The first use by Russian forces of a kamikaze USV with a warhead of 250 kg and a range of 250 km.

A pier was destroyed, probably somewhere in the Kherson region.

Details of new Russian kamikaze USV:

— Warhead could be increased to 350 kg.
— Equipped with modern satellite modules.
— Inertial navigation system based on compass deviation

Shoigu's legacy being erased: The head of the personnel department of the Russian MoD Yuri Kuznetsov has been detained.

Kuznetsov became the head of the personnel department of the MoD in 2023.

New Russian PR video: "Until the last Ukrainian".

Ukrainian soldier defencing against four Russian soldiers on his own.

Palestinian man takes down an Israeli drone with a rock in West Bank.

Russian Lancet kamikaze UAV strike hits German-supplied Gepard SPAAG on a trawl.

UPDATE: Another source identifies this system as Ukrainan 2S6 Tunguska SPAAG.

UPDATE: German Die Zeit correspondent Joerg Lau reports that Danish PM meant to announce F-16s will in Ukraine “within MONTHS (not within a month).”

“The situation is on the edge”: the Russian Federation will launch a new attack in Sumy region, Ukraine's Budanov says.

— I’ve used everything we have. Unfortunately, we don’t have anyone else in the reserves.

— It will be possible to stabilize the front and push Russians across the border within the next few days.

— I expect Russia to launch a new attack further north of Kharkiv, in the Sumy region.

— Russian attacks in Kharkiv region are aimed at depleting Ukraine’s already weak reserves and sowing panic.

— All of our forces are either here or in Chasiv Yar.

Ukrainian UAV attack derailed a Russian train near Kotluban station, Volgograd region last night.

Two fuel tanks and a lumber car caught fire. 9 carriages derailed.

Putin appoints Nikolai Patrushev as his assistant.

Russian President Vladimir Putin will pay an official visit to China on May 16-17.

British MoD asks: “Where is Russia’s T-14 Armata tank?”

“It’s been confirmed that the Armata Main Battle Tank has entered service with the Russian Military but will not deploy to Ukraine.”

Israel continues to destroy buildings in Rafah.

Kraken Regiment of Ukrainian Army successfully runs a gauntlet of Russian artillery fire in Chasiv Yar with Turkish Cobra-II 4x4 Tactical Wheeled Armored Vehicle.

Ukrainian FPV drones attack Russian T-72B3 turtle tank which ran over an anti-tank mine.

New Hamas clash footage from northern Gaza, targeting IDF armor & forces.

Turkish Defence Minister Yasar Güler met with Ukrainian Defence Minister Rustem Umerov in Ankara today.

Umerov was appointed in September 2023.

He's a Muslim of Crimean Tatar origin.

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan:

— Israel is an occupying power. This war is not a war that came out of nowhere.

— There is an occupation, and this occupation has continued day by day in different forms with thieves called settlers stealing Palestinian lands.

— It is not possible to describe a resistance movement that fights against the occupation and protects its own land as a terrorist organization.

— Hamas is a resistance movement.