[Korrespondent] 22:14 Russia has requested a meeting of the UN Security Council on the "problem of supplying weapons to Kiev", it will be held on May 18, the permanent mission of the Russian Federation reported.
22:06 In the office of the President of South Africa, they denied the information of the US ambassador about the supply of weapons to Russia. They stressed that the country's government agreed to conduct an independent investigation, and it is worth waiting for its results.
21:27 Ukraine has finally received long-range missiles, which have been asking Western allies for almost a year. They will be Storm Shadow cruise missiles, designed for aircraft launches. For information on what is known about Storm Shadow and what their range is, see Offensive Weapons .
20:31 Deputy Defense Minister Anna Malyar denied Prigozhin's information that they allegedly have "shell hunger." According to her, "any information of a military nature during the war is a weapon, they fight with it, but do not inform." "We believe the facts. It's a fact: the number of enemy shelling in the Bakhmut and Liman directions has increased significantly in recent weeks. That is, there is something to shoot at," Malyar stressed.
19:58 The Russians began to panic in the south of Ukraine, Natalya Gumenyuk, speaker of OK Pivden, said: "They do not know from which direction to expect the maximum force of the strike, and that is why they are dispersing their efforts to both the Zaporozhye and Kherson directions."
According to her, the situation in the south, in particular in the Kherson region, is quite tense. The occupiers continue shelling, although they already feel that the defense forces are beginning to push them back. The enemy is trying to take positions very carefully, "because they feel restless in this zone that we are working on," Gumenyuk added.
19:29 In Melitopol, an attempt was made on the "chairman of the court" of the occupied Zaporozhye region, he was not injured, the "governor" Evgeny Balitsky said.
19:04 Russia, with the help of neighboring countries, circumvented Western sanctions by $1 billion, writes the Financial Times. The final recipients of goods that are sanctioned in the Russian Federation were supposed to be companies in Kazakhstan, Armenia and Kyrgyzstan, but they "dissolved" in Russia.
18:51 International columnist for The New York Times, three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning Thomas Friedman published a column titled "Vladimir Putin is the most dangerous fool in the world." For more details, see NYT Article on Putin .
18:22 The number of the wounded as a result of the shelling by the Russians of Toretsk, Donetsk region, has increased to nine. The Prosecutor General's Office clarified that the city was shelled twice - first from artillery, and two hours later - probably from the Smerch multiple launch rocket system. The shells hit the residential area.
18:15 Poland handed over to Ukraine 14 MiG-29 fighters out of 28 delivered to Kiev at the moment, the country's permanent mission to the EU said. In addition, out of 575 tanks supplied to Ukraine, 325 were transferred by Poland.
17:59 According to the estimates of the American Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), at the end of February 2023, the total losses of the Russian Federation in the war in Ukraine in killed and wounded amounted to 200-250 thousand, including 60-70 thousand dead (together with the losses of the LDNR "and mercenaries PMC Wagner). Analysts note that the number of Russians who died during the year of the war with Ukraine exceeded the losses of the USSR and Russia in all wars after World War II combined.
The rate of losses also significantly exceeds the losses in previous wars: during the first and second Chechen wars, the Russian army lost from 95 to 185 people per month, in Afghanistan - 130-145, in Ukraine - 5-5.8 thousand killed per month.
17:36 Prigozhin said that the situation on the flanks in Bakhmut is developing for the Russians according to the worst scenario, units of the regular army of the Russian Federation are losing ground without a fight: "Those territories that were taken with the blood and lives of our comrades for many months, every day - passing through dozens or hundreds of meters - today, almost without a fight, they are thrown by those who should hold our flanks.
17:08 Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Vershinin said that if by May 18 it is not possible to reach a consensus on a grain deal, taking into account Russian requirements, it will cease to exist.
17:04 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation claims that the American Patriot air defense system allegedly could not shoot down the Dagger, as it is not capable of intercepting targets at such a speed, propaganda Russian media write, citing a "high-ranking source" in the department.
16:40 The Ukrainian military announced that they had defeated the 72nd separate motorized rifle brigade of the RF Armed Forces near Bakhmut. In particular, our defenders almost completely destroyed the 6th and 8th companies of this unit. Part of the invaders fled, and several more Russian soldiers were captured. For more details, see the material The defeat of the 72nd brigade of the Russian Federation: videos and stories of fighters .
16:29 South Africa supplied ammunition and weapons to the Russian Federation on a Russian ship, which moored at the Simonstown naval base in Cape Town last December, said US Ambassador to the country Ruben Bridgety.
