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2022-05-14 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
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Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: May 13th, 2022
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Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Korrespondent] 23:47 The command of the Russian Black Sea Fleet has decided to appoint a new flagship - the frigate Admiral Makarov, journalist Roman Tsymbalyuk said. According to him, a task force of the Black Sea Fleet has now been deployed on Admiral Makarov.
23:41 Ukraine expects to receive 350-360 thousand tons of fuel by the end of May thanks to the opening of new logistics routes, said First Deputy Prime Minister Yulia Sviridenko. According to her, Ukraine has agreed on a reverse pipeline from Hungary.
23:38 From Mariupol and its environs, the Russians deported to Russia and to the occupied territories of the Donetsk region more than 47 thousand civilians, said the mayor of Mariupol Vadim Boychenko. At the same time, he emphasized that we are talking only about confirmed data.
23:35 The head of the Lugansk OVA, Sergei Gaidai, said that Russian troops had practically taken control of Rubizhne, but in Belogorivka they were suffering more and more losses, which is why a whole battalion of Russians had already refused to go on the offensive.
23:29 Zelensky on Azovstal: "We do not stop trying to save all our people from Mariupol and Azovstal. Now very difficult negotiations are underway on the next stage of the evacuation mission - the removal of the seriously wounded and doctors. We are talking about a large number of people. Of course, we are doing everything to evacuate and everyone else, every one of our advocates. Everyone in the world, who can be the most influential mediator, has already been involved in the relevant negotiations."
23:25 Zelensky said that as of May 13, 1015 settlements have already been de-occupied, which is six plus over the past day. "We are returning electricity, water supply, communications, transport, social services there. Of course, we remember every city and every community that is still under occupation. Kherson and Melitopol, Berdyansk and Energodar, Mariupol and all the cities and towns of Donbass ... Gradual The liberation of the Kharkiv region proves that we will not leave anyone to the enemy," the President stressed.
22:46 If the US Senate does not vote for a package of assistance to Ukraine by May 19, the supply of weapons to the Armed Forces of Ukraine may be interrupted, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said: "May 19 is the day from which, without additional powers, we really will not be able to send materials. By May 19, this will begin to affect our ability to provide uninterrupted assistance." According to Kirby, at the moment the White House has about $100 million left to help Ukraine.
22:41 While Russia continues its invasion of the territory of Ukraine, Western countries continue to impose sanctions against the Russian Federation. And now even representatives of the closest circle of the president of the aggressor country fall under their action. More details - in the material We got to Kabaeva .
22:35 Former NATO head Anders Fogh Rasmussen believes that Russia's nuclear threat is an attempt to intimidate NATO: "I don't consider these warnings real, so I'm not concerned about threats. This is an attempt to intimidate NATO allies in order to reduce the supply of weapons to Ukraine. Putin knows that if he uses a weapon of mass destruction - be it tactical nuclear, biological or chemical weapons - he will get a decisive response. And Putin will lose. If we allow these threats from Moscow to affect us, then this brutal tyrant will have a decisive argument in conflicts that he initiates.
22:01 Olena Zelenskaya said that more than 200 thousand Ukrainian students are already studying in Polish schools.
21:43 Vereshchuk urged not to exaggerate the influence of world leaders on the situation in Mariupol and prepare for the fact that the result of the negotiations on Azovstal "may not satisfy everyone."
21:19 Russia has put into the sea all six active submarines of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation, reports Krym.Realii. According to the publication, the berths in the South Bay of Sevastopol, near which submarines usually stand, are now empty. In addition to mine-torpedo armament, these ships carry Caliber-type cruise missiles - each can be armed with four such missiles.
21:15 The Finnish company Fingrid announced that on Saturday, May 14, Russia will stop exporting electricity "due to problems with receiving payments." Since the beginning of the year, the Russian Federation has accounted for about 10% of electricity consumption in Finland. This volume is compensated without any problems by increasing supplies from Sweden and domestic generation.
21:09 The head of the Luhansk OVA, Serhiy Gaidai, said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are clearing Belogorovka "already on the other side of the river, our defenses are in Kamyshevakh near Popasnaya." According to him, Lisichansk and Severodonetsk are completely under the control of Ukraine, the enemy cannot pass the outskirts of Rubizhne. “The voivodeship, about which they said that it was theirs, is not ours there, but it is not theirs either. And today ours cleared Shchedrishchevo and occupied a normal defense there,” Gaidai added.
