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Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: May 25th, 2022
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.[Korrespondent] 22:48 The Russian invaders are once again changing their tactics of advancement in eastern Ukraine in an attempt to achieve at least some kind of military victory. Read more in the material Three boilers for APU . 22:24 Ukraine welcomes and is ready to discuss any plans to resolve the situation, which do not include the creation of lines of contact and cession of territory, Kuleba said, commenting on the peace plan proposed by Italy.  In turn, the representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, said that the proposals of Italy published in the media "are so out of touch with reality that it is difficult to take them seriously." 22:21 UN Secretary General António Guterres said in his report to the UN Security Council that the threat of a nuclear conflict has again become real, although for many years it was considered unthinkable. He emphasized that the most effective way to protect civilians is to prevent the outbreak of armed conflicts and resolve them peacefully, and "if conflicts cannot be prevented by diplomacy, human suffering can be reduced and completely avoided if international humanitarian law and respect for human rights are followed." 22:12 Poland is preparing for possible shelling by Russia, said Ukrainian Ambassador to Poland Andriy Deshchitsa. According to him, given that Russia is shelling Lvov and Yavorov, located a few dozen kilometers from the border, it is quite possible that these missiles can fly 20 kilometers towards the West - and this will already be the territory of Poland. "Poland sees what this aggressive policy of Russia in Ukraine can lead to, so it's time to prepare for there to be no such Buch, Irpin and Gostomel in Poland," Deshchitsa explained. 22:09 US State Department Speaker Ned Price said at a briefing that the US will not lift sanctions on Russia in response to promises to export grain from Ukraine and that "US non-food sanctions against Russia will remain in place until the war in Ukraine stops ". 21:50 Ukravtodor plans to improve access roads to checkpoints on the borders with the EU countries - they will be equipped with parking lots for vehicles. 21:48 The EU, the US and the UK have announced the creation of a group to coordinate efforts to bring to justice for crimes committed during Russia's war against Ukraine. 21:46 The Russian Ministry of Defense announced that the Russian Armed Forces daily open two sea corridors to exit the ports of Mariupol, Kherson, Nikolaev, Chernomorsk, Ochakov, Odessa and Yuzhny. 21:22 The Odessa port plant, which was mothballed and was going to open production on June 1, will not be able to do this because of the missile strike on May 20, the press service of the enterprise said. 20:59 Four civilians were killed in the Donetsk region today, said the head of the OVA Pavel Kirilenko. In particular, two people died in Liman, where fighting is already taking place within the city limits, one in the village of Sidorovo south of Svyatogorsk and 20 kilometers from Slavyansk, and another in Berestovo, which stands on the strategic Lisichansk-Bakhmut highway. 20:31 Russia has occupied about 95% of the territory of the Lugansk region, said the head of the OVA Serhiy Gaidai. But, according to him, Severodonetsk is not surrounded, up to 15 thousand inhabitants remain in the city and villages of the community. In total, more than 40 thousand people remain in the territory of the Luhansk region controlled by Ukraine, of which 99% do not want to leave. 20:27 The identity of the Russian who led the looting of the occupied Chernobyl nuclear power plant has been established, Venediktova said. According to the GPU, he turned out to be Oleg Yakushev, a major general of the Russian police, who during the occupation of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant acted as a senior operational group of the federal service of the national guard troops of the Russian Federation. It was established that he led the operation to illegally keep the nuclear power plant under the control of the Russian troops. By his order, more than 2,000 items of property were stolen from the enterprise - from machine tools, equipment, tools and office equipment to furniture and clothing. In total, the invaders stole property from the station for more than UAH 26 million. 20:22 In Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, railroad workers were injured as a result of a morning missile attack, Mayor Ruslan Trebushkin said. One of them is in a very serious condition, two more - with shrapnel wounds and two in a state of shock. 20:16 The Cabinet of Ministers has amended the rules for crossing the state border, allowing a number of categories of men liable for military service to leave. In particular, three categories of men are allowed to travel abroad during martial law:
