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On 12 May, the High Anti-Corruption Court scheduled a hearing on a motion to impose a preventive measure on the former head of the Office of the President of Ukraine.
Svitlovodsk City Council has reported an incident involving the use of a firearm on the premises of the executive committee. According to the city council, the shots were fired by the first deputy mayor, Serhiy Savych.
On the night of 12 May, Russian forces attacked Kyiv, the Kyiv region, the Dnipropetrovsk region, the Kharkiv region, the Zaporizhzhia region, the Kherson region and the Donetsk region. The strikes resulted in fires, damage to residential buildings, and casualties.
Law enforcement officers have uncovered a scheme involving the illegal seizure of flats belonging to deceased citizens, in which, according to the investigation, a former judge from Makariv is implicated. Investigators believe that over the course of several years, the group’s members used forged documents and court rulings to seize at least five flats.
Florida is currently in the midst of a busy wildfire season, which authorities predict will continue until the end of summer. Since the start of the year, the fires have already destroyed over 48,000 hectares of land, and in Miami-Dade and Broward counties, emergency services are continuing to battle a major blaze near residential areas.
Over the past 24 hours, the Russian army has lost a further 920 troops, as well as 76 artillery systems, in the war against Ukraine. Russia’s total losses since the start of the full-scale invasion have exceeded 1.34 million.
The Kremlin has withdrawn the accreditation of foreign media for the military parade in Moscow on 9 May. This year’s celebrations marking the anniversary of Nazi Germany’s surrender will also take place without a display of military equipment.
Global perceptions of the US continue to deteriorate and are now worse than those of Russia. This is according to the annual Democracy Perception Index, published by the Danish Alliance of Democracies Foundation.
Over the past 24 hours, the Ukrainian Defence Forces have eliminated 1,130 Russian soldiers. The Russian army has also lost tanks, artillery systems, air defence systems and hundreds of pieces of military equipment.
On Beresteisky Avenue in Kyiv, patrol officers stopped a car for a traffic offence. Whilst speaking to the driver, the officers noticed that he showed signs of being under the influence of drugs.
Law enforcement officers have uncovered an employee of the Security Service of Ukraine and a businessman who are suspected of organising a scheme involving fictitious employment in order to obtain a deferment from conscription. The official was arrested whilst receiving the funds.
The American broadcaster Fox Sports has announced a job vacancy to watch all the matches of the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The company is offering a payment of $50,000 for the role.
