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Official from occupying administration injured in explosion in Luhansk

Pravda Ukraine Igor Kornet, the so-called acting Minister of Internal Affairs of Luhansk People’s Republic, was injured in an explosion in the Russia-occupied city of Luhansk on 15 May. Source: Russian Kremlin-aligned media RIA Novosti with reference to a source; TASS news agency, with reference to “law enforcement” of occupied Luhansk Oblast Details: The Russian…

UK will not send fighter jets to Ukraine as they don’t have the F-16s Kyiv is interested in

Pravda Ukraine The UK has no plans to send fighter jets to Ukraine after the Ukrainian military said it preferred to use F-16 fighter jets. Source: The Guardian, citing a statement made by the press secretary of UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Monday Asked whether Britain will send fighter jets to Ukraine, the press…

Sunak and Zelenskyy discuss “jets coalition”: “We still need to work on it a bit”

Pravda Ukraine https://www.eurointegration.com.ua/eng/news/2023/05/15/7161705/

President of Poland to talk to Stoltenberg about Russian missile near Bydgoszcz

Pravda Ukraine https://www.eurointegration.com.ua/eng/news/2023/05/15/7161698/

Putin signs decree on simplified citizenship for those going to war

Pravda Ukraine Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree that allows foreign citizens who signed contracts for military service in the Russian Armed Forces during the period of the so-called “special military operation” to obtain Russian citizenship in a simplified way. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/05/15/7402268/

First HIMARS systems arrives in Poland

Pravda Ukraine Mariusz Błaszczak, Minister of National Defence of Poland, has announced the arrival of the first HIMARS missile systems in the country; the weapon systems arrived at the military airfield at Warsaw’s Okęcie Airport. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/05/15/7402263/

Occupiers report another explosion in centre of Luhansk

Pravda Ukraine On 15 May, the Russian occupiers reported that explosions sounded in the centre of the occupied city of Luhansk, presumably resulting in casualties. Source: Russian Kremlin-aligned news agency RIA Novosti Details: According to the occupiers’ preliminary information, it was a premeditated explosion. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/05/15/7402262/

Ukraine’s border guards down two drones near Bakhmut

Pravda Ukraine Ukrainian border guards shot down two Russian drones near Bakhmut on Sunday, 14 May. Source: press service of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine Quote: “At dawn, when [our] vigilance should, as invaders think, have dropped, they decided to try and reach their target using 2 UAVs at once. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/05/15/7402260/

Russia: UK military aid to Ukraine won’t change conflict’s course

Jerusalem Post Dmitry Peskov: “We take an extremely negative view of this. Britain is trying to be one of the leading countries which keeps pumping weapons into Ukraine.” https://www.jpost.com/international/article-743108

Russia won’t run out of pilots but their quality will diminish – Ukraine’s Air Force

Pravda Ukraine Russia continues to train pilots, but many professional pilots have been killed or wounded in the war in Ukraine by now. Source: Yurii Ihnat, spokesman for Ukraine’s Air Force, on the national 24/7 newscast Quote from Ihnat: “Russia continues to train pilots; training centres are operating. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/05/15/7402257/