Finland’s President and Prime Minister for NATO membership +++ Zelenskyj sees progress in international guarantees +++ Fighting between Cherson and Mykolaiv +++ The reports on the war in Ukraine in star-Ticker.
Read in star– Ticker all important developments on the war in Ukraine on Thursday, May 12:
10:01 a.m .: There are now more than 100,000 Ukrainian students in Germany
The number of children and young people who fled Ukraine and were admitted to schools in Germany has passed the 100,000 mark. According to current data from the Conference of Ministers of Education (KMK), the number of children and young people in the past week was 105,869. Bavaria (20,695), North Rhine-Westphalia (18,232) and Baden-Württemberg (15,393) reported the most admissions to date.
9.40 a.m .: After Moscow sanctions: Gas transit through Ukraine lower
After Russia imposed sanctions on former Gazprom subsidiaries abroad, gas transit through Ukraine to Europe has dropped significantly. According to the Ukrainian network operator OGTSU, the order volume for the transmission of Russian gas was only 53.2 million cubic meters.
According to the current transit contract, a maximum of 110 million cubic meters of Russian gas can be pumped through Ukraine to Europe every day. According to Russian information, the order volume on Tuesday was still 95.8 million cubic meters. On Wednesday, the gas volume fell to 72 million cubic meters because Ukraine had closed a pipeline through the heavily contested Luhansk region due to the war. Now it has fallen again by more than a quarter.
9.06 a.m .: Steinmeier wants to resume plans for a trip to Ukraine
After the diplomatic irritations between Germany and Ukraine have been cleared up, Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier wants to resume his plans for a trip to the country invaded by Russia. “I assume that I will meet Mr. Selenskyj again in due course,” Steinmeier told MDR. However, there are no short-term plans for this.
A planned visit to Kyiv in April and a meeting there with the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy failed because the Federal President was not welcome in Ukraine because of his previous close ties to Russia. Now Steinmeier said he was glad that these irritations had been eliminated.
9.05 a.m .: Finland’s President and Prime Minister for NATO membership
Finnish President Sauli Niinistö and Prime Minister Sanna Marin have spoken out in favor of their country joining NATO. In a joint statement, the two endorsed membership in the western military alliance. It is now expected that Finland will decide to apply for membership in the coming days.
8.06 a.m .: Habeck: Germany could cope with a gas boycott in winter
Economics Minister Robert Habeck (Greens) believes that Germany could cope with a boycott of Russian gas supplies as early as this winter. “If we have full storage at the turn of the year, if two of the four floating LNG tankers we have rented are already connected to the grid and if we save significantly on energy, we can get through the winter to some extent if Russian gas supplies are cut off,” said he of the “Wirtschaftswoche”.
Against the background of the Ukraine war, Germany had already further reduced its dependence on Russian gas supplies in recent weeks. So far, however, the government has only promised independence from Russian gas “by mid-2024”.
7.35 a.m .: Ukrainian military reports heavy fighting in the east
According to Ukrainian sources, the Russian armed forces have intensified their attacks in the east of the country and gained ground in some areas in the Donbass region. “The enemy is continuing its offensive efforts in the East Operational Zone with the aim of establishing full control over the Donetsk, Luhansk and Kherson regions and maintaining the land corridor to the temporarily occupied Crimea,” the Ukrainian General Staff said in its situation report.
The Russian attacks in the Donbass are aimed at the cities of Sievjerodonetsk, Liman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka and Kurakhove, as well as Rubishne, which is already largely occupied by Russian forces. “In the Sieverodonetsk direction, the enemy is launching attacks on Kudryazhivka and Sieverodonetsk, and they are partially successful,” the Ukrainian military leadership admitted.
7 a.m.: Siemens withdraws from Russia
Siemens withdraws completely from Russia. After the group had already stopped doing business with the state, it now wants to leave the country completely, as Siemens announced. This also puts pressure on the earnings figures published in parallel for the past second fiscal quarter, in which Siemens made a profit of 1.2 billion euros. That is only half as much as in the same period last year, but the group confirmed its forecast for the current year.