20:13 In recent days, the Russian-occupied Ukrainian peninsula has entered the agenda. It is spoken about in Ukraine, and in Russia, and in the West. Experts agree that Ukraine will have forces for Crimea, but suggest that this could lead to the use of nuclear weapons or weapons of mass destruction by Russia. Read more in the article How Ukraine will return the Crimea . 20:07 The US Embassy in Ukraine announced the allocation of $ 4 million to Kiev for a demining program: "This week, the United States provided $ 4 million in new support for the Halo Trust in Ukraine, which will involve ten teams to clear territories of Russian landmines and unexploded bombs so families can return home safely." 20:03 Zelensky supported the petition to introduce a visa regime in Ukraine for Russian citizens and instructed Shmygal to work on this issue. 19:27 Ukraine will have to restore more than 200 enterprises, 12 airports and over a thousand educational institutions, as well as almost 300 bridges and overpasses, Shmyhal said. According to him, about 25 thousand km of roads were damaged during the hostilities, 40 million square meters were destroyed. m of housing stock. At the same time, the losses are not final, their size is growing with every day of the war. According to Shmyhal, the damage to the Ukrainian economy from the Russian war has already reached $600 billion. 19:25 A train from the Crimea arrived at the Melitopol railway station with old T-62 tanks, which were produced in the 50-60s, local publics report. These tanks have neither minimal active protection nor modern sights and fire control systems. 19:21 The Russians made attempts of assault and offensive actions in the areas of Dolgenkiy of the Kharkov region and Bogorodichnoye of the Donetsk region, but retreated with losses, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported. The enemy also tried to attack and storm in the Severodonetsk and Bakhmut directions in the areas of the settlements of Berestovoe, Lipovoye and Nyrkovo, but withdrew to the previously occupied lines. In the Avdeevka direction, the Russians unsuccessfully tried to storm in the areas of the settlements of Krasnogorovka, Kamenka, Avdeevka and Peski. In the Yuzhnobuzhsky direction, the enemy tried to improve the tactical situation in the direction of Nikolaev and provide access to the administrative borders of the Kherson region. 19:18 On Thursday, May 26, the Belarusian army will begin maneuvers near the border with the Volyn region, head of the executive committee of Brest Alexander Rogachuk said. According to him, the special operations forces of Belarus and aviation will take part in the exercises. Belarusian troops will train to cross the water barrier with the support of helicopters and attack aircraft. There will be a lot of military equipment moving around. 19:15 Putin will go to war against Slovakia if he captures Ukraine, said Slovak Prime Minister Eduard Heger. He also criticized EU members for relying too heavily on Russian energy: "Compromise with Putin sparked a war in Ukraine. Aggressive war, people are dying. Ukrainians shed their blood for our values." 19:07 The satellite recorded the movement of cargo ships in the port of Mariupol, with which the invaders can take out metal and grain, Radio Liberty reports. According to Planet Labs images, these ships have moved to the berths, where, according to the Mariupol City Council, products are usually shipped. Journalists found out that the grain stored in the grain terminal of the port belongs to Ukraine, and most of the metal belongs to Metinvest. 19:05 Spokesman of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Oleksandr Motuzyanyk said that in the Black Sea there are two carriers of cruise missiles of the Caliber type with a possible total salvo of up to 16 missiles. 19:02 In the South Bay of occupied Sevastopol, Russian Black Sea Fleet submarines are loaded with Caliber missiles, writes Krym.Realii. In particular, two submarines of the Varshavyanka project are moored at the berths. Two harbor tugs pulled a self-propelled floating crane SPK-46150 to one of the berths. On the eastern shore of the bay, next to the berths, there are two long KAMAZ trucks, in the back of which transport and launch containers with missiles are visible. 18:59 There can be no question of freezing the conflict in Ukraine, Podoliak said: “There can be no question of freezing the conflict. Firstly, any freeze is a war postponed in time. side of the aggressor, who will work on the mistakes, dismiss and arrest the generals, and put in their place militants with experience of today's war.By the way, we also did our work on the mistakes: Ukraine drew conclusions from the Minsk agreements and therefore will not go to Minsk-3 ". 18:56 Ukraine plans to reduce gas consumption to the level of its own production, the head of the Ministry of Energy said during a meeting with and. about. Chargé d'Affaires a.i. for Ukraine Alan Purcell and Director of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in Ukraine Jim Hope. He clarified that last year Ukraine reduced gas consumption to about 27 billion cubic meters, while production amounted to less than 20 billion cubic meters. In addition, according to him, the Ukrainian authorities intend to increase the export of electricity to Europe, which will allow European states to largely replace Russian gas. 18:54 The German RWE signed a 15-year agreement with the American Sempra Infrastructure for the supply of 2.3 million tons of liquefied gas per year. 18:50 Recent events directly point to the victory of the FSB-Pushilin group of influence over the FSB-Sablin group - Moscow money will go to Donetsk, not Mariupol, said Petr Andryushchenko, adviser to the mayor of Mariupol. According to him, the Kadyrovites have already entered the city to replace the so-called "DPR police", and the work of collaborative police officers is controlled by "state volunteers" of Russia. "And the most interesting thing: our traitor - the self-named mayor Ivashchenko - does not appear anywhere else without an observer from Pushilin, who is at the same time the only non-Mariupol chairman of the regional administration of the occupiers (in the Left Bank district). His task is to prevent Ivashchenko from conducting political campaigning for himself and representatives Sablin group," writes Andryushchenko. Ivashchenko himself, according to him, has already realized that his term is coming to an end. "What for Mariupol? Nothing for Mariupol. No one was going to restore and improve life, just one thief outplayed another. But spiders in jars are a very interesting entertainment to watch," Andryushchenko added. 