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MK is broadcasting events in Ukraine online. The 436th day of the special operation is underway. Acting head of the Zaporozhye region Yevgeny Balitsky said that the offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine could begin in the coming days or even hours. Dmitry Peskov said that the Kremlin had heard about Yevgeny Prigozhin's statement about the intention of Wagner PMC to transfer positions in Bakhmut to the Russian Defense Ministry on May 10, but declined to comment. The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, said that if the PMC leaves the city, his fighters are ready to occupy the settlement.
The draft government decree on the creation of a unified electronic register of military registration, which was published today by the Ministry of Digital Development, was removed from the portal, noted RBC.
RIA Novosti: members of Artpodgotovka (recognized as terrorist) were going to launch foil balloons on May 9 to deceive air defense systems. The agency, citing a source, announces the detention of five people.
The Ministry of Digital Development of the Russian Federation proposed to create a unified register of military records by the end of the year and test it. According to the draft resolution, the Ministry of Defense should begin operating the register under the law on military duty from January 1, 2025.
Pushilin said that the 1st army corps of the DPR had improved its forces in the Maryinsky, Avdeevsky, Dzerzhinsky directions, but the situation worsened .
Former State Duma deputy, singer Maria Maksakova, who moved to live in Kiev in 2016, was also recognized as a foreign agent.
Pevchikh, Alburov, "Taiga.info" and ex-deputy of the State Duma are included in the register of foreign agents
The United States will provide Apache combat helicopters to Poland, they will be deployed in the east of the republic, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of National Defense of the country Mariusz Blaszczak said after a meeting with his American counterpart Lloyd Austin in Washington.
There were no orders to evacuate the employees of the Zaporizhzhya NPP, said the adviser to the general director of the Rosenergoatom concern. Renat Karchaa.
The counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine may begin in the coming days or even hours — Acting Governor of the Zaporozhye region Balitsky.
About 70 thousand people are planned to be resettled from the shelled settlements of the Zaporozhye region. Andrey Kozenko, Deputy Prime Minister of the region for economics, announced this.
Kadyrov said that his fighters in the event of the release of PMC «Wagner» from Bakhmut are ready to occupy the city.
Head of the VGA Ganchev: Armed Forces of Ukraine began to accumulate forces in the Kharkiv direction
Against the background of arms supplies to Ukraine, Italy's defense capability has decreased to a critical level — newspaper Corriere della Sera, citing representatives of the General Staff.
The European Commission will propose the 11th package of sanctions against Russia in the coming days, — Politico.
Air raid alerts went off in Kyiv and other regions.
NATO conducted exercises amid fears of a Russian strike on the infrastructure of Europe and the United States — Mass media.
The EU Council has finally approved the allocation of €1 billion for the purchase of shells for Ukraine through the Eurofund for Peace.
The Kiev Regional Administration reported a missile threat in the region.
Almost all regions of Ukraine declared an air alert.
Major General of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Serhiy Krivonos warned in an interview with one of the local TV channels that the disrespect shown by President Vladimir Zelensky and his office for the military could provoke anti-government protests.
Sergey Shoigu in the Southern Military District inspected the readiness of military equipment and weapons sent to units of the Russian Armed Forces to the areas of the special operation.
Three civilians were killed as a result of shelling of Yasinovataya by Ukrainian troops, the DPR representative office in the JCCC reported.
Assault detachments of the private military company «Wagner» with the support of units of the Russian Airborne Forces, they launched an offensive in the western part of Artemovsk (renamed Bakhmut), said the official speaker of the Russian Ministry of Defense Igor Konashenkov.
at the line of contact. He announced this in his telegram channel.
The arrested Kombat Kerch turned to Pushilin from the Donetsk pre-trial detention center
— Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
Ukraine is not withdrawing its troops from Artemovsk (renamed Bakhmut) in order to divert Russian forces from the main direction of the Kiev counteroffensive, military expert, retired colonel Viktor Litovkin said in an interview with Channel Five.
The villages of Cheremoshnoye and Ustinka of the Belgorod region fell under the shelling of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. There were no casualties. A fence and 3 cars on the territory of an agricultural enterprise were hit, and a power line was also damaged. Emergency and operational services have begun to eliminate the consequences, «said the Governor of the Belgorod Region Vyacheslav Gladkov.
The FSB published a video of the detention of saboteurs who were preparing a terrorist attack against a ZNPP representative.
Denmark, together with Germany, will transfer 80 Leopard 1 tanks to Ukraine, Acting Danish Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen said.
A group of saboteurs was preparing a terrorist attack against one of the leaders of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, the FSB reported.
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Right now, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are shelling the village of Yasnye Zori in the Belgorod region. A power line has been damaged, people are sitting in shelters without electricity, the SHOT telegram channel reports.
The district military court sentenced ex-serviceman from the Belgorod region Artyom Semenov, accused of treason, to 13 years in a strict regime penal colony. According to the press service of the court, the crime imputed to Semenov was committed in the period before the start of the SVO.
Russian aerospace forces give Moscow a significant advantage over the armed forces of Ukraine, writes Newsweek. Columnist Brendan Cole believes that Russia is preparing 900 fighters and 120 bombers.
Moscow has never refused negotiations on Ukraine, despite pumping Kiev with weapons from the United States, but the issue of settlement does not rest only on the line of contact, it is more global , said Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
The Kremlin will continue dialogue with Washington, even despite the involvement of the United States in the drone attack on the residence of the Russian president, Peskov said.
There can be no winners in the conflict on the territory of Ukraine. This statement was made by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on the radio Kossuth. According to him, a situation in which the Russian Federation accepts defeat is only possible in a fairy tale.
Andreas Kluth, in his column for Bloomberg, said that the North Atlantic Alliance should not grant membership to Ukraine while hostilities are ongoing. He believes that in the event of this, the conflict may turn into a third world war.
Zelensky is a «puppet», Russia is ready to talk with the West, sooner or later it will take place — Lavrov.
In the Krasnodar Territory, a group of saboteurs who attacked the Ilsky Oil Refinery was detained. According to law enforcement agencies, saboteurs penetrated a pipe for unloading oil and oil products with a diameter of about 1500 mm, through which they tried to escape, but unsuccessfully.
Polish Minister of Defense announced the creation of a «HIMARS center» in the country this year, — RMF24.
Kyiv plans to flood the left-bank part of the Zaporozhye region to create ideal conditions for the upcoming counteroffensive. This was stated by a member of the regional administration of the region Vladimir Rogov.
The Shot Telegram channel reported that on Thursday evening Ukrainian UAVs unsuccessfully tried to attack the village of Azarovka, located in the Bryansk region, for an hour. As the publication clarified, the drone attack on the village began on the eve at 12 pm.
Due to the drone attack, a fire broke out on the territory of the Ilsky Oil Refinery in the Kuban, TASS reports, citing emergency services.
< p> Parts of the Armed Forces of Ukraine tried to conduct reconnaissance in combat in the South Donetsk direction. This was announced by the head of the press center of the group «Vostok» Oleksandr Gordeev.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine have sharply intensified in the zone of the NVO, writes the Russian Spring telegram channel. According to Russian war correspondents, the Ukrainian army is preparing for a counteroffensive operation, as a number of signs signal this .