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2024-05-15 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
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Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: May 14, 2024
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Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 22:46 For the first time, a high-ranking American official came to Ukraine since Congress adopted a package of military assistance to the country in the amount of $61 billion. Secretary of State Antony Blinken planned to "send a strong signal of reassurance to the Ukrainians." About what came out of this, see the material Blinken’s visit to Kiev .
21:50 Ukrenergo stated that today from 21:00 to 24:00 controlled emergency shutdowns will be introduced in all regions of Ukraine. The reason is a significant shortage of electricity in the system due to Russian shelling and increased consumption due to cold weather. On Wednesday, May 15, for industrial consumers, power limitation schedules will be in effect throughout the day.
21:43 Fighting continues in the Kharkov region, and a new Russian offensive is already expected in the neighboring region. The head of the Main Intelligence Directorate, Kirill Budanov, says that Russian attacks in the Kharkov region will continue for another 3-4 days, after which the Russian troops “will launch a decisive offensive in the direction of Sumy.” About where to expect new attacks by the Russians, see the article Further Sumy .
21:37 Putin approved the candidacy of Andrei Belousov for the post of Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation.
20:52 France will supply Ukraine with a new batch of Aster anti-aircraft missiles for the SAMP/T air defense system, Defense Minister Sebastian Lecornu said: “I just signed the second batch of Aster missiles precisely so that the SAMP/T air defense system that we transferred with our Italian partners , continued to work, since we are talking about intercepting Russian missiles." At the same time, he did not specify either the number of missiles transferred or the delivery schedule.
20:49 The United States plans to conclude a ten-year security agreement with Ukraine, Blinken said at a briefing in Kiev: “In our ten-year agreement, the United States will support Ukrainian security and defense across a full range of military capabilities - from air defense to drones and mine clearance." The Secretary of State added that the bilateral agreement will also be aimed at strengthening the Ukrainian military-industrial complex so that Ukraine can produce artillery shells, air defense systems and other critical weapons.
At the same time, Blinken called the current stage of the war “critical” for Ukraine. According to him, the coming months “will require a lot from Ukraine.” In particular, Blinken spoke about the need for mobilization: "The defenders who have been holding this front for more than two years need help and they need a rest. Mobilization is what helps you strengthen the defense."
In addition, the US Secretary of State noted that it is important for Ukraine not only to repel Russia’s full-scale aggression, but also to fight corruption, which is no less a threat to its democracy. He particularly emphasized that Putin is trying to use corruption to sow discord in Ukraine, and despite notable achievements in the fight against it, “eight out of ten Ukrainians still believe that there are laws written for the elites and laws for others.” .
20:33 Ukraine has strengthened the Kharkov direction, Zelensky said in an evening video message. According to him, “today has given us more opportunities.” "Commander-in-Chief Alexander Syrsky reported on the situation in the combat areas. Donetsk and Kharkov regions are where it is most difficult now. He is located right in the key battle areas - working with brigades, in combat positions. It is too early to draw conclusions, but the situation is under control. Our soldiers are destroying the occupier who is trying to advance. But we have strengthened the directions, in particular Kharkov. Now many soldiers - namely Kharkovites - have come to the defense of the Kharkov region,” the president said.
19:24 Putin’s assistant for international affairs Yuri Ushakov said that China refused to participate in the global Peace Summit in Switzerland: “We appreciate the wise and balanced position of our Chinese partners regarding China’s non-participation in the international conference organized in Switzerland dedicated to the implementation of the Zelensky Peace Formula” . In his opinion, Beijing thereby emphasizes its understanding of “the counterproductiveness and meaninglessness of discussing the Ukrainian issue without the participation of Russia.”
19:20 In Kharkov, the number of victims as a result of today's Russian attack has increased to 18, said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA. According to him, during the day the Russian army carried out seven air strikes on the housing sector of the city.
18:51 During a telephone conversation, Macron promised Zelensky more military assistance “in the coming days and weeks,” the Elysee Palace reported. The French President also recalled his proposal for an “Olympic Truce”.
