[Korrespondent] 23:42 Zelensky on the visit of Charles Michel and the explosions in Odessa: "Today, despite the presence of the President of the European Council, Russian troops again launched a missile attack on Odessa. This is the real attitude of Russia towards the European Union."
23:38 The Pulitzer Prize Jury in 2022 recognized Ukrainian journalists covering the war in Ukraine unleashed by Russia with a special award: "The Pulitzer Prize Board is pleased to award a special distinction to Ukrainian journalists for their courage, endurance and dedication to truthful reporting during Vladimir Putin's ruthless invasion of their country and his propaganda war in Russia. Despite bombardments, kidnappings, occupations and even deaths in their ranks, they persist in trying to provide an accurate representation of the horrific reality, which does credit to Ukraine and journalists around the world."
23:31 Ursula von der Leyen said that in negotiations with Orban on the oil embargo, "some progress has been made, but the issue needs further development." The head of the European Commission also added that she would convene a video conference with regional players "on strengthening regional cooperation in the field of oil infrastructure."
23:29 Residents of Odessa hear explosions and report that a shopping center is on fire in the city. There is no official information yet.
23:14 Ex-People's Deputy David Zhvania died during shelling in the "gray zone", Anton Gerashchenko said, citing sources. According to them, Zhvania died on Monday, May 9, from artillery fire near the checkpoint of the invaders near the village of Novopokrovka, Zaporozhye region. It is also known that Zhvania had Russian citizenship and was an unofficial representative of Rosatom.
22:51 Zelensky thanked Biden: "I am grateful to the US president for supporting Ukraine in the fight for our freedom and future. The signing of the Lend-Lease law today is a historic step. I am convinced that we will win together again. And we will defend democracy in Ukraine and Europe. How and 77 years ago.
22:27 What is Lend-Lease for Ukraine:
22:24 More than 100 civilians remain at Azovstal , Pavel Kirilenko, head of the Donetsk OVA, said on the air of the telethon. He also said that aircraft and artillery of the Russian military are constantly shelling the territory of the plant. In general, according to the governor, up to 100 thousand people remain in Mariupol.
22:19 Biden signed the law on lend-lease for Ukraine , the White House said.
22:12 The United States has about $100 million left to finance Ukraine, which will be enough "until about the third week of this month," Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said. He recalled that the Biden administration had asked for an additional $33 billion aid package, "so we urge Congress to act quickly."
21:56 April was the hardest month for the Ukrainian economy, Shmygal said in an interview with RBC-Ukraine: "April was really the hardest, because the economy adapted to the war. More than 32% of enterprises completely ceased their activities. Today, this figure is less - already 17%. According to the prime minister, in March "there was a slight drop" in the implementation of the budget, and "now tax collections exceed the plan."
21:30 Scholz tweeted: "Ukraine will survive. Freedom and security will prevail - just as freedom and security triumphed over slavery, violence and dictatorship 77 years ago. Do your part, today it means never again!" this is the legacy of May 8th."
21:19 There are currently 97 battalion-tactical groups of Russian troops in Ukraine - compared to 92 BTGs as of April 28, a US Department of Defense spokesman said at a briefing.
"It's not uncommon for them to transfer one or two BTGs from the Donbass back to Russia for re-equipment or resupply, and then return them back," the official said. But in general, according to him, "they added about five BTGs, and all these BTGs are either in the east or in the south of Ukraine."
21:11 The occupants launched another missile attack on the Odessa region - three Kinzhal missiles were fired from a Tu-22 strategic aircraft. A hit on tourist infrastructure facilities was recorded, five buildings were destroyed, OK Pivden reported. The fire was extinguished and two people were injured.
21:05 The United States has canceled customs duties on Ukrainian steel and products made from it, said First Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Economy of Ukraine Yulia Sviridenko. She clarified that we are talking about stopping the 25 percent duties introduced in 2018 by the Trump administration.
21:03 In their statement following the meeting, the G7 leaders promised to tighten the economic isolation of Russia and "raise to a new level" the campaign against the Russian elites who support Putin. Read more about what awaits Moscow now in the article New sanctions from the US and the G7 .
20:48 About 45% of the inhabitants of the occupied Kherson left the region, about 20% left the region, the head of the OVA Gennady Laguta said in an interview with Ukrinform.
20:30 The United States receives unconfirmed information that Russian troops and mid-level officers of various levels, up to the battalion level, refuse to obey orders to continue offensives in Donbas. According to CNN, citing a U.S. official, these officers "have either refused to obey orders or are not obeying them with the zeal you would expect from an officer."
