The main thing at the moment

• The European Union has agreed to provide Ukraine with the second tranche of macro-financial assistance in the amount of 600 million euros.

• Russian troops continue to shell Mariupol.

  Defenders of Mariupol called on the world to save them.

  The Ukrainian government says it is negotiating with Russia.

• In the Luhansk region, as a result of an assault by Russian troops, almost 60 houses were destroyed and a bridge in Rubezhnoye was damaged.

• Since the start of Russia's war against Ukraine, more than 646 children have been injured: 227 killed and 420 wounded.

• The Ukrainian counteroffensive north of Kharkiv advanced further and approached the border with Russia within 10 km.

  Ukrainians liberated 20 settlements there.

• LDNR blocked Instagram and Facebook by analogy with the decision in Russia.

Territorial control of Ukraine on May 11, 2022

Independent verification of information about hostilities provided by officials of various parties is not yet possible.

What happens on May 14th

227 children have died in Ukraine since the beginning of the war

This was reported by the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine on May 14.

The ministry also said that at least 420 children had been injured since the beginning of the war.

According to the prosecutor's office, a 12-year-old boy died in hospital on May 12 after being seriously injured on May 1 during the shelling of the town of Papasnaya in the Luhansk region.

The Russians fired on the Dnipropetrovsk region

On the morning of May 14, the Russian military fired on the Dnipropetrovsk region, said the head of the regional state administration Valentin Reznichenko.

"At dawn, the enemy fired at the Shirokov community from the Hurricanes."

People were not hurt.

Several houses have broken windows.

In several yards - cluster munitions.

Pyrotechnics are working, ”he said.

Ukrainian General Staff: Russia withdraws troops from Kharkov.

Their greatest activity is in the Slobozhansky and Donetsk directions

According to the speaker of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Alexander Stupun, the main goal of Russian troops now is to establish full control over the territory of Donetsk, Luhansk and Kherson regions and ensure the stability of the land corridor with the temporarily occupied Ukrainian Crimea.

The greatest activity of Russian troops now - in Slobozhansky and Donetsk areas.

At the same time, Russia is withdrawing its troops from Kharkiv.

In Mariupol, the Russian military continues to block the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of ​​the plant "Azovstal", inflicting massive artillery and air strikes.

In the Zaporozhye direction, in order to maintain the occupied territory, there are preparatory measures for the construction of multi-tiered defense by the occupiers.

Ukraine is negotiating the evacuation of 60 people from "Azovstal"

Ukraine is currently negotiating the evacuation of 60 people from Azovstal in Mariupol, where the Ukrainian military has been defending itself for more than two months, despite being surrounded by Russian troops.

Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine Iryna Verashchuk called this figure "Public".

Earlier, she stressed that the talks are not easy.

“Several hundred people are injured, they should be rescued first of all, because the Russians do not agree with everyone at once.

So at first the doctors were seriously injured, 60 of them, ”Verashchuk said.

Russia has entered the third phase of a full-scale war in Ukraine - Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine

Russia has launched the third phase of a full-scale war in Ukraine and is preparing for a long-term battle.

This was announced on the air of the All-Ukrainian TV marathon by the adviser to the Minister of Internal Affairs Viktor Andrusiv, writes "Social".

He clarified that the first phase involved an attempt to capture Ukraine in a short time, the second - to join the Defense Forces of Ukraine in the east.

"One encirclement was planned very large, they wanted to cut off from Pavlohrad, the second encirclement was planned so that together with Kramatorsk and Slavyansk, and now they have a very small environment - in fact North Donetsk and Lisichansk, but they can not do it," said the deputy minister. .

According to him, the Russians are preparing to defend the borders where they stopped.

“Now the third phase has come - when they start preparing to defend the borders where they stopped.

This indicates that they have decided to turn the war into a very long one.

They hope that the crises caused by the war will put the West at the negotiating table with them.

and the West will try to exchange us for something, ”he said.

The Russians are trying to install air defense systems on Snake Island

Russian troops are trying to install air defense systems on Snake Island, said Sergei Bratchuk, a spokesman for the Odessa regional military administration.

"Relevant decisions of our military leadership will be fatal for the Russians," he added.

All active submarines of the Black Sea Fleet of Russia went to sea

In total, the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation has six submarines of the "Warsaw" project: they are cruise missiles "Caliber", which are used, in various modifications, to destroy naval and ground targets.

Each submarine is armed with four such missiles.

As reported by representatives of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on May 13, Russia strikes from the annexed Crimea with missiles from its submarines.

