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Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: May 9, 2024
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title. [Korrespondent] 21:10 Germany will buy three HIMARS installations from the United States and transfer them to Ukraine, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said.  21:06 Representatives of the United States and SpaceX have found ways to combat the unauthorized use of Starlink terminals by the Russian military, said John Plumb, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy. At the same time, he expressed confidence that the Russian Federation will continue to look for ways to use Starlink and other commercial communication systems. “While this will continue to be a challenge, I think we have thought through it and found good solutions with both Starlink and Ukraine,” he added. 21:01 Zelensky said in an evening video message that he held a meeting today with the leaders of the Defense Forces - Commander-in-Chief Syrsky, Chief of the General Staff Bargilevich, Minister of Defense Umerov. We discussed ways to speed up the supply of weapons from partners and how to act now, using the available forces and means. Zelensky also said that he had telephone conversations with the President of the European Council Charles Michel and the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen. “We are actively preparing the next stage of rapprochement with the European Union for June - we are awaiting approval of the negotiation framework and the actual start of negotiations on Ukraine’s accession,” the head of state noted. In personal conversations, he also invited the presidents of Moldova, the Czech Republic and Ghana, and the Prime Minister of Ireland to the Peace Summit in Switzerland. 20:13 Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk admitted that NATO soldiers are present in Ukraine: “There are few troops there, that is, soldiers. There are few soldiers there. Observers, engineers.” However, he did not specify which countries’ military personnel and in what numbers are present in Ukraine. 20:04 By his decree, Zelensky dismissed Sergei Rudy from the post of head of the State Security Administration. Earlier, the SBU detained State Security Colonel Andrei Guk on charges of preparing the murder of Zelensky, Budanov and Malyuk on instructions from the Russian special services. The media write that Guk was considered close to Rudy. 19:18 The Russians have been shelling the Nikopol district of the Dnepropetrovsk region throughout the day - with artillery, Grad MLRS, and kamikaze drones. In total, more than 20 attacks were recorded, said the head of the OBA, Sergei Lysak. There were two dead in the district center, and a total of eight injured in the district, including two teenagers aged 15 and 16 years. Eight high-rise buildings, 25 private houses, about 30 solar panels, power lines, gas pipelines, a kindergarten, a fire station, a charity building, a bank, and shops were damaged. 19:12 Germany will provide Ukraine with a grant of 45 million euros to restore energy, the Ministry of Energy reported. The funds will be provided by the German Development Bank KfW. In total, thanks to the support of KfW, during the period of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation, Ukrenergo attracted more than 177 million euros in loan and grant funds for the restoration and development of the electricity transmission network. 19:05 There is a network of secret weapons production factories in Ukraine, El Mundo writes, citing a source in the Ukrainian arms industry. According to the publication, some of these factories are located underground, some are hidden behind “huge decorations.” The staff is carefully checked to ensure that there are no Russian informants. The publication writes that by building new enterprises, Ukraine wants not only to reduce dependence on Western assistance, but also to become a weapons manufacturer for the West itself. 18:14 Zelensky signed laws on extending martial law in Ukraine, as well as on extending the period for general mobilization by 90 days - until August 11. 17:56 In Kiev, due to a shortage of electricity, evening street lighting is being minimized, said the head of the KGVA Sergei Popko. According to him, all lights will not be turned off completely - the brightness of the lighting fixtures will be reduced, which will allow for overall savings of at least 20%. Popko noted that the city continues to look for other sources of savings, but “we won’t save on household consumers yet.” At the same time, he called on all residents of the capital to save electricity, especially during the most important load hours for the energy system - from 18:00 to 23:00. 17:28 After the occupation of Avdiivka, about 700 people remained in the city, said the head of the city military administration, Vitaly Barabash. At the same time, he added that the attitude of local residents towards Russians has changed significantly. So, if in the first days of the occupation many videos appeared on social networks of how the occupiers came in and how they were hugged, now people are kicking them out of their homes. “There is looting in the city, a coke plant is being stolen. That is, most people realized that this was not what they were expecting,” Barabash noted. 16:49 Zelensky again voiced the main themes of the Peace Summit in Switzerland: “We will be able to take the first steps on the aspect of an exchange of “all for all”, in returning our children home, deported Ukrainians. And the important point of nuclear security and food security.” The President added that “Putin is really afraid of the Peace Summit - he is afraid that the world majority will begin to force Russia to peace. That is why we need an absolutely clear position of every state, every leader, every international organization on participation in the Peace Summit, on supporting our joint peace-building efforts ". 