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Unfazed, optimistic, even joyful. Amid more than a decade of war, descriptions such as these seem out of place, according to pundits and analysts who farm clicks by providing scenarios of doom for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. However, on a pastoral day composed of the bluest sky and whitest clouds, a trek to the eastern front for a meeting with the Armed Forces of Ukraine’s decorated and battle-hardened 28th Mechanized Brigade revealed those adjectives to be apt and abundant. Three warriors, all young volunteers, personified those words as they hustled in the shadows of tanks prepped for battle, their dedication and bravery shining through despite the challenging circumstances swirling around them.

Since the full-scale invasion on February 24, 2022, Russia has lost an estimated 493,690 soldiers and officers as killed and wounded in action, including 1,400 in the past day alone. That’s according to the General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces, Ukrinform reports. Also, Ukraine destroyed 7,590 Russian tanks (+14 in the past 24 hours), 14,665 (+35) armored combat vehicles, 12,737 (+50) artillery systems, 1,076 (+2) MLR systems, 807 (+4) anti-aircraft warfare systems, 354 warplanes, 326 helicopters, 10,236 (+81) UAVs, 2,205 (+1) cruise missiles, 27 (+1) warships/cutters, a submarine, 17,311 (+60) vehicles and fuel tankers, and 2,079 (+2) units of specialized equipment.

伊朗官方媒體證實，伊朗63歲總統萊希（Ebrahim Raisi）和外交部長艾密拉多拉安（Hossein Amir-Abdollahian）在直升機墜毀事故中罹難，機上其餘7人也全數喪生。

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斯洛伐克總理菲科（Robert Fico）15日在該國中部城鎮漢德洛瓦（Handlova）遭到槍擊，身中多槍命危送醫搶救，目前雖然無生命危險，但病情仍嚴重，並有面臨併發症的風險。

Ukrainian fighter pilot Denys Vasyliuk, first deputy commander of a squadron of the 831st Tactical Aviation Brigade, has died while fulfilling a combat mission. The brigade’s press service announced the news on Facebook, Ukrinform reports. “The other day, Lt. Col. Denys Vasyliuk, chief of staff and first deputy commander of an aviation squadron, died while fulfilling a combat mission,” the post said.

美國國務院1日指控，俄羅斯為取得對烏軍的戰術優勢，在烏俄戰場上動用化學武器「氯化苦」（chloropicrin），明確違反《禁止化學武器公約》（CWC）。

Over the past day, May 17, another 18 residents, including six children, were evacuated from the deoccupied territories of the Kherson region. The Kherson Regional Military Administration reported this on Telegram, Ukrinform reports. “18 residents, including six children, were evacuated from the deoccupied territories of the Kherson region,” the statement reads.