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2022-05-19 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
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Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: May 18th, 2022
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Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Korrespondent] 23:43 Zelensky announced that he had signed decrees on the extension of wartime and the period of general mobilization: "We are obliged to drive out the invaders and guarantee Ukraine real security. That is why I signed decrees on the extension of the legal regime of wartime and the period of general mobilization. I hope that VR will will support it in the near future.
23:39 Deputy Defense Minister Anna Malyar again urged not to accept Russian statements about Azov: "I understand that everyone wants to know at least some information, but the rescue operation is underway. This is the first. Secondly, negotiations are underway, because the rescue operation itself has several difficult steps. This process is very sensitive. Any information that we release can be harmful both to the process and to our defenders."
23:27 EU countries should think about a noticeable strengthening of their defense capabilities, Borrell said: "We need a modern air defense system, we need drones, we need coast guards and assets related to cyber and space." Borrell also called on European countries to unify the weapons of their national armies, because now they are very fragmented.
In turn, the Deputy Head of the European Commission, Margrethe Vestagen, called on the EU countries to jointly expand investments in the field of defense. According to the latest data, the European Union has increased military spending by 20% over the past 20 years, while Russia - by 300%, and China - by 600%.
23:24 Near Kupyansk, Kharkiv region, the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed a Russian Su-34 fighter-bomber, said Yuri Kochevenko, officer of the separate 95th Special Operations Brigade.
23:16 Arestovich considers Zelensky's proposal to extend martial law for 90 days, until the end of summer, to be fair. According to him, "every time" extending martial law for 30 days is giving false hopes to Ukrainians: "It is quite clear to me that this war is unlikely to end by autumn."
23:08 Victory for Ukraine will be the liberation of all territories occupied by Russia and the full payment of all compensation, Kuleba said in an interview with the Dutch edition of NRC: "Victory is the liberation of the occupied territories, including Crimea and Donbass. Payment of reparations. Condemnation of war criminals and those who committed crimes against humanity. Strengthening Ukraine's place in European integration. These are the four elements that for me are integral components of victory."
The Foreign Minister also expressed confidence that sooner or later negotiations with the aggressor will take place anyway, and Kyiv is ready to agree to them even despite difficult emotions.
23:02 In the coming weeks, NATO does not expect significant success on either side of the Russian-Ukrainian war, an alliance military official familiar with intelligence told CNN: "I think we will be in a stalemate for a while."
According to the source, NATO now notes that the balance of power has shifted in favor of Ukraine, and discussions continue in the alliance about whether Kyiv can regain control over Crimea and Donbass. At the same time, the interlocutor said that he believes in Ukraine's ability to win back its territories - "not now, not soon, but if they can continue the fight, I think so." However, he expressed uncertainty about the appropriateness of this because of the likely negative reaction of the local population.
22:29 The United States will cooperate with Finland and Sweden in the event of any external aggression against them, while the issue of their membership in NATO is being considered, Biden said. He also once again assured that Washington strongly supports the entry of the Scandinavian countries into the North Atlantic Alliance, because this will further strengthen defense cooperation and will be useful for all allies. Earlier, similar guarantees were provided by Great Britain and a number of other NATO countries.
22:04 NATO leadership believes that in the coming weeks, neither Ukraine nor Russia will be able to achieve a significant advantage in the theater of warfare, an official at the alliance's headquarters told CNN on condition of anonymity. At the same time, NATO agrees that the advantage is now on the side of Ukraine, in particular due to heavy weapons supplied by the West.
At the headquarters of the alliance, they are discussing the possibility that the Armed Forces of Ukraine will be able to return the occupied Crimea and Donbas by military means.
21:59 In the Kiev region, 1288 bodies of dead civilians have already been found, said Andriy Nebitov, head of the Main Directorate of the National Police of the region. According to him, most of them were shot with automatic weapons. Law enforcers continue to find in the region the burial place of the killed people.
21:52 US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said that a bill to allocate $ 40 billion for weapons for Ukraine is likely to be approved on Thursday, May 19, reports The Guardian.
