Ukrainian cities once again came under relentless enemy fire. Border and frontline towns suffered brutal attacks: Konotop and Balakliia were hit by a massive drone strike, while Pryluky endured a ballistic missile strike. Russian aviation terrorized Kramatorsk and Druzhkivka, and Kherson region lived under round‑the‑clock drone assaults. It was a harsh week for residents of Dnipropetrovsk and Odesa due to regular shelling both day and night. On the night of May 24, Russia turned Kyiv and its region into a true ordeal — a combined attack with missiles and UAVs brought widespread destruction, fire, and claimed the lives of civilians.

After the partial three‑day lull ended, Russia launched over 3,170 attack drones, more than 1,300 guided aerial bombs, and 74 missiles of various types against Ukraine during the week. The strikes killed 52 people and injured 346, including 22 children. In Kyiv, a missile destroyed the entrance of a residential building, killing 24 people under the rubble, among them three children. A significant portion of the attacks targeted railway and port facilities. In frontline Kherson, Russian forces deliberately struck humanitarian missions and volunteers: vehicles of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, World Central Kitchen, and the NGO “Iskra Dobro” were attacked.

Four decades ago, the criminal negligence of the Soviet leadership led to the largest technological disaster in human history. Both during the USSR and today, the Kremlin exploits the tragedy at the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant as a tool of manipulation. Its mouthpieces attempt to absolve the system of responsibility for the accident: they blame the plant’s personnel, pose as “hostages of the regime and the KGB” alongside other affected countries, and openly lie about well‑known facts, labeling them as “Chornobyl myths.”

The War Archive has already collected about 37 million unique media files documenting Russia’s war against Ukraine. Founded by the NGO Docudays UA and the company Infoscope in March 2022, the initiative preserves a wide spectrum of materials that capture Russian war crimes, combat operations, and life during the war. The archive also includes interviews with eyewitnesses of wartime events, recorded by the War Archive team.