Kharkov, Ukraine, May 13 (Reuters)-Ukraine said it had damaged a Russian Navy logistics vessel near Snake Island, a small but strategic outpost in the Black Sea. I saved it.
Recent new battles around Snake Island are fighting to rule the western Black Sea coast, as Russian troops are struggling to advance north and east of Ukraine, according to some defense officials. May be.
Serhiy Bratuk, a spokesman for the Odesa military junta, said:
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Reuters could not independently confirm the details. The Russian Defense Ministry did not immediately respond to the request for comment.
Satellite images provided by Maxar, a U.S.-based private company, have the aftereffects of a possible missile attack on a Russian Selna-class amphibious ship near an island near the sea border between Ukraine and Romania. Indicated.
The images also show recent damage to the island’s buildings, which became famous for the nasty rebellion of Ukrainian defenders in the early days of the invasion. read more
Russia faced further retreat on the battlefield as Ukraine expelled troops from the area around Kharkiv, the second largest city. This is the fastest advance after forcing the Kremlin’s army from Kyiv and the northeast over a month ago.
Reuters journalists have confirmed that Ukraine now controls a territory on the banks of the Siverskyi Donets, about 40 km (25 miles) east of Kharkov.
Images released by the Ukrainian Paratroopers Command appeared to show some burned out military vehicles and some of the bridges being destroyed and partially submerged in the river.
Local officials reported an ongoing missile attack around Poltava and a bombardment in Delgach near Kharkov, killing two people.
In the capital, Kieu, the wives and relatives of Ukrainian fighters were trapped at the Azovstal Iron and Steel Works in the southern port of Mariupol, marching and chanting to rescue them. After more than two months of siege, Russian troops have attacked the steelworks, the last bastion of Ukrainian defenders in a city almost completely controlled by Russia.
“I want all the defenders there to go home so that they can live a normal life with their children and relatives,” said his brother Maria Zimareba, who is inside the steelworks. “They won it. Why can others walk down the street with their loved ones, but they can’t? Why doesn’t anyone help them?”
Kieu said he was working to rescue many seriously injured military personnel.
“We have begun new negotiations on the roadmap for (evacuation) operations, and we will start with those who are seriously injured,” Deputy Prime Minister Irina Bereshchuk told 1 + 1 television.
Enlargement of NATO
As the fighting continued throughout the country, broader diplomatic movements put pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Finland’s NATO application plan announced Thursday and expectations that Sweden will continue will bring about the expansion of the Western military alliance that Putin sought to thwart.
Abandoning the neutral nations they maintained throughout the Cold War will be one of the greatest changes in Europe’s security in decades.
Moscow calls Finland’s announcement hostile and threatening retaliation and includes unspecified “military technical” measures.
“Helsinki must be aware of the responsibility and consequences of such a move,” the Foreign Ministry said.
NATO Secretary-General Jason Stoltenberg said Finns were “warmly welcomed” and promised a “smooth and swift” accession process. read more
The White House supported such a move.
“We support NATO’s application by Finland and Sweden,” spokesman Jen Psaki said.
Finland’s 1,300 km (800 miles) border more than doubles the length of the border between the U.S.-led alliance and Russia, and NATO guards a few hours drive from the northern suburbs of St. Petersburg. to place.
President Putin cites the potential expansion of NATO as one of the main reasons for launching an operation called “Special Military Operation” in Ukraine in February.
Thursday also saw an intensifying debate over Russia’s energy supply to Europe-still Moscow’s largest source of funding and Europe’s largest source of heat and electricity.
Moscow said it would stop the flow of gas to Germany through Poland’s main pipeline, but Kieu would have to reopen the pipeline route closed this week unless he regained control of the region from pro-Russian fighters. Stated. Gas prices in Europe have skyrocketed. read more
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