21:34 Today, five shellings were carried out from the territory of the Russian Federation in the Sumy region and two in the Chernihiv region, the Ministry of Internal Affairs reports. The longest shelling lasted about an hour - the Russians fired mortars from the direction of the village of Zernovoe through the territory near one of the border settlements of the Shostka district of the Sumy region. There are no losses.
21:22 The captured fighters of Azov were transferred to the pre-trial detention center of Rostov-on-Don, as well as to Taganrog, the BBC reports, citing Russian media. In particular, 89 Azov people were brought to Taganrog, while sources say that "they will be further distributed from Taganrog."
20:58 In the Donetsk region, as a result of today's Russian shelling, ten civilians were killed - seven in Liman and three in Bakhmut (among them one child), said the head of the OVA Pavel Kirilenko. Another seven civilians were injured.
20:56 G7 is preparing a package of financial assistance to Ukraine. According to The Washington Post, we are talking about 15 billion euros. It is planned that the package will cover three months with funding primarily through grants.
20:50 Croatia, following Turkey, may vote against NATO expansion to Sweden and Finland. President Zoran Milanovic intends to instruct the republic's ambassador to NATO to vote against the entry of the Scandinavian countries into the alliance until the issue of reforming the electoral legislation in Bosnia and Herzegovina is resolved, AP writes.
20:32 Zelensky spoke on the phone with the new UAE President Mohammed bin Zeid al-Nahyan. We discussed the possibilities of providing Ukraine with fuel, the threat to global food security. Zelensky invited the UAE to participate in the post-war reconstruction of Ukraine.
20:23 The ship grouping of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in the northwestern part of the Black Sea today consists of seven landing and four missile ships, the Operational Command Pivden reported.
20:21 Ukrenergo said that the supply of electricity from Ukrainian power plants to Russia is currently physically impossible.
20:19 The US Embassy in Ukraine after a three-month break resumed work in Kiev, writes Reuters.
20:02 Podolyak said that it is impossible to conduct negotiations with Russia today, because she "still does not understand the consequences of the war, she has illusions that they can achieve certain military successes in eastern Ukraine - this is not so."
“They still harbor the illusion that they can fight off sanctions that have not yet begun to work to their full potential, and Russia is not yet suffering from sanctions in the way that an aggressor state should suffer. But this is not so, and by mid-summer they will already suffer in Russia has not yet fully understood that it has become a rogue state," the adviser to the head of the Presidential Office said.
20:01 President of the European Council Charles Michel proposed to intensify the EU enlargement process: "We must make the enlargement process more efficient and lively. This process is now a zero-sum game. All or nothing. And this causes great disappointment on both sides. 19 years have passed "since we started in Thessaloniki the prospect of expanding into the Western Balkans. Negotiations for expansion have been dragging on... For good and bad reasons. And now we have requests from Ukraine, the Republic of Moldova and Georgia."
19:58 The "head" of the Chernobayev administration, Yuriy Turulev, reported that the Ukrainian army was shelling the village.
19:50 The State Bureau of Investigation suspects the deputy director of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant of desertion and helping the Russians to seize the nuclear power plant.
19:26 Podolyak said that not only Macron, but also "some other people from the European political community" offered to cede the sovereignty of Ukraine in exchange for ending the war.
19:23 Aksyonov said that he sees the future of Kherson and Zaporozhye regions together with Crimea "within the borders of one state."
18:50 US laws do not allow confiscation in favor of Ukraine of property seized in connection with sanctions against the Russian Federation, Finance Minister Jennet Yellen said at a G7 meeting: "This is not something legal in the US, and other countries, as you know, are also facing with issues of legality in this context."
18:46 The Ukrainian military liberated Dementievka, Kharkiv region , the General Staff reports.
18:24 Germany will provide the Czech Republic with 15 Leopard 2 tanks as part of military assistance to Ukraine - in exchange for the heavy military equipment that Prague supplied to Kiev, the German Defense Ministry said.