16:20 Zelensky said that Ukraine will stop the Russian offensive after receiving new shipments of weapons. “According to our information, the Russians are not doing as well as they thought,” the president added. 16:11 Zelensky and Poroshenko were removed from the wanted list of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs. The duty unit of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs in the so-called “DPR” added both of them to the wanted list. It was her number that was indicated in the contact information. 15:24 Sweden has allocated 28 million euros to support the defense potential of Ukraine, the country's government reported. In particular, 18 million euros will be transferred to three coalitions within the framework of the Contact Group on Defense of Ukraine, and 10 million to the NATO Fund for Ukraine. 14:38 The SBU drone set a historical record, covering a distance of 1,500 km. It was he who attacked the Gazprom neftekhim Salavat oil refinery in Bashkortostan today, Ukrainian media reported, citing sources. The drone hit an oil catalytic cracking unit. 14:29 By his decree, Zelensky appointed the former commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny as ambassador to the UK. 14:03 Zelensky appointed a new commander of the Armed Forces of Ukraine - Dmitry Gerega instead of Alexander Yakovets. 13:51 By his decree, Zelensky dismissed Zaluzhny from military service due to health reasons. 13:42 Zelensky replaced the commander of the Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine - Alexander Trepak became him instead of Sergei Lupanchuk. 13:37 The Russian Armed Forces fired artillery at the city of Kupyansk, Kharkov region - one person was killed, one was wounded, the prosecutor's office reported. 13:31 Two hydroelectric power plants have been taken out of operation due to damage caused by Russian shelling on May 8, Ukrhydroenergo reported. The department noted that today all hydroelectric power generation has suffered devastating damage. 12:56 SBU drones hit two oil transshipment depots in the Krasnodar region of the Russian Federation, Ukrainian media report citing sources. We are talking about oil depots in the village of Yurovka near Anapa, which are transshipment facilities for supplying fuel to Russian troops in Crimea. 12:50 Parliament supported a bill to tighten fines for failure to update personal data and failure to appear at the TCC. The document, in particular, provides for a several-fold increase in fines for evaders. At the same time, the main innovation of the bill is that fines can be issued in absentia, as well as accounts can be blocked. Read more about the innovations in the material New punishments for draft evaders. 12:19 Putin said that Belarus will join Russia in the second stage of exercises to test the use of non-strategic nuclear weapons. Putin also said that on the evening of May 8, he discussed the situation in Ukraine with Lukashenko until late. Lukashenko added that the meeting ended at three in the morning. 12:14 A drone attacked the Gazprom neftekhim Salavat plant in Bashkiria, local authorities reported. Russian publics write that a drone hit a catalytic cracking unit at the Salavatnefteorgsintez oil refinery, resulting in a fire. 12:10 Ukraine and Ireland agreed to begin preparing a bilateral security agreement as soon as possible, Zelensky said following a conversation with Irish Prime Minister Simon Harris. 11:38 President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola said that she arrived in Kiev on an unannounced visit. She was met by Verkhovna Rada Speaker Ruslan Stefanchuk. 11:29 In Yurovka, Krasnodar Territory, two oil depots were attacked at night, which are located approximately 2 km from each other, reports the opposition Russian publication Astra. Thus, one drone attacked a Lukoil oil depot, as a result of which one oil tank was damaged and a fuel leak occurred, without a fire. Another seven drones attacked the neighboring oil depot of Temp LLC, which specializes in storing fuel oil. Three fuel oil tanks caught fire. 11:24 Ukrenergo reported that today from 18:00 to 24:00 industrial consumption will be limited due to electricity shortages caused by Russian attacks. During these hours, all Ukrainians are asked to save electricity. 11:05 Some Ukrainian pilots are completing training on the F-16, said Air Force spokesman Ilya Yevlash: “Training is ongoing, this process continues at different levels. We already have pilots who are completing their training on the F-16. As soon as this “It will become possible that F-16s will arrive in Ukraine, of course, these pilots are already ready to carry out combat missions in the airspace in the Ukrainian skies.” 10:57 The Verkhovna Rada adopted in the second reading a bill on tightening liability for military offenses, which, in particular, increases fines for draft evaders several times. Thus, according to the document, for failure to appear on a summons or failure to update credentials, an absentee fine of up to 25.5 thousand hryvnia will be issued with the prospect of blocking accounts for non-payment. 