💪 According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as of May 31, Russia has already lost 30,500 soldiers.
Total combat losses of the Russian forces between 24 February and 31 May 2022 comprise approximately:
▪️ 30,500 (+150) military personnel
▪️ 1,358 (+9) tanks
▪️ 3,302 (+20) armoured combat vehicles
▪️ 649 (+6) artillery systems
▪️ 207 (+2) multiple rocket launchers
▪️ 93 (+0) pieces of air defence equipment
▪️ 208 (+1) aircraft
▪️ 174 (+0) helicopters
▪️ 515 (+8) operational-tactical UAVs
▪️ 120 (+2) cruise missiles
▪️ 13 (+0) ships/boats
▪️ 2,275 (+11) pieces of automotive equipment and fuel tankers
▪️ 48 (+0) pieces of special equipment
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🇺🇦 Speech by President of Ukraine at the World Economic Forum in Davos:
“We need to create a global structure that can provide sufficient support within 24 hours for any country that has suffered a military attack, natural disaster or pandemic. This is a new format of security guarantees. Based on what we went through. What we are going through now. There must be something that sets a precedent of absolutely timely assistance. To everyone who needs it. To preserve peace, to preserve life, to preserve social stability.”
Watch the full text of President’s address in video below
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🇺🇦 President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky:
“A difficult day. But this day, like all others, is aimed precisely at saving our country and our people.
Regarding the situation in Mariupol. Thanks to the actions of the Ukrainian military - the Armed Forces of Ukraine, intelligence, the negotiating team, the International Committee of the Red Cross and the United Nations, we hope that we will be able to save the lives of our guys. Among them are the seriously wounded, they are being provided with medical aid.
I want to emphasize: Ukraine needs Ukrainian heroes alive. This is our principle. I think that every adequate person will understand these words.”
Watch the full text of President’s address in video below👇
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A new video of the bombing of the Metallurgical Combine ‘Azovstal’ has appeared.
The footage was published by the adviser to the mayor of Mariupol, Petro Andryushchenko, on his Telegram channel.
"Mariupol. Azovstal. This is how the hell sounds. This is how invincibility looks. Bomb after bomb. Shell after shell. We are all indebted to the defenders of Mariupol," he wrote.
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Russian troops continue to carry out airstrikes and bomb the Metallurgical Combine ‘Azovstal’ in the besieged city of Mariupol.
Adviser to the Mayor of the city Petro Andryushchenko showed the consequences of continued Russian aggression.
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President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy:
“Every year on May 8, together with the entire civilized world, we honor everyone who defended the planet from Nazism during World War II. Millions of lost lives, crippled destinies, tortured souls and millions of reasons to say to evil: never again!
We knew the price our ancestors paid for this wisdom. We knew how important it is to preserve it and pass it on to posterity. But we had no idea that our generation would witness the desecration of the words, which, as it turned out, are not the truth for everyone.
This year we say "Never again" differently. We hear "Never again" differently. It sounds painful, cruel. Without an exclamation, but with a question mark. You say: never again? Tell Ukraine about it.
On February 24, the word "never" was erased. Shot and bombed. By hundreds of missiles at 4 am, which woke up the entire Ukraine. We heard terrible explosions. We heard: again!
…The word "never" was dropped from this slogan. Amputated during the so-called special operation. They stabbed a knife in the heart and, looking into the eyes, said: "It's not us!" Tortured with the words "not everything is so unambiguous." Killed "Never again", saying: "We can repeat."
And so it happened. And the monsters began to repeat. And our cities, which survived such a heinous occupation that 80 years are not enough to forget about it, saw the occupier again. And got the second date of occupation in their history. And some cities, such as Mariupol, got the third. During the two years of occupation, the Nazis killed 10,000 civilians there. In two months of occupation, Russia killed 20,000.
Eternal honor to all who fought against Nazism!
Eternal memory to all those killed during World War II!”
Watch the full text of President’s address in video below (English subtitles included)
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Residents of the city of Kherson attended a peaceful protest against the Russian occupation on the morning of April 27. Just look how many people are not afraid to gather and say no to the Russian invasion and creating of so-called “Kherson People’s Republic”.
The rally was dispersed with the occupiers. The Russian military threw light and noise grenades at civilians and used tear gas.
