The Russian Defence Ministry states that its forces have captured several villages in Kharkiv Oblast.
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May 12, 2024 (Sunday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
President of Russia Vladimir Putin reassigns Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu to the National Security Council and replaces him with Deputy Prime Minister Andrey Belousov.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken warns Israel lacks a credible plan to protect Rafah civilians.
Disasters and accidents
The death toll from the ongoing flooding in northern Afghanistan increases to 315, with more than 1,600 people injured, and more than 1,000 houses destroyed.
The Marywilska 44 shopping mall in Białołęka district, Warsaw, Poland, is destroyed in a suspected arson attack. Many of the venues were Vietnamese-owned.
International relations
Egypt announces it will intervene on South Africa's side in the South Africa v Israel case in response to Israel's growing assault on Rafah.
Politics and elections
Forty-nine Vatican Museums employees start an unprecedented labor dispute over unfair and poor working conditions against the Vatican's Pontifical Commission.
The Socialists' Party of Catalonia wins the regional election with its best result since 2003. Pro-independence parties lose their absolute majority in the Parliament.
Lithuanians elect the President of Lithuania and vote on a constitutional amendment that would allow dual citizenship.
Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova is sworn in as the first female President of North Macedonia.
Sports
Bayer Leverkusen extend their record unbeaten streak in European association football to fifty matches.
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