The Ukrainian Northern Operational Command reported that Russian forces shelled the border between Sumy Oblast and Russia over 70 times on May 17.7 Sumy Oblast Administration Head Dmytro Zhyvytskyi said that Russian saboteurs unsuccessfully attempted to break through the Ukrainian border on May 17.8 Key Takeaways • The Ukrainian military command ordered the remaining defenders of Azovstal to surre. [...] 1 Institute for the Study of War & AEI’s Critical Threats Project 2022 • The announcement of the likely conditional surrender generated outrage in the Russian information space and demands in the Russian Duma for laws prohibiting exchanging the surrendered defenders of Azovstal. [...] Russian forces advanced a small distance north of Popasna in an effort to reach a major road connection to Severodonetsk.12 The Luhansk People’s Republic claimed to have seized Novozvanivka just southwest of Popasna on the way to the Bahmut-Lysychansk highway but have likely not entered the settlement judging from reports of Russian shelling in the area, which suggest that Ukrainian defenders are. [...] The Ukrainian General Staff reported that Russian forces unsuccessfully attempted to seize a segment of the N20 highway to Slovyansk east of Avdiivka.18 Russian forces also reportedly attempted to advance in settlements east of Avdiivka but did not make any territorial gains.19 Russian forces attempted to break Ukrainian defenses and reach the N15 highway to Zaporizhia without success.20 5 Institu. [...] The Zaporizhia Military Administration reported that Russian forces are preparing for a referendum in Enerhodar.32 The Ukrainian Southern Operational Command said that Russian forces are continuing to set information conditions to promote the creation of a proxy republic or a Russian province in occupied settlements of Kherson and Mykolaiv oblasts.33 The Ukrainian Resistance Center reported that l.
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