The Armed Forces of Ukraine are ensuring a stable situation in Odesa Region, although Russian invaders are threatening the entire territory of Ukraine with missile strikes, creating an offensive base on Zmiinyi Island and attempting to destabilize situation in Transnistria.
The enemy continues the offensive in the east. At the same time, it focuses its efforts on securing the withdrawal of its units from Kharkiv and preventing the units of Ukraine’s Defense Forces from advancing to the rear of the Russian troops near Izium.
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Moldova Nicu Popescu discussed the security of the two countries and Russia's hostile actions in the Black Sea region.
Russian invaders destroy bridges in Kharkiv region and may resort to similar actions in Kherson region to complicate a counter-offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The Russian Federation may hold a pseudo-referendum in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, in particular in Kherson, Mariupol and other occupied cities, on September 11.
Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, the Russians have abducted 2,389 Ukrainian children. However, much larger numbers may emerge after the liberation of the occupied territories.
Ukrainian military intelligence has data on Russia's deployment of Pantsir air defense missile system and Tor-M2 surface-to-air missile system on Zmiinyi Island in the Black Sea, which are to secure Russia’s short-range air defense.
A briefing on "Operational information on the Russian invasion of Ukraine" will be held on May 16 at 2:30 p.m. Organizers: Media Center Ukraine - Ukrinform.
Russian invaders are continuing to issue Russian passports to Ukrainian citizens who were forcibly deported to the temporarily occupied territory of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea from the Kherson and Zaporizhia regions.
Petro Andriushchenko, an adviser to the Mariupol mayor, has released a video showing thousands of residents of the besieged Ukrainian port city of Mariupol standing in line for food to be distributed by the Russian invaders.