Wounded from Azovstal to be likely taken to Russia-held Novoazovsk. The Russian Defense Ministry said Monday that there is an agreement for injured Ukrainian troops at Azovstal in Mariupol to leave the besieged steelworks for Novoazovsk, a Ukrainian town occupied by Russia-backed troops since 2014.
Statement by Azov. Service members in Mariupol said they were “carrying out a decision by the high military command to save lives.” “We hope for support from the Ukrainian people,” they added. The troops said there is a plan, but provided no further details.
The Azov regiment said on Telegram: “The Ukrainian troops defending Mariupol fulfilled the order despite all difficulties, and distracted the overwhelming forces of the enemy for 82 days buying time for the Ukrainian army to regroup, prepare more troops, and get more weapons from the allies. No weapons would work without professionally trained troops, making them the army’s most precious core. In order to save lives, the entire Mariupol garrison is implementing the approved decision of the Supreme Military Command and hopes for the support of the Ukrainian people.”
Satellite imagery reveal another mass grave site near Mariupol. Satellite imagery has detected the fourth mass grave outside Mariupol. The mass burial site is located within the city, not far from the Tsentralne (Central) cemetery, Schemes (Skhemy), a program by Radio Liberty said quoting Maxar satellite imagery.
On May 14, advisor to the mayor of Mariupol Petro Andryushchenko said that the city council obtained reports of use of the conserved historical cemetery Necropolis, a possible site of a mass grave.
Ten people killed as Russia strikes Severodonetsk. At least 10 people were killed as Russia hit Severodonetsk, in Luhansk region, the head of the regional military administration Serhiy Haiday said. Search and rescue works continue as Russia launches new strikes, making work on the ground difficult.
Ukraine to make no concessions to Russia to cease fire, Foreign Minister said. Ukraine’s objective is restoring full territorial integrity, Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said. That would include areas of eastern Donbas controlled by Russian-backed forces before the full-scale invasion as well as the Crimean Peninsula seized by Russia in 2014. The Minister expressed confidence that Ukraine will eventually win the war against Russia.
Explaining Ukraine podcast. Living under Russian occupation: what is it like?
We travelled in the villages near Kyiv, which were occupied by the Russian forces in March: Ploske, Bobryk, Velyka Dymerka and others. We have talked to local residents including those who stayed under the Russian occupation. In our new episode of the “Explaining Ukraine” podcast we tell you what we have heard and seen. Hosts: Volodymyr Yermolenko, Ukrainian philosopher and journalist, chief editor at UkraineWorld.org, and Tetyana Ogarkova, Ukrainian scholar and journalist who is in charge of international outreach at the Ukraine Crisis Media Centre. Listen to the episode.
Ukraine in Flames #65: How “denazification” damaged Russian relations with Israel
Ukraine in Flames #65 digs deeper into the consequences of Kremlin’s anti-semitic behavior. Will Moscow’s urge to “denazify” actually destroy Russian-Israeli relations and bring Ukraine closer to victory?
Speakers:
Maria Zolkina, analyst at Ilko Kucheriv Democratic Initiatives Foundation
Petro Oleshchuk, docent at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
Leonid Golberg, co-editor of the local paper “Maidan”, representative of the Jewish community
Ukraine in Flames #66: Why Russian blockade of Ukrainian ports is not a local threat?
Ukraine in Flames #67: How Russia reenacts genocide by famine in Ukraine
