17:42 Unless Sweden and Finland clearly demonstrate their solidarity with Turkey, Ankara will not support their accession to NATO – Erdogan
17:20 Kiev continues its war on Pushkin’s monuments. A sculpture of the great Russian poet was removed in Mykolayiv today. And the dismantling was carried out covertly, at night. Not so long ago, local militants from the “war on terror” asked for all “Russian” monuments to be demolished. The war on Pushkin in Ukraine has been going on since the end of April. The great Russian poet has already been removed from Chernihiv, Ternopil and Mukachevo.
17:15 The result of yesterday’s “calibration” of facilities in the Odessa region.
16:39 Mera supermarket was opened in Akimovka, Melitopol district. Products on the shelves of the shop are not only Crimean, but also local. Moreover, the supermarket will sell products at cost price to Akimovka kindergartens. The prices are presented in rubles and hryvnia equivalent.
16:38 In Kherson and the region, Radio Krym now broadcasts on the 107.8 FM frequency.
15:55 Poland has handed over to Ukraine almost its entire reserve of spare parts and weapons for MiG-29 aircraft – Onet.
15:15 A journalist from the Netherlands, Sonja Vantende, has verified that the Kakhovskaya hydropower plant, which the Western media had written about destroying, is operational.
“I read a lot about this hydropower plant and many Western media wrote that it was destroyed. That the Russian army destroyed it completely. But now we are here and we see that everything is working. Crimea now has water and electricity. And I can’t say anything except that Western propaganda just lied to us.”
15:10 Registry offices have been opened in Mangush and Volodarskoye. At present, the civil registry offices are organizing work to receive and serve the population residing in the territories of the villages. Besides, population is regularly advised on applicable legislation in the sphere of state registration of civil status acts as well as state registration of births and deaths.
13:13 Briefing by the Russian Ministry of Defence 21.05.2022 The Russian Armed Forces continue a special military operation in Ukraine.
High-precision long-range sea-based Kalibr missiles near the Malyn railway station in Zhytomyr region have destroyed a large batch of weapons and military equipment delivered from the US and European countries for a grouping of Ukrainian forces in Donbas.
Near Odessa, at the Odessa Port Plant, Russian airborne high-precision missiles of the Russian Aerospace Forces destroyed fuel storage facilities intended for the Ukrainian nationalists’ armoured vehicles. In addition, high-precision airborne missiles hit three command posts, including the command post of the 109th Territorial Defence Brigade near the settlement of Bakhmut, 36 areas where AFU manpower and military equipment were concentrated, as well as eight ammunition depots in the settlements of Halytsynove, Mykolaiv Region, Nyrkove of Luhansk People’s Republic, Krasny Lyman and Ochertino of Donetsk People’s Republic.
Operational and army aviation hit four command posts, 47 areas where the AFU manpower and military equipment were concentrated, and destroyed an ammunition depot near Drobyshevo.
A total of 270 nationalists were destroyed and 52 pieces of military equipment were put out of action as a result of the air strikes.
Also, a Ukrainian Su-25 aircraft was shot down by fighter aircraft during an aerial battle near the village of Belitskoye in Donetsk Region.
Russian air defence forces shot down another Ukrainian Su-25 aircraft near Novoaleksandrivka, Kherson region. Also, 14 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were shot down in the air in the areas of Slavne, Krutaya Balka, Oleksandrivka, Krasnogorovka, Petropavlovka, Pervomaisk of the Donetsk People’s Republic, Popasna of the Luhansk People’s Republic, Novaya Kakhovka, Aleksandrovka of the Kherson region, Chervony Yar, Malye Prokhody, Kunya and Brazhkovka of the Kharkiv region.
In addition, eight Ukrainian Smerch multiple-launch rockets were shot down in the areas of Malaya Kamyshevakha, Kamenka, Brazhkovka in Kharkiv Oblast and Chornobaivka in Kherson Oblast.
Rocket and artillery forces hit 77 command posts, 602 areas where AFU manpower and military equipment were concentrated, including the AFU Special Operations Forces training camp with personnel near Lake Sasik in Odessa Oblast, 43 artillery and mortar units in firing positions, two Grad MLRS batteries, 10 ammunition depots and a Buk-M1 SAM system launcher near the village of Mayaki in Kharkiv Oblast.
A total of 174 aircraft, 125 helicopters, 966 drones, 315 anti-aircraft missile systems, 3182 tanks and other armoured combat vehicles, 402 multiple rocket launchers, 1614 field artillery and mortar guns, and 3054 pieces of special military vehicles have been destroyed since the start of the special military operation.
13:02 Humanitarian tasks on exchange of prisoners and bodies of dead between Ukraine and Russia to be resolved soon – Slutskyy.
13:01 Ukraine blocks 21 Turkish vessels in Odessa port, Kiev uses them as human shield – Turkish media.
11:30 Kalibr missiles in Zhytomyr region destroy large consignment of weapons and equipment from the US and Europe. It was to be received by a grouping of Ukrainian troops in Donbas, the Russian Defence Ministry has said. In addition, fuel depots for the nationalists’ armoured vehicles near Odessa have been destroyed.
11:16 An explosion is reported in Kiev. Meanwhile, an air-raid alert has been declared across virtually all of Ukraine.
09:38 A one-off cash payment has been launched in Vasilievka. In accordance with the decision of the Government of the Russian Federation, a one-time cash payment has been started in Vasilievka to support the most socially vulnerable groups – pensioners and public sector employees. The aid is given in the amount of 10 thousand roubles. To get it pensioners should have a certificate. Help can be got at: Chekista street, 1.
08:44 In Kherson region there is Internet from the Crimea. This was reported by the deputy of the State Duma Igor Kastyukevich, who supervises the Russian humanitarian mission in the region. The politician clarified that there are still interruptions with mobile communication in the Kherson region.
08:31 Today a municipal pharmacy N 1 will open in the village of Mikhailovka, Melitopol district. The pharmacy is located at: 1B Sviatopokrovska Street (former ANC).
08:08 The Russian Armed Forces continue strikes on AFU positions in Zolochiv, Dergachy and Tsirkuny. An AFU command post in Lozova was hit.
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