The first Ukrainian guided aerial bomb is ready for combat use.

Former Head of the Office of the President Andriy Yermak has been released from a pre-trial detention center after bail was posted.

On the morning of May 18, Russian troops attacked a Chinese merchant vessel in Ukraine’s territorial waters with a Shahed drone.

The full amount of bail has now been posted for former Head of the Office of the President Andriy Yermak: UAH 140 million.

A total of 242 combat engagements were recorded on the frontline over the past day, May 17, 2026.

Russian and pro-Russian media are spreading a wave of disinformation regarding alleged "investigations" into the wife of the President of Ukraine, Olena Zelenska. This information is untrue.

Since the start of the day on Sunday, 17 May, there have been 195 combat engagements along the front line. The heaviest fighting was recorded in the Pokrovsk and Huliaipole sectors.

Russian forces’ latest strike on Dnipro has left 18 people injured. Children are among the wounded.

On May 16 and during the night of May 17, 2026, units of the Ukrainian Defense Forces struck a number of key targets belonging to the Russian aggressor. In particular, a facility in the Moscow region of the Russian Federation that manufactures microchips for high-precision weapons was hit.

The number of refugees from Ukraine who will remain in Europe by the end of 2029 will be 2.9 million, or 56% of their current number, under the "fragile peace with concessions" scenario in the war with Russia this year.