Timeline: day 76 of Ukraine's defense against russia's aggression
Today is May 10. russia's military attack on Ukraine has been going on for 76 days. We're reporting on all the current news. The article will be constantly updated.
What about today?
Key points
The Ukrainian military repulsed 15 enemy attacks in a day in the area of the Joint Forces Operation and turned it into scrap:
- one anti-aircraft missile system;
- 9 tanks;
- 3 artillery systems;
- 25 units of combat armored vehicles;
- 3 units of special engineering equipment;
- 3 enemy cars.
They also shot down one Orlan-10 drone.
The East operational and tactical group destroyed:
- soldiers – up to 250 people;
- tanks – 13;
- APC – 1;
- BMP – 10;
- IFV – 1;
- mortars – 2;
- AT-T – 6;
- UAV – 1.
russia has already lost about 26,000 people, 350 of them in the last 24 hours, the General Staff said.
Today Luhansk and Donetsk regions are outposts of Ukraine. They are holding back all attacks by the russian army so that they don't have the opportunity to go further. But Mariupol remains the most painful spot. Despite the fact that all women and children were finally removed from Azovstal, the civilian population still remains in the city. All of them are in fact hostages of russia.
Tonight's main news is the signing of a lend-lease law by the President of the United States. There is a lease, there will be a victory! Glory to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, thanks to all our partners! And after the victory, there will be a lot of work to revive Ukraine.
Volodymyr Zelensky thanked Joe Biden: "I am grateful to President Biden and the people for their support in the fight for our freedom and future. Today's signing of the law on lend-lease is a historic step. I am convinced that we will win together again. And we will defend democracy in Ukraine. And in Europe. Like 77 years ago."
"I have never been so sure that Ukraine will win," Boris Johnson said. "Britain will stand side by side with Ukraine for as long as it takes. Glory to Ukraine!".
Juvenile prosecutors report that 226 children died in Ukraine due to russia's armed aggression. More than 642 children have become victims in Ukraine because of putin's russia. These figures are not final, as work is underway to establish them in places of active hostilities, in the temporarily occupied and liberated territories.
Way to the EU
"Today we have taken another step–very important and not just formal–on our way to the European Union," said President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky in his evening address. Ukraine submitted the second part of the answers to a special questionnaire to be completed by each country aspiring to be part of the EU. "It usually takes months and months. But we did everything in a few weeks."
Brussels voiced its opinion on Ukraine's application for EU membership in June, Al Jazeera reports. The president of the executive body of the European Union says that next month Ukraine's application to join the bloc will be responded to. This is a key step before discussing the issue with EU member states. "The EU Commission will try to express its opinion in June," Ursula von der Leyen wrote on Twitter.
And the speaker of the Bundestag Barbel Bas, after her visit to Kyiv, called for speeding up the process of granting EU membership to Ukraine. "This is very, very important for Ukraine: that they get a road map, a schedule," said the speaker of the Bundestag.
Ukraine doesn't need any "EU substitutes": failing to grant it EU candidate status will be a trick. This is how Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba reacted to the French president's idea of an alternative for Ukraine. Macron said yesterday that Ukraine's accession to the EU would take "decades" and suggested an alternative, the creation of a "broader political community of democracies."
Ukraine's talks with russia
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz called for resuming more concrete talks between russia and Ukraine to achieve a peaceful settlement quickly. "Our demand is that the talks be restarted, that the talks between russia and Ukraine become more concrete, and that an agreement is reached very quickly. New destruction must not be inflicted on Ukraine after the many thousands of deaths. Instead, we must now make progress in the negotiations," he told a joint news conference with French President Emmanuel Macron in Berlin.
At the same time, US President Joe Biden said that putin "currently has no way out" of the war in Ukraine. At a meeting with representatives of the Democratic Party, he said he was trying to "understand what to do with it," Reuters reports. The US president said putin had mistakenly believed that a military operation in Ukraine would destroy NATO and the European Union. Instead, the United States and many other countries sided with Kyiv.