16:21 Russians fired at Toretsk, Donetsk region, six people were injured as a result of a missile attack on the local area, the President's Office reported.
15:45 In Slavyansk, as a result of Russian shelling, one person was killed, another was injured, Mayor Vadim Lyakh said.
15:36 All the Challenger 2 tanks promised to Kiev have arrived in Ukraine , said British Defense Minister Ben Wallace.
15:17 The Russian army is robbing a hospital in the occupied Hola Pristan, Kherson region, said the head of the OVA Alexander Prokudin. According to him, everything is taken out of the medical institution - furniture, equipment, appliances, and even sockets are pulled out of the walls.
15:05 Delegations from Turkey, Russia, Ukraine and the UN will continue negotiations on the grain deal in the near future, the Turkish Defense Ministry said and added that the last round of negotiations was useful.
14:53 Rosfinmonitoring has included Arestovich in the list of "terrorists and extremists." The list also includes Russian actor Artur Smolyaninov.
14:51 British Defense Minister Ben Wallace confirmed that London is transferring Storm Shadow long-range cruise missiles to Kiev.
14:40 The Russians fired on the village of Veliky Burluk, Kupyansky district, Kharkiv region - two people were injured, including a 16-year-old child, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said.
14:37 The Investigative Committee of Russia will "put on the wanted list" the chairman and three judges of the International Criminal Court who issued a warrant for Putin's arrest, said Alexander Bastrykin, head of the Russian Investigative Committee.
14:23 The SBU exposed intruders in the Poltava region who supplied special equipment to Russia for the production of S-300 air defense systems. The head of a local enterprise - a manufacturer of diamond tools and his accomplice, who has a business in the territory of the Russian Federation, were involved in organizing the transaction. An attempt to export to Russia more than 100 units of a new consignment of goods was thwarted.
13:59 The Ukrainian military understands that during the counter-offensive they must bypass the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, Energoatom head Petr Kotin said in an interview with CNN. According to him, Ukraine can return the station without the use of force, and the Russian troops will be forced to leave: "They will be surrounded by Ukrainian forces, and the only road to the exit to the Crimea will be captured by us. This means that they will have only two options: either surrender or just get out of there.
13:34 Chief adviser to the President of Brazil on international affairs Celso Amorim arrived on a visit to Ukraine, Deputy Foreign Minister Andriy Melnyk said. According to him, "Brazil can play an important role in stopping Russian aggression and achieving a lasting and just peace."
13:11 Prigozhin said that the counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine "is in full swing." According to the head of the PMC Wagner, "they enter the flanks in the Bakhmut direction, successfully," and then, in his opinion, the Armed Forces of Ukraine "will enter the territory of the Bryansk and Belgorod regions."
Prigozhin also said that his mercenaries remain in Bakhmut despite the fact that they have not received ammunition from the Ministry of Defense.
13:03 Peskov said that Russia has an "extremely negative" attitude towards the supply of Storm Shadow long-range cruise missiles by Britain to Ukraine, "an adequate response will be required."
12:56 Zelensky said that now the main task is to prevent the conflict from freezing, because this is exactly what Russia is counting on. According to the president, it cannot be said that Ukraine's sovereignty will be fully restored immediately after the expected counter-offensive, "because this is a war."
12:49 Ukraine has received 200 tanks and 300 infantry fighting vehicles since December last year, and the total amount of military assistance is estimated at $30 billion, writes Bloomberg.
12:38 Another wave of mobilization has quietly begun in Buryatia - forced conscription to the front resumed in February and intensified in April, the channel reports We can explain with reference to Buryat human rights activists. Officially, the authorities deny this, but human rights activists report that the military registration and enlistment offices directly say: "Until we reach Poland, we will continue to take everyone away." They take everyone, regardless of the presence of children and the state of health.
At the end of April, the BBC was able to confirm the deaths of 21,700 Russian soldiers in Ukraine, while Buryatia (680 killed) became the absolute leader in terms of the number of deaths per capita.
12:30 Great Britain handed over long-range Storm Shadow missiles to Ukraine, CNN reports, citing several high-ranking Western officials. According to them, Ukraine promised to use these missiles only in its sovereign territories.
12:27 SBU reported suspicion to three former people's deputies from the Party of Regions - Oleg Tsarev, Dmitry Svyatash and Igor Markov. Now all three are hiding on the territory of the Russian Federation.
