Ukrainian special services have reportedly carried out drone attacks on a military airfield and an oil refinery in Russia, with details of the operations provided by Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) and the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (GUR).

Sources within the SBU have confirmed that explosions at the Kushchevskaya airfield and the Slavyansk oil refinery in Russia's Krasnodar region were the result of Ukrainian drone strikes. The agency humorously referred to these incidents as " …

On Saturday, May 18, the Ukrainian Air Force struck the central hospital in the city of Vovchansk, Kharkiv region, where dozens of Russian soldiers were reportedly stationed, reported the Ukrainian Telegram channel Operativny Inform, posting video footage of the strike.

"Our air force delivered a powerful strike on this building, which the Russian forces were using as a shelter and a base for accumulating their assault units. Dozens of occupiers are buried under the rubble," the message reads. …

A commercial transaction involving OOO "Torg", the Russian entity of Swedish company IKEA, and its affiliated Irish firm Fami Limited, valued at 12.9 billion rubles ($142 million) ( for goods sold in Russia, has been annulled by the Moscow Region Arbitration Court. This amount is now mandated to be transferred to the Russian state budget, as reported by Russian-language media on Saturday, May 18.

According to reports, the court's decision in response to a lawsuit filed by the Federal Tax …

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has turned down French President Emmanuel Macron's proposal for an "Olympic truce" during the upcoming Paris Games. "We are against any truce that benefits the enemy," Zelensky told Agence France-Presse. He explained that while Ukraine is not opposed to peace and ending the war, Moscow would exploit the pause to move additional troops into Ukrainian territory and launch a renewed offensive with fresh forces. "Who can guarantee that Russia won't use this …

Arbitration Court of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region has seized assets, accounts, and securities of Deutsche Bank and its subsidiaries in Russia, amounting to €238.61 million, following a claim by Ruskhimalyans.

Ruskhimalyans, a company established by Gazprom and Rusgazdobycha, operates the gas processing and liquefaction project in Ust-Luga. Deutsche Bank served as one of the guarantors for the Ruskhimalyans contract alongside Turkish Renaissance Heavy Industries and German Linde for …

The Russian army has shifted its pressure vector considerably. In particular, numerous attacks on Ukrainian forces were recorded in the Krynky area of the Kherson region over the past 24 hours, reported Dmytro Pletenchuk, chief of the Strategic Communications Center of the Southern Defense Forces, during an appearance on Espresso TV.

"There has been massive pressure on Krynky, and it has been growing for the second consecutive day. Yesterday there were 15 assaults, the day before there were 11, …

A Russian court has frozen assets belonging to UniCredit Bank in Russia valued at €463 million following a lawsuit filed by RusKhimAlliance, one of the operators involved in the construction of a gas processing complex. The assets were seized in connection with the bank's refusal to breach European sanctions.

The gas processing complex in question, located in Ust-Luga, is a joint venture between Gazprom and RusGazDobycha. RusKhimAlliance’s lawsuit revolves around the suspension of work on this …

Sumy Region is likely to become a battlefield once again in the near future, said Lieutenant Andrii Kovalenko, head of the Centre for Countering Disinformation at Ukraine's Security Council.

"Sumy Region. Defence forces are ready. It is important for you to know this," Kovalenko wrote. A few hours later, he elaborated, saying that similar to the situation in Kharkiv, this concerns a border military operation by the Russian army.

"There are no significant troop formations on the Kharkiv and …