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• A New Russian Offensive Stretches Ukrainian Forces. Possibly To The Breaking Point. RFE/RL 17 May 2024 -- Ukrainian civilians evacuated from border regions with Russia. An important east-west highway in the eastern Donetsk region threatened by encroaching Russian forces. A village captured by Ukraine during last year's counteroffensive about to return to Russian control. Ukraine's president cancels all foreign trips.
• Russia Pounds Kharkiv Region As Putin Looks To Create 'Buffer Zone RFE/RL 17 May 2024 -- Russia continues to pound Ukraine's northeastern Kharkiv region in an offensive that has seen the active combat zone grow as Moscow looks to establish what President Vladimir Putin called a "buffer zone."
• Moscow blames West for Ukraine's long-range weapon strikes inside Russia VOA 17 May 2024 -- Russia's Foreign Ministry accused Western nations Friday of "playing with fire" by allowing Ukraine to use the long-range rockets and weapons they had supplied to strike targets inside Russia.

Ukraine

• Zelensky Signs Law Allowing Ukrainian Convicts to Join Army - Parliament Sputnik 17 May 2024 -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has signed into law a bill on the mobilization of jailed convicts in the country as it battles against Russia, the parliamentary database showed on Friday.
• Our Energy Sector Has Lost a Significant Part of Its Production, there is a Need for a Rational Consumption of Electricity Again — Address by the President President of Ukraine 17 May 2024
• We Urgently Need Our Air Defense to Be Strengthened and the Military Aid from NATO Member States to Be Delivered as Soon as Possible — Ihor Zhovkva President of Ukraine 17 May 2024
• Ukraine Has Done Everything Necessary to Launch Negotiations on Accession to the EU - President at the Meeting with Journalists President of Ukraine 17 May 2024

Russia

• Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova's comment on Kiev regime's terrorist attacks on Russian regions Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 17 May 2024
• Statement by Russian Defence Ministry Russia MoD 17 May 2024 -- Over the past night, several attempts by the Kiev regime to launch terrorist attacks using fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles and uncrewed surface vehicles of the Ukrainian Navy against the facilities in the Russian Federation have been foiled.
• Russia Launches 28 Group Strikes on Ukraine in Past Week - Defense Ministry Sputnik 17 May 2024 -- The Russian armed forces have carried out 28 group strikes with precision-guided weapons and drones in the past week on Ukraine, the Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) said on Friday.
• Russia Won't Accept Any Ultimatums on Ukraine - Putin Sputnik 17 May 2024 -- Russia wants to understand whom it can trust before engaging with partners on the Ukrainian conflict, President Vladimir Putin said during a trip to China on Friday.
• Russia Has No Plans to Take Kharkov Under Control Now - Putin Sputnik 17 May 2024 -- Russia has no plans to take control of Kharkov, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting with students and teachers of the Harbin Institute of Technology.
• Over 100 Drones Intercepted Over Russia's Territory Overnight - MoD Sputnik 17 May 2024 -- Russian air defense systems and the Black Sea fleet intercepted 102 Ukrainian drones and destroyed six drone boats overnight, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Friday.

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Foreign Reactions

• Lithuania transferred ammunition, drone jamming equipment and UAVs to Ukraine Lithuania MND 17 May 2024 -- Lithuania continues rendering military assistance to Ukraine on a steady basis - 5.56×45 mm ammunition, anti-drones and unmanned aerial vehicles, 100 Kw power generators and folding field beds.
• China Slams US for Sparking & Worsening Ukrainian Crisis Sputnik 17 May 2024 -- The United States with its Cold War mentality is responsible for the emergence and aggravation of the Ukrainian crisis, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said on Friday.

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