Al Jazeera recaps key occasions in week 12 of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
The twelfth week of the Russian invasion of Ukraine noticed Kyiv’s forces proceed to press their counteroffensive in opposition to Russian forces within the east of the nation, and reportedly all the best way to the Russian border north of Kharkiv. The United Nations Excessive Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) says the variety of Ukrainian refugees has handed the six-million mark.
The evacuation of wounded fighters from the Azovstal metal plant begins underneath a prisoner-swap settlement with Russian POWs. It's then prolonged to a whole lot of fighters as Ukraine’s navy declares an finish to the Azovstal operation in Mariupol. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says negotiators are attempting to safe the discharge of all of the remaining defenders of the Azovstal plant – an estimated 600. Russia’s defence ministry confirms that 265 Ukrainians have surrendered, 51 of them injured.
Right here, Al Jazeera seems on the main occasions that marked the twelfth week of the conflict in Ukraine:
Might 11
Ukrainian troops proceed to press the offensive northeast of Kharkiv, taking the village of Pytomnyk and pushing Russian forces into defensive positions. The Ukrainian basic workers claims that Russian forces are additionally occurring the defensive round Izyum, transferring troops east to Luhansk.
The Russian navy continues to bombard the Azovstal plant in Mariupol. Ukraine says it's providing an trade of badly wounded defenders there for Russian prisoners of conflict (POWs). It's later clarified that discussions concern the trade of 38 folks on all sides of the battle.
Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk says Russia has deported round 460,000 Ukrainians to six,500 camps throughout Russia. “We're speaking about greater than 10,000 youngsters. We all know the place they're,” she instructed France’s BFMTV. Mariupol mayoral advisor Petro Andryushchenko says lacking residents are being taken to “former correctional colony No. 52” within the village of Olenivka in Donetsk.
Ukraine for the primary deadlines Russian fuel transiting its territory to Europe, slicing by 1 / 4 the stream of fuel by means of considered one of two main pipelines.
Protesters douse Russian Ambassador to Poland Sergey Andreev with crimson paint as he lays a wreath for Russian conflict useless on the 77th anniversary of the tip of World Conflict II.
Might 12
Russian forces use artillery to decelerate Ukrainian troops advancing north of Kharkiv.
Russian troops full their takeover of Rubizhne in Ukraine’s east, and say they've secured Voevodyvka, a southern suburb of Rubizhne, suggesting they'll strike out at neighbouring Severodonetsk subsequent. However their makes an attempt to fan out from Izyum are shedding momentum.
Russia continues air and artillery strikes in opposition to the Azovstal plant in Mariupol.
Ukraine says that because the starting of the conflict it has recognized 88 sabotage teams and detained 750 saboteurs.
Ukrainian Finance Minister Serhiy Marchenko says the conflict has to this point price $8.3bn in navy and humanitarian expenditures – cash that may have been spent on the nation’s growth. Ukraine’s whole spending in 2021 stood at $62.28bn.
Finland proclaims it'll search NATO membership.
Journalists uncover extra proof of extrajudicial killings by Russian troopers in Bucha.
Ukraine is accused of being behind an assault on the Russian border village of Solokhi, the place one particular person is killed and 7 wounded. It's the first Russian dying on Russian soil on account of the conflict.
The UNHCR says the variety of Ukrainian refugees has handed the six-million mark.
Might 13
The Ukrainian basic workers experiences for the primary time that Russian models are specializing in retreating from Kharkiv. Russian forces make unsuccessful makes an attempt to interrupt out on two fronts, outwards from Izyum and in direction of Slovyansk.
Russian forces take management of the western entrance of the Azovstal plant in Mariupol. Whereas retreating, Ukrainian defenders proceed to withstand.
European Union excessive consultant Josep Borrell proclaims one other 500 million euros ($524m) in navy support to Ukraine, bringing the EU whole to 2 billion euros ($2.1bn). The cash shall be spent on tanks, armoured autos, heavy artillery and ammunition, he says.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Ankara can't help NATO membership for Sweden and Finland, as a result of these nations are “guesthouses for terrorist organisations”.
Turkey accuses members of the Kurdistan Employees’ Social gathering and the Syrian Kurdish Folks’s Safety Models of being terrorists. Erdogan has additionally outlawed followers of the Muslim scholar Fethullah Gulen.
Georgia’s breakaway area of South Ossetia says it'll maintain a referendum on becoming a member of Russia on July 17. Moscow despatched troops to again the area’s independence in a 2008 conflict with Georgia. Since then, solely Russia and some different nations and areas have recognised the breakaway territory, together with different Russian breakaway areas: Transnistria, the Luhansk Folks’s Republic, and the Donetsk Folks’s Republic.
Might 14
The Ukraine basic workers say two Russian battalion tactical teams have been moved as much as the Severodonetsk area within the Donbas, and are making ready for an assault on that city in addition to Soledar and Bakhmut.
In Kharkiv, Russians are attempting to stop the advance of counterattacking Ukrainian forces to the Russian border.
The Ukraine basic workers say 600 wounded troopers are in want of medical evacuation on the Azovstal plant in Mariupol.
Russian President Vladimir Putin tells his Finnish counterpart that becoming a member of NATO “can be a mistake” as a result of there isn't any risk to Finnish safety from Russia.
“Such a change within the nation’s political orientation can have a destructive impression on Russian-Finnish relations developed over years in a spirit of fine neighbourliness and cooperation between companions,” the Kremlin stated in an announcement.
Might 15
Russian forces proceed to amass materials for a battle to take Severodonetsk within the east.
Sweden proclaims it'll apply for NATO membership, ending two centuries of neutrality.
NATO overseas ministers collect in Berlin to debate the candidacies of Finland and Sweden. Turkey confirms its opposition to their membership.
Might 16
Ukraine’s defence ministry says its troops have superior to the Russian border 40km north of Kharkiv, and Russian defensive efforts are specializing in stopping an incursion in direction of Belgorod in Russia. The Institute for the Research of Conflict believes Russian troops could intentionally keep a place simply inside Ukraine to stop shelling of Russian civilian areas from the border.
Ukrainian basic workers report that United States M777 howitzers are in use within the discipline.
Ukraine says it has evacuated 53 injured fighters from the Azovstal plant in Mariupol to a medical facility in Novoazovsk. One other 211 individuals are evacuated to Olenivka, managed by Russia-backed separatists.
Putin says Russia has no objection to Finland and Sweden becoming a member of NATO, so long as no NATO bases and belongings are positioned on their soil.
Might 17
Ukraine’s navy declares an finish to the Azovstal operation in Mariupol. Zelenskyy says negotiators are attempting to safe the discharge of all of the remaining defenders of the Azovstal plant – an estimated 600.
“Ukraine wants Ukrainian heroes alive,” he says in a nationwide handle. Russia’s defence ministry confirms that 265 Ukrainians have surrendered, 51 of them injured.
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