Reports have come in about 4 victims so far:
▪️ a woman, 71 years old, with a ruptured lung and burns to the chest
▪️ a man, 50 years old, with an open fracture of the leg
▪️ two men with chemical burns to the eyes and nasopharynx
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At night, in the Russian city of Bryansk, 100 kilometres away from Ukrainian border, two oil products storage facilities caught fire. Residents say it was preceded by explosions.
Russian authorities have given no official explanations regarding the incident. Heavy Russian smokers should adhere to the safety rules on the potentially explosive areas 😁
According to preliminary information, there were no casualties.
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Yesterday, at Easter evening, Russian forces carried out nine missile strikes on critical infrastructure in the city of Kremenchuk, Poltava region. It was the largest shelling of the region since the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Russian missiles hit Kremenchuk Thermal Power Plant and Kremenchuk oil refinery, they caught fire.
“There is no hot water in almost all districts of the city due to the shelling of TPP," says Dmytro Lunin, Head of the Poltava regional military administration.
Unfortunately, 1 person was killed, and 7 people were injured, they are in varying conditions.
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🇺🇦 Address by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the World Bank ministerial roundtable in support of Ukraine:
“Together we are able to implement solutions that will not only stop the aggressive intentions of the Russian Federation, not only support Ukraine in this war, but also inevitably show all the potential aggressors of the world that creating problems for other states, for other nations means creating problems for themselves. Because if we do not do this, millions and millions of people in the world will repeatedly suffer from the aggressive actions of individual states.
So, what steps are needed now?
The first is immediate support for Ukraine, so that the Russian leadership knows that the war will not allow them to realize any of their aggressive goals. I am sure that our Prime Minister and the Minister of Finance, who are present at this meeting, will talk about the details of such financial support.
We must do everything to ensure that Ukraine and Ukrainians have everything they need to live despite the war. In Kharkiv, which I mentioned at the beginning of this speech, and in all other cities and communities of Ukraine. Everywhere.
Second, Russia must be immediately excluded from all international financial institutions. The IMF, the World Bank and others are definitely not the place for a state that is trying to ruin the lives of its neighbors.
Third, we need a special tax for the war. Russia, and after it any other aggressor, must pay for violating global stability. Such a tax for the war should be imposed on all, without exception, trade transactions with Russia as a state or with Russian companies. On all export-import transactions, all financial transactions that have not yet been blocked.
Funds from the war tax should be used to help Ukraine rebuild everything that Russia destroyed in the war. Or, if this tax is applied to another aggressor, the funds should be directed to the victim of that war.
The world needs an effective
🇺🇦🇵🇹 Speech by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Assembly of the Republic, Parliament of Portugal
“Why did Russia start the war? The capture of Ukraine is its first step in gaining control of Eastern Europe to destroy democracy in our region.
Ukraine has been and remains the mainstay of democratic processes in our region. The two revolutions of 2004 and 2014, which stopped the dictatorship in Ukraine, in fact defended democracy not only for our nation, but also for all the nations of our region who want to freely choose the future, without any coercion - internal and external.
And your people who will soon celebrate the anniversary of the Carnation Revolution, which freed you from the dictatorship, clearly understand our feelings. Exactly understands the feelings of all other nations of our region who seek freedom.
What does Russia bring to Ukraine? Death and dictatorship. And after Ukraine it will try to bring all this to Moldova, Poland, Georgia, the Baltic states, Kazakhstan and all other countries it can reach. Russia can be stopped. Mass killings, deportation and dictatorship can be stopped. Now, in Ukraine.
I am grateful to your government and to all the Portuguese people for the assistance to Ukraine you have already provided.
For supporting sanctions against Russia. And it is important now, when the European Union is preparing the sixth package of sanctions, that you show your leadership and defend the need for an oil embargo against Russia at the European level. It is also important that you, along with other EU countries, insist on a complete restriction of the Russian banking system.
We need to close all EU ports, all Portuguese ports for Russian ships. In particular, for those that they are trying to hide under other countries’ flags.
I am grateful to you for supporting our people, Ukrainian displaced persons. The Ukrainian and Portuguese people know each other well. They understand each other well. And it is importa
This how city of Mariupol looks like now.
