"Ukraine should not be given a lesser “associate” status in the European Union without fullvoting rights, President Volodymyr Zelensky told EU leaders in a letter, calling a reported German proposal “unfair.”
The letter was addressed to European Council President António Costa, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides, whose country holds the rotating presidency of the Council of the EU.
“It would be unfair if Ukraine were present in the European Union but remained without a voice. It is time to move forward on Ukraine’s membership in a full and meaningful way,” Zelensky wrote." Pravada
"An alleged terrorist trained by the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)targeted first daughter Ivanka Trump for assassination.
Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood Al-Saadi, 32, had made a “pledge” to kill the president’s oldest daughter and even had a blueprint of her Florida home.
The Iraqi national allegedly aimed his revenge at Trump’s family in response to the elimination of Iranian military chief Qasem Soleimani by a U.S. drone strike in Baghdad six years ago.
Soleimani was considered the mastermind behind the roadside bomb and other terrorist acts that led to the deaths of hundreds of American servicemen in the Iraq war.
Al-Saadi, an Iraqi national, was arrested in Turkey as announced on May 15, 2026, and extradited to the United States." Breitbart
"Russian forces have been carrying out a large-scale attack on oil and gas facilities belonging to Naftogaz Group, Ukraine's largest national oil and gas company, in Kharkiv and Poltava oblasts for more than 24 hours." Pravada
"Ukraine’s Security Service and the Armed Forces’ 1st Separate Unmanned Systems Center struck a Russian train, fuel tanks, ammunition depots, repair bases and telecommunications facilities in occupied parts of Ukraine’s Luhansk Oblast.
Officers from the Security Service of Ukraine in Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts identified the exact coordinates of targets in Luhansk, Kadiivka, Bilokurakyne and the Sievierodonetsk and Svatove districts before Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces struck them with FirePoint-2 drones." Pravada
"Felt earthquake: 6.0 quake 28 mi south of Kalaoa, Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States, 30 minutes ago - 734 shake reports so far.
Numerous people reported to have felt the quake. According to preliminary estimates from the US Geological Survey (USGS), the quake might have been felt by over 370,000 people across the United States. Approx. 18,900 people were in areas with Strong shaking (intensity VI), while approx. 7,120 people might have been affected by the highest-expected shaking intensity of VII, or Very strong on the Modified Mercalli Intensity (MMI) scale." VD
"Ukrainian drone strike targeting a Russian UAV pilot training center in Snizhne, Donetsk Oblast, killed 65 cadets and their head instructor. Brovdi said the operation was carefully planned and coordinated by the Unmanned Systems Forces’ Center for Deep Strike together with Ukraine’s SBU security service." NV
"Russian President Vladimir Putin has accused Ukraine of intentionally targeting civilians after a "terrorist" overnight drone attack on a school that left six dead and scores of young people wounded.
At least 39 were injured and counting, amid ongoing rescue efforts after a school complex was torn apart on the multi-drone strike attack. It happened at a school dormitory in the Russian-controlled Luhansk region. Over a dozen victims are still missing, including children, reports say." ZeroHedge
"Ukrainian forces have borrowed a page from China's hypersonic glide-weapon testing and
applied it to the Eastern European theater, using one-way attack drones against Russia.
Instead of launching the Hornet strike drone from a ground-based catapult, Ukrainian operators tethered it to a high-altitude balloon, extending its range." ZH
"Russian forces struck settlements across Kherson Oblast using artillery, mortars and drones.As of 17:30, seven people had been reported injured as a result of the Russian attacks.
One person was injured in an artillery strike on Kherson. Six civilians sustained injuries in drone attacks on Kherson and the settlements of Pryozerne and Ukrainka.
Damage was caused to houses, apartment blocks, outbuildings, an educational facility, lorries and vehicles." Pravada
"A total of 257 combat clashes have occurred on the battlefield over the past day, with the Russians conducting the most attacks on the Pokrovsk (39), Kostiantynivka (28) and Huliaipole (25) fronts.
On the North Slobozhanshchyna front and in the operational zone in Russia's Kursk Oblast, the Russians launched three airstrikes, using seven guided bombs, and conducted 97 strikes on the positions of Ukrainian troops and settlements, including 12 from multiple-launch rocket systems. Seven Russian assaults were recorded.On the South Slobozhanshchyna front, the Russians conducted 14 assaults on Ukrainian positions near the settlements of Vovchanski Khutory, Lyman and Starytsia and towards Ternove, Radkivka and Izbytske.
On the Kupiansk front, the Russians conducted four attacks near the settlements of Kurylivka, Novoplatonivka and Pishchane.
On the Lyman front, Russian forces attempted to penetrate the Ukrainian defence eight times, attacking near the settlements of Drobysheve, Ozerne, Yampil, Dibrova and Stavky.
On the Sloviansk front, the Russians attempted to advance twice towards the village of Rai-Oleksandrivka.
On the Kramatorsk front, Ukrainian troops repelled a Russian attack near the village of Pryvillia.
On the Kostiantynivka front, the Russians conducted 28 attacks near the settlements of Kostiantynivka, Pleshchiivka, Ivanopillia, Illinivka, Rusyn Yar, Toretske, Kucheriv Yar and Novopavlivka.
On the Pokrovsk front, Ukrainian defenders stopped 39 Russian assaults near the settlements of Nove Shakhove, Nykanorivka, Rodynske, Kotlyne, Novooleksandrivka, Hryshyne, Serhiivka, Udachne and Molodetske and towards Bilytske, Vasylivka and Novopavlivka.
On the Oleksandrivka front, the Russians conducted three attacks towards the settlements of Oleksandrohrad, Sichneve and Novohryhorivka.
On the Huliaipole front, the Russians conducted 25 attacks near the settlements of Nove Zaporizhzhia, Zlahoda, Huliaipole, Sviatopetrivka, Dobropillia, Olenokostiantynivka, Charivne, Zaliznychne, Hirke and Huliaipilske.
On the Orikhiv front, Ukrainian troops stopped three Russian attempts to advance near the settlements of Shcherbaky and Plavni.
On the Prydniprovske front, the Russians carried out three unsuccessful attacks towards Antonivka." msn
