UN security council meets over Ukraine as Russia and Belarus hold nuclear drills – Europe live

Meeting also comes amid recent brutal Russian attacks and Putin’s visit to China The UN security council is meeting to discuss the situation in Ukraine today in response to recent brutal Russian attacks on the country and joint nuclear weapons drills starting in Russia and Belarus. The meeting – called by Denmark, France, Greece, Latvia, Liberia, and UK – is expected to cover the latest on “peace and security” situation in Ukraine. Continue reading...

By Jakub Krupa

Russian strike hits grain storage facility in Khmelnytskyi Oblast

A grain storage complex belonging to Ukrainian agricultural holding Kernel was damaged during a Russian drone attack on Khmelnytskyi Oblast on the night of 18 May.

By Andrii Muravskyi

Moscow begins nuclear drills as Russia-Ukraine drone strikes intensify

As Russian and Ukrainian forces carried out fresh cross-border aerial strikes, Moscow launched nationwide nuclear drills.

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Russian drones twice targeted a UN humanitarian mission tasked with delivering aid to civilians in the southern Ukrainian region of Kherson on May 14. In the hours following the strike, Russian military bloggers published footage of the attack, only to delete it shortly after.

By The FRANCE 24 Observers

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By TOI WORLD DESK

Russia attacks Danube, Ukraine launches drones

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By The Korea Herald

Russia Begins Major Nuclear Drills

The military said the exercises will focus on the preparation and deployment of its nuclear forces under a simulated “threat of aggression.”

Russian strike on Shevchenkove in Kharkiv region kills woman, injures three others

Russian forces attacked the settlement of Shevchenkove in the Kupiansk district with a drone strike, killing a woman and leaving three others suffering from acute stress reactions.