The four hundred and fifty-first day (451) of large-scale armed aggression by the russian against our state continues. 

Northern Oblasts

Kyiv

On the night of May 19, the russians tried to attack Kyiv. All detected air targets moving in the direction of Kyiv were destroyed by air defense forces and means. No strikes on Kyiv were allowed.

On May 18, the Kyiv City Council de-russified 26 city objects. In particular, the metro station «Druzhby narodiv» was renamed to «Zvirynetska» station, the «Lev Tolstoy Square» station to «Ukrainian Heroes Square», the «Prospekt Pravdy» metro station project to «Varshavska» station. A number of streets and alleys in different districts of the capital were also renamed. In total, 314 city objects have already received new names in the capital.

Kyiv Oblast

Explosive objects were destroyed today in Bucha and Vyshgorod raions.

In the Kyiv Oblast, the restoration of high-rise buildings has started as part of the UNITED24 fundraising platform. We are talking about 3 out of 18 buildings in Oblast that were damaged by the russian invaders. These are objects in the settlements of Myla, Buzova and Gostomel. The UNITED24 global project was created at the initiative of the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyi. Its purpose is to unite people from all over the world in their desire to help our country.

Sumy Oblast

During the past day, the russian military shelled Sumy Oblast 10 times. Settlements of Yunakivka, Bilopillia, Nova Sloboda, Myropil, Esman and Krasnopillia communities came under fire. A total of 62 explosions were recorded. As a result of enemy shelling of the village of Studenok, Sumy Oblast, a private residential building, an outbuilding, a tractor, and a field sprayer were damaged. Two civilians were injured.

A residential building was damaged as a result of the shelling of the Myropil community.

On the morning of May 19, russian soldiers fired in the area of ​​the village of Malushyne, Konotop raion.

Eastern Oblasts

Kharkiv Oblast

Over the past day, the occupiers shelled at least 17 settlements in the Kharkiv, Kupyansk and Chuguyiv raions of the Oblast.

A 52-year-old civilian man was killed as a result of a missile strike on the village of Tsirkuny, and 2 more men, aged 41 and 57, were injured. In the village, 2 private houses were destroyed, and 13 more houses were damaged.

In the village of Teshenkivka, Kupyansk raion, buildings, property and farm machinery were damaged as a result of shelling from multiple rocket launchers.

Residential buildings, a fence and a civil infrastructure object were damaged in Vovchansk, Chuguyiv raion.

Forest fires occurred in the villages of Starytsia and Perkivka of the Chuguyiv raion due to enemy shelling.

Over the past day, pyrotechnic units of the State Emergency Service inspected more than 8 hectares of territory and neutralized 183 explosive objects.

Donetsk Oblast

The program of support for war veterans was presented today during a working trip to Donetsk Oblast by the Minister of Veterans' Affairs, Yulia Laputina. It is based on the physical and psychological recovery of war veterans, creating new life and career opportunities for them. This work will take place not only at the central level, but also at the local level.

On May 18, shelling by the russian army in Kostyantynivka and Velyka Novosilka killed two people, and nine more residents of Donetsk Oblast were injured.

Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of the russian federation into Ukraine, 1,523 people have died in Donetsk Oblast, and 3,552 people have been injured. It is impossible to establish the exact number of dead and wounded in Volnovakha and Mariupol.

Two thirds of the residents of Donetsk Oblast left the Oblast as of February 24, 2022. Currently, slightly more than half a million people remain in Donetsk Oblast.

Kramatorsk and Kramatorsk raion

In the Lysychansk direction in the Zvanivka community, a residential building in Verkhnyokamyanske and a shop in Pereizne were destroyed. A house in Zarichne was damaged in the Lyman community.

Investigators and criminologists of the city of Sloviansk exhumed the bodies of five people in Bogorodychne, Donetsk Oblast. Among the dead are elderly residents of the village who died as a result of russian artillery shelling at the end of spring and beginning of summer last year.

Pokrovsk and Pokrovsk raion

In the Donetsk direction, the Kurakhove community was shelled 7 times: Kurakhove 4 times, Ostrivske, Vovchenka and Uspenivka once each — 2 houses were damaged. Using “Smerch”, the russians attacked Ukrainsk of Selydove community — they injured 2 people, damaged 14 private houses and 13 two-story buildings. During the day, Avdiyivka was bombarded by «Grads», artillery and tanks. From the artillery, the enemy fired at Mariyinka, Georgiivka and Ocheretyne community.

At around two o'clock in the morning, Pokrovsk was attacked by Geran drones, as a result of which warehouses were damaged. There were no casualties. Within two hours, specialists of the State Emergency Service extinguished the fire that broke out at the scene of the emergency. The roofs of several private houses of residents of Pokrovsk and power lines were damaged.