18:13 The European Commission has taken the initiative to create a mechanism to rebuild Ukraine (Rebuild Ukraine) for the post-war reconstruction of Ukraine, the press service of the EC. Recovery efforts should be led by the Ukrainian authorities in close cooperation with the EU and other key partners such as the G7 and G20 and third countries, as well as international financial institutions and international organizations.
18:11 Zhytomyr Mayor Sergei Sukhomlin said that children will no longer learn Russian in the city's schools: "There is no place for the Russian language in Ukrainian schools. If necessary, we will arrange group or individual consultations in schools to understand the terminology."
18:10 Ukrainian football player and coach Andriy Shevchenko became the first ambassador of the United24 global fundraising platform in support of Ukraine, the launch of which was announced by Zelensky.
18:08 Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Marat Khusnullin visited the occupied Melitopol, where he said that "the prospect of the Zaporozhye region is to work in our friendly Russian family." According to him, Russia will finance and restore all "liberated territories of Ukraine." The Russian Federation also plans to "launch the maximum turnover of the ruble." According to him, in the Zaporozhye region, residents will receive pensions and salaries in rubles in May, and gradually the ruble will replace the hryvnia.
As for the operation of the Zaporizhzhya NPP, as Khusnullin said, "if the energy system of Ukraine is ready to receive and pay, then it will work for Ukraine. If it does not accept, then it will work for Russia."
18:01 In the "DNR", the occupiers are trying to establish the work of critical infrastructure institutions, sending "verified personnel" there. But mass mobilization led to an acute shortage of employees at most sites. In particular, according to the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, the leadership of the Donetsk Railway appealed to the occupation administrations with a request to demobilize their employees to carry out urgent measures to repair and maintain the railway infrastructure.
"DPR authorities" send to war not only employees of strategic enterprises, but also students, people with chronic diseases and even the disabled. And in order to save financial resources, the Donetsk "leaders" reduce the salary for the "mobilized" at their main place of work. Employers were allowed to charge them the so-called bare salary without raises and bonuses, which is much less than the usual average monthly earnings.
17:55 Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that the Russian response to Finland's decision to join NATO "would be a surprise, but the measures would be military."
17:41 The Pentagon considers the defenders of Mariupol and Azov become heroes, US Department of Defense spokesman John Kirby said: "The soldiers who continued to resist, acting so bravely and so skillfully ... It is admirable to think how long they were able to hold out. President Zelensky called them heroes - I think we can all agree on that."
17:38 The governments of the Czech Republic and Germany were the first of the NATO countries to approve the accession of Finland and Sweden to the alliance on the day the application was submitted by the Scandinavian countries.
17:36 The sixth package of EU sanctions against the Russian Federation is again blocked due to Hungary's position on the oil embargo, European Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni said.
17:33 The Lugansk region was left without electricity - the last large substation was de-energized, said the head of the OVA Serhiy Gaidai.
17:28 George Orwell's 1984 dystopian novel is being withdrawn from sale in Belarus . The order to confiscate the book was received by the publishers, reports the independent Belarusian publication Nasha Niva.
17:26 There is a threat of complete extinction of the Sea of Azov, said the mayor of Mariupol Vadim Boychenko. According to him, the bombardment of Azovstal could have damaged the technical structure holding back tens of thousands of tons of concentrated hydrogen sulfide solution. Its leakage will completely kill the flora and fauna of the Sea of Azov.
Further, hazardous substances can enter the Black and Mediterranean Seas. Boychenko stressed that it is necessary to immediately allow international experts and the UN to the facility to study the situation and prevent a world-class environmental catastrophe.
17:14 Representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova said that Ukraine allegedly deployed air defense systems on the territory of the Odessa film studio.
17:10 Moldovan President Maia Sandu said from the rostrum of the European Parliament that the Russian military should be withdrawn from Pridnestrovie, since their presence violates the neutrality of the country.
17:08 The head of the European Council, Charles Michel, supported Macron's proposal to create a European political community with countries wishing to join the EU. According to him, this idea will be discussed at the June EU summit. Macron has previously explained that such a structure is needed to admit countries such as Ukraine, which are awaiting consideration of the application for membership in the European Union. In his opinion, Britain could also enter there.
