Chronicle of the war with Ukraine. Day 74

20:42

Former press secretary of Vesna, Artem Uimanen, was detained in St. Petersburg for 48 hours in the case of “telephone terrorism,” according to the movement’s telegram. Vesna notes that now Uymanen is not in the movement.

Earlier, Viasna activist Polina Barabash was detained in the case of "telephone terrorism".

19:56

Russian planes fired three rockets today towards Odessa, reports with reference to the head of the press center of the Defense Forces of the South, Natalya Gumenyuk. Suspilne Novini

One rocket was shot down by Ukrainian air defense, two others hit a residential area and destroyed a recreation area on the coast. There were no casualties.

19:50

The United States imposed sanctions against Channel One, NTV and Rossiya-1. The relevant documents are posted on the website of the US Treasury. US companies will not be able to provide Russian channels with equipment or sell advertising.

As part of the new package of sanctions, American citizens and companies will also not be able to provide Russian companies with services in the field of audit, accounting and consulting. A press release from the Treasury said this would help deprive Russian elites of access to services that help them avoid sanctions.

In addition, the United States expanded the list of people subject to sanctions: they added the heads of Sberbank, Gazprombank, Moscow Industrial Bank and ten of its subsidiaries.

19:07

Two people died when a shell hit a residential building in the village of Kalinovo in the Zolochiv community (Kharkiv region), Suspilne Novini writes , citing the head of the community, Viktor Kovalenko.

“Two men, aged 71 and 51, entered the house for lunch. And then a shell flew right into the building. Both died, ”said Kovalenko.

19:02

Russian troops fired again at an oil refinery in Lisichansk (Luhansk region), reports the head of the regional administration Sergei Gaidai.

As a result, the sulfur recovery unit and the substance mixing station caught fire. The fire area is 360 square meters, there is a threat of an explosion of a neighboring group of tanks. At the same time, due to artillery shelling, rescuers had to stop trying to put out the fire.

The plant in Lisichansk has already come under fire several times.

18:29

In the Kharkiv region, as a result of shelling today, three people were killed, five were injured, reports . the regional military administration

Two people died in Bogodukhiv and in the Bogodukhovsky district - earlier the Trukha telegram channel reported explosions in this city. Another person died in the Kharkiv region.

18:13

The commander of the Azov Regiment, Denis Prokopenko, in an interview with Ukrayinska Pravda, blamed the commander of the 36th Marine Brigade of the Ukrainian troops, Volodymyr Baranyuk, for the "catastrophic consequences" in Mariupol.

First, on April 4, one battalion of the 36th brigade surrendered, as a result of which the military lost the only connection between the brigade and Azov at that time, Prokopenko said. Then the commander of the 36th brigade "made a decision, without warning anyone, to simply leave in an unknown direction, thereby losing many people." Because of this, the Azov commander said, the Ukrainian military was no longer able to hold the defense of the right bank, the flank was exposed, and as a result, Russian troops were able to attack both from the flank and from the rear.

“These uncoordinated actions that took place on the part of the 36th brigade led to catastrophic consequences that could no longer be reversed,” Prokopenko said. According to him, the Baranyuk brigade had enough people and equipment to keep the defense at the Ilyich plant.

Prokopenko's interview with Ukrayinska Pravda came out shortly after RIA Novosti published a video in which Baranyuk and Chief of Staff of the 36th Brigade Dmitry Kormyankov "testify" about the fighting in Mariupol. According to the agency, both soldiers were captured after leaving the Azovmash plant (located not far from the Ilyich plant), and are now in “one of the points on the territory of the DPR.”

17:30

Activist Roman Maksimov was detained in Veliky Novgorod in connection with the Vesna case, the movement reports in its telegram.

Like the two coordinators of the movement, Valentin Khoroshenin and Yevgeny Zateev, Maksimov was taken to Moscow for interrogation. At the same time, Vesna claims that the activist is not a member of the movement.

Viasna participants are charged with creating a non-profit organization that infringes on the personality and rights of citizens (Part 3 of Article 239 of the Criminal Code), reports the First Department - the lawyers of this community represent the interests of the Viasna coordinators. Activists face up to two years in prison.

The measure of restraint for the three participants of the "Spring" Basmanny District Court will choose tomorrow morning.

16:47

It is impossible to confirm whether all civilians were evacuated from Azovstal, since there is no way to dismantle the rubble and inspect the territory of the plant. This was announced at a press conference by Deputy Commander of the Azov Regiment Svyatoslav Palamar and intelligence officer Ilya Samoylenko. This information was confirmed by representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross on the air of the Belsat TV channel, . Vot Tak reports

“Has everyone been evacuated? We can’t say, since neither international organizations nor Ukrainian politicians came to the plant, we don’t have special equipment to sort out the rubble,” Palamar said ( quoted by Hromadska). In total, according to Samoleinko, there were several thousand civilians at the plant.

There are "several hundred" wounded soldiers on the territory of Azovstal. Yesterday, in a traditional evening address , Volodymyr Zelensky promised that the next stage of the evacuation from the plant would be the evacuation of the wounded and doctors.

15:20

About a million people were left without water, including in the territories occupied by Russia, after the shelling of the Popasnyansky water utility in the Luhansk region. This was reported by the head of the region Sergei Gaidai.

According to him, it will be possible to resume water supply only after the end of hostilities.

15:05

In Novosibirsk, two protocols were drawn up against deputy Svetlana Kaverzina: on violation of the rally legislation (part 2 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) and on discrediting the Russian military (part 1 of article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). This is reported by "OVD-Info" with reference to the lawyer Vasily Dubkov.

Kaverzina was detained this morning. As noted by the Novosibirsk Coalition 2020, the deputy will be in a special detention center until the trial - it should take place no later than 9:25 on May 10.

14:23

In the Dnipropetrovsk region, a 12-year-old boy died after being blown up by a cluster shell, which he found and brought home. This was reported by the head of the regional administration Valentin Reznichenko. According to him, this is the sixth death in the region from the found ammunition.

13:53

Over the past day in the Nikolaev region, as a result of shelling , one person was killed, 27 people were injured, reports the head of the regional city council Anna Zamazeeva.

The deceased is an elderly woman, a school teacher of Russian language and literature.

13:34

Ukrainian air defense forces shot down a Russian missile over Odessa, Anton Gerashchenko, adviser to the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, claims in his telegram channel. According to him, the target of the strike was the city's airport. The fact that explosions are heard in the city was previously reported by local telegram channels.

13:09

Vladimir Putin wished the Ukrainian veterans of the Great Patriotic War "mental fortitude, good health and longevