Reuters: Russian forces destroy at least six grain storage facilities in eastern Ukraine.

6:04 AM

Partisans: Russian unit refuses to attack Kharkiv Oblast.

A member of the partisan group Atesh who serves in a motorized rifle battalion of the 44th Army Corps of the Russian Armed Forces said that one division in his unit outright refused to participate in the offensive against Kharkiv Oblast.

4:32 AM

Defense Ministry: 9 Ukrainian robots have operated on battlefield since start of 2024.

The robots perform a variety of battlefield functions, including combat with machine guns, demining, and evacuating wounded soldiers.

3:39 AM

Czechia provides Ukraine over $800,000 for forestry development.

The funds are part of a broader initiative known as "Strengthening Ukraine's Forest Monitoring Capacity to Align with EU Standards." The goal is to improve Ukraine's ability to monitor forests and collect accurate data.

2:44 AM

Russia attacks 9 communities in Sumy Oblast, killing 1, injuring 2.

Artillery shelling injured a resident of Seredyna-Buda. Earlier, the administration reported that attacks in Esman killed a 64-year-old woman and injured her teenage granddaughter.

1:54 AM

Drones strike Belgorod, Kursk oblasts, Russian officials say.

Drone strikes targeted Russia's Belgorod and Kursk oblasts on May 10, damaging agricultural buildings and equipment, Russian officials claimed.

1:17 AM

Russian media: Attack on oil depot in occupied Luhansk Oblast kills 3, injures 7.

A Ukrainian strike on the Rovenki oil depot in occupied Luhansk Oblast killed three people and injured seven others, including a child, the Russian state-controlled media outlet RBC claimed on May 10.

12:49 AM

Military intelligence releases details on paratrooper rescue operation.

The operation, known as "Flag," resulted in the rescue of two paratroopers who had spent almost a year and a half in Russian-occupied territory after being injured in combat in Luhansk Oblast.

12:09 AM

White House: 'Certainly possible' that Russia prepares larger offensive on Kharkiv.

U.S. National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby did not rule out that the intensification of Russian attacks on May 10 may be a preparation for a larger offensive on the city of Kharkiv, Reuters reported.

11:51 PM

General Staff: Battles ongoing in Kharkiv Oblast's Lyptsi, Vovchansk directions, several settlements in 'gray zone.'

There are ongoing battles for "gray zone" border settlements of Strilecha, Pylne, and Borysivka, as well as in the sectors of Oliinykove and Ohirtseve, the General Staff said.

11:23 PM

Minister: 3 billion euros of Russian assets revenue 'almost nothing' in war's context.

"If we are talking about the needs of Ukraine and the needs of the war, military and non-military, 3 billion euros is actually almost nothing— we need hundreds of billions in order to win the war," Justice Minister Denys Maliuska told Politico at the G7 justice ministers' meeting in Venice on May 9.

11:16 PM

Romanian police: 11,000 Ukrainian men have illegally crossed border into Romania since February 2022.

About 11,000 Ukrainian men have illegally crossed the border into Romania since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) reported on May 9, citing data from the Romanian border police.

10:45 PM

Czechia places Russian GRU general linked to ammunition depot blasts on wanted list.

The country's investigators believe that Andrey Averyanov coordinated the supposed Russian sabotage operation in 2014 that led to ammunition depot blasts in the eastern Czech town of Vrbetice, killing two people and causing damages in tens of millions of dollars.

10:03 PM

Zelensky: Heavy fighting ongoing along front line, more troops will be sent to Kharkiv sector.

Heavy fighting with Russian troops is ongoing along the entire front line, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on May 10 after listening to Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi's report.

9:42 PM

Prisoner exchange

Ukraine pins hopes on international pressure to conduct all-for-all prisoner exchange

9:38 PM

Zelensky: Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew to attend Switzerland peace summit.

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, the archbishop of Constantinople and the most senior hierarch of the Eastern Orthodox Church, confirmed his participation in the upcoming peace summit in Switzerland, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on May 10.

9:12 PM

Russian attacks on Donetsk Oblast kill 2, injure 2.

Russian troops attacked Chasiv Yar and the village of Yelyzavetivka in Donetsk Oblast on May 10, killing two people and injuring two others, the General Prosecutor's Office reported.

9:05 PM

War update

Ukraine war latest: Russia launches new offensive targeting Kharkiv Oblast

President Volodymyr Zelensky announced on May 10 that Russian forces had begun a new offensive operation targeting Kharkiv Oblast. "Now, there is a fierce battle going on in (Kharkiv's) direction," Zelensky said.

8:35 PM

Canada pledges $56 million to German-led air defense initiative for Ukraine.

"Through Canada's investment in Germany's Immediate Action on Air Defense Initiative, we are working together to provide Ukraine with the crucial air defense systems that it needs to protect its people," Canada's Defense Minister Blair said while hosting his German counterpart, Boris Pistorius, in Ottawa.

8:07 PM

Military: Russia's Kharkiv Oblast operation aims to divert Ukrainian forces from Donetsk Oblast.

Rather than conducting a major offensive campaign north of Kharkiv Oblast, "Russia is trying to pull our (Ukrainian) forces and resources from Donetsk Oblast to Kharkiv Oblast," military spokesperson Nazar Voloshyn told Hromadske.

7:38 PM

Military: Russia unsuccessfully tries to break through in Donetsk, Luhansk oblasts.

The Russian military constantly storms the village of Nevske and the Serebrianske forestry lands in Luhansk Oblast, as well as shells the city of Makiivka in Donetsk Oblast.

7:24 PM

Media: Fights ongoing near several Kharkiv Oblast villages, Russia storming Pletenivka.

Russian troops are storming the outskirts of the village of Pletenivka in Kharkiv Oblast, Ukrainska Pravda reported on May 10, citing a military source.

7:19 PM

Updated: US unveils $400 million defense aid package for Ukraine.

U.S. President Joe Biden on May 10 authorized a $400 million defense aid package for Ukraine, according to a statement on the White House's website.

7:11 PM

Media: Ukraine to receive first F-16 fighter jets 'within weeks.'

The Evening Standard's source did not reveal which of the allies will be the first one to deliver the planes.

6:51 PM

Commander: Ukraine to create 10 new brigades to defend Kyiv, other areas.

"Defending Kyiv remains one of our main concerns, no matter how tough it is in the east", Oleksandr Pavliuk, Ukraine's Ground Forces commander, said.

6:24 PM

Kyiv Independent's 'Uprooted' investigation wins Bucha Journalism Conference Prize.

The Kyiv Independent's investigative documentary "Uprooted" on Russia's abduction of Ukrainian children has won the Bucha Journalism Conference Prize in the "best investigation of Russian war crimes" category.