Russo-Ukrainian war main facts

  • 16 May 2023

  • Occupants have significantly increased at the ZNPP
  • Near Bakhmut and Maryinka, the front is the hottest, 2 Russian ammunition depots destroyed
  • CNN: Ukraine has already started firing Storm Shadow missiles
  • PACE President: after the war, Russia will have to prove that it can be trusted
  • UZ resumed traffic through the section in Khmelnytskyi, which was closed after shelling a few days before
  • Head of PACE: Ukraine must hold free and fair elections, even if they are imperfect
  • In a few days, the Armed Forces liberated 20 square kilometers near Bakhmut, the Russians are advancing in the city
  • The EBRD estimated the need for rapid recovery of Ukraine at 250 billion dollars of investments
  • Ukrainian troops destroyed 18 units of Russian vehicles in the Tauri direction
  • The Russian Duma denounced the Convention on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
  • India and Russia settle in rupees for some non-oil trade
  • Ukraine has officially joined the cyber center under NATO
  • There was an explosion on a gas pipeline in Russia
  • More than a third of migrants from Ukraine plan to stay in EU countries
  • In Belarus, officials can travel abroad only with the permission of Lukashenka
  • Kernel comes from the Warsaw Stock Exchange
  • Shroeder's wife lost her job after the May 9 celebration at the Russian Embassy
  • Chairman of the Supreme Court of Ukraine Knyazev detained for corruption
  • Zelensky returned to Kyiv
  • The occupiers took turns firing at one of the DTEK thermal power plants
  • Instructors from Lithuania have already trained more than 1,000 Ukrainian soldiers
  • Ukrzaliznytsia received 105 generators for 2.7 million dollars from USAID
  • McDonald's has resumed operations in Kremenchuk and Poltava
  • French investigators arrived in Ukraine to investigate the death of an AFP journalist
  • A drone attacked the FSB headquarters in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation: 5 injured
  • British intelligence reported on Ukraine's tactical successes in the Bakhmut region
  • Grain exports from Russia are growing at the expense of Ukraine
  • Kyiv wants to receive 40-50 F-16 fighters from allies
  • The building was destroyed and 4 double-decker buses burned down - the consequences of the night attack of the Russians on Kyiv
  • Macron hinted at the transfer of long-range missiles to Ukraine
  • Air defense shot down all Russian missiles and drones flying over Ukraine at night, including 6 "Daggers"
  • After a series of night explosions in Kyiv, the US ambassador thanked the Air Defense Forces of Ukraine for their work
  • More than 40% of Ukrainian refugees were able to find work in Estonia
  • The Russian Federation announced the downing of a drone in the Bryansk region
  • Night attack on Kyiv: fragments of a rocket fell on the territory of the zoo, cars were damaged, a building was on fire
  • An air alert was announced throughout Ukraine: explosions sounded in Kyiv, air defense was working
  • 15 May 2023

  • The defenders destroyed 520 invaders, 12 UAVs and 13 enemy artillery systems during the day
  • During the day, 49 combat clashes took place between the Defense Forces and the occupiers
  • The first Italian-French air defense system SAMP/T is already in Ukraine
  • Shelling of Sumy Oblast: almost 140 explosions per day
  • White House: Iran continues to help Russia with drones, its stocks are already running out
  • Pentagon: 31 Abrams tanks are already in Germany, training of Ukrainians will begin in the near future
  • Macron: The door to training Ukrainian pilots in France is open
  • Hungary has blocked 500 million euros from the fund that finances weapons for Ukraine
  • 30 shells landed in Nikopol, two men and a girl were injured
  • Despite the sanctions, Boeing and Airbus products reached Russian airlines
  • An echelon of military equipment and soldiers is being transferred from Belarus to Luhansk region
  • Iceland promises to donate a field hospital to Ukraine
  • Gas prices in Europe are falling amid weak demand
  • The new defense minister of Slovakia promises to continue supporting Ukraine
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