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Wednesday, May 18. Day 84. By Daryna Antoniuk
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky presented a bill to extinguish martial law in Ukraine until the end of the summer. Ukraine imposed martial law on February 24 and then extinguished it until May 25. Zelensky proposes to extinguish martial law for 90 days.
A 21-year-old Russian soldier pleaded guilty in Kyiv court in the conflict’s first war crimes trial. component of the Sumy region in February expired.
Some 28,300 Russians have been killed in Ukraine since the invasion began, according to the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
At least 229 Ukrainian children have been killed and 424 children injured since the beginning of the large-scale Russian invasion. Russia’s war against Ukraine has killed at least 3,752 civilians and injured at least 4,062 since Feb. 24. The actual figures are significantly higher.
According to the Ukrainian Border Guard Service, more people return to Ukraine than leave. More than 37,000 people entered Ukraine in the last 24 hours, bringing the total to 33,000 Ukrainians, while nearly 31,000 people left the country. More than 6 million people have left Ukraine since the war began, according to the UN.
The Ukrainian Sea of Azov is threatened with total extinction due to the Russian bombing of the Azovstal metallurgical plant. flora and fauna of the sea, according to the City Council of Mariupol.
Russia on Wednesday launched seven attacks on the Sumy and Chernihiv region from its territory. The Russians used heavy weapons, automatic grenade launchers, as well as rockets and artillery tubes to attack border areas.
Marioupol. La Russia said 694 Ukrainian infantrymen went to the Azovstal metallurgical plant in Mariupol on the last day, bringing the total number to nearly 1. 000. Al minus 29 infantrymen were wounded, according to the Russian Defense Ministry. After capturing Azovstal, the Russians need to demolish it, according to Kremlin-controlled RIA Novosti media.
According to Ukrainian Culture Minister Oleksandr Tkachenko, the Russians plan to organize a press excursion for foreign journalists in Mariupol to discredit Ukraine’s role in the war. Tkachenko asked the foreign journalist not to make Russian propaganda by joining the tour.
Russian troops destroyed a school in Avdiivka, Donetsk Oblast, with banned white phosphorus munitions. No casualties were reported; other people in the construction managed to escape before it caught fire. More than two hundred young people attended school before the war.
The Russians have bombed Donetsk Oblast 28 times in the past 24 hours, destroying 52 civilian infrastructure sites. One user was killed and three children were injured.
Russian troops introduced a missile attack on the Odessa region from the Black Sea. No injuries or casualties were reported.
A Russian missile hit a residential in Mykolaiv, destroying several houses and injuring a local citizen.
The U. S. Embassy The U. S. Department of State in Kyiv resumed operations after nearly three months of closure, according to the U. S. Secretary of State. First, a small number of diplomats will again be part of the embassy staff.
The EU advisory project returned to Kyiv on Wednesday. According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, at least 38 foreign diplomatic projects resumed their work in Kyiv on May 14.
The European Commission has proposed another €9 billion in EU loans to Ukraine, as well as a €210 billion plan for Europe to end its dependence on Russian fossil fuels by 2027. The €9 billion program would “help Ukraine win the war and succeed. “on the consequences of aggression through Russian forces,” according to Zelenskiy.