He also said that one of the main tasks of the Russian troops in the Luhansk region is to "cut" the Liman-Bakhmut highway: "They are trying to cut it in two places - from the side of Popasna and from the side of Belogorovka."
21:05 "Authorities" of the Kherson region are going to conduct a population census, said "deputy chairman of the military-civil administration" Kirill Stremousov: "If a referendum or some other form of plebiscite is held, then the first thing is necessary: a census of the population of the Kherson region at the moment, then what we are going to do now."
21:02 South Ossetia has scheduled a "referendum" on unification with Russia for July 17.
21:00 The most tense in the Donetsk region is the Liman direction, where the Russian troops are trying to force the Seversky Donets, building pontoon crossings, said the head of the Donetsk OVA Pavel Kirilenko. According to him, the attempts of the Russians to cross led to the fact that today they did not advance, but continued to expose the region to heavy fire: "Maryinka, Krasnogorovka, Ugledar, Avdeevka. The Toretsk community suffered very badly today, and the shelling continues right now."
20:41 Ukrainian artillery disrupts Russia's efforts to advance in the Donbass, a senior US Department of Defense official said, CNN reports. In particular, the official was referring to Russia's attempts to transfer forces across the Seversky Donets River in order to strengthen positions in the north of Donbass.
Also, the Pentagon noted that there is a lot of fighting between Izyum and Slavyansk, but the Russians have not been able to make much progress. However, Russian forces have made some progress west of Popasna.
20:30 As a result of night attacks of Nikolaev five infrastructure objects and more than ten high-rise buildings are damaged, five people were injured, the mayor of the city Alexander Senkevich reported.
20:27 Kuleba, after meeting with colleagues from the G7 countries, said that Hungary undermines the unity of the EU and thus gives Putin a reason to celebrate: "We are all waiting for the end of the drama with the introduction of the sixth package of sanctions by the EU. If this package is introduced without embargo on Russian oil, then I think President Putin will be able to celebrate. Because this will be the first time that the unity of the European Union will be undermined because of the decision of one state - Hungary."
20:24 Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto, following his Swedish counterpart, also expressed bewilderment over Ankara's statements about its unwillingness to see Scandinavian countries in NATO, as he had heard completely different words from the Turkish Foreign Minister. At the same time, Haavisto said that he was ready to solve the problem through negotiations: "This process requires patience. These things are always connected with politics. Most problems can always be solved."
20:19 Washington is working to clarify Turkey's position on the potential membership of Sweden and Finland in NATO, said Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Karen Donfried.
20:14 The turning point in the war will come at the end of summer, Kirill Budanov, head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, said in an interview with Sky News: "The turning point will be in the second half of August. By the end of this year, most of the active hostilities will be completed. As a result, we will restore Ukrainian power on all our territories that we have lost, including Donbass and Crimea."
Budanov also said that a coup was already underway in Russia to overthrow Putin, who is seriously ill with cancer.
20:10 Germany will not agree to peace in Ukraine if Russia dictates its terms, Scholz said after a telephone conversation with Putin at an SPD election event: "Russia has not yet understood that peace is impossible if Moscow seizes a piece of Ukraine by military force. Peace is possible only with an agreement, consent, a peace agreement between Ukraine and Russia, which is not dictated by the world."
19:38 The Cabinet of Ministers decided to transfer 172 filling stations to Glusco to the management of NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine, Shmyhal said. According to him, this will help, among other things, to overcome the shortage of fuel in the country. The prime minister said that there is already a corresponding court decision.
The Glusco network was created on the basis of the former Rosneft gas stations operating under the trademarks Formula, TNK, Golden Gepard, Smile. In 2016, Rosneft decided to sell them to the Swiss Proton Energy group of businessman Nisan Moiseev, who is informally associated with Viktor Medvedchuk.
19:33 Kuleba condemned US Senator Rand Paul, who single-handedly blocked the approval of military assistance to Ukraine: "We could already start using a new US aid package to more effectively save the lives of Ukrainians defending a democratic world. President Biden, Secretary of State Blinken, Senate Republicans and Democrats strongly supported, and Rand Paul delayed much-needed support."
19:21 Russia wants to sit down at the negotiating table not only with Ukraine, but also with the West, and conclude a new major agreement, Erdogan's chief adviser Ibrahim Kalin told Türkiye: "The issue is both in Ukraine and not in Ukraine. There is a deeper strategic calculation , which includes Ukraine. It is impossible to end the hostilities and, finally, the war without restoring the right balance here."