16:43 On May 17, the occupiers fired at a convoy of cars with civilians from Gradov in the Kherson region near the village of Davydov Brod. As a result, three people were killed and six more were injured, the Office of the Prosecutor General said.
16:38 Turkey has blocked the start of negotiations on NATO membership for Finland and Sweden, DPA reports, citing sources in the alliance.
16:29 The Russian military abducted an employee of Suspіlny Aleksey Vorontsov in occupied Kherson, his wife said.
16:13 Russia uses Zadira laser weapon systems in Ukraine - thus the Kremlin decided to reduce the consumption of expensive missiles. According to Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Yuri Borisov, laser weapons capable of physically hitting targets are already being used in the war against Ukraine.
15:57 The European Central Bank urged banks to brace for tough times as the war in Ukraine hit the economy and a sudden jump in interest rates makes markets more volatile. ECB Chief Comptroller Andrea Enria said banks should revise their forecasts and capital trajectories in light of the new macroeconomic picture, also taking into account unfavorable scenarios.
15:35 The Armed Forces of Ukraine eliminated one of the best Siberian snipers, the commander of the squad of a rifle company of snipers, Sergei Tsarkov from the Trans-Baikal Territory. Russian media report on his death, he was posthumously awarded the Order of Courage.
15:34 On May 18, on the Day of Remembrance of the victims of the genocide of the Crimean Tatar people, Zelensky signed a law on the social protection of political prisoners and prisoners of war. "This law is to protect all those ordinary, peaceful, civilian people who suffered from the repressions of the invaders and who were captured by them," the president said.
15:27 Russian military Vadim Shishimarin, who is on trial in Ukraine, pleaded guilty to the murder of a civilian in the Sumy region. This is the first war crimes case to be heard by a Ukrainian court. The defendant faces a sentence of up to life imprisonment.
15:25 The head of the Luhansk OVA, Sergei Gaidai, said that in the summer the Armed Forces of Ukraine could go on a counteroffensive, and the Russian troops are already preparing for this, digging in Svatovo and Starobelsk. According to him, now Severodonetsk and the villages around it are suffering the most from enemy shelling, as Russian troops are trying to get closer to the city. In Gorskaya and Popasnyanskaya communities, the enemy wants to cut off the "road of life."
Gaidai said that Russian troops are preparing to "squeeze" the Luhansk region, pulling thousands of pieces of equipment into the region. At the same time, about 50 thousand people still remain in the region, and the governor urges them to evacuate while it is possible.
15:14 Erdogan said he would block the membership of Sweden and Finland in NATO until they hand over "terrorists" who allegedly pose a direct threat to Turkey's national security.
15:08 The European Commission proposes to allocate additional macro-financial assistance to Ukraine in the amount of up to 9 billion euros, said the head of the EC Ursula von der Leyen. She stressed that "Europe will continue to be with Ukraine during the war, and when we begin reconstruction."
15:06 Anonymous hackers claimed to have hacked the Russian Sberbank.
15:04 The Netherlands plans to supply Ukraine with even more weapons and other equipment, Kuleba said after a meeting with the country's Defense Minister Kais Ollongren. "I am grateful to the Netherlands for their leadership in strengthening the defense capability of Ukraine, as well as for the rehabilitation of wounded Ukrainian soldiers," the head of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry wrote.
15:00 CNN has published exclusive footage of broken Russian armored vehicles in Belogorivka, Luhansk region, 20 kilometers from Severodonetsk. Correspondent Sam Kiley visited there immediately after the Russian military suffered a serious defeat.
14:52 The EU plans to attract up to 300 billion euros of investment by 2030 to completely abandon fossil fuels from Russia, writes Reuters. Of these, 10 billion will be invested in gas infrastructure, another 2 billion in oil, and the rest in clean energy.
14:48 Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić received credentials from the new Ambassador of Ukraine Volodymyr Tolkach and stated that his country would participate in the reconstruction of Ukrainian cities after the war. He also stressed that Serbia respects the territorial integrity of Ukraine.
