12:15 In the Voronezh region, a high level of terrorist threat has been extended in two border regions, Rossoshansky and Kantemirovskiy.
12:08 The Seimas of Lithuania recognized the Russian Federation as a “terrorist state” and called for the creation of an international tribunal. The resolution was adopted unanimously, “for” – 128 votes, local media reported.
11:55 Also Lukashenka: in Belarus “active work is underway to create robotic weapons, strike unmanned systems, anti-tank guided missiles.”
11:52 Lukashenko said that Belarus has learned a lesson in terms of equipping its army “The military operation of the Russian Federation in Ukraine taught us a lot.” According to him, he regularly discusses this topic with the Minister of Defense and “constantly demanded from him: “Look around, observe, draw conclusions, lessons, lessons and more lessons!” As a result, subordinates reported to Lukashenka that “lessons have been learned” and “ attitudes have changed.”
11:34 Archyde.com: German gas distributor Verbundnetz Gas has decided to transfer payments in euros to Gazprombank to pay for Russian gas.
11:25 Residents of Belgorod and its environs on the morning of May 10 again heard loud sounds in the sky. The operational headquarters for the region said that this was due “to the work of the Aerospace Forces of Russia.” It is also emphasized that nothing threatens the safety of citizens.
11:19 The Embassy of Greece has resumed work in Kyiv. The country’s Foreign Ministry also announced the resumption of work of the Consulate General in Odessa.
11:16 Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kuleba said that if the country does not receive the status of a candidate for EU membership, this will mean that Europe is trying to deceive it. “We are not going to tolerate this,” Kuleba said in an interview with the Financial Times. Earlier, a representative of the French Foreign Ministry said that it would be a lie to promise Kyiv a quick entry into the EU.
11:08 Ministry of Finance: information about a possible fall in Russia’s GDP by the end of 2022 to 12%, published in Bloomberg, is not true.
11:00 Also from the morning briefing of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation: on May 9, a Su-25 aircraft of the Ukrainian Armed Forces was shot down in the Kharkiv region; 16 areas of concentration of manpower and military equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were hit overnight; Russian air defense systems shot down three Ukrainian drones and intercepted a Tochka-U missile over the territory of the DPR during the night; five ammunition depots and 33 command posts of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were hit.
10:57 Shower for rent and women’s taxi: what income appeared in Donetsk
10:55 Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation: the People’s Militia of the LPR, with the support of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, completed the cleansing of Popasna and entered the administrative border of the Luhansk People’s Republic.
10:53 Rheinmetall is ready to transfer the first Marder infantry fighting vehicles to Ukraine in three weeks, and in the medium term – up to 100 such vehicles. This was stated in the company’s management.
10:39 The EU and NATO do not intend to lower the level of diplomatic relations with Russia, said the deputy head of the Polish Foreign Ministry
10:30 Halls in Europe are closed for Gagarina and Bilan”
10:27 The head of the Federation Council committee on constitutional legislation and state building, Klishas, said that legislators do not plan to pass laws prohibiting the mention in the media of the names of citizens who left the Russian Federation in connection with the Ukrainian events. Earlier, there were reports in the media that such a bill could be created.
10:26 Lithuania proposes to form international demining teams in Ukraine. The Association of Tactical Police Units Atlas, which includes 27 countries, may be involved in this,” Interior Minister Agne Bilotaite said.
10:09 Rutube refutes media reports about the alleged removal of the site’s source code by hackers: “The gloomy forecasts have nothing to do with the current state of affairs: the source code is available, the library is intact.” The duration of the restoration of the resource is explained by the fact that the cyber attack on May 9 was the strongest in its history and that it will take some time to restore “petabytes of archive data and hundreds of servers”.
09:59 “Gazprom” said that it supplies gas for transit through Ukraine in the regular mode, at the request of consumers. On May 10, the volume of 95.8 million cubic meters was ordered.
09:52 Also the French Foreign Ministry: the imposition of an EU embargo on Russian oil is a matter of a few days.
09:44 The French Foreign Ministry said it expects the adoption of the sixth package of sanctions against Russia in the coming days. It is indicated that Macron will speak by phone with Hungarian Prime Minister Orban to reach an agreement on measures.
09:33 Cyber-attacked on May 9, Rutube – which was supposed to replace the “unfriendly” YouTube – is still inaccessible to users. On the main page of the site there is a plaque: “The site was attacked. The situation is under control at the moment. User data has been saved.” A number of media outlets, citing sources, report that the hackers allegedly managed to completely remove the site’s code, which is why the video service is “unrecoverable.” There are backups for such cases, sources say, but the hacker may still have access to the system.
09:23 The ex-commander of “Azov” (recognized as extremist in the Russian Federation and banned) stated that “in addition to the diplomatic process, a process is still underway to prepare a military operation to deblockade” Mariupol. At the same time, he pointed out that the operation can be carried out in several stages and that it takes a lot of time to prepare it. “I’m not sure that those who are now on the territory of Azovstal have this time,” he added.
09:08 Ambassador: The LPR can open at least two consulates in the Russian regions. “Now we must start the work of the consular service and assess where our people are concentrated, what problems they most often face,” said Rodion Miroshnik.
09:00 In the Poltava region, military exercises were announced on May 10-13. Local authorities urged residents not to be frightened by the sounds of gunshots.
08:57 The LPR ambassador in Moscow said that the staff of the embassy in the Russian Federation would consist of several dozen people – most from Luhansk, but they could take on auxiliary positions “from our fellow countrymen who have been living in Russia for quite a long time.”
08:44 The head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, Manturov, said that foreign companies whose products were included in the list for parallel imports have not yet asked to be removed from the list.
08:41 US Secretary of Defense Austin and Ukrainian Defense Minister Reznikov held talks and discussed Ukraine’s military needs.
08:35 Japan announced the expansion of sanctions against Russia, the list included Mishustin, entrepreneurs and their families, the leadership of the DNR and LNR, a number of Russian defense industry enterprises.