Moscow claims new advances. The Russian Defense Ministry claims to have captured two new villages in northeastern Ukraine, the target of an assault by Russian troops for a week on Wednesday May 15. Russian forces “liberated the localities of Glibokiye and Lukiantsi in the Kharkiv region and also advanced deep into the enemy defenses”, the Russian army said in a statement. Moscow also claims the recapture of the completely destroyed village of Robotyne, in the Zaporizhia region, which was the subject of an intense battle during kyiv’s counter-offensive in August 2023.
The Ukrainian army announces that it is withdrawing “in certain areas” of the northern front. “In some places in the Lukiantsi and Vovchansk areas, due to enemy fire and assault actions, maneuvers were carried out to save the lives of our soldiers, units were moved to more advantageous positions “the spokesperson for the forces in the region said on television.
Volodymyr Zelensky cancels his trips abroad. “Volodymyr Zelensky asked that all international events planned for the coming days be postponed and that new dates be “fixed,” his spokesperson announced, without saying which trips were canceled.
The Ukrainian army announced, on the night of Tuesday May 14 to Wednesday May 15, that Russia launched a new offensive on May 10. Several villages have been conquered and the localities of Lukiantsi and Vovtchansk are the subject of bitter fighting. In this context, the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky cancels all foreign trips “in the coming days”, announced his spokesperson.
Ukraine announces arrest of six agents accused of guiding Russian strikes. The operation, led by the Ukrainian SBU security services, “enabled the simultaneous arrest of six Russian agents” Who “corrected [les coordonnées] artillery fire in the region”, they said in a statement.