According to him, in order for the terms of negotiations to develop, "all parties, including Europe and the United States, must have a constructive position."
19:17 The head of Ukrzaliznytsia Alexander Kamyshin said that most trains from the western regions of Ukraine to Kiev are more than 95% full. According to him, at least 11,000 people return to Kyiv every day by rail alone. At least 10,000 passengers returned from Europe by rail to Ukraine from May 1 to May 11.
In May, Ukrzaliznytsia transported 250,000 passengers, of which only 10,000 were carried by evacuation trains, which is no more than 4%. "As of yesterday, we had 177 people from Pokrovsk to Lviv and 30,000 regular passengers," Kamyshin said.
19:09 Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto hinted at a price of 700-750 million euros, which Budapest would like to receive for agreeing to impose an embargo on Russian oil: "Our oil refining capacities are designed for Russian oil. To process other types of oil, we would have to invest 500 to 550 million euros - it will take about four years To replace the oil pipeline from Russia, we will have to expand the capacity of the Adriatic Sea pipeline, which would mean 200 million euros, and we do not know how long it will take Gas prices in Hungary will increase by 55%."
18:44 Ukrainian military intelligence has data on the deployment by Russia on Zmeiny Island of the Pantsir anti-aircraft missile and gun system and the Tor-M2 air defense system, which should provide Russian short-range air defense, Vadim Skibitsky, a spokesman for the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, said.
18:30 US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin spoke with Shoigu for the first time since February 18, the Pentagon said: "Austin called for an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine and noted the importance of maintaining communication lines."
18:27 In Kiev, due to savings, they will not turn on large fountains in the city center and on the Rusanovsky Canal until the end of May. The KSCA explained that ensuring their work is energy-intensive and expensive. At the same time, small local fountains have already been turned on, the maintenance of which is not so expensive.
18:19 In Mariupol, the invaders are interrogating children. According to the mayor's adviser Petr Andryushchenko, during the filtration measures, after the interrogation of the parents in their presence, they begin clarifying the interrogation of the children - they try to catch the parents in a lie.
18:17 Swedish Foreign Minister Ann Linde was surprised at Erdogan's negative attitude towards Sweden and Finland's membership in NATO: "We have good and constructive relations, and they have not told us anything like that. Neither NATO ambassadors, nor any of the 30 countries presented anything like that. I hope that we can discuss everything, and if we decide to apply for NATO membership, we will receive positive notifications from all countries."
18:11 The Russians are forcibly taking the residents of Popasnaya to the ORLO, said the head of the Popasnyansky district military administration, Nikolai Khanatov. According to him, as of May 8, when the invaders entered the city, 1.5 thousand people remained in Popasna. Everyone who wanted to leave on time had such an opportunity. "Now the invader is coming to the shelter, pointing the muzzle of his machine gun and taking our priests to Pervomaisk and Stakhanov, which have been occupied for eight years," Khanatov said.
18:05 Yermak, in an interview with CNN, said about a test for NATO: "Finland's desire to join NATO is a test for the alliance. We are very happy for our friends in Finland - indeed, this is an absolutely logical step. At the same time, this demonstrates the double standards of NATO "because the whole world has seen that Ukraine has long decided to move towards the alliance, but we do not yet have any concrete answer. Now our courageous and heroic nation has shown that Ukraine's participation and membership in NATO would strengthen the alliance."
17:44 Journalists of the Scheme project (Radio Liberty) noticed on satellite images of the Serpent Island marks in the form of the letter Z and a floating crane that could be transported from Sevastopol to raise the sunken landing craft of the Serna type. These images were taken on May 12 by a Maxar satellite.
17:37 Since the beginning of the war, 1,214 children have been reported missing, said Daria Gerasimchuk, Commissioner of the President of Ukraine for Children's Rights and Children's Rehabilitation. Another 90 children remain on the wanted list today, and among those who were found, two were dead. In addition, 2389 children were taken to Russia.
16:42 The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine spoke about the intimidation and filtering of the population of the occupied territories. Thus, in the village of Bezymennoye, Donetsk region, during filtration measures, the occupiers offer people monetary compensation for destroyed housing in exchange for agreeing to "testify" against Ukrainian defenders in Mariupol.
In Berdyansk, the occupiers sound an alarm and order everyone to close windows, doors and not leave their homes - this is how the Russians convince the local population that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are going to use chemical weapons in the city.
