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2024-05-21 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
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Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: May 20, 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] 22:15 The defense forces maintain control along the entire front line, including in the Donetsk directions and in the Kharkiv region, Zelensky said in an evening video message. According to him, Russian troops are actively using guided bombs: “This again and again returns to the need for air defense - for additional defense systems that could significantly reduce the difficulties for our soldiers and the threat to our cities and communities. And this also concerns the preparation of the transition Our Air Force for new combat aircraft. Unfortunately, the free world still lacks efficiency in these two tasks. But we still have promising work with several partners and are doing everything so that the day comes as soon as possible when we can add strength. "patriots" to our eastern regions, our cities, such as Khar'kov, Sumy and others."
21:58 The Netherlands will transfer YPR-765 armored vehicles to Ukraine, the country’s Ministry of Defense reported. These vehicles provide fire support in battle, they evacuate wounded military personnel and deliver ammunition to the front. The number of armored vehicles has not been disclosed. Previously, the Netherlands had already supplied 207 YPR armored vehicles of various types to Ukraine.
21:13 The Russian army attacked Belozerka, Kherson region, two people were wounded, the OVA reported.
20:46 Russia purchased from the DPRK more than 11 thousand containers of weapons for use in the war against Ukraine, said US Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN Robert Wood. He emphasized that the Russian Federation would not have been able to continue its war in Ukraine without external support from the DPRK, Iran and China. Wood also added that the United States will supply Ukraine with everything it needs until the Russian Federation withdraws its troops.
20:40 Western countries are extremely slow in making decisions on military assistance to Ukraine, which complicates the situation of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Zelensky said in an interview with Reuters: “All the decisions that we, and then everyone else together, come to are about a year late.” So, according to him, the supply of air defense systems like Patriot is “one big step forward, and before that - two steps back.”
The president also explained that Ukraine is striking at Russian energy facilities “because it leaves us without energy.” At the same time, the head of state assured that Ukraine has never used Western weapons to strike Russia, since “we were not given the green light.”
20:37 Zelensky will continue to remain the President of Ukraine for the UN, despite the fact that his term of office is expiring, said the Speaker of the Secretary General Stephane Dujarric: “President Zelensky remains for us the head of state of Ukraine and the person with whom the Secretary General communicates when he needs to contact with the Ukrainian leader."
20:34 The United States opposes expanding the geography of the use of American weapons transferred to Ukraine, Pentagon head Lloyd Austin said after a meeting in the Ramstein format. He also said that Washington does not plan to send military instructors to Ukraine.
20:31 Lithuania is ready to return its military instructors to Ukraine as part of a coalition that could be led by France, said the country’s Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis: “We could again send instructors to Ukraine - those who were already present there. Lithuania is ready to join coalition to train the Ukrainian military, led, for example, by France."
At the same time, he added that Europe “should not count” on Beijing’s assistance in resolving the war in Ukraine on Kyiv’s terms. “Nothing is done for free; China will always demand something in return,” the minister noted.
20:28 In Ukraine there was not a single fact of the use of nuclear materials for purposes other than their intended purpose, said IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi: “When allegations of violations of nuclear safety arose, the IAEA conducted an impartial and scientifically based investigation. We established the facts that there was no use of nuclear material for other purposes, thereby dispelling the fog of war and defusing the tense situation."
19:52 The second batch of Leopard battle tanks from Spain will arrive in Ukraine at the end of June, Defense Minister Margarita Robles said. According to her, they will also come with various types of ammunition - 155-mm artillery, anti-aircraft missiles for Patriot, anti-drone systems, optical-electronic surveillance and tracking systems, etc.
19:39 On Tuesday, May 21, from 00:00 and throughout the day throughout Ukraine, hourly shutdown schedules will apply to industrial and household consumers, Ukrenergo reported. Schedules can be applied when certain consumption limits are exceeded.
18:44 The front line in the north of the Khar'kov region has been stabilized, fighting continues in Volchansk itself - the confrontation goes on almost every street, said the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov. At the same time, he added that the Russian plan to quickly capture the north of the Khar'kov region failed.
17:58 Factories in Ukraine are forced to hire women due to staff shortages, writes the Financial Times. Thus, at one of the metallurgical plants in Krivoy Rog, managers say that hiring more women is a matter of survival for the enterprise. Of the 18,000 men who worked for the company at the start of the war, about 3,500 men were mobilized, and many more are likely to be mobilized this year. If previously women worked mainly in administrative positions, now they take on more difficult physical functions.
17:12 The Austrian Ministry of Climate Protection announced that it will allocate 5 million euros to Ukraine for the restoration of energy infrastructure.
16:40 Countries participating in the Ramstein format have allocated $95 billion in military support to Ukraine since February 2022, Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin said.
16:14 The coming weeks and months will be decisive for Ukraine, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said at the opening of the next meeting in the Ramstein format. According to him, now is the moment of challenge, when Russian troops have gone on the offensive and will try to create a buffer zone along the border in the Khar'kov region.
15:31 The Russians shelled the front-line Stepnogorsk, Zaporozhye region - one person was killed, said the head of the OVA Ivan Fedorov.
14:53 India will be represented at the Global Peace Summit in Switzerland, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said.
14:37 Ukraine realizes that the war with Russia will end in negotiations, said NSDC Secretary Alexander Litvinenko in a video message to participants of the Baltic Sea Region Forum. According to him, Zelensky’s peace formula is being promoted precisely for this purpose. Litvinenko stressed that Ukraine does not need a truce, but a stable peace for decades, and for this we need security guarantees, and “real guarantees are NATO membership.” Litvinenko also said that the situation at the front is difficult, but “not catastrophic.”
