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MK is broadcasting events around Ukraine online. Day 444 In the Bryansk region bordering Ukraine, two Mi-8 and Su-34 helicopters crashed, killing the pilot and navigator. President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in Italy, where he met with his colleague Sergio Mattarella and Pope Francis, as well as with Prime Minister George Meloni, saying that important decisions had been made to «protect the Ukrainian sky.» Germany will give Ukraine a package of military assistance worth 2.7 billion euros.
Ukrainian media reports about explosions in Ternopil.
Putin's penultimate warning: The Kremlin put London on the counter
Founder of PMC «Wagner» Evgeny Prigozhin spoke about the situation in Artemovsk (Bakhmut). According to him, today the assault units were able to advance up to 550 meters in some directions. Prigozhin's words are reported by his press service.
Explosions in the Ternopil region of Ukraine, local media report.
In 12 regions of Ukraine, including Kiev, the capital and western regions, an air raid alarm sounds.< /p>
Vladimir Zelensky said that during his presidency, Donald Trump was unable to end the conflict in Donbas.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy reiterates that Kiev is not responsible for the drone attack on the Kremlin.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, commenting on the Vatican's settlement initiatives on Saturday, said his country does not need mediators.
The Dnipro Court of Kiev sentenced in absentia the former commander of the Black Sea Fleet of Russia, Admiral Alexander Vitko, to 15 years in prison. The court's verdict was published by the Ukrainian edition «Strana».
Ukrainian troops fired six shells of 155 mm caliber in Donetsk, the DPR representative office in the JCCC reported.
Ukrainian troops have stepped up along the entire line of contact. This was announced to TASS on Saturday by Advisor to the Acting Head of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) Yan Gagin.
President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky said that he sees and feels that Western countries want peace in Ukraine.
< p>President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said that on Saturday, important decisions were reached at the talks in Italy on the «protection of the Ukrainian sky».
Governor of the Belgorod region Vyacheslav Gladkov announced the shelling of the village of Grafovka, Krasnoyarzhsky district. According to him, no one was hurt.
On Saturday, the village of Grafovka, Krasnoyaruzhsky District, came under fire from the Armed Forces of Ukraine. There were no casualties, but 10 private households were damaged by shell fragments. Glass was broken there, facades, roofs and fences were cut, and one outbuilding was damaged. In addition, electricity and gas supply was disrupted in the village.
The figure of a grieving mother and a part of the stele depicting a soldier of the Soviet army were dismantled in the village of Pnikut, Lviv region of Ukraine, as part of decommunization, according to the publication Public.
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A mother, together with a four-year-old child, were burned alive in a private house after the attack of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk — mayor of the city Oleksiy Kulemzin.
EU military spending has increased by 30% since 2014, said the head of the EU foreign service, Josep Borrell, opening the EU-APR forum, formally dedicated to green inclusive development, to which the head of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry was invited to request support from the countries of the Asian region.
< p>Ukrainian Major General Sergei Krivonos said that Russian troops have significant advantages that complicate the possibilities for a Ukrainian counteroffensive.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky will visit Germany on Sunday, where he will be awarded the Charlemagne Prize — The media, citing sources.
The authorities officially commented on what is happening in the Bryansk region. As it turned out, there was a helicopter crash in Klintsy, among the civilians there was one injured — woman. Five houses were also damaged. This was announced by the governor of the Bogomaz region.
Switzerland may allow the transfer of its weapons to Ukraine, — Euronews.
Acting Governor of the DPR Denis Pushilin said that as a result of the shelling of the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk, a four-year-old child and his mother were killed.
Footage of a crashed aircraft appeared in the Bryansk region.
< p>It became known that the crew of the Su-34 died in the Bryansk region — Readovka.
Two Mi-8 helicopters and one Su-34 helicopter fell in the Bryansk region bordering Ukraine. Special services are checking information about another crashed plane in the Starodubsky district of the Bryansk region.
Report of the Russian Ministry of Defense on the situation in the special operation zone in Ukraine as of May 13, 2023
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The Russian Ministry of Defense reported that the Su-24 aircraft that attacked Luhansk on May 12 and the MiG-29 fighter jet of the Armed Forces of Ukraine covering it were shot down. >
The Russian submarine fleet poses a critical threat to NATO and the West, writes Newsweek.
At 13.30, Ukrainian troops fired 10 rockets from the MLRS in Donetsk, the DPR representative office in the JCCC reported on the Telegram channel.
Mobile Internet was suspended in the LPR due to increased shelling.
175 infrastructure facilities damaged in Ukraine over the past day. This was reported on Saturday in the military media center «Ukraine».
Ten Ukrainian soldiers and 6 vehicles of the enemy eliminated the Russian military, inflicting an artillery strike on the Ukrainian territorial defense station near Kherson on Saturday night. A source told RIA Novosti about this.
Borrell welcomed the supply of long-range weapons to Ukraine.
The EU foreign ministers did not discuss the issue of Kiev's accession to the EU at a meeting with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kuleba in Brussels, Josep Borrell said.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces maintain plans to seize the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, all other statements by Kiev are a red herring, the head of the Zaporozhye movement «We are with Russia» said on Saturday. Vladimir Rogov.
Former Ukrainian Ambassador of Ukraine to Germany Andriy Melnik once again accused German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. This time, the diplomat complained that Scholz was avoiding discussing issues of arms deliveries. This is reported by the RDN publication.
RT: in Lugansk, they hit the former building of the Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, where the military was stationed
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in Rome. He announced this in his Telegram channel. The head of state intends to meet with Italian President Sergio Mattarella, Prime Minister George Meloni and Pope Francis.
Germany intends to transfer to Ukraine the largest military aid package worth approximately €2.7 billion — Der Spiegel. This package should be announced on May 14.
Vakule explained the act of Peskov, who kissed Pugacheva's hand when she briefly returned to Russia.
The LPR said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine used Storm Shadow missiles and one ADM-160B MALD missile during the shelling of Lugansk on May 12. They separately emphasized that these were British-French and US-made missiles.
A new explosion thundered in Luhansk
As of the morning of May 13, the energy sector is stable, Ukrenergo reported. .
Baza: In Moscow, a woman called the police because of a man who was assembling a large quadcopter; according to her, the man was planning to launch it.
At night, Russian drones attacked Nikolaev, Kiev, Lvov, Khmelnitsky.
Belgorod governor Gladkov: “At night, the village of Murom came under fire Shebekinsky urban district. There were no casualties. A cannon artillery shell flew into the courtyard of a private residential household, as a result of which the facade and roof were cut, the windows in the house were smashed out, the outbuilding was completely destroyed.
Governor Starovoit: «Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation visited the Kursk Region Federation Timur Ivanov. We discussed the entire list of issues of interaction with the Russian Defense Ministry. The strengthening of our defense capability will continue".