🟡24.05.2022
19:02 Oleksandr Motuzianyk, spokesman of Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense
Russia is preparing for a long war. Now their task is to surround the Ukrainian military near Severodonetsk and Lysychansk and gain control of the whole Luhansk region.
18:33 Bloomberg
Orban: The Hungarian government has declared a state of emergency over the war in Ukraine “to have room for maneuver to respond quickly to challenges”. Also, Hungary still does not agree to an oil embargo against Russia.
17:08 Reuters
EU proposes to make the confiscation of assets easier, including of sanctioned Russian oligarchs.
14:33 Serhii Haidai, head of the Luhansk Regional Military Administration
Russian occupiers shelled the Azot chemical plant in the Luhansk region. 4 people were killed.
14:15 The Times
The UK may send warships to the Black Sea to protect freighters carrying Ukrainian grain and break Russia’s blockade by providing a “protective corridor” from Odesa through the Bosphorus.
13:30 European Council
The European Council adopted a regulation allowing for temporary trade liberalization to certain Ukrainian products. This means that for one year import duties on all Ukrainian exports to the EU will not be due. This will support Ukraine’s economy during the war.
12:55 European Council
The European Council agrees on further increase of support of Ukraine. The fourth tranche will add €500 million to the resources already mobilized for Ukraine, bringing the total amount to €2 billion.
12:41 Pavlo Kyrylenko, head of the Donetsk Regional Military Administration
During 3 months of full-scale war in Ukraine, the Russian army destroyed and damaged 30 facilities in Donetsk region, which were reconstructed at the expense of the European Investment Bank. Half of these buildings were located in Mariupol. The bank has financed 117 projects, inc. schools, kindergartens, and hospitals.
For 7 years, the bank has allocated 3.5 billion hryvnias for 117 projects in 34 settlements of the region. Most of them were schools, kindergartens, and hospitals.
12:20 Ukrinform referring to Kyiv International Institute of Sociology
For 82% of Ukrainian citizens, any territorial concessions to Russia for the sake of achieving peace in the ongoing war with Russia are unacceptable.
11:53 Zaxid.net
Due to the constant Russian shelling of the city of Soledar in the Donetsk region, Artemsil, the largest salt producer in Europe, has shut down. Salt was exported to Hungary, Poland, Georgia, Moldova, Azerbaijan, and Romania.
11:40 Espreso TV
During the full-scale war, the cost of grain exports from Ukraine quadrupled. Ukrainian seaports remain the best way to export products abroad. Other routes are either not suitable for transportation or too expensive in terms of logistics.
9:55 Petro Andriushchenko, adviser to the mayor of Mariupol
In Mariupol, the bodies of 200 victims were found under the ruins of a high-rise building.
7:39 Forbes
Russian war destroyed about $100 billion worth of infrastructure in Ukraine.
7:05 Variety
European Film Academy president Agnieszka Holland has criticized the Cannes Film Festival for inclusion a movie of Russian director Kirill Serebrennikov to the main competition. The presence of Russian culture in the West keeps legitimizing the aggressor state.
0:27 CNNSatellites recorded Russian ships in the port of occupied Sevastopol, which are probably carrying stolen Ukrainian grain. Images by Maxar Technologies, dated May 19 and 21, show Russian ships moored next to the grain silage. The grain pours into the open hold.
