In Vinnytsia, Ukraine, a female stork was widowed when her mate died. She is incubating her eggs and is unable to feed herself. Local residents have started feeding her.
u/Everyinkspot1177 — 3 hours ago
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Ukraine strikes Russian radar sites, bases, and warehouses in occupied Donetsk region
newsukraine.rbc.uau/Alissinarr — 4 hours ago
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Ukrainian Forces Advance on Several Fronts, SBU Claims Strike on FSB Headquarters in Kherson Oblast, Killing and Injuring Dozens of Russian Troops - Ukraine Weekly Update #130
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Video of the week:
https://reddit.com/link/1tjmfxa/video/0bytuaaj0i2h1/player
- I got no words for this one. They're not sending their best.
Maps:
Kupiansk last week:
Kupiansk this week:
- Ukraine appears to have fully cleared Kupiansk of Russian forces. They also significantly pushed back the grey zone northwest of Borova.
Lyman last week:
Lyman this week:
- No significant changes here.
Kostiantynivka last week:
Kostiantykivka this week:
- No significant changes here either.
Ivanivka last week:
Ivanivka this week:
- Very small Ukrainian advance here South of Velykomykhailivka.
Zaporizhzhia last week:
Zaporizhzhia this week:
- Ukraine advanced in two places near Mala Tokmachka.
Events this week:
- Zelensky claimed that the SBU Alpha special forces unit hit an FSB headquarters in Kherson Oblast, killing and wounding as many as 100 Russians, and destroying a Pantsir AD system. We don't know what system was used to prosecute this strike, but 100 casualties in one strike means it was highly effective.
- Reuters reported that several major oil refineries in central Russia have either halted or rolled back production after being hit repeatedly by Ukrainian drones. The Kirishi refinery, which is one of the largest in Russia, has allegedly been shut down since May 5.
- More news about the 90 billion Euro loan, the EU is now demanding Ukraine make unpopular tax reforms in order to be eligible to receive the first tranche of funding from the loan. Doesn't seem like Ukraine has much of a choice, and if these tax changes put them on more solid financial ground, then it doesn't seem like a huge sacrifice.
- Ukrainian Commander in Chief Syrski announced in a report to NATO that since the beginning of the year, according to Ukrainian numbers, Russia has taken about 141,000 casualties, with 83,000 of those having been killed. That means Russia has lost far more men killed in less than 6 months than the US did during the entire Vietnam war. That's also a horrendous ratio of severely wounded to killed, showing how little Russia values the lives it's throwing away.
- Russian drone and missile strikes killed at least 13 civilians and wounded almost 100 more just in the past day or two. A UN report said that more Ukrainian civilians were verified to have been killed in April 2026 than in any other month since Russia first invaded. This is likely not true since we still don't know and never will know how many civilians died at Mariupol, with some estimates ranging as high as tens of thousands, but it shows that Russia is responding to an increasingly difficult position on the battlefield by taking out their rage on Ukrainian civilians.
- The Ukrainian MoD revealed the first domestically produced glide bomb, essentially a kit that can be attached to old, obsolete dumb bombs to give them advanced targeting capabilities. They claimed that their glide bomb has features not available on the latest US JDAM kits (not like they're getting many JDAMs these days anyway). Ukraine likely has large stockpiles of old Soviet bombs filling warehouses, so these kits give them a great way to efficiently use them.
Vehicle losses from Oryx:
Oryx did not update their numbers this week.
Russian losses:
- Total Russian vehicle losses: 23,439
- Russian tank losses: 4,390
- Russian IFV losses: 6,429
- Russian SPG losses: 1,014
- Russian SAM losses: 416
- Russian naval losses: 33
- Russian aircraft losses: 184
- Russian helicopter losses: 175
Ukrainian losses:
- Total Ukrainian vehicle losses: 11,253
- Ukrainian tank losses: 1,422
- Ukrainian IFV losses: 1,583
- Ukrainian IMV losses: 1,770
- Ukrainian SPG losses: 856
- Ukrainian SAM losses: 178
- Ukrainian aircraft losses: 116
Claimed Russian casualties by Ukrainian MOD this week: 7,740 (+560 compared to last week, yet another week of very high Russian losses).
Thank you for reading!
u/nyckidd — 4 hours ago
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War took another family. Kyiv laid to rest 12-year-old Liubava and 17-year-old Vira. Their father, Yevhen Yakovliev was killed in action in 2023.
u/frontliner-ukraine — 4 hours ago
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Ukrainian forces achieve biggest gains since Kursk operation, ISW says
newsukraine.rbc.uau/SoftwareExact9359 — 7 hours ago
Ukraine calls to strip Russia of its permanent UN Security Council member status
nashaniva.comu/HydrolicKrane — 13 hours ago
Russian drone operators now also have released the footage of the attack on the UN vehicles in the Kherson area.
u/Edmeyers01 — 16 hours ago
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Memorial to Svyatoslav Horbenko
He was pulling out the wounded at 18, died at the Donetsk airport at 19, and the state did not know for seven years that he had fought: the tragic and bright story of a volunteer with the call sign "Skeld".