A group of recruiters arrived in Kherson, which includes FSB officers, officers of the “Ministry of State Security of the DPR” and representatives of the PMC Liga (formerly Wagner) to find people who would agree to work in the special services of the “DPR”. In parallel, demonstrative filtration measures are being taken against the patriots. During the stay of this group, up to 50 civilians were tortured and killed. About 120 residents of Kherson were abducted, their whereabouts are unknown. On May 12, this group arrived at the local pre-trial detention center, where they carried out the so-called "mobilization", firing from machine guns was heard from the premises.
16:29 Ukrainian air defense forces shot down a Russian attack helicopter Mi-28 Night hunter in the Lugansk region, said the speaker of the Odesa OVA Serhiy Bratchuk. Its cost is about 18 million dollars.
16:24 Kuleba at the G7 meeting noted the recent improvements in the supply of weapons to Ukraine, but said that there are two big problems that still need to be solved. The first is the supply of MLRS multiple launch rocket systems, the second is aviation.
16:21 In the Black Sea, the battles for Serpent's Island have intensified recently. The occupiers are trying to reinforce the weakly defended garrison that is located there in order to block the sea, but the Armed Forces of Ukraine regularly deliver pinpoint strikes, destroying enemy equipment and personnel. About the meaning of the island - in the material Battle for the Serpent .
16:03 In Bulgarian Sofia, opposite the memorial in honor of the Soviet army, a sculpture called The Cry of the Ukrainian Mother was installed . As conceived by the author Nedelcho Kostadinov, the monument denounces the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
15:59 The G7 countries at the meeting of finance ministers next week are going to initiate budget support for Ukraine in the amount of almost 30 billion euros on the basis that the war will end within a year, writes Der Spiegel. The amount is related to Ukraine's previously announced need of 5 billion monthly for the functioning of the economy. Assistance will be provided in the form of loans and grants, so that Kyiv will not have to return everything.
15:42 Scholz said that in a telephone conversation he called on Putin for an early ceasefire in Ukraine: "There must be a ceasefire in Ukraine as soon as possible. The claim that the Nazis rule there is false. And I pointed out Russia's responsibility for the global food situation" .
15:30 Kuleba called on the G7 countries to transfer to Ukraine the frozen assets of the Russian Federation for hundreds of billions of dollars. He stated this during a meeting of the G7 foreign ministers in Germany: "I urge the authorities of the G7 countries to adopt legislation and carry out all necessary procedures to confiscate Russia's sovereign assets and transfer them to Ukraine so that Ukraine can use this money to restore the country."
15:19 The occupiers are using blackmail and threats to force Ukrainian providers to connect to Russian networks. According to the State Service for Special Communications, this morning, servicemen of the Russian Guard of the Russian Federation seized the premises of the Kherson Status company and turned off all communication equipment. Now they are blackmailing the company's management by taking away all the equipment if they refuse to connect to the Crimean network.
15:11 Zaluzhny showed in action 155 mm howitzers of the M777 type, which the Biden administration provided to the Ukrainian military.
15:07 Erdogan said that Turkey, which is itself a member of NATO, cannot "positively evaluate" the plans of Sweden and Finland to join the alliance: "We do not have a positive opinion on this matter. The Scandinavian countries are like a guest house for terrorist organizations ". The Turkish president was referring to members of the Kurdistan Workers' Party who have taken refuge in the Scandinavian countries.
Erdogan also said that Turkey could use its status as a member of the alliance to veto the admission of new members. Turkey's former rulers "made a mistake" by giving the green light to Greece's NATO membership in 1952, he said.
14:41 Polish President Andrzej Duda said that Russia would be forced to pay indemnity to Ukraine: "We deeply believe that the international community ... will force Russia to pay indemnity simply to restore what was destroyed in Ukraine."
14:39 The head of the European Council, Charles Michel, supported the proposal of the head of European diplomacy, Josep Borrell, to further increase the funding of the European Peace Fund to 2 billion euros for military equipment for Ukraine.
14:14 The Russian Foreign Ministry recommended that Russians refrain from traveling to the UK and from issuing British visas.
14:07 Russian propagandists are forcing unit commanders to withdraw from the front lines and allocate personnel and military equipment at their disposal to participate in the filming of campaign videos and fake "reports from the front line." As Ukrainian intelligence found out, the invaders are forced to dig trenches in the rear areas and imitate the arrangement of advanced positions, fire mortars, tanks and artillery, imitate assault actions and demining the territory.
