The four hundred and fiftieth day (450) of large-scale armed aggression by the russian against our state continues. 

Northern Oblasts

Kyiv

On the night of May 18, the russians tried to attack Kyiv. A fire broke out in a garage cooperative as a result of falling debris in the Darnytskyi district. In the same area, debris from a downed rocket created a gap near a kindergarten.

KARS rescuers again discovered remnants of "Hrad" ammunition in Sviatoshyn Forestry.

In Kyiv, the ban on visiting forests both on foot and by vehicles continues to apply. Employees of forest and park farms will install appropriate informational signs about the ban at the entrances to the territory of the forests. Violators will bear administrative responsibility, and the fine may reach several thousand hryvnias.

For the Embroidery Day, the Holodomor Museum has for the first time put the famous monument "Bitter Memory of Childhood" in an embroidered shirt. The embroidery, which today is on the girl with ears of corn, was created by the I TELL YOU ethno-clothing workshop from Irpin.

The ICRC deprived two more monumental Soviet monuments in Kyiv of their protective status. It is a monument to the participants of the January armed uprising of 1918 in Mariinsky Park and an obelisk in honor of the hero city of Kyiv on Halytska Square.

Kyiv Oblast

On May 18, pyrotechnic units destroyed explosive objects in the Bucha raion.

Volunteers of the public organization “Bereghini” from Irpin continue to support the Ukrainian military. This time, the defenders received 500 portions of energy goodies from the women of Irpin.

Chernihiv Oblast

On the morning of May 18, the russians shelled the border areas of Chernihiv Oblast. Three hits, probably from a 120-caliber mortar, were recorded in the area of ​​the village of Leonivka in the Semenivka community.

Today, explosive devices were detonated near the village of Shestovytsia.

Sumy Oblast

On May 17, the russian army shelled Bilopillya, Nova Sloboda, Seredino-Buda, and Znob-Novgorodske communities of the Sumy Oblast. A residential building caught fire in Nova Sloboda due to shelling. Another private house was damaged.

On the night and morning of May 18, the russians carried out two artillery attacks on the communities of Sumy Oblast: Esman and Bilopillya. In Bilopillya, 5 private houses and non-residential premises were damaged.

Eastern Oblasts

Kharkiv Oblast

Over the past day, the enemy shelled at least 20 settlements in the Kharkiv, Kupyansk and Chuguyiv raions of the region.

In the raions of Masyutivka, Kislivka, and Pershotravneve, the occupiers used combat aircraft.

Last night, the enemy launched a missile attack, first from the S-300 air defense system, on the village of Tsyrkuny, Kharkiv raion. The rocket hit the ground. Previously, there were no victims and large-scale destruction. A private car was damaged.

Forest fires occurred as a result of two shellings in the village of Novoosynove, Kupyansk raion.

Over the past day, pyrotechnic units of the State Emergency Service inspected more than 8 hectares of territory and neutralized 205 explosive objects.

Donetsk Oblast

On May 17, russian occupation troops from "Smerch", "Hrad" and artillery shelled 17 settlements of Donetsk Oblast. There are dead and wounded among the civilians. 38 civilian objects were destroyed and damaged by shelling.

On May 17, the russians killed 1 resident of Donetsk Oblast— in Kostyantynivka. In addition, the body of a child killed during the occupation was exhumed in Tatyanivka.

Another 5 people in the region were injured.

Since February 24, the russians have killed 1,521 civilians of Donetsk Oblast, wounded more

3543. The number of victims in Mariupol and Volnovakha is currently unknown.

More than a thousand embroidered postcards, created by volunteers from Donetsk Oblast, will be given to newborns in Ukrainian maternity hospitals on Embroidery Day. The action "Born in embroidery" was started by a migrant from Yasynuvata and the head of the public organization "Talking Club "Fyno". 50 such sets will be given to babies born in Donetsk Oblast.

Kramatorsk and Kramatorsk raion

On the night of May 18, the russian army shelled Kostyantynivka in Donetsk Oblast, one person was killed. According to preliminary findings, the shelling was conducted from the S-300 complex, several private and apartment buildings, a shop, and administrative buildings were destroyed and damaged.

In the middle of the night, the russians launched a missile strike on Kostyantynivka — 1 person was killed and 1 was injured. In the city, 2 high-rise buildings, 2 private houses, 2 administrative buildings and a shop were damaged.

In the Lysychansk direction, shelling of Zvanivka, as well as Torske, Zarichne and the outskirts of Lyman, was recorded.

Pokrovsk and Pokrovsk raion

The enemy did not conduct offensive operations in the Avdiyivka direction. He carried out airstrikes in the areas of five settlements.

In the Maryinka direction, units of the defense forces repelled numerous enemy attacks in the area of ​​the city of Maryinka.

