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According to the Russian media, 300 people left Azovstal

Out of these, 50 are the wounded, who are allegedly being taken to a hospital in Novoazovsk in the territory controlled by the DNR.

The rest on the buses are going towards Elenovka (also controlled by the DNR - near Donetsk).

There are no specific comments from the Ukrainian side yet, we are waiting for Zelensky's evening address.

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Top news from the Kharkiv region, May 16:

➡️ The Ministry of Defense says that the ZSU will soon approach the border with Russia

➡️ In the Kharkiv region, 6 civilians were injured during the day as a result of enemy shelling. 4 people in Shevchenkivskyi district and near Saltivka, 2 in Chuguivsky district

➡️ Fighting continues in the Izyum direction. There, according to the General Staff, the enemy is preparing to attack.

➡️ Public transport has been launched in Kharkiv, buses and trolleybuses began to run. Also traffic enforcement cameras resumed work in the city

➡️ Utilities are inspecting dormitories that will house people from the metro

➡️ The Russians fired on Pechenehy near Kharkiv. One man died and another was injured. Rescuers also put out 4 fires

➡️ In the Boriv community, the occupants set up a training ground for their recruits. For their soldiers, they take blankets, pillows and household appliances from the locals. People are evicted from their homes to barns and basements

➡️ In the village of Cherkasski Tyshky near Kharkiv, journalists got under fire. No one was injured in the accident

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According to Reuters, about 300 servicemen left Azovstal, about 50 of them wounded

Reuters recorded about a dozen buses with the Ukrainian military, which left the plant today. It was not possible to determine how many people were on board. It is estimated that there are about 600 servicemen at the plant, including dozens of wounded.

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Main news from the Zaporozhye region, May 16:

◾️ In the Zaporizhzhia region, the enemy fired on the settlements of Mala Tokmachka and Novoandriivka during the day. The racists also launched an air strike on the settlement of Malynivka - General Staff.

◾️ Since the beginning of the war in Zaporizhzhia, 33,688 children have been evacuated from the temporarily occupied territories and combat zones. In total, the regional center has officially received 121,683 IDPs, - said City Council Secretary Anatoly Kurtev.

◾️ In Energodar, the occupants are digging trenches around the nuclear power plant. The state concern Energoatom noted that in this way Russian troops are trying to hide the results of their own shelling of the building of the training center of the nuclear power plant. Trenches have already been dug along the entire perimeter of the NPP, sandbags, concrete blocks and other engineering barriers have been installed.

◾️ In Zaporizhzhia, a car carrying scrap metal was registered at one of the checkpoints. The car was marked with a red cross. The 40-year-old driver did not have documents to transport this cargo. Police confiscated the car and scrap metal, the agency said.

◾️ In Melitopol, collaborators and occupants are fighting for power. A well-known to Zaporizhzhia residents traitor Rohov accused the self-appointed "governor" Balitsky that because of him the promised payments of 10 thousand rubles by May 9 were "lost on the way" from Moscow to Melitopol, - said the mayor of Melitopol Ivan Fedorov.

◾️ In Zaporizhzhia, as well as throughout Ukraine, the system of automatic recording of traffic violations has started working again. Today there are 4 cameras in the city. A total of 128 cameras have been launched in Ukraine, which are located in 20 cities and 10 regions, the patrol police said.

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💪🏻Ukrainian defenders from the Joint Forces group repulsed 11 enemy attacks today. Fighting continues at 3 more locations.

Over the past 24 hours, the servicemen of the Joint Forces have destroyed:

🔻Personnel - up to 178 pieces
🔻Tanks - 5
🔻IFV - 7
🔻APC - 2
🔻ACV - 2
🔻MRL - 3
🔻Artillery systems - 1
🔻Mortars - 2
🔻AHT - 5
🔻UAV - 1

Also, air defense units in the sky of the Ukrainian Donbass shot down 1 enemy aircraft (Su-25) and 3 unmanned aerial vehicles type "Orlan-10".