To create stories, propagandists demand several times to mine and clear the territory already cleared of ammunition. During one of these "demining" at the Arabat Spit, several Russian soldiers received shrapnel wounds and shell shock, which, according to propagandists, only "made the picture more realistic."
13:55 The Japanese company Eneos Holdings, the owner of the country's largest refinery, said it was refusing to purchase Russian oil: "At the moment, we intend to get an alternative from existing trading partners such as Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi and Kuwait."
13:49 Scholz called Putin, discussed Ukraine "with an emphasis on humanitarian aspects," the Kremlin said. Putin also told Scholz that the talks were "essentially blocked by Kyiv."
13:44 Peskov said that Russia does not refuse a meeting between Putin and Zelensky, but "it is impossible to hold it without preparation." According to him, "there is still no movement in the elaboration of a joint document by Russia and Ukraine, there is no response from the Ukrainian side to the proposals of the Russian Federation."
13:41 Great Britain imposed sanctions against Kabaeva, as well as the cousin of Russian President Igor Putin and his son Roman.
13:38 Adviser to the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Viktor Andrusiv said that when the Ukrainian troops reach the border of the Kharkiv region, our multiple launch rocket systems will be able to fire at Belgorod from the Ukrainian border. "Belgorod - get ready," he said and added that "they will soon find out what it's like to run into the basement."
13:35 In addition to 500,000 tons of grain, Russian invaders illegally removed tens of thousands of tons of sunflower oil, hundreds of kilograms of vegetables and agricultural equipment from the occupied territories of Ukraine, Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food Taras Vysotsky said in an interview with Channel 5.
13:19 Russia has suffered two strategic defeats since the start of a full-scale war against Ukraine - both on the battlefield and at the diplomatic level, Reznikov said.
13:10 Zelensky said that Israel, Turkey and Switzerland are working on the release of the defenders of Mariupol from the besieged Azovstal plant.
13:02 Ukraine does not consider Pridnestrovie as a serious threat, Zelensky said in an interview with Rai 1: "There may be an attack in Pridnestrovie, Russia controls 100% of the people there. <...> There may be up to 15 thousand groups, but it is not very ready. <...> This part of the group, if they go, we are not very afraid of them, because out of these 15 thousand, up to three thousand people know how to fight. This may be a challenge, but we do not see too much threat there."
12:58 Poroshenko, Yushchenko and Kuchma appealed to world leaders with a request to organize the evacuation of the Ukrainian military from Azovstal.
12:57 Zelensky urged Italy to boycott Russian tourists: "Ordinary people who come to rest should feel it. They must be told that the rest in Europe is over, for the occupiers there can be no treatment like other people."
12:51 Prime Minister of Poland Mateusz Morawiecki said that "the Russian world is a cancer that poses a mortal threat to the whole of Europe, so we must completely destroy this terrible new ideology." In response, Peskov called the statement of the Polish prime minister "outrageous, unacceptable and rabid."
12:45 In Russian Omsk, unknown people threw Molotov cocktails at the military registration and enlistment office, local media report. Prior to this, military enlistment offices were on fire in Cherepovets, Nizhnevartovsk, Moscow, Voronezh, Mordovia, Sverdlovsk and Ivanovo regions.
12:40 The head of the Russian government, Mikhail Mishustin, said that due to a sharp increase in revenues from oil and gas exports, the budget revenues of the Russian Federation have grown significantly, which has allowed a quarter to increase spending in four months.
12:37 Podolyak called Russia a country of barbarians and marauders: "There was a" party of swindlers and thieves", it became a country of barbarians and marauders. First - stolen leasing aircraft, then - toilet bowls and underwear. Now the theft of Ukrainian grain for sale to Syria and Lebanon. How low will Moscow fall? Will they steal the medals of Ukrainian veterans?"
12:34 Zelensky on the air of the Italian TV channel Rai 1. said that Putin would not be able to save his face and there would be no future with him: "He needs to think about how to save the country."
He also commented on Macron’s proposals: “Macron wanted to find results in mediation between us. He didn’t find it. And not from our side. He didn’t find it from the Russian side. to save Putin's face... It seems to me that this is not very correct."
12:27 Zaluzhny said that the Russians daily fired from 10 to 14 cruise missiles at civilian infrastructure facilities: "Recently, Russia has resorted to the tactics of massive use of supersonic cruise anti-ship missiles of the X-22 type at these facilities. So, over the past day in Kremenchug oil refinery, the enemy used 12 cruise missiles, two of which were shot down from the Stinger MANPADS. One of the reasons for the enemy to switch to this tactic is the refusal to use aviation, which incurs heavy losses."