20:24 The UN is not yet ready to confirm that all civilians have been evacuated from Azovstal, Guterres' office said. In this regard, the organization continues to maintain contacts with the Ukrainian and Russian sides and allows for new evacuation operations from Mariupol.
20:22 The UN Human Rights Council will hold a special meeting on May 12 on Russia's alleged human rights violations during its war in Ukraine, The Guardian reports, citing a UN official.
20:09 The United States stepped up its investigation into Russian antivirus maker Kaspersky Lab amid heightened concerns about Russian cyberattacks following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Reuters writes. In March, Kaspersky Lab was included in the list of companies that threaten US national security.
20:05 In the "LPR" they said that they "liberated" the village of Nizhne on the outskirts of Lisichansk. Also, the militants once again declared that they were in full control of Popasnaya.
19:59 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation said that Kiev "with the participation of advisers from the United States and Britain planned a major provocation to seize Snake Island from May 7 on Zelensky's direct order," however, the attempt to seize Snake Island was allegedly thwarted by the Russian Armed Forces.
19:47 Ukraine loses $170 million daily due to blocked seaports, and exports have fallen by more than half, Shmyhal said during a meeting with European Commission President Charles Michel in Odessa. The prime minister added that about 70 vessels are now blocked in the seaports of Ukraine, most of them are intended for the transport of general cargo.
19:36 Putin's speech at the parade on May 9 was expected to announce a general mobilization in Russia or even war to the whole world. Instead, the president of the aggressor country limited himself to a short speech without loud statements. Now the world press is speculating about why Putin's performance was so weak. Details - in the material Victory Day without victories .
19:31 Johnson said he "never was so sure that Ukraine would win." He also assured that "Britain will stand shoulder to shoulder with Ukraine for as long as necessary."
19:22 Moscow metro workers were warned about the possibility of an early dispatch to the front and responsibility for evading service. At a meeting in the metro depot, all men were told to undergo an extraordinary medical examination for a subsequent possible sending to the war in Ukraine. This was told to Nestka by a woman who turned to human rights activists for help after her husband was told at work that he might be mobilized. Sending to the front will begin "if there are not enough soldiers to send for a special operation," workers of the capital's metro warned.
18:58 The invaders are massively withdrawing troops from Borovaya and Boguslavka, Kharkiv region, in the direction of Kupyansk. At the same time, a large number of manpower and equipment remains in the villages of Izyumskoye, Druzhelyubovka, Olgovka, Cherneshchina, Pervomayskoye, Podvysokoye, Gorokhovatka, Bakhtin. Enemy equipment is camouflaged in the fields nearby, Borovskoye village council said.
Probably, the occupiers have problems with provision: they catch chickens, ducks, geese on the streets, and also take or exchange pigs and food from local residents.
18:56 The Ministry of Internal Affairs will exclude the symbols Z and V from the new license plates for electric vehicles, MP Igor Fris said, citing Deputy Interior Minister Bogdan Drapyaty. The character Y will be entered instead of forbidden letters.
18:54 The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the evening report reports that in the Severodonetsk direction there is a battle for Rubizhne - the enemy is trying to capture the city and move in the directions of the settlements of Liman and Severodonetsk; made an unsuccessful attempt to storm the village of Voevodovka and retreated to previously occupied positions.
In the Limansky direction, the enemy is trying to advance in battle in the areas of the settlements of Aleksandrovka and Shandrigolovo, in the Bakhmutsky direction, he unsuccessfully fought in the area of the settlement of Toshkovka. In the Avdeevka direction, fighting continues in the areas of the settlements of Novoselovka, Novoselovka Vtoraya, Verkhnetoretskoye.
18:44 Russia has fired about half of its missiles in Ukraine, but still has the capacity and stock of components to produce new ones, Deputy Defense Minister Anna Malyar said.
18:42 The occupiers "appointed" a deputy of the Zaporozhye Regional Council Yevgeny Balitsky as the "head of the military-civil administration" of the Zaporozhye region, local media report. Balitsky is a former people's deputy, now a deputy of the Zaporozhye Regional Council from the Opposition Bloc party. Instead of the Opposition Bloc, the regional council created a group For Ukraine, but Balitsky was not a member of it.
18:39 The occupants have already forcibly deported more than 1.18 million Ukrainians to Russia, Ombudsman Lyudmila Denisova said. According to her, more than 20,000 people are in Russian filtration camps. Denisova also said that Russia was preparing for the forced deportation of Ukrainians in advance: the Russian Federation issued directives for its districts on how many and where to take Ukrainians. Deported Ukrainians are placed in 50 regions of Russia.
