[Korrespondent] 21.39 The Cabinet of Ministers has adopted a resolution that changes the criteria for reserving conscripts for critical enterprises. This was announced by Minister of Economy, Environment and Agriculture Oleksiy Sobolev during a telethon in the 1+1 slot.
From now on, the minimum salary for reservation will be UAH 25,941. Meanwhile, for enterprises in front-line areas, the threshold remains lower - UAH 21,618.
The rules for taking into account employees who work part-time and already have a deferral from conscription are changing.
From now on, they will be counted towards the reservation quota only once and only at their main place of work. The norm should come into effect approximately ten days after the decree comes into force.
Central and regional authorities must review the criteria for determining critical enterprises and re-approve them within a month.
20.18 President Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a conversation with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron, and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz.
The key topic of the conversation was the intensification of diplomatic efforts to achieve peace and the need for broader European participation in the negotiation processes.
"All partners note that Ukraine's position is much stronger - both on the battlefield and in our long-range capabilities. This is significant, and it is precisely our pressure that can encourage correct and effective diplomacy," Zelenskyy emphasized.
The parties agreed that national security advisers will meet in the near future.
Separately, the president informed about Russian plans for Ukraine, Belarus and other areas in Europe. "We are monitoring everything related to their political and military intentions. Our intelligence teams will exchange available information in more detail," Zelensky noted.
19.49 Since the beginning of 2026, Ukraine has liberated 590 square kilometers of its territory from Russian invaders. This was stated by President Volodymyr Zelensky.
"Ukrainian positions are stronger now than in previous years. Since the beginning of the year, 590 square kilometers of our territory have been liberated and under control. The trend is definitely not in the interests of the occupier, we continue to increase the rate of destruction of Russian personnel - this, together with sanctions of all forms, forces Russia to choose diplomacy," the head of state emphasized.
Zelenskyy stated that right now, the efforts of Ukraine and its partners are aimed at intensifying the diplomatic direction.
19.16 The Ukrainian army struck one of the headquarters of the Russian Rubicon unit in the area of ​​the temporarily occupied city of Starobilsk in the Luhansk region. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Meanwhile, manipulative information is actively being spread in the Russian media regarding the alleged damage to civilian infrastructure facilities by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the temporarily occupied territory (TOT) of Ukraine.
19.13 Switzerland has agreed to most of the restrictions from the 20th package of sanctions of the European Union against Russia and Belarus. This was reported by the press service of the country's government.
115 individuals and legal entities were subject to new sanctions.
The assets of sanctioned individuals and companies will be frozen, they are prohibited from providing funds, and they are also prohibited from entering Switzerland and transiting through its territory.
A separate ban on entry and transit through the territory of Switzerland is provided for.
18.55 Trilateral talks between Ukraine, the US and Russia have been suspended. But the American side allows their resumption under certain conditions. This was stated by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio at a briefing after the meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Sweden.
18.40 The Russian occupation authorities in the occupied part of the Kherson region have restricted the movement of freight transport on the section of the "land corridor" to Crimea. This is stated in the decree of the Russian-appointed "governor" of the occupied part of the Kherson region, Volodymyr Saldo.
The restrictions were introduced on the "federal highway" R-280 "Novorossiya" towards the "Dzhankoy" checkpoint. The restrictions came into effect at midnight on May 21 and will be in effect "until further notice."
Previously, Z-channels wrote that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are now advancing 160-200 km into the rear and are reaching the "land corridor" road to Crimea, which supplies Russian troops.
18.39 Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the "strike on the dormitory" of the Starobilsky Vocational College in the temporarily occupied territory of the Luhansk region was "targeted" and allegedly carried out in three waves using 16 UAVs.
Putin said that "there were no military infrastructure or intelligence facilities nearby." He also dismissed the possibility of air defense or electronic warfare being involved.
Traditionally, he also called the attack a manifestation of "neo-Nazism."
18.24 On May 21-22, the Ukrainian military launched new strikes on important targets of the Russian occupation army. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
18.21 The Russian Federation is using 695 different forms of torture against Ukrainian prisoners of war. This was stated by the Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights Dmytro Lubinets during the presentation of the project "Made in Russia. Taken prisoner", Ukrinform reports.