12:13 Zelensky, in an interview with the Italian TV channel Rai 1, said that he was ready to speak with Putin personally - "only with him, but without his intermediaries, and on the terms of dialogue, not ultimatums." According to the head of state, the Ukrainian-Russian talks now talk about the withdrawal of the Russian Federation to the borders of the territories occupied until February 24.
The President added that the time when it was possible to conduct a dialogue with the Russian Federation "with wine at the table" is in the past: "There is not wine in this glass, but the blood of our people." At the same time, he acknowledged the need for "pragmatic dialogue": "We understand that peace comes after every war, and if there is a chance to end the war with dialogue, we must use this chance."
11:58 Borrell expressed his conviction that the EU countries will agree on an oil embargo against Russia, despite the current opposition of Hungary.
11:56 The territory of the Lozova community of the Kharkiv region was subjected to a missile attack, Mayor of Lozova Serhiy Zelensky said.
11:51 CNN reports, citing satellite images, that in the Kharkiv region, all three bridges that are critically needed for the counteroffensive of the Ukrainian military have been blown up. We are talking about bridges near the settlements of Rubezhnoye, Stary Saltov and Pechenegy. The publication notes that this can significantly complicate the Ukrainian military crossing the Seversky Donets River.
11:32 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced that a missile warehouse was destroyed near Kharkiv Shebelinka. Ukrainian rescuers previously reported that in the village of Shebelinka, Izyumsky district, an enemy shell hit a hangar building, causing a fire. Three people died and five were injured.
11:28 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stated that on the northern outskirts of Kremenchug in the Poltava region, "high-precision weapons destroyed the production facilities of an oil refinery and tanks with fuel for Ukrainian troops."
11:25 Lavrov said that the European Union has become an "aggressive player", and against this background, "the harmlessness of Ukraine's desire to join the EU raises doubts."
11:22 Sanctions against Russia cannot be lifted until the complete withdrawal of Russian troops from all over Ukraine, British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said at a meeting with G7 representatives in Germany: "We must ensure that Putin is defeated in Ukraine, which will not bring him any benefits and ultimately deter new aggression."
11:06 In the occupied Melitopol, license plates with the image of the coat of arms of Zaporozhye of the sample of 1811 and the inscription TVR have been distributed . As the Zaporozhye regional administration stated, this is a direct reference to the Tauride province, and this is "not idolatry, but a powerful information and psychological operation aimed at suppressing the resistance of the local population of the occupied territories."
11:00 Because of the war, almost 2.5 thousand Ukrainian babies were born in Poland, said Deputy Health Minister Waldemar Kraska. According to him, more than 200 Ukrainian mothers with newborns and Ukrainian women in the last stages of pregnancy are now in Polish hospitals.
10:53 If Gazprom does not fill the underground gas storage in Austria, the country will block its access there, said Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer. At present, the gas storage facility in Heidach (Salzburg) has a zero filling level. "If it is not filled, we will consider measures to have it filled," Nehammer said. According to him, this is not about nationalizing the repository, but about transferring access to it to another provider. The storage facility in Haidach is strategically important for Germany and the western lands of Austria, and its occupancy is a matter of their energy security.
10:50 Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Russia, the SBU has exposed 13 representatives of foreign media who prepared custom materials for Kremlin propagandists and published disinformation from the fronts. They are banned from entering Ukraine for a period of three years.
Since February 24, the SBU has also neutralized more than ten bot farms with a capacity of over 100,000 fake accounts, exposed hundreds of Internet agents, and blocked more than 5,500 accounts.
From the latest special operations - the exposure of an extensive intelligence network of the special services of the Russian Federation, which was led from the Crimea. It included pseudo-journalists and so-called "experts" who received money from Russian curators.
10:46 The General Staff announced the approximate combat losses of the enemy on the morning of May 13. The enemy suffered the greatest losses in the Kurakhov direction.
- personnel - about 26,900 (+250) people liquidated,
- tanks - 1205 (+10),
- armored combat vehicles - 2900 (+27),
- artillery systems - 542 (+8),
- MLRS - 193 (+2),
- air defense systems - 88 (+1),
- aircraft - 200 (+1),
- helicopters - 162 (+1),
- UAV operational-tactical level - 405 (+7),
- cruise missiles - 95 (+1),
- ships/boats - 13 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tankers - 2042 (+23),
- special equipment - 41 (+0).