According to the video posted by the Adviser to the Mayor of the city, the occupiers are shelling not only the building of Metallurgical Combine Azovstal, but also the residential sector with artillery and tanks.
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Russian occupiers dropped heavy aerial bombs on Metallurgical Combine “Azovstal” in city of Mariupol.
According to Mariupol City Council, at least 1.000 civilians are hiding in the underground shelters of the plant. Mostly women with children and the elderly.
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🇺🇦 It can now be stated that Russian troops have begun the battle for Donbas, for which they have been preparing for a long time - the new address by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy
“The 54th day of our defense against the Russian invasion is coming to an end. The Russian army is not slowing down the use of missiles against Ukraine. Although it should have realized that it will be extremely difficult for it to restore the missile arsenal given even already imposed sanctions. Without imports, they can't even do that. And when all the loopholes used to circumvent sanctions are closed, and when even tougher sanctions are imposed, restoring Russia's missile capabilities will be unrealistic. That is, Russian missile strikes lead to only one thing - missile self-demilitarization of the Russian Federation.
A similar process is taking place with other Russian weapons. Producing new artillery, aircraft, new helicopters and cruisers under sanctions will be a daunting task for Russia.
None of the missile strikes has changed the situation for Russia tangibly. And if you evaluate them all together, the conclusion will be - this is strategic nonsense.
Today's strikes at Lviv, at the Dnipropetrovsk region and any other Russian strikes mean only one thing: we, the world and history will take from Russia much more than Russian missiles will take from Ukraine. Every lost life is an argument for Ukrainians and other free nations to perceive Russia exclusively as a threat generation after generation. And any infrastructure can be restored. And we will definitely do it.
In the east and south of our country, the occupiers are recently trying to attack in a little more thought-out manner than before. They are putting pressure, looking for a weak spot in the defense of our state to go there with the main forces...
Apparently, Russian generals, accustomed to neglecting any losses, have already killed so many Russian servicemen that even they have to be more careful, a
The pilot of the MiG-29 fighter with the call sign Dzhus recorded a video message for foreign partners saying that we need new aircraft to defeat the Russian Federation.
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🇺🇦 “They have been cynically trying to destroy us for 50 days. For 50 days the Ukrainian people have been heroically resisting. We are not afraid of anything, because we know what we are fighting for. We have enough courage to put an end to evil.
Stop feeding the Russian military machine. Help Ukraine with weapons. Then peace and good will win much faster,” says President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
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🇺🇦 The new address by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy:
“Various experts said that Ukraine wouldn't hold for more than a week if Russia invaded Ukraine. Not only did we manage to stop the Russian Army - we have pushed them back! But our war is far from over. This was just the first round.
Putin and his army are changing their strategy. They are strengthening their forces to push even harder on Kharkiv and all Donbas region, including Mariupol.
Russia does not plan to stop with Ukraine. Putin's propaganda machine openly states that Europe is the "next logical target" after Ukraine. So either the West will help Ukraine stop Putin now, or Putin will continue expanding his Russian Empire, killing thousands of women and children in the process. He has already done this in Mariupol, Kharkiv, Bucha, and other cities of Ukraine.
To continue heroically defending the world from Russian aggression, Ukraine needs a specific list of weapons. I appeal to citizens of the whole world to help convey to your governments, presidential administrations, and leaders of your countries the real needs of Ukraine, which will help stop the war.
We urgently need heavy artillery, heavy armored vehicles, air defense systems and aircraft:
▪️ Artillery pieces (caliber 155 mm) and ammo;
▪️ Artillery shells (152 mm caliber). As much as possible;
▪️ Multiple Rocket Launch Systems: "Grad", "Uragan", or American M142 HIMARS;
▪️ APCs (armored personnel carriers, infantry fighting vehicles, etc.);
▪️ Tanks (T-72, either American or German analogs);
▪️ Air defense systems (S-300, BUK, or similar modern western air defense systems);
▪️ Combat aircraft.
We are asking the whole world to unite and help us fight this cruel aggression.
#ArmUkraineNow, so that we can defeat this evil together.”
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🇺🇦 🇪🇪 Speech by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Riigikogu, Estonian Parliament:
“This is the time when we can either stop Russia or lose the whole of Eastern Europe for a very long time. Lose any hope for a safe and free life on the continent governed by universally recognized law not by force.
