Russo-Ukrainian war main facts

  • 17 May 2023

  • India imported a record amount of Russian oil in April
  • In Russia, three developers of hypersonic missiles were arrested for "treason".
  • Bakhmut and Maryinka remain at the epicenter of hostilities
  • The special envoy of China, who was the ambassador to the Russian Federation, visited Ukraine
  • The Council of Europe summit supported Zelenskyi's "peace formula".
  • CNN: Patriot air defense system near Kyiv has "minor" damage, US inspectors examined it
  • Erdogan: "grain agreement" extended for two months
  • The head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands on the "coalition of fighter jets": there is no progress yet
  • Britain offers help to countries that are ready to supply fighter jets to Ukraine
  • The Ukrainians won another half a kilometer in the direction of Bakhmut
  • The EU wants to make it easier for European companies to exit the Russian market by easing sanctions
  • There are already more Russian military personnel than personnel at the ZNPP
  • Azerbaijan, Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Serbia and Turkey refused the agreement on the registry of crimes of the Russian Federation
  • Scholz has no intention of participating in the "coalition of fighter jets" for Ukraine
  • Poland cannot provide Ukraine with F-16 fighters, but is ready to transfer MiG-29
  • Russia has frozen the accounts of diplomatic missions of Finland
  • Hungary declared that the EU and NATO became a de facto party to the war in Ukraine
  • In the morning, the enemy targeted a hospital in Beryslav and a high-rise building in Kherson
  • Belarus assures that no nuclear weapons were brought to them from the Russian Federation
  • A drone crashed and exploded in the Kaluga region of the Russian Federation
  • The Russians are intensifying terrorist attacks on the population of Kharkiv region
  • The US House of Representatives supported a resolution on a special tribunal for Russia
  • The White House does not plan to request additional funding for Ukraine. The necessary resources are available

  • 16 May 2023

  • Russia's losses in the war against Ukraine exceeded 200 thousand killed
  • Consequences of shelling of Mykolaiv: car dealership, shopping center, industrial and private buildings were damaged
  • 55 combat clashes took place between the Defense Forces and the occupiers during the day
  • Strike on Mykolaiv: the enemy fired 2 Kalibr missiles at the city
  • The Russian Federation is trying to intensify offensive operations in the Bakhmut area
  • A large-scale air alert was announced in Ukraine: fires broke out in Mykolaiv after the explosions
  • Russians suffer from a shortage of doctors in the occupied territories
  • Belgium is ready to train Ukrainian pilots on the F-16
  • The Russians shelled Sumy region 20 times a day: there is destruction
  • Blinken allowed recognition of the Russian Federation as a sponsor of terrorism for the first time: "Never say never"
  • Hungary has confirmed the blocking of funds from the EU fund, which helps Ukraine with weapons
  • At the summit of the Council of Europe, Macron announced the creation of a register of damages from the aggression of the Russian Federation
  • Ursula Von der Leyen called on the world to support Zelensky's "peace formula".
  • The White House did not confirm the defeat of the Patriot air defense system in Ukraine
  • In Norway, the largest population growth in a decade is due to refugees from Ukraine
  • Russian oil exports hit post-invasion high, but revenues fall 27%
  • CNN: The Russians did not destroy the Patriot air defense system near Kiev, but they could have damaged it
  • The EU has appointed a new head of the Consultative Mission in Ukraine
  • 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
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