The Russians blew up three bridges, vital for the continuation of the Ukrainian offensive in the Kharkiv region

When Russian troops retreated due to a prolonged Ukrainian counteroffensive in the Kharkiv region, they blew up three bridges across the North Donets River, vital for the continuation of the Ukrainian offensive, according to satellite images of BlackSky and the European Space Agency, writes CNN.

Photographs taken on May 12 show sections of bridges across the Seversky Donets River near the villages of Rubezhnoye and Stary Saltov, about 10 miles south of the Russian border and recently liberated by Ukrainian troops.

A photo from the European Space Agency on May 8 shows that the bridge over the Pecheneg HPP was also blown up.

Although it is not clear when the bridges were blown up and who is responsible for it, it is unlikely that the Ukrainians did it, the agency said.

The UN has confirmed the deaths of more than 1,000 civilians in the suburbs of Kiev

The bodies of more than 1,000 civilians have been found in areas north of Kyiv that have been occupied by the Russian military for some time, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said at the 34th special session of the Human Rights Council.

However, she noted that the numbers will continue to grow.

According to Michelle Bachelet, several hundred of them were shot, some people died from injuries and lack of medical care in those areas, some were killed while trying to leave the occupied territories by car.

General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: 788 missiles fired from Ukraine and Belarus

From the beginning of the war until May 11, 788 cruise and ballistic missiles were fired from Russia and Belarus, said at a briefing on May 12, Deputy Chief of the Main Operations Department of the General Staff of the USU Alexei Gromov.

According to him, a total of 487 missile strikes and 4,917 combat sorties were made by Russian troops.

In particular, 213 Iskander missiles, 61 Point-U missiles and 235 naval and air-based cruise missiles were used.

Refugees from the war

More than 6 million people have fled Russia since Ukraine's invasion, according to the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees as of May 12.

According to the Office, more than 3.27 million people left for Poland, almost 895.8 thousand people - in Romania, more than 583 thousand - in Hungary.

According to the UN, more than 785,000 people were deported to Russia.

Ukrainian authorities claim that the occupiers are forcibly removing Ukrainian citizens.

About 8 million Ukrainians are now internally displaced.

The population of Ukraine (including Russian-controlled territory) is about 44 million people.

What is happening in Russia

Russia's Justice Ministry proposes to ban lawyers from "unfriendly countries"

In the future, on the basis of this order it is planned to deprive the status of active lawyers.

Currently, 247 lawyers from Ukraine, the United States, Great Britain, France, Germany and other "unfriendly" countries are registered in the register.

S7 airline canceled flights to the west and south of Russia, as well as to the Crimea until June and September

This was pointed out by RIA Novosti.

The airline closed sales for flights to Anapa, Gelendzhik, Krasnodar and Simferopol until June 23, and for flights from Moscow to Belgorod, Bryansk, Voronezh and Lipetsk - until the end of September.

Rosaviatsia closed flights to each of these airports on February 24, the day of Russia's war against Ukraine, and then extended the ban more than ten times.

Now the flights are formally closed until May 13.

The Russians began to trust television less

According to the Accelerate research, on March 17, 33% of respondents named television as the most reliable source of information;

as of April 27, 23% of respondents thought so.

Residents of small towns decreased the most (from 34 to 24%), and in Moscow and St. Petersburg - from 27 to 21%.

At the same time, trust in social networks and Telegram for 1.5 months increased from 19 to 23%.

Confidence in online media and official websites also fell from 26 to 23%.

Belarus' participation in the war

Belarus has allowed Russia to use its territory to attack Ukraine from the north;

Russians use Belarusian airfields for flights and Belarusian sites for rocket attacks on Ukrainian cities.

At the same time, Belarusians are fighting on the side of Ukraine in various formations.

A battalion named after Kastus Kalinouski has been created.

Belarusian army near the border with Ukraine

The Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, First Deputy Defense Minister of Belarus

announced the beginning of the second stage of the inspection of the rapid reaction force.

According to him, as part of this stage, battalion-tactical groups have moved to the Western and North-Western operational areas, and air defense units, missile forces and artillery units will be strengthened to ensure their combat operation.

According to Gulevich, units of special operations forces were deployed in three tactical directions of the southern direction (to the border with Ukraine. - RS).

How the world reacts

Britain has imposed sanctions against Alina Kabayeva

The British Ministry of Foreign Affairs has stated that it has included former Olympic champion Alina Kabayeva in its sanctions list, RIA Novosti reports.

Many Western media outlets have recently written about Kabayeva's closeness to the Russian president, claiming that she is the mother of Putin's two sons, born in 2015 and 2019.