10:43 Russian reconnaissance drones make 150 sorties a day in the south of Ukraine alone, said Dmitry Pletenchuk, spokesman for the Southern Defense Forces: “The question is not even the number of drones, but the number of sorties, and there are about 150 of them a day in our area of responsibility. They “They do this in order to scout out possible places where the Ukrainian Armed Forces are concentrated, they look for vulnerable objects of critical infrastructure, and air defense is constantly working against drones, and this work is successful.” Pletenchuk added that these are very expensive drones, which Ukraine shoots down several units every day. 10:31 In 2023, Gilat Skyedge satellite communication systems produced in Uzhgorod were supplied to Russia in the amount of $5 million, Slidstvo.Info investigators found out. These systems are produced in Uzhgorod by the plant of the American company Jabil Circuit for the Israeli corporation Gilat Satellite Networks. The publication discovered that they are massively imported into Russia and sold with the note “suitable for SVO.” In 2023, about 22 thousand systems assembled in Ukraine were imported into the Russian Federation - this is six times more than in 2022. During the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation, evidence regularly appeared in the media about the transfer of such Gilat systems to the front. 09:52 In the Donetsk region over the past 24 hours, three people were wounded as a result of Russian shelling - two in Krasnogorovka and one in Petrovka, said the head of the OBA Vadim Filashkin. 09:19 In the Kherson region over the past 24 hours, as a result of Russian shelling, one person was wounded, 12 high-rise buildings and 54 private houses were damaged, said the head of the OVA, Alexander Prokudin. Also recorded hits were critical and transport infrastructure, an administrative building, a post office, industrial facilities and gas pipelines. 09:08 At night, the Russian army struck the village of Magdalinovka, Zaporozhye district, one person was wounded, said the head of the OVA Ivan Fedorov. 09:05 In the morning, the Russians fired artillery at Nikopol, Dnepropetrovsk region - two people were killed, two were injured, said the head of the OVA Sergei Lysak. 08:48 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of May 9:
08:27 Over the past 24 hours, 146 military clashes took place at the front, the General Staff reported in its morning report. In particular, the Defense Forces repelled 45 attacks in the Avdeevsky direction - in the areas of the settlements of Novoaleksandrovka, Evgenievka, Sokol, Novoselovka Pervaya, Kalinovo, Novopokrovskoye, Semenovka, Umanskoye, Netailovo and Nevelskoye in the Donetsk region. Another 26 attacks were repulsed in the Bakhmut direction - in the Belogorivka areas of the Lugansk region, as well as Andreevka, Verkhnekamensky, Novy, Vyemka, Ivanovsky and Kleshcheevka of the Donetsk region. In the Orekhovsky direction, the enemy attacked Ukrainian positions 19 times in the Staromayorsky area of the Donetsk region. In the Kupyansk direction, the Defense Forces repelled 16 attacks in the areas of Petropavlovka, Sinkovka, Ivanovka, Berestovo in the Kharkov region and Stelmakhovka in the Lugansk region; on Limansky - 11 attacks in the areas of Makeevka, Nevsky, Novolyubovka, Tverdokhlebovo and Serebryansky forestry of the Lugansk region; on Novopavlovsky - 11 attacks in the areas of Krasnogorovka, Konstantinovka, Paraskoveevka, Vodyanoye and Urozhaynoye of the Donetsk region; on Kherson - four attacks on the left bank of the Dnieper. 07:36 As a result of a hit by a Shahed-type UAV, the building of the former cultural center in the village of Pervomaiskoye, Pervomaiskaya community, Nikolaevsky district, was partially destroyed, said the head of the OBA Vitaly Kim. As a result of the hit, a fire started over an area of 200 square meters. m, it has already been liquidated. No people were hurt. 07:24 Governor of the Belgorod region Vyacheslav Gladkov announced an air attack, there were direct hits on residential apartment buildings and cars. According to preliminary information, eight people were injured, including one child. Meanwhile, the Russian Ministry of Defense stated that the air defense allegedly shot down 15 Vampire MLRS shells and one UAV over the territory of the Belgorod region at night, as well as two UAVs over the Bryansk region, and three more over the Kursk region. 06:35 Air defense at night destroyed 17 out of 21 attack UAVs of the Shahed-131/136 type, which Russia attacked from the Crimean Cape Chauda. All drones were destroyed in the Odessa region, the Air Force reported. 03:51 Drones attacked an oil depot in the village of Yurovka near Anapa, the regional operational headquarters reported. According to him, “about six” UAVs were allegedly suppressed, but several fell on the territory of the oil depot, as a result of which a fire started and several tanks were damaged. 02:22 NATO does not intend to use its troops on the territory of Ukraine, but Kiev did not ask for this, Stoltenberg said: “I visited Kiev last week, and they told me about the challenges they face: Russia has gained positions, and there is a risk "that it will conquer further positions. This is not a large territory, but in order to stop all this, so that the Ukrainians can defend themselves, they need to be sent ammunition, they need weapons." Stoltenberg added that one of the reasons why the Russian occupiers have been able to advance and capture more territory in recent months is “that we did not deliver on what we promised.” At the same time, the Secretary General added that “everything is changing now.” 01:19 Ukraine will receive the first batch of ammunition within the framework of the Czech initiative in June, said Czech President Petr Pavel. He clarified that we are talking about almost 180 thousand units of ammunition. Subsequent contracts, he said, “will be concluded for a five- to six-digit number of shells.” One of the reasons for the delay was competition that arose due to the fact that many parties knew about the Czech initiative to urgently search for shells, Pavel noted. He explained that Ukraine’s partners had to speak openly about this initiative in order to attract as many countries as possible, but in this way they also “revealed their cards,” and Russia took advantage of this. Posted by: badanov 2024-05-10 |
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