Mariupol

Ukraine celebrates the Naval Infantry Day on May 23, in honor of the creation of the Marine Brigade in 1918 by Hetman Pavlo Skoropadskyi.

The invaders illegally export stolen Ukrainian grain from the occupied Kherson region to the Republic of Karelia, using containers belonging to Chinese and Kazakh logistics companies to circumvent international sanctions.

At least 25,000 civilians in Mariupol were killed during the russian invasion, including 164 children. These figures were cited by the advisor to the mayor of Mariupol, Petro Andriushchenko.

The russians exhumed and reburied 80-90% of the bodies in Mariupol, and new mass graves are known to be located in Mariupol, at the Starokrymske cemetery, and in the villages of Mangush and Vynohradne.

Over the past six months, the number of Russians in the temporarily occupied Mariupol has increased by about 7-8 thousand, changing the ethnic composition of the city.

Russian troops are moving military equipment and units around Mariupol and nearby settlements, placing them near residential areas and civilian infrastructure.

On May 18, one person was killed and another wounded as a result of Russian shelling in Donetsk region, the head of the Donetsk regional military administration said.

Over the past day, three people were killed and five others were wounded in Russian shelling in the Donetsk region.

The temporarily occupied port in Berdiansk is barely functioning due to an acute shortage of workers, as most locals do not trust the russian troops.

The Russian occupation authorities in Mariupol are dismantling and repairing the building of the drama theater, which they bombed in 2022, when hundreds of families with children were hiding in its basements in an attempt to hide their war crime.

Russian forces wounded 5 more civilians in Donetsk region on May 16, bringing the total number of civilians killed in the region since February 24 to 1,962 and the number of wounded to 4,895.

According to the head of the Donetsk regional military administration, on May 15, Russian troops killed two civilians in Karlivka, Donetsk region.

The russians are transporting tanks through Mariupol by rail, probably using the newly built Mariupol-Rostov railroad line on the temporarily occupied territories.

Ukraine's women's beach volleyball team won all six matches without losing a single set and reached the final of the CEV Nations Cup.

Mykhailo Drapaty, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, has replaced Yuriy Galushkin as commander of the Kharkiv operational and tactical group of troops.

Residents of occupied Mariupol complain about sewage leaks that have been flowing into the Sea of Azov for a month, causing environmental damage to the city's ecosystem.

In Donetsk region, 2 civilians were wounded in Novoselivka Persha and Mykolaivka as a result of the occupants' terrorist aggression.

Explosions have occurred in the Russian-occupied city of Mariupol, Ukraine, the details of which are currently unknown.

Russian occupants are transferring ammunition and manpower from Mariupol to Volnovakha, including at least 23 trawls with tracked vehicles - tanks and infantry fighting vehicles - that are likely to be redeployed to the Volnovakha-Vuhledar-Kurakhove area.

President Zelensky thanked the Ukrainian units that are destroying the Russian occupiers, stating the need to disrupt Russia's offensive operations and regain the initiative.

In Donetsk region, russian troops killed 2 civilians and wounded 3 others over the past day.

Iryna Kobeleva, a 16-year-old girl from Mariupol, won 5 medals, including 4 gold and 1 silver, at the European Wushu Championships in Stockholm.

In the temporarily occupied Mariupol, 10 Russian soldiers were wounded after explosions last night.

More than 54,000 applications for compensation for damaged housing were satisfied, and more than 6,000 certificates for compensation for destroyed housing were issued under the Ukraine Recovery Program in its first year.

Explosions were heard in occupied Mariupol, and occupation channels reported "smoke" and "damage" in the city center.

In the occupied Mariupol, the Russian invaders are forming a register of "undesirable" residents who will be banned from living in the city, while bringing in ethnic Russians and Central Asians to change the demographic composition.

Through a pro-russian youth movement operating in the occupied territories, the Kremlin is recruiting Ukrainian students, including minors, to intern at a factory in russia that assembles Iranian kamikaze drones used against Ukraine.

A petition calling on the Ukrainian government to help lift the U. S. ban on arms supplies to the 12th Azov Special Forces Brigade has received more than 25,000 votes, enough support to continue consideration.

Russian occupation forces are building and expanding a military base with new defensive structures near the captured city of Berdiansk in Donetsk region, according to satellite photos and a report from the mayor's advisor in Mariupol.

The Russian occupiers came up with a scheme to transfer ownership of the Avdiivka Coke Plant, one of the largest coke plants in Europe, to a Russian "investor" in order to legalize the theft.