Digest May 24: explosions in Crimea and Putin is ready for negotiations

24.05.2024

Multiply explosions in Crimea. ATACMS missiles and drone attack at night!

The Armed Forces of Ukraine stopped Russian troops in the Kharkiv direction and are conducting counteroffensive actions, the General Staff reports.

Updated military aid from Germany to Ukraine.

Putin is ready to halt the war in Ukraine with a negotiated ceasefire that recognises the current battlefield lines, but he is prepared to fight on if Kyiv and the West do not respond, — Reuters

“President Joe Biden will likely miss an Ukraine summit next month because it conflicts with a campaign fundraiser in California he’s set to attend alongside George Clooney, Julia Roberts and other stars”, — Bloomberg

ASTRA: UAVs attacked a radio engineering center in the Krasnodar region. Voronezh-DM radar station detect intercontinental ballistic missiles at a range of up to 6000 km.

Ukraine and Norway have finalized the text of the security agreement, — Zelenskyy.

The first group of Ukrainian pilots completed F-16 training at a military base in Arizona, Politico reports. Now the pilots are going to Europe for additional training.

“An underground city of 236,000 m² will be built in the center of Kharkiv for €225 million”, — said Mayor Ihor Terekhov. Inside: school, medical facilities, co-working centers and shopping areas.

Polish authorities are stepping up security around the main transit hub for foreign military aid to Ukraine as a series of arrests announced this week, — Bloomberg. Measures are being taken to boost security around the Rzeszow-Jasionka airport.

“Ukraine needs more resources for air and maritime defence. The International Fund for Ukraine (IFU) has therefore announced the purchase of materiel to the value of € 175 million, co-financed by the Netherlands”, — Kajsa Ollongren.

“Statements of Western politicians and mass media testify that Europe is preparing for the start of a war against Russia”, — Orban.

The Russians attacked the railway infrastructure of the Kharkiv region at night, — “Ukrzaliznytsia”. Tracks, buildings, idle freight cars and an electric train were damaged. There were no victims or injured.

“Alushta, Crimea. At night, a Russian military communications hub was hit. Equipment was significantly damaged and many soldiers were killed. Probably, it was also possible to destroy the control point of this center”, — ATESH.

Ursula von der Leyen at the debate of the leading candidates in the EU elections: “Ukraine is fighting for our values and for all free countries, so we must support Ukraine in the first place and, of course, at the same time strengthen our own defence”.

“A joint nuclear strike exercises between Russia and Belarus: Putin arrived in Minsk to persuade Lukashenko to work it out in the exercises”, — The Moscow Times.

Author: Tetiana Stelmakh | View all publications by the author