military actions
Report Ukrainian troops according to the German Press Agency Success in their counter-offensive in the eastern region of Kharkiv. According to the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence, the volunteer group from Kharkiv should advanced to the Russian border be. The Ministry of Defense released a video showing a dozen soldiers standing next to a border post in the national colors of blue and yellow.
By a Russian missile attack near the Port city of Odessa According to Ukrainian military information, there is one in the south of Ukraine tourist accommodation destroyed been. The armed forces reported at least three injured civilians. In addition, fire broke out.
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Defense in Moscow reported at night more than 100 airstrikes to have flown on military infrastructure in Ukraine. Also be Missiles at more than 300 targets been fired. The ministry also complained launch three ukrainian fighter jets for themselves. One machine is near Snake Island and the other two in the Mykolaiv and Kharkiv regions shot down, said ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov. The information could not be verified.
Russia also has that Azov Steelworks in the port city of Mariupol according to Ukrainian data phosphorus bombs shot at. Previously unverified videos and images released by Mariupol City Council deputy Petro Andryushchenko should prove the attack. Phosphorus bombs ignite on contact with oxygen and wreak havoc. Her Use is prohibited.
In the region Lviv There was apparently a rocket attack in western Ukraine on Sunday morning. According to the governor, military infrastructure was hit.
Negotiations on evacuations from steelworks
The Ukrainian government has declared that it will do everything possible to protect the defenders of Mariupol to get out of the industrial zone through negotiations with Russia. That was difficult, they said. Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Wereshchuk announced on Saturday that negotiations are currently under way for 60 people, including injured fighters and medical staff. “There are a few hundred injured there, they have to be rescued first because the Russians won’t give their consent to everyone at once,” she said.
diplomacy
the G7 countries urging Russia to end the war in Ukraine immediately and demonstrating their determination to further isolate Russia economically and politically if it does not. This emerges from the final declaration of the meeting of the G7 foreign ministers in Weissenhaus (D).
In it, the western industrialized countries also demand that export of grain blocked by Russia from Ukraine to start again. The food is urgently needed to prevent famine. The G7 states also announced that they would “never recognize border changes that Russia wants to enforce with military force”.
The countries still want the Ukrainian armed forces if necessary supply weapons and other military equipment for years. Russia’s war against Ukraine is unprovoked, unjustifiable and illegal. Ukraine has the right to self-defense.
sanctions and embargoes
the Ukraine as oil transit country has the supplies of Russian Gas to Western Europe meanwhile reduced. No Russian gas has flowed westwards since Wednesday morning via the particularly hard-fought Luhansk region in eastern Ukraine, according to Ukrainian and Russian sources. At least in Germany, this has no major impact, as reported by the Federal Network Agency.
Based in Helsinki, Finland Russian company Rao Nordic stopped importing electricity to Finland on Saturday night. According to the company, electricity can no longer flow from Russia to Finland. The background is therefore allegedly a missed payment. “We are therefore forced to stop importing electricity from May 14,” says a statement. According to Rao Nordic, it is one of the leading importers of Russian electricity to the Nordic countries and belongs to Inter Rao, Russia’s largest energy group in the import-export business.
The Russian state company Gazprom meanwhile confirmed that it would fulfill all its commitments towards Europe. At the same time, Russia against the company Gazprom Germania and other former subsidiaries sanctions imposed. The Russian side is no longer allowed to do business with a total of 31 listed companies.
war victims
Killed Army Members: According to the Ukrainian Defense Ministry, around 27,400 Russian soldiers have been killed so far (as of May 15). Russia previously spoke of significantly lower numbers: there is talk of more than 1,000 fallen soldiers. In contrast, 23,000 fighters have been killed on the Ukrainian side so far. The numbers cannot be verified.
Civilian casualties: According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, observers have verified that 3,573 civilians have been killed (as of May 12). 241 children have been killed so far. As of April 25, Ukraine itself counted at least 3,818 civilians killed and more than 4,000 injured, but the statistics are incomplete, Ukrainian Prosecutor General Irina Venediktova told the Interfax-Ukraine news agency.
In view of the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine, the Swiss fundraising organization Swiss Solidarity has called for solidarity with the affected population.
People fled to neighboring countries. Swiss Solidarity will therefore concentrate on taking in refugees in these countries, especially Poland. Depending on how the situation develops, Swiss Solidarity will extend its support to aid projects directly in Ukraine, provided the security situation permits.
Donations can be made at www.glueckskette.ch or to the postal account 10-15000-6, note “Crisis in the Ukraine”.
According to estimates by the World Health Organization (WHO), at least 3,000 people have died because they no access to treatment of their chronic illnesses. 40 percent of households have at least one member who needs permanent treatment, according to the Europe chief of the WHO.
fugitives: The UN refugee agency UNHCR expects 8.3 million people to flee Ukraine this year. So far, around 6 million refugees have crossed the borders to neighboring countries. Around 8 million people are fleeing in the country itself.
In Switzerland, the federal authorities registered 49,062 refugees from Ukraine by Friday, as the State Secretariat for Migration (SEM) announced on Twitter. So far, 46,826 Ukrainian refugees have received protection status S, 623 more than the day before.