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Day 76 of the Russian invasion of Ukraine: Russia continues its attacks on the port city of Odessa, also using several Kinzhal-type hypersonic missiles. Meanwhile, US President Joe Biden is relaunching the historic Lend-Lease agreement. And the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Selneskyj hopes that his country will join the EU in June.
News of the war in Ukraine on Tuesday, May 10:
10.31 a.m .: Baerbock arrived in the Ukrainian city of Bucha for a visit
According to the AFP news agency, Federal Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has traveled to Ukraine. She had arrived in the city of Bucha, reports AFP.
10.15 a.m .: According to the survey, Ukrainian students are primarily in regular classes
According to a survey, schoolchildren who have fled from the Ukraine primarily study in Germany together with schoolchildren from Germany and not in separate classes. In a representative survey of teachers for the Robert Bosch Foundation, 78 percent of those whose schools had already taken in Ukrainian children or young people stated that they were being taught entirely or partially in regular classes. Only 18 percent of those surveyed had lessons in separate so-called welcome classes.
In the survey period from early to mid-April, schools in Germany admitted around 60,000 students from Ukraine, according to surveys by the Conference of Ministers of Education. There are now more than 90,000. Nine percent of respondents with Ukrainian children or young people at their own school stated that they had Ukrainian-speaking translators, seven percent had Ukrainian teachers, and 80 percent said there were neither translators nor Ukrainian teachers.
8:12 a.m.: Intensified fighting in eastern and southern Ukraine
According to Ukrainian sources, fighting is becoming more intense in eastern and southern Ukraine. In the Donbass, Russian troops continue to prepare for advances in the Lyman and Severodonetsk regions, the Ukrainian General Staff said. The Azov steelworks in the southern Ukrainian port of Mariupol will continue to be attacked with artillery and from the air. Journalists from the AFP news agency saw numerous trucks with soldiers and heavy equipment driving out of the city of Severodonetsk, one of the last eastern Ukrainian bastions. This could indicate a withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from parts of the front line.
6:02 am: US Department of Defense confirms deportation of Ukrainians to Russia
According to the US Department of Defense, it has indications that Ukrainians are being forcibly brought to Russia by Russian troops. “I can’t say how many camps there are or what they look like,” Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said. “But we have evidence that Ukrainians are being brought to Russia against their will.” This behavior is “ruthless”.
According to the Human Rights Commissioner of the Ukrainian Parliament, Lyudmila Denisova, “more than 1.19 million of our citizens, including more than 200,000 children, have been deported to the Russian Federation” since the beginning of the war. The information cannot be independently verified.
2.10 a.m .: Dead and injured in Russian rocket attacks on Odessa
At least one person was killed and five others injured in Russian rocket attacks on the Ukrainian port city of Odessa overnight. This is reported by the Unian agency, citing the local military leadership. “The enemy maintains its psychological pressure and continues its hysterical attacks against peaceful civilians and civilian infrastructure,” it said. The city was rocked by numerous explosions that were the result of both rocket hits and anti-aircraft defences. According to media reports, among other things, a shopping center and a warehouse were hit. The port city in southern Ukraine has been the target of increased Russian rocket attacks since Sunday evening.
1.05 a.m .: Rheinmetall can deliver the first Marder tanks to Kyiv in three weeks
According to the armaments company Rheinmetall, it can deliver the first repaired Marder-type armored personnel carrier in three weeks. “We are waiting for the government’s final decision. But there are currently enough countries that want these vehicles, not just Ukraine,” said CEO Armin Papperger in the “Süddeutsche Zeitung”. The Bundestag had approved the delivery of heavy weapons to Ukraine at the end of April. However, the federal government is keeping a low profile with information on individual weapon types such as Leopard main battle tanks or Marder infantry fighting vehicles. Rheinmetall has stocks of used tanks that can be reconditioned for use. “We started four weeks ago, although there is no concrete order yet. So we’re doing it at our own risk,” said Papperger, who has been promoting the Düsseldorf-based armaments group in numerous interviews over the past few weeks.
12:13 a.m .: Biden signs law for arms deliveries to Ukraine
US President Joe Biden signs legislation facilitating the delivery of armaments to Ukraine and other Eastern European countries. It is an “important tool in support of the Ukrainian government and people in their fight to defend their country and their democracy” against Russia-Putin’s war, Biden said. “The cost of fighting is not small. But yielding to aggression is even more expensive.” Ukrainian President Zelenskyy calls the law a “historic step”. Ukraine is grateful, he tweeted. “I am sure that we will win together again. And we will defend democracy in Ukraine. And in Europe. Just like 77 years ago.”
The arrangement authorizes Biden until 2023 to lend or lease military equipment to Ukraine and other states in Eastern Europe affected by Russia’s war of aggression. Certain formal requirements in the procedure are to be suspended. The US Congress had passed a similar lend-lease law in 1941 during the Second World War: This allowed America to quickly and in bulk deliver armaments to the Allies fighting the National Socialists.
0.10 a.m .: According to Ukraine, Russia uses Kinzhal missiles against Odessa
According to the Ukrainian military, the Russian air force fired several Kinzhal-type hypersonic missiles at the port city of Odessa yesterday evening. Several “tourist objects” were hit and at least five buildings were destroyed, reports “Ukrajinska Pravda”. A shopping center was also damaged, writes a regional online site. Several people were injured. The search for more victims under the rubble continues.
0.02 a.m .: Selenskyj hopes to join the EU soon
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy hopes that his country will be granted EU candidate status as early as June. “Today we took another step on our way to the European Union, an important and not only formal one,” says Zelenskyj in his daily video address. On Monday his country handed over the second half of the answers to the questionnaire that every state has to fill out to apply for membership. “It usually takes months, but we got it done in weeks.” On Monday, he spoke to both EU Council President Charles Michel and Commission President Ursula von der Leyen about Ukraine’s European integration, said Zelensky. Both were impressed by the quick response to the questionnaire. “And I was pleased to hear from her (von der Leyen) that our speed will stimulate the EU Commission to act just as quickly.” He expects a positive response and candidate status for Ukraine in June.
Source: Stern
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