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4 frontline Ukrainian oblasts to receive additional US$81 million funds

Pravda Ukraine Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers has approved a decision to give additional 3 billion hryvnias [approximately US$81 million] to “strengthen capacities” in 4 frontline oblasts. Source: Denys Shmyhal, Ukraine’s Prime Minister, on Telegram Details: Shmyhal said that the government has allocated additional 3. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/05/5/7400897/

Chechen leader says his fighters ready to replace Wagner Group “cannon fodder” in Bakhmut

Pravda Ukraine Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has said that he was prepared to send Kadyrovites [Chechen forces subordinate to Kadyrov and fighting as part of the Russian army – ed.] to Bakhmut, to replace Wagner Group mercenaries who allegedly want to leave the city. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/05/5/7400896/

Russia hits evacuation convoy from Bakhmut, elderly woman killed

Pravda Ukraine During the evacuation of five residents of Bakhmut to a safe place, the Russian troops opened fire on the evacuation crews. An elderly woman died, four other people were saved. Source: Ruslan Osypenko, Chief of Donetsk Oblast Police, on the website of the police department in Donetsk Oblast Details: According to him, the…

Russians forcing Ukrainians to obtain Russian passports in occupied Kherson Oblast – General Staff

Pravda Ukraine The invaders are forcing Ukrainians to obtain Russian passports with the help of mobile “passport control” groups in the occupied territory of Kherson Oblast. Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Quote: “The Russian occupiers continue the forced passportization of the population in the temporarily occupied Kherson Oblast. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/05/5/7400892/

From support to accession: Ukraine’s Defence Minister explains what he expects from upcoming NATO summit

Pravda Ukraine Oleksii Reznikov, Ukraine’s Minister of Defence, hopes that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization summit in Vilnius this July will bring clarity to Ukraine’s membership prospects, and outline further military support that will help put an end to the war with Russia. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/05/5/7400890/

Ukraine’s Defence Ministry thanks UK for support ahead of King Charles’s coronation

Pravda Ukraine Ahead of the coronation of King Charles III, Ukraine’s Ministry of Defence has released a video to thank the UK for its support throughout the war. Source: European Pravda Details: The video – set to the soundtrack of London Calling by The Clash – shows Ukrainian military personnel deploying weapons that had been…

Ukrainian defenders repel over 30 Russian attacks during the day – General Staff

Pravda Ukraine Russian occupiers concentrate their main efforts on conducting offensive operations on Bakhmut, Avdiivka and Marinka fronts. Over the course of the past 24 hours, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have repelled more than 30 Russian attacks. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/05/5/7400885/

Exhibition of 100 years of works by Ukrainian artists opens in Dresden

Pravda Ukraine An exhibition of Ukrainian art of the 20-21 centuries, Kaleidoscope of stories. Ukrainian art 1912-2023, opens in Dresden. For the first time, it will present Ukraine’s modern and contemporary art to the German public. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/05/5/7400884/

Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry sends diplomatic note to Poland after border checkpoint blockage

Pravda Ukraine The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine has sent a diplomatic note to its Polish counterpart in the wake of the protests staged by Polish freight carriers. On 4 May, Polish carriers blocked the movement of freight transport at the Yahodyn-Dorohusk checkpoint, the largest cargo traffic checkpoint on the Polish-Ukrainian border. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/05/5/7400880/

Poles block movement of trucks from Ukraine at one of largest checkpoints

Pravda Ukraine Since the morning of 4 May, the Polish side has blocked the movement of freight transport at the Yahodyn-Dorohusk checkpoint, which provides about 40% of the cargo traffic, due to strikes by Polish carriers. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/05/5/7400878/