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Pentagon: 31 Abrams tanks already in Germany, Ukrainians to start training as soon as possible

Pravda Ukraine The US Department of Defense on Monday confirmed the arrival of 31 Abrams tanks in Germany to train Ukrainian crews. Source: Patrick Ryder, the Pentagon’s spokesman, reported by European Pravda Quote: “I can confirm that the 31 M1 Abrams training tanks have arrived at the Grafenwöhr [ training centre in] Germany in preparation…

Macron: Doors for Ukrainian pilots to train in France are open

Pravda Ukraine French President Emmanuel Macron has said that after meeting with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, he had “opened the door” to training pilots from Ukraine, without specifying any details. Source: Macron in an interview with TF1 TV channel posted on Monday, reported by European Pravda Details: “Training [of Ukrainian pilots – ed. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/05/15/7402345/

Kherson Oblast: Russians wound father and son in Lvove, and young man in Tryfonivka

Pravda Ukraine On 15 May, the Russian military fired at residential buildings in the village of Lvovo, Kherson Oblast, wounding a man and his 79-year-old father. Source: Oleksandr Prokudin, head of the Kherson Oblast Military Administration on Telegram Quote from Prokudin: “The Russian army struck at the village of Lvovo in the Tiahynska hromada [an…

Hungary blocks €500 billion from fund that provides arms for Ukraine

Pravda Ukraine Hungary has blocked the payment of the eighth package of €500 million from the European Peace Fund for weapons that EU member states are supplying to Ukraine. Source: ANSA referring to its source, reported by European Pravda Details: The €500 million package was due to be allocated next Monday, 22 May, but Budapest…

Nikopol struck with 30 shells, 2 men and a girl injured

Pravda Ukraine On 15 May, Russian troops shelled the Chervonohryhorivka hromada [an administrative unit designating a town, village or several villages and their adjacent territories – ed.] in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, the city of Nikopol suffered the most and there are three wounded people. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/05/15/7402343/

White House wants to raise funding for Ukraine aid as existing funds dry up

Pravda Ukraine President Joe Biden’s administration is preparing a proposal for a new round of funding for defence aid for Ukraine as the US$48 billion Ukraine aid package that Congress approved in December is expected to dry up in the next few months. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/05/15/7402342/

Echelon of military equipment and soldiers is being transferred from Belarus to Luhansk Oblast

Pravda Ukraine An echelon with Russian military equipment is being transferred from Belarus to Luhansk Oblast. Source: Monitoring project Belarusian Hajun on Telegram Details: It is reported that on 14 May, in the evening, an echelon with equipment of the Russian Armed Forces left the Polonka station in Brest Oblast. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/05/15/7402337/

Ukrainian forces advance on the flanks around Bakhmut despite “fierce resistance” and take Russian soldiers prisoner

Pravda Ukraine Serhii Cherevatyi, spokesman for the Skhid (East) Group of Forces, said that over the course of the past two days, Ukraine’s defence forces have advanced 350 metres to 2 kilometres on the flanks around Bakhmut. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/05/15/7402336/

Russians conduct raids at railway and bus stations in Crimea – General Staff

Pravda Ukraine In occupied Crimea, Russian secret forces conduct enhanced inspections at railway and bus stations, primarily inspecting Crimean Tatars. Source: report of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine as of the evening of 15 May Quote from the General Staff: “To strengthen control over the population in temporarily occupied Crimea, operational…

Chechen leader claims Ukrainian special services helped him retrieve his horse from Czech Republic

Pravda Ukraine Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has claimed that Ukrainian special services had helped him bring back his thoroughbred horse Zazu from the Czech Republic. Source: Ramzan Kadyrov on Telegram Details: The Czech Republic froze Kadyrov’s assets – seizing several of his horses – as part of international sanctions imposed in relation to the war…