[Korrespondent] 21:59 Russian troops struck an industrial enterprise in Kryvyi Rih, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, with a drone. This was reported by the head of the Kryvyi Rih Defense Council, Oleksandr Vilkul.
According to the head of the Defense Council, no one was injured. However, the consequences of the enemy shelling are currently being clarified.
21.37 Ukrainian intelligence has received documents indicating that Russia is preparing a large-scale campaign to destabilize the situation in Ukraine and undermine international support for Kyiv. The official statement was published by the SZRU.
21.14 The Poltava Regional CCC and SP reported that only military personnel with the status of a participant in hostilities will be involved in the alert groups.
The recruitment center selects military personnel who have combat experience and know from their own experience what war is, who the Russian occupiers are, and what the situation is with the manning of the Ukrainian army.
The CCC explained that such servicemen understand the important role of mobilization and the need to replenish units.
"These servicemen work with the understanding that they are supplementing their former units, in fact, giving their former comrades a little rest," the CCK added.
20.11 Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Rustem Umerov stated that the first contracts within the framework of the Drone Deal agreements are already being approved.
Thus, at the meeting, the General Staff discussed the implementation of controlled exports of Ukrainian defense products and new defense partnerships.
"Today we are already working on practical implementation - specific contracts and projects - within the framework of the political agreements of the Drone Deal. The first contracts are already being approved, and at the turn of May-June we expect even more new partnerships," Umerov added.
20.05 Operators of the 1st separate center together with the SBU in coordination with the SBS Deep Strike Center struck a facility where pilot training, ammunition and components for UAVs were carried out. This was reported by the Unmanned Systems Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on May 20. It is noted that as a result of the attack, production and repair facilities were destroyed, which housed four Tiger armored vehicles delivered for repair. All vehicles were destroyed. The head of the school, Lieutenant Colonel Bury, was also eliminated. The total irretrievable loss of manpower is at least 65 people. In addition to personnel and equipment, ammunition and components for the production of unmanned systems were destroyed.
19.51 The UK government has been criticised after its decision to ease some sanctions on Russian oil. As Bloomberg reports, Trade Secretary Chris Bryant admitted that the decision was implemented "clumsily".
This is a license that eases restrictions on aviation fuel produced from Russian oil, mainly in India and Turkey.
Bryant stressed that the government's actions were "clumsy" and led to a misunderstanding of the objectives of the decision. He stressed that responsibility for this lies with him, and apologized to parliament.
According to the minister, the government will terminate the license "at the earliest opportunity."
18.56 All major oil refineries in central Russia have been forced to completely halt or significantly reduce processing after drone attacks over the past two weeks, Reuters reported, citing official data and market sources.
In the second half of May, plants in central Russia, which supply the domestic market and a significant share of petroleum product exports, almost stopped working.
Among the large refineries in the central part of the country that were attacked were plants in Kirishi, Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod, Ryazan, and Yaroslavl.
18.28 In Odessa, rescuers neutralized the unexploded warhead of a Russian "Shahed" drone that hit a residential building and got stuck in the facade at the 15th floor level. This was reported by the regional State Emergency Service Department.
16.05 Since the beginning of the war, Russia has destroyed 46 passenger cars of JSC Ukrzaliznytsia (UZ) and 42 suburban train cars, another 200 cars and an Intercity+ train are in the queue for repair due to shelling, drone strikes and collisions. UZ reported this on May 20. It is noted that about 1.1 thousand cars are also waiting for inspection and removal from operation due to their age and unusable condition.
15.57 Two of Russia's largest oil refineries, which supply fuel to Moscow and the region, have stopped oil processing after a series of drone attacks, Reuters reports, citing industry sources.
Rosneft 's Ryazan Refinery has stopped operating since May 15, while Gazpromneft's Moscow Refinery has stopped operating since May 17.
15.39 Ukrainian drones would not have appeared in the airspace of the European Union without a full-scale Russian invasion. NATO Secretary General Marco Rutte stated this during a press conference in Brussels, Ukrinform reports.
