# Emergency events
Massive attack on Kyiv on the night of 24 May: one person killed Updated
At least four people were killed as a result of a massive Russian attack on Kyiv and the Kyiv region during the night of 24 May. In the capital, the death toll has risen to two, with a further 56 people injured. In the Kyiv region, two people are also reported to have been killed and nine injured.
Russia has launched strikes on Naftogaz facilities in two areas
Russian troops have been carrying out sustained attacks on Naftogaz Group gas production infrastructure in the Kharkiv and Poltava regions for over a day
The director and producer Oleg Pavlyuchenkov has died
Oleg Pavlyuchenkov, a Ukrainian director, director of photography, producer, photographer and founder of the Technomedia studio, has passed away
An explosion at a mine in China has claimed the lives of at least 90 people
A gas explosion has occurred at a coal mine in Shanxi Province in northern China. According to state media, at least 90 people have been killed. This is the country’s worst mining disaster in the last decade
An Ebola treatment centre in the Congo was set on fire following a dispute over the body of a deceased patient
In eastern Congo, a treatment centre for patients diagnosed with Ebola has been set on fire.
In Kyiv, a woman struck a soldier on the head with a bottle after he made a comment — police
An 18-year-old woman was arrested in Kyiv after hitting a 52-year-old soldier over the head with a bottle following a request to keep the noise down.
An explosion has occurred at a plant belonging to Hungary’s largest oil and gas company; there are casualties
An explosion has occurred at the MOL plant — Hungary’s largest multinational oil and gas company. One person has died and several others have been seriously injured.
A Russian fighter jet flew just a few metres away from a British reconnaissance aircraft over the Black Sea
A Russian Su-27 fighter jet came within six metres of a British RAF Rivet Joint reconnaissance aircraft whilst flying over the Black Sea. The UK has described the incident as dangerous and unacceptable.
In the US, two teenagers shot three people at a mosque and then took their own lives
In San Diego, USA, two teenagers opened fire in a mosque, killing three people. They were found dead not far from the scene.
In Kyiv, a woman fired a gun at a man because he had told her off for being 'too loud'
Law enforcement officers have charged a woman with allegedly firing a pistol at a resident of her building. According to the investigation, he had decided to reprimand the group the woman was with for being too noisy.
A major fire at a furniture factory in Irpin has been brought under control (VIDEO)
In the town of Irpin in the Kyiv region, firefighters extinguished a fire on the premises of an industrial plant. The fire engulfed a furniture manufacturing workshop.
Russia attacked a Chinese vessel in Ukrainian territorial waters — Navy
On the night of 18 May, Russian forces attacked a Chinese merchant vessel that was in Ukrainian territorial waters.