Lubinets noted that the methods of bullying include beatings, the use of electric shocks, strangulation, the use of dogs, forced standing for long periods of time, as well as other forms of pressure.
"Prisoners of war are strangled, beaten, electrocuted, attacked with dogs, forced to stand in one place sometimes for 18 hours, and as soon as you start to squat, they immediately start physically beating you."
18.01 Russian invaders struck the city of Marganets with an FPV drone. 13 civilians were injured, the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Prosecutor's Office reported.
17.57 Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev said that the creation of a tribunal to prosecute Russian leader Vladimir Putin for aggression against Ukraine would only make sense if he is detained. Sofia Globe reports.
17.44 Ukraine is interested in additional momentum in the negotiation process to end the war with Russia. This was stated by Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiga, Interfax-Ukraine reports.
Currently, talks are being held about the same thing several times. That is why it is necessary to enter into a new format of talks with the Russian side, the Foreign Minister stated.
17.36 Five young people - four boys and one girl - have been returned from the territories temporarily occupied by Russia. Due to pressure from the occupation authorities, fear of persecution and the risk of mobilization, they were unable to leave safely for a long time.
17.18 A Russian agent who was exposed in September 2024 while coordinating shelling in the Kharkiv region received 15 years in prison with confiscation of property.
The traitor turned out to be a resident of a front-line village recruited by the Russian Federation, who administered a Telegram channel with a total audience of 10,000 users. Using the Internet resource, the agent "secretly" collected data on the bases and movement routes of the Defense Forces in the Kupyansk direction.
After receiving the geolocations of Ukrainian troops, the attacker went to the area to conduct additional reconnaissance and "report" to the curator from Russia. In parallel, he tried to burn down a military vehicle of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near the district center at night. To do this, the agent tracked the vehicle and prepared a flammable mixture.
SBU officers detained an agent "red-handed" after his unsuccessful attempt to destroy a military vehicle.
17.12 Two twin brothers, doctors, have been charged with organizing a scheme to illegally send men abroad by registering fictitious disabilities. The Prosecutor General's Office reports this.
According to the investigation, the doctors promised to "resolve the issue" through connections in medical expert commissions.
The cost of such "services" was from 18 to 20 thousand dollars. The funds were transferred in installments - in advance and after the documents were processed.
16.22 Since the beginning of the day, Russian aggressors have attacked the positions of the Defense Forces 54 times in 11 directions. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this in its operational summary as of 16:00.
The enemy is most actively trying to advance in the Hulyaipol area. Fighting is taking place near six settlements.
16.17 The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees condemned the Russian missile strike and drone attack on the Dnieper River, which killed at least two civilians, UNHCR representative Bernadette Castel-Hollingsworth said.
The warehouse was hit by a ballistic missile, causing a fire. Rescuers continue to work at the scene of the impact.
According to preliminary estimates, about 900 pallets of humanitarian aid worth over $1 million were destroyed.
15.57 Employees of the Military Law Enforcement Service of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, together with the police, searched for and detained a serviceman who left the military unit without permission and threatened to burn down the Central Commercial Center. The fugitive turned out to be a well-known local recidivist Vitaliy Chepurko, known in the media as the "Poltava arsonist."
Through social networks, the hero of the meme "I like it when it burns" made public calls and threats to commit a terrorist act and use violence against military personnel.
The "Poltava Paliya" was escorted to the VSP unit to clarify the reasons and circumstances of the offenses. At the same time, the serviceman was explained the legal norms regarding liability for SZCH under martial law, and was also informed about the procedure for returning to service.
15.32 The Security Service and the National Police have blocked eight more mobilization evasion schemes and detained the organizers of the deals in various regions of Ukraine. For amounts ranging from $7,000 to $15,000, the dealers offered conscripts to avoid conscription through forged documents or helped them escape abroad outside checkpoints.
15.19 A peace agreement on Ukraine must have real security guarantees for our state. Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar said this in an interview with ZIB. The international community has actually failed to fulfill its task and has not ensured the integrity and independence of Ukraine, he stated.
