Ukraine War: "Hysterical Attack" - Dead after rocket attack on Odessa
Created: 05/10/2022Updated: 05/10/2022 06:27
By: Tobias Utz, Katja Thorwarth, Daniel Dillmann
The situation in the Ukraine war continues to deteriorate, militarily and humanitarian: the news ticker on Tuesday.
Targeting Odessa:
Russia attacks targets in the port city of Odessa in the Ukraine war.
Donetsk and Luhansk
regions
continue to come under fire.
All developments and news in the Ukraine conflict in our news ticker:
This is constantly updated.
Update from Tuesday, May 10, 6:20 a.m .:
At least one person was killed and five others injured in Russian rocket attacks on the Ukrainian port city of Odessa on Tuesday night.
This was reported by the Unian agency, citing the local military leadership.
"The enemy maintains its psychological pressure and continues its hysterical attacks against peaceful civilians and civilian infrastructure," it said.
The city was shaken by numerous explosions in the evening, which were due to both rocket hits and anti-aircraft defenses.
According to media reports, among other things, a shopping center and a warehouse were hit.
According to the Ukrainian military, the Russian air force fired several Kinzhal-type hypersonic missiles at Odessa on Monday evening.
"Tourist objects" were hit and at least five buildings were destroyed, Ukrajinska Pravda reported.
Ukraine War: Biden signs law to speed up arms shipments
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According to the Ukrainian military, the Russian Air Force fired several Kinschal hypersonic missiles at the port city of Odessa on Monday evening.
Several "tourist objects" were hit and at least five buildings were destroyed, Ukrajinska Pravda reported.
Two people were injured.
The search for more victims under the rubble continues.
The port city in southern Ukraine has been the target of increased Russian rocket attacks since Sunday evening (May 8).
Meanwhile, US President Joe Biden has signed a law facilitating the delivery of armaments to Ukraine.
This allows Biden to lend or lease military equipment unbureaucratically.
Ukraine: Further attacks on Donetsk and Luhansk regions
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The Russian armed forces are trying to encircle the two cities of Sievjerodonetsk and Lysychansk in the eastern Ukrainian region of Luhansk.
This was reported on Monday (May 9) by a spokesman for the Ministry of Defense in Kyiv.
In the west of Lysychansk, for example, three floating bridges were built over a river, which artillery forces used to attack, while bombing from the air continued.
In recent days, people have been injured and killed and buildings destroyed in bomb attacks in Ukraine.
(Iconic photo) © Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP
The governor in Luhansk, Serhiy Hajday, now fears that the Russian military's goal could be to cut off the road connection between Lysychansk and the neighboring town of Bakhmut in the Donetsk region.
At the same time, the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense is also reporting heavy attacks on several cities in the Donetsk region.
Bodies found again in Ukraine – Dutchman dies in artillery shelling
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A 55-year-old Dutchman died in an artillery shelling last Friday (May 6th) in Ukraine.
This is reported by the Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf, citing another Dutchman who, like Ron V. who was killed, had joined the Ukrainian Foreign Legion.
According to a report by the Kyiv Independent news portal, the attack is said to have taken place in the Kharkiv area.
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In the Shevchenkove settlement in the Kharkiv region, rescue workers discovered a dead civilian.
The body of a man born in 1942 was discovered on private property after Russian shelling of the settlement, the Kyiv Independent news portal reported.
A fire apparently broke out there as a result of the attack.
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According to the Attorney General of the Kiev region, bodies were found near the village of Makariv, west of the capital.
It is said to have been three people from the civilian population.
They were discovered during roadside digs.
According to autopsies, they are said to have been shot in the head, presumably by Russian soldiers.
This is reported by the news portal Kyiv Independent.
Ukraine war: Russia wants to hijack "Road of Life".
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According to Ukrainian information, Russia is apparently planning to occupy the “Road of Life”.
This is an extremely important supply route for the Ukrainian armed forces in the Luhansk region.
According to CNN, officials reported that Russia was using a "pontoon bridge" to threaten Ukraine's defense lines.
A “pontoon bridge” is a construction made up of several connected, partly floating bodies, on which, for example, tracks can be mounted.
According to the Ukrainian news agency Ukrinform, there have been fights over the “Road of Life” for days.
“Today is crucial.
We will fight for the "Road of Life".
Heavy fighting continues in Rubishne and Bilohorivka, racists are trying to take away from us the "Road of Life", the highway between Lysychansk and Bakhmut," said the head of the military administration of the Luhansk region Serhiy Haiday on Telegram.
The information cannot be independently verified.
Ukraine War: Russian troops shell Donetsk region
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Russian troops are apparently currently shooting at the city of Sloviansk in the Donetsk region.
This is reported by the news portal Kyiv Independent with reference to statements by Mayor Vadym Lyakh.
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Ukraine has rejected Vladimir Putin’s allegations of a NATO attack.
“NATO countries do not want to attack Russia.
Ukraine has no plans for an attack on Crimea," said Mykhailo Podoliak, adviser to Ukrainian President Zelenskyy, on Monday.
In his May 9 speech, Putin claimed that the West was preparing for an invasion "including Crimea."
Ukraine War: Heavy casualties for Russia
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The Ukrainian General Staff has again published statistics on Russian losses in the war.