18:35 European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is heading to Budapest for a meeting with Prime Minister Viktor Orban, said its speaker, Eric Mamer. Today, Hungary again announced that it would not support the sixth package of sanctions against Russia.
18:32 The Russian occupiers pulled additional artillery units to the north of the Crimean peninsula for future battles for the Kherson region. According to the speaker of the Ministry of Defense Alexander Motuzyanyk, such actions of the enemy have several goals.
Firstly, this is the pinning down of troops - a maneuver that is designed to prevent the movement of units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to other operational zones. Secondly, given that Russia aims to capture the Kherson region as well, there is a possibility that this technique can be used by the enemy.
18:23 In Ukraine, on May 4, a citizen of the Netherlands, Ron Vogelar, was killed, he was 55 years old, and with the outbreak of hostilities, he left to fight on the Ukrainian side. He became the first citizen of the Netherlands to die in this war, of which there are about 70 in total, writes De Telegraaf.
18:02 At the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, they denied the information about the flask with mercury, allegedly stolen at the station by Russian invaders. At the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, they assured that no nuclear or radioactive substances were stolen, and the workers of the power plant retained full control over potentially hazardous materials.
17:56 Scholz said that Russia leaves Germany no choice but to supply weapons to Ukraine.
17:54 In the Azovstal area, the Russians today focused on blowing up the bridge along which the evacuation was taking place, trying to cut off the Ukrainian defenders as much as possible from the possibility of an exit, said Petr Andryushchenko, an adviser to the mayor of Mariupol.
17:49 Ukraine has handed over to the European Union the completed second part of the questionnaire required to obtain the status of a candidate for EU membership , said Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Olha Stefanyshina.
In the document, Kyiv assessed the compliance of Ukrainian legislation with the European one (acquis communautaire). The responses to the second part are about 4,000 pages long and provide a picture of the state of Ukrainian legislation after eight years of implementing the Association Agreement with the EU.
17:26 The entire territory of Irpen has been superficially processed by sappers, the mayor of the city Alexander Markushin said. At the same time, he asks local residents, if suspicious objects are found, in no case to touch them and contact the rescuers or the hotline: (093) 700 78 72.
17:04 The EU intends to weaken its package of sanctions against Russian oil and remove from it a ban on European ships to transport Russian oil and fuel to third countries, writes Bloomberg. The exclusion of the item from the sanctions package was promoted among other countries by Greece, which is among the largest shipowners in the world, allegedly due to a lack of agreement between the G7 countries.
16:54 On the night of May 9, Russian invaders massively fired on Nikolaev, there are dead and wounded among the civilian population, the head of the OVA Vitaly Kim said. According to him, this time the regional center was shelled more intensively than before.
16:36 The theft of grain from the occupied territories of Ukraine takes place under the leadership of the Russian special services, said the Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food Mykola Solsky. According to him, 400-500 thousand tons of Ukrainian grain have already been sent in the direction of the Crimea. "This is a big business, it is supervised by people, not at all those who simply stole televisions. It is obvious that representatives of the Russian special services, the highest echelons of the military, are engaged in this," he stressed.
According to the minister, for the past few years, Crimea has not grown grain, so it is stolen mainly for their own needs. The invaders are also establishing distribution channels through Sevastopol: "All ships coming from Sevastopol are ships loaded with Ukrainian stolen grain. There were cases to which our Foreign Ministry reacted, and some ships were deployed from Egypt and other countries. The Ukrainian prosecutor's office has already begun criminal proceedings We are also working so that this grain can be seized and sold with the help of our Western partners."
16:23 In the Black Sea today there are seven carriers of sea-based cruise missiles of the Caliber type with a total salvo of up to 50 missiles, Defense Ministry spokesman Alexander Motuzyanik said.
He also said that the operational-tactical aviation of the occupiers inflicted 48 strikes on targets in the Kharkiv and Donetsk regions. Long-range Russian aviation carried out five strikes on targets in the Nikolaev and Odessa regions.
16:18 In Popasnaya, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are holding the line on new fortified positions, there are no breakthroughs. Soon the situation should change in our direction, said the head of the Lugansk OVA Serhiy Gaidai. According to him, in Rubezhnoye, the Russians daily suffer losses - just yesterday minus five tanks, about 20 killed, many wounded. Voevodka near Severodonetsk is completely under control, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have secured their positions.
More than 40 thousand people still remain in the free Luhansk region, the evacuation will resume after the cleansing of Bialogorivka, Gaidai added.