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Top news from Luhansk region for today, May 16:

❗️The army of Russia and the LNR still intend to capture Severodonetsk and encircle the Luhansk region, cutting off the Lysychansk-Bakhmut road.

❗️Ruscists tried to attack from the side of Borovske and Shchedrishchevo towards Severodonetsk, all without success. The Russian invaders also stormed Toshkivka, but the attack was repulsed.

❗️Severodonetsk has been under fire all day: residential high-rise buildings, almost every building of the multidisciplinary hospital, as well as a research and production enterprise were damaged. As a result of the shelling in the city, 10 people died. The search will continue as soon as the fire stops.

❗️Police delivered humanitarian aid to Severodonetsk, Lysychansk districts, as well as to Pryvolye. Three citizens were evacuated from the village of Vrubovka in the Popasna community, and seven were evacuated from the Hirske community, two of them with injuries.

❗️ Gas reserves in Luhansk region have enough stock for 2 months only. Gas is already blocked at the entrance to the Donetsk region. Earlier, the ruscists blocked gas supplies from Ukraine to Luhansk and Donetsk regions, and in occupied Novopskov, Russia's invaders are stealing "blue fuel."

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Putin has become so personally involved in the war in Ukraine that he makes operational and tactical decisions "at the level of a colonel or brigadier general," according to The Guardian.

According to the media's sources, Putin personally directs the movement of troops in Donbass, but still works closely with the Chief of Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov, despite the information about the dismissal of the latter.

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❗️The first official information about Azovstal from the Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine Anna Malyar:

The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the State Border Guard Service and the NSU, together with other departments, carried out a special operation to evacuate 53 people to Novoazovsk to provide medical assistance. 211 people were delivered to Yelenovka through the humanitarian corridor for their exchange.

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President #Zelensky 's long-awaited evening statement on the situation at Azovstal:

A difficult day. But this day, like all others, is aimed at saving our country and our people. Thanks to the actions of the Ukrainian military - the Armed Forces of Ukraine, intelligence, as well as the negotiating team, the International Committee of the Red Cross and the UN, we hope that we will be able to save the lives of our guys. I want to emphasize that Ukraine needs Ukrainian heroes alive. This is our principle. I think that every adequate person will understand these words.

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Ukraine Now news: war, Russia
President #Zelensky 's long-awaited evening statement on the situation at Azovstal: A difficult day. But this day, like all others, is aimed at saving our country and our people. Thanks to the actions of the Ukrainian military - the Armed Forces of Ukraine…
⚡️ The summary the address of President Volodymyr #Zelensky:

▪️ Regarding the situation in #Mariupol. Thanks to the actions of the Ukrainian military - the Armed Forces, 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 people. Among them are seriously injured, they are being helped.

Ukraine needs Ukrainian heroes alive. This is our principle. The operation to save the defenders of Mariupol was launched by our military and intelligence. To bring the guys home, the work continues, and this work requires delicacy. And time.

▪️ Talked to IMF Managing Director Christallina Georgieva on how to speed up the provision of financial assistance to Ukraine, given the state budget deficit during the war (which is about $ 5 billion per month).

▪️ We are working to ensure that the EU still agrees on the sixth package of sanctions against Russia. The oil embargo should be part of it.

The Armed Forces are holding back constant attacks in those areas where Russia is still trying to advance. Severodonetsk and other cities of Donbass still remain the main target for the occupiers. We do everything to protect our land and our people.

▪️ 201 servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were awarded state awards.

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❗️Air raid alert in western and centrsl parts of Ukraine!

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❗️ 8-10 explosions have already been reported in Lviv!

It is said to be the strongest attack on the city during the war.

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Mayor of the city does not confirm the hits, only the work of the air defense.

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Kherson has been under occupation by Russian troops for almost three months. According to the Commissioner of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine for Human Rights - Lyudmila Denisova, the residents of the region have practically no opportunity to travel to the territory controlled by Ukraine and the ability to move around the region is almost limited.

At the same time, local residents testify to the total terror of the civilian population by the Russian army. The second part of a series of stories about the occupied Kherson.

The second part of the story. #russiacrimes


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