The port city of Tuapse on Russia's Black Sea coast has been operating under a state of emergency since late April following successive waves of drone strikes that ignited major fires at the Rosneft oil refinery.

In today's summary: In the Sumy direction, the Ukrainian military showed the flag in the declared by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation occupied village east of Sumy In the southern Donetsk direction, the Ukrainian military entrenched in the village of Poddubny at the junction of the Donetsk and Dnipropetrovsk regions In the Zaporizhzhya direction, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported on the seizure of the village at a depth of 5 km in the Ukrainian positions Commander of the Forces of Unmanned Systems of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Robert "Magyar" Brovdi — "500 targets" for strikes have been identified in Belarus In the territories of the "land corridor" to the Crimea, an unprecedented campaign of attacks on Russian vehicles unfolds A new UAV raid on Tuapse — a fire was recorded in the area of the main installations of the Bloomberg refinery — in May 2026, Ukrainian air defense intercepted only a third of the launched Russian Iskander-M ballistic missiles The number of countries participating in the "Czech initiative" for the purchase of artillery ammunition for Ukraine decreased from 18 to 9 the Ukrainian military showed the flag in the declared by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation occupied village east of Sumy . In social networks, the 21st separate mechanized brigade showed the "flag" in the village of Zapselie ( geo-referencing ) in the border area of the Sumy region to the east of Sumy, which the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation declared occupied the day before. It is noteworthy that the video contains footage not only from the drone, but also taken by Ukrainian soldiers on the ground, which indicates a relatively safe stay in the village.