Ukraine holding complex talks to rescue all defenders from Azovstal plant – Vereshchuk
Ukraine is holding complex talks with Russia to rescue all Ukrainian defenders from the Mariupol-based Azovstal plant.
13 May 2022
Ukraine is holding complex talks with Russia to rescue all Ukrainian defenders from the Mariupol-based Azovstal plant.
A briefing with the relatives of the defenders of Mariupol, who are at the Azovstal plant, will take place on May 14 at 1 p.m.
The enemy continues the offensive in the east. At the same time, it focuses its efforts on securing the withdrawal of its units from Kharkiv and preventing the units of Ukraine’s Defense Forces from advancing to the rear of the Russian troops near Izium.
The Russian Federation may hold a pseudo-referendum in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, in particular in Kherson, Mariupol and other occupied cities, on September 11.
The international expert group actively works to assess the current sanctions against Russia and offers new ones.
On May 16, at 1:30 p.m., a briefing will be held on the topic: "Mariupol Diary: Photos as Proof of Russia's Aggression and Crimes."
Petro Andriushchenko, an adviser to the Mariupol mayor, has released a video showing thousands of residents of the besieged Ukrainian port city of Mariupol standing in line for food to be distributed by the Russian invaders.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba and his Canadian counterpart Melanie Joly have discussed ways to unblock Ukrainian food exports.
Ukraine has forced Russia to reduce the scale of its targets to the operational and tactical level and is entering a long phase of the war.
Russian troops try to break into the territory of the Azovstal steelworks, where the Ukrainian fighters of Mariupol garrison hold the defense.
Russian troops are sending additional artillery to the border areas of the Bryansk region in order to increase the provocative shelling of settlements in the Chernihiv region.
The Russian military is continuing to use a Ukrainian air base outside the occupied city of Melitopol.
12 May 2022
Ukraine has called on the UN Security Council and Secretary General Antonio Guterres to make every effort to ensure the evacuation of wounded servicemen from the Azovstal steelworks.
Mass graves outside Mariupol extend by 140 m over May, satellite images show
In May, a satellite operated by Planet Labs recorded a growing area of a mass burial site near Mariupol, in particular in the urban-type settlement of Staryi Krym.
Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba has welcomed the resolution adopted by the UN Human Rights Council, which reinforces the investigation of Russia's war crimes.
Russian airstrikes on Mariupol, attempts at assault in Donbas, active recon - war update
The Russian invaders attempted to storm the areas toward several settlements, continued shelling Ukraine’s defense positions, and ran reconnaissance missions, employing UAVs near Pokrovsk, Sloviansk, and Pavlohrad.
Russia’s attempts to hold the so-called ‘referendums’ within the temporarily occupied areas of Ukraine, intended to proclaim the establishment of the new ‘people’s republics’ or annex these territories, will be viewed as illegal and will not be recognized.
Ukraine is holding talks to evacuate medics and the wounded from the Azovstal plant, as well as civilians from other parts of Mariupol.
Relatives of Mariupol defenders ask President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to help rescue fighters from the Azovstal steelworks blocked by Russian troops through the extraction procedure.
Relatives of Mariupol defenders ask President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to help rescue fighters from the Azovstal steelworks blocked by Russian troops through the extraction procedure.
Russian troops forcibly take Ukrainians out of the occupied territories and put them in Crimean prisons. If Ukrainians refuse to cooperate with the occupation "administrations", they are killed.
Russian troops are most active in Slobozhansky and Donetsk directions.
Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine, Minister for Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories Iryna Vereshchuk stressed the need to ensure that the siege of the Azovstal stronghold in Mariupol does not become a military tragedy of the 21st century.
Russian troops are blocking the exits from underground passages at the Mariupol-based Azovstal plant, but Ukrainian defenders are launching counterattacks.
A briefing with relatives of Mariupol defenders at the Azovstal plant will take place on May 12 at 1:30 p.m.
Russian troops continue to conduct offensive operations in the Eastern Operational Zone to establish full control over the territory of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson regions and maintain the land corridor with the temporarily occupied Crimea.
Ukrainian defenders, blocked by Russian aggressors at Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol, ask SpaceX founder Elon Musk for help.
11 May 2022
Ukraine is looking for a workable option for resolving the critical situation with Azov Regiment soldiers trapped at the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol.