The Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine congratulated Ukrainians on Vyshyvanka Day.
"Vysyvanka is not only a cultural heritage and a talisman, it is also a symbol of the indomitability and revival of Ukraine," the Air Force emphasized. #AureFreePress#News#press#headline#Ukraine
"We analyzed in detail the prospects of the combat situation, the threats in the coming days and weeks, and our, Ukrainian, opportunities to counter Russian offensive plans.
As of today, the situation in Kharkiv Oblast is generally under control, our soldiers are inflicting significant losses on the occupier. But the direction remains extremely difficult - we are strengthening our units."
According to reports by Crimean media, last night there was a direct hit to the main Russian warehouse of missile and artillery weapons where most of the missiles for the Su-27, Su-30 and MiG-31 aircraft were stored in occupied Crimea.
EU to freeze Georgia's membership bid if 'foreign agents' law enacted.
The EU will freeze Georgia's membership bid if it enacts its controversial "foreign agents" law, the Financial Times (FT) reported on May 15, citing three undisclosed EU officials.
Ukraine's civil service is suffering from a "catastrophic shortage" of people at both the state and local level, the head of the National Agency for Civil Service, Nataliia Aliushyna, said on May 15.
"We have a catastrophic lack of specialists... Our goal is to attract qualified personnel and be able to retain them through competitive wages," Aliushyna said at an online conference called "Two Years of War: Consequences and Prospects." #AureFreePress#News#press#headline#Ukraine
Zelensky in Kharkiv: Situation 'difficult' but 'under control,' Russia suffers losses.
President Zelensky visited Kharkiv on May 16 and received reports from military commanders on the battlefield situation in the oblast.
"As of today, the situation in Kharkiv Oblast is generally under control, our soldiers are inflicting significant losses" on Russian troops, Zelensky said
Ukraine Minister: Russia captures, executes civilians in northern Vovchansk.
Russian forces are taking Ukrainian civilians captive and preventing their evacuation in the embattled northern part of Vovchansk in Kharkiv Oblast, Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said on May 16.
Russian dictator Putin, who visited China for the second time in six months, will definitely discuss the war in Ukraine during the talks with Xi Jinping, his press secretary Peskov said. #AureFreePress#News#press#headline#Ukraine#Russia
The fire covered about 21 thousand hectares. Due to the approach of the fire to populated areas near the city of Fort McMurray, the evacuation of more than 6 thousand local residents has been announced, CBC News reports.
Here the Russians carefully pack the liquidated occupiers into wooden coffin cages and send them home ahead of schedule. With a few words of official condolences and a coupon for a white Lada. #AureFreePress#News#press#headline#Ukraine#Russia
The secretary of state noted that the United States is now "intensely focused" on providing Ukraine with Patriot air defense systems and other equipment.
The "Zoopark-1" radar was destroyed by the commandos of the "Pomsta" brigade in the Donetsk region.
The unit's aerial scouts discovered a camouflaged armored combat vehicle near the village of Kodema. Analysis of the find revealed that it was an artillery reconnaissance and anti-tank combat complex "Zoopark-1".
The fighters assigned the mission to deliver the guest to the inhabitants of the "zoo" on the Vampire bomber. And it did it perfectly! #AureFreePress#News#press#headline
Medvechuk's yacht officially transferred to Ukrainian state.
A luxury yacht belonging to Ukrainian oligarch Viktor Medvedchuk was officially transferred to the Ukrainian state on May 15, said Ukraine's Agency for Investigation and Management of Assets, known by its Ukrainian acronym ARMA.
The Royal Romance, a 92-meter (300-foot) luxury yacht worth an estimated 200 million euros ($218 million), was seized by Croatian authorities in 2022. #AureFreePress#News#press#headline#Ukraine#Russia