As part of the trend towards strengthening the presidential vertical of power, personnel changes in state structures continue. Andriy Kostin has been appointed the new Prosecutor General of Ukraine. The parliament also appointed Olga Sovgirya to the position of judge of the Constitutional Court. The resignation of R.
Depending on the destructiveness and depth of penetration into the social "body" of society, wars can be classified into elite, interstate and nations’.
The operational pause announced earlier by the Russian Federation is over or may not have even started. Gradually, the RF Armed Forces began to increase the intensity of hostilities in the Donbas region. And Ukrainian troops are increasing pressure on the Kherson direction. The termination of the operational pause is unlikely to lead to a sharp increase in ground attacks in Ukraine (the Russian Federation does not have enough forces and means). Still, it will probably intensify assault operations in the Sloviansk-Seversk-Bakhmut directions.
During wars in democratic societies, quite absurd situations related to national security, defense and intelligence activities can often arise. On May 17, 2022, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine received draft law No. 7380 authored by M. Bezuglya, G. Tretyakova, V. Gevko and other deputies from the “Sluga Narodu”, Batkivshchyna and, oddly enough, the Opposition Platform for Life.
Within a week, the RF Armed Forces managed to reach the administrative borders of the Luhansk region. The city of Lysychansk and its environs were captured. As a result, the Russian Federation has achieved half of the goals of the second phase of the so-called "Special military operation in Ukraine.” At the same time, units of Ukrainian troops in the city of Lysychansk failed to encircle the RF Armed Forces.
Due to the war in Ukraine, almost all civilized countries in the world are imposing sanctions on Russia: the other day, EU diplomats finally accepted sixth restriction package. Previously, a number of Russian businessmen close to Putin had been subject to personal sanctions, including Mikhail Friedman (Alfa-Bank, LetterOne), Dmitry Peskov (Putin’s press secretary), Dmitry Mazepin (Uralkhim, Uralkali, Togliatti Azot). ).
Enquanto a guerra na Ucrânia chega perto de completar 100 dias, o presidente russo, Vladimir Putin, assinou um decreto sobre a simplificação da aquisição da cidadania russa para residentes das regiões de Kherson e Zaporozhye, no sul da Ucrânia. Uma parte significativa desses territórios atualmente é ocupada pelo exército russo, e novas lideranças nomeadas por Moscou nestas regiões já declararam ter planos de integração à Federação Russa.
Over the week, the situation for Ukrainian troops on the Donetsk front continued to worsen. The crisis for the Armed Forces of Ukraine around the cities of Lysychansk and Severodonetsk intensified. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation advanced toward the town of Lysychansk from the south after capturing the settlement.
