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QUICK READING May 14: Ukraine repels Russia from the city of Kharkov

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The pontoon bridge over the river Siversky Donets, eastern Ukraine collapsed – Photo: AP

* May 13, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin calls for an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine when he spoke by phone with his Russian counterpart Sergei Shoigu for the first time since Moscow launched a special operation in Ukraine.

According to Reuters news agency, the Pentagon said Austin had repeatedly tried to talk to Shoigu over the past three months, but Moscow officials did not appear interested. During the call, which lasted about an hour, Mr. Austin emphasized the importance of maintaining lines of communication.

Meanwhile, Tass news agency quoted the Russian Defense Ministry as saying that the phone call took place on the “initiative of the American side”. “Issues on the topic of international security were discussed, including the situation in Ukraine,” the Russian Defense Ministry said.

Washington and Moscow have established a hotline since Russia launched the operation in Ukraine, to avoid miscalculations or unwanted clashes.

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Ukrainian forces in the city of Kharkov on May 13 – Photo: REUTERS

* A video released by the Ukrainian military on May 13 shows Ukrainian forces destroying a Russian-made pontoon bridge over the River Siversky Donets, in eastern Ukraine. The Ukrainian army drove Russian forces out of the city of Kharkov.

Reuters reporter confirmed Ukraine now controls an area extending to the River Siversky Donets, about 40km to the east, including the city of Kharkov. Even so, Russia still bombed the villages north of the city.

Kharkov is the second largest city in Ukraine. It is the administrative center of Kharkov Oblast. KYharkov has about 1.4 million people, just 40km from the Russian border, was one of the targets first attacked by Russia on February 24, 2022. Kharkov is the residence of a large number of Vietnamese in Ukraine (about 3,000 – 5,000 people) because it is a good trading area.

The British side also confirmed that Ukraine prevented Russian troops from crossing the River Siversky Donets. Images from the video above show several burning military vehicles near a submerged pontoon bridge, and many damaged or abandoned vehicles, including tanks, nearby. Reuters could not verify the information or the time or location in the video.

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Ukrainian infantrymen during an exercise near the city of Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine – Photo: GETTY IMAGES

* The UK Ministry of Defense says Russia is concentrating its military efforts near Severodonetsk and Iziumwhile trying to break through to Sloviansk and Kramatorsk to complete control of Ukraine’s Donbass industrial region, according to Reuters.

Russian-backed separatists say they have captured the Zarya chemical plant near Severodonetsk.

Meanwhile, south of the port city of Mariupol, Russia continues to bomb the Azovstal iron and steel factory, the last fortress of the Ukrainian army in this city.

* The RIA news agency quoted the Ministry of Defense of Russia as saying that the Russian Air Force attacked an weapons depot in the Kharkov region, Ukraine on May 13.

* Subsidiary of Russian energy group Inter RAO announced that it will stop exporting electricity to Finland from May 14 because payment has not been received in May, according to Reuters.

Fingrid, the operator of Finland’s electricity transmission network, said stopping electricity imports from Russia did not threaten the country’s market. “The shortfall can be offset by importing more from Sweden and partly from domestic production,” said Fingrid vice president Reimy Paivinen.

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A woman tries to clean a house hit by a bomb in the city of Chernihiv, Ukraine – Photo: GETTY IMAGES

* In an online post on May 13, according to AFP news agency, Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said Ukraine was conducting “very difficult” negotiations with Russia on sending Ukrainian troops entrenched at the Azovstal metallurgical plant area outside, but did not give details.

* May 13, Ukraine’s First Deputy Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko announced that Ukraine had signed contracts to import 300,000 tons of diesel and 120,000 tons of gasoline. to meet consumption demand in May as Russia targeted its fuel infrastructure, according to Reuters. Russia has destroyed 27 fuel depots and the Kremenchuk oil refinery in central Ukraine since Moscow launched a special military operation on February 24.

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