10:42 Kharkiv was bombed with cluster bombs on the orders of the general who commanded the assault on Aleppo. Behind the attack, as it turned out, is the 79th rocket and artillery brigade, subordinate to Colonel General Alexander Zhuravlev, CNN reports.
10:40 Ukraine will fight for Snake Island for as long as it takes, said Kirill Budanov, head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense. He explained that the island is of strategic importance for both Ukraine and Russia, since it allows to control the surface and, to a certain extent, the air situation in southern Ukraine.
Also, Snake Island is strategically important from the point of view of the possibility of a tactical amphibious landing by Russia. According to the major general, theoretically this is the only region through which the Russians can try to land troops in Transnistria.
In addition, Snake Island is "a strategically important point to open trade sea routes, bring weapons to us and exclude any possible military actions of Russia on the territory of the "MRT", from which they can attack the western part of Ukraine." "Whoever controls the island can at any time block the movement of civilian ships in all directions to the south of Ukraine," Budanov explained.
10:32 Borrell said that the EU intends to allocate an additional 500 million euros for military assistance to Ukraine, thus bringing it to 2 billion euros.
10:30 In Kiev, the court will begin hearings on the country's first war crimes case - Russian serviceman Vadim Shishimarin is accused of killing a civilian. The defendant, a 21-year-old commander of one of the units of the Kantemirovskaya tank division, fought in the Sumy region. He is accused of killing an unarmed 62-year-old resident in the village of Chupakhovka, who was riding a bicycle and talking on the phone. Shishimarin faces 10 to 15 years in prison or life imprisonment.
10:23 On the night of May 13, the Russian invaders launched a missile attack on the Dergachev House of Culture, where humanitarian aid was stored and issued to the civilian population, the Dergachev City Council of the Kharkiv Region reported. As a result, aid will not be issued today.
10:18 There are now four ships and two submarines of the Russian Federation with more than 30 Kalibr cruise missiles in the Black Sea, OK Pivden reports.
10:14 In Kiev, the curfew will be reduced by one hour: starting from Sunday, May 15, it will operate from 23:00 to 05:00, Klitschko said. Also, from May 16, public transport in the capital will work longer: the metro - from 06:00 to 22:00, ground transport - from 06:00 to 22:30.
09:47 In Pridnestrovie, unknown people tried to set fire to an oil depot and a military registration and enlistment office with the help of a Molotov cocktail, the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported.
09:44 In the Luhansk region, the enemy gave up all efforts to break through the defense, two thousand units of enemy equipment were seen passing through the day, said the head of the OVA Serhiy Gaidai. According to him, the Russians are storming Rubezhnoye, Zolote, Nizhne, the outskirts of Severodonetsk. The invaders are again trying to throw a pontoon across the Seversky Donets. "It seems that today will be Belogorovka 5-0," Gaidai said.
According to him, in the region, most of the settlements are destroyed by 70%, and those under occupation - even more.
09:33 Zaluzhny spoke with the head of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, Mark Milley, and assured him that strict accounting and control over the use of the provided material resources was being maintained: "We are ready to share all the materials with the United States Embassy as soon as it returns to Ukraine."
09:11 EU member states admit that the oil embargo against Russia will be postponed in order to adopt other sanctions, since Hungary is still blocking it, writes Bloomberg. The EU wants to reach a consensus by the end of the week, but opinions are already being heard about removing the oil embargo from the sixth round of sanctions. Some countries oppose this as it would be "a sign of weakness" and a fragile EU unity.
09:08 The Russians are actively using the air base in the occupied Melitopol. According to CNN, citing satellite imagery, there were at least seven helicopters at the airbase on May 12 in the afternoon, while on May 7 there was one helicopter.
09:04 In four days, the invaders lost or abandoned 73 units of military equipment as a result of an unsuccessful crossing of the Seversky Donets River in the Belogorovka area, a BlueSauron investigator reported, citing satellite images.
08:59 In Russia, covert mobilization goes in two ways, said the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Kirill Budanov: "The first is the actual mobilization, and the second is the use of reservists. They call it BARS - the country's combat army reserve, that is, according to in fact, reservists who are involved in combat operations on short-term contracts. These facts are absolutely confirmed, we have prisoners who were involved in this system. "
08:45 British intelligence reported that Russia is making significant efforts in the area of Izyum and Severodonetsk, trying to achieve a breakthrough to Slavyansk and Kramatorsk. The primary task in this direction is to encircle the Ukrainian forces in the JFO zone in order to cut off reinforcements from the west.
