During the ongoing fighting near Zmeiny Island in the Black Sea, Ukrainianunmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) Bayraktar hit the Russian air defense (AD) and supply ships, preventing the enemy from reinforcing its garrison on the island. This information, previously published by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), was confirmed on Wednesday, May 11, by the British Ministry of Defense.
His summary emphasizes that Russian air defense systems and supply ships were poorly protected after the retreat of the Russian fleet to the Crimea due to the loss cruiser “Moscow”. At the same time, the British Ministry of Defense suggested that if Russia managed to strengthen its position with the help of strategic cruise missiles, air defense and coastal defense, then it could dominate the northwestern part of the Black Sea.
Battles for Serpent’s Island
On May 7, the operational command “South” of the ground forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that Bayraktar drones destroyed three landing assault boats near Zmeiny Island.
Two days later, on May 9, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said that since May 7, the Ukrainian General Staff “on the direct orders of Zelensky, with the direct participation of advisers from the United States and Great Britain” had planned a “major provocation” to seize Snake Island. According to him, during the fighting, Kyiv lost three bombers, one fighter, 10 helicopters, three assault boats and 30 unmanned aerial vehicles.
On May 11, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced the destruction of another drone near Zmeiny Island.
Fighting in the area of Zmeiny Island has been going on since the first day of the war. 24 February Russian cruiser Moskva, who approached the island, offered to surrender to the Ukrainian military stationed there and received an obscene answer, widely quoted on social networks. After that, a message appeared that Ukrainian soldiers from the island were taken prisoner. At the same time, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced the transition of the Serpentine under the control of Russian troops.
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War in Ukraine – 05/10/2022
Destroyed Russian tank on the side of the road near Kharkov. Further in the photo chronicle of the war in Ukraine dated May 10 – dead Russian soldiers in Olkhovka; Victory Day in Moscow, Kyiv, Odessa and Mariupol; Annalena Burbock in Bucha; residents return to Irpin; Brandenburg Gate in the colors of the flag of Ukraine and other pictures. ATTENTION! Some of the photographs contain scenes of gore, violence and death.
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War in Ukraine – 05/10/2022
The bodies of eleven dead Russian soldiers in the village of Olkhovka, Kharkiv region, liberated by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, on May 9.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin on the march of the “Immortal Regiment” after the Victory Parade in Moscow, May 9.
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War in Ukraine – 05/10/2022
Memorial complex in Kyiv – National Museum of the History of Ukraine in World War II, May 9.
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War in Ukraine – 05/10/2022
A Soviet army veteran lays flowers at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Kyiv on May 9.
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War in Ukraine – 05/10/2022
Posters “9 V-May” on the streets of Mariupol, destroyed and almost completely occupied by the Russian Federation. According to Ukrainian media, on that day, the defenders of the city, holding the Azovstal plant, unfurled a large flag of Ukraine over it. A 300-meter St. George ribbon was carried through the city.
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War in Ukraine – 05/10/2022
The Russian military has been shelling the Azovstal plant for the second day, representatives of the Azov regiment and the Ukrainian authorities report on May 10: to work enemy ship and cannon artillery”. Satellite image, May 7th.
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War in Ukraine – 05/10/2022
Consequences of the Russian shelling of Odessa, May 9. On this Victory Day, Russian President Vladimir Putin laid red carnations in Moscow on pedestals with the names of hero cities near the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, including the hero city of Odessa.
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War in Ukraine – 05/10/2022
The letters “A” and “Y” at the entrance to the city of Popasnaya in the Lugansk region, from which the Ukrainian military have withdrawn after two months of fighting.
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War in Ukraine – 05/10/2022
The city itself will now look like this… The Armed Forces of Ukraine retreated from Popasna to more fortified positions, which were prepared in advance. This was reported in the Lugansk regional military administration.
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War in Ukraine – 05/10/2022
German Foreign Minister Annalena Berbock visited Bucha on May 10. “Bucha has become a symbol. Because of the unimaginable crimes, torture, rape, murder. The unimaginable makes this place seem far away. And then you stand here and understand: Bucha is a completely normal, peaceful suburb. It could happen to anyone,” wrote the head The German Foreign Ministry tweeted after visiting this city.
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On May 10, Annalena Burbock also visited the city of Irpen near Kyiv, where residents are gradually returning. This and several following photos were taken in Irpen the day before. Bedroom in a burned-out house.
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War in Ukraine – 05/10/2022
58-year-old resident Svetlana cleans her kitchen in Irpin. During the fighting and occupation, about half of the residential buildings were damaged here.
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War in Ukraine – 05/10/2022
Blooming tulips and a metal fence with traces of shrapnel in Irpin. According to experts, the restoration of the destroyed or damaged housing stock of Irpen, as well as the infrastructure of this city, will require, in terms of about a billion US dollars.
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War in Ukraine – 05/10/2022
Four-year-old twin sisters Salome and Veronika from Irpen, who were evacuated after the start of the war and have now arrived in the city with their parents, are sitting in a junkyard of burned-out cars.
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War in Ukraine – 05/10/2022
Evacuation train of the organization “Doctors Without Borders” for patients from the eastern regions of Ukraine to Lviv. 64-year-old Elena Ivanovna from the city of Liman broke her leg when she was hit by an explosive wave while escaping from a shelter in the basement.
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War in Ukraine – 05/10/2022
On May 9, US President Joe Biden signed the Lend-Lease for Ukraine Act, designed to speed up the supply of weapons from the United States and adopted by analogy with Lend-Lease during World War II. Among those invited to the ceremony was Victoria Spartz, an American politician of Ukrainian origin, a member of the US House of Representatives.
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War in Ukraine – 05/10/2022
On May 9, the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin was lit up in the colors of the Ukrainian flag. After the talks, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and French President Emmanuel Macron arrived here. Germany and France are ready to help Ukraine on its way to the European Union, the Chancellor said.
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War in Ukraine – 05/10/2022
On May 9, the Russian ambassador to Poland, Sergei Andreev, was doused with red paint. The incident occurred during the laying of a wreath at the cemetery of Soviet soldiers in Warsaw. The Polish Foreign Ministry called the incident regrettable and noted that they were monitoring the situation.
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As a postscript – a photograph taken on the square in front of the Opera House in Lviv. A warm spring day, a child, a fountain…
Author: Nikolay Permyakov
