Stores, pharmacies, and gas stations will be closed. “Only vehicles with special permits can move around the city,” Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said.
Local residents reported that an oil refining unit at Rosneft's Syzran plant was struck in the Ukrainian attack.
The Kirishi oil refinery, one of Russia's largest, has been shut down since May 5, unnamed sources said.
U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer spoke with President Volodymyr Zelensky on May 20, reaffirming London’s continued support for Ukraine amid Russia’s ongoing war.
On May 19, the ashes of Andrii Melnyk, a key leader of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists, and his wife Sofia were exhumed in Luxembourg during an official ceremony attended by Ukrainian state representatives.
Russia may be preparing a new offensive toward Ukraine's Chernihiv-Kyiv direction, potentially with involvement from Belarus, President Volodymyr Zelensky said May 20.
Russia's security service found depleted uranium in an unexploded missile recovered in Chernihiv Oblast, as NATO warns of "devastating" consequences if nuclear weapons are used in the war.
Drone activity was recorded near the Belarusian border in eastern Lithuania, but the warning was later extended to the capital, Vilnius.
Businessman Timur Mindich, an Israeli citizen, fled to Israel shortly before he was charged and sanctioned last fall.
"Well, they (Russians) know if that happens, the reaction is devastating... Of course, we follow that (exercises), we monitor what is happening," NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said.
Kyiv will have to improve its revenue collection and how efficiently it spends money, the European Commission said in a press release on May 20, if it wants to access more than $8 billion of the loan.
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