15.13 Lithuania will ban entry into its territory and the Schengen zone of about 600 more Russian military personnel who participated in hostilities against Ukraine.
"It is planned to quickly include all these persons in the list of undesirable persons in the territory of Lithuania and in the Schengen information system with an entry ban," the department noted.
It is assumed that the ban on entry to Lithuania will be in effect for ten years, and to the Schengen area for five years with the possibility of extension.
14.57 Russians launched a drone strike on the village of Ukrainka in the Novooleksandrivska community in the Kherson region. As a result of the attack, a 53-year-old woman and two men aged 63 and 83 suffered contusions, explosive and closed head injuries, and two victims also suffered shrapnel wounds.
A woman was injured in the Russian shelling of the Korabelny district of Kherson. The 34-year-old Kherson resident was diagnosed with an explosive injury and contusion.
14.28 Since the beginning of the war, more than 13,300 cases of chemical munitions use by Russia have been officially recorded, and their use by the enemy has increased rapidly since 2024. This was reported by the Deputy Head of the Main Department of Mine Action, Civil Protection and Environmental Safety, Colonel Valery Weber, in Chisinau, the press service of the Ministry of Defense reports. It is noted that the Ukrainian delegation presented the dynamics of the use of chemical substances by the Russians to international partners. According to the Ministry of Defense, if in 2023 their use was mainly episodic, then starting from 2024 the intensity of attacks has increased rapidly. And as of the first half of 2026, the overall level of use of chemical munitions by the enemy remains stably high along the entire line of contact.
14.14 Russia began using "Shaheeds" in Africa. This is a new modification of the drone - the KK series - with aerial detonation of the warhead.
13.56 A criminal case has been opened into the beating of a veteran in the Shevchenkivskyi district of Kyiv. The Main Directorate of the National Police in Kyiv reported this on May 22. Law enforcement officers have previously established that the man received bodily injuries during a conflict with representatives of the alert group, which included servicemen from the territorial recruitment and social support center and members of the territorial community's volunteer formation.
13.38 Currently, 155,233 Russian citizens are officially residing in Ukraine, 900 of them with a temporary residence permit. This was reported by the head of the State Migration Service of Ukraine (SMSU) Natalia Naumenko in an interview with Glavkom.
12.54 Two more servicemen, who are considered members of a group involved in the sale of ammunition and explosives, were reported suspicious.
In November 2025, law enforcement officers detained three military personnel - a colonel and two of his subordinates - during an attempt to sell 500 kg of explosives worth $88,000. At the same time, a large amount of weapons and ammunition was seized during searches.
Investigators found that other servicemen were also involved in the scheme. Together with the group members, they purchased and stored 500 kg of explosives in the Kharkiv region, after which they transferred it for transportation to Kyiv for sale.
According to the investigation, the suspects also tried to sell more than 11 kg of plastid, grenades, and detonating cord.
Two servicemen were informed of suspicion under the same articles as their accomplices - illegal handling of ammunition and explosives committed by an organized group. In addition, one of the previously detained is charged with unauthorized abandonment of a military unit under martial law. The sanction of the article provides for up to seven years of imprisonment.
Investigators are establishing the sources of origin of the weapons and other participants in the scheme.
12.11 At night, the Defense Forces operated in the direction of the oil refinery in Yaroslavl, Russia, about 700 kilometers from the territory of Ukraine. This was reported by President Volodymyr Zelensky on Telegram following the report of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Oleksandr Syrsky.
10.59 The Cabinet of Ministers has allowed the use of public address systems for announcements about commemoration. This was announced by the Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Svyrydenko. From now on, they will be used daily at 09:00 to announce a nationwide minute of silence and during the all-Ukrainian action Light a Candle, which is held every year on the fourth Saturday of November to commemorate the victims of the Holodomor of 1932-1933.
10.44 An FSB agent network was exposed and liquidated in Ukraine. Its members coordinated Russian attacks on the Kyiv and Odessa regions. The SBU reported this. An IT specialist from Mykolaiv, who was recruited back in 2014, worked for the Russian special service.