18:42 A draft law has been submitted to the State Duma of the Russian Federation, according to which switching to the side of the enemy in the context of an armed conflict or military operations against Russia will be considered treason and punishable by imprisonment for up to 20 years. Secret cooperation of Russians with foreign intelligence services will be punishable by imprisonment for up to eight years. And public calls for action against the security of Russia will be punishable by imprisonment for up to seven years with a fine of up to 2.5 million rubles. 18:24 The first ship from the port of Mariupol will send about three thousand tons of metal products to Rostov-on-Don in the coming days, the occupation "authorities" of the city said. Earlier, the port authorities reported that at the time of the invasion there were about 200,000 tons of metal and cast iron on its territory, the cost of which reaches $170 million. 18:08 Russia plans to attack Slavyansk and Kramatorsk from Izyum after the capture of Severodonetsk and Lisichansk, predicts the coordinator of the Information Resistance group Kostantin Mashovets. In particular, according to him, the Russians have already dragged a tactical group of the 45th artillery brigade under Izyum - two 2S7 Pion 203-mm heavy-duty guns and two 2S4 Tyulpan self-propelled 240-mm mortars. Also, during the transfer between Burluk and Shipovaty, a Tochka-U fuel dispenser battery was noticed. The increase in the grouping of missile forces and artillery may indicate a transition to active operations in the direction of Slavyansk-Kramatorsk from Izyum, to which Russia will move at the next stage, after "the issue of Severodonetsk and Lysichansk is resolved," Mashovets believes. 17:59 In the occupied regions of southern Ukraine, Russia resorted to its traditional tactics - the accelerated distribution of Russian passports. About what to expect next - in the material Old tactics . 17:46 The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry condemned Putin's decree, "opening the way for forcing residents of territories temporarily occupied by the Russian army in the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions to obtain Russian citizenship." The decree of the President of Russia is legally null and void and will not have legal consequences, the department stressed. 17:18 The situation on the eastern sector of the front is very dynamic, the Ukrainian army is resorting to maneuvers, Defense Ministry spokesman Oleksandr Motuzyanyk said: “Of course, Russian groups have temporary tactical success in some separate areas and, in principle, this is not a secret. But the fact that Ukrainian troops are retreating there - this is a completely wrong interpretation of these actions. In some areas, Ukrainian units are conducting a mobile defense." 16:56 Zelensky said that he had held talks with the Federal Chancellor of Austria: "I informed about the situation at the front. We discussed the prospects for Ukraine's membership in the EU. He thanked Austria for humanitarian assistance, as well as for its readiness to accept Ukrainian citizens for treatment and medical rehabilitation." 16:54 The European Commission is discussing the construction of a new offshore gas pipeline against the background of the energy crisis, writes El País. Spain has six active regasification plants that can be used to solve the problem with Russian gas. The EU wants to connect the Iberian Peninsula with Italy along the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea. The construction of a new gas pipeline with a length of 700 km will require investments in the amount of 2.5 to 3 billion euros. The project can be completed within two years. 16:51 Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said that Turkey wants to conclude a written agreement to resolve differences on the application of Sweden and Finland to join NATO. According to the BBC, on May 25, delegations from Sweden and Finland arrived in Ankara for talks with Erdogan. 16:43 The issue of the exchange of prisoners can be considered only after the trial, Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko said: "We will consider all things after those who surrendered are appropriately convicted and sentenced. Then there may be some other steps. Before all this talk of an exchange is premature." 16:38 Russia continues daily shelling of the border areas, said the head of the Chernihiv OVA Vyacheslav Chaus. According to him, despite the shelling, people continue to return - a third of the population has returned to Chernihiv itself. Chaus also asked the residents of the region to comply with restrictions on movement, as the occupiers left behind a mined area. At the moment, more than 25 thousand explosive objects have been destroyed in the region. 