16 May 2024 in Russo-Ukrainian war

• The Russians damaged the university in Kharkiv with an airstrike
• New Zealand expands sanctions against the Russian Federation
• Politico: Russia makes billions selling oil to the EU through Turkey
• Bloomberg: ECB urges banks to accelerate exit from Russia to avoid US sanctions
• Generation and import of electricity in Ukraine is chronically lacking
• Xi Jinping: China and Russia insist on a political solution to the war in Ukraine
• In all regions of Ukraine, lights are turned off according to schedules
• In Ukraine, there is a historic gap between exports and imports, but the situation is better than a year ago
• In the Kherson region, one person died and 4 others were injured due to a Russian airstrike
• The Russians shelled the Vovchan community with cluster munitions
• Vuchich doubts that the Balkan countries will join the EU before Ukraine
• Denmark provides a new €750 million military aid package to Ukraine, including air defense and artillery
• The greatest activity of the Russian troops is observed in the Pokrovsky direction
• NHK: The export of a key component for gunpowder from China to the Russian Federation increased sharply after the start of the great war in Ukraine
• Russian troops shelled Kherson, two people were injured
• In Nikopol region, the Russians damaged infrastructural facilities, including energy facilities
• The US imposed sanctions on Russians who helped Moscow get weapons from North Korea
• NATO does not believe that Russia will be able to make a strategic breakthrough in the Kharkiv region
• Austria is creating a fund with a plan to allocate more than €500 million for investments in Ukraine
• NATO does not know whether Russia has already started its summer offensive
• In the Kharkiv direction, the number of attacks increased in the evening
• Sri Lanka wants to return mercenaries fighting on the side of Russia against Ukraine
• In the evening, Kharkiv was attacked by UAVs and missiles
• The Russian authorities announced an attack by UAVs and naval drones in Sevastopol
• ISW: Russian reconnaissance drones can fly deep into the Ukrainian rear