At the same time, the enemy carried out an air strike on Krasnohorivka, shelled Maryinka, Paraskoviivka and Novomykhailivka.

During the day, the territory of the Kurakhove community was subjected to 5 shellings. The villages of Kurakhivka, Gostre and the town of Hirnyk fell under them. There were no casualties. A garage and farm buildings in Kurakhivka, a house in Hirnyk and an administrative building in Gostrom were damaged.

In the afternoon, artillery shelling of the surroundings and the private sector of the city of Kurakhove took place. No casualties. The power grid is damaged. 175 subscribers of the private sector in Kurakhove and Ostrivske village remain without electricity supply.

Shells hit 4 streets in Krasnohorivka. The area of ​​the coke-chemical plant in Avdiyivka and the vicinity of the Ocheretyne community are under fire.

In addition, the day before, the enemy hit the Udachne community with «Smerch» - 2 houses were damaged.

Bakhmut and Bakhmut raion

Bakhmut remains at the epicenter of hostilities. In the area of ​​the city, during yesterday, the Defense Forces advanced 150 to 1700 meters deep into the positions previously controlled by the russian military in Bakhmut. The occupiers are knocked out of their positions both in Bakhmut itself and on the approaches to the city.

Chasiv Yar is under heavy fire — 4 houses were damaged.

Volnovakha and Volnovakha raion

In the Volnovakha direction, Vugledar, Novoukrainka and Prechistivka are under fire.

Southern Oblasts

Mykolayiv Oblast

Yesterday, May 17, in one of the settlements of the Voskresenske community, a projectile detonated in the private sector, as a result of which the roof and windows of a residential building were damaged. There are no casualties.

Also yesterday, the enemy carried out artillery strikes on the water area of ​​the Ochakiv community. As a result of enemy shelling on Ochakiv, a power line was damaged. Currently, the electricity supply has been restored. There are no casualties.

On the night of May 17, as a result of enemy shelling of the settlement of Vesnyane community, a warehouse was set on fire, which was quickly liquidated by units of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in the Mykolayiv Oblast. There are no casualties.

In Mykolayiv, Pervomaisk, Bashtanka and Voznesensk raions, the day and night passed relatively calmly.

Zaporizhzhia Oblast

During the past day, on May 17, the russian military shelled 16 settlements in the Zaporizhzhia Oblast: they used artillery 82 times, attacked with rocket launchers seven times and carried out one airstrike.

A 68-year-old resident of Gulyaipole was killed and three men from Stepnohirsk were wounded as a result of shelling by the russian military in the Zaporizhzhia Oblast.

This morning, May 18, the russian army once again shelled Gulyaipole, Zaporizhzhia Oblast. Local residents heard approximately 10 explosions. The russians used artillery.

In the temporarily occupied Berdyansk community in Zaporizhzhia, the russians resettle evacuees not only in the private sector and in occupied recreation centers, but also in abandoned summer houses. The occupiers are also robbing local entrepreneurs.

Odesa Oblast

Eight cruise missiles were shot down over Odesa Oblast at night: six Kalibr cruise missiles and two Iskander-K cruise missiles.

At night, a russian missile hit an industrial facility in Odesa. One person died, two more guards were injured.

A meeting of the UN - Odesa Association of Nationalities was held in Odesa. His guest of honor was the famous American diplomat Kurt Volker. Together with the mayor, he opened the «Euroatlantic event hall» of the new «UNION» cultural center, where the meeting took place. Kurt Volker is sure of Ukraine's victory over russia in the war and our country's participation in the European Union and NATO.

Kherson Oblast

Yesterday, russian troops launched a missile strike on Kherson. Civilians were affected, residential buildings and other civilian infrastructure were destroyed and damaged.

Also, the russian army shelled the Kherson Oblast 90 times. Shells hit residential quarters, a school and a store in the Kherson community, a power line in the Bilozerka community, and a hospital in the Beryslav raion. Three people, including a child, died, eight, including one minor, were injured.

Yesterday, the aggressor's troops shelled three communities of Beryslav raion. 8 settlements were hit. One person was injured in Beryslav, another was injured as a result of an explosive device detonation near Mala Oleksandrivka.

On the night of May 18, the russian military shelled the Suvorovsky and Dniprovskiy districts of Kherson. In total, during the day, the community was hit 11 times, 52 shells were fired. Three people, including a child, died, six were injured.

On the morning of May 18, 102 children were injured in the Kherson Oblast as a result of armed aggression by the russian federation. Yesterday, a five-year-old boy was killed and a 16-year-old boy was injured due to shelling in Kherson and Zelenivka.

In the de-occupied part of the Kherson Oblast, about 40 agricultural enterprises have resumed their work. But farmers find it difficult to work because of shelling and the threat of landmines.