Who's coming to Ukraine?
About financial aid, weapons, and politicians
Biden called on Congress to urgently allocate money for military aid to Ukraine. It's about $33 billion.
Now, according to Biden, there are 10 days left for the supply of weapons to Kyiv.
According to a source in the US Democratic Party, Congress may allocate money for military assistance to Ukraine today. However, the amount of aid has increased from 33 to 39.8 billion dollars, and Congress intends to "quickly" approve it. Further issues are ready to be promptly considered in the Senate.
45 fire trucks from Italy arrived in Ukraine. This was announced by Meri Akopian, Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs. These vehicles will be distributed among the garrisons of the State Emergency Service and will help to replace the equipment of Ukrainian rescuers damaged by the russian occupiers as soon as possible.
Assistance to refugees and internally displaced persons
Ukrainian refugees in Poland will be treated free of charge on an equal footing with the country's citizens. This was reported in the press service of the Ministry of Health. Yes, you can get the following medical care for free: visits to family doctors, an ambulance call; specialized outpatient care; diagnostic tests; inpatient treatment; psychiatric treatment; rehabilitation (except resorts); dental services.
News from partners
Germany is preparing a crisis plan in case of a sudden cessation of gas supplies from russia, Reuters says. In addition, the authorities are considering taking control of an oil refinery in Sweden, which is controlled by Rosneft.
The US suspends 25% tariffs on Ukrainian steel for a year to support the metallurgical industry, one of the most important in the Ukrainian industry
US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov held a conversation during which they discussed Ukraine's military needs. "I reaffirm our continued support for providing Ukraine with the opportunities it needs to counter russian aggression," Austin wrote on Twitter.
Unprecedented military exercises are being held near the russian border in Finland. More than 3,000 Finnish soldiers are training to fight under NATO command, along with troops from the United States and Britain. These exercises are a kind of response to aggressive statements from Moscow, which threatened not to go unanswered if Finland and Sweden join NATO. The threats were accompanied by a show of force: russian military planes began to cross the Finnish border, and missile systems were deployed there. Now Moscow will observe the accumulation of military men and military equipment on the other side of the border. Details of the exercises are classified. But the Wall Street Journal reports details that more than 3,000 Finnish soldiers and a military contingent from the United States, Britain, Estonia, and Latvia are taking part in the two-week Arrow 22 exercise.
Sanctions on the aggressor!
Today, French President Emmanuel Macron will hold telephone talks with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban to agree on an embargo on russian oil, the French Foreign Ministry said. The agency also said that Paris expected the adoption of the sixth package of sanctions against russia in the coming days.
Life considering hostilities
All Ukrainian journalists were awarded the Pulitzer Prize. The award was given to journalists "for their courage, endurance, and devotion to the truthful coverage of the events during Vladimir Putin's relentless invasion" of Ukraine. During the war in Ukraine, the occupiers killed more than 20 Ukrainian and foreign journalists. Two more Ukrainian journalists have died in recent days on the battlefield while being in the Ukrainian Armed Forces. More than a hundred regional media outlets have been forced to shut down due to threats.
Ukraine is losing $170 million every day as it is cut off from access to the sea, and its national export potential has more than halved, said Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal. "90 million tons of agricultural products that Ukraine planned to export to Asia, Africa, and Europe have been blocked," said Shmyhal in the southern port city of Odesa, speaking with European Council President Charles Michel.
Currently, some products can be exported by road or rail, but some other stocks remain in the areas that came under fire or were seized by russia.
Kyiv and the region
A new patriotic mural has appeared in the capital.
In Bucha, the authorities began to install mobile homes. The first to receive temporary housing was a 70-year-old couple, whose house was completely destroyed by the invaders.
Donetsk and Luhansk regions
The main points from the Luhansk region, on May 9:
- Ukrainian troops have strengthened in new positions near Popasna, with no breakthroughs.
- Voievodivka near Sievierodonetsk is completely controlled by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Our soldiers consolidated their position.