16:35 In Ukraine, state regulation of prices for gasoline and diesel fuel will be returned when the shortage of fuel on the market disappears, said Deputy Economy Minister Denis Kudin. 16:31 Due to the war in Ukraine and sanctions against the Russian Federation, only ten weeks of wheat reserves on the planet are left, the UN said. 16:29 The Russians are planning to seize and occupy Odessa, they say in OK Pivden. Thus, enemy ship groups are being reorganized, strengthened, transporting goods, trying to equip certain positions, including on Snake Island. At the same time, additional air defense battalions are being deployed in Crimea, since the enemy is already aware that the defeat of his ships is absolutely real. 16:15 Russia has begun issuing Russian passports to residents of Mariupol and other residents of the territories of the Donetsk region occupied by Russia without issuing "DPR passports", said Petr Andryushchenko, adviser to the mayor of Mariupol. "The actual annexation of Mariupol has begun," he said. 15:59 Kuleba urged not to succumb to Russia's blackmail on the issue of unblocking Ukrainian ports for the export of agricultural products in exchange for the lifting of sanctions: "Although we fully sympathize with everyone in the world who will face the huge consequences of the Russian blockade of Ukrainian agricultural exports, I want every politician , regardless of his/her status in international relations or the country he/she represents, before saying that the sanctions must be lifted in order to save children somewhere in the world from starvation, visit Ukraine, see the dead Ukrainian children, talk with parents whose children were raped by Russian soldiers, and shut up." 15:51 Russia used 60% of its stocks of high-precision weapons, and for some types even more - about 70%, the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reported. According to Ukrainian military intelligence, the Russian Federation cannot replenish stocks quickly due to sanctions and low production capacity, so it changed the tactics of using such weapons. So, if earlier 2-4 missiles were used on an object, now the object is clearly chosen, the target is from eight to 12 missiles of various formats. "We see changes, and we understand that the resource of high-precision weapons, precision-guided munitions in the Russian Federation is at the maximum level," the GUR said. 15:36 The European Commission has proposed adding a violation of anti-Russian sanctions to the list of crimes, the EC said in a statement. In addition, the commission proposes new enhanced rules for the return and confiscation of assets, which will also contribute to the implementation of restrictive EU measures. "Today's proposals are aimed at ensuring that the assets of individuals and entities that violate restrictive measures can be effectively confiscated in the future. The proposals came in the context of the Freeze and Confiscate Task Force , created by the Commission in March," the EC said. 15:27 The leader of the Kalush Orchestra together with Sergey Prytula put up for auction the statuette of the Eurovision Song Contest and the pink hat of the band's soloist Oleg Psyuk. The money will go to help the army. 15:13 Kuleba called multiple launch rocket systems "the key to change in the war": "If we don't get multiple launch rocket systems as soon as possible, the situation in Donbas will become even worse than it is now. I don't want everyone to have feeling that everything is more or less okay with the war. The situation in Donbas is extremely bad. Some villages no longer exist physically, as they are in ruins. If we don't get multiple rocket launchers, we won't be able to liberate Kherson." 15:00 In Ukraine, mobile applications for collecting evidence of war crimes of the Russian Federation have been launched - these are mobile applications for a single portal warcrimes.gov.ua. iOS and Android users can download the RWC (Russian War Crimes) app from the AppStore or Google Play, the Office of the Prosecutor General said. 14:57 Zelensky said that on Africa Day he had a substantive telephone conversation with the President of Liberia: "He expressed gratitude for Liberia's support for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, in particular within the UN. We discussed ways out of the food crisis provoked by Russia." 14:43 Mayor of Nikolaev Alexander Senkevich told that the day before the city was fired from rocket system of volley fire of Tornado-S. As a result of the shelling, a multi-storey building was damaged, one person was injured. 14:15 Belarusian-made weapons are in demand among Russian consumers, Prime Minister of the Republic of Belarus Roman Golovchenko said on the Belarus-1 TV channel. At the same time, he acknowledged the difficulties due to Western sanctions against the military-industrial complex: "Very large-scale restrictions on imports. It is no secret that we used Western components. And the military-industrial complex of Belarus has been under sanctions for several years." 14:12 The Russian Foreign Ministry said that five foreign ships were able to leave the port of Mariupol after demining. Earlier, the Mariupol City Council warned that such statements could be made to cover up the illegal export of Ukrainian grain and metal products. 14:11 The Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation, after the US decision not to renew the license for servicing the Russian external debt, announced that it would continue to pay in rubles. 