A Russian senator claims Ukraine is being used for Western scientific experiments and calls for international verification of facilities. Other reports detail NATO intercepting a missile, Germany buying projectiles for Ukraine, and Anthropic cutting AI access following a US order.
Five people, including a nine-month-old baby and a five-year-old girl, were injured when a "Pyaterochka" store in the village of Razumnoye, Belgorod region, was shelled. The children were hospitalized with blast and shrapnel wounds.
Russian Foreign Ministry envoy Rodion Miroshnik stated that the Ukraine conflict reached a new peak last week, with Ukrainian forces launching an average of 677 projectiles daily at Russian territory. He cited a drone strike on a commuter bus in Yenakiyevo as particularly tragic, killing eight and injuring 12.
Russia's President Putin states the US and Israel have assured him the shelling near Iran's Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant was accidental and will not recur.
A UN peacekeeper from Serbia died from wounds sustained when shelling hit his base near Marjayoun, Lebanon. Two other peacekeepers were injured. UNIFIL is investigating the attack, which follows several fatal incidents since the outbreak of the Iran war and renewed clashes between Hezbollah and Israel.
UNIFIL reported the death of one of its soldiers and injuries to two others due to mortar shells hitting their position near Marjayoun in southern Lebanon. Meanwhile, Israel launched raids on several towns and warned residents against returning south of the Zahrani River.
Ukrainian forces conducted 10 shelling attacks in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) over 24 hours, resulting in 8 civilian deaths, including a child, and 17 injuries. Several civilian infrastructure sites and vehicles were damaged.
Kursk Region's Governor reported over 160 Ukrainian military shellings and drone attacks in the past 24 hours, damaging property but causing no fatalities. Two men and a woman were wounded in separate incidents.
Israel's Defense Minister Israel Katz threatened to target Dahiyeh in Beirut if Lebanon continues shelling Israeli towns. He stated the US supports this principle and warned of strong retaliation against Hezbollah's stronghold.
Russia's UN envoy Vasily Nebenzya accused EU states of deliberately ignoring alleged crimes by Ukraine's Zelensky regime, including shelling the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant, citing political motivations.
The Ukrainian military conducted nine shelling attacks on the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) in the past 24 hours, resulting in the deaths of two civilians and injuries to four others. Passenger cars were also damaged in the attacks.
Ukrainian troops are shelling the Zaporozhye Nuclear Plant (ZNPP) and Energodar to sow chaos and force employees to leave, according to ZNPP Director Yury Chernichuk. Recent attacks destroyed transport vehicles and damaged the plant's Unit 6 turbine hall.
Seven people, including two children, were killed and 15 others injured in shelling by Ukrainian forces in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) on Monday, May 25. The DPR head, Denis Pushilin, reported that a drone attack in Horlivka killed an entire family: a girl born in 2012, a boy born in 2013, and their parents.
Kursk Region Governor Alexander Khinshtein reported that Russian air defenses intercepted 101 Ukrainian drones and the region faced 108 artillery attacks on evacuated areas in the past 24 hours. No casualties were reported, though property damage occurred.
The DPR department for documenting Ukraine's war crimes reported that Ukrainian armed groups conducted eight shelling attacks on the Donetsk People's Republic in the past 24 hours, resulting in one civilian wounded and damage to two residential buildings, an infrastructure site, and cars.
Six people were injured in a Ukrainian armed forces attack on the Belgorod region. Shelling in Borisovka village resulted in shrapnel wounds and barotrauma for several individuals, with one man also sustaining a wound to his armpit.
Two passenger buses were damaged in Energodar, a city near the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant, due to what the station described as "virtually constant shelling" by Ukrainian forces. The situation remains extremely tense, with infrastructure and residential areas also being hit.
Ukrainian forces fired 11 munitions towards the Donetsk People's Republic in the past 24 hours, resulting in one civilian death and eight wounded. A woman born in 1977 was killed in Makeyevka during a drone attack.
Ukrainian forces conducted 11 attacks on populated areas in the Donetsk People's Republic over 24 hours, resulting in one civilian death and two injuries. Infrastructure, vehicles, and residential buildings were also damaged.
Three people died in the Moscow region overnight in a large-scale Ukrainian drone attack, Russian officials reported. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin stated 12 people were injured in strikes on an oil refinery, while Russia's military claimed to have intercepted 556 drones.
Ukrainian forces violated ceasefire 30,383 times from May 8-11, 2026, exceeding 2025's count
Ukrainian troops carried out eleven shelling attacks on the Donetsk People’s Republic during the past day, wounding one civilian. According to the DPR government, 21 residential houses, three civilian infrastructure facilities, and four passenger cars were damaged.
Over the past week, shelling has affected 133 civilians, Russian Foreign Ministry Ambassador-at-Large Rodion Miroshnik said
