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16 people die in a Russian attack on a hardware store in Kharkiv. Zelensky warns of a new offensive. The news ticker on the Ukraine war.
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Update from May 26, 10:35 p.m.: Volodymyr Selenskyj, President of Ukraine, will meet Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchéz on Monday (27 May). AFP reported that the meeting had actually been planned for May 17. Due to the Russian offensive in Kharkiv, Selenskyj initially cancelled the state visit.
Update from May 26, 21. 20: The death toll after a Russian missile attack on a hardware store in the city of Kharkiv has risen again. The governor of the region now puts the number of dead at 16, reported the Kyiv Independent40 others were wounded in the attack.
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Do not participate in peace summit – Selenskyj accuses states in Central Asia of fear
Update from May 26, 6:50 p.m.: President Volodymyr Selenskyj has accused the Central Asian states of weakness. The reason is that they refused to participate in the peace summit in Switzerland, reported Ukrainian PravdaIn an interview with Central Asian media, the president said that Ukraine had “invited everyone, including the leaders of Central Asia. We invite everyone and we want to see everyone at this summit. What is so scary about that?” He accused the countries of being afraid that their relations with the Kremlin could deteriorate.
Update from May 26, 4:05 p.m.: Volodymyr Zelensky, President of Ukraine, has warned against an expansion of Russian aggression. When aggressive regimes “succeed in one part of the world, it creates problems in many other places,” Zelensky wrote on X (formerly Twitter). Referring to the war in Ukraine, he added that the world has the means to “counter Russian terror.”
He again demanded that Ukraine send more air defense. The country should also be allowed to attack targets on Russian territory. “So that they cannot get close to our borders,” said the president. With the post, he shared a video of the Russian attack on a hardware store in Kharkiv. “Kharkiv City. All week. Russian terror” is the caption on the video.
Death toll rises after Russian attack on hardware store in Kharkiv
Update from May 26, 3:10 p.m.: The number of people killed in a Russian air raid on a hardware store in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv has risen to 14. As the AFP reported that Ukrainian Interior Minister Ihro Klymenko had previously assumed that twelve people had died. The market was hit by two Russian guided missiles on Saturday (May 25), the region’s governor, Oleh Synegubov, announced on Telegram.
Update from May 26, 1:55 p.m.: Volodymyr Selenskyj warns of a new Russian offensive in Kharkiv. In his current notice Regarding the desolate situation in Ukraine’s second-largest city, he writes that Vladimir Putin’s army is shelling the city “every night and every day”, mostly with S-300 missiles. There is “not a single part of the city and not a single street” that has not suffered from this regular cruelty, says the Ukrainian president.
F-16 fighter jets for Ukraine: First pilots will soon be fit for war against Putin’s Russia
Update from May 26, 1:11 p.m.: The first twelve Ukrainian pilots will soon be able to take part in air combat with F-16 fighter jets – but politicians doubt the point. The background in our text: “First pilots will soon be fit for war against Putin”.
Update from May 26, 12:02 p.m.: The authorities in Khmelnytskyi (Eastern Ukraine) are asking people to stay in their homes. The reason is a “high-speed target” that initially moved towards Kyiv, but then turned towards the region. This is reported by the Ukrainian Pravda citing the Ukrainian Air Force.
Prepares Russia a new offensive before?
Update from May 26, 11:00 a.m.: Volodymyr Zelenskyj reports that a new Russian offensive could be imminent. The Ukrainian president is apparently currently in Kharkiv. “We are currently defending ourselves against a Russian offensive 60 kilometers northeast of here,” he said. “Russia is also preparing for offensive actions 90 kilometers northwest of here – they are gathering another group of troops near our border,” the statement continued.
Update from May 26, 10:20 a.m.: The Fire in a Kharkiv hardware store is under control – the fire-fighting operations took more than 16 hours, Ukrainian Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said on Telegram. The number of victims has now risen to twelve. He put the number of injured at 43. In addition, 16 people are still missing.
Russia covers Ukrainian regions with Rocket Carpet
Update from May 26, 9.12 am: According to Ukrainian military sources, Russia also used rockets, cruise missiles and combat drones during the night. Kinzhal-type hypersonic missiles were also used, according to the Ukrainian Air Force on Telegram.
The targets appeared to be mainly in the west of the country. Explosions were reported from the following areas:
- Khmelnytskyi
- Vinnytsia
- Lviv
- Kyiv
Situation in the Ukraine war: Devastating Russian attack in Kharkiv – number of dead rises
Initial report: Kiev – After the Russian attack on a hardware store in Kharkiv, the number of victims has continued to rise. There are now eleven dead, the governor of the Kharkiv region, Oleh Synegubow, announced on Telegram on Sunday (May 26).
According to the governor, the building was hit by two guided missiles on Saturday. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj said that “more than 200” people may have been in the hardware store. He spoke of a “brutal” attack and again called for more air defense for Ukraine.
Putin’s Ground offensive in Kharkiv
Kharkiv is the second largest city in Ukraine. It is located in the northeast of the country near the Russian border and is regularly attacked by Russia. On Thursday, seven people were killed in Russian attacks on the city, according to the authorities.
After Russia’s ground offensive in Kharkiv: Thousands of Ukrainians evacuated
On May 10, the Russian army launched a ground offensive in the Kharkiv region. According to regional governor Synegubov, more than 11,000 people in the area had to leave their homes as a result of the fighting.
Interactive cards on the situation in Ukraine War
Which areas has Russia conquered in the Ukraine war? Where have the Kremlin’s troops been repelled and where is fighting currently taking place? Our current maps of the front lines in Ukraine provide an insight into the latest developments in Russia’s war against Ukraine. (Editorial with agencies)