14:10 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation explained that it will be possible to conclude the first contract on military service in Russia until the age of 50 years. 14:08 During the three months of the war, the Russians damaged or destroyed 1059 km or 45% of the roads in the Kharkiv region, the regional Highway Service reported. 16 artificial structures were destroyed - bridges, overpasses, overpasses. Some of the destroyed or damaged roads are located in the occupied territories. 13:57 The head of the Lugansk OVA, Serhiy Gaidai, denied the information of journalist Yuriy Butusov that the Lisichansk-Bakhmut highway was blocked: "The Luhansk region is not cut off! The Lysichansk-Bakhmut highway is not blocked. There is access to Lysichansk and Severodonetsk. After lunch, the media began to spread the news that that the invaders allegedly cut off the "road of life". This is not true." 13:56 Reznikov explained how military salaries are calculated during the war . According to him, payments depend on several factors and can reach 100,000 hryvnia per month for frontline fighters. 13:54 Putin signed a decree on simplified admission to Russian citizenship of residents of Zaporozhye and Kherson regions. 13:51 The Hungarian Embassy in Ukraine has published a clarification on the introduction of a state of emergency in the country. Thus, the state of emergency was introduced in connection with the armed conflict in a neighboring state, to support refugees, to prevent harmful economic influences in the interests of mitigating the consequences. 13:49 Kindergartens will resume work in Kiev from June 1, the city military administration reported. Admission of children to kindergartens will continue until May 31. In turn, the first deputy head of the Kyiv City State Administration Nikolai Povoroznik said that from June 1, educational institutions will begin accepting children for vacant places in the first classes. This process will last until August 23. More than 20% of places for first-graders in the capital are still free. All 425 schools in the capital will be preparing for the opening on September 1. 13:46 The Federation Council of the Russian Federation approved a bill to abolish the age limit for concluding the first military service contract. Now the legislation provides that the first contract can be concluded by citizens from 18 to 40 years old, and foreigners - from 18 to 30 years old. The new bill proposed to eliminate the age limit for citizens of working age. 13:35 Russian troops fired at the last gas distribution station in the Luhansk region, as a result, the entire region was left without gas, said the head of the OVA Serhiy Gaidai. One station worker was injured. 13:29 In Zaporozhye, a rocket hit the Aurora shopping center in the morning, the OVA specified. One person died, three were injured. 13:06 The border guards of the Chernihiv region of Ukraine say that the Russians are again accumulating troops and equipment at the cordon. Border guards fear a new Russian invasion from the north, writes The Washington Post. "In any case, we are preparing for a possible re-invasion. They are attacking our positions and cities," said Alexander Vadovsky, deputy commander of the region's border troops. 12:54 The EBRD is preparing to raise additional funds for the post-war reconstruction of Ukraine. According to Reuters, the total cost of damage to Ukraine could be between 500 and 600 billion euros. EBRD President Odile Renaud-Basso said donors understand that more funding is needed. It is also important that at least some of the funding Ukraine needs be provided in the form of grants, not loans, so as not to burden the country with additional debt. 12:38 Kuleba said that at a meeting with his colleague from Saudi Arabia, Prince Faisal Bin Farhan Al Saud, he asked for help to solve the fuel crisis in Ukraine: "Ukraine and Saudi Arabia are friends and partners. We focused on ways to unblock food exports from Ukraine to Arab and African countries. The Kingdom can play an important role. I have also asked Saudi Arabia to help us solve our fuel crisis." 12:23 Ukraine's actions were able to limit the activities of the Russian fleet in the Black Sea. The Armed Forces of Ukraine forced the enemy to avoid approaching the Ukrainian coast, Crimea said.Realities representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Vadym Skibitsky: "They have become cautious, but their ship group today, unfortunately, provides full control of the Sea of Azov, and this is understandable, along with the Kerch Strait, and they are now blockading our ports on the Black Sea." 12:01 Yesterday, Russian troops entered the Bakhmut-Lisichansk highway near the villages of Nagornoe and Belogorovka, the highway is blocked, journalist Yuri Butusov reports. According to him, fighting has been going on in this area for the second day, for only seven days the enemy has been trying to break through the Ukrainian defenses and intercept the highway. The enemy seeks to gain a foothold and expand the breakthrough zone. "If the enemy is able to gain a foothold, this will mean an operational cordon of our troops in the areas of Severodonetsk and Lisichansk," the journalist notes. However, he noted that the environment will be incomplete, but there will be only one secondary path. 11:43 According to the Director General of the IAEA Rafael Grossi, the Zaporozhye NPP, which was seized by Russia, stores 30 tons of plutonium and 40 tons of enriched uranium. In this regard, the IAEA wants to be sure that the stocks are not missing. Enriched uranium and plutonium could potentially be used as raw materials for the production of nuclear weapons, writes The Wall Street Journal. 