Moscow raises the possibility of dialogue with the West, Ukraine raids Russia’s border area
The chairman of the Russian upper house of parliament said that Moscow is open to restoring dialogue with the West in order to achieve the goal of “equal” security in Europe, but on the basis of mutual respect.
In an interview with Izvestiya newspaper on May 18, Chairman of the Council of the Russian Federation (Russian Senate) Valentina Matviyenko said that Moscow can resume negotiations with the West after its forces are completed.special military campaign“in Ukraine.
Ms. Matviyenko added, the Government Russia There will be an appropriate response to Sweden and Finland’s application to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), depending on the types of weapons that NATO is capable of deploying in these two Nordic countries.
According to the leader of the Russian Senate, Moscow will do everything to ensure national security and Sweden and Finland’s application to join the US-led military alliance will negatively affect cooperation with the country. birch.
Ukraine says Russia suffered heavy losses when attacking the east
The Ukrainian military said on May 18 that Russian forces trying to advance to Sloviansk in the Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine suffered losses and had to withdraw.
According to CNN, despite the large-scale artillery and missile raids by Russian troops in the past 24 hours, there is no sign that they have captured any new territory.
“The enemy launched attacks in the Velyka Komyshuvakha area with the support of artillery but was unsuccessful, suffered significant losses in some areas and was forced to retreat to the positions captured earlier. there”, quoted the latest update of the military situation of the General Staff of the Armed Forces Ukraine.
There have been skirmishes in Velyka Komyshuvakha since the end of April, when the Russians took control of Izium and tried to move towards Sloviansk, but so far the front line has not changed much.
On another key front, in areas of eastern Luhansk still under the control of Ukrainian government troops, Russian planes were accused of shelling several villages. According to the General Staff of Ukraine, the country’s defense forces are building a line around the industrial city of Severodonetsk and Russian raids in the Zolote region have all failed.
Serhii Hayday, leader of the Luhansk military junta, said that Severodonetsk suffered the heaviest losses in the latest bombardment. The official confirmed that four civilians were killed on May 17.
Other regions of Ukraine also reported being hit by Russian rockets and artillery overnight. In the southern Dnipropetrovsk region, the Kryvih Rih military junta said it was shelled by Russian troops along the demarcation line as well as residential areas in the town of Velyka Kostromka, more than 32km from Kryvih Rih.
Ukraine raids Russia’s western border
Roman Starovoit, governor of the Kursk region in western Russia, said that one civilian was killed and many others injured as a result of Ukraine’s cross-border attacks on the region.
According to CNN, Mr. Starovoit wrote on Telegram that the raid by Kiev forces targeted an ethanol factory in the village of Tyotkino and many houses were affected.
Tyotkino is located about 2.4 km from the Russia-Ukraine border. The border areas between Kursk and Ukraine have come under continuous shelling this month.
Tuan Anh
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