Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky said that he had a telephone conversation with UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
Had a phone conversation with @BorisJohnson. Informed about the course of hostilities and the operation to rescue the military from Azovstal. Discussed defense support, ways to export agricultural products from Ukraine and import fuel to Ukraine.
— Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) May 19, 2022
Russian shelling in the Luhansk area of Donbas killed 13 civilians over the past 24 hours, regional governor Serhiy Gaidai said. Twelve of those deaths were in the town of Sievierodonesk but a Russian assault there had been unsuccessful.
Russian strikes had hit civilian infrastructure with 'massive' artillery shelling, including multiple rocket-launchers, the general staff said in a statement. Russian aircraft had also struck at targets.
As the war neared the three-month mark, the Russians were intensifying their efforts to subdue the Donbas region, the Ukrainian general staff said.