11:37 Lithuanian Defense Minister Arvydas Anusauskas announced preparations for sending a new batch of military aid to Ukraine. He clarified that we are talking about 20 M113 armored vehicles, ten military trucks and ten off-road vehicles for mine clearance. 11:31 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stated that the port of Mariupol "after demining and demilitarization began to work in a daily mode." 11:26 The Russian Foreign Ministry said that Russia "completely rejects allegations about the export of Ukrainian grain by the Russian military." Moscow also warned that the creation of Western coalitions to escort ships with Ukrainian grain "could seriously aggravate the situation in the Black Sea region." 11:24 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stated that in Zaporozhye air and sea-based missiles destroyed "the workshops of the Motor Sich plant, which produced engines for Ukrainian military aviation, including drones." Also, near the Pokrovskoye railway station in the Dnipropetrovsk region, "reserve units of the Ukrainian army, which were transferred to reinforce the group in the Donbass," were allegedly destroyed. 11:21 The main battles for the Luhansk region are expected this week - the Russian army has concentrated its forces to capture the Luhansk region, the head of the OVA, Serhiy Gaidai, said on the air of the national telethon. According to him, "the shelling of Severodonetsk is growing exponentially - air bombs, Grads, Tornadoes, mortars," the Russians transported another 2,500 units of military equipment to the region. 11:04 Zelensky said at the Ukrainian breakfast in Davos that after the active phase of the war there will be a peace process, but the question is which Russian president Ukraine will negotiate with: "After the military part, there will be a peace process, a negotiating table, there will definitely be peace, the question is with which president of Russia Ukraine will negotiate peace. And it depends on the desire of the current president of Russia." 10:59 Canadian Finance Minister Christa Freeland receives a call from Russian oligarchs dissatisfied with Western sanctions. She spoke about this at the last meeting of G7 finance ministers, Handelsblatt reports. According to the minister, the oligarchs are unhappy "not only because of the inconvenience of travel restrictions and asset freezes," but also because they "cannot distance themselves from the Russian invasion because of the threat of reprisals from the Kremlin." A group of prominent Russian businessmen under international sanctions have offered to donate a significant portion of their fortune to the restoration of Ukraine in exchange for the removal of personal restrictions, Freeland said. 10:53 UAE sent oil to Europe for the first time in two years. A tanker called Moscow Spirit with 1 million barrels of oil on board left for the port of Rotterdam, Bloomberg reported. 10:44 Kuleba said during the Ukrainian Breakfast in Davos that the world "does not have the courage" to unblock Ukrainian ports: "If NATO did not close the sky over Ukraine at the most tragic moments of the war, then why should they unblock the sea in order to freely transport agricultural products? I will welcome this decision, but I don't think the world has the courage to do so." 10:26 Germany plans to stop importing Russian coal in the fall, replacing it with supplies from the Republic of South Africa, Scholz said. 10:24 The Russian Foreign Ministry said it was "premature" to talk about the creation of a Russian military base in the Kherson region. The ministry also assured that Moscow is ready to provide humanitarian corridors for the unblocking of Ukrainian ports, "but Kyiv must clear mines." As for Zelensky's statement about the conditions for returning to negotiations with Moscow after returning to positions until February 24, the Russian Foreign Ministry called them "unconstructive." 10:20 The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine spoke about a new scheme of fraud in relation to relatives of servicemen who were captured or missing. Malefactors call them and offer for money "help" in search of relatives and their release. In this regard, the Armed Forces of Ukraine officially announce that they are not engaged in the release of prisoners with the help of a ransom, and urge to be vigilant. 10:15 Zelensky, in his speech at the Ukrainian Breakfast in Davos, criticized the West for the lack of unity and reproached Hungary for blocking the sixth package of sanctions against Russia. As for China, according to the president, Kyiv is satisfied that Beijing remains aloof from the conflict: "It's better than if it helped the Russian Federation, in any case. I would like to believe that China will not pursue a different policy behind its back." . At the same time, he expressed regret due to the lack of support for China: "I would like to have an advantage in these relations in comparison with the Russian Federation." Zelensky also said that Putin is still waging war, because the environment hides the real situation from him, so a personal meeting of the two presidents is needed, without intermediaries. 09:47 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy on the morning of May 25. The enemy suffered the greatest losses over the past day in the Limansky direction.
