News about the war in Ukraine
13.45 In a speech on the occasion of the May Day celebrations, Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz reiterated his solidarity with Ukraine and the arms deliveries to Kyiv. “It is unacceptable that there are people who look to the history books and intend to forcibly bring the borders back to where they were before. That’s imperialism and we don’t want that in Europe,” he said at an event organized by the Dgb trade union in Düsseldorf. Scholz reiterated that Germany will continue to support Ukraine “with money and humanitarian aid, but also so that it can defend itself by sending weapons, as many other countries are doing because it is necessary at this moment”. The Chancellor received the protest of some demonstrators, who raised peace flags and insignia of left-wing organizations. “I respect every form of pacifism, every position, but it will seem cynical to a Ukrainian citizen if he is told that he must defend himself unarmed against Putin’s aggression,” said Scholz.
13.09 According to the Russian Defense Ministry, 46 civilians have been evacuated from homes near the besieged Azovstal Steelworks in the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol. “On April 30, after the implementation of a ceasefire and the opening of a humanitarian corridor, two groups of civilians left the residential buildings next to the site of the Azovstal Steel Plant,” the ministry said on Telegram. “In the afternoon, 25 residents left,” reports the ministry, “in the early evening a second group of 21 people left and were taken to Bezimenne,” a village halfway between Mariupol and the Russian border. “All civilians were provided with shelter, food and necessary medical assistance,” Russian authorities said, without specifying where the first group had been taken. (
23.12 During their meeting in Kyiv, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky presented Speaker of the US Parliament Nancy Pelosi with a medal of the Order of Princess Olga in recognition of her “significant personal contribution” to strengthening US-Ukraine relations. The honor commemorates Olga, the first woman to rule Kievan Rus’, the first East Slavic state, a confederation that developed between the 9th and 13th centuries and which cites modern-day Ukraine as its origin (but also Russia and Belarus ). The order is awarded to women who achieve great success in politics and society and are considered the embodiment of the strength of Ukraine. The president also presented Pelosi with a Ukrainian flag signed by himself and lawmakers, which the speaker recently met in the US Congress, US Democrat spokesman Drew Hammill said, quoted by CNN.
11.41 As a guarantor of Ukraine’s security, Poland is ready to intervene in any negotiations paving the way for peace with Russia. This was stated by Jakub Kumoch, head of international politics under Polish President Andrzej Duda: “The President and the government have decided that Poland will not shirk its responsibilities,” Kumoch said in an interview with the Gazeta newspaper, explaining that discussions are taking place in Warsaw will be a proposal for an agreement between Ukraine and the guarantor states. The draft was sent to states that have already offered their willingness to intervene as guarantors, including the United States, Great Britain, Germany, France and Turkey. “The only peace agreement that interests us is the one that guarantees Ukraine’s territorial integrity and independence,” Kumoch said, adding that “there is no place for a Chamberlain” (the British Prime Minister recalled his earlier compliant policy towards Nazi Germany). Second World War).
11.23 The Russian Defense Ministry, quoted by Interfax, confirmed yesterday that it had hit an airport near Odessa. The raid, conducted using an Onyx missile, destroyed a runway and a hangar with “weapons from the United States and European countries.” The ministry also claims that two Ukrainian Su-24 bombers were shot down over Kharkiv.
10.11 Russia is stepping up offensive operations in eastern Ukraine with weapons and military equipment amid heavy artillery attacks, the main objective of which is to capture the Donetsk industrial city of Sloviansk. This was reported by the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in its latest operational update, according to which “the air strikes and artillery fire of the Russian armed forces continue in many areas from Kharkiv in the north to Zaporizhia in the south”. The “enemy assault group continues to strengthen. Up to 300 weapons and military equipment were transferred,” including air defense systems, the staff said. Farther east and south, “enemy troops are conducting active operations along the entire line of demarcation”.
9.36 Russia should respond symmetrically to “unfriendly nations” freezing Russian assets by confiscating their Russian-based assets or companies, Russian Duma (parliament) President Vyacheslav Volodin said on Twitter. “It is fair to reflect the action taken against the companies in Russia whose owners come from unfriendly countries where similar action has been taken: by confiscating those assets,” he writes.
9.05 The Russian army killed twice as many people in Mariupol as the Nazis did during World War II, Mayor Vadym Boychenko said in a note published by Ukraine’s city council on Telegram. “Within two years, the Nazis killed about 10,000 civilians in Mariupol. The Russian occupiers killed 20,000 people in two months. Over 40,000 people have been forcibly displaced,” the mayor said, quoted by the council. “It is one of the worst genocides against a peaceful population in modern history,” he adds.
8.13 Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the US House of Representatives, is in Kyiv where she met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. It was Zelensky himself who publicized the visit and posted a video of the meeting on Twitter, which was also attended by some American lawmakers. “We make this visit to thank you for your fight for freedom. Your fight is for everyone. Our commitment is to be here by the end of the fight,” Pelosi said in the video. And this is how Zelenskyy comments on the post: “I met the speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi in Kyiv. The US is leading in strong support for the fight against Russian aggression. Thank you for your help in protecting the sovereignty and territorial integrity of our state!”
7.53 The pro-Russian administration installed by the occupiers in Cherson, the only Ukrainian capital conquered from Moscow, called a return of the city to Kiev control “impossible”. This is underscored by the latest British military intelligence bulletin, according to which the ruble will start circulating in the region from today, where internet connectivity and cell phone services have been down for several hours.
7.33 The Ukrainian Air Force Command reports that two SU-25 planes and seven Russian drones have been shot down in the past 24 hours. This is reported by The Kyiv Independent.
7.20 Due to Russia’s war against Ukraine, Ukraine’s infrastructure ministry has ordered the ports of Berdyansk, Mariupol, Kherson and Skadovsk to be closed “until control is restored” over these cities. This was reported by Ukrinform, citing a statement published on the website of the Council of Ministers of Ukraine.
7.01 In Kherson, a school and a kindergarten were hit by Ukrainian artillery. This has been denounced by the Russian Defense Ministry, which has pointed the finger at the “Ukrainian nationalists” in the region. “Units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired on the settlements of Kiselevka and Shirokaya Balka in the Kherson region,” read a statement, “Ukrainian nationalists fired on purely civilian targets: a school and a kindergarten in the country were shelled with artillery “. After According to Moscow, a cemetery on the outskirts of the Shirokaya Balka settlement was also bombed.After the bombing, “civilians were injured and killed. The buildings of the school, kindergarten and private houses suffered serious damage” and “the residents of these villages are without electricity”.
7:00 “Ukraine will be free, and Kherson, Melitopol, Berdyansk, Dniprorudne and all other temporarily occupied cities and towns” will fly the Ukrainian flag again. That’s what Ukrainian President Volodymir Zelenskyy said in a video message on Telegram. “Its a lot to do. The occupiers are still on our land, still not realizing the apparent failure of their so-called operation. We must keep fighting and make every effort to drive out the occupiers. And we will do it.” He then promised “a return to normal life that Russia cannot even afford on its own territory”.
6.59 Odessa is attacked with the runways of the airport destroyed, bombings of Kharkiv and the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol to the end. The conflict in Ukraine knows no break. Diplomacy doesn’t seem to be a place. And while Moscow, on the one hand, is striking belligerent tones that some say herald the announcement of “all-out war,” the Ukrainian government, on the other hand, is repeating that the only way to restore peace is to surrender Kiev’s sovereignty over to restore the whole area of Village.
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