New air attacks hit kyiv and several regions of Ukraine Thursday, May 18 at dawn. “This is the ninth consecutive air attack on the capital since the beginning of May”, denounced the civil and military administration of the capital. According to her, cruise missiles were launched by Russian strategic bombers from the Caspian Sea region, and reconnaissance drones flew over the capital. A fire broke out in a company following a fall of debris, but no injuries were reported, said the mayor of the capital. Follow our live.
A Chinese envoy present in kyiv. These new attacks occurred during a visit to kyiv by a senior Chinese official, Li Hui, special representative for Eurasian affairs and former ambassador to Moscow. The official is supposed according to Beijing to discuss the “political settlement” of the conflict.
kyiv claims several advances near Bakhmout. Ukraine advanced 500 meters in some areas during the day on Wednesday. The day before, she had already claimed to have taken over 20 square kilometers near this devastated city in the east of the country, the epicenter of the fighting.
The grain agreement in the Black Sea extended by two months. Moscow and Kyiv have extended their vital grain deal for global food after mediation by Turkey and the UN. The agreement has made it possible to export more than 30 million tonnes of Ukrainian cereals in the last ten months, and to relieve the world food crisis caused by the war.
A damaged Patriot air defense system. This ultra-sophisticated system provided by the United States to Ukraine remains operational, however, said Wednesday, a senior US defense official. The day before, the Russian army had claimed to have destroyed a Patriot defense system following a “high precision strike” carried out “by a Kinjal hypersonic missile”.