18:48 Zelensky will visit Madrid on Friday, May 17, and will be received by King Felipe VI, the Royal Palace of Spain said.
18:27 In the village. The elder of the Volchansk community of the Kharkov region, a Russian soldier shot a local resident at point-blank range, the prosecutor's office reported. It is also known that on May 14, during an armed attack by Russians, a civilian disappeared; his whereabouts are unknown. Currently, law enforcement officers are considering several versions: the illegal deprivation of liberty of a civilian by Russian military personnel or his murder.
18:24 Ukraine and Luxembourg have begun bilateral negotiations on concluding an agreement on security cooperation and long-term support, the Presidential Office reported.
18:10 As a result of the strike on Kharkov, 17 people were injured , among them two children aged eight and 12, said the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov.
17:36 The Ermak-Rasmussen Group in its report proposes that NATO invite Ukraine to join the Alliance at a summit in Washington this summer and secure a commitment to accept Kiev into its ranks no later than July 2028. The report also suggests that "allies spend 0.25% of their GDP on military aid to Ukraine and release $300 billion in frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine."
16:53 Zelensky said that he had telephone conversations with the Presidents of France Emmanuel Macron and South Korea Yun Seok Yeol. We discussed preparations for the Global Peace Summit, the situation at the front, and Ukraine’s defense needs. We also talked with Yun Seok Yol about the creation of a system of security guarantees for Ukraine and the prospects for concluding a corresponding bilateral agreement.
16:39 The Russians launched several attacks on Kharkov, including on residential buildings in the central part of the city, said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA. As of this moment, there have been no reports of casualties; there was a hit near residential buildings.
16:08 Volchansk is almost completely destroyed, there are street battles, the head of the city military administration, Tamaz Gambarashvili, said: “There are constant battles, constant shelling, so the situation is extremely difficult. We have been evacuating the population for 24 hours. The maximum number of people have left in their cars. We are dealing with those people who will not be able to leave on their own, therefore, with the help of the National Police and the Coordination Center, the military administration, we are taking measures to evacuate these residents."
15:54 Yesterday's Ukrainian strike on the occupied Sorokino Luhansk region hit an ammunition depot on the territory of military unit 92760, reports the opposition Russian publication Astra. Four military personnel and three civilians were injured in the shelling.
15:21 Shoigu’s successor as Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Andrei Belousov, considered recruiting the Armed Forces one of his top priorities in his new position. At the same time, he emphasized that there is no talk of mobilization. He also said that Putin has set the task of ensuring the integration of the economy of the Russian Armed Forces into the country’s economy, “which involves increasing the efficiency of military spending.”
14:33 The head of the Sumy Police Department, Vladimir Artyukh, said that local residents are recommended to evacuate from a 10-kilometer zone against the backdrop of intense shelling of settlements in the Belopol community: “At the proposal of the military command, taking into account the intensity of shelling of settlements in the Belopol community, evacuation in the 10-kilometer zone was recommended Although last year there was talk of a 5-kilometer zone."
14:12 The head of the Estonian Ministry of Defense Hanno Pevkur denied information that the country’s authorities are considering the possibility of sending troops to Ukraine. According to him, such ideas are not considered either at the national or EU level. Earlier, National Security Adviser to the President of Estonia, Madis Roll, said that the country was allegedly discussing the possibility of sending troops to western Ukraine, which would take over the indirect combat and logistical functions of the Ukrainian military in order to free them up to fight at the front.
13:36 In Volchansk, as a result of Russian shelling, one person died, another died in the village of Gatishche, said the head of the Kharkov OVA Oleg Sinegubov.
13:20 In the northern outskirts of Volchansk there are active shooting battles, the Defense Forces are clearing the city of Russian DRGs, said the head of the Kharkov OVA Oleg Sinegubov.