09:44 In Mariupol, 22 thousand people were killed, the adviser to the mayor of the city, Petr Andryushchenko, said in a comment to CNN. The figure is based on information from officials who remain in the city, but could be much higher, he said. Also, the mayor's adviser noted that there are difficulties with the burial of the dead: in order to take the body from the morgue, relatives must make a video recording stating that the Ukrainian military killed the person. 09:42 The American Institute for the Study of War reports that Russia is preparing three “boilers” in the Donbas: in the area of Severodonetsk and Lysychansk, around Zolote to the northeast of Popasna, and also around Avdiivka. At the same time, the Russian Federation apparently abandoned the previously planned deep encirclement of Ukrainian forces in eastern Ukraine. Ukrainian forces are pulling back southwest of Popasna near Bakhmut (leaving Svitlodarsk) to protect supply lines from Russian advances southeast of Bakhmut, analysts say. 09:25 Google was the first to receive from Ukraine Sign of the World - an award that Zelensky founded for companies and corporations that have left the Russian market, as well as for governments and world politicians who support Ukraine the most. The head of the Ministry of Digital Development, Mikhail Fedorov, presented the award personally to Google Vice President Karan Bhatia. 09:21 In Mariupol, the invaders opened another filtration point - in the Metro, that is, in the same place where the headquarters is located and where they give out humanitarian aid. Filtration, together with the FSB, is carried out by "state volunteers," said Petr Andryushchenko, an adviser to the mayor of the city. 09:14 The Russians launched a missile strike at Krasnopol, Sumy region, at night, hit with air-launched missiles. There is destruction, but there are no victims, according to the head of the OVA Dmitry Zhivitsky. 09:12 British intelligence believes that Ukraine will not be able to replace sea grain supplies with land ones, as a result, significant stocks of Ukrainian grain remain in warehouses and cannot be exported. Therefore, food prices around the world will rise. 09:03 Russians launched missile and air strikes on Kramatorsk tonight. An apartment building in a residential area and the private sector were damaged, there were no victims or injured, Mayor Alexander Goncharenko said. 09:01 The European Commission will propose a way to criminalize sanctions evasion at the EU level, as well as a tool to provide legal grounds for the confiscation of assets of Russian oligarchs, Yermak said. 08:59 Foreign Policy experts analyzed how the military contingent is rotated in the Russian army. According to them, some of the losses have so far been made up by sending units to the Donbass involved in unsuccessful operations for Moscow near Kyiv, Sumy and Kharkov. "Peacekeepers" from Georgia and Syria were also sent to fight in Ukraine. But this, according to analysts, is not enough, and the lack of manpower is already affecting the ability to develop an offensive in the Donbass. In conditions of a shortage of human resources, commanders are transferring the same units from one sector to another, which have not had time to restore either strength or ammunition. FP researchers conclude that within the next week or two, the current phase of the invasion will reach a climax - there simply will not be enough people to continue it. 08:52 15 grain carriers left the occupied Melitopol in the direction of the Crimea, the Zaporizhzhya OVA reported. In the city, the Russians turned off cellular communications, in particular, due to the redeployment of military equipment of the Russian Federation: along Melitopol Avenue, a large column of military equipment went to the Kherson direction. In addition, the occupiers set up an additional checkpoint in the city - they set up submachine gunners, military vehicles and selectively check cars. Residents of Melitopol also report that the military of the Russian Federation "began to taxi on their cars marked with the letter Z." 08:48 In Severodonetsk, the invaders are targeting shelters: six dead and at least eight wounded, said the head of the Luhansk Regional Military District Serhiy Gaidai: “The Russians are hitting crowds of people. "Yesterday they killed four local residents there, three more were hospitalized. The enemy also knows which schools have shelters - they also beat them for a reason." 08:46 In the Nikolaev region, the invaders dressed in the uniform of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and tried to capture the observation post, OK Pivden reported. The attack was repulsed, the Ukrainian defenders destroyed four invaders. 08:43 Two more sappers from the so-called "DNR" were blown up at Azovstal yesterday. Both are in serious condition, said Petr Andryushchenko, adviser to the mayor of Mariupol. 08:41 The Russians launched a missile attack on Pokrovsk, Donetsk region. The mayor of the city, Ruslan Trebushkin, reported six wounded. 08:39 According to preliminary data, there are no dead or injured as a result of the strike on Krivoy Rog, head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Council Nikolai Lukashuk said. According to him, the rockets were flying from the Kherson region. 