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The air raid was announced at around 2:30 p.m. local time, while the explosion sounded around 2:50 p.m.
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Melkonyants was arrested in August 2023 in connection with the activities of the European Network of Election Monitoring Organizations (ENEMO), which was co-founded by Golos's legal predecessor, the Golos association.
Ukraine's underground storage facilities are currently using 19.4% of their capacity. Almost 32%, or 2.79 bcm, less gas is available in the storages than in the previous year, according to the estimates.
The majority of Ukrainians, 71%, do not support holding elections before a full peace deal, even in the case of a ceasefire and security guarantees, according to a poll published by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS) on May 14.
"He'd like me to be there, and that's a possibility. ... I don't know that he would be there if I'm not there. We're going to find out," U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One while traveling to Qatar, Reuters reported.
Trump has long demanded that NATO allies increase their military spending, previously calling for the alliance to raise its benchmark from 2% to 5% of GDP.
Two of the suspects were reportedly detained over the weekend, and the third on May 13, during police raids in Germany and Switzerland.
More than 1,000 Russian government entities and 1,200 private companies are involved in the economy of occupied Mariupol, a major southeastern city occupied by Russia after it invaded Ukraine in 2022, according to a research paper published on May 14.
This marks Zelensky's highest trust rating recorded by KIIS since December 2023, when he enjoyed the confidence of 77% of respondents.
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The measures target almost 200 ships of Russia's "shadow fleet," 30 companies involved in sanctions evasion, 75 sanctions on entities and individuals linked to the Russian military-industrial complex, and more.
The government has approved "reform roadmaps in the rule of law, public administration, and democratic institutions, as well as Ukraine’s negotiation position," Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said.
The statement did not name the ex-official by name, but details of the case indicate it relates to Oleh Hladkovsky, a former deputy secretary of Ukraine's top security body who has been wanted since mid-April.
Brazilian President Lula da Silva claimed that Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha had appealed to his Brazilian counterpart, Mauro Vieira, to ask Putin if he was willing to conclude a peace agreement.
Russian strikes on Donetsk, Kherson, Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Sumy, Zaporizhzhia, and Luhansk oblasts in the east and south of Ukraine killed five people and wounded 14 more, according to local authorities.
Over the past 24 hours, Russian forces killed four civilians and injured seven more in Donetsk Oblast, Governor Pavlo Kyrylenko reported on Dec. 23.
Russia hit nine settlements in the region, damaging five houses, a college, and a highrise, he added.
Russian troops struck Kherson Oblast 61 times with artillery, multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS), mortars, and tanks, killing one person and wounding two, according to Governor Yaroslav Yanushevych.
The attacks damaged educational institutions, private houses, and apartment buildings in residential areas of Kherson, said Yanushevych.
Russia also hit settlements in Kharkiv Oblast close to the Ukraine-Russia border with missiles and artillery, according to Oleh Syniehubov, the oblast governor.
Near Vovchansk, five people were injured due to the attacks, and a hospital building and garages were damaged.
In Kupiansk, private houses were damaged, but no casualties were reported.
Russia conducted a missile strike on Zaporizhzhia Oblast on Dec. 22, hitting a private house with two children inside who survived the attack, Governor Oleksandr Starukh said.
He didn’t specify the name of the settlement where the incident happened and whether the children were wounded.
Zaporizhzhia regional administration reported that civilian infrastructure in 17 settlements in Zaporizhzhia Oblast was under Russian fire.
Local authorities received 27 reports about the damages to citizens’ houses and infrastructure objects due to Russian attacks.
Russian military struck Nikopol and Marhanets overnight with heavy artillery, damaging private houses, farm buildings, and a gas pipeline, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Governor Valentyn Reznichenko wrote on Telegram.
There were no casualties, according to him.
Russian forces attacked Seredyna-Buda in Sumy Oblast at night using self-propelled artillery, according to Dmytro Zhyvytsky, the oblast governor.
Earlier, on Dec. 22, three communities next to the Russia-Ukraine border were hit 54 times with mortars and artillery, said Zhyvytsky.
A private house, a cultural center, and a shop were damaged.
Six settlements of Luhansk Oblast came under Russian fire over the past day, the regional state administration wrote. There was no information on casualties and damage.
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