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Zelenskyy meets with Bahrain’s Foreign Minister on his return to Kyiv

Pravda Ukraine Following his visits to Finland and the Netherlands, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy has had a meeting in Kyiv with Bahrain’s Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al-Zayani. Source: President’s website; Zelenskyy on social media Details: On 5 May, Zelenskyy welcomed Bahrain’s Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al-Zayani, who had arrived on a visit…

Germany should join creation of “maritime coalition” for Ukraine – Ukraine’s Defence Minister

Pravda Ukraine Oleksii Reznikov, Ukraine’s Defence Minister, has called on Germany to join the creation of a “maritime coalition” in support of Ukraine to ensure the safety of shipping in the Black and Azov seas. Source: Ministry of Defence of Ukraine, citing Reznikov during a meeting with General Carsten Breuer, German Chief of Defence Quote:…

Media shows aftermath of fire at Russian oil depot in Taman and Sevastopol

Pravda Ukraine Radio Svoboda (Radio Liberty) has published satellite images of the aftermath of a fire at a base of the Taman Neftegaz company near the Russian port of Taman and at an oil depot at the sea port in the city of Sevastopol. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/05/5/7400824/

Russia wants to take Bakhmut by 9 May, deploying Wagnerites there – Ukraine’s Deputy Defence Minister

Pravda Ukraine Hanna Maliar, Ukraine’s Deputy Defence Minister, has said that Russia is trying to take control of the city of Bakhmut by 9 May [when Russia celebrates Victory Day, a holiday commemorating the 1945 victory over Nazism – ed. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/05/5/7400822/

IAEA inspects Khmelnytskyi NPP and carries out employee rotations at two other plants

Pravda Ukraine The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) successfully conducted an inspection at Khmelnytskyi Nuclear Power Plant on 3 May under an agreement between Ukraine and the IAEA in connection with the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/05/5/7400821/

Russian forces hit Kherson Oblast using guided bombs

Pravda Ukraine Russian aircraft again attacked the city of Kherson Oblast with guided bomb units (GBUs) on 5 May. Four strikes have been reported, a church has been destroyed, and a person has been injured. Source: Kherson Oblast Military Administration on Telegram Details: In particular, the invaders attacked the villages of Vesele and Kozatske in…

Seven EU requirements for Ukraine: accession negotiations getting closer

Pravda Ukraine https://www.eurointegration.com.ua/eng/articles/2023/05/4/7161006/

In 2011, I understood that Putin’s attack on Ukraine was just a matter of time – Former US president Clinton

Pravda Ukraine Former US President Bill Clinton has said that he understood the inevitability of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s attack on Ukraine as early as 2011. Source: Financial Times, citing Bill Clinton Details: As the former White House leader said, after a chilling meeting with Putin in Davos, Switzerland, he realised that a Russian attack…

Media suggested based on photo that Kinzhal missile shot down over Kyiv for the first time

Pravda Ukraine The Defense Express media outlet, after analysing photos of the missile wreckage, has suggested that a hypersonic Kh-47 Kinzhal missile was successfully shot down over Kyiv for the first time in the early hours of 4 May. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/05/5/7400810/

Occupiers deport 50 children from Luhansk Oblast to Dagestan, Russia

Pravda Ukraine Russian forces are continuing to abduct Ukrainian children, with 50 children from the temporarily occupied territories of Luhansk Oblast being taken to Dagestan. Source: Ukraine’s National Resistance Center Quote from the National Resistance Center: “Children from Luhansk Oblast, without their parents, were taken to the Solnechnyy Bereg (Sunny Coast) centre in the Republic…