"What has happened over the past few days is exactly what we have been preparing for - a calm, decisive and proportionate response to these drone incursions. And if the drones are flying from Ukraine, they are not there because Ukraine wanted to send them to Latvia, Lithuania or Estonia. They are there because of Russia's reckless, illegal full-scale attack that took place in 2022 - after what the Russian Federation did against Ukraine in Crimea in 2014," Rutte recalled.
15.39 Ukraine is preparing for a possible Russian offensive in the Chernihiv-Kyiv direction. This was announced by President Volodymyr Zelensky on Telegram following a meeting of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief's Headquarters. There is information about the preparation of new mobilization steps in Russia - plus 100 thousand people, the head of state noted.
15.19 The Security Service of Ukraine has dismantled a scheme in the Kyiv region to illegally evade mobilization and smuggle men abroad, the SBU press service reported.
14.52 Ukraine has the right to defend itself against Russia by all available methods and to receive strong security guarantees. Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar said this during a joint press conference with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk in Warsaw, Ukrinform reported.
13.41 As a result of a massive attack by "shaheeds" on Konotop, an elderly woman was killed and 11 more people were injured. This was reported by the head of the Sumy OVA Oleg Grigorov in Telegram.
12.56 In some areas of Lithuania, including the capital Vilnius, an air alert was declared for the first time in connection with a "suspicious drone." The country's top leadership went into hiding.
"Lithuania has declared an air alert in some parts of the country after a suspicious drone was spotted near the border approaching from Belarus. NATO airspace patrols in the Baltic region have been intensified," the Lithuanian Ministry of Defense reported.
Citizens of the country were sent an alert demanding to immediately go to shelters. A "red" alarm signal was declared in the Vilnius district. People hid in parking lots, schoolchildren - in corridors and under desks.
Representatives of the country's top leadership were also transferred to shelters. In addition, Vilnius airport was temporarily closed.
An airstrike was later sounded in the Vilnius region. According to police, there were no reports of a drone crash in Lithuania.
12.24 Ukrainian intelligence officers intercepted a conversation indicating that the Russian army suffered losses in the Orikhiv direction due to mass alcohol poisoning of soldiers. The corresponding audio recording was published by the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.
Mass poisoning was recorded in the ranks of the 166th separate motorized rifle regiment of the 19th motorized rifle division of the 58th Army, operating in the Orikhiv direction on the Zaporizhia Front.
"There's a guard post there at the SNT (SNT), ours was there, remember Chingis, Chingis, where there were a lot, a lot of 200 who were poisoned by the blue stuff," says one Russian.
"There were 8 or 10 bodies lying there," the source confirmed, adding that the bodies had not been evacuated for at least five or six days.
"Both ours and the allies were neatly folded, covered with sleeping bags, as if they were lying down," he described.
12.06 For the second time this week, the Ukrainian military struck the Lukoil-Nizhegorodorgsintez refinery in Kstovo, and also struck other facilities of the Russian invaders. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
11.37 A Russian missile strike on Pryluky in Chernihiv Oblast on May 19 killed four people - two men, a woman and a 15-year-old boy. 30 people were injured. Businesses, shopping malls, shops, pharmacies, educational institutions, apartments and houses were damaged.
10.49 An increased radiation background has been detected on the wreckage of a Russian attack drone, with which the Russians attacked the Chernihiv region on April 7 of this year. This was reported by the SBU.
The level of gamma radiation is 12 μSv/h, which significantly exceeds the natural radiation background and poses a threat to human health.
10.22 On Wednesday morning, eight regions of Ukraine experienced power outages due to Russian shelling and bad weather. Ukrenergo reported this. Emergency restoration work is already underway wherever security conditions currently allow.
9.44 US President's special envoy Steve Witkoff plans to visit Moscow "in the near future," Kirill Dmitriev, a special representative of Russian President Vladimir Putin, said.
"Witkoff plans to visit Russia in the near future," he said.