16:15 The Rutube video service has undergone a powerful cyber attack today, it is impossible to enter the platform. The sudden “failure” was commented by the head of the Ministry of Digital Development of Ukraine Mikhail Fedorov: “And now I’ll show you where the attack was being prepared on Rutube. And if six hours before the parade the servers weren’t turned off - four servers, I’ll show you would have shown everyone this nonsense ... Well, you understand.
16:08 Fighting is underway near Lisichansk on the territory of Belogorivka - the Armed Forces of Ukraine are clearing the village, where the enemy crossed over the pontoon crossing along the river, said the head of the Lugansk OVA Serhiy Gaidai. "As soon as they remove all the 'superfluous', the rescuers will be able to start clearing the rubble at the school and the neighboring village of Shipilovo," he added.
16:05 Macron said he is in favor of a new type of "political European community" that will allow non-EU countries to join "core European values". According to the French president, any steps to allow Ukraine to join the EU will require "actually several years or, no doubt, several decades," writes Reuters.
16:01 Near the village of Makarov, Kiev region, the bodies of three more civilians were found - the Russian invaders killed them with shots in the head, the Office of the Prosecutor General said.
15:59 The Russian military failed to hold May 9 in the occupied Melitopol, people risk leaving the city, but they are either fired at or not let through, Mayor Ivan Fedorov said.
15:57 The laying of flowers by the Russian Ambassador to Poland was disrupted by Ukrainian activists. As one of them, Irina Zemlyanaya, told, the activists came close to the ambassador Sergei Andreev and tore the artificial blood on themselves, the same "blood" fell on the ambassador. Under the cries of "shame" and "fascists" the ambassador left.
Andreev himself later said that he was doused not with paint, but with sweet syrup.
15:54 The occupying "authorities" of Crimea are seriously preparing for possible popular protests against the war in Ukraine and, in this regard, create several new punitive "police" units, said Lyudmila Denisova, Commissioner for Human Rights of the Verkhovna Rada. In addition, 500 outdoor surveillance cameras are being installed in Sevastopol.
15:48 The occupiers are planning to use chemical weapons in Mariupol, city council deputy Alexander Lashin said. According to him, in this way the Russian military wants to destroy the defenders of the city at Azovstal. Local residents are urged not to go outside from tomorrow, and the chemical attack itself may occur on May 11.
15:37 Zelensky, in a video conversation with the head of the European Council, Charles Michel, stated the importance of "preventing a food crisis in the world caused by Russia's aggressive actions" and the need to "take immediate measures to unblock Ukrainian ports for wheat exports."
15:33 Chinese President Xi Jinping phoned Scholz via video and told the chancellor that every effort must be made to prevent the conflict in Ukraine from turning into an "uncontrollable situation." He also invited Germany to support the principle of "indivisible security" - a concept that Russia uses to justify its invasion of Ukraine, writes Reuters.
15:29 The head of the European Council Charles Michel arrived in Odessa: "I came to celebrate Europe Day in Odessa, the city about which Pushkin said that "you can feel Europe." Where today the Ukrainian people protect their monuments from missiles and freedom from Russian aggression. You you are not alone. The EU supports you."
15:26 Pushilin said that Mariupol should be made a resort city. In addition, he said that electricity was supplied to Mariupol, and water supply would begin in a week.
15:22 The Center for Counteracting Disinformation under the National Security and Defense Council announced that Russia canceled the air part of the parade on May 9 in Moscow, Yekaterinburg, Novosibirsk, Samara, Rostov-on-Don and other large cities not because of the weather. According to the Russian opposition, the flights were canceled because Russian planes in some cities were afraid to meet Ukrainian MANPADS on the way.
In 2020, the Russian media wrote that the Russian Federation spent more than 540 million rubles to disperse clouds for the safety of military aviation flights. Last year, this amount amounted to 417 million rubles. So the "bad weather" story is just a manipulation.
15:07 The Russians for the first time launched a missile attack on Ukraine with Soviet Kh-22 missiles, according to Defense Express. The mass of the warhead of the rocket can reach one ton, its warhead is twice as powerful as that of Caliber and Iskander. The use of the X-22 may indicate that the stocks of Caliber and Iskander in Russia are indeed depleted, experts say.
15:00 The Russian invaders, who were mobilized in April, have already been taken prisoner and are giving evidence. According to the SBU, citing the testimonies of the invaders, they were promised big money and relatively quiet tasks: to dismantle the rubble and put the streets in order in the so-called "LDNR", to transfer and load the dead and wounded, and also to be on duty at checkpoints. In fact, all "reservists" are sent to the hottest battlefields.
14:52 Ukravtodor opened a crossing on the Kyiv-Ovruch highway in the Zhytomyr region.
