What has happened in the last hours in Ukraine
On the 88th day of the war launched by Russia against Ukraine, these are the key data at 2:00 p.m. this Sunday, May 22
Russia intensifies its offensive in eastern Ukraine, where it tries to take control of Severodonetsk. Russia continues to heavily bombard eastern Ukraine this Sunday, particularly the strategic city of Severodonetsk, key to fully conquering the Lugansk region. The Ukrainian General Staff has indicated today in its daily report that the Russian Army continues “its attacks with air missiles throughout the territory” and even “increased the intensity using the air force to destroy crucial infrastructure”. According to Sergei Gaidai, Ukrainian governor of the Lugansk region, “the Russians are making every effort to capture Severodonetsk”, where attacks “have multiplied several times in recent days”. “The city is being destroyed, as Rubizhne and Popasna were destroyed before,” he denounced.
British intelligence believes that taking the city of Severodonetsk is one of Russia’s priorities. British intelligence released a report on Sunday stating that Severodonetsk is one of Russia’s immediate tactical priorities and that Kremlin troops have deployed a company of BMP-T Terminator tank support vehicles in Lugansk to boost the offensive. . “However, with a maximum of ten Terminators deployed, they are unlikely to have a significant impact on the campaign,” he adds.
Ukraine accuses Russia of shelling civilian targets in Donetsk and causing deaths and injuries. Russian troops shelled twelve populated areas in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine in the past 24 hours, destroying 58 civilian objects, according to the Ukrainian National Police. “In one day, the Russians destroyed 58 civilian objects in the Donetsk region. The occupants fired on 12 towns. There are dead and wounded, ”says the police on Telegram. The police force, which has not yet detailed the number of victims, has added that “more than forty residential buildings, a school, a music school, an institute, companies and critical infrastructure facilities were destroyed.”
The self-proclaimed head of the occupied city of Energodar is injured in a bomb attack. Andrei Shevchik, the self-proclaimed head of the administration of the Ukrainian city of Energodar (south), controlled by Russian troops since the end of February, was injured today in an attack with explosives as he left his home, according to the official Russian agency TASS . In addition to Shevchik, denounced as a collaborator by the Ukrainian authorities, the explosion has injured two of his bodyguards. According to local sources, who did not report the condition of Shevchik and his bodyguard, the explosive device was installed in the electricity distribution box at the entrance of the building where he lives.
Russia warns that the Arctic is becoming an “international theater of military action”. Russia has warned today that the Arctic region is becoming an “international theater of military action”, a trend it has described as “very alarming”. “We see how international military activity is increasing at high latitudes. There is an internalization of military activity”, the Russian ambassador for special missions, Nikolai Korchunov, told the official RIA Nóvosti agency. “This cannot not worry us”, he underlined when commenting on the applications of Sweden and Finland to join NATO, which they presented last Wednesday.
In the photograph, which is from Alex Chanfrom Zuma Press, an unexploded Russian missile in the Donetsk region.