14:42 Next week, Ukrposhta will put on sale a new stamp called Russian warship... that's it . According to CEO Igor Smelyansky, next week it will be 40 days since the sinking of the missile cruiser Moskva: “It’s just a good date to celebrate this event with the release of the next stamp. venues, including international ones.
14:37 Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimas Hayashi urged China to "play a responsible role" in relation to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Hayashi stressed that the Russian invasion is a clear violation of the UN Charter and other international laws, and called on Beijing to participate in maintaining international peace and security.
14:33 Ukraine deserves an individual approach when it comes to granting it the status of a candidate member of the EU, Kuleba said during a visit to The Hague, where he meets with members of the government and parliament of the Netherlands. The head of the Foreign Ministry stressed that Ukraine is fighting not only for its own, but also for the future and freedom of all of Europe. This is what gives Kyiv the right to hope for an "individual approach" in admission to the EU.
14:25 In Melitopol, saboteurs blew up an armored train of the RF Armed Forces, Anton Gerashchenko said. According to him, the partisans blew up the armored train of the Russian occupiers, the charge worked under the car with personnel. The railway track has been damaged, the number of injured and dead is decreasing.
14:06 Wounded militants from the "LPR" are diagnosed with osteochondrosis and ulcers in order not to pay compensation to the families of those killed and wounded during the war with Ukraine, the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense reports. According to Ukrainian military intelligence, this causes a strong sense of injustice on the part of the local population, so support for the war and further mobilization is significantly reduced.
On May 16-17, protests were held in Lugansk by wives and relatives who were forcibly "mobilized" for the war against Ukraine. The main demand of the protesters is the return of the "mobilized" home. About 700 people took part in the actions.
13:49 In Vinnitsa, it was forbidden to visit the beaches until the end of martial law, the city council said.
13:44 Britain supports the idea of a tribunal over Putin and other Russian leaders involved in war crimes in Ukraine, said Foreign Minister Liz Truss.
13:42 In Ukraine, two thousand new apartments will be built for internally displaced persons in 16 regions of the country. They want to buy several thousand more from developers for temporary accommodation of IDPs, the Office of Public Relations reported.
13:39 Pushilin announced that Mariupol will be restored "with an emphasis on the resort business", the "DPR" expects that Russia will help with this. He also added that it is proposed to open a technopark or a park zone on the site of the Azovstal plant.
13:37 The number of people killed as a result of rocket attacks by Russian invaders on the village of Desna in the Chernihiv region has increased to 11 people. Another 14 people were injured, the State Emergency Service said.
13:26 UN Secretary General António Guterres presented a plan to accelerate the transition of the world to renewable energy sources. According to him, the war in Ukraine has become a wake-up call for the whole world to abandon fossil fuels.
13:14 In the Sumy region today, the curfew has been reduced: now it will operate from 22:00 to 5:00, said the head of the OVA Dmitry Zhivitsky. He also added that all curfew travel passes issued before May 13 are considered invalid.
13:00 In the occupied Pologi, Zaporozhye region, the Russian military stole almost 400,000 hryvnias from an ATM, the Office of the Prosecutor General reported. After another shelling, the Russian servicemen took advantage of the fact that the facade of the store was partially destroyed, entered the premises, damaged the ATM located in it and took the money.
12:56 Pushilin said that more than 60% of houses in Mariupol cannot be restored. He also said that the new "authorities" are going to metallurgical plant named after. Ilyich to restore, and demolish Azovstal.
12:53 The Russian military is increasingly refusing to carry out orders from their command to conduct active offensives in Ukraine, the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense reports. According to military intelligence, in addition to covert sabotage, several units of the 70th Guards Motorized Rifle Regiment have already openly refused to participate in the war and demanded that they be returned to their places of permanent deployment. Unit commanders are trying in every possible way to hide the facts of disobedience. The most active military personnel demanding their return to Russia were sent to the most dangerous sector of the front.
12:48 The leader of the "DPR" Pushilin said that the fate of the Ukrainian military from Azovstal should be decided by an international tribunal. He also said that the commanders of the Ukrainian military of the highest level still remain at Azovstal.