10.28 In the Dnipro district of Kherson on the morning of May 22, Russians attacked a man with a drone. A Kherson resident, whose identity is currently being established, received fatal injuries as a result of the enemy strike. This was reported by the head of the Kherson OVA, Oleksandr Prokudin. Later, he added that a man who was injured in a Russian drone attack in the Dnipro district of Kherson was also taken to the hospital. The victim has a mine-explosive injury, shrapnel wounds to his arms, legs and torso. Currently, doctors are conducting an examination and providing him with the necessary assistance.
10.21 On Friday morning, eight regions of Ukraine experienced new power outages due to attacks by Russian aggressors and bad weather. Ukrenergo reported this. Power engineers are doing everything possible to restore damaged equipment to service as soon as possible.
9.58 The Lukoil-Nizhny Novgorod-Sintez oil refinery in the city of Kstovo, Nizhny Novgorod region, Russia, has partially stopped operations after a drone attack, Reuters reported, citing informed sources in the industry. It is noted that the Lukoil-Nizhny Novgorod-Sintez refinery, which is the fourth largest oil refinery in Russia, closed its main AVT-6 unit after a drone attack several days ago.
9.38 On the front last day, 253 combat clashes took place, in the Pokrovsky direction Ukrainian defenders stopped 52 enemy assault actions. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on May 22. Aviation, missile troops and artillery of the Defense Forces struck 12 areas of concentration of manpower and three control points of Russian drones.
9.19 In Mykolaiv, as a result of a strike by enemy Shahed drones and falling debris over the past day, the windows of the hospital's administrative building were damaged, and a fire broke out at an industrial facility. The regional military administration reported this on May 22. It is noted that the fire was quickly extinguished. There were no casualties.
8.44 Air defenses neutralized 115 drones that the Russian army has been using to attack Ukraine since last evening. The Ukrainian Air Force reported this on May 22. Seven strike UAVs were hit at five locations, and downed targets (fragments) fell at another five.
8.20 Russian troops attacked one of the enterprises in the Myrhorod district of the Poltava region with drones at night. This was reported by the head of the Poltava regional military administration, Vitaliy Dyakivnych, on May 22. It is noted that the equipment was damaged due to the UAV hit. There were no casualties.
7.52 Over the past 24 hours, the Defense Forces destroyed 880 Russian occupiers, 135 units of automotive equipment and tanker trucks, and 57 artillery systems. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this on May 22. The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.22 to 22.05.26 were approximately 1,353,860 people.
6.37 The US State Department has approved the sale of equipment for the HAWK anti-aircraft missile system (AMS) to Ukraine. This was reported on the official website of the US State Department.
6.10 Restricting international platforms in Russia is part of the Kremlin's long-standing strategy. This was stated by the representative of the State Defense Committee of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Vadym Skibitsky, during the Kyiv StratCom Forum 2026, the State Defense Committee reports.
3.44 Ukraine managed to reclaim about 400 square kilometers from Russia earlier this year after Starlink internet became unavailable to Russians, according to US intelligence data, Bloomberg reports.
According to the agency, this is about the Defense Forces' offensive in southern Ukraine in early 2026.
2.41 The authorities of the Yaroslavl region of Russia have declared a drone threat and have blocked traffic on the highway towards Moscow. This was stated by the governor of the Yaroslavl region of the Russian Federation, Mikhail Evraev.
1.58 Today is a "turning point in the war." Ukraine is not just asking for help, but is a security contributor, donor, and partner ready to share experience with allies. This was stated by Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiga during an informal meeting of the Ukraine-NATO Council in Helsingborg and published a corresponding message on the X network.
00.38 The task of the Russian occupiers in the near future is to capture one of the two regional centers. The defense forces are already recording the enemy's attempts to advance towards one of them. This was stated by the spokesman for the 8th Corps of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Vadim Karpyak on the air of the United News.
Among the Russian targets are Sumy and Kharkiv. Ukrainian military records attempts by the occupiers to advance as close as possible to Sumy, which is currently in the paratroopers' zone of responsibility.