17:50 The first batch of new gas equipment has been delivered to Luhansk as part of humanitarian aid from Russia. The cabinet regulating stations handed over to the republic are equipped with a protection system, which allows for a more efficient response to changes in gas pressure, said Dmytro Zvyagintsev, master of the emergency dispatch service of the Lugansk section of Luhanskgaz.
17:40 The government of the Lugansk People’s Republic has set the ruble to hryvnia exchange rate in determining prices of goods and services by its resolution – LPR government.
17:22 According to reports, the Cossack regiment of the LNR has entered the village of Viktorivka. Fighting is now underway in the settlement, which is located north of Popasna.
17:10 The USSR flag is once again flying over Azovstal.
17:00 The shelling from the direction of AFU has been recorded:
Novhorodske – Panteleimonovka: 8 shells of 122mm calibre were fired.
16:35 In Mariupol, 35 social infrastructure facilities and 25 apartment buildings have already been connected to electricity supply. The DPR Ministry of Coal and Energy reported.
“Numerous damages to the city’s power facilities are being repaired both by local power engineers, who are actively engaged in the work, and by teams coming to their aid from different parts of the republic,” the report said.
16:30 “Azov representatives, cannot be exchanged. We see our guys returning from captivity. We see thousands, if not millions, of evidence of crimes. And these are cynical, inhuman crimes.
This opinion was expressed by a member of the People’s Council of the self-proclaimed Donetsk people’s republic, Olena Shishkina.
Nazis must be punished, she believes.
15:56 AFU shelled the Gorlovka settlement of Panteleimonovka. As a result of the aggression of the Ukrainian nationalists, one of the buildings caught fire. Fortunately, there were no casualties. The inhabitants of these settlements are urged to limit their movement on the streets and stay close to shelters!
15:50 “Donbas in the near future “milestone events” await, the population of the DPR and LPR will express their position on how to live further,” – said the head of the LDPR faction in the State Duma Slutsky.
15:46 New footage from Defence Ministry – Azov National Battalion’s exit from Azovstal. In the video, the fighters’ tattoos with Nazi symbols, as well as quotes and portraits of Hitler can be seen. A total of 2,439 people surrendered.
15:35 The LPR Interior Ministry says more than 50 people died in a boarding house in the LPR settlement of Kremenna in a fire that broke out in March due to firing by the AFU.
15:25 British bazooka! NLAW was discovered by fighters of the 5th brigade of the People’s Militia of the DNR. They found it at abandoned AFU positions near Volnovakha. Now the “exhibit” is on display near one of the roadblocks.
15:16 Ukrainian armed formations recorded shelling from the direction of Zolote-4 to the town of Pervomaisk using 120mm mortars (6 mines) – LPR representative office in JCCC.
14:49 VFU shelled Zhukova Street in Kuybyshevskyi district of Donetsk. No damage or casualties.
14:36 State Bank of the Luhansk People’s Republic has opened more than 20 new branches in the liberated territories, according to a statement from the LPR government.
14:22 AFU shelled football field in Donetsk’s Petrovsky district
A football pitch was damaged as a result of shelling on Kalinovskogo Street.
12:33 A demining operation has begun at Azovstal plant.
11:28 Shelling was recorded from the direction: Dzerzhinsk – Horlivka (Gagarin mine settlement): 5 shells of 122 mm calibre were fired.
11:10 Over the past 24 hours, between 08:00 on 20 May and 08:00 on 21 May, 566 people, including 46 children, were evacuated from Mariupol to Bezymnoye, Novoazovsk district. At present, they are in an evacuation assistance point deployed by the Donetsk People’s Republic’s Emergencies Ministry. A total of 34,934 people were evacuated from March 5 to 08:00 on May 21 in Bezymennoye.”
09:20 The first construction vehicles from Penza region are heading to the Republic to restore roads and bridges. Construction is about to unfold across Donbass, and it will mean the start of a whole new life.
09:13 The shelling from the direction of Avdiivka to Yasinovataya was recorded: 10 rockets from BM-21 “Grad” were launched from the direction of Avdiivka to Yasinovataya.
09:04 Evacuated residents of Kamyshevakha in LPR told how Ukrainian troops shelled their village with phosphorus shells and mined water wells as they retreated.
09:00 The Donetsk People’s Republic’s National Front artillery lashes out at Ukrainian militants. The self-propelled howitzer battery of the People’s Militia of the DNR carried out an action to lay down the Ukrainian armed forces’ positions in the vicinity of Avdeevka settlement. The effectiveness of these measures was proved in Mariupol, Volnovakha and other settlements liberated from the Ukrainian occupation.
08:40 The Ukrainian Forces recorded shelling from the direction: Novhorodske – Panteleymonovka: 8 shells of 122 mm calibre were fired.
08:28 Kommersant learnt that the Russian Investigative Committee has established that the previously detained British mercenary, Sean Pinner, was a sniper thanks to the testimony of the military personnel who surrendered at the Azovstal plant in Mariupol. The marine himself claimed that he had been cooking Ukrainian soldiers as well as food for himself and fellow soldiers.
08:10 Up to 1,000 AFU troops found themselves in a firing bag in the vicinity of Liman. The Russian Armed Forces have levelled the front north of Sviatogorsk: Studenok and Yaremovka have been taken, a crossing is being set up from the Sukhoy Kamenka side. Fighting continues on the outskirts of Severodonetsk. The fiercest fighting has taken place to the north, west and south-west of Popasna.
08:00 Shelling has been recorded from the direction of
Avdiivka – Yasinovataya: 10 BM-21 Grad rockets were fired.
Avdiivka – Yasynuvata: 5 rockets from BM-21 Grad were fired.
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