News from Kyiv
Iranian president presumed dead after 'no survivors' found at crash site. Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi and his foreign minister are presumed dead after rescuers found "no survivors" at the site of the crashed helicopter that went down over a mountainous area in Iran on May 19, Iranian state media reported.
Zelensky: Ukraine secures stronger positions in Kharkiv Oblast amid Russia's offensive. Zelensky also said that Ukraine successfully repels Russian assaults in Donetsk Oblast, including the area near the city of Chasiv Yar, which became one of the main strategic targets.
Media: SBU drones strike airbase, oil refinery in Russia. The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) in conjunction with the country's new Unmanned Systems Forces, launched a drone attack on Russia's Kushchevskaya military airbase and Slavyansk oil refinery plant overnight, Ukrainska Pravda reported on May 19.
Energy workers targeted by Russian Lancet drone during repair in Donetsk Oblast; no casualties reported. The attack comes as Russia continues to target Ukraine's energy infrastructure with various types of weapons across the country.
Ukraine’s Navy says it destroyed Russian sea minesweeper Kovrovets overnight. The report refutes Moscow’s earlier claims of having repelled all strikes on occupied Crimea overnight.
Air Force: All 37 Russian attack drones targeting Ukraine overnight shot down. Russian forces targeted eight regions across Ukraine overnight, Kyiv, Odesa, and Vinnytsia oblasts, according to the Air Force’s report.
Moscow claims it repelled Kyiv’s ‘attempts’ to strike occupied Crimea, bordering Russian regions. Moscow claims that it had shot down nine U.S.-provided long-range ATACMS (Army Tactical Missile System) missiles, and a drone over Crimea.
