[VESTI] May 15 is the 446th day of the war between Russia and Ukraine. Briefly about the main thing that happened in the country on that day, about the situation in the regions, the exchange of prisoners, losses, as well as all the relevant information from key departments - online Vesti.ua .
07:00 . Zaporozhye region. A series of explosions sounded in the occupied Tokmak. Details are specified.
Russia inflicted 84 strikes on towns and villages close to the front line : 77 from artillery, three from aviation, three from MLRS and one from UAVs. At night they attacked the center of Orekhov - without casualties.
Kherson region. The Russians shelled peaceful settlements 86 times, firing 381 shells from artillery, mortars, tanks, drones and aircraft. They ended up in residential areas of settlements. During the day, six people died, three more were injured of varying severity .
08:00 . Sumy region. One mortar shelling (seven explosions) of the Belopolskaya community was recorded. Previously, no casualties or damage.
Donetsk region. On May 14, the Russians wounded seven residents of the region: three in Konstantinovka, three in Kurakhovo and one in Druzhkovka.
Nikolaevkskaya area. At night, the Russian Federation fired from the MLRS on the settlement of the Ochakovo community. There were no casualties.
Kharkov region. During the day, the Russians from artillery, mortars and using aircraft fired at the settlements of the Kupyansky and Chuguevsky districts. As a result of artillery shelling of the village of Staritsa, 2 people were killed.
09:00 . Around midnight, the Air Force shot down 4 Shahed attack drones and one Orlan reconnaissance drone in the east.
Donetsk region. At night, Russia shelled the private sector of Kramatorsk. No casualties.
10:00 a.m. President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in the UK and met with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak .
11:00 am . More than 150,000 Russians remain in the occupied territories of the Kherson and Zaporizhia regions - they are preparing for defense, said Andrei Chernyak, a representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate.
According to him, Russia is forcibly removing civilians from the regions, including the personnel of the seized nuclear power plant in Energodar. They are told that there will soon be fighting. According to the representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate, the Russians use the so-called "evacuation" as a screen for carrying out counterintelligence and filtration measures.
12:00 . RF. A drone attacked a warehouse with military equipment in the Bryansk region, according to Russian media. On the morning of May 14, an explosive device was dropped from a drone on the roof of a warehouse in the Suzemsky district, five pieces of equipment were damaged. No casualties.
13:00 . Chernihiv region. Russia fired from the "Grad" on the border of the Chernihiv region : 16 arrivals, probably from the MLRS, in the village of Elino. Information about the victims is being specified. As a result of the shelling, civilian infrastructure and private houses were damaged.
14:00 . Donetsk region. Four people were killed in a rocket airstrike on a hospital in Avdievka.
Lugansk region. In occupied Luhansk, explosions thundered for the second time in a day : according to preliminary data from the leader of the so-called "LPR" Pasechnik, we are talking about an explosion in the city center, there are victims. In the morning, local residents reported about the sounds of explosions in Lugansk.
According to them, the smoke was visible from the side of the former military aviation school for navigators. Later, Pasechnik confirmed this and said that the blow was delivered by "Ukrainian nationalists."
15:00 . Zaporozhye region. The Russians shelled Gulyaypole: an administrative office and a local shop were damaged. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.
Kherson region. In Kherson, the educational building was attacked by drones: the building received significant damage, no casualties
Donetsk region. Border guards near Bakhmut "landed" two Russian drones from an anti-drone gun.
The Russians brought six ships to the Black Sea, among which there are no launch vehicles. There are two Russian ships in the Sea of ​​Azov, including one carrier of Caliber cruise missiles with a total salvo of up to eight missiles.
16:00 . Kharkov region. Two people died as a result of the shelling of the village of Dvurechnaya : a 65-year-old woman and a man. Another 52-year-old man received shrapnel wounds and was hospitalized.
17:00 . Lugansk region. As a result of an explosion in a barbershop in Lugansk, the so-called "Minister of the Interior" of the "LNR" Igor Kornet was wounded. He was hospitalized. His condition is still unknown.
17:44 . The Russians once again shelled civilian infrastructure. Today under fire - the Ship area of ​​Kherson. As a result of the shelling, housing and outbuildings were damaged, some property was completely destroyed. There was a large-scale fire, which was quickly eliminated by rescuers.
18:10 . The US will not supply long-range missiles to Ukraine, as the UK will. Politico writes about it.
18:48 . The Russian army hit the village of Lvovo in the Tyagin community of the Kherson region: they again hit residential buildings. Because of the shelling, a 79-year-old man and his 48-year-old son were injured. The victims were taken to a medical facility in Kherson by our military. Currently, doctors provide them with the necessary medical care.
19:19 . On the territory of the Berislavsky district (Kherson region), a curfew has been introduced from 21:00 to 05:00 every day, starting from May 16, 2023 until a separate order.
19:59 . It is impossible to wait for the resumption of negotiations on Ukraine for many years, it is necessary to create conditions for the start of consultations now. This was stated by the Permanent Representative of China to the UN Zhang Jun, speaking at a meeting of the Security Council.
20:02 . An air alert has been declared throughout Ukraine.
20:30 . It is reported that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are inflicting flank strikes in the Bakhmut direction, there is a threat of encirclement of the entire enemy grouping.
20:55 . London will supply Kyiv with long-range missiles in addition to the Storm Shadow missiles that were promised last week, BBC reported.
21:21 . The head of the Ternopil regional administration Volodymyr Trush, speaking about the fires that occurred the day before in Ternopil, said that there are no warehouses with ammunition containing enriched or depleted uranium in the city
21:32 . Russian troops shelled the Nikopol region of Dnepropetrovsk region. As a result of the shelling, a 14-year-old girl and two men were injured. There were several fires in the city, which were soon extinguished. 14 five-story buildings and seven private houses were destroyed, one outbuilding - OVA - was destroyed.