Ukrainian forces prevented an attempt to cross the Seversky Donets west of Severodonetsk (we are talking about Belogorovka). During the crossing, Russia lost armored vehicles and a pontoon ferry. Russian troops failed to achieve any significant successes, despite the concentration of forces in the area.
08:41 In Mariupol, the invaders, under cover of shelling, are trying to break through the ground into the Azovstal plant, Petr Andryushchenko said. According to him, the situation is getting more complicated day by day.
08:36 Vereshchuk spoke about the evacuation from Azovstal: “We started a new round of negotiations around the special operation roadmap. We start with the seriously wounded. There is the Red Cross, they met with the Russians. We held negotiations with them, as well as with the UN, and gave them a mandate. We we want the document to be signed: how exactly the evacuation from Azovstal will take place, we are preparing for signing." The Deputy Prime Minister specified that Turkey agreed to act as a mediator in the current round of negotiations.
08:29 The American Institute for the Study of War reports that Russian troops have advanced slightly north of Severodonetsk and have probably captured Rubizhne and Voevodovka. They also fired heavily on Ukrainian positions north of Kharkiv to stop the ongoing Ukrainian counter-offensive.
Russian forces are fortifying their position on Serpent Island to block Ukrainian sea lanes and capabilities in the northwestern Black Sea on the outskirts of Odessa.
08:27 On the outskirts of Severodonetsk, a large automobile bridge across the Borovaya River was blown up, said the governor of the Lugansk region, Sergei Gaidai.
08:26 Ukroboronprom announced that it had repaired and restored captured Russian military equipment for a total of UAH 1.5 billion.
08:22 On the evening of May 12, the Russian military fired artillery at a convoy of refugees that was leaving the Kherson region, said Alexander Vilkul, head of the military administration of Krivoy Rog. Civilians who were moving from the side of Berislav suffered.
Vilkul said that the occupants gathered refugees in the morning, kept about a thousand cars under the scorching sun, and began to release only in the afternoon in batches of 200 cars to cover the movement of their own military equipment. At 16:00, they attacked the convoy, which was already in the controlled territory in the area of Belaya Krinitsa.
08:21 In the Kharkiv region, an enemy shell hit a hangar building. Three people were killed and five others were injured, the State Emergency Service said.
08:12 Since the beginning of the invasion, Russia has fired more than 2,100 missiles at Ukraine, said Ukraine's envoy to the UN Serhiy Kislitsa.
07:39 In the border areas of the Bryansk region of the Russian Federation, the enemy is pulling additional artillery units to build up provocative attacks, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said in the morning report .
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy is trying to establish full control over Rubizhne. In the Limansky direction - to gain a foothold in the Aleksandrovka area. In the Bakhmut direction, the invaders conducted unsuccessful assault operations in the direction of Orekhovo and in the Kamyshevakhi region. On Kurakhovsky - they advanced in the direction of Maryinka.
Artillery and air strikes on Mariupol continue. The main efforts of the enemy are focused on blocking Ukrainian troops in the area of the Azovstal plant. "The enemy is using strategic aviation. Taking into account the measures to evacuate local residents, we should expect an increase in fire impact in the near future," the General Staff stressed.
04:45 Japan bans the export of high-tech goods to Russia, such as 3D printers, quantum computers and electron microscopes.
03:58 AFU shot down the newest Russian ship Vsevolod Bobrov, when the ship was trying to deliver an air defense system to Snake Island, Arestovich said. He clarified that Vsevolod Bobrov is a logistic support ship of the Northern Fleet of the Russian Federation. Previously, the ship was damaged, but not sunk.
01:13 US Republican Senator Rand Paul has blocked the provision of another $40 billion in aid to Ukraine - he wants an inspector general to control spending, writes The Washington Post. The fast track vote in the Senate required a unanimous decision (100 votes), and this one-man block means the House will not approve the measure this week. Biden wanted the bill on his desk by the end of this week.
00:47 Sberbank believes that a cyber war has been declared on Russia, the number of participants in cyber attacks exceeds 100 thousand people.
00:11 Ukraine has spent $8.3 billion on military needs since the beginning of the war, Finance Minister Sergei Marchenko said. According to him, the Ministry of Finance partially took these funds from the budget for development. Marchenko also said that in April Ukraine received 60% of the planned tax revenues, and in May and June these revenues are estimated at 45-50% of the previously planned.
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