Kadyrov, in turn, said that the military can be exchanged, "but the ideological Bandera people cannot be changed, they must be punished according to the law."
12:44 The occupied Mariupol is controlled by "volunteers" from Russia. According to the adviser to the mayor of Mariupol Petr Andryushchenko, the occupiers do not even trust the collaborators. All processes in the city - from the distribution of humanitarian aid to the implementation of filtration measures - are controlled by Russian "volunteers".
12:32 The Rada registered presidential bills on the extension of martial law in Ukraine after May 24 and the extension of general mobilization.
11:54 In Melitopol, at about 10 am, an explosion thundered, which was heard in all areas, after which a shootout began. According to RIA Melitopol, a grenade exploded near the Green Polyclinic, where the Russian commandant's office is located.
"An hour before the ongoing turmoil, the building of the commandant's office was cordoned off. Allegedly, some high-ranking guest was waiting there. Probably, a Ukrainian sabotage group was again working in the city," the newspaper writes.
11:46 The flow to enter Ukraine through the western border for eight days in a row after May 9 exceeds the flow to exit. The total net inflow to Ukraine over these days amounted to 61,000 people - these are record figures since the beginning of the war, the State Border Service reported.
11:41 In the Moscow region, an unknown person threw two Molotov cocktails into the building of the Shchelkovsky military commissariat. This is at least the twelfth case of an attempted arson of military registration and enlistment offices in Russia.
11:17 Most of the damaged houses in Kiev will be restored before the onset of cold weather, said the first deputy head of the Kyiv City State Administration Nikolai Povoroznik. According to him, in 90% of damaged houses it is necessary to replace the glass, carry out facade work, etc. Therefore, the repair of these buildings can be carried out during the warm period.
11:12 In Mariupol, the occupying army destroyed the building of the old synagogue and the building of the community center, the city council said.
11:11 Russia stole 113 aircraft from the world's largest aircraft owner AerCap Holdings, writes CNN. Due to the seizure of aircraft and 11 jet engines by Russia, the company reported a loss of $2 billion.
11:05 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stated that over the past day 694 Ukrainian soldiers from Azovstal surrendered, including 29 wounded. In total, since May 16, according to Moscow, 959 Ukrainian soldiers have surrendered, including 80 wounded, of which 51 who needed inpatient treatment were placed in the Novoazovsk hospital in the "DNR".
10:57 Podolyak said that the head of the Holos Kira Rudyk party is not participating in negotiations on the evacuation from Azovstal: “There was no Rudyk at all. Not her level, not her competence. In general, it is very strange when such “information” or “journalists’ mistakes” appear ". The deputy herself then also confirmed this.
Earlier, The New York Times published Rudyk's commentary on the evacuation from Azovstal and indicated that she participated in the negotiations.
"Obviously - without a hidden hint, I'm sorry, politics doesn't happen like that," said Podolyak. the lives of our soldiers."
10:50 The head of the Dnepropetrovsk OVA, Valentin Reznichenko, specified that three people were injured as a result of the rocket attack on the Dnieper, they were hospitalized with shrapnel wounds.
10:47 In the Donetsk region, the Russian army fired at Avdiyivska school No. 1 with phosphorus ammunition, Pavel Kirilenko, head of the OVA, said. There were no casualties. According to Kirilenko, there were neither soldiers nor equipment at the school.
10:45 Moldova intends to maintain a neutral status, and the possibility of a military conflict spreading to the country is seen as a "distant danger," Prime Minister Natalia Gavrilitsa said in an interview with Corriere della Sera. According to her, "Moldova's neutrality is enshrined in the constitution and enjoys broad support from the population."
She also stated that "the parties concerned are trying to destabilize us and drag us into an unwanted war," but the Moldovan authorities intend to continue the dialogue with Pridnestrovie and hope for the peaceful integration of the territory.
10:37 The Baltic countries and Poland asked NATO to significantly expand its military presence on their territory and place additional weapons there, including air defense systems.
