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The situation in the Ukraine war is getting worse, both militarily and diplomatically: the news ticker on Tuesday, May 24.
- Zelenskyy asks for new weapons: New civilian casualties
- Belarus gathers troops: According to Ukrainian information, the neighboring country is gathering soldiers at the border.
- Ukrainian troops surrounded in Sievjerodonetsk: Resistance to “buying time” for the armed forces in Donbass
- This news ticker about the conflict in Ukraine is constantly updated.
+++ 08:00: According to Ukrainian President Zelenskyy, the situation in Donbass is “extremely difficult”. Russia is trying to “eliminate all people alive,” as he explained Tuesday night. The Russian army is currently trying to occupy key strategic positions in eastern Ukraine. Due to the bombings, it is currently not possible to evacuate the civilian population, according to Zelenskyy.
The crew of a self-propelled artillery vehicle of the Donetsk “People’s Republic” militia is preparing to bomb a Ukrainian army position near the town of Yasynuvata, on the outskirts of Donetsk. © Alexei Alexandrov/AP/dpa
The assessment was confirmed by the head of the military administration of Bakhmut (Donetsk region), Serhiy Kalian: “We have reached a point where we are about to make evacuations mandatory.” situation: “Such a density of bombing will not allow us to calmly gather people and take them,” he explained on Telegram.
War in Ukraine: Zelenskyy demands new weapons deliveries
Update for Tuesday, May 24 at 6:30 am: According to Ukrainian sources, three civilians were killed and another six wounded in attacks in eastern Ukraine on Monday (May 23). The announcement was made by the governor of the Donetsk region, Pavlo Kyrylenko, on Telegram. In his video message on Monday night, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called for more weapons deliveries from the West.
Many people “wouldn’t have died if we’d been given all the weapons we asked for,” he said. Since the beginning of the war, his country has been the target of 3,000 air strikes and nearly 1,500 rocket attacks. The vast majority of attacks targeted civilian objects. In many regions of the country – especially central and eastern Ukraine – there were renewed air strikes on Tuesday night.
++ 22:45: Russia is said to have kidnapped over 1.4 million people from Ukraine. This is reported by the Interfax agency, citing statements by human rights official Liudmyla Denisova at the World Economic Forum in Davos. More than 240,000 of them were children. She also pointed out the need to resolve the issue of the return of these Ukrainian citizens at the interstate level.
War in Ukraine: Russian soldiers surround Ukrainian troops further in Sievjerodonetsk
++ 20:30: Ukrainian forces entrenched around the city of Sieverodonetsk are increasingly surrounded by Russian troops, a Western government official said, according to the BBC.
According to the report, Russian forces had made “gradual progress” in encircling Ukrainian resistance forces around the city. According to the government official, the continued resistance of Ukrainian soldiers is intended to weaken Russian forces and “buy time” for the remaining Ukrainian forces in Donbass to prepare for further attacks.
The siege of Ukrainian troops around the city of Sievjerodonetsk is a “most achievable objective” for Russia. The defense expert suggests that once Russia secures this area, it will try to advance towards the city of Kramatorsk (to the southwest).
War in Ukraine: “Assassination Attempt” Against Pro-Russian Mayor
++ 16:45: According to several US officials, the Biden administration is toying with the idea of sending special forces to Ukraine with the limited mission of guarding the US embassy in Kiev. However, there is still no draft that can be presented to President Joe Biden, CNN reports, citing anonymous sources.
The embassy reopened last week after being closed for about three months. US Marines typically guard US embassies around the world, but the consensus in Kiev is that typical Marine Corps embassy guards are inadequate for the uncertain security situation in Ukraine without additional forces.
The US does not believe that Russia would openly attack the embassy. However, there is concern that Russian air defenses or missiles could accidentally hit the site and the situation could escalate dramatically. Moscow should be aware that the US has its embassies guarded all over the world. Despite this, the deployment of US forces in Ukraine may raise concerns, as Biden has unequivocally stated that he would not send ground forces into Ukraine.
Ukraine-News: “Assassination attempt” against pro-Russian mayor?