08:38 The wife of the commander of the Azov Regiment, Denis Prokopenko, told The Guardian that her husband is being held in "more or less satisfactory" conditions: "They are fed, watered. The conditions are adequate, and in this short period they have not been subjected to violence." 08:36 Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi called for the creation of a green corridor for the export of Russian and Ukrainian grain. He stated this during a conversation with German Foreign Minister Annalena Berbock. Wang Yi called for an end to the conflict between Ukraine and Russia as soon as possible in order to open such a corridor and stressed that China is ready to maintain cooperation with all parties and "will not stand aside." 08:32 Zaporozhye region after "complete liberation" will head towards joining Russia, said the representative of the "administration" Vladimir Rogov. He stressed that the region "does not need gray zones, does not need the Zaporozhye People's Republic", the region should become "a full-fledged subject of the Russian Federation." 08:20 Zaporizhzhya Regional Military District specified the information on today's shelling. At 05:13 Russian troops fired four cruise missiles at the city of Zaporozhye. One was shot down by air defense, the rest attacked two districts of the city - they hit civilian targets in the Shevchenko district and a shopping center in the Aleksandrovsky district. In the private sector, at least 62 houses were damaged. It is already known about one dead and three wounded. Also, the Russian army continues to shell Gulyaipole, trying to destroy the city, which holds the defense and does not allow the enemy to advance on Zaporozhye. As a result of Russian artillery attacks, outbuildings, storage facilities and the conveyor belt of the elevator were on fire. 07:58 In the morning, the enemy launched three missile attacks on Krivoy Rog, said the head of the Dnepropetrovsk OVA Valentin Reznichenko. According to him, the rockets hit an industrial enterprise, which was badly damaged. In addition, in the Krivoy Rog region, the occupiers again fired at Shirokovskaya and Apostolovskaya communities from Hurricanes. People were not hurt, Apostolovo was partially left without electricity. 07:38 Russian troops have stepped up the use of aviation to support the offensive of the ground group, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said in the morning report . It is emphasized that due to the insufficient stocks of high-precision missile weapons, the enemy is looking for other ways to destroy critical and military facilities on the territory of Ukraine. There are battles for Liman and Severodonetsk. In the Bakhmut direction, the enemy launched an offensive in the area of Kamyshevakhi, Yakovlevka and Troitsky, but was not successful. 06:46 On the morning of May 25, Russian troops fired four cruise missiles at Zaporozhye. One of the missiles was shot down by Ukrainian air defense. At present, the impact sites are being examined, the relevant services are working there, the Zaporozhye Regional Police Department said. 03:11 Zaluzhny showed the Caesar howitzers, which are already on the front lines: 02:37 The number of military personnel in Ukraine can be brought up to a million, but there may be a problem of arming new mobilized, Arestovich said in an interview with Mark Feigin: "This is a problem for us and for the Russians. Everything depends on Western assistance. And it tends to end" . 02:13 In the Kherson region, about 90% of pharmacies do not work, and prices have increased by 3-5 times for most drugs, said Denis Savchenko, Chairman of the Board of CrimeaSOS. According to him, some pharmacy chains are planning to stop their work in the region altogether. Very expensive highly specialized drugs, vitamins, medicinal herbs and teas, toothpastes and some cosmetic products remained in pharmacies. There is a huge problem with drugs for the heart and blood pressure, a separate problem for pregnant women with the purchase of medicines and pharmacy products in the maternity hospital. Medicines are now brought to the region from the Crimea and the Russian Federation and sold from car trunks in local markets, they are not certified and can be fake, Savchenko said. 01:37 US Congressmen Brian Fitzpatrick and Dan Crenshaw arrived in Ukraine. This is the first visit of American parliamentarians since the return of the American embassy to Kyiv. Congressmen began their trip with a visit to Borodyanka in the Kyiv region, said Anton Gerashchenko. 01:20 The Russian military secretly took the bodies of the dead and secret equipment and documentation from the sunken cruiser Moscow, Krym.Realii reports with reference to the representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Vadim Skibitsky. According to him, Russia carried out a rescue operation on the sunken cruiser - it lasted at least two weeks. To do this, attracted from five to seven ships - rescue ships, boats, tugs. 00:07 Zelensky said in an evening video message that Russia would have to leave Crimea: "Of course, the occupiers will have to leave Crimea too. As well as from Kherson, Melitopol, Energodar, Mariupol and all other cities and communities where they are still portraying the owners. They definitely won't be the owners." 00:02 The Mariupol City Council admits that Russia's statements about a "humanitarian corridor" for foreign ships from Mariupol are spread to cover up a deal to export Ukrainian metal products and grain worth tens of millions of dollars. Posted by: badanov 2022-05-26 |
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