According to The Washington Post, a joint confidential proposal from Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia states that direct Russian military aggression against NATO member countries cannot be ruled out. Russia can quickly concentrate military forces near the eastern border of NATO and put the alliance in front of the fact of an imminent war. At the same time, some countries, in particular France and Italy, are still skeptical.
10:24 Human rights activists Human Rights Watch confirmed that the Russian military during the occupation of the territories of Kiev and Chernihiv regions subjected civilians to executions, torture and committed other war crimes.
Thus, in 17 villages in the Kyiv and Chernihiv regions, human rights activists investigated 22 cases of executions, nine other unlawful killings, six possible enforced disappearances and seven cases of torture. Twenty-one civilians reported unlawful detention in inhuman and degrading conditions.
10:21 Ukraine cannot get full EU membership on an accelerated basis, and officials should look for ways to intensify cooperation within the normal accession negotiations, Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg said: "We are interested in anchoring Ukraine in the European family. But we know that the accession process has been going on for years, if not decades, and discussions about Ukraine's membership cannot ignore the expectations of other countries, including North Macedonia and Albania."
10:18 Russia boasted that it had sent "next generation" equipment, the BMPT-72 Terminator-2, to the war in Ukraine. Armored vehicles were seen near Severodonetsk.
10:16 A bill on the creation of missile troops and artillery in the structure of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has been submitted to the Rada.
09:49 Tonight, Russians from Gradov fired at a village in the Sumy region from the Russian settlement of Ponura, the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported. In total, about ten shots were fired. A private house was damaged in one of the settlements of the Velikopisarevskaya territorial community.
09:48 Lukashenka signed amendments to the Criminal Code providing for the death penalty for terrorism.
09:47 The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine announced the approximate losses of the enemy on the morning of May 18. The enemy suffered the greatest losses over the past day in the Slavyansk, Krivoy Rog and Zaporozhye directions.
- personnel - about 28,300 (+400) people liquidated,
- tanks - 1251 (+16),
- armored combat vehicles - 3043 (+34),
- artillery systems - 586 (+8),
- MLRS - 199 (+1),
- air defense systems - 91 (+1),
- aircraft - 202 (+1),
- helicopters - 167 (+0),
- UAV operational-tactical level - 441 (+5),
- cruise missiles - 102 (+5),
- ships/boats - 13 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tankers - 2137 (+28),
- special equipment - 43 (+0).
09:33 Another missile strike from the Black Sea was inflicted on the Odessa region, OK Pivden reported. According to preliminary information, there are no significant damages and victims.
09:15 The European Union intends to consider the possibility of using income from the frozen assets of Russians who fell under the sanctions to restore Ukraine. Also, the EU intends to initiate the issuance of debt for these purposes, writes Bloomberg. In addition, the IMF will consider the possibility of confiscation of foreign exchange reserves of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation.
09:14 Finland and Sweden officially applied to join NATO at the headquarters of the alliance, launching the process of joining the bloc. According to diplomats, ratification by all 30 union parliaments could take up to a year.
09:13 British intelligence notes that despite the fact that Russian troops surrounded Mariupol for more than ten weeks, staunch Ukrainian resistance delayed Russia's ability to gain full control of the city and led to heavy losses among Russian troops.
In an attempt to crush resistance, the Russian Federation has made extensive use of auxiliaries, including the deployment of Chechen forces, which are likely to consist of several thousand fighters, mainly concentrated in the Mariupol and Lugansk directions. These forces are likely to consist of both individual volunteers and units of the National Guard.
The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, appears to exercise close personal oversight of the deployment, while his cousin Adam Delimkhanov served as the Chechen field commander in Mariupol. British analysts believe that the deployment of such a disparate contingent demonstrates the serious problems of the Russian Federation with resources in Ukraine and contributes to the division of command, which hinders the operations of the Russian Federation.
09:07 On the morning of May 18, the enemy launched a missile attack on the Ingulsky district of Nikolaev. As a result, destruction occurred and a fire broke out in the private sector, one victim is known, the State Emergency Service reported.