12:48 The European Union has finally approved the plan necessary for the implementation of the Ukraine Facility program worth 50 billion euros. Now the program will be fully operational, and Ukraine will receive 1.89 billion euros in preliminary funding. Over the year, Kyiv plans to attract a total of 16 billion euros.
12:09 Budanov said that in the Kharkov region “the enemy is already blocked at those lines that he could have entered.” “The situation is not some kind of catastrophic. There is no need to panic. The main goal of the Russian Federation in this operation is, in principle, an information operation to create chaos. In order to force our groups to retreat in the eastern directions. But this is not the case,” added the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate .
12:05 Ukraine immediately needs two Patriot air defense systems for Kharkov and the region, Zelensky said at the meeting with Blinken: “This is the biggest problem for us. We really need two Patriot air defense systems today for Kharkov and the Kharkov region. Because people are constantly suffering from shelling "Civilians are suffering from Russian missiles."
12:01 Scholz believes that the peace summit in Switzerland “at best will be the beginning of a process that could lead to direct negotiations between Ukraine and Russia.” At the same time, he noted that “no one should have high expectations - we are not negotiating to end the war.” According to the Chancellor, in Switzerland we will talk about the safety of nuclear power plants, grain exports, prisoner exchanges and a ban on the use of nuclear weapons.
11:53 The Wall Street Journal writes that Russia was able to hit a secret ammunition depot in Ukraine following a tip from a Ukrainian refugee in Poland. Having no means of subsistence, the 22-year-old Ukrainian began to carry out Russian assignments in Poland. He first painted graffiti on remote fences and underpasses, then installed cameras along the train tracks carrying Western military aid to Ukraine.
Russia combined footage from these cameras with satellite surveillance and was able to track the shipment of ammunition from Poland to secret warehouses in Ukraine, which were eventually hit by drones and missiles. A senior Western military intelligence official told the publication that in this way the Russian Federation was able to destroy key equipment with minimal investment.
11:48 Budanov clarified his words about the Russian offensive in the Sumy region: “The Russians initially planned an operation in the Sumy region. As of now, they are holding small groups of forces in the border area - for them it is the city of Sudzha, for us it is the Sumy direction. But the situation has not yet allowed them to take active action and begin implementing their plan."
11:43 In the Kharkov direction, units of the Defense Forces as of 10:00 repelled one enemy attack in the Shebekino (RF) - Volchansk direction, the situation is under control, the General Staff reported. At the same time, in order to preserve the lives of Ukrainian military personnel, positions were changed in the area of the village of Lukyantsy; fighting is ongoing. Activities to comb urban areas in Volchansk are also continuing, the situation is under control.
There were no losses of positions in the Kramatorsk, Vremevsky, or Orekhovsky directions. In the Pokrovsky and Kurakhovsky directions, the enemy had limited tactical success.
11:10 Putin appointed as his assistants the former head of the Russian Security Council Nikolai Patrushev and the ex-governor of the Tula region Alexei Dyumin, who was considered close to Prigozhin.
10:58 Since the very morning, the Russians have been shelling Nikopol, Dnepropetrovsk region, with artillery - one person was killed, one was wounded, said the head of the OVA Sergei Lysak.
10:32 Budanov said in an interview with The New York Times that Russia will launch an offensive in the Sumy region. At the same time, in the Kharkov region, according to him, “every hour the situation is approaching critical.” According to the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate, Russia’s goal, in particular, is to pull Ukrainian forces from other directions, and it is succeeding. Budanov estimates that Ukraine will be able to stabilize the front over the next few days, but after that the Russian Federation will begin to advance in the Sumy region.
Budanov also stated that the Ukrainian Armed Forces had no reserves left: “All our troops are now either here or in Chasovoy Yar. I used everything we have. Unfortunately, we have no one left in reserve.” In his opinion, one of the Russians’ goals now is “to sow panic and confusion in the region.”
10:09 Putin, at the invitation of Xi Jinping, will visit China on May 16-17, the Kremlin said.