- Cities and villages of the region have been shelled 22 times in the past 24 hours. We have the destruction of housing in Sievierodonetsk and Lysychansk.
- In Rubizhne, the occupiers suffer daily losses, they fail to take the city completely, as well as break through in the direction of Sievierodonetsk. The line of defense remains unchanged.
- The occupiers of russia and the People's Republic of Belarus failed to fulfill the plan by May 9 to seize the Luhansk region within the administrative boundaries.
While trying to inspect the destruction in Shypilove, where people remain trapped, the police opened fire on the police. One employee was injured.
In Belohorivka, the territory continues to be cleared of russian orcs that crossed the river: the pontoons themselves and all their equipment have already been destroyed. About 80 ruscists appeared on our shore, the hunt continues, and there are few left, Serhii Haidai, Luhansk Regional Military Administration says. "We are waiting for a ceasefire so that rescuers can finally drive to Belohorivka and Shypilovo to get people out of the rubble."
In the Luhansk region, fighting continues for the settlements of Voievodivka, Toshkivka, and Nyzhnie of the Sievierodonetsk district, as well as for Kamianka of the Yasynuvata district in the Donetsk region (located 9 km north of Avdiivka).
In Avdiivka, artillery shelling, the enemy fires on high-rise buildings. The shelling of Toretsk, the villages of Zalizne, and Niu York does not stop.
Kharkiv region
One person was injured in the shelling in the Slobidskyi district of Kharkiv. In addition, the occupiers fired on Kharkiv and Balakliia districts, where four people were wounded. Three people died in Tsyrkuny, two women exploded on a tripwire. Izium: the fighting continues.
In the city of Izium in the Kharkiv region, rescuers found the bodies of 44 dead civilians under the rubble of a five-story building, the head of the regional administration Oleh Sinehubov said. According to Sinehubov, the house was destroyed by the russian military in the first decade of March. Izium have been under russian military control since late March. "This is another horrible war crime of the russian occupiers against the civilian population! We record everyone, and they will pay for everyone!" wrote Sinehubov.
Sumy region
The main thing from the morning report of the Armed Forces: The enemy fired on the Sumy region. the border towns of Velyka Pisarivka, Bilopillia, Krasnopillia, and Yunakivka came under attack.
Zaporizhzhia region
Yesterday, the enemy didn't conduct active hostilities in the region but constantly fired at our positions with artillery. Polohy and Huliaipole suffer the most. Immortal regiments marched in almost all the temporarily occupied territories. There were few people who took part in this rally. Fortunately, there were no provocations.
Currently, more than 23,000 subscribers in 82 settlements of the Zaporizhzhia region are without electricity supply, and more than 68.7 thousand subscribers in 87 settlements are without gas supply. Public utilities are doing everything possible to repair the damage, Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration assures.
Dnipropetrovsk region
In the morning, the Zelenodolsk community came under artillery fire. Several houses in Zelenodolsk were damaged. People were not affected.
Kherson region
Kherson, resistance
About 45% of residents left occupied Kherson and about 20% left the region. This was announced by the head of the Regional Military Administration Hennadii Lahuta in an interview with Ukrinform. "According to preliminary estimates, about 45% of people have left Kherson alone since March, and one in five left the region. This is a catastrophic figure," Lahuta said.
Yesterday, Kherson collaborationists organized their events in the Soviet style. A peaceful rally in support of Ukraine was disrupted. Provocations were expected, and later it became known that snipers were stationed on the roofs of high-rise buildings, the Ukrainian South reports.
Odesa region
On the evening of May 9, russian Mordor "congratulated" Odesa on the holiday in their own way. The russian military fired seven missiles at Odesa using aircraft. As a result, 1 person died and 5 were taken to hospital. This was announced by the spokeswoman of the Southern Defense Forces Natalia Humeniuk. The missiles hit the mall and the finished goods warehouse. Firefighting continues.
According to Mayor Hennadii Trukhanov, the occupiers "demilitarized" a working enterprise where the work process was going on. This enterprise has nothing to do with military infrastructure.
