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Governor: Ukrainian army destroys Russian troops as they try to cross river.
Ukrainian troops defeated the Russians again on May 12 as they set up a pontoon bridge across the Siversky Donets River in Bilohorivka, Luhansk Oblast, the region’s Governor Serhiy Gaidai said. Kharkiv cuts off ‘sister’ ties with Russian cities.
Kharkiv City Council announced on May 11 that it has unilaterally severed ties with Belgorod, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Nizhny Novgorod, and Novosibirsk.Western officials accuse Russia of mass cyberattack on satellite internet in Ukraine shortly before invasion.
As a result, thousands of modems were shut down to “disrupt Ukrainian command and control during the invasion,” U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said. Ukraine leads in Summer Deaflympics.
Ukrainian athletes have already won 77 medals — 39 gold, 16 silver, and 22 bronze — in the 2021 Summer Deaflympics.
The 2021 Games are held in Caxias Do Sul, Brazil, on May 1-15, 2022. Ukrainian forces defeat 51 Russian troops in southern direction on May 8.
Ukraine’s Operational Command South reported that it thwarted an attempt to withdraw a Russian reconnaissance group.Ukraine damages 1, destroys 2 more Russian boats in Black Sea.
The Ukrainian Operational Command South reported using Bayraktar drones to destroy two Russian Raptor-class patrol boats, while significantly damaging another one in the area of the Russian-occupied Snake Island. Estonia to help Ukraine rebuild Zhytomyr Oblast.
Estonia’s Foreign Minister Eva-Maria Liimets announced plans to assist in the reconstruction of major infrastructure, Interfax Ukraine reports. Estonia will also send demining experts to the liberated regions of Ukraine. UN urges reopening of Odesa ports to abate global hunger crisis.
The UN World Food Programme said in a statement on May 6 that “mountains” of grain are going to waste in Ukraine, as Russia’s war inhibits the export of food from Ukraine around the world. UK intelligence: Russia’s renewed effort to get Azovstal linked to May 9 ‘Victory Day,' desire to have 'symbolic success.'
“Whilst resistance continues in Azovstal, Russian losses will continue to build, frustrate their plans in southern Donbas," UK Defense Ministry said. Yermak: Almost 500 civilians evacuated from besieged Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol.
“The next stage of rescuing our people from Azovstal is underway at the moment,” Andriy Yermak, head of President Volodymyr Zelensky’s office reported on May 6. Bush calls Zelensky ‘Winston Churchill of our time.’
Former U.S. President George W. Bush thanked Zelensky for “his leadership, his example, and his commitment to liberty” in an Instagram post on May 5. He also “saluted the courage of the Ukrainian people.”Japan to use nuclear reactors to reduce dependence on Russian energy.
Japan has been increasing its reliance on Russian gas since shutting down nuclear reactors after the Fukushima disaster in 2011. Police: Over 10,000 Russian alleged war crimes under investigation in Ukraine.
Ihor Klymenko, the chief of the National Police, said police are investigating more than 10,000 Russian war crimes committed since Feb. 24. Biden, Scholz won't recognize Russian territorial gains in Ukraine.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and US President Joe Biden agreed in a call on May 5 that they wouldn’t acknowledge any Russian territorial gains in Ukraine, a German government spokesperson said.UK intelligence update: Russia may use military exercise in Belarus to deter Ukrainian forces.
Although the UK Defense Ministry does not see any threat in the exercise currently, Russia will “likely seek to inflate the threat posed to Ukraine” by the training. Mobile service restored in Russian-occupied Kherson.
Ministry of Digital Transformation said on May 4 that Ukrainian mobile carriers had restored the infrastructure damaged by shelling. Mobile networks had been down in Kherson since April 30.Ukrainian military destroy 2 Russian patrol boats in Black Sea.
Ukraine’s Commander-in-Chief Valerii Zaluzhnyi said the Raptor-class patrol ships were destroyed with Turkish-produced Bayraktar drones near the Zmiinyi (Snake) Island at dawn on May 2.![Image](data:image/svg+xml,<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="600" height="400"><rect fill-opacity="0"/></svg>)
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