+++ 16h: Pro-Russian mayor Andrei Shevchik was wounded in an explosion in the southern Ukrainian city of Enerhodar. Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov spoke of an “assassination attempt” carried out by Ukrainian “nationalists”. However, Shevchik and his two bodyguards are out of danger, the RIA Novosti news agency reported. The Moscow-appointed mayor suffered “burns and injuries”.
+++ 15h: As the Ministry of Defense announced in Minsk, the Belarusian armed forces are currently reviewing their combat readiness. Tests must therefore include military equipment as well as logistics. There has been much speculation about the country’s active military involvement in the Ukraine war.
Ukraine-News: Russia attacks military transport with ‘high-precision missiles’
++ 13.45: A Russian air strike hit a village in Ukraine last week. Now, the number of original deaths is rising dramatically, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reported on Monday in a video address to participants at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. According to the leadership in Kiev, 87 people were killed in the village with a Ukrainian military base last week. Local authorities initially spoke of eight deaths and twelve injuries.
+++ 1 pm: Ukrainian soldiers captured in Mariupol will be brought to court. This is reported by the Russian news agency Interfax. According to the report, Denis Puschilin, leader of the pro-Russian separatists in Donetsk, emphasized: “It is planned to establish an international tribunal on the territory of the republic.” Donetsk People’s Republic.
On May 20, the Russian Defense Ministry released video footage of the surrender of the last group of Ukrainian soldiers from the Azovstal Power Plant in Mariupol. The Russian Defense Ministry said the factory and underground facilities at the steelworks had been completely taken over by the Russian army.
++ 11:45 am: According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the Russian army bombed a military transport near the Ukrainian capital Kiev. “Weapons and military equipment of the 10th Ukrainian Assault Brigade in the mountains of Ivano-Frankivsk, which was to be taken to Donbass, were destroyed by high-precision missiles launched from the sea near the Malyn railway station in the Zhytomyr region,” said the Russian Ministry of Defence. spokesman said in a statement.Igor Konashenkov. According to Ukrainian sources, one person died and four others were injured in the attack.
+++ 10:01 am: An airstrike in the Ukrainian city of Malyn reportedly killed one and wounded four others. This is reported by the news portal Kiyv Independent. The mayor of the city reported that the attack damaged the local railway infrastructure, about 150 apartment buildings, several shops and cafes, as well as industrial plants in the area. The information cannot be independently verified.
Ukraine-News: Belarus is massing forces on the border
First report for Monday, May 23, 2022, 9:28 am: KIEV – The former Soviet republic of Belarus, which has yet to take an active part in the Russian-Ukrainian war, is gathering forces on the border, according to sources in Kiev. “The Belarusian armed forces are carrying out increased reconnaissance and have established additional units in the border area,” the Ukrainian General Staff said in its situation report on Monday morning (May 23). Thus, the danger of rockets and air strikes in Ukraine from Belarusian territory remains.
Belarusian ruler Alexander Lukashenko did not participate with his own troops in the war against Ukraine that Russia started in late February. However, Russian troops were allowed to use the country as a staging area for the attack. Kiev therefore does not see Minsk as neutral and fears that Belarusian soldiers could potentially intervene in the conflict on Russia’s part. Lukashenko, who meets Russian President Vladimir Putin in Sochi on Monday, has always denied such intentions.
Ukraine-News: Russia defends positions
According to the general staff, there is little change in the fighting in eastern Ukraine: the Russians are trying to defend their positions in northern Kharkiv and, further south, they are preparing a new offensive against the city of Sloviansk. In trying to take the village of Dovgenke west of the strategically important road between Izyum and Sloviansk, the Russian military was repulsed, he said.
According to Ukrainian information, the night attacks towards Sieverodonetsk and Bakhmut were also unsuccessful. In the area of Avdiivka, Kurakhove, Novopavlivka and towards Zaporizhia, hostilities subsided, said General Staff Spokesperson Olexandr Stupun. A total of eleven enemy attacks were repelled. Because of high losses, Russia now needs to reactivate decommissioned “T-62” tanks to equip reserve units. The information could not be independently verified. (marv/tu with dpa/AFP)