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Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: May 8th, 2023
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.[Korrespondent] 22:29 The Russians fired at Kharkov and the region with S-300 missiles. According to preliminary information, at least six hits were recorded, including in the Kharkiv region. Information about the victims and the scale of destruction is being specified, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said.  22:24 In Melitopol, the Russian military dress up in civilian clothes and try to leave under the guise of evacuation, said the mayor of the city, Ivan Fedorov. According to him, because of this, the occupiers check the cars of evacuees in search of disguised military men. Fedorov also said that Russian passports were taken away from those who participated in the pseudo-referendum in the fall, certificates were issued instead of them, and everyone was told to leave the city, but they did not say where exactly. 22:06 Zelensky spoke about the meetings he held on Monday, May 8. In particular, this is a meeting with the Minister for Strategic Industries, Alexander Kamyshin, regarding ammunition. "There is good news on this score. Of course, now is not the time to make it public," the president added. The head of state also said that he had held a meeting on demining in Ukraine: “As of now, more than 170 thousand square kilometers of our territory are contaminated with unexploded mines and ammunition. deal with such a threat. We must do it much faster." Another meeting concerned the development of a "fundamental, new concept of security" for Ukraine. "We will provide comprehensive answers to all issues of the country's security. At the legislative level, at the level of government decisions, in specific practical issues ... From border protection to new security conditions for schools, from the infrastructure foundations of economic security to the real possibility of guaranteeing our people such protection from terror which the most advanced states of the world have," Zelensky said. 21:57 Zelensky said in an evening video message that at today's meeting of the Headquarters of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief, the reports of the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense Kirill Budanov and the head of the Foreign Intelligence Service Alexander Litvinenko were "particularly thorough and very relevant". "Based on them, we will take certain steps - steps that will strengthen our defense," the president added. 21:08 The main pride of the Russian defense industry could not stand the meeting with the American Patriot complex under the control of the Ukrainian military. About how Ukraine shot down the Dagger - in the material Impossible is possible . 21:02 The draft of the 11th package of EU sanctions against Russia involves a ban on access to European ports for ships trying to circumvent already imposed restrictions on Russian oil, writes Bloomberg. 20:31 The European Commission welcomes Ukraine's decision to celebrate Europe Day on May 9 instead of Victory Day, said Dana Spinant, spokeswoman for the EC press service: "We welcome Ukraine's decision to celebrate Europe Day on May 9 - this is a reflection of the European identity of the Ukrainian people." 20:23 The Russians launched a missile attack on the Pavlograd district of the Dnipropetrovsk region. According to preliminary data, the enemy released Iskander at the Mezhirich community. The consequences are being clarified, people were not injured, said the head of the regional council Nikolai Lukashuk. 19:42 Lukashenka also arrived in Moscow on the eve of the May 9 parade, Russian media report. 19:20 Poland handed over ten MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine, Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak said. 19:18 The SBU warned that on May 9, it would carry out counter-sabotage measures in one of the districts of Kharkiv. Their goal is to increase the safety of the civilian population, strengthen the security of critical infrastructure facilities, as well as identify and detain possible sabotage groups. In the course of counter-sabotage measures, it is possible to restrict passage or travel along some streets of the city, check the documents of citizens, and inspect motor vehicles. 18:57 In Skadovsk, Kherson region, the district and city administrations have stopped working. According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, on the night of May 7, the invaders loaded documents, office equipment and other property of state institutions into cars, and in the morning a significant part of the Russian occupation administration left the city with their families. A similar situation is observed in other settlements of the region - such as Mikhailovka, Petrovka, Shevchenko, Shirokoe, Ulyanivka and Krasnoe. Given the many kilometers of traffic jams that have recently formed at the entrance to the Crimea and in the area of the Kerch bridge, the Russians plan to export documents and stolen property from state institutions of the Kherson region by sea using a dry cargo ship through the port of Berdyansk. 