Snake Island in the Black Sea. Archival photoMOSCOW, May 10. By Tuesday evening, the Russian Ministry of Defense spoke about the losses of Ukrainian troops in an attempt to capture the Black Sea island of Serpents, which turned into a disaster for Ukraine, and also reported on the defeat of new Ukrainian military facilities.Meanwhile, the head The German Foreign Ministry Annalena Berbock paid an unannounced visit to Ukraine, met with the Ukrainian leadership in Kyiv, visited the city of Bucha in the Kyiv region and announced that Berlin would supply Ukraine with modern tanks and howitzers, and also begin training Ukrainian military personnel. 
How Russia does not turn into UkraineThe course of the operationRussian air defense systems on Tuesday night shot down three Ukrainian drones, one Tochka-U missile and several shells from the Smerch MLRS, Major General Igor Konashenkov, spokesman for the Russian Defense Ministry, said. In addition, on Tuesday LPR troops, with the support of the Russian Armed Forces, completed the cleansing of the city of Popasnaya and broke through the echeloned defense of Ukraine, reaching the western border of the republic. Russian operational-tactical and army aviation hit 74 Ukrainian military facilities, including two command posts and two warehouses of missile and artillery weapons. In addition, Russian missile forces and artillery units hit three command posts of Ukrainian troops, 223 areas of accumulation of enemy manpower and military equipment, and destroyed two ammunition depots. «/>Why did the Pope remind about «NATO barking at the doors of Russia» oblast. In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 164 aircraft, 125 helicopters, 798 unmanned aerial vehicles, 302 anti-aircraft missile systems, 2,983 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 351 multiple rocket launchers, 1,440 field artillery guns and mortars have been destroyed, as well as 2,796 units of special military vehicles, Konashenkov said. Serpentine: «catastrophic» end of Ukrainian attacksIn the course of attempts to recapture Serpentine Island in the Black Sea, Ukrainian troops lost 14 aircraft and helicopters, as well as 30 drones and 50 personnel, a Defense Ministry spokesman said Russian Major General Igor Konashenkov.» This adventure will end was a disaster for Ukraine. The mindless PR campaign of the Kyiv regime to seize Zmeiny Island on the eve of Victory Day led to the senseless death of more than five dozen Ukrainian militants and military personnel of the elite units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the loss of four aircraft, ten helicopters, three boats and thirty unmanned aerial vehicles,» the general said. In particular, Konashenkov clarified, the Kyiv regime lost three Su-24 bombers and one Su-27 fighter in the Zmeiny area.Europe has opened itself to UkrainiansA source in one of the Russian security agencies told reporters that the attack on Zmeiny was conceived by British advisers, and the order was given personally by Vladimir Zelensky, demanding a result by May 9, while the General Staff was against it, and the result was to be a joint statement with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Burbock in KievGerman Foreign Minister Annalena Burbock paid an unannounced visit to Ukraine, met with the Ukrainian leadership in Kyiv and visited Bucha. During a press conference in Kyiv, Burbock said that Germany would support the international investigation into the events in Bucha «politically, financially and with German personnel.» Also, according to her, Germany would supply Ukraine with modern tanks and howitzers, and in parallel, it would begin training Ukrainian military personnel. Burbock also said that Germany is reducing its dependence on Russian energy resources «to zero» and «forever». She also noted that sanctions against Russia can only be lifted after «Ukraine is free again,» even if this will negatively affect the German economy. Together with Burbock, Dutch Foreign Minister Wopke Hoekstra visited Kyiv.
The masks are off: the West has exposed its Nazi essenceEmbassies resume work in KievThe Greek Embassy in Ukraine, which left Kyiv for security reasons shortly after the start of the conflict, is once again working with the necessary personnel, the information service of the Greek Foreign Ministry said. The German Embassy in Kyiv also resumed work in Kyiv with a minimal presence diplomats, said German Foreign Minister Annalena Burbock. The gas issue «GTS Operator of Ukraine» (OGTS) claims that gas transit to Europe through the Sokhranivka station will be terminated from 7.00 Wednesday, May 11. The operator reported «force majeure circumstances» that make it impossible to further transport gas through the Sokhranovka station and the Novopskov compressor station, which are under Russian control. notification from the «GTS Operator of Ukraine» about the termination of transit through the GIS «Sokhranivka» from May 11 due to alleged force majeure, however, the company does not have confirmation of this and does not see any obstacles to work in the previous mode. Kupriyanov also noted that Gazprom is fulfilling its obligations to European consumers, supplying gas for transit through Ukraine in accordance with the contract, transit services have been paid. forced to get richer