09:55 In the Kherson region over the past 24 hours, as a result of Russian shelling, one person was killed and two were injured. A high-rise building and 16 private houses were damaged, and critical infrastructure, an administrative building, an educational institution and port infrastructure were hit, said the head of the OVA, Alexander Prokudin.
09:16 Die Zeit correspondent Jörg Lau asked for forgiveness for the incorrect information he provided about the transfer of F-16s to Ukraine from Denmark. He clarified that Prime Minister Matt Frederiksen meant that the fighters would be in Ukraine for “months,” and not a month, as the correspondent said the day before.
09:07 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of May 14:
- personnel - about 485,430 (+1400) people,
- tanks - 7496 (+11),
- armored combat vehicles - 14,460 (+43),
- artillery systems - 12,515 (+28),
- MLRS - 1070 (+0),
- air defense systems - 798 (+1),
- aircraft - 351 (+1),
- helicopters - 325 (+0),
- UAV of operational-tactical level - 9985 (+49),
- cruise missiles - 2197 (+0),
- ships/boats - 26 (+0),
- submarines - 1 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tank trucks - 16,907 (+29),
- special equipment - 2054 (+6).
08:45 In the morning, the Russians struck the Kiev district of Kharkov with UMPB D-30 - four people were injured, said the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov. In Volchansk on May 13, as a result of a series of massive attacks from various types of weapons, four people were also injured. In the village Korotich, Kharkov region, as a result of an X-59 missile strike on an enterprise, one person was killed and four were injured. In the village Liptsy, Kharkov district, one person was injured. 7,023 people were evacuated from the region.
08:18 In the Volgograd region, a freight train derailed “due to outside interference,” the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations reported. The department clarified that in the village of Samofalovka at the Kotluban station, a fire occurred in one tank with diesel fuel and a car with lumber. Local public pages write that the train was attacked by a UAV.
07:26 Air defense at night destroyed all 18 attack UAVs of the Shahed-131/136 type, which Russia attacked from the Crimean Cape Chauda. The drones were destroyed within the Kyiv, Donetsk, Dnepropetrovsk, Cherkassy, Kirovograd, Zaporozhye, Kherson, and Khmelnytsky regions, the Air Force reported. In addition, the enemy used one Iskander-M ballistic missile from Crimea.
07:15 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that he arrived in Kiev “to demonstrate our strong support for Ukraine as it defends its freedom from Russian aggression.”
07:11 The Russian Ministry of Defense stated that air defense systems allegedly destroyed 25 Vampire missiles over the Belgorod region overnight.
05:09 Biden signed a bipartisan bill banning the import of Russian uranium, said Presidential National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan. He called the move historic and said it would strengthen U.S. energy and economic security by reducing and ultimately eliminating dependence on Russia for civil nuclear energy.
01:20 The Russian Army has occupied Lukyantsy, Kharkov region, reports the analytical project DeepState. The enemy also advanced near Volchansk, in Glubokoye, near Yagodnoye, south of Pervomaisky, in Krasnogorovka, near Staromayorsky and Verbovoy.
00:46 Since the beginning of the day on May 13, 148 military clashes have occurred at the front, the General Staff reported in the evening report. In particular, in the Kharkov direction, the Defense Forces repelled 13 enemy attacks in the directions Novaya Tovolzhanka (RF) - Volchansk, Shebekino (RF) - Volchansk, Gatishche - Volchansk, Murom - Staritsa, Strelechye - Glubokoe, Pylnaya - Glubokoe, Glubokoe - Liptsy. Ukrainian units are combing urban areas in Volchansk. The fighting continues, the situation is under control.
In the Kupyansk direction, Ukrainian troops in some areas improved the tactical situation. In the Liman direction, the Defense Forces also improved the tactical situation in certain areas. In the Kramatorsk direction, in some areas of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the tactical situation was improved, and in some areas, positions were changed to save the lives of military personnel and measures were planned to regroup units. In the Pokrovsky direction, in order to save the lives of the defenders in some areas, the positions of the Defense Forces were also changed. The tactical position has been improved in some areas.
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