On the 77th day of the full-scale Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine Russian troops continue to try to capture the settlements of a neighboring country. The Armed Forces of Ukraine and its territorial defense units are resisting aggression. It is impossible to quickly verify the statements of representatives of both sides of the conflict from independent sources. About 12.8 million Ukrainians have already left their homes. DW is watching behind developments Wednesday, May 11 (Moscow time).
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UK signs security agreement with Sweden. “If any country is in distress or attacked, the United Kingdom and Sweden will help each other in various ways. Support will be provided at the request of the affected country and may include military resources,” Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Anderson was quoted by Reuters.
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There are no plans to introduce martial law in Russia, said the press secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov. “No, this is not in the plans,” Peskov commented on the words of Avril Haynes, director of US National Intelligence, about Putin’s possible declaration of martial law in the country.
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In Ukraine completed the investigation of the first criminal case against the Russian military, who is accused of killing a civilian in the Sumy region. The case has been referred to court, Prosecutor General of Ukraine Irina Venediktova said. The defendant in the case is 21-year-old sergeant Vadim Shishimarin, whom the prosecutor’s office calls the commander of the 4th tank division (military unit 32010, Naro-Fominsk). According to investigators, on February 28, Shishimarin shot dead a 62-year-old resident of the village of Chupakhovka, Sumy region, who was riding a bicycle. The Russian military is charged under an article on violation of the laws and customs of war in combination with premeditated murder. He faces up to life imprisonment.
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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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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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Memorial complex in Kyiv – National Museum of the History of Ukraine in World War II, May 9.
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A Soviet army veteran lays flowers at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Kyiv on May 9.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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
