Ukraine has been resisting a full-scale Russian invasion for 452 days. The aggressor is inflicting massive strikes on our territories, and the Armed Forces are repelling enemy attacks.
24 Channel collected all the main events of the day. What happened on the front lines, in the rear and on the international arena on this day – read on.
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10:34 Air Force Speaker Yuri Ignat commented on the upcoming transfer of F-16 fighters. According to him, no one will transfer these aircraft to Ukraine individually.
Aircraft will be transferred by units, and this is at least a squadron. In our version, this is more than 12 aircraft,
Ignat said.
09:51 The Air Force noted that on the evening of May 20, it was possible to destroy 4 “Shahed” in the zone of responsibility of the Vostok air command.
On the evening of May 20, air defense forces destroyed 4 Iranian “mopeds” / Air Force Infographics
09:45 Volodymyr Zelenskyy commented on statements about the so-called “capture” of Bakhmut. He emphasized that only land and many dead enemies remained in the city. But it is still under the control of Kyiv.09:22 The United States has announced a new military aid package for Ukraine. Its amount is 375 million dollars. It will include:
- additional ammunition for HIMARS;
- artillery shells;
- anti-tank guided missiles TOW;
- Javelin and AT-4 anti-tank systems;
- bridge systems;
- armored medical vehicles;
- trucks and trailers for transporting heavy equipment;
- thermal imaging systems;
- spare parts and other field equipment.
09:09 It became known that Vladimir Zelensky and Joe Biden met during the G7 in Hiroshima.09:02 In the morning it became known that powerful explosions were heard in the temporarily occupied Mariupol. Perhaps the enemy’s air defenses went off. This is evidenced by a puff of smoke recorded by eyewitnesses in the sky.08:52 The head of the Kharkiv OVA Oleg Sinegubov commented on the situation in the region over the past day. He noted that as a result of the shelling of Kupyansk, the buildings of a civil enterprise, a private residential building were damaged, and fires broke out. A 44-year-old man was also hospitalized with injuries. In Volchansk, in the Chuguevsky district, private houses, outbuildings, garages were damaged, and two cars were destroyed. From the MLRS fired at Liman First in the Kupyansky district. As a result, civilian infrastructure facilities were damaged.
The mine danger remains high in the region. Last night in the village of Novaya Gusarovka, Izyumsky district, a 39-year-old man was injured and hospitalized as a result of an explosion on a mine “Petal”,
– said Sinegubov.
08:46 Speaker of OK “South” Natalya Gumenyuk commented on the explosions at the airport in the Crimea. According to her, “cotton” will bloom where there is a liberation from the occupation.08:43 Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke at the session of the G7 summit. 24 The channel collected the main theses of his appeal to international partners.08:18 The General Staff published the latest statistics of enemy losses. As of the morning of May 21, 203,160 Russian invaders had been destroyed.
Actual statistics of enemy losses as of May 21 / Infographics of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
07:33 The head of the Dnepropetrovsk Regional Military District noted that the enemy sent drones to the region at night. All UAVs were shot down by military air command “Vostok”. In the morning, the invaders fired on the Nikopol region from heavy artillery. We got into the World community. The consequences of the attack are being specified. Fortunately, there were no injuries or casualties.07:14 Head of State Volodymyr Zelensky met with all the leaders of the G7 in Hiroshima during the summit.06:49 It became known that “cotton” visited Bryansk. According to available information, a column of black smoke rose over the city.06:30 The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine published a morning summary. It says that the main efforts of the enemy are concentrated on the Kupyansky, Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky and Maryinsky directions. Over the past day, 53 combat clashes were recorded in these sectors of the front. Bakhmut and Marinka remain the epicenter of hostilities. Moreover, the enemy continues to suffer losses in the war against Ukraine. Aviation forces delivered 10 strikes on areas of accumulation of manpower and equipment. Also destroyed 4 strike and 7 reconnaissance UAVs. And the subdivisions of the missile forces and artillery have also done effective work. They hit 4 areas of accumulation of weapons and equipment, 1 ammunition depot, 4 artillery units in firing positions, 1 air defense system and 1 important enemy target.04:39 The Russians resumed regular missile and drone terror. Former SBU officer, expert of the Ukrainian Institute for the Future Ivan Stupak named four main goals of the enemy. We are talking about: terror, intimidation of the population, the desire to win back for losing on the battlefield, the search for Ukrainian air defense, as well as attempts to figure out where military equipment, military equipment and ammunition are located in temporary storage points in Kiev.03:47 The mayor of Melitopol talked to journalists and commented on the constant “clap” in the city. He named the versions that the invaders use to explain the explosions. Mostly Russians tell tales about the work of air defense. Like, she can handle everything. But actually it is not.01:27 It was extremely restless in Russian Belgorod. On the night of May 21, the sounds of explosions were heard in the city. After them, a big fire flared up.00:20 In many regions of Ukraine there was an air raid. Powerful explosions were heard in the Dnieper and the region. Local authorities talk about the work of air defense.
2023-05-21 10:02:04
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