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Ukrainian troops advance from Kharkiv to the Russian border – Kyiv accuses Moscow of attacking phosphorus
Ukraine, Kharkiv: Ukrainian soldiers patrol a recently recaptured village north of Kharkiv in eastern Ukraine
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As plans for NATO’s northern expansion become more concrete, Russia’s army has again fired heavily on the besieged steelworks in the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol. Fighting also continued in other parts of Ukraine.
News of the war in Ukraine from Monday, May 15:
7 a.m.: Ukrainian troops advance from Kharkiv to the Russian border
The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense released a video showing a dozen soldiers next to a border post in the national colors of blue and yellow on Monday night. According to the information, they belong to a volunteer brigade from the city of Kharkiv. Another video clip published online shows the soldiers bringing the stake and placing it in front of a ditch with Russian border signs.
The Ukrainian military had already reported in the past few days that they were gradually pushing back Russian troops near Kharkiv. Russia had already withdrawn its troops in northern Ukraine after being stopped in front of the capital, Kyiv. Russia is currently concentrating on the eastern Ukrainian regions of Donetsk and Luhansk, where pro-Russian separatists, with help from Moscow, have had some areas under their control since 2014.
6.33 a.m .: According to the governor, Ukraine still controls ten percent of Luhansk
Despite heavy Russian attacks, the Ukrainian army still controls around ten percent of the eastern Ukrainian region of Luhansk, according to the regional governor. In particular, the Russians have not been able to capture the outskirts of the cities of Rubishne, Sievjerodonetsk and Lysychansk, stressed Serhiy Hajday. In the Donetsk region, also in eastern Ukraine, three civilians were killed and 13 others injured in Russian attacks on Sunday, according to the regional administration.
5 a.m.: Ukraine accuses Russia of phosphorus attack – attacks in Lviv region
Fighting continued in several parts of Ukraine in the wake of the Russian war of aggression that has been going on for more than two and a half months. For the first time in a few days, military infrastructure was also fired upon in the west of the country. The site of the Azovstal steelworks, where the last Ukrainian fighters are holed up, is said to have been attacked with phosphorus bombs, according to Ukraine allegations. Mariupol city council deputy Petro Andryushchenko on Sunday accused Russia of using the weapons that are banned from being used against people. At first there was no evidence. Such incendiary bombs are ignited by contact with oxygen and cause devastating damage.
After the attacks in western Ukraine, nothing was initially known about dead or injured, as the head of the Ukrainian military administration, Maxym Kosyzkyj, said on the Telegram news channel. The extent of the destruction is being investigated. An object near Jaworiv – presumably around the military training area there – is said to have been completely destroyed. It was therefore the first time in about a week that there was an air alert in the Lviv (Lemberg) region near the Polish border. In the situation report of the Russian military, there was initially no information on this.
12:00 a.m.: Parliaments of Finland and Sweden discuss joining NATO
Finland and Sweden’s plans to join NATO will be discussed in the parliaments of the two Nordic countries on Monday. The Social Democrats led by Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson spoke out in favor of an application for membership on Sunday. Before an official announcement of the application for admission, the Prime Minister wants to consult Parliament. Finland’s application for membership was officially decided on Sunday. However, it still has to be approved by Parliament, which is expected to result in a majority.
Finland and Sweden are preparing to join NATO in reaction to Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine. Admission to the alliance would be a historic turning point for both countries after decades of alliance neutrality. A unanimous vote by NATO and the ratification of the expansion of the alliance by the parliaments of all 30 previous member states are also required for their accession.