Ukraine’s military leadership was preparing for the Russian invasion, developing different options of countermeasures, which eventually allowed the country to preserve its air defense capabilities.
Belgium has approved a new financial aid package for Ukraine, totaling EUR 92 million. These funds will come from additional tax revenue generated on frozen Russian assets located in Belgium.
Russian forces launched 36 attacks on the Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka, and Maryinka sectors, with Bakhmut and Maryinka remaining at the epicenter of hostilities.
On May 12, Russian troops once again began shelling the city of Kherson and settlements in the region, and it is known that two women were killed in the Kakhovka district.
Artillerymen of the Third Separate Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, using a D-30 howitzer, struck at Russian troops near the city of Bakhmut, Donetsk region, causing losses to the enemy.
In Bakhmut, Donetsk region, units of Ukraine’s State Border Guard Service repelled yet another wave of Russian attacks, shooting down four enemy unmanned aerial vehicles using anti-drone guns.
Journalists collected information about 223 active, temporary and mothballed Russian military facilities in the temporarily occupied Crimea and created an interactive map.
Russian troops carried out almost 30 attacks in the Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka and Maryinka directions during the day, with the fiercest fighting going on for the cities of Bakhmut and Maryinka.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky believes that the intensification of missile strikes on the territory of Ukraine is an attempt by the Russian leadership to demonstrate certain "victories" to its society.
In Mariupol, temporarily captured by the Russian army, the redeployment of tanks and air defense systems of the invaders from Berdiansk direction is spotted.
In temporarily occupied by the Russian army Mariupol, unusual activity of enemy helicopters is being recorded, as well as another explosion at the Azovstal steel plant.