18:39 The Russians are planning to establish the production of Shahed drones in Belarus, reports the Center for National Resistance under the MTR, citing information from the Belarusian underground. In order to organize such production, the Gomel Radio Plant was visited by a working group consisting of Iranian engineers, organized by the FSB of the Russian Federation and the KGB of the Republic of Belarus. Earlier, the underground reported that drones were being completed on the basis of the Gomel plant. 18:03 The number of wounded as a result of the Russian strike on the village of Stanislav in the Kherson region has grown to ten people, including a nine-year-old child, said the head of the OVA Alexander Prokudin. 17:39 The office of the Commissioner of the Verkhovna Rada for Human Rights and representatives of the State Duma of the Russian Federation began joint activities on monitoring visits to places of detention of civilians from both sides and the transfer of sets of essential items to them, Ombudsman Dmitry Lubinets said. He said that on April 23, the Russians visited Ukrainian citizens in places of detention in the Lugansk region (17 people), and representatives of the Office of the Commissioner of the Verkhovna Rada for Human Rights made a visit on May 3 together with the NGO Nadezhda and handed over the previously agreed set of essential items to 17 accused who are being held on the territory of Ukraine. Lubinets expressed hope that this practice would lead to the unblocking of the procedure for the release of civilian hostages and convicts. 17:18 Pushilin signed a "decree" according to which three days a year Donetsk will be called "Stalino": May 9, June 22 (Day of Sorrow and Commemoration of the Memory of War Victims), September 8 (Day of the Liberation of Donbass from German troops). 17:04 Eight new UAV strike companies are ready for battle - pickup trucks, impact copters and FPV drones were handed over to them, Mikhail Fedorov, head of the Ministry of Digital Development, said. He specified that the drones for the Army of Drones were purchased within the framework of the UNITED24 platform and at the expense of the state budget. All drones are Ukrainian made. The minister also said that the three strike companies that were launched a few months ago already have successful results at the front. 16:27 Journalists of the Sistema NV project and Radio Liberty called the phone numbers of PMC Wagner under the guise of wanting to sign up as "volunteers". They found out that they were ready to take on the "service" people with an outstanding criminal record, who are wanted, with a Nazi tattoo. At the same time, recruitment continues not only in Ukraine, but also in Africa. Recruiters admitted that in Africa "the survival rate is better." The journalists were directly told that "the Ukrainian prize will be spent by relatives, and the African one - by himself." 15:58 The presidents of Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Tajikistan, as well as the Prime Minister of Armenia, will come to Putin for the traditional parade on May 9, Russian media reported. 15:51 After receiving the promised equipment from Western partners, Ukraine will have one of the best air defense systems in the world, Yuriy Ignat, speaker of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said: "We will have one of the best air defense systems when we get everything that our partners promised us and replace a completely old fleet of Soviet equipment: both air defense systems and an aviation platform. At the same time, he added that F-16 fighters are also needed for this. 15:16 As a result of night rocket attacks on civilian and tourist infrastructure in Odessa and Belgorod-Dnestrovsky districts, a recreation center was completely destroyed, and at least five neighboring bases and more than 20 private country houses were damaged, the Office of the Prosecutor General said. 15:09 Russia again actually stopped the work of the grain initiative, refusing to register ships for entry and conduct their inspections. According to the Ministry of Reconstruction, such a destructive policy of the Russian Federation makes it impossible to draw up an inspection plan in accordance with the procedures of the coordinating center, which provide for the daily coordination by all parties of the inspection plan, both at the exit and at the entrance. As of May 8, 90 ships are awaiting inspection in the territorial waters of Turkey, of which 62 are ships going for loading. Inspections of both incoming and outgoing fleets are suspended. The export of Ukrainian agricultural products through the grain corridor in April did not even reach 3 million tons. 15:05 Last week, the European Commission sent proposals to EU member states on the 11th package of sanctions against Russia, said EC Speaker Eric Mamer. According to him, on Wednesday, May 10, the first discussion of a new package of sanctions is expected at a meeting of the Committee of Permanent Representatives. 