14:33 Expectations of an official declaration of war on Ukraine and mobilization at the parade on May 9 turned out to be far from reality. Putin's speech was sluggish. About how the social networks reacted to the event - in the material The last parade in Russia .
14:19 In the Kiev region near the village of Borshchev, the construction of a temporary bypass road near the destroyed bridge has been completed, which made it possible to resume communication between Kiev and Poltava along the M-03 road, said Minister of Infrastructure Alexander Kubrakov.
14:16 The European Commission is waiting for the second part of the questionnaire from Ukraine, a decision on the status of a candidate for EU membership will be made in June, said European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.
Zelensky, in turn, said that during today's conversation with von der Leyen, he had already shown her the second part of the questionnaire.
13:47 The mayor of Slavyansk Vadim Lyakh announced a strike on the city center, the degree of destruction is being specified.
13:31 Russia is heading for defeat in its war against Ukraine, Podolyak said on the air of the telethon: "Russia is definitely heading for defeat. It is a matter of time and the number of our victims that we will have to pay for freedom."
According to the adviser to the head of the Presidential Office, all the hardships that the Russians will go through should be associated with Ukraine: "Because Ukraine is a symbol of the end of the era of these show-offs that they have lived for the past 20 years."
13:29 British Defense Minister Ben Wallace called Putin a Nazi during a speech at the Museum of the National Army in Chelsea, reports The Guardian. He mentioned the Russian soldiers who died during World War II and continued: “I was thinking about the extent of the suffering throughout the Soviet Union, and also how the suffering was used then, as now, to cover up the inadequacy of those who rule in safety. and comfort because of the Kremlin walls upstairs and in the General Staff nearby."
Speaking about the Russian army and the military leadership of the Russian Federation, he said that "for them and for Putin there can be no day of victory, only dishonor and obligatory defeat in Ukraine."
13:15 Russian media, citing the occupying "authorities" of Kherson, report that on Victory Day, eight Ukrainian Uragan MLRS missiles were allegedly fired at the city, which they managed to shoot down.
Ukrainian media report that explosions were heard from Chernobaevka.
13:13 The Russian ambassador to Poland was attacked: he was doused with red paint while trying to lay a wreath at the cemetery of Soviet soldiers in Warsaw, Russian media report.
13:11 On Victory Day over Nazism, Stoltenberg called on Putin to "immediately end the war, withdraw his troops from Ukraine and start peace negotiations." At the same time, the NATO Secretary General stressed that the alliance "is on the side of Ukraine and will help the country to defend the right to self-defense."
13:05 On the morning of May 9, a number of materials appeared on the Lenta.ru website criticizing Putin and the invasion of Ukraine. The employees of the publication reported that these were not hackers - they themselves replaced the texts in the already published news.
13:02 Arestovich commented on Putin's speech: "Putin's key phrase in his speech is" the inadmissibility of a global war.
12:59 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation commented on the strikes on the Odessa region: allegedly near Artsyz, the Onyx missiles of the Bastion coastal complex "destroyed Ukrainian helicopters at the jump site."
12:56 In some microdistricts of Kherson, the invaders demand lists of empty apartments from the heads of condominiums. They are planned to accommodate Russian military personnel and intelligence officers, according to the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.
The number of checkpoints and mobile patrols is increasing in the city. Residents are convinced that there will be no advancement from the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the direction of Kherson, which means that they need to accept reality and work under the guidance of the "new government."
12:53 In Latvia today, flags were lowered to half-mast in memory of the dead Ukrainians, said the head of the country's Foreign Ministry, Edgar Rinkevich.
12:51 Secretary General of the Council of Europe Maria Peychynovych Burych arrived in Ukraine on May 9. She has already visited the Kyiv region and visited Borodyanka and Irpen. The European delegation was met by the head of the Kyiv military administration, Alexander Pavlyuk, and the curator of the humanitarian direction of the KOVA, Oleksiy Kuleba.
12:46 Sweden will make a decision on joining NATO on May 15, said the secretary of the ruling Social Democratic Party Tobias Baudin: "What the decision will be is still unknown today. Our message is that on May 15 there will be a decision on which the leadership of the party will take a position ".
12:35 In the Kharkiv region over the past day, three people were killed and nine wounded due to shelling by Russians, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said.
12:32 During the parade and Putin's speech in Moscow, which were broadcast by all Russian propaganda channels, the broadcast from the Russian satellite to the occupied Ukrainian regions was "unexpectedly turned off," the State Special Communications Service reported.
12:28 Bulgaria threatens to veto a ban on oil supplies from Russia if it is not granted an exception under the embargo, writes Euractiv.
