Key events, comments by politicians and experts
MK is broadcasting events around Ukraine online. The 451st day of Russia's special operation is underway. US presidential adviser Jake Sullivan said that the decision on the number of F-16s to be transferred to Kyiv will be made «as Ukrainian pilots are trained.» Vladimir Rogov said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are preparing to seize the Zaporizhzhya NPP and have conducted at least twenty training sessions to force the Dnieper since September.
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Explosions rocked the Dnipropetrovsk region of Ukraine on Saturday evening, Strana writes.
The Pope instructed Cardinal Zuppi to lead the peace mission in Ukraine. The terms and conditions of the mission are being studied.
Ukrainian Ambassador to Poland Vasily Zvarych called the words of Polish Foreign Ministry spokesman Lukasz Yasina that Kyiv needs to apologize for the Volyn massacre unacceptable and annoying. The diplomat noted that Kiev is ready for dialogue and mutual understanding and called on Poland to «respect and balance in statements». /p>
The Russian army advanced in Marinka and began flanking rounds of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, according to the Telegram channel «Russian Spring Military Correspondents» (RusVesna).
During the battle for Artemovsk (Bakhmut), the armed forces of Ukraine suffered huge losses. Military expert Vladislav Shurygin spoke about them in his channel. According to him, the assault corps of PMC «Wagner» pulled over the reserves of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, collected for the winter offensive. The Bakhmut meat grinder has become a symbol of defeat for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, like Stalingrad for the Nazis.
Expert Dandykin named the Donetsk arc next after Artemovsk as the target of the Russian army, URA.RU reports.
Biden and Zelensky will hold May 21 negotiations in Hiroshima.
Military correspondent Andrei Rudenko, citing a source, said that Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny is in critical condition in the hospital. Rudenko wrote about this in his telegram channel.
Russian border guards landed a Ukrainian drone in the Belgorod region, the SHOT telegram channel reports.
Two explosions thundered in Tokmak in the Zaporozhye region, Rogov said .
There was an explosion in Kramatorsk on Saturday afternoon, the Strana newspaper reports.
In Kyiv, a man attacked a monk near the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra. This was reported in the telegram channel of the Union of Orthodox Journalists. The reason for the conflict is unclear, but for some time the man threatened to “give him in the snout” to the priest, he also hit him on the cheek and pushed him, and then promised to “break” and “leave him wallowing in blood.”
Doctor of Military Sciences Konstantin Sivkov commented on the statement by the head of the cabinet of the President of Poland, Schroth, that the warhead of the rocket found in Poland near Bydgoszcz was made of concrete in order to confuse Ukrainian air defense. According to Sivkov, expensive missiles are not used to disorient air defenses. And even if the warhead of the rocket is replaced with concrete, it is still extremely irrational.
In the Tula region, unknown people committed the second sabotage on the railway in two days, the SHOT telegram channel reports. The incident happened on May 19 near the village of Revyakino, a couple of kilometers from the post on duty at the station. The dispatcher noticed the fire and called the police.
Lavrov: the western track in Russia's foreign policy has completely exhausted itself.
The head of PMC «Wagner» Yevgeny Prigozhin announced the establishment of full control over Bakhmut (Artemovsk).
A Ukrainian court sentenced a teenager to 10 years in prison for helping the Russian military near Artemovsk. Ivan Melnikov, vice-president of the Russian branch of the International Committee for the Defense of Human Rights, said that the defendant was «actually tortured» by the special services.
The BBC reports that on Saturday morning, an American F fighter crashed at the Spanish air base in Zaragoza -18, who made a demonstration flight.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi held their first personal meeting in Hiroshima since February 2022.
The Russian Defense Ministry reported the interception of 12 HIMARS shells and Storm Shadow missiles
Podolyak: the decision to transfer the F-16 fighters to Ukraine has «already been made», it remains to solve the logistics issues.
Rapper Shokk said that they tried to forbid him to bring the Russian flag to a concert in a Moscow club.
Marochko said that in the NMD zone, Russian troops eliminated Nikolai Golovatyuk, the commander of one of the battalions of the 10th separate mountain assault brigade «Edelweiss» of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, TASS reports. .
Russian troops «reached the finish line» in the liberation of Artemovsk, RIA Novosti reports with reference to a Wagner PMC fighter.
The Ministry of Energy of Ukraine reported that in Kiev and areas are undergoing emergency power outages.
Kadyrov joked about Zelensky's arrival at the G7 summit.
A rally took place in Sydney, where participants criticized NATO and expressed support for Russia.
Video of Zelensky's arrival was published to Japan.
The leaders of the G7 countries called on China to «put pressure» on Russia.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine shelled two settlements in the Zaporozhye region, an emergency services representative said.
In the final statement, adopted the day before the end of the Hiroshima summit, the leaders of the G7 countries expressed their readiness to continue supporting Ukraine.
Zelensky flew to Hiroshima, where the summit of the G7 heads is taking place.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine subjected six cities of the Kherson region to artillery shelling, the authorities of the Novokakhovka district reported.
The Nikkei newspaper reports that, as part of a new package of sanctions, Japan plans to ban the provision of construction and engineering services to the Russian Federation.
< p> A resident of the Belgorod region was blown up by a mine when he went fishing, said the governor of the region Vyacheslav Gladkov.