Embroidery is as sign of liberty
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By Pavlo Vitenko
Summary by regions
Donetsk Region
The intensity of the shelling is not decreasing. For a day – 10 dead and 7 wounded. The village of New York was left without gas. The railway infrastructure in Avdiivka is damaged. A school, a construction lyceum and a children’s and youth sports school were destroyed in Kostiantynivka. The evacuation of the civilian population continues.
Luhansk Region
In the Luhansk region, the Russians constantly fired artillery. The biggest damage is in the Severodonetsk and Popasna communities. At least eight houses in Severodonetsk were damaged. The shelling killed four people and wounded three. The last substation in the region was also damaged: the whole area was left without electricity.
Mykolayiv Region
In the afternoon of May 18, there were shellings in the Shyrokiv community. 7 houses were damaged, one was destroyed. There is no information about the victims, but this is currently being clarified. There were shellings day and night in the Bereznehuvatskyi community.
According to preliminary data, no houses or victims were damaged. The regional center is relatively quiet. There were also shellings in the Inhulska community at night. 12 residential buildings were damaged. There are no victims in advance.
Dnipropetrovsk Region
The occupiers fired several shots from the «Grad» and BM-27 «Uragan» multiple rocket launchers at the Zelenodolsk community. More than 10 houses were destroyed. People were not injured.
Sumy Region
From the evening of May 18, mass shelling of border areas in all districts of the region continued. The occupiers fired artillery, mortars and small arms. Information about the victims is being clarified.
Kherson Region
In the Kherson region, houses in Chornobayivka were damaged as a result of shelling, and one caught fire. An airport employee was killed in the shelling.
The critical situation in the villages bordering the neighboring regions. There are reports of destroyed houses, mined roads, bridges and fields. The occupiers blocked the entrance and exit from the Kherson region and fired on evacuation columns.
The situation is stably critical in the occupied villages of Velykooleksandrivska, Vysokopilska, Stanislavska, Novovorontsovska and Kalynivska communities. There is no light or water in many villages for two months.
Kharkiv Region
There were night shellings. During the day, the occupiers fired on Tsyrkuny, Prudyanka, and Vilhuvatka – previously three victims.
Ukraine celebrates Embroidery Day
«Strong, unbreakable, brave and free! Happy Embroidery Day, Ukraine!» – The President congratulated Ukrainians in his address.
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«Today, our athletes are fighting instead of training»
World football star Andriy Shevchenko said that removing Russian athletes from international competitions was the right step.
He stressed that this should continue as long as the war in Ukraine.
He said this on the air of the Ukrainian state TV channel for the Russian-speaking audience «Freedom».
«No Russian club or national team is taking part in any international competition. That’s right. And it will continue throughout the war in Ukraine. Why are our children deprived of this? Why are our athletes deprived of this? Today our athletes are fighting instead. to train, they are defending our Motherland, «Shevchenko said.
On May 18, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi met with ex-head coach of the Ukrainian national football team Andriy Shevchenko, who officially became the first UNITED ambassador 24.
By Pavlo Vitenko, Ukrainian Freedom News
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