12:12 The head of European diplomacy, Josep Borrell, announced the preparation of a million shells and more than a thousand missiles for Ukraine. In addition, according to him, the EU will train 30,000 Ukrainian military by the end of the year, while 17,000 have been trained so far. Borrell also said that EU countries plan to allocate 70 billion euros to build up defense capabilities over the next three years.
11:58 Russia's war against Ukraine has triggered the displacement of 16.9 million people - the highest figure ever recorded for any country, according to a study by the international Internal Displacement Monitoring Center (IDMC). Globally, conflict and violence caused 28.3 million internal displacements last year, three times the annual average over the past decade.
11:50 Commander of the Joint Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Sergey Naev said that the air defense of Kiev is carried out according to the multi-level separation principle. Thus, the first echelon was created by mobile fire groups, whose task is to destroy enemy targets in the most threatening directions. They are armed with, in particular, anti-aircraft missile systems Osa, Avenger, ZSAU Gepard, ZSU Shilka, MANPADS Piorun, Igla, Strela, Stinger, Martlet and others. The second echelon was created at the expense of the units of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which are armed with small and medium-range anti-aircraft missile systems S-300, Buk, S-125, Nasams, IRIS-T, Crotale, etc.
Increasing the effectiveness of the air cover system in the near future will be implemented through the receipt of weapons and military equipment from both partner countries and national enterprises. This will strengthen the protection of Ukrainian airspace not only from aerodynamic, but also from ballistic targets, Naev added.
11:41 After the de-occupation of the Kiev region, 281 people are still missing, the regional police said. Since the de-occupation, 1374 bodies have been found, of which 717 people were killed from firearms. 191 bodies remain unidentified.
11:38 Some countries are trying to push Ukraine to negotiations on Russia's terms, NSDC Secretary Oleksiy Danilov said: "Now there is just such an escalation of the situation in order to put us at the negotiating table on Russia's terms as soon as possible. A very large campaign has been launched on this issue ", there are many proposals from different countries. But keep in mind, I am more than sure that if we talk about something, and the president makes such a decision, it will only be on the terms of our country."
11:27 Russia has stopped paying salaries to the occupation administrations in the Zaporozhye region, the Center for National Resistance under the MTR of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported. Wage arrears are already from one to two and a half months. The leadership of the occupation administrations claims that the money is blocked in the Russian treasury due to bureaucratic obstacles. However, according to the underground, the funds are blocked at the decision level in Moscow. The Russians decided not to pay their "administrations", given the development of the situation at the front.
11:22 The Russians fired S-300 missiles at Slavyansk, Donetsk region - two multi-storey buildings, private houses and cars were damaged, one person was injured, the mayor of the city Vadim Lyakh said.
11:19 Zelensky believes that Ukraine can win the war before the US presidential election, that is, until November 5, 2024: "Who knows where we will be? I believe that by then we will win." So he commented on the question of journalists about the possible loss of US support by Ukraine in the event of Biden's defeat.
11:13 Ukrainian air defense forces in the first months of the war shot down less than 50% of missiles, and now this figure is approaching 90% in Ukraine and 100% in Kiev, The Washiington Post writes, citing a report by the US Center for Strategic and International Studies and the words of the commander air defense command brigade Center with the call sign "Granit". The situation changed after the arrival of Western air defense systems in Ukraine in October and November, as well as against the backdrop of an increase in the skills of the Ukrainian military.
10:46 Zelensky, during a conversation in Kiev with the Western press, said that Ukraine needs more time to prepare for a counteroffensive , since not all the promised Western assistance has arrived: "We can go ahead and succeed. But we would lose a lot of people. I think "That's not acceptable. So we have to wait. We still need a little more time."
10:37 In Russia, they said that Ukraine on May 9 allegedly tried to attack Moscow. Thus, Major General of Aviation, Chairman of the Presidium of Russian Officers Sergey Lipovoy claims that Ukraine allegedly released about 100 drones, all of which were neutralized.
10:34 Governor of the Bryansk region of the Russian Federation Alexander Bogomaz said that a Ukrainian drone allegedly attacked the Klintsovsk oil depot of JSC Bryansknefteprodukt, there were no casualties. Partially damaged concrete base and oil storage tank.
10:11 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reported that the 72nd separate motorized rifle brigade of the Russian Federation, parts of which were defeated near Bakhmut by defenders from the 3rd separate assault brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, had previously suffered crushing defeats twice in Kharkiv and Kherson regions. Analysts note that this 72nd brigade is in itself a symbol of many of the problems that the Russian military constantly faces.