14:57 An investigation by a group of European publications found that Moscow is trying to conduct an influence operation in European countries in order to worsen relations between Turkey and the EU, as well as weaken support for Ukraine. According to documents obtained by journalists, the Russian special services actively set to work after anti-Turkish protests in Sweden and Denmark against the backdrop of Ankara blocking the entry of these countries into NATO. Russia saw this as an additional opportunity to embroil the allies. In particular, the Russian secret services offered to organize actions that would further aggravate the situation, such as burning the Turkish flag and portraits of Erdogan in The Hague, a campaign with offensive graffiti against Erdogan in major European cities. It follows from the documents that some of these staged actions were organized with hired "protesters", and in some cases they were also used against Ukraine. So, in one of the documents it is noted that the demonstration on March 5 in Paris was staged. Allegedly, "representatives of the Ukrainian community" unfurled an anti-Turkish banner and shouted "stop Erdogan" at the camera. This video then appeared on Facebook and YouTube. The purpose of the provocation was to “show the ingratitude” of Ukrainians and alleged indifference to catastrophic earthquakes in Turkey, “to emphasize the destructive nature of pro-Ukrainian activists and Ukrainian society under Zelensky’s rule as a whole.” 14:28 In Odessa, as a result of a nighttime missile attack and a fire in a warehouse, the humanitarian aid of the Red Cross completely burned down, the organization reported. Besides, objects of the Red Cross in the Nikolaev area suffered also - the organization's mobile hospital is damaged there. As a result, part of the medical equipment, technical facilities and furniture became unsuitable for further use. 13:53 The Russians hit the village of Stanislav in the Kherson region - six people were injured, said the head of the OVA Alexander Prokudin. Among the wounded is a nine-year-old child. 13:39 Peskov said that Budanov's words about the murder of Russians confirm the correctness of Putin's decision to start "SVO". According to him, Moscow will "closely monitor" the reaction of the capitals to such statements, including the United States, and "wait for condemnation." Earlier, Budanov, in an interview with journalists, refused to confirm or deny information about the alleged involvement of the Ukrainian special services in the elimination of a number of Russian public apologists for the war against Ukraine, and said only that "we killed Russians and will kill Russians anywhere in the world until the complete victory of Ukraine." 13:34 European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will arrive in Kiev on Europe Day, May 9, to meet with Zelensky, the press service of the EC reported. 13:23 The Russians hit Antonovka, Kherson region, two people were injured, the OVA reported. 12:51 Zelensky held a regular meeting of the Headquarters of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief, the presidential press service reported. Among other things, the participants discussed the impact of the recent air attacks and the possibilities for strengthening the protection of the population and civilian and critical infrastructure. Separately, we heard a report on the supply of artillery ammunition and rockets of all types for the needs of the Ukrainian army this year. 12:33 Prigozhin's statements about the alleged "shell shortage" are due to the fact that he cannot fulfill his obligations, said the speaker of the Eastern Group of Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Sergey Cherevaty: "He assumed military obligations, is not able to fulfill them, including the capture of Bakhmut, and comes up with this nonsense about shell hunger. According to him, in fact, Prigozhin's main problem is the loss of personnel and the inability to replenish it. 12:24 Ukraine has nothing to do with the "attack" of drones on the Kremlin, and there is no point in wasting time and effort on this, Andrei Yusov, a spokesman for the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, said in an interview with RBC-Ukraine. And this event certainly cannot be interpreted as an attempt on Putin, as Russian propaganda very quickly filed, he added. "What was it? It could be different scenarios - from the activity of local resistance forces to showdowns between the "towers" of the Kremlin. Because in any case, if this is interpreted as an internal Russian confrontation (and it is), then this is an event that works to delegitimize the Putin regime and shows that he is not in control of the situation... When we talk about the Kremlin, we must remember that it has different "towers" and different people live in them, often with different, and sometimes even opposing interests , so the inhabitants of certain "towers" could well be involved in this," Yusov believes. 11:46 Night attack by drones did not cause damage to the main energy infrastructure of Ukraine, Ukrenergo reported. However, due to Russian shelling along the front line and shelling of border areas, distribution networks in Donetsk, Kharkiv, Kherson, Sumy and Chernihiv regions have again been damaged. Electricity production fully covers consumption. Exports to Moldova continue at night and daytime, and exports to Poland have also resumed today. There is no import to Ukraine. 11:42 In the Kherson region on May 6, nine pyrotechnicians of the State Emergency Service were killed during demining, and several more people were injured. The cause of the tragedy was not the negligence or lack of professionalism of the sappers, but the work of Russian intelligence. For more details, see the material The death of sappers in Chernobaevka: what is known . 