According to this, more than 25,600 soldiers have already died.
In addition, the Russian military lost 1,145 tanks and 199 aircraft.
In addition, there are 158 broken military helicopters.
The British secret service also assumes that the armed forces have hardly any precision-guided ammunition available.
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Russia’s heavy losses in the Ukraine war are increasing.
According to an assessment by the British Ministry of Defence, the Russian army mainly has obsolete ammunition at its disposal.
The precision-guided ammunition was "probably severely depleted," according to the morning situation report.
This is based on the assessment of the British secret service.
“Russia's invasion of Ukraine has exposed the shortcomings of its large-scale precision strike capability.
Russia has subjected Ukrainian cities to intense and indiscriminate bombardment, with no regard for civilian casualties," the report said.
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In his speech on “Victory Day” on May 9, Vladimir Putin proclaimed a new goal for Russia in the Ukraine war.
Ukraine War: Russia announces new hypersonic missiles
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According to its own statements, Russia is working on a new generation of hypersonic missiles.
Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borissov told the Interfax news agency.
According to Borisow, the new missiles can be used to attack from sea, land and air.
Hypersonic missiles not only fly extremely fast and extremely high.
They also remain maneuverable and are very difficult to intercept.
Several weeks ago it became public that Russia had apparently used Putin's "secret weapon" - a special hypersonic missile - on several occasions.
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A Ukrainian military spokesman reports on the deployment of “battalion tactical groups” by Russia.
Up to 19 BTGs would be deployed to Belgorod in an attempt to breach Ukrainian defenses in Donetsk.
The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces said that the main activity of the Russian Armed Forces is in the direction of Slobozhanske and Donetsk.
War in Ukraine: Zelenskyj warns of Russian attack on Kyiv
Update from Monday, May 9, 6:50 a.m.:
An adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has warned of a new attack by Russian troops on the capital Kiev if the West does not speed up arms deliveries to his country.
This could give Russia time to mobilize and launch another offensive on Kyiv and other cities in northern Ukraine, argued presidential adviser Oleksiy Arestovych in a video interview.
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According to the Ukrainian armed forces, Russia is currently concentrating its attacks on military airports in Ukraine.
The aim is to limit the country's air defense capacities.
This is reported by Kyiv Independent, referring to a Facebook post by the Ukrainian General Staff.
Above all, combat drones such as the Bayraktar drone had recently inflicted heavy losses on the Russian troops.
The Russian Air Force is therefore also stepping up its activities in the south-east of the country.
Update from Sunday, May 8, 7:45 a.m .:
The Ukrainian leadership is counting on recapturing the city of Cherson in the south of the country, which was occupied by Russian troops.
"There will be no People's Republic of Kherson," said Mykhailo Podoliak, adviser to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, on Ukrainian radio.
The area will be completely liberated, which will cost the lives of many Russian soldiers, Podoliak said in Kyiv on Saturday.
Ukraine War: Russia in Retreat – Several Locations Recaptured
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Ukrainian forces have recaptured the towns of Oleksandrivka, Fedorivka, Ukrainka, Shestakovo, Peremoha and part of the village of Cherkaski Tyshky in eastern Ukraine.
This emerges from a Facebook post by the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on Friday (05/06/2022).
There it says that "units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine" were able to regain "control" over said areas after an "offensive".
War in Ukraine: Zelenskyi government appeals to West
First report from Saturday, May 7th:
Kyiv - After more than two months of war, concerns are growing in Ukraine that they will no longer be able to win the fight against Russia.
The government of President Volodymyr Zelenskyj therefore appealed again to the West to support the country.
"Russia is in no hurry to end this war," Olha Stefanishyna, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for European Integration, told Politico.
The further development of the war therefore depends heavily on the "military support" of Ukraine by the West.
At the same time, US President Joe Biden announced on Saturday night (07 May) that he intends to equip Ukraine with state-of-the-art weapons in the war with Russia.
The Washington Post reports that the Pentagon will buy laser-guided missiles and pass them directly to Ukraine.
The latest generation of reconnaissance drones are also to be delivered to Kyiv.
In addition, the US would provide artillery ammunition, radars and other equipment.
According to the US State Department, the package of measures already approved for Ukraine amounts to 150 million dollars.
The United States has shipped more than $3.8 billion worth of weapons and ammunition to Ukraine since the war began.
Ukraine War: Bitter battle for Mariupol continues
In the Ukraine itself, the bitter fighting in the east of the country continued into the night on Saturday.
Above all, the battle for Mariupol rages on.
The center of the fighting is still the Azovstal Steel Works.
The aim of the Russian troops is said to be to conquer the factory site, which is heavily fortified with bunkers and tunnels, by May 9th.
In the previous evacuations, only civilians, mostly women, children or the elderly, were allowed to leave the plant in the direction of Ukrainian-controlled areas.
In the middle of the Ukraine war, the United Nations campaigned for the reopening of the port of Odessa on Saturday night.
The UN World Food Program said in a statement "mountains" of wheat are rotting in Ukraine because they cannot be exported due to the war with Russia.
“Ukraine's grain silos are full.
At the same time, 44 million people around the world are starving to death,” the statement said.
(dil/ktho/tu with AFP/dpa)