12:26 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine appealed to the world community: "We call on the international community to perceive the Russian celebrations of May 9 as they are: propaganda shows that have nothing to do with the memory of the Second World War."
12:14 During the last evacuation from Azov, the occupiers separated the military doctor Viktoria Obidina and her four-year-old daughter Alice, who herself came to Zaporozhye. According to preliminary data, Victoria was left in a filtration camp in Mangush, on the territory of the so-called "DPR", journalist Sevgil Musayeva said.
11:40 a.m. Medinsky again announced that negotiations with Kiev are continuing in a remote format.
11:38 One of the best pilots of Ukraine, the former commander of the 10th Saki Naval Aviation Brigade of the Navy, Igor Bedzai, died in battle, Dumskaya writes. The publication recalls that in 2014 the 10th Naval Aviation Brigade became the only unit of the Armed Forces of Ukraine that managed to withdraw its military equipment from the annexed Crimea. The operation was carried out under the leadership of Bedzai.
11:32 Podolyak commented on Putin's speech: "Let's talk again. NATO countries were not going to attack Russia. Ukraine did not plan to attack Crimea. The Russian military are dying not defending their country, but trying to occupy another. There were no optimal factors in this war except painful imperial ambitions of Russia".
11:21 There was no parade in Mariupol, but "ceremonial events" took place. According to the adviser to the mayor of the city, Petr Andryushchenko, a 300-meter "St. George's ribbon" was carried along Nakhimov Avenue. According to local residents, "volunteers" from Novoazovsk and Donetsk were specially brought for this purpose, mostly Russians. They also selectively attracted old people from Mariupol, they are lured to the square with promises of a field kitchen and additional sets of products.
"The eternal flame from Moscow itself is in place. The occupiers are in place. Collaborators are in place. The only one who is not there is Mariupol residents. Something went wrong with the holiday," Andryushchenko wrote.
11:12 Russia launched a missile attack on the Odessa region with four Onyx-type missiles from the Bastion missile system, which is located on the territory of Crimea, the Operational Command Pivden reports. "The probability of continued missile attacks in the region is very high. Do not neglect warnings about the danger," the command urged.
11:11 Biden today at 21:45 Kyiv time will sign a law on lend-lease and the protection of democracy in Ukraine, the White House said.
11:08 Police have identified 1,100 soldiers who committed war crimes in Bucha, another 6,000 "are in process." Suspicion has already been reported to 24 servicemen of the Russian Federation in absentia, said Viktor Andrusiv, adviser to the Minister of Internal Affairs.
11:06 In Nikolaev began to restore water supply, the head of the Nikolaev OVA Vitaly Kim reported. At the same time, he stressed that this is technical water, you should not drink it in any case - "you can thunder into an infectious disease." There has been no water in Nikolaev since April 12.
11:04 In Pologi, Zaporozhye region, the Russian military shot about 20 of their vehicles in order not to go to the front line, the OVA reported.
11:02 The American Institute for the Study of War reports that the front northeast of Kharkov has not changed. The Ukrainian counter-offensive, which a few days ago advanced into several settlements, has so far stalled and "has not yielded any confirmed achievements."
In the north of the Donetsk region, the Russians expanded the zone of control around Oleksandrivka, and experts also point out that in the Lugansk region, the invaders captured Popasnaya. According to the Institute's analysts, on May 8, Russian forces stepped up ground, air and artillery attacks in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
"Ukrainian sources have reported active fighting in Bialogorivka, Voevodovka and Lysichansk, which indicates that Russian forces may intend to encircle Severodonetsk from the south (in support of ongoing operations in Rubizhne, north of Severodonetsk) and move west towards the border of Lugansk region" , - analysts of the Institute note.
10:58 In Kherson, they held a "march of the immortal regiment", in Energodar Putin's speech was broadcast on the square, people gathered with portraits of their relatives who fought.
10:46 The Cabinet of Ministers allocated 43.7 million hryvnia for the maintenance of prisoners of war in camps and sites for the maintenance of prisoners of war.
10:20 Putin mentioned the "special operation" in Ukraine at a parade in Moscow: "These days you are fighting for our people in the Donbass, for the security of our homeland Russia. Russia gave a preemptive rebuff to aggression, it was a forced, timely and only right decision. Today Donbass militias, together with the Russian army, are fighting on their own land."
10:03 The Russian army is trying to cut off the Lugansk region from Ukraine, taking control of the Lisichansk-Bakhmut highway. The Russians have already transported military equipment through the Seversky Donets, said the head of the OVA, Sergei Gaidai.
