Travel, property, and local info for Ukraine

4+ hour, 33+ min ago  (146+ words) " " " "! One person has been killed and two have been injured after Russian forces launched nearly 20 attacks on four districts of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast on 20 May. Quote: "In the Nikopol district, strikes targeted the Nikopol, Marhanets, Chervonohryhorivka and Pokrovske hromadas. Damage has…...

4+ hour, 54+ min ago  (118+ words) " " " "! US President Donald Trump has described this week's meeting between the leaders of China and Russia as "good". Source: Trump quoted on X (Twitter) on 20 May, as reported by European Pravda Details: Trump was asked what he thought about the…...

3+ hour, 55+ min ago  (271+ words) " " " "! Almost all the major oil refineries in central Russia have been forced to stop or reduce fuel production following Ukrainian drone attacks in recent days. Source: Reuters, citing sources Details: The combined capacity of the refineries that have fully or…...

4+ hour, 5+ min ago  (120+ words) " " " "! Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said after speaking with his Serbian counterpart Aleksandar Vu'i" that both leaders see potential for the development of relations between Ukraine and Serbia. Details: Zelenskyy said he and Vu'i" discussed bilateral relations between the two…...

5+ hour, 50+ min ago  (190+ words) " " " "! Vadym Filashkin, Head of Donetsk Oblast Military Administration, has urged residents of Donetsk Oblast to install the Air-Raid Warning app, where the Non-Standard Warning function is already operational for people in the cities of Kramatorsk and Sloviansk. Details: Filashkin urged…...

3+ hour, 34+ min ago  (64+ words) " " " "! Russian forces attacked an energy facility belonging to the DTEK Group, Ukraine's largest private energy company, in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast on 20 May, leaving 39 settlements without power. Details: Energy workers have begun emergency repair work. Power has now been restored to 19 settlements…...

2+ hour, 43+ min ago  (436+ words) Ukraine is intensifying its diplomatic efforts to address military threats emerging from the direction of Belarus and Russia's Bryansk region. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs must strengthen coordination with international partners to increase pressure on…...

8+ hour, 20+ min ago  (193+ words) Azer News EU and Kyiv finalize "3. 2 billion Ukraine budget support deal The European Commission and Kyiv have completed negotiations on the allocation of a "3. 2 billion budget grant to Ukraine, with disbursement expected in mid-June under a broader "90 billion financing program…...

5+ hour, 46+ min ago  (247+ words) " " " "! An emergency worker and police officers in the city of Odesa have defused an unexploded Russian drone that had become lodged in the wall of a high-rise apartment block. Sources: State Emergency Service of Ukraine on Facebook; Odesa Oblast police…...

4+ hour, 15+ min ago  (145+ words) " " " "! Hungarian Prime Minister P'ter Magyar has confirmed that he hopes to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the city of Berehove in Ukraine's Zakarpattia Oblast in early June. Source: Magyar at a joint press conference with Polish Prime Minister Donald…...