This afternoon, the russian army carried out an airstrike on Avdiyivka, as a result of the hit of the ammunition, the resin storage warehouse of the Avdiyivka Coke Plant caught fire. The fire was extinguished, there were no injuries as a result of the fire.

Bakhmut and Bakhmut Raion

On May 18, russian occupation forces dropped a FAB-250 bomb on Toretsk, injuring two people. Another 16 settlements in Donetsk Oblast were also under fire.

In the Horlivka sector, the Toretsk community came under numerous attacks. In Toretsk, 2 people were wounded, 5 hospital buildings, a multi-storey building and 8 retail outlets were damaged. Another building was damaged in New York. In the Chasiv Yar community, 4 private houses were damaged.

Soldiers of one of the special forces units of the 10th separate mountain assault brigade "Edelweiss" from Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast liberated almost 4 km² of territory near Bakhmut and consolidated their positions.

Volnovakha and Volnovakha Raion

In the Volnovakha sector, 1 person died in Velyka Novosilka. 33 shelling of Vuhledar and the outskirts were recorded, Novoukrainka, Prechystivka, and Bohoyavlenka were also under fire.

Mariupol

The occupiers set up a car dump in Mariupol. These are cars that residents could use to escape the blockade.

Mariupol Mayor Vadym Boychenko met in Dnipro with the defenders of Mariupol who were released from russian captivity and relatives of the military who continue to bring our victory at the front closer. He handed them smart kits, which were prepared in consultation with the military themselves.

Luhansk Oblast

Yesterday, russians opened artillery and mortar fire in Stelmakhivka, Makiivka, Bilohorivka, and Nevske.

After the russian shelling, a dead wood fire broke out near Nevske. It was burning for almost a day, but fortunately, the fire missed the settlement.

Southern Oblasts

Mykolaiv Oblast

At night, on May 19, in Mykolaiv Oblast, the air defense forces of the South Air Command shot down three russian sea-launched Kalibr cruise missiles.

Yesterday and today, the enemy fired artillery at the waters of the Ochakiv community. There were no destructions or casualties.

Also last night, an agricultural enterprise in one of the settlements of the Stepivska community came under enemy fire. As a result, the company's equipment and building were damaged. In addition, the blast wave damaged educational institution and private houses. There were no casualties.

In Mykolaiv, Pervomaisk, Voznesensk, and Bashtanka Raionss, the day and night were relatively calm.

Zaporizhzhia Oblast

Over the past day, on May 18, russian troops fired at 16 localities in Zaporizhzhia Oblast: They used artillery 70 times, attacked four times with multiple rocket launchers, and conducted one air strike. A 57-year-old resident of Huliaypole was injured as a result of the shelling.

Odesa Oblast

The defenders of Zmiine, border guards Yevhen Konovka, Andriy Vladychenko, and Mykyta Zhurian, who returned from russian captivity, received the Order of Courage, III class.

The city authorities, together with representatives of veterans and religious organizations, decided to install unified tombstones on the graves of fallen soldiers. Several versions of the tombstones have been developed, which will be agreed upon with military units and the families of the defenders.

Kherson Oblast

On May 18, the russian army fired 57 times at Kherson Oblast with heavy artillery, Grad rockets, tanks, UAVs and aircraft. Kherson was shelled twice. Shells hit two medical facilities and a cultural institution in the regional center. Two people were wounded.

Yesterday, the russian army shelled six communities in Beryslav Raion. A gas station, residential buildings and outbuildings were damaged. No one was killed or injured.

During the day, the russian military shelled summer cottages in the Daria community. A 72-year-old local resident sustained a mine-blast injury and died in hospital.

On the night of May 19, russian troops shelled Korabel neighborhood and Stepanivka. In total, they fired twice at the territory of the Kherson community during the day, firing 11 shells. One person was wounded.

On May 18, defense forces destroyed six self-propelled artillery systems of the russian federation's "Gvozdika" troops and the "Murom" observation complex on the left bank of the Kherson Oblast. An "Orlan" drone was also shot down.

Over the past day, SES pyrotechnics defused 113 explosive devices in the de-occupied settlements of Kherson Oblast. They inspected more than 5 hectares of territory, half a kilometer of gas pipeline, and more than 4 kilometers of power grids.

Kherson rescuers received two fire trucks from the Sergey Prytula Charitable Foundation. Comedian Mark Kutsevalov helped to purchase the vehicles. Almost UAH 2.5 million raised by donors during the "Space Walk" from Kyiv to Kherson was used to purchase vehicles for the region's rescuers. photo https://t.me/suspilnekherson/26434

"Everything will be Ukraine!" - such posters and leaflets appeared on the streets of Henichesk, Skadovsk, Novohryhorivka. In recent days, members of the Yellow Ribbon civil resistance movement have distributed more than 130 ribbons, 50 posters, and 20 pieces of graffiti.