Svyatoslav Horbenko was born in Poltava on the eve of 1995.
He managed to become a student at two Kharkiv universities - a philologist and a historian, studied Japanese, spoke English fluently, and read Polish. He dreamed of science.
And in the winter of 2014, at the age of eighteen, he was pulling out the wounded on the Maidan.
And at nineteen, secretly from his father, without waiting for his officer's epaulettes, he volunteered for the Right Sector State Unitary Enterprise.
He was trained in Desna, received the call sign "Skeld" and ended up in the hell of Donetsk airport, where he was the youngest.
On October 3, 2014, during a rotation, when tired fighters had left and new ones had not yet found their bearings, a group of volunteers led by Skeld held back a tank attack.
He was carrying a wounded comrade when he was hit by a shell fragment. The first battle was his last.
But the worst thing happened later. Svyatoslav was not on any official military list.
The father had to prove for seven years that his son fought, that he died with a weapon in his hands, defending Ukraine.
And he proved it.
And in 2021, the President posthumously awarded Svyatoslav Horbenko the title of Hero of Ukraine.
Today, his name is on the auditorium at Kyiv University, on scholarships for the best students of Oriental Studies, and on the flag of the Student Guard.
But most importantly, it is in the hearts of those he saved. And those who know: true heroes are not always in the lists but they still exist.
u/dracony — 12 hours ago
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Germany's Merz pitches 'associate' EU membership for Ukraine
"German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has suggested making Ukraine an "associate member" of the European Union to bring it closer to the bloc before it completes the process of qualifying for full membership.
...
the German leader proposed allowing Ukrainian officials to take part in EU summits and ministerial meetings but without voting rights.
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Under Merz's proposal, Ukraine would be covered by the bloc's mutual assistance clause, and it would also be eligible for funding from parts of the EU's budget.
Merz insisted that he still wanted Ukraine to eventually become a "full member" and urged the launch of all necessary negotations."
u/Karash770 — 10 hours ago
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Ukrainian drone strike kills 65 Russian cadets near occupied Donetsk
english.nv.uau/esporx — 16 hours ago
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Ukraine Prepares for Possible Russian War Expansion Through Belarus, Zelenskyy Says
united24media.comu/ZizuX6 — 14 hours ago
The EU speaks as ONE at the UN and the word is...'CHILLING'!!!
The European Union and its member states are the largest providers of support to Ukraine, mobilizing approximately €200.6 billion in total assistance since 2022. This includes €75.2 billion in military aid, €104.6 billion in economic and financial assistance, and €17 billion to support refugees..This is what THE LEADER of their entire delegation had to say at the UN security council a few hours ago..
u/Mopsisgone — 17 hours ago
Russia loses quarter of its oil refining capacity due to drone attacks, Reuters says
newsukraine.rbc.uau/neonpurplestar — 22 hours ago
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Ukrainian drones attacked Moscow again but also other targets: Enemy refinery in Kstovo and the Nevinnomyssk Azot Plant. 20.05.2026
u/GermanDronePilot — 22 hours ago
As Many as 10 Russian Soldiers Dead in Alleged Alcohol Poisoning Incident
thedailypour.comu/Morrowda — 21 hours ago
u/GermanDronePilot — 20 hours ago
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Beyond the front line: Ukraine is deepening its drone wall
aspistrategist.org.auu/nfrankel — 12 hours ago
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Russian rocket and artillery training center hit in occupied Donetsk by Ukrainian drones. Ukrainian 1st UAS Center, Unmanned Systems Forces. 20.05.2026. 65 enemies KIA [Details in the description]
Magyar's update:
“Snow for Akhmat”: USF Birds destroyed an enemy pilot training lair and 65 special forces cadets of the 78th Special Purpose Regiment “Sever-Akhmat”, a center of the russian academy of rocket and artillery sciences in Snizhne, temporarily occupied Donetsk region.
65 cadets and the center chief, Lt. Col. “Buryi”, doctor of the russian academy of rocket and artillery sciences, are confirmed liquidated. The number of sanitary losses is being clarified, info from hospitals.
Operation “Snow for Akhmat” was carefully prepared and coordinated by the USF Deep Strike Center jointly with the reconnaissance of the 1st Separate Center, USF, and the SBU.
On the night of May 20, the Birds of the 1st Separate Center, USF, carried out 11 planned middle strike hits with 100 kg warheads on the training-production complex and temporary deployment site of the 78th Motorized Special Purpose Regiment “Sever-Akhmat” named after A. A. Kadyrov, operating as part of the 42nd Division of the worm army.
The main two-story complex, covering 2,484 sq m, housed UAV and warhead assembly, with a floor for personnel accommodation.
The ammo stock stored in the basement added unforgettable impressions for the worms staying at the site.
Three such training centers of the russian academy of rocket and artillery sciences were deployed in the temporarily occupied territories. Two remain. For now. - Magyar
u/GermanDronePilot — 21 hours ago