At the same time, Dmitriev did not specify either the exact date of the visit or its possible purpose.
9.23 On the night of May 20, Russia attacked Ukraine with an Iskander-M ballistic missile and 154 Shahed, Gerber, Italmas attack UAVs, and Parodia-type simulator drones.
Air defenses shot down/suppressed 131 Shahed, Gerbera, Italmas UAVs and other drones in the north, south and east of the country. A ballistic missile and 23 strike drones were recorded at 20 locations, as well as the fall of downed drones (fragments) at six locations.
8.58 China denies Reuters' publication about secret training in China of Russian military personnel who later participated in the war against Ukraine. This is stated in the response of the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China, provided to Ukrinform in response to a request.
"On the issue of the Ukrainian crisis (this is how China officially calls Russia's war against Ukraine - ed.), China has consistently adhered to an objective and impartial position and made efforts to promote peace negotiations," the statement said.
A spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry noted that Beijing's "consistent and clear" position has been recognized and supported by the international community.
"The parties to the conflict should not deliberately incite confrontation or shift blame to others," he said.
China considers the Reuters publication an attempt to shift blame for the Russian-Ukrainian war to the Chinese side and calls for refraining from escalating the conflict.
8.35 Over the past 24 hours, 250 combat clashes have been recorded on the front. Aviation, missile troops and artillery of the Defense Forces hit five command posts, three personnel concentration areas, two artillery systems and three enemy drone control posts.
8.19 Russia attacked Odessa with strike drones. As a result of the attack, the residential sector, warehouse facilities, as well as a critical infrastructure facility of the city were damaged.
Information about the victims is currently being clarified.
Rescuers worked simultaneously at several locations, eliminating the consequences of the strikes. In one of the city districts, a one-story residential building was destroyed and then caught fire. A drone was recorded hitting the 18th floor of an unfinished 24-story building. A large-scale fire also broke out in a warehouse building.
7.54 Russian troops attacked two districts of Dnipropetrovsk region with missiles, drones and artillery. In Dnipro, a food warehouse, private houses and a car were damaged in a night attack. Two people were killed.
Six people were injured. A 42-year-old woman and men aged 47 and 25 are in hospital in serious condition. Two men aged 47 and 40 are hospitalised in moderate condition. A 27-year-old man will be treated as an outpatient.
The Russians also targeted the Petrykivska community of the Dnipro district. An enterprise was damaged. In the Nikopol region, the district center, Marhanetska, Pokrovska and Chervonohryhorivska communities were under attack. An enterprise, an apartment building, private homes and cars were damaged.
7.25 From February 24, 2022 to May 20, 2026, the total combat losses of Russian troops on the territory of Ukraine amounted to approximately 1,352,070 people (+920 per day).
4.56 Russia launched massive strikes on several Ukrainian cities on the night of May 20. Dnipro suffered the most - five people were injured, two in serious condition, and warehouses with food were damaged. Attacks were also recorded in Kharkiv and Odessa. This is reported by the reports of the leaders of the OVA.
2.58 Russian drones attacked Konotop, a high-rise building was hit, people may be under the rubble. This was reported by the city's mayor, Artem Semenikhin, on Telegram.
The official wrote that there were many injured, but the exact number is unknown. It is also not yet known for sure about the number of dead.
Before that, a series of explosions sounded in the city. Konotop came under a powerful attack by Russian drones.
2.35 Russia attacked the Dnieper on the night before May 20. The strike caused a fire, and five people were injured - two of them are in serious condition. This was reported by the head of the OVA, Oleksandra Ganzhi.
Around midnight, explosions were heard in Dnipro amid the threat of ballistic weapons. The OVA reported a fire at the scene of the impact. Initially, it was known about two victims.
00.59 A series of explosions were heard in Dnipro after the announcement of the threat of the use of ballistic weapons on the night of May 20. This was reported by Ukrinform.
Later, the head of the Dnipropetrovsk OVA, Oleksandr Ganzha, confirmed the enemy attack, and later added that two people were injured as a result of it.