Ukraine
The Socialists, led by Salvador Ila, won a majority of seats in the parliamentary elections in Catalonia, defeating pro-independence parties for the first time in 13 years.
Pope Francis has once again called for a general exchange of all prisoners between Russia and Ukraine, assuring the readiness of the Holy See to facilitate any efforts in this direction, especially for the seriously injured and sick.
Yasno's CEO predicts that if electricity consumption continues to grow, Ukraine may impose restrictions on household consumers to cover the shortfall. However, he says that the lack of heat is more worrisome than the lack of electricity.
Over the past week, the enemy fired 50 times at 20 localities in Chernihiv region, causing 308 explosions, including rocket attacks and air strikes.
Gitanas Nausėda and Ingrida Šimonite will meet in the second round of the presidential election in Lithuania. In the first round, Nausėda received 44.19% of the vote, and Šimonite - 19.78%.
In 2023, Ukraine saw a record number of fraud convictions - around 3,100 - which is significantly more than in 2021, when 2,300 were handed down.
Ukrainian intelligence has identified personnel from Russia's 22nd Heavy Bombardment Aviation Division involved in missile attacks on Ukraine's civilian infrastructure.
Enemy propagandists are "processing" the occupiers and want to justify crimes against civilians in the context of intensified hostilities in Kharkiv region, according to the Center for Countering Disinformation.
According to the study, only 6 out of 6,568 videos positioned as news were real news.
Today, on May 13, all fans of innovation, scientific and technological development, and progress can join the events dedicated to World Engineering for the Future Day.
Kherson region discussed further cooperation with Japan, including waste management, opening a waste processing plant, and assistance in demining to ensure security in the region.
Rescuers extinguished three fires covering an area of 6 hectares in Zaporizhzhia, with strong winds and difficult terrain making firefighting difficult.
U. S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken expressed confidence that Ukraine will be able to effectively defend its positions in the east, consolidate its gains in the Black Sea region, and keep russian troops at bay.
South Korea's intelligence service suspects that North Korea may have supplied weapons, such as 122mm artillery shells since the 1970s, to russia for use in the war in Ukraine.
Ukraine's men's kumite team won bronze at the European Karate Championships, defeating Turkey 3-1 and gaining a direct license to the World Team Championships.
Yermak held an online meeting with Bono, discussed Ukraine's resistance to russian aggression, announced the upcoming Global Peace Summit in Switzerland and called on Bono to support and spread the word about the summit aimed at ending russia's war against Ukraine.
On May 12, rescuers in Vinnytsia pulled the body of a man without signs of life from the Southern Bug River.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces repelled 112 Russian attacks in nine frontline areas, with the heaviest fighting taking place in the Pokrovsk sector, where 30 attacks were repelled, according to an evening report from the General Staff.
Fierce fighting continues on a large part of the border strip in Kharkiv region as Russian occupiers try to gain a foothold in some occupied villages for further advancement, while Ukrainian troops hold their positions and inflict losses on the enemy, President Zelenskyy's report says.
Ukraine is discussing a possible increase in electricity tariffs within a month due to the need for funds to prepare for the fall-winter period and repair energy facilities damaged by shelling.
Kuleba discussed with the new Portuguese Foreign Minister, Paulo Rangel, the implementation of Ukraine's "peace formula" and the bilateral agenda, including Portugal's support for Ukraine's EU membership application.
Ukraine's energy system will face difficulties in the summer, as it did in the winter, due to possible shelling and damage, leading to restrictions and economical use of electricity.
Scholz hopes that Arab countries, India, South Africa, Brazil, and China will take part in the Peace Summit in Switzerland, which could be an important step toward resolving the Ukrainian-Russian conflict.
Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis believes that Russian President Vladimir Putin's nuclear threats are a bluff, and that he has nothing to gain from the use of nuclear weapons, but can lose everything.
The Russians brought propaganda books to the school libraries of the occupied town of Kakhovka, glorifying war criminals and portraying Ukrainians as traitors and Nazis.
Andriy Yusov, a representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, said that the recent attacks on three military facilities in Russia will continue, as they are used by the Russian Federation to supply and finance the occupation group. Since the beginning of this year, "cotton" attacks have already taken place at more than 40 military facilities in Russia.
Due to the scale of the situation with the Russian group and its losses, it was decided to open an additional camp for Russian prisoners of war in Ukraine as soon as possible.
Andriy Kovalenko, head of the National Security and Defense Council's Center for Political Analysis, suggests that the collapse of a multi-story building in Belgorod, Russia, looks like a Russian provocation to justify further attacks on Ukraine. Alternatively, it was a domestic explosion that was used by the Kremlin.
Given the enemy's significant losses in the Kharkiv sector, which will only increase, surrendering or defecting to Ukraine is a reasonable alternative for the Russian soldiers there.
Russia's invasion of Ukraine and deteriorating relations with the West have severely constrained Gazprom's operations, resulting in the largest annual losses in 25 years and limiting its profits until at least 2030.