Today will be decisive in terms of the development of the situation at the front in the Lugansk region , Gaidai said. According to him, the Russians managed to cross the Seversky Donetsk and attack Belogorovka, a settlement near the key Lisichansk-Bakhmut highway, which connects the Ukrainian-controlled part of the Luhansk region with the mainland.
"If the route could be captured, this would completely block the connection with the Lugansk region," says Gaidai.
10:01 The parade has begun in Moscow, its air part has been canceled due to the weather.
09:59 The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine announced the estimated losses of the enemy on the morning of May 9. The greatest losses of the enemy over the past day were observed in the Avdeevsky direction.
- personnel - about 25,650 (+150) people liquidated,
- tanks - 1145 (+15),
- armored combat vehicles - 2764 (+23),
- artillery systems - 513 (+4),
- MLRS - 185 (+6),
- air defense systems - 87 (+1),
- aircraft - 199 (+0),
- helicopters - 158 (+2),
- automotive equipment and tank trucks - 1970 (+9),
- ships/boats - 12 (+0),
- UAVs of the operational-tactical level - 377 (+17),
- special equipment - 41 (+2),
- cruise missiles - 94 (+2).
09:52 Greece was suspected of helping the Russian Federation to circumvent sanctions, writes Die Welt. Against the backdrop of the war in Ukraine, Greek shipowners are expanding their business with Russia, and in April of this year, 190 oil tankers left Russian ports, 76 of them under the Greek flag.
09:34 Russians are massively looking for their military in Ukraine - 32,000 appeals have already been received, adviser to the Minister of Internal Affairs Viktor Andrusiv said: "We often ask why, for example, you write this, why can't you ask your own? And they say that they are being lied to."
09:30 EU Ambassador to Ukraine Matti Maasikas congratulated Ukrainians on Europe Day and promised that "the European Union, together with partners, will continue to fully support Ukraine's struggle for its sovereignty and freedom."
09:27 At night, the invaders again fired at the Dnepropetrovsk region. According to the head of the OVA, Valentin Reznichenko, the enemy fired on the Zelenodolsk community - it hit the outskirts of the village of Bolshaya Kostromka. Several streets were left without power, people were not injured.
09:25 Japan, as a member of the G7, will gradually reduce imports of Russian oil, despite the fact that it is highly dependent on foreign energy sources, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said: "This is a very difficult decision for a country that mainly depends on energy imports, including oil, but the unity of the G7 is most important right now."
09:22 The Russian military is accused of crimes against women in Africa. Mercenaries from the PMC Wagner raped the residents of the Central African Republic in the maternity ward of the capital's hospital, reports The Daily Beast, citing local military and police officers. Among the victims are women who have just given birth, as well as on-call health workers. These cases are known to the CAR police, but they do not take any action because they are afraid to anger the Russians.
09:16 In the Odessa region yesterday, out of nine missiles, six were shot down, OK Pivden reported. Also, according to the information of the command, there are now six enemy ships and two submarines in the Odessa water area, which carry more than 50 cruise missiles.
09:13 Zelensky: "Very soon there will be two Victory Days in Ukraine. And someone will have none left. We won then. We will win now. And Khreshchatyk will see the victory parade - the victory of Ukraine! Happy Victory Day over Nazism!"
09:10 Russia has exhausted its stocks of precision-guided munitions and will try to replenish them, according to British intelligence. Therefore, the Russian Federation is forced to use easily accessible but outdated ammunition in Ukraine, which is less reliable, less accurate and easier to intercept.
According to London, the invasion of Ukraine exposed the shortcomings in the ability of the Russian army to deliver precision strikes on a large scale. Despite Kremlin propaganda, Russia has subjected Ukrainian population centers to intense and indiscriminate bombing, with little regard for civilian casualties.
09:07 Ukraine cannot export about 90 million tons of agricultural products produced due to the blocking of ports by Russia, Shmyhal said in an interview with RBC-Ukraine.
09:06 Men of military age are not planned to be allowed to travel abroad while the war with Russia is going on. The decision to lift the travel ban depends on the military, Shmyhal said. “Here, in fact, the military makes decisions, but I believe that while the war is going on, all men should be in Ukraine,” the prime minister said in an interview with RBC-Ukraine.
09:04 After the departure of the UN column from Mariupol, the invaders began the assault on Azovstal. In particular, they made an unsuccessful attempt to break through the bridge, which was the gate for evacuation, said Petr Andryushchenko, an adviser to the mayor of the city.
08:59 Lockheed Martin CEO James Tyclet said that due to increased demand, his company plans to double the production of Javelin missiles. According to him, it is planned to increase production from 2,100 to 4,000 missiles per year.
