Russian forces are said to have lost dozens of tanks and military vehicles when their pontoon bridge over the River Siversky Donets was sunk by Ukraine.
Air Force Ukraine published a photo of a Russian pontoon bridge that was sunk in the river Siversky Donets in the eastern region, as well as several destroyed or damaged military vehicles nearby.
The Ukrainian side claimed that they prevented Russian forces from crossing the river, leaving dozens of tanks and military vehicles damaged or abandoned.
British Defense commented Russia “significant loss of armored vehicles” of at least one battalion-level combat group (BTG), as well as pontoon deployment equipment.
“River crossing in a highly contested environment shows the pressure Russian commanders are facing to make progress in the military operation in eastern Ukraine,” the Defense Ministry said. Brother said.
Ukraine announced a raid on the supply ship Vsevolod Bobrov when transferring an air defense complex to the island Zmeinyy on the Black Sea. Ukrainian presidential adviser Oleksiy Arestovych said the Vsevolod Bobrov was badly damaged, but not yet sunk.
Russia has not commented on the above information.
A Russian pontoon bridge is destroyed near a residential area of Bilohorivka in Lugansk province, Ukraine on May 10. Image: CNN.
Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Major General Igor Konashenkov announced that the country’s air defense forces shot down an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and three Tochka-U ballistic missiles of Ukraine that attacked the island of Zmeinyy.
Satellite images published by BlackSky, an American technology company, show at least 7 helicopters appeared at the city airbase Melitopolsoutheastern Ukraine, suggesting that Russian forces may be using the facility.
The air base in Melitopol is considered important because it is located between the cities of Kherson and Mariupol and the Donbass areas controlled by the separatists.
Russian Deputy Ambassador to the United Nations Dmitry Polyansky confirmed that Russia is using high-precision weapons to attack Ukrainian military facilities in Kiev.
“We only target military infrastructure. Damage to civilian infrastructure is to a large extent caused by Ukraine’s anti-missile defense system and they admit this,” Mr. Polyansky said.
The self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) defense service said Ukrainian forces shelled a gas station in the city. Dokuchaevsk, leaving two people injured and several vehicles damaged. RT channel reported that the two injured people filming their video were hit by shrapnel in the back and leg while working in the area.
Russian Ka-52 helicopters attack targets in Ukraine in the video released on May 13. Video: Russian Defense Forces.
Senior Lieutenant General Mikhail Mizintsev, head of the Defense Control Center of the Russian Defense Ministry, accused the Ukrainian side of “obstructing the evacuation of civilians in any way” and “nationalists shelling and shelling” mortars at the exits of residential areas”.
General Mizintsev announced that Russia is evacuating civilians and foreigners from dangerous areas. He affirmed that Russia is ready to open more evacuation corridors in other directions, and at the same time ensure the safe evacuation of civilians towards Russia, the area controlled by Ukrainian forces or to a third country.
Ukraine has not commented on these reports.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has so far recorded more than 6 million Ukrainians leaving the country after February 24, the time when Russia launched a military operation to “demilitarize and de-fascist Ukraine”. .
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) reported a total of 7,839 civilian casualties in Ukraine, of which 3,573 died and 3,816 were injured. The agency warned the actual number could be much higher.
The war situation in Ukraine after more than two months of fighting. Graphics: Washington Post.
Western experts say that the battlefield situation in southern Ukraine has changed little. Russia controls a significant area in the province Kherson and Zaporizhzhia, but not yet further north. Russian forces continue to raid the city Odessa and other coastal areas that Ukraine still controls.
US intelligence director Avril Haines said both Russia and Ukraine “believe they can continue to make progress militarily, so we don’t see a viable negotiating path forward, at least in the short term, at least. term”.
“Over the next few months, hostilities could take a more unpredictable turn and seem likely to escalate,” Haines predicted.
Nguyen Tien (According to TASS, AP)
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