The Wall Street Journal also quoted anonymous sources as saying that the US National Security Council had recently suspended sanctions against Kabayeva, fearing a backlash from Russian President Vladimir Putin and further strained relations with Russia.

The European Union has agreed to provide Ukraine with the second tranche of macro-financial assistance in the amount of 600 million euros

This was announced at a briefing on May 12 by the representative of the European Commission Dana Spinant, writes "Public".

She added that the second tranche of macro-financial assistance will arrive in Kyiv by May 20.

The body also decided to establish "tranches of solidarity" aimed at helping with the export of agricultural products of Ukraine.

Lithuania recalls ambassador and closes consulate in St. Petersburg

Lithuania recalls its ambassador to Russia on June 1 and closes the consulate general in St. Petersburg on June 7.

This is stated in a registered resolution of the Lithuanian government, writes Delfi.

Earlier, Russia announced the closure of the Lithuanian Consulate General in St. Petersburg in response to the expulsion of Russian diplomats from Lithuania.

The Czech Senate has recognized Russia's crimes in Ukraine as genocide

The Senate of the Czech Republic on May 11 recognized the crimes of the Russian army in Ukraine as genocide of the Ukrainian people, said on Twitter the Ambassador of Ukraine in Prague Eugene Perebiynis.

The resolution also supports the continued transfer of weapons to the Czech Republic and the granting of EU candidate status to Ukraine.

The United States has abolished tariffs on steel from Ukraine for a year

The US Department of Commerce has announced the abolition of steel tariffs from Ukraine for a year due to the damage caused by the Russian war to Ukrainian metallurgical enterprises.

The duty on imported steel of 25% in 2018 was introduced by then-US President Donald Trump.

Before the Russian invasion, Ukraine ranked 13th in the world ranking of the largest steel producers.

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Russia's war against Ukraine

• At 5 am on February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the start of a military operation against Ukraine in the Donbas at the request of the DNR and LNR groups.

  On February 21, during a televised address to the Russians, Putin called the so-called "DPR" and "LPR" independent states within the regions.

  On February 22, the Federation Council ratified the decision.

• All the days of the war are shelling Ukrainian cities with missiles, flying aircraft.

  Russian troops are attacking, including from the territory of Belarus, using airfields, bases and roads.

  Representatives of the Lukashenko regime justify the war, the opposition considers the territory of Belarus occupied and calls for resistance to Russian invaders.

• On February 27, the International Legion of Territorial Defense was established in Ukraine, and foreign volunteers were encouraged to join.

  Belarusians also entered there.

  During the two months of the war, four Belarusian volunteers and soldiers of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were killed at the front: 31-year-old Alyaksei Skoblya, call sign "Tour", 27-year-old Ilya Litvin from the Belarusian Territorial Defense Company of the Azov Battalion, Dmitry Apanasovich (call sign "Terror"). and Dmitry Rubashevsky "Hans".

• On March 30, the UN approved the composition of an independent commission to investigate Russian war crimes in Ukraine.

  It included people who worked in the conflict in Rwanda and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

• Contrary to Putin's claims of attacks exclusively on military facilities, the Russians are bombing schools, kindergartens and residential areas of Ukrainian cities.

  The Russians are using banned weapons, including cluster bombs against civilians.

• The number of refugees from Ukraine exceeded 5.5 million people.

• On April 1, Lithuania became the first EU country to completely abandon Russian gas.

  Latvia and Estonia followed suit.

  Germany has promised to completely suspend the use of Russian oil by the end of 2022.

• On April 2, after the liberation of the city of Bucha near Kyiv, photojournalists published dozens of photos showing hundreds of the dead, victims of massacres committed by Russian troops.

  Many are buried in natural mass graves.

  The Russian occupation and Borodyanka brought great destruction.

  A number of rapes, including infants, are also known.

• In April, the number of missile attacks on Ukraine and air strikes from Belarus decreased, and Russian troops began to leave Belarus.

• Since the beginning of the Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine, 26 media representatives have been killed - 19 journalists and 7 other workers.

• Russia continues bombing Azovstal plant in Mariupol.

  People are killed in bombings.

  Most of the soldiers of the Azov Regiment remained at the plant.

  According to the regiment, Russians could kill up to 25,000 Mariupol residents during the war.

• In May, the Ukrainians launched a counteroffensive in the Slobozhanshchina region, pushing the invaders to their borders.

• On May 9, the President of the United States signed the Land League Act.

  This law restores the program of the Second World War, which will accelerate the supply of weapons to Ukraine and increase such assistance.

• UKRAINE - Territorial control of Ukraine 11 of May

• Independent verification of information about hostilities provided by officials of various parties is not yet possible.