And I thank you for understanding that.
A crowded rally on February 26 with the participation of tens of thousands of Estonians in the heart of ancient Tallinn on Vabaduse Square in support of Ukraine and in support of freedom in Europe has already become a glorious page of our common history.
Estonia was one of the first to provide Ukraine with the necessary assistance, this is true, including defensive aid.
I am grateful to you for the sincere support of our migrants.
You have been and remain exemplary in your consideration of the issues of Russia's war against Ukraine and the relevant sanctions policy in European and other international structures.
I am grateful to you for abandoning Russian energy. The source of dollars and euros paid to Russia for oil and gas, which makes it self-confident and unwilling to seek equal relations with other nations.
But we all need to do much more to stop Europe's immersion in the evil that the continent saw in the 1940s! In the same occupation that your country, by the way, went through as well.
The black pages of history should not be repeated when deported Ukrainians and Estonians remained for many years in Siberia or the Russian Far East. There are already more than enough Ukrainian and Estonian graves - graves of those who died from communist deportations.
That is why I urge you at the level of the European Union to find such instruments of influence on Russia, such instruments of pressure that could stop deportations and return all deported people home.
The European Union has the power to ensure this. The European Union must use this power.
Until Russia returns forcibly deported Ukrainians, unti
Address by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy to the Parliament of Lithuania:
“Dear Lithuanian people!
I am grateful to you for the leadership. For being the first to abandon Russian energy now. When it is really necessary.
I am grateful to you, Gitanas, for the important decision. For being the first to give us real help, to give us weapons. Stingers and more.
It was a historic manifestation of leadership. After all, the Lithuanian people, like no other, understand how the occupiers can destroy freedom and at what cost the independence is rebuilt then, which you have done exemplary.
This is exactly the kind of leadership the whole continent needs now to truly save and uphold common values that are undoubtedly important for Europe.
To prove that the common values of freedom, human rights, respect for state borders and prevention of a war of invasion are in fact alive, not something outdated and worthy of a museum only.
When the continent thought primarily of selfish interests, rather than of what should unite everyone, this has always led to terrible times for Europe as a whole. Discord, outbreaks of revanchism, wars - this is definitely not what Europeans need in the 21st century.
But this is what Russia is trying to bring back.
The Russian state must be responsible for this war. Russian officials and military commanders, all those guilty of war crimes, must be held accountable. All organizers and perpetrators of deportation must be held accountable. Russia must be deprived of any opportunity to terrorize its neighbors.
It's not just about us, it's not just about Ukraine! The real Russian plans are obvious to everyone. Ukraine is just the beginning. Next, God forbid, but next is your state, other Baltic states, Moldova, Georgia, Poland, Central Asian states. Threats are already being heard from Moscow against Finland and Sweden.
How will Europe be able to stop Russia's further expansion if it is not yet able to stop even what is happening in Ukrain
🛑 More than 10.000 civilians have died during the Russian siege of Mariupol, says Mayor of the city Vadym Boychenko.
Moreover, according to the mayor, the death toll could exceed 20.000, as after weeks of Russian attacks and terror the bodies of the civilians "are carpeting the streets" of the city.
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The new address by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy:
“The 47th day of the Russian-Ukrainian war, this shameful invasion that is gradually wiping Russia out of international relations, is coming to an end. Invasion that makes it more and more toxic every day. Now it is only a matter of time before the Russian army with its own actions and war crimes forces everyone in the world to renounce all ties with the Russian Federation.”
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🇺🇦 🇰🇷 Speech by the President of Ukraine in the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea:
“For 47 days we have been defending ourselves against virtually the entire Russian army - its most capable units. Our Armed Forces of Ukraine are fighting heroically, very wisely, rationally using available resources and weapons. We receive help from around the world. And I am sincerely grateful to your state, sincerely grateful to your people for their support.
But we need much more. To survive in this war against such a prepared adversary as the Russian Federation. Against a state that does not count the dead and has countless stock of military equipment since the days of the Soviet Union…
We need air defense systems, aircraft, tanks and other armored vehicles, artillery systems and ammunition. And you have something that can be indispensable for us. You have it. Armored vehicles, anti-aircraft, anti-tank, anti-ship weapons. When it comes to survival in a war aimed at the complete conquest of the people, it is necessary to give principled answers. The usual rules for the supply of weapons must be reviewed and action must be taken quickly. It is necessary to help.