08:55 Elon Musk commented on Rogozin's threats to him: "If I die under mysterious circumstances, it was nice to talk with you."
And commenting on Rogozin's words about the "Nazi" battalion of Ukrainian defenders of Azov, Musk noted that "the word" Nazi "does not mean what he thinks of him."
08:52 Blinken said that the new sanctions include a visa ban, which applies to 2596 Russian and 13 Belarusian military. This list also includes the military of the Russian Federation, suspected of participating in the massacre of civilians in Bucha.
08:46 In Russia this morning on all satellite TV channels there was a line: "The blood of thousands of Ukrainians and their murdered children is on your hands. TV and the authorities are lying. No war." The photo was published in her channel by Ksenia Sobchak. Its subscribers reported that this is a built-in player in Smart TV, in which the Ukrainian code.
08:43 Journalist Andrey Tsaplienko reported that another military enlistment office was set on fire this night in Russia: “Several Molotov cocktails flew to the polling station in Cherepovets. By the way, this is the seventh burning military enlistment office in the Russian Federation since the beginning of the war. cases have become more frequent. People are burning military records so as not to go to war."
08:35 The occupiers fired a rocket at the ancient Jewish cemetery in Hlukhiv, Sumy region. This information first appeared in the media, then it was confirmed by the United Jewish Community of Ukraine. More than 600 tombstones have been preserved in the ancient cemetery, the oldest readable of which dates back to 1824.
08:33 UN Crisis Coordinator in Ukraine and Assistant Secretary General Amin Awad called the airstrike on a school in Belogorovka "a strong reminder of the brutality of this war": "Civilians and civilian infrastructure must be spared during the war. These obligations under international humanitarian law are not subject to discussion. The sooner we work towards a peaceful end to the war, the better for people in Ukraine and around the world."
08:26 In the Luhansk region, after Russian shelling, it is still impossible to make out the rubble of the Belogorivka school, where 60 people were allegedly killed. In addition, 11 people were hiding in the basement in Shipilovo, who stopped communicating, said the head of the OVA, Sergei Gaidai.
He said that on May 8, the invaders fired at the population of the region 24 times. A woman died in Severodonetsk, two Transcarpathian volunteers died in Belogorivka. There are wounded, including children.
08:15 The Armed Forces of Ukraine have increased the number of airstrikes on Russian positions in the past few weeks against the backdrop of a statement by the Russian Ministry of Defense that the Ukrainian air fleet has been disabled, writes Defense-Blog.
Observers record increased activity of the Ukrainian Air Force in the eastern and southern regions. Ukrainian military planes and helicopters carry out massive airstrikes on Russian targets using air bombs, rockets, rockets and even machine guns. In addition, Ukrainian military aviation is actively involved in the implementation of landing operations.
08:13 The "DNR" stated that 408 people, including 65 children, were "evacuated" from Mariupol to Bezymennoe per day.
08:08 Borrell, in an interview with the Financial Times, spoke in favor of helping Ukraine from Russian reserves frozen in the West: “I would be very much in favor, because it is completely logical. We have the money, and let someone explain to me why doing this with Afghan money is fine, but not with Russian money."
07:44 The greatest activity of the enemy troops is observed in the Slobozhansky and Donetsk directions. As the State Headquarters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported in the morning report , in the Donetsk direction, the Russian army, with the support of aviation and artillery, is trying to take control of Rubizhne and Popasnaya, and is also preparing for an attack on Seversk, Slavyansk, Lisichansk and Avdeevka.
In the Izyum direction, the enemy is preparing to continue the offensive along the Suligovka-Novaya Dmitrovka and Suligovka-Kurulka directions. In order to prevent the advance of units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the enemy concentrated up to 19 battalion tactical groups in the Belgorod region. The transfer of personnel and military equipment to replenish the units that suffered losses in Ukraine continues.
04:54 One of the Russian oligarchs close to Putin said that the head of the Kremlin is seriously ill. Hristo Grozev, lead investigator of the Bellingcat group, spoke about this on Ukraine 24. According to the journalist, Putin has a "serious oncological disease."
03:55 The British government introduces increased 35% duties on goods from Russia and Belarus totaling $1.72 billion. We are talking about products of the chemical industry, polymers and industrial equipment, in particular platinum and palladium.
01:20 Canada announced additional measures and investments to support Ukraine, including the provision of $38.8 million in military assistance. Kyiv will receive, in particular, ammunition for M777 howitzers and small arms, as well as the necessary high-resolution satellite images.
In addition, the Canadian authorities decided to abolish customs duties on all Ukrainian goods for a year, as well as introduce new sanctions against Russia, which included 40 more individuals, including businessmen and the military.