08:46 The head of the Luhansk OVA, Serhiy Gaidai, announced four deaths in the region per day. He also said that the day before the Russians once again opened fire on Azot - one of the administrative buildings and the entrance association were damaged.
08:38 There is currently no mechanism for the exchange of Mariupol defenders between Kiev and Moscow, People's Deputy Kira Rudyk, who took part in negotiations with Russia, said in a commentary to The New York Times: "We want to deliver them to a third country, for example, to Turkey. Russia now against. But what else can we do in such a situation? We will have to continue negotiations."
The people's deputy also claims that Ukraine received guarantees from the Red Cross and the UN that everything would be all right with the surrendered military: "That was the only reason we agreed to this, because the soldiers were ready to go to the end."
08:22 The United States joins the collection of evidence of Russian war crimes in Ukraine. The State Department statement said the Conflict Observatory will document, verify, and disseminate open-source testimony about actions taken by the occupiers. Reports and analytics will be published on the program website. It was originally planned to spend $6 million to launch the program.
07:45 Canada has banned the entry of about a thousand citizens of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine, who previously fell under the country's financial sanctions. The list includes Putin and Lavrov.
07:41 The enemy is taking measures to strengthen the offensive grouping in the Donbass, as well as in the Novopavlovsk and Zaporozhye directions, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports in the morning report .
07:39 Australia has imposed sanctions against a number of individuals who supported the Russian invasion. Under the sanctions were 11 people and 12 organizations, including "troll factories". Also on the sanctions list are politicians and security officials, in particular PMC Wagner, and also ex-People's Deputy Ilya Kiva, said Foreign Minister Maris Payne.
07:15 Air defense worked in the Dnieper - it shot down one of the two missiles fired by the Russians. The wreckage fell on a private courtyard, as a result, one woman was injured, said the head of the OVA, Valentin Reznichenko. Two houses were also damaged. The second missile hit a transport infrastructure facility, it was destroyed.
06:51 Analysts at the American Institute for the Study of War admit that Russia could agree to the evacuation of the military from Azovstal in order to announce the capture of Mariupol as soon as possible. At the same time, there is a risk that after the evacuation, the Kremlin will refuse to exchange Ukrainian defenders. The main goal of the Russian invaders, according to military experts, remains the east and south of Ukraine.
06:34 In Crimea, sanatoriums and recreation centers are overflowing with wounded Russian soldiers, so the invaders decided to have a rest in the resort areas of the Kherson region. Local entrepreneurs are forced to open recreation centers, coffee houses, shops and create safe and comfortable conditions for vacationers, said Lyudmila Denisova.
06:27 CNN released a story about the war in Ukraine, in which the Ukrainian military says that most of the attack UAV operators in the Armed Forces of Ukraine are computer gamers: “It’s funny to say, but most of these guys with drones are young “nerds” who are just used to playing video games and have great skills at it."
03:25 The Russian military in the Luhansk region refuse to go to Belogorovka and force the Seversky Donets, said the head of the OVA Sergey Gaidai: "The orcs are not forcing the Seversky Donets yet. It's scary. Foreign media report that Putin is personally developing a plan on how this can be done. The rashists themselves the military refuses to go to Belogorovka, knowing that only death awaits them there.The Armed Forces of Ukraine are doing everything possible so that the Russians cannot cross the river, create a springboard for the offensive and cut us off from the "road of life."
01:12 In Melitopol, partisans liquidated high-ranking Russian military. The occupiers are trying to hide this story, but on May 17, the Russian military intensively checked private transport in the city, probably in search of partisans, the Zaporizhzhya Regional Police Department reports.
00:43 German Transport Minister Volker Wissing said that Deutsche Bahn has started transportation by rail to support grain exports from Ukraine.
00:31 In exchange for agreeing to Finland and Sweden joining NATO, Turkey wants them to condemn all Kurdish organizations and lift restrictions on arms sales, writes Bloomberg citing high-ranking Turkish officials. At the same time, US State Department spokesman Ned Price said that Ankara did not put forward specific demands in exchange for supporting the applications of Finland and Sweden to join the alliance.
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