Providing the necessary weapons to Ukraine means not only saving the lives of our people, not only giving us the opportunity to unblock our cities, in particular our long-suffering Mariupol, but also saving other states and other regions from further deployment of Russian aggression.”
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The new speech by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy:
“Ukraine does not have time to wait. Freedom does not have time to wait. When tyranny launches aggression against everything that keeps peace in Europe, action must be taken immediately. It is necessary to act in a principled fashion. And the oil embargo should be the first step. At the level of all democracies, the whole civilized world. Then Russia will feel it. Then it will be an argument for them - to seek peace, to stop pointless violence.”
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Speech by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Eduskunta, the Parliament of Finland:
“When tyranny loses the war against Ukraine, it will be one of the greatest contributions to Europe's security in decades. Consequently, one of the greatest contributions to the security of Finland.
That is why we need the weapons that Finland's partners in the European Union have. That is why we need truly effective sanctions against Russia. A sanction cocktail that will be remembered just as Molotov cocktails. People and politicians of Finland, insist on this!”
Watch the full text of President’s address in video below (English subtitles included)
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🇺🇦 Being brave is our brand; we will spread our courage in the world - the new address by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy
“Please note: this is not the first day that the media has been talking not about how sanctions against Russia actually work, but about why these sanctions are important. As if they are convincing themselves that they have introduced the right things, that there are enough restrictions.
But if the sanctions really worked one hundred percent, they would not have to explain in such detail why they are important.
Therefore, I emphasize once again: more sanctions are needed. Even bolder sanctions are needed.
Courage must be a criterion for evaluating decisions. Courage and practicality.
First of all, Ukraine needs weapons that will allow us to win on the battlefield. And this will be the strongest sanction against Russia of all possible ones.”
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🇺🇦 🇨🇾 President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed the people and politicians of Cyprus.
He expressed gratitude for supporting Ukraine and urged to do much more at both the EU and national levels to end this war. To force Russia to seek peace.
“I believe that together we will be able to provide the necessary pressure on the Russian leadership. The Republic of Cyprus has extremely powerful tools to influence Russian society. A unique force that can be put at the service of peace.”
Watch the full text of President’s address in video below (English subtitles included)
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🇺🇦 🇬🇷 Speech by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Parliament of Greece
“I am grateful to Greece for the humanitarian and defense support already provided to Ukraine. I am grateful for the support of the general sanctions policy of the democratic world. But the war continues. The destruction of Mariupol continues. You have heard these heroes. The deportation of people from the territories where Russian troops came continues.
I urge you to use the influence of your state and your opportunities, as a member of the European Union, to organize the rescue of Mariupol. I urge you to do more to make Russia seek peace and even give up its dreams of conquering Ukraine. Because this war that Russia has started against us is actually destroying everything that Ukrainians and Greeks have created together in a long time. What will be left after the Russian artillery and Russian bombs? I will tell you: they will destroy all our common history, our common heritage.”
Watch the full text of President’s address in video below (English subtitles included)
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🇺🇦 If there is no really painful package of sanctions against Russia, it will be considered by Moscow as a permission to attack - address by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy
“If there is no really painful package of sanctions against Russia and if there is no supply of weapons we really need and have applied for many times, it will be considered by Russia as a permission. A permission to go further. A permission to attack. A permission to start a new bloody wave in Donbas.”
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💔 The hearts of the living will always ache for the thousands of killed innocent souls 🙏
Volunteer animation artists of Ukraine showed all the pain that we feel during these 42 days of war.
We will never forget and will never forgive.
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🛑 On April 6, once again, Russian occupiers shelled the city of Sievierodonetsk, Luhansk region.
"Once again we see the cynical shelling of residential areas of Sievierodonetsk.
10 residential buildings, a shopping mall and garages caught on fire. There was no military facility.
So-called ‘Russian World’ is destroying life in the Luhansk region," says Serhii Haidai, the Head of the Luhansk regional military administration.
The number of victims is being clarified.
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