6.30 a.m.: Ukrainian army blows up two pontoon bridges – several Russian tanks destroyed
In the last 24 hours, the Ukrainian army has twice halted efforts by Russian troops to cross. According to consistent media reports, they blew up two pontoon bridges near Bilohorivka. A satellite image from the BlackSky geospatial service shows one of the two Russian pontoon bridges split in two shortly after Ukrainian artillery fire hit the area.
According to reports, at least 50 vehicles belonging to the Russian troops were hit, including several tanks. Drone photos and videos shared on Telegram and dated star verified for authenticity show the bridge half submerged in the river, several wrecked vehicles and plumes of smoke over the combat area.
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6.02 a.m .: More than one in eight workers fears losing their job because of the Ukraine war
According to a survey, more than one in eight employees in Germany fears losing their job as a result of the Ukraine war. A total of 13 percent of those surveyed said they were afraid they could lose their jobs because of the Ukraine war, according to job portal Indeed. On the other hand, 82 percent rated their workplace as crisis-proof.
In the survey, every second employee stated that they were worried about their own job during the corona pandemic or currently because of the war in Ukraine. On the other hand, only around one in three employees stated that neither of the two crises had caused such fear. For the survey, the opinion research institute YouGov interviewed over 1000 professionals on behalf of Indeed.
5:37 a.m .: Ukrainian military commander in besieged Mariupol calls Elon Musk for help
A Ukrainian military commander in the besieged port city of Mariupol has made a desperate appeal to the world’s richest man, Elon Musk. The commander of the 36th Naval Brigade, Serhiy Volyna, wrote on Twitter on Wednesday to the new owner of the short message service: “Help us get from Azov steel to a mediator country. If not you, then who?”
Volyna, whose unit has been holding out for weeks at Azov Stahl’s industrial plants besieged by Russian troops, said he set up a Twitter account specifically to reach Musk. “They say you come from another planet to teach people to believe in the impossible,” he wrote to Musk. “Our planets are next to each other as I live where it is almost impossible to survive.” He called on “everyone on planet earth” to help Musk heed his appeal.
4.04 a.m .: Klitschko fears further attacks on Kyiv
Despite the withdrawal of Russian troops from the Kyiv area, Mayor Vitali Klitschko fears a new attack on the Ukrainian capital “at any time”. Klitschko did not even rule out the use of tactical nuclear weapons during the night. Kyiv remains the main target of the Russian military. “And as long as there is war in Ukraine, we cannot give a Ukrainian any guarantees,” said the former world boxing champion.
“Right now, safety is our top priority,” he said. Although the country is being defended by “our warriors”, the risk remains. “And without our partners, without the US and the European states, we cannot survive.”
3.14 a.m .: Ukraine announces first war crimes trial against Russian soldiers
Ukraine’s Prosecutor General’s Office on Wednesday announced the first war crimes trial against a Russian soldier. A 21-year-old Russian man is accused of killing a civilian who witnessed the theft from the window of a stolen car, a statement said. Together with four comrades, the soldier wanted to flee in the car after an attack on his convoy in northern Ukraine. The 62-year-old civilian was cycling near his home in the village of Chupakhivka. According to Ukrainian sources, he had no weapon.
2.32 a.m .: Ukraine: Fighting between Kherson and Mykolaiv
Russian and Ukrainian troops have once again engaged in bitter fighting in the region between Cherson and Mykolaiv in southern Ukraine. The defenders gave the Russian attackers “no opportunity to advance,” according to the Ukrainian military leadership during the night. In the course of the fighting, at least 23 Russian soldiers were killed and two tanks were destroyed, as was an ammunition depot, the Unian agency quoted from the statement. The information could not be independently verified.
0.16 a.m .: Selenskyj sees progress in international guarantees
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy sees significant progress in efforts to secure international security guarantees for his country. “We are negotiating with the world’s leading nations to give Ukraine confidence in security for decades to come,” Zelenskyy said in his daily video address on Wednesday evening. Among other things, this topic was discussed at the G7 meeting on May 8, in which Ukraine took part for the first time.
12:05 a.m .: “Human Rights Watch”: Russia and Ukraine use cluster munitions
According to a report by the organization Human Rights Watch, the Russian armed forces have used internationally banned cluster munitions in Ukraine. As a result, hundreds of civilians died and schools, residential buildings and hospitals were damaged, the human rights organization in Geneva reported. The Ukrainian army also used such ammunition at least once.
Source: Stern
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