A massive Russian bombing wave hits all major Ukrainian cities. Anti-aircraft defenses were used in Kiev and explosions occurred in the Karkhiv area. The pictures show a huge explosion on the outskirts of Ternopil in the west: a rocket probably destroyed an ammunition depot. According to the first reports, drones and Kalibr missiles were used both from the Black Sea and from Russian territory, especially from the districts closest to the Polish border, such as Ivano-Frankivsk, Lviv and Ternopil, where the Ukrainian army was said to have been preparing reserves of grenades and fuel to fuel the counter-offensive. The other night there was another attack in the same area: ammunition depots and fuel tanks were blown up around Khmelnitsky. Zelenskyy leaves Italy and tweets after meeting the Pope: “I hope
that this conversation will have historic consequences for Ukraine.”
(by Gianluca Di Feo)
The war in Ukraine, what you need to know
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Live news from the Ukraine-Russia conflict
00:51
Zelenskyi arrived in Berlin
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has arrived in Berlin. He announced it in a tweet. After the stop in Italy, the focus of the visit to Germany would be “weapons, air defence, reconstruction, the European Union and NATO,” he explained.
Already in Berlin. Weapons. Powerful package. air defense. Reconstruction. EU. BORN. Security.
—????????? ?????????? (@ZelenskyyUa) May 13, 2023
00:22
Zelenskyy in Rome: “I am not ready to talk to Putin, the solution for Ukraine is a counter-offensive.”
“I’m not ready to talk to Putin, the solution for Ukraine is the counteroffensive: when we get to the Crimean border, support for Putin inside Russia will decrease and he has to find a way out.” Clear words from Zelenskyy, met Pope Francis in Rome. “With all due respect to Your Holiness, we don’t need mediators, we need a just peace. If there can ever be a peace plan, only the Ukrainian one.” The distances remain, but the Pope and Zelenskyy converged on mediation at their meeting in the Vatican to bring the deported children back to Russia. In armored Rome, the Ukrainian president also saw Mattarella – “We are by your side, may peace be true and no surrender” – and Meloni. The Prime Minister confirms it: “Help until a just peace”.
Zelenskyy: “If we reach Crimea with the counter-offensive, the Russian regime will split”
00:16
Ternopil was attacked while her band was performing at the Eurovision Song Contest
Russian troops have launched a missile attack on Ternopil in western Ukraine, targeting the city’s industrial zone. This was reported by Rbc Ukraine, citing the chairman of the Ternopil Regional Council Mykhailo Golovka. According to Mayor Serhii Nadal, “a non-residential building caught fire” in the city and rescue workers are on site.
At the very same time that Europe is celebrating music, unity and light at the Eurovision Song Contest, Russia is firing cruise missiles at Ukraine, which is defying the darkness.
?????— Defense of Ukraine (@DefenceU) May 13, 2023
The Ukrainian musical duo Tvorchi, who will represent the country in the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest with the song “Heart of Steel”, originally hail from the city of Ternopil and performed in the final of the competition shortly after the attack on the city was taped tonight. This was written by the Ukrainian information portal Zn.Ua. The Eurovision Song Contest will be hosted by Ukraine this year but due to the war it will be held in Liverpool.
11:51 p.m
Zelenskyy: “I hope that the talks with the Pope will have historical consequences”
In Rome “I met Pope Francis. I hope that this conversation will have historic consequences for Ukraine, especially with regard to the return of the Ukrainian children “deported to Russia” to their homeland. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wrote on Twitter.