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[Korrespondent] 20:24 As a result of today's Russian strike on the central park in the Shevchenkovsky district of Kharkov, two people were injured, the prosecutor's office reported. The cinema and restaurant buildings were damaged. In the Kiev region, the territory of a local cemetery was damaged. According to preliminary information, Russian troops struck Kharkov with two UMPB D-30 (unified interspecific glide munition, 30 cm caliber).
19:31 On Monday, May 20, from 18:00 to 24:00, hourly power outage schedules for industrial and household consumers will be in effect in all regions of Ukraine, Ukrenergo reported.
19:27 Following the results of the week, the defense forces strengthened their positions in the Kharkov region and are “quite effectively” destroying the enemy in the Donetsk directions - in particular, in the areas of the city of Chasov Yar and others, Zelensky said in an evening video message. “Actually, the occupier is not achieving its goal - to stretch our forces and thereby weaken Ukraine on a broad front from the Kharkov region to the Donetsk region,” the president added.
19:14 In May, Great Britain urgently transferred 80 anti-aircraft missiles to Ukraine, and by the end of the month this figure will be 100 units, Defense Minister Grant Shapps said. Among other things, the UK has also contributed more than 20 mine clearance systems; more than 30 pallets of critically needed spare parts; long-range reconnaissance drones; more than a million rounds of various calibers; 20 Viking armored all-terrain amphibious vehicles, etc.
19:05 As a result of today's double missile attack on a recreation center in the village. Cherkasskaya Lozovaya, Malodanilovsky community, Kharkov region, killed six people and injured at least 27, the prosecutor’s office reported. Among the wounded are two police officers. Approximately ten minutes after the first strike, the Russian army fired a missile again at the same location. The fate of one of the employees of the recreation center is still unknown.
18:23 In the Kharkov region, the Russians hit the children's railway today - rolling stock and buildings were damaged, Ukrzaliznytsia reported. No people were hurt. For safety reasons, Ukrzaliznytsia did not open train traffic on the children's railway in Kharkov this year.
15:58 The Russians hit the KAB in the Shevchenko district of Kharkov, the bomb hit the ground near the football field. One person sought help with an acute stress reaction, said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA. The mayor of Kharkov, Igor Terekhov, clarified that the last two attacks hit the central part of the city: one rocket landed at a cemetery, the second - at one of the most favorite vacation spots of Kharkov residents.
15:01 The Russian Army launched MLRS strikes on the villages of Novoosinovo and Kovsharovka, Kupyansky district, Kharkov region - five people were killed, nine were injured, said the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov.
14:29 The Russians attacked a facility in the Malodanilovskaya community of the Kharkov region - five people were killed, 16 were injured, said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA. Among the dead is a pregnant woman, among the injured is an eight-year-old child, as well as ambulance workers - a paramedic and a driver. Nine of the wounded are in serious condition. The strike was carried out by an Iskander-M missile. At the same time, the enemy again used double-strike tactics aimed at destroying civilians, doctors and rescuers.
13:31 SBU drones attacked the Kushchevsk military airfield and the Slavyansky oil refinery in the Krasnodar region of the Russian Federation at night, Ukrainian media reported, citing sources. At the airfield there were dozens of aircraft attacking Ukrainian positions at the front: Su-34, Su-25, Su-27, MiG-29. The management of the Slavyansk Refinery stated that after the attack the plant stopped operations. This is the second attack on the Kushchevsk military airfield and the Slavyansk oil refinery in the last three weeks. Then, several aircraft were hit at the airfield, and at the refinery, drones hit the distillation and atmospheric columns.
Media also report that power steering drones attacked the Vyborg oil depot in the Leningrad region. According to sources in the intelligence service, three fuel tanks were destroyed using three explosive devices.
11:14 Defense forces destroyed the Russian sea minesweeper Kovrovets, the General Staff reported, without specifying details.
09:22 In the Donetsk region on May 18, one person was killed as a result of Russian shelling - in Kurakhovka. Another person in the region was injured over the past 24 hours, said the head of the police department, Vadim Filashkin.
09:08 In the Kherson region over the past 24 hours, as a result of Russian shelling, two people were killed and two more were injured, said the head of the OVA, Alexander Prokudin. A high-rise building, eight private houses and port infrastructure were damaged.
09:03 As a result of yesterday's strike by the Kabardino-Balkarian Army in the Shevchenkivskyi district of Kharkov, six people were injured, including two teenagers aged 13 and 16 years. 23 private houses were damaged, said the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov. In Volchansk over the past 24 hours, one person was killed and four were wounded as a result of enemy shelling. Another person was injured as a result of shelling. Ukrainian Chuguevsky district.
08:46 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of May 19:
- personnel - about 492,290 (+1210) people,
- tanks - 7576 (+16),
- armored combat vehicles - 14,630 (+35),
- artillery systems - 12,687 (+48),
- MLRS - 1074 (+3),
- air defense systems - 803 (+2),
- aircraft - 354 (+0),
- helicopters - 326 (+0),
- UAV of operational-tactical level - 10 155 (+47),
- cruise missiles - 2204 (+1),
- ships/boats - 26 (+0),
- submarines - 1 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tank trucks - 17,251 (+82),
- special equipment - 2077 (+2).
08:39 In the Vasilyevsky district of the Zaporozhye region, one person was wounded as a result of a Russian attack, said the head of the OVA Ivan Fedorov.
08:34 Air defense at night destroyed all 37 attack drones of the Shahed-131/136 type, which Russia attacked from Primorsko-Akhtarsk and Kursk, the Air Force reported. Drones were destroyed in Kyiv, Odessa, Nikolaev, Sumy, Vinnitsa, Zhytomyr, Cherkasy and Kherson regions.
07:37 At night, drones again attacked a number of objects on Russian territory. Thus, the operational headquarters of the Krasnodar region reported a UAV attack on the territory of the Slavyansky and Kushchevsky districts. In the Kushchevsky district, “a local fire occurred that did not affect the territory of populated areas,” and in Slavyansk-on-Kuban one of the drones fell on the territory of an oil refinery; no fires were recorded. Local publics report that drones attacked a local military airfield in Kushchevskaya
Residents of Vyborg, Leningrad region, also reported a powerful explosion, after which a fire started. Governor of the Leningrad Region Alexander Drozdenko said that information about a UAV attack on the Vyborg oil depot is not true. According to him, in the building of the old Vyborg oil depot “there was a bang due to the use of pyrotechnics.”
“Governor” of Sevastopol Mikhail Razvozhaev reported on “repelling a missile attack.” Some public pages write that a Russian ship was allegedly hit as a result of the attack. The Russian Ministry of Defense announced the destruction at night by air defense of nine ATACMS missiles and one UAV over the Crimea, three UAVs over the Belgorod region. At the same time, 57 drones were allegedly intercepted or destroyed over the Krasnodar Territory.