09:46 In the Kherson community, starting from May 16, the curfew will be reduced and will operate from 21:00 to 05:00 daily, the OVA reported. The deadline for the sale of alcoholic beverages in Kherson has also been extended until June 15. The time of the ban on the sale of alcohol remains unchanged - from 15:00 to 10:00 daily.
09:34 Western partners have provided about 600 types of weapons for the Ukrainian counteroffensive, Martin O'Donnell, spokesman for the US Army Command in Europe and Africa, said. According to him, "this is more than any one army in the world has, especially a warring army." At the same time, not all of the provided weapons were used.
09:27 British intelligence reports that since the beginning of 2023, the Russian Ministry of Defense has activated a scheme to recruit prisoners to participate in the war against Ukraine. According to analysts, up to 10,000 convicts were recruited into Russian troops in April alone. At the same time, PMC Wagner, for which prisoners have been the main source of manpower since last summer, most likely lost access to the Russian penitentiary system against the backdrop of an escalation of the conflict with the Russian Defense Ministry.
08:54 In the Donetsk region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, three people were killed (two in the city of Chasov Yar and one in Novokalinovo), two more were injured. In the Kherson region, one person died, another was injured. In the Kharkiv region, one person was injured.
In the Zaporozhye region, as a result of shelling from the Malokaterinovka MLRS, eight people were injured by cluster shells. Three of them are ambulance workers who arrived on a call, the OVA said.
08:32 Imagine Dragons, the ambassador of the United24 fundraising platform, presented a video filmed on the front line in Ukraine. It tells about 14-year-old Sasha, who survived several months of Russian occupation.
08:11 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of May 11.
- personnel - about 196,920 (+610) people liquidated,
- tanks - 3740 (+4),
- armored combat vehicles - 7287 (+12),
- artillery systems - 3053 (+14),
- MLRS - 557 (+2),
- air defense systems - 310 (+2),
- aircraft - 308 (+0),
- helicopters - 294 (+0),
- UAV operational-tactical level - 2627 (+3),
- cruise missiles - 970 (+0),
- ships/boats - 18 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tankers - 5984 (+10),
- special equipment - 391 (+2).
08:06 The Russian army continues to focus its main efforts on the Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky and Maryinsky directions - 39 enemy attacks are repelled. The most fierce battles are going on for Bakhmut and Marinka, the General Staff reported in the morning report .
According to the General Staff, over the past three days, the Russians have "evacuated" about 300 local residents, including children, from the occupied territories of the Zaporozhye region to Berdyansk.
07:45 US presidential candidate Donald Trump, during a debate on CNN, refused to call Putin a war criminal, because, in his opinion, this could harm negotiations with the Russian Federation: "If you say that he is a war criminal, it will be much more difficult to conclude an agreement, to stop this case. If he is a war criminal, people will capture him and execute him, he will fight much harder than in other circumstances."
At the same time, the former US president called the head of the Kremlin "very smart" and "very cunning", although he admitted that he made a mistake: "His mistake was that he invaded. He would never have invaded if I were president" .
Trump also declined to say whether he supports Ukraine in the war with Russia. When asked by journalists to choose a side, he said: "I want everyone to stop dying."
07:12 The governor of the Kursk region of the Russian Federation Roman Starovoit said that early in the morning from the side of Ukraine five strikes were allegedly recorded on the electrical substation of the village of Tetkino, Glushkovsky district, and the power supply was partially disrupted.
05:58 Military instructors from Canada and Latvia will start training the Ukrainian military in Latvia from May 15, Canadian Defense Minister Anita Anand said. We are talking about a training program for the youngest Ukrainian officers. Anand added that Canada has already trained more than 36,000 Ukrainian troops.
05:27 Peskov said in an interview with the Bosnian ATV channel that "Russia is not waging a real war" in Ukraine, allegedly trying to protect infrastructure and people's lives: "Waging war is a completely different matter, it is the complete destruction of infrastructure, cities. We do not do this "We are trying to save infrastructure and human lives."
According to the Kremlin speaker, the "special operation" is "very difficult", but certain goals have been achieved over the year - for example, "Russia managed to pretty much spoil the Ukrainian military machine," since the goal of the "SVO" is "demilitarization." He also called "the reunification of Russia with the Donbass, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions" as an important result of the first year of the NVO.
03:45 Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said that the grain agreement is likely to be extended by at least two months.
00:27 Governor of the Bryansk region of the Russian Federation Alexander Bogomaz said that a Ukrainian drone allegedly fired at an administrative building in Starodub, there were no casualties.