Central Oblasts

Dnipropetrovsk Oblast

Nikopol was hit by heavy artillery. 4 private houses were damaged. One farm building was destroyed, 3 more were gutted. 3 power lines were broken.

Kryvyi Rih suffered an enemy attack at night. There is a hit on a private industrial enterprise. A 64-year-old woman was injured. She was hospitalized in serious condition. Fires broke out at the plant itself, several buildings and production equipment were partially destroyed. The occupiers also kissed one of the administrative buildings. A 45-year-old man was injured, he is in a stable condition. They also fired at the fire department.

In Nikopol, the Minister of Defense of Ukraine, Oleksiy Reznikov, presented awards to critical infrastructure workers.

Volunteers from Kryvyi Rih make smoke grenades for the Ukrainian army. The simplest checker works - one minute. These 60 seconds can save the lives of our soldiers.

In Dnipro, the writer Hanna Teryanyk and her dachshund dog Koksyk are collecting donations for the Armed Forces. They have already bought 3 cars, they are collecting for the fourth.

Cherkasy Oblast

The parents of the deceased defender Oleksandr Temchyshyn from Chornobayivka raion were posthumously awarded their son's state award. The soldier died in June 2022 in the Dolyna region of the Donetsk Oblast. By presidential decree, he was posthumously awarded the Order "For Courage" of the III degree.

The book "The city where the war started" is presented in Uman, which tells about the life of occupied Slovyansk in 2014. It was created based on the memories of the residents of the once occupied city. During the presentation, human rights defenders will talk about the conditions of the occupation, pro-russian propaganda, the role of the church and local authorities in the capture of the city by the occupiers, the mining of civilian infrastructure, etc. It has already been presented in Kyiv, Sloviansk, Lviv, Berdyansk, Poltava, Ivano-Frankivsk and other cities.

Poltava Oblast

In the medical center in the Poltava Oblast, a department for displaced persons is being rebuilt for more than 13 million hryvnias. Currently, the Opishnya institution is undergoing major renovation of the infectious disease department. There, they plan to completely rebuild the wards and install a shower and toilet in each of them, replace the electrical wiring and the sewage system. After reconstruction, the displaced people will live in the premises.

Poltava activists dismantled illegal street signs in the city. We are talking about the plates "Komsomolska", "Artema", "Zhovtneva", "Kuibysheva", "Rose Luxemburg", "Chervony".

Western Oblasts

Lviv Oblast

Five "Shahed" drones were destroyed over Lviv Oblast during a night attack. There were no injuries or damage.

Also at night, the russian military attacked the previously critical infrastructure of Lviv with "shahedas". There are no casualties.

Rivne Oblast

Five cars for the Armed Forces. In the Rivne Oblast, thanks to socially responsible business, military units will receive cars. The "OLAS" gas station network purchased and repaired 5 vehicles for the needs of the army at its own expense. In total, 15 vehicles have already been sent to the front.

The Klevan hospital for veterans continues to be developed in the Rivne Oblast. The Rehabilitation Center for patients with spinal injuries will operate here. There are plans to build the third building of the medical facility. After all, military personnel from all over Ukraine are rehabilitated there.

A charity fair was held in Kindergarten No. 31 of the city of Rivne. With the joint efforts of parents, children and the staff of the institution, it was possible to collect more than 16,600 hryvnias. All proceeds were transferred to the purchase of a drone for aerial reconnaissance.

Chernivtsi Oblast

In the village of Marshintsi of the Novoselytsya community, a memorial plaque was opened to the fallen defender Oleksiy Arseniy. It was installed on the facade of the local lyceum, where the soldier studied.

According to the Ministry of Economy, Bukovyna is among the top three regions that received the largest number of relocated enterprises. Also, a third of them have already re-registered and are ready to stay in the region for a long period.

Modern medical equipment from donors from Romania will now work in the Chernivtsi emergency hospital. Representatives of the PATRIR organization handed over the BD BACTEC FX-40 automatic hemocultivator and NIKON binocular microscope to the institution.

The Chereshsky psychoneurological boarding house received charitable assistance. We are talking about bed linen sets. The shipment came from the Right to Defense charity.

Teachers, students and parents of Novoselytsky Lyceum No. 1 collected aid for the Kharkiv Military Hospital, where Ukrainian soldiers are treated. Schoolchildren gave them clothes, shoes and other necessary things.