The GUR and the SBU jointly attacked important targets in Russia and occupied Crimea; Putin made a statement about Kharkov. Athletistic highlights yesterday’s key events.
GUR and SBU attacked Russia together
The Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR) of the Ministry of Defense and the Security Service of Ukraine carried out a joint attack on a number of Russian military installations in Novorossiysk and the temporarily occupied Sevastopol on the night of Friday, May 17. The target of the operation was ships and other watercraft of the Russian Black Sea Fleet at their bases – in Sevastopol and Novorossiysk.
The Russian Federation reported 102 downed drones, but remained silent on the arrivalX
Large fires broke out in two Russian cities – Novorossiysk and Tuapse, and an electrical substation was badly damaged in occupied Sevastopol. In the Krasnodar Territory of the Russian Federation, an attack was reported on the Tuapse oil refinery and port in Novorossiysk, and the Russian Ministry of Defense announced the downing of more than a hundred drones by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. At the same time, the Russian defense department did not report any arrivals.
Strike Kharkov
Russian troops dropped guided bombs on Kharkov on the afternoon of May 17. As a result of the KABs shooting at Kharkov, three people were killed and 28 others were injured.
The Russians sacked Odessa and the region: there were dead and wounded
Russian troops attacked Odessa on May 17. Three victims were known to have been injured as a result of the attack. The injured were taken to one of the city’s hospitals and given all the necessary medical care. And as a result of the Russian attack on the Odessa region on the same day, one person died and eight were injured.
Putin made a statement about Kharkov
Kremlin dictator Vladimir Putin confirmed that Russian troops were creating a “sanitary zone” in the Kharkov region and said Russia had no plans to occupy Kharkov. At the same time, Putin accused Ukraine of the fact that the fighting is now taking place in the direction of Kharkov – he said that this is “a response for the shelling of the border regions of the Russian Federation.”
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs continues consular services for men
Foreign diplomatic institutions of Ukraine will continue to accept applications for consular actions for men of military age from May 18, as announced yesterday, May 17. It is now indicated, along with the documents required to receive the selected consular service, applicants must also submit their military registration document in paper or electronic form. At the same time, you should pay attention to the fact that a paper document can only be submitted before the start of the electronic account of the conscript, where everyone can independently generate an electronic document.
The Israeli army found the body of German tourist Shani Luk, who was kidnapped by Hamas.
The Israeli military, during an operation in the Gaza Strip, discovered the bodies of three hostages killed after an attack by Hamas militants on October 7, 2023. Among them was the body of German tourist Shani Luk . At the time of the terrorist attack, Luk, Buskila and Gelenrtner were at a music festival, which took place near the border of the Palestinian enclave and where a significant part of the victims of that attack were killed. The three were killed as they tried to leave the festival site, after which Hamas militants took their bodies to Gaza, an Israeli military official said.
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