Central Oblasts

Dnipropetrovsk Oblast

During the day, the enemy fired with heavy artillery three times at Nikopol Raion. The damage was done to Myriv and Marhanets communities. An apartment building, 11 private estates, an outbuilding, an apiary, two cars, 6 gas pipelines, and 7 power lines were damaged in the Myriv community.

A post office, two cultural institutions, a kindergarten, an outpatient clinic, an agricultural enterprise, and a shop were also damaged.

An agricultural company in the Marhanets community was destroyed. No one was killed or injured. Also.

Russians shelled the Mezhivka community in the Synelnykove Raion. Photo by https://t.me/dnipropetrovskaODA/4666

An outpatient clinic was overhauled in the Sursko-Lytovsk community. More than 4,000 community residents will now be able to receive medical services in comfort.

In Dnipro, housewives have been baking pies for soldiers on the front line and the wounded in hospitals for almost a year. Currently, 10 local residents are part of the initiative. Every week, the women gather in the kitchen to feed Ukrainian soldiers.

An all-Ukrainian watercolor exhibition "Spring Blossom" was opened in the House of Arts in Dnipro. It features works by artists from 15 cities. Among the authors are displaced artists from Luhansk, Donetsk, Kharkiv, and Nikopol. You can donate money to the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the spot.

Cherkasy Oblast

Last night, drones were spotted in the airspace over Cherkasy Oblast. However, the night of missile and drone terror for the oblast passed without any emergencies.

In Lehedzyne, Cherkasy Oblast, on the territory of the Trypillian Culture State Historical and Cultural Reserve, exclusive gingerbread in the form of Trypillian dishes and Trypillian figurines have been sold. Tourists have already appreciated the beautiful and informative delicacies.

Kirovohrad Oblast

In Kirovohrad Oblast, air defense destroyed a cruise missile over Oleksandriia Raion and a drone in Kropyvnytskyi Raion at night. No one was killed or injured. The warhead exploded on the territory of a private house. The blast wave damaged three houses. A fire broke out at the site of the falling debris, and residents of the surrounding houses were evacuated.

Western Oblasts

Lviv Oblast

The first batch of humanitarian aid from an underground warehouse in Lviv Oblast is being transferred to Kherson and Mykolaiv Military Command. It includes children's goods, hygiene products, medicines, and perishable food.

Khmelnytskyi Oblast

This morning, during an air raid, russian troops struck an infrastructure facility in Khmelnytskyi Raion. There were no casualties. Information about the damage is being established.

As a result, overhead power lines were disconnected. Three settlements in the region are without power, leaving 1,700 consumers without electricity.

Kamianets-Podilskyi

The Kherson community received UAH 1 million in aid from Kamyanets-Podilskyi, which was allocated from the community budget to restore damaged critical infrastructure. Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, the city has been under fire every day, with many destructions and losses.

Chernivtsi Oblast

A memorial plaque in honor of the fallen countryman was installed on the facade of the lyceum in the village of Khriatska, the Hertsaiv community. Mykhailo Zaits was killed last October in the village of Rozdolivka, Bakhmut Raion, Donetsk Oblast. The hero was only 40 years old.

Since February of this year, 51 positive decisions have been made in Bukovyna to allocate grant funds under the government program eRobota "Own Business". Under the program, more than 100 jobs will be created in the oblast.

A Service Map, a database of organizations for preventing and responding to gender-based violence, and psychological, legal, social, and humanitarian assistance for women and girls, has been created in Bukovyna. It was developed under the project "Building the Capacity of Organizations to Prevent and Protect Women and Girls from Gender-Based Violence" with the support of the USAID International Medical Corps. The service map is available at https://wcu-network.org.ua/services

Despite the constant enemy cannonade, soldiers of the 107th separate brigade of the Bukovyna Territorial Defense Forces wore combat embroidered shirts instead of the traditional pixel on VyshyvankaDay.

An art project "Let's Save the Nation's Code!" was presented in Chernivtsi. It was based on photographic portraits of Bukovynians in folk costumes by Albert Komari and beaded jewelry by Olha Denysova. The artists dedicated the project to three events at once: Vyshyvanka Day, International Museum Day, and Mother's Day, which are celebrated in May.

Zakarpattia Oblast

Officials of the Tysa customs post will be tried for systematic bribery. The investigation established that in September 2022, customs officers demanded and received more than EUR 10 thousand from a company engaged in international passenger transportation. In exchange for these funds, they promised to speed up customs clearance of passengers' luggage, as well as unimpeded entry of the carrier's buses into Ukraine.

"The World and Its Faces" can be seen at an exhibition of photographs in Uzhhorod Castle. The author of the works is a photographer from Denmark, Leif Alvin. The photo exhibition is presented as part of the project of the Carpathian Exhibition Center of the International Federation of Photographic Arts. The author presented 33 photos to Zakarpattia. The regional union of photographers decided to sell them and donate the proceeds to the needs of the Armed Forces.