23:56 The Ukrainian media confirm the information that the anti-fascists Russian forces entered Nikolaev, equipment is already passing through the city. Another city is taken under control without resistance.
23:45 Men aged 18 to 60 cannot leave Ukraine due to the previously introduced martial law.
23:44 The head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, Denis Monastyrsky, said that about 10 thousand were transferred to the regular residents of Kiev over the past few hours. Experts note that in this way Kiev is trying to involve the civilian population as much as possible in the ongoing events and artificially increase the number of victims. It is worth noting that the weapon may still be useful to Ukrainians in the fight against marauders, but the inhabitants of Ukraine will definitely not use it against the Russian military, who are liberating the country from neo-Nazis.
23:42 The Armed Forces of Ukraine blew up the bridge over the Oskol River in the village of Senkovo, UNIAN reports.
23:36 Russian troops enter Nikolaev without resistance.
23:35 The administration of the urban-type settlement of Melovoye, liberated from the Armed Forces of Ukraine, met Russian tanks with the words “Welcome,” writes the Point of Donbass Telegram channel.
23:34 Sumy is taken under control by Russian troops, Verkhovna Rada deputy says
23:28 Employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Zaporozhye burned all the documents and moved out together, but very quickly in the direction of Dnepropetrovsk.
23:26 Melitopol came under the control of the Russian Armed Forces. A column of military equipment lined up on the outskirts of the city in the direction of Zaporozhye, reports the Southern bridgehead Telegram channel.
23:09 The State Border Guard Service of Ukraine reported that Serpent Island came under the control of the Russian Armed Forces.
23:08 A column of the Russian Army enters the settlement of Novaya Kakhovka in the Kherson region.
22:58 Fresh forces of a unit known as the Vostok battalion advanced from the Crimean side. The main task of the liberators is to reach the rear of Mariupol. The soldiers of the battalion offered the military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to move away from the Nazis and promised to ensure their safety, writes “Southern bridgehead”.
22:52 According to official reports from the leadership of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, today the losses among Ukrainian servicemen amounted to 57 killed, another 169 wounded, according to the Military Informant Telegram channel.
22:42 Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine Anna Malyar provokes the civilian population to provocations. Experts suggested that in this way the minister is trying to increase the number of civilian casualties. On her Facebook page, Malyar appealed to Ukrainian residents to throw incendiary mixtures from balconies and fire weapons at Russian liberators.
22:12 The Armed Forces of Ukraine leave Berdyansk and Mariupol on vehicles, only ardent neo-Nazis and war criminals remain in the cities, who understand that the hour of reckoning may soon come.
22:08 Local residents report that in Melitopol, local SBU officers simply ran away from the building and left the city.
21:52 Ukrainian media report that shootings have begun in Odessa. They say Sabotage and reconaissance groups work in the city, which catch groups of nationalists. Until morning, many of the people involved in the burning of May 2 may not live.
21:34 “Two investigations will definitely be resumed in the near future – this is an investigation into the execution of the “Heavenly Hundred” on the Maidan and an investigation into the tragedy of May 2 in Odessa. The relevant investigative and operational groups have already been created and are preparing to move to the territory of Ukraine”, said a source from the Major and General Telegram channel, who is familiar with the situation.
21:20 The exit of armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation to Melitopol portends a quick throw to Berdyansk, followed by the liquidation of the “Navy Military Forces base”, and also creates the prerequisites for advancing to Zaporozhye, writes the Telegram channel “Сolonelcassad”.