All women, children and the elderly have been evacuated from the besieged steel mine in Mariupol, Ukraine’s deputy prime minister said. Irina Vereshchuk said the current state of the humanitarian operation in Azovstal is over.
Several missiles have hit the southern Ukrainian port city of Odessa, regional administration spokesman Sergei Bratchuk said. The strikes hit the city after targets in the Odessa region were hit by four missiles earlier in the day, Bratchuk said in television comments, without giving further details about the new strikes.
Two Russian missiles hit places near Russia’s border in the northern Sumy region of Ukraine today, local Governor Dmitry Zhivitsky said. A border guard was injured in the strikes on the municipalities of Miropilske and Khotyn, Zhivitsky wrote in the Telegram.
The Ukrainian government has said it has destroyed another Russian ship. The Ministry of Defense claims that the Ukrainian Bayraktar TB2 hit the landing ship of the Serna project, tweeting: “The traditional parade of the Russian Black Sea Fleet on May 9 this year will be held near Snake Island – at the bottom of the sea. The Associated Press reported that it had analyzed satellite images showing the aftermath of the strike.
The conflict in Ukraine is dealing “serious blows” to some of Russia’s most combat-ready units, the British Ministry of Defense said in its latest intelligence report. At least one T-90M, Russia’s most advanced tank, has been destroyed in combat, the ministry added. “Russia will need significant time and money to rebuild its armed forces after this conflict,” the report said.
The UN Security Council issued its first statement on the war in Ukraine, but did not use the words “war”, “conflict” or “invasion”. Instead, the statement “expresses its deep concern for the maintenance of peace and security in Ukraine” and expresses “strong support” for Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in seeking a peaceful solution to the “dispute”.
The World Health Organization says it is gathering evidence of potential war crimes committed by Russia. WHO Emergency Director Mike Ryan said the agency had already documented 200 attacks on hospitals and clinics in Ukraine that could violate international law.
Nearly 4 million Russians left the country in the first three months of this year, according to official statistics released by Russia’s Federal Security Service. Arriving in the former Soviet Union marked a significant jump after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on February 24th. It is not clear how many of them have returned to their homeland.
Former US intelligence officials are advising their successors, who are currently in office, to shut up and stop bragging about their role in Ukraine’s military success. Two stories have surfaced in the US press for so many days this week, citing unnamed officials who say US intelligence has played an important role in directing Russian generals to the battlefield and sinking the flagship cruiser Moscow in the Black Sea.
Britain has pledged another 1.3 billion pounds ($ 1.60 billion) in military support and assistance to Ukraine. The new funds will almost double Britain’s previous commitments to Ukraine. This was stated by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson in a statement. “Putin’s brutal attack not only causes indescribable devastation in Ukraine, but also threatens peace and security throughout Europe.
The latest package of US military aid to Ukraine, announced by President Joe Biden on Friday, is worth $ 150 million, confirmed Secretary of State Anthony Blinken. The latest tranche of aid includes 25,000 155 mm artillery shells, as well as anti-artillery radars, jamming equipment, field equipment and spare parts. That brought Washington’s military aid to Kyiv after the start of the Russian invasion to about $ 3.8 billion, Blinken said.
Leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) will hold a video conversation Sunday with Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky in a demonstration of unity the day before Russia celebrates its Victory Day, the White House said. The talks will focus on the latest developments in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, efforts to strengthen the country and ways to demonstrate the “continued unity of the G-7 in our collective response, including by imposing serious costs on Putin’s war,” he said. White House spokesman.
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