14:19 290 foreign components were found in the North Korean ballistic missile with which Russia attacked Ukraine, said Alexander Ruvin, director of the Kiev Forensic Research Institute: “In only one object identified as a sample of the North Korean ballistic missile, 290 foreign-made microelectronics components were found. The vast majority of the elements provide rocket navigation; they are produced by more than 25 companies with headquarters in the USA, China, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, Singapore, Switzerland and Taiwan, etc.
13:24 The number of people killed as a result of a Russian strike on a recreation center in the village. Cherkasskaya Lozovaya, Khar'kov district, has grown to seven - today, while examining the bottom of the reservoir, divers discovered the body of a man, the State Emergency Service reported. Also, 28 people were injured as a result of the strike.
12:50 The Armed Forces of Ukraine control 60% of Volchansk, said Roman Semenukha, deputy chairman of the Khar'kov OVA: “The enemy does not abandon attempts inside Volchansk to push the Armed Forces of Ukraine out of the city. The city is approximately 60% controlled by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, that is, the assaults do not stop.”
12:37 Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas said that some states have already sent their instructors to Ukraine to train the Ukrainian military. She stressed that NATO allies should not fear that sending troops to Ukraine to train its soldiers could drag the Alliance into a war with Russia. According to Kallas, if Russian troops attacked NATO training personnel in Ukraine, it would not automatically trigger Article 5: “I can’t imagine that if anyone got hurt there, those who sent their people, they will say: this is Article 5, let’s bomb Russia. This is not how it works. This does not happen automatically. Therefore, these fears have no basis.”
12:09 Since May 18, 260 thousand men have updated their data in the Reserve+ application, said Dmitry Lazutkin, spokesman for the Ministry of Defense. According to him, now men abroad can also update their data, which was impossible on the first day of the application’s launch. Within a month, an update is planned in the Reserve+ application, after which it will display a special code similar to the one that should be in a military registration document. This code will be valid for verification by employees of the TCC and SP, police, and State Border Guard Service.
11:58 The Russians attacked one of the enterprises in the Dnieper district of Kherson - one person was killed, one was wounded, said the head of the OVA Alexander Prokudin.
11:17 In the village of Novoandreevka, Zaporozhye region, the Russians dropped ammunition from a drone on rescuers who were putting out a fire in a house after the shelling. One of the rescuers was injured, the State Emergency Service reported.
10:36 During a drone attack on the night of May 19, at least three UAVs were not shot down and hit the territory of a military airfield in the village of Kushchevskaya, Krasnodar Territory, reports the opposition Russian publication Astra, citing sources in the region’s emergency services. As a result of the attack, a fire broke out and the Russian SU-27 supersonic fighter and airfield infrastructure were damaged.
10:20 Russian public pages write about the Ukrainian attack in the area of the Academy of Internal Affairs in Lugansk, where the Russian military was based. The “governor” of the occupied Zaporozhye region, Yevgeny Balitsky, also announced a massive shelling of Vasylivka.
09:43 In the Kherson region over the past 24 hours, eight people were injured as a result of Russian shelling, said the head of the OVA, Alexander Prokudin. A high-rise building and 21 private houses, public utilities and agricultural infrastructure were damaged.
09:27 In the Donetsk region over the past 24 hours, three people were wounded as a result of Russian shelling - two in Severny and one in Yekaterinivka, said the head of the OBA Vadim Filashkin.
09:01 The number of victims as a result of yesterday's Russian attack with an Iskander-M missile on a recreation center in the village. Cherkasskaya Lozovaya in the Khar'kov region has grown to 28, six people have died, said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA. Among the wounded are two ambulance workers. In Volchansk over the past 24 hours, one person was killed and one was wounded as a result of Russian shelling. In the village Two people were killed and five were injured in Novoosinovo, Kupyansky district. In the village Three people were killed and four were injured in Kovsharovka, Kupyansky district.
08:44 In the Zaporozhye region, one person was wounded as a result of an enemy attack in the Pologovsky district, said the head of the OVA Ivan Fedorov.
08:32 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of May 20:
- personnel - about 493,690 (+1400) people,
- tanks - 7590 (+14),
- armored combat vehicles - 14,665 (+35),
- artillery systems - 12,737 (+50),
- MLRS - 1076 (+2),
- air defense systems - 807 (+4),
- aircraft - 354 (+0),
- helicopters - 326 (+0),
- UAV of operational-tactical level - 10 236 (+81),
- cruise missiles - 2205 (+1),
- ships/boats - 27 (+1),
- submarines - 1 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tank trucks - 17,311 (+60),
- special equipment - 2079 (+2).
08:07 Air defense at night destroyed all 29 attack UAVs of the Shahed-131/136 type, which Russia attacked from Primorsko-Akhtarsk and Kursk, the Air Force reported. Drones were destroyed in Odessa, Nikolaev, Poltava and Lvov regions. In addition, at night the Russians attacked the Khar'kov region with an Iskander-M ballistic missile.
07:48 In the Nikolaevsky district in the morning, debris from a downed Shahed-type UAV damaged a private home, one person was injured, said the head of the OVA Vitaly Kim.
05:55 The “most promising” idea for Ukraine is for the G7 countries to provide it with a loan, which will be secured by income and interest from frozen Russian assets in Europe, said US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen. Along with the announced option for using $300 billion of frozen Russian assets, several more remain under consideration. G7 finance ministers will meet in Italy this week with the intention of finalizing a plan that they can convey to heads of state before the group's leaders meet next month, The New York Times writes.
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