Tonight on Amanpour and Company, Monday, May 18th, 2026

REPORT: UKRAINE DRONE WARFARE
Lethal records are being set almost daily in Ukraine's war with Russia. At least three people were killed near Moscow after Ukraine launched more than 500 drones over the weekend. Russia's state news agency called the attack the "largest in over a year." Following a wave of huge wave of Russian military strikes on Kyiv late last week that killed at least 25 people, it was the biggest prolonged drone attack since the war began. As the air war expands, the tide on the ground may be turning. Last month Ukraine managed to liberate more land than Russia seized — the first time Moscow suffered a net loss of territory since 2024. In his nightly address Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has warned Russia to expect more attacks. Correspondent Nick Paton Walsh brings us a harrowing look at the new warfare. He reports from eastern Ukraine.

Tymofiy Mylovanov
President of the Kyiv School of Economics / Former Ukrainian Minister of Economy
On the political front, President Zelensky is playing defense. Ukrainian authorities named Andriy Yermak, the president's powerful former chief of staff, as a suspect in a major corruption probe. For a closer look at the latest developments, Tymofiy Mylovanov joins the show. He previously served as Zelensky's Minister for Economic Development.

Juan Gonzalez
Former Assistant Secretary of State for the Western Hemisphere
Washington's ongoing pressure campaign in Cuba is making life there unbearable. Oil reserves that run the island's beleaguered electrical grid are all but spent, with months of scorching summer heat ahead. The U.S. is also ramping up its pressure on Cuba's government, preparing an indictment against 94-year-old former president Raúl Castro. CIA Director John Ratcliffe led a delegation to meet with the Cuban government on Thursday — a highly unusual visit from the head of an agency that tried repeatedly to sabotage the Castro revolution. Havana stressed to Ratcliffe that Cuba "does not constitute a threat to the national security of the U.S." Juan Gonzalez served as National Security Council Director for the Western Hemisphere under President Biden. Recently returned from Venezuela, Gonzalez joins the show to discuss.

Rita Coburn
Director, "W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel With A Cause"
Civil rights pioneer W.E.B. Du Bois was a scholar, journalist and activist — famously the first Black man to earn a Ph.D. from Harvard in 1895 — and is now the subject of a new American Masters documentary: "W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel With A Cause." The film's award-winning director, Rita Coburn, joins the show to discuss Du Bois' groundbreaking work and enduring legacy. American Masters - "W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel With A Cause" premieres Tuesday, May 19 at 9 p.m. ET on PBS (check local listings), YouTube and the PBS App.

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