The Ukrainian army announced, on the night of Tuesday May 14 to Wednesday May 15, that it had to withdraw “in certain areas” of the northeast front in the Kharkiv region, where Russia launched a new offensive on May 10. Several villages have been conquered and the localities of Lukiantsi and Vovtchansk are the subject of bitter fighting. In this context, the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky cancels all foreign trips “in the coming days”, announced his spokesperson. Follow our live stream.
Ukraine announces arrest of six agents accused of guiding Russian strikes. The operation, led by the Ukrainian SBU security services, “enabled the simultaneous arrest of six Russian agents” Who “corrected [les coordonnées] artillery fire in the region”, they said in a statement.
Electricity has been restored. kyiv began lifting electricity rationing across the country on Wednesday morning, due to the damage inflicted on energy infrastructure by Russian strikes in recent months. “Energy workers have restored electricity to all homes”said the operator of Odessa, Donetsk and Dnipropetrovsk regions.
Russia thwarts drone attack. Moscow claims to have neutralized 17 Ukrainian drones. The latter targeted a fuel depot in the Rostov region, which houses the military headquarters of the Russian operation in Ukraine.