Russo-Ukrainian war main facts

  • 17 May 2022

  • Defenders from Azovstal were taken to occupied Olenivka
  • The EU Advisory Mission has resumed work in Kyiv
  • Gas supply has been restored almost everywhere in the Kyiv region
  • The Finnish Foreign Minister has signed an application for NATO membership
  • In the Donetsk direction, the occupiers are trying to advance along the entire line of contact
  • The Israeli embassy returned to Kyiv
  • Italian energy giant Eni will open an account in rubles to pay for Russian gas
  • In the Luhansk region, the Russians fired on an evacuation bus from Gradiv
  • The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has sent to Ukraine the largest group of investigators in history
  • Bakhmut hit by rocket in Donetsk region: house destroyed, dead, child injured
  • The Russians once again launched a missile strike on the bridge across the Dniester estuary in the Gulf
  • Putin never tires of accusing the West of fomenting war
  • The EU has rejected the Kremlin's mechanism for paying for gas in rubles
  • Chernihiv region: 8 people died as a result of an air strike
  • Lavrov has already said that the accession of Finland and Sweden to NATO "does not change anything"
  • Russia has stated that Ukraine has not responded to their proposals and there are no negotiations
  • Nikolaev fired at the forbidden cluster munitions
  • The Swedish Foreign Minister has signed an application to join NATO
  • Germany handed over anti-tank grenade launchers and mines to Ukraine
  • McKinsey sold the Russian business to local partners
  • Russia is resorting to indiscriminate shelling due to unwillingness to risk aircraft - British intelligence
  • One of the biggest attacks on the Lviv region: missiles damaged the railway infrastructure
  • Ukrainian air defense shot down 4 Russian cruise missiles over Lviv and Mykolayiv regions
  • Sumy: 5 rockets on Okhtyrka, at least 5 wounded
  • The Russians launched a missile strike on Chernihiv region, there are dead and many wounded
  • Luhansk region: defenders knocked out the occupiers from under Zoloty and Sirotyn
  • The occupiers are trying to save their sunken boat near Zmiiny
  • The enemy suffered losses and retreated in the north-Donetsk direction
  • Another mass grave was discovered near Makarov in the Kyiv region
  • Japan has signed a $ 100 million loan agreement with Ukraine
  • The $ 40 billion aid package to Ukraine passed a procedural vote in the US Senate
  • Borrel: The EU will help Ukraine export Russian-blocked grain
  • An enemy fuel and lubricants depot was destroyed near Chornobaivka
  • The EU has approved € 500 million in new aid to Ukraine
  • Buses with Ukrainian fighters left Azovstal
  • Zelensky on rescue from Azovstal: Ukraine needs heroes alive
  • The Mariupol garrison fulfilled its task and was ordered to save its life
  • 16 May 2022

  • Russia fears the capture of the Kursk region by Ukraine with the assistance of the United States
  • Kosovo has joined EU and US sanctions against Russia
  • Belarus became more active at the border, gathered to defend itself against Ukrainians and NATO
  • In the east, the Armed Forces repulsed 11 attacks, the air defense shot down an enemy aircraft
  • The European Union is demanding sanctions against Serbia against Russia if it wants to join the EU
  • Some of the people deported to Russia from Izyum escaped to Ukraine
  • Ukraine has seized assets of Russian Friedman's offshore companies and partners worth 12 billion
  • Another mass grave was found in the center of Mariupol
  • The Azov commander says they have completed the task and wants to save the lives of his subordinates
  • The United States has ordered another $ 300 million Javelin missiles: some of them for Ukraine
  • Ukrainians destroyed a large stockpile of Russian ammunition in Izyum
  • In the village. Gorenka in Kyiv region destroyed infrastructure for 2.5 billion
  • The Russians shelled Severodonetsk: at least 10 people were killed
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