certain territories of the Nikopol district of the Dnipropetrovsk region. This was announced by the head of the Dnipropetrovsk OVA Oleksandr Ganzha.
According to him, 28 families with children are to leave Novokiivka and Ilyinka of the Marhanets urban community, and Vyshchetarasivka of the Myriv rural community. Currently, 34 children live there.
All residents must leave one of the streets of Marganets and almost 100 streets of Nikopol. 1,145 people must evacuate.
12.28 Operators of the Unmanned Systems Forces destroyed important Russian equipment and facilities in the Donetsk region. In particular, two radar stations that helped the enemy detect targets in the air, and also destroyed fuel and ammunition depots. The corresponding video was shown by the Unmanned Systems Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
On December 12, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with Palantir Technologies CEO Alex Karp. The Ukrainian leader announced this on Telegram.
11.16 A gasoline shortage has emerged in Russia amid powerful Ukrainian drone attacks on oil refineries. This follows from data from the National Exchange Pricing Agency, cited by the Russian publication Kommersant.
Thus, according to media reports, during the exchange trading on May 8, sellers sold 32.64 thousand tons of gasoline, which is 5.9% less than the level of the previous trading day. In particular, sales of AI-92 decreased by 8.9%, to 20.34 thousand tons, and AI-95 increased by 1.5%, to 12.24 thousand tons. At the same time, the volume of unsatisfied solvent demand for AI-92 amounted to 23.46 thousand tons, while for AI-95 - 26.34 thousand tons.
11.03 On Tuesday morning, power outages were recorded in six regions of Ukraine due to Russian shelling and bad weather. Ukrenergo reported this. Emergency restoration work has already begun wherever security conditions allow.
10.44 A Russian agent who was carrying out hostile missile, bomb and drone attacks was exposed and detained in the city of Sloviansk in the Donetsk region. The SBU reported this.
It is indicated that this is a local unemployed woman. To attract the woman to cooperation, Russian special services involved her son, a member of the armed groups of the Southern Military District of the Russian Federation, who is fighting on the Eastern Front.
10.15 Ukrainian Intelligence has published an interactive 3D model of the Pantsir-S1 complex and data on 52 enterprises involved in its production, some of which are not under sanctions. The Defense Ministry's Directorate of Intelligence reported this on Telegram.
The published materials identify more than 50 companies involved in cooperation in the production of the complex. According to intelligence, at least ten of them are not currently under sanctions by any of the countries of the sanctions coalition. Among them are companies that supply individual electronic components, power supplies, computing systems, and elements for target detection stations.
10.05 On Tuesday night, Russian invaders launched 216 attack drones of various types over Ukraine. Air defense units intercepted most of the enemy targets, the Ukrainian Air Force reported.
9:00 Russians launched massive strikes on the Dnipropetrovsk region. The Dnipro, Nikopol, Synelnyk, Samariv and Pavlohrad districts were under attack. One person was killed and four others were injured as a result of the shelling. This was reported by the head of the Dnipropetrovsk OVA, Oleksandr Ganzha.
8.30 As of 8.30, the following consequences are known as a result of the night attack:
The roof of a 16-story building in Kyiv was damaged and a fire broke out.
One person was injured in Kharkiv after a drone hit the roof of a high-rise building.
Transport infrastructure in Dnipro was damaged, one person was injured.
There are injured people in Kherson as a result of night shelling.
8:00 Russians hit a kindergarten in the Fastiv district of the Kyiv region. Residential buildings were also damaged.
7.38 Over the past 24 hours, the Ukrainian Defense Forces have eliminated another 1,020 Russian soldiers, as well as destroyed dozens of pieces of equipment and weapons of the occupiers. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this on Tuesday, May 12.
According to the General Staff, the total combat losses of the Russian army from February 24, 2022 to May 12, 2026 are approximately 1,343,050 military personnel.
During the day, the Ukrainian military also destroyed:
• 2 tanks;
• 2 armored combat vehicles;
• 72 artillery systems;
• 2 multiple launch rocket systems;
• 1,252 operational-tactical level drones;
• 145 units of automotive equipment and tank trucks;
• 2 ground robotic complexes;
• 1 unit of special equipment.
In total, since the start of the full-scale war, Russia has lost 11,926 tanks, 24,553 armored combat vehicles, 41,935 artillery systems and 285,506 UAVs. The General Staff added that data on enemy losses is being revised.
6.25 Fires broke out in Kyiv and Dnipro as a result of a nighttime Russian attack. One person was injured in Dnipro, and no injuries were reported in Kyiv.
04.16 Russian UAVs attack Kyiv. Explosions can be heard in the capital. City authorities reported that debris from a downed UAV fell onto the roof of a 20-story residential building in the Obolonskyi district.
01.29 Ukrainian stocks of interceptor missiles for Patriot air defense systems are almost completely exhausted, and European allies are in no hurry to transfer their own stocks to Kyiv for fear of weakening their own air defense. This is reported by The Washington Post with reference to its own sources. It is noted that Ukraine has now almost completely run out of PAC-3 interceptors for Patriot - with the exception of a few missiles that had to be distributed throughout the country.
00.25 Ukraine has offered Europe help in resuming peace talks with Russia, starting with a concrete step - a mutual cessation of attacks on airports on both sides. This was stated by Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiga. According to him, Putin may have an incentive for such a truce, since major Russian transport hubs, including Sheremetyevo and Pulkovo international airports, are becoming increasingly vulnerable to Ukrainian attacks.