Because the warfare enters its 816th day, these are the principle developments.
Right here is the state of affairs on Monday, Might 20, 2024.
Preventing
At the least 11 individuals have been killed and dozens injured after Russia bombed a busy lakeside resort on the sting of Ukraine’s second-largest metropolis of Kharkiv and attacked villages within the surrounding space.
At the least 13 individuals have been injured after the Ukrainian navy shelled areas of Russia’s southern Belgorod area, in accordance with Belgorod’s regional Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov.
The Normal Workers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine stated Russian assaults within the Kharkiv space “slowed down a bit” however that forces “proceed their makes an attempt to interrupt by way of our defences close to Vovchansk, Starytsya and Lyptsi”. Russia’s Ministry of Defence, which claimed earlier to have seized Starytsya, stated its items “continued to advance into the depth of the enemy’s defences”.
Officers stated Russia shot down not less than 103 Ukrainian drones, together with 62 over Russian areas, in addition to missiles that focused Crimea, which Moscow seized and annexed from Ukraine in 2014. An oil refinery in southern Russia’s Krasnodar area was pressured to halt operations after six drones crashed into the positioning.
Ukraine’s navy stated its forces sank the Russian minesweeper Kovrovets within the assault on Crimea.
Ukraine’s Air Pressure chief stated air defences introduced down all 37 Shahed assault drones launched by Russia. The weapons have been shot down within the Kyiv, Odesa, Mykolaiv, Sumy, Vinnytsia, Zhytomyr, Cherkasy and Kherson areas. There have been no stories of harm or casualties.
Politics and diplomacy
A court docket in Saint Petersburg ordered the seizure of property of Germany’s Deutsche Financial institution and Commerzbank in Russia in response to a lawsuit over a deliberate liquefied pure gasoline terminal within the Baltic Sea, which was cancelled when sanctions have been imposed over Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Oleksandr Usyk beat Tyson Fury to win the world’s first undisputed heavyweight championship in 25 years. The Ukrainian received the 12-round struggle in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, by a cut up choice.
Weapons
Following the newest Russian assault on Kharkiv, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Russia of utilizing its weapons to “terrorise our cities and communities, to kill strange individuals”. He stated Ukraine wanted “two Patriots for Kharkiv, [which] will basically change the state of affairs”, referring to the delicate US-made air defence system.
