At night and in the morning, Russian troops shelled 5 settlements in Sumy region, firing 15 shots and 62 explosions.
Over the past day, enemy forces fired 452 times in Zaporizhzhia region, including 200 times from unmanned aerial vehicles, 18 times from multiple rocket launchers, and 234 times from artillery, resulting in 9 reports of residential destruction, but no casualties.
Evacuation efforts are ongoing in Kharkiv region: thanks to the joint efforts of emergency services, police, volunteers and local authorities, more than 9,900 civilians have been evacuated, including about 2,500 people from the Vovchansk community.
Enemy forces shelled the city of Ochakiv in Mykolaiv region with artillery, but no casualties were reported.
In the Kherson region, russian troops struck residential areas, damaging 16 houses, an educational institution, a business, a shop, gas pipelines, 4 cars, a warehouse, municipal equipment, and injuring 5 people.
Starting May 18, Ukrainian men between the ages of 18 and 60 living abroad must submit military registration documents along with other necessary documents to receive consular services at Ukrainian diplomatic missions, with some exceptions.
Citizens who have several vehicles may have one of them seized by the authorities for use by the Armed Forces of Ukraine during mobilization, with the vehicle returned within 30 days after demobilization.
According to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, over the past day, russia lost 1,210 personnel, 13 tanks, 43 armored combat vehicles, 36 artillery systems, 1 air defense system, 1 aircraft, 35 unmanned aerial vehicles, 3 cruise missiles, 65 vehicles and tankers.
The Israeli Defense Forces found the bodies of three Israeli hostages - Shani Luka, Amit Buskila and Yitzhak Gelerent - killed by Hamas in Gaza on October 7, after a Hamas attack that killed more than 360 people and left 125 missing.
Ukrainian air defense successfully shot down all 13 russian Shahed drones during a night attack over several regions.
For the destruction of enemy weapons and equipment, the Ukrainian military will receive monetary rewards and additional vacation days, as well as benefits in the form of certificates for the purchase of cars and compensation under the eHouse program during martial law.
The U. S. National Nuclear Security Administration has successfully conducted a subcritical experiment in Nevada to collect important data to support the safety and effectiveness of nuclear warheads without testing a nuclear explosion.
On May 18, Ukraine commemorates the victims of the genocide of Crimean Tatars through forced deportation in 1944, when up to 425,000 people were deported and up to 42% of them died.
The Ukrainian Air Force informs of a potential ballistic missile threat from the southeast.
In the temporarily occupied Kherson region, russian troops have set up displays in schools glorifying the russian army despite repressions against the civilian population, forcing children to learn about the "heroism" of the forces responsible for separating them from their parents.
Four people were rescued by rescuers after a fire broke out in an apartment on the fifth floor of a ten-story building in the Sviatoshynskyi district of Kyiv, which was later extinguished.
Three Catalan tourists were shot dead while visiting the city of Bamiyan in central Afghanistan.
The Ukrainian Air Force warns of the threat of ballistic missiles from the southeast.
A Ukrainian drone attack caused a fire and an emergency shutdown of the tuapse oil refinery in russia, damaging the liquefied natural gas unit but leaving the crude oil distillation unit intact.
The temporarily occupied port in Berdiansk is barely functioning due to an acute shortage of workers, as most locals do not trust the russian troops.
Enemy UAVs are moving toward Zhytomyr region from Vinnytsia region, and another group is heading north through Mykolaiv region, the Ukrainian Air Force reports.
Lithuania will provide Ukraine with 6 Amber-1800 radars to strengthen its air defense as part of Germany's initiative to strengthen Ukraine's air defense.
The Israeli Defense Forces conducted an airstrike on the city of Jenin in the West Bank, killing a "significant wanted fighter" Islam Hamaysa, a senior fighter of the Jenin Brigade affiliated with Islamic Jihad, and wounding 8 others.
Kim Jong-un orders acceleration of nuclear weapons production to deter potential military threats.
The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine has launched the Reserve+ mobile application for persons liable for military service, conscripts and reservists, which allows them to quickly update their data and access the Oberig register.
Strike drones are being moved from Mykolaiv region to Kirovohrad region, the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports.
A group of russian attack UAVs is moving across Ukraine's Kharkiv region, according to reports from the Ukrainian Air Force.
The Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine informs about the movement of attack UAVs through Sumy region in the direction of Poltava region.
Ukrainian troops attack russian troops on the western outskirts of Netaylovo, but russia continues to try to advance and fully occupy the village.