War & Conflict

Since the beginning of the day, 60 combat engagements have taken place along the front line, with the highest number of battles recorded on the Pokrovskyi axis.

In 2025, renewable energy sources provided 11% of Ukraine's total electricity generation.

UAV operators from the Luhansk Assault Regiment of the Liut Assault Brigade of the National Police of Ukraine dismantled a Russian tricolor that had been installed in Kostiantynivka, Donetsk region, using a drone.

Russian forces targeted the vehicle of a city council employee in the Korabelnyi district of Kherson with a drone.

On the Oleksandrivka axis, Russian invaders are attempting to concentrate manpower in the remnants of destroyed buildings and shelters.

The prestigious Women's Tennis Association (WTA 1000) clay-court tournament, the Internazionali BNL d'Italia, is underway in the Italian capital, with a prize pool of over €8.235 million.

Due to sanctions and geopolitical isolation, Russia has become a market for forced substitutes, parallel imports, and rising prices.

An LNG tanker from Qatar has passed through the Strait of Hormuz for the first time since the war between the U.S. and Iran began.

The new Czech government talks less about supporting Ukraine, but that support continues.

The presidents of Ukraine and Finland, Volodymyr Zelensky and Alexander Stubb, coordinated their positions ahead of this week’s meetings and negotiations.

Germany is renewing efforts to purchase American long-range Tomahawk cruise missiles after the Pentagon abandoned plans to station an American battalion equipped with these weapons in Germany, creating a gap in the system of deterrence against Russia in Europe.

The territory of the Alabuga Special Economic Zone in the Tatarstan region, where Russians manufacture Shahed-type kamikaze drones, has expanded by 340 hectares over the past year.

Russian forces attacked a rescue vehicle in the Myrove community of Dnipropetrovsk region; the crew was heading to help residents.

Over the past 24 hours, the Russian troops carried out 18 attacks on settlements in the Donetsk region; there are casualties.

Firefighting efforts are underway in the Exclusion Zone of the Kyiv region to extinguish a large-scale forest fire covering 1,200 hectares.

Russian forces attacked two districts in the Dnipropetrovsk region with drones; a child was injured.

In the Kherson region over the past 24 hours, Russian forces targeted critical and social infrastructure, damaging a high-rise building and eight private homes. Seven people were injured, including a child.

Eight people, including two children, were injured in the Kharkiv region as a result of Russian shelling.

In the Znob-Novhorod community of the Sumy region, a Russian drone struck a private car, injuring a man.

A total of 147 combat engagements were recorded between Ukrainian forces and Russian invaders on May 9, with the enemy showing the highest activity on the Pokrovsk, Huliaipole, and Kostiantynivka axes.