11:36 The death toll due to the Russian strike on Kherson on May 3 rose to 24 - one of the victims died in the hospital, said the head of the OVA Alexander Prokudin. 11:31 Prigozhin's statements about the offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are, in particular, part of the preparation of the Russian elites for defeat in the war, Andrei Yusov, a spokesman for the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, said in an interview with RBC-Ukraine: "People like Prigozhin, if he says something, then speaks not only on his own behalf, but also on behalf of his partners, patrons, who allow such statements.Part of the Russian so-called political, power elite are considering various scenarios, including planning some kind of life after Putin, after the defeat in the war with Ukraine. Therefore, they are preparing for various apocalyptic (and in fact - realistic) scenarios for Russia." Yusov called Prigozhin's statement about the withdrawal of the Wagnerites from Bakhmut a preparation for a "search for the extreme" in the future - in this way he wants to absolve himself of responsibility. 11:22 As a result of a missile attack on the Odessa region, a warehouse guard was killed, Natalia Gumenyuk, speaker of OK Pivden, said. Earlier it was reported that three people were injured, one is missing. 11:07 Erdogan's spokesman Ibrahim Kalyn called the war in Ukraine a war between Russia and the West: "This is a war between the Russian Federation and the West, this is Cold War 2.0. Russia offered the West to build a new security architecture 30 years after the Cold War, but no agreement was reached." In his opinion, for Ukraine the war will not end with "getting any positional gains", but it will end "due to a new security agreement between the two global blocs." At the same time, Kalyn added that as long as the parties have no desire to negotiate, they want to fight - he came to this conclusion after talking with Putin in Moscow. 10:46 The 11th package of EU sanctions against Russia is planned to include seven companies from China, writes the Financial Times, citing a copy of the sanctions list. It included two companies from mainland China - 3HC Semiconductors and King-Pai Technology, as well as five companies from Hong Kong - Sinno Electronics, Sigma Technology, Asia Pacific Links, Tordan Industry and Alpha Trading Investments. Some of them have already come under US sanctions for supplying Russia with electronics for the military-industrial complex. Prior to this, the European Union avoided sanctions against China because they allegedly did not see evidence of arms supplies to Russia. The restrictions require unanimous approval by all 27 EU member states before they go into effect. 10:35 Russia has once again launched a massive strike with missiles and drones on Ukraine. As a result, Kiev and Odessa regions suffered the most. At the same time, the air defense forces showed very good work. About the restless night that the Russians "organized" for us - in the material At gunpoint Kiev and Odessa . 10:23 British intelligence writes that Russia is actively recruiting labor migrants from Central Asia for the war in Ukraine. In particular, Russian recruiters visit mosques and immigration offices. Radio Free Europe reports that recruiters are offering signup bonuses of $2,390 and salaries up to $4,160 per month. Migrants are also offered accelerated acquisition of Russian citizenship: from six months to a year instead of five years. Intelligence notes that in this way the Russian Defense Ministry is trying to fulfill the plan to attract 400 thousand people for the war in Ukraine. The Russian authorities are keen to delay any new open mandatory mobilization as long as possible in order to minimize domestic discontent, analysts say. 09:54 In the Sumy region, Russians fired at the settlements of the Seredino-Budskaya, Znob-Novgorod and Novoslobodskaya communities at night. A school, non-residential premises and private households were damaged, three people were injured, OK Pivnich reported. 09:50 "Authorities" of Transnistria appealed to Russia with a request to increase the military contingent in the region "taking into account the growth of security risks." The representative of Pridnestrovie in the Russian Federation, Leonid Manakov, recalled that initially the Russian contingent consisted of six motorized rifle battalions, but in 1995 Moscow decided to reduce its number to two battalions, that is, to 450 people. At the same time, the regular number of "peacekeepers" is 3,100 people, Manakov said. In his opinion, the military contingent can be increased at the expense of the Russians living in Pridnestrovie. 09:46 As of the morning of May 8, Odessa rescuers extinguished a fire that broke out after a X-22 missile hit one of the logistics infrastructure warehouses located in the Odessa region. Three people, warehouse workers, received minor injuries, another person is considered missing, operational and rescue work continues, said the head of the Odessa regional military administration, Yuriy Kruk. 09:29 After the announcement of "evacuation" from the occupied settlements of the Zaporozhye region, the Russians are transporting heavy equipment and air defense systems to Mariupol for the second day, said Petr Andryushchenko, an adviser to the mayor of the city. In particular, today the movement of tanks and air defense systems from the Berdyansk direction towards the MMK im. Ilyich and Novoazovsky district. 09:08 Zelensky said that he had submitted a bill to the Verkhovna Rada, which proposes to establish May 8 as the Day of Remembrance and Victory over Nazism in the Second World War of 1939-1945: "We are returning to our state an honest history without ideological impurities. It is on May 8 that most peoples of the world remembers the greatness of the victory over Nazism. It is on May 8 that the world honors the memory of all whose lives were claimed by that war. It was on May 8 that the Act of Unconditional Surrender of the Wehrmacht came into force. " He also compared World War II with Russia's current war against Ukraine: "Just as we destroyed evil together then, so now we are destroying similar evil together. Unfortunately, evil has returned. Although the aggressor is now different, he has the same goal - enslavement or destruction And just as then we relied on the common strength of free peoples, so now we are fighting against evil together with the free world, together with free Europe." Zelensky also signed a decree according to which every year from tomorrow, May 9, "we will honor our historical unity - the unity of all Europeans who destroyed Nazism and defeat rashism." He recalled that many years ago a tradition was established on the European continent to celebrate the Day of Europe on May 9 in order to celebrate the achieved peace and unity. "Today, unity on our continent brings us closer to the celebration of the first day of our peace. And it would be right to celebrate Europe Day together with all free Europe," the President stressed. 08:56 As a result of yesterday's missile attack on the town of Balakliya, Izyumsky district, Kharkiv region, seven people were injured, the territory of the car park was damaged, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said. Also, one person was injured as a result of Russian shelling with. Bugaevka, Chuguevsky district. In the Donetsk and Kherson regions, two people were wounded over the past day, according to the IVA. 08:38 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of May 8.
08:19 The Russian army is concentrating its main efforts on the Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky and Maryinsky directions, there are heavy battles for Bakhmut and Maryinka. Over the past day, 55 enemy attacks were repulsed in the indicated sectors of the front, the General Staff reported in the morning report. The invaders are "evacuating" local residents from the occupied Tokmak, Zaporozhye region, in the direction of Berdyansk. Representatives of the so-called local "authorities", collaborators, children, teachers and educators are being evacuated. At the same time, parents are threatened not to count the academic year in case of refusal to "evacuate" the child. There are queues for fuel at the gas station, all drivers have been informed that no new deliveries are planned. In the village of Vesele, Zaporozhye region, the local "police" department is closed and does not work. The day before, the occupiers destroyed documentation there. 07:31 At night, the Russians attacked the Odessa region from Tu-22m3 long-range bombers. In total, there were eight launches of X-22 missiles from the area of Cape Tarkhankut in Crimea, said OVA speaker Sergei Bratchuk. Some of the missiles did not reach their targets, some hit the warehouse of the food company and the recreational area on the coast. There are no data on casualties. 07:17 At night, the Russians fired 35 Shahed-136/131 attack drones in the Kiev region, all of them were shot down, the Air Force command reported. The UAVs attacked from the northern direction - from the Sescha airfield in the Bryansk region. 07:04 At night, more than 30 enemy drones were detected and destroyed in the airspace of Kiev, said the head of the KGVA Sergey Popko. According to preliminary information, in the Svyatoshinsky district, cars and a residential building were damaged due to falling debris, in the Solomensky district, a tank (5 tons) with a diesel fuel leak was damaged, without ignition. A residential building, cars, and a high-pressure gas pipe were also damaged. Five people are injured. 03:59 The United States does not doubt the veracity of Ukraine's statement about the successful use of the Patriot air defense system to intercept the Russian Kinzhal hypersonic missile and regards this as an important event, CNN reports citing sources. The publication notes that although the Patriot air defense system successfully counters ballistic missiles, its ability to stop air-launched hypersonic missiles has recently been theoretical, and the Kinzhal interception in Ukraine has actually demonstrated this ability. The fact that the interception was carried out by Ukrainian crew trained in Oklahoma but without American advisers on the battlefield is considered a significant return on investment by the Pentagon. 02:36 The Russians attacked Kiev with drones: as a result of the fall of debris in the Solomensky and Svyatoshinsky districts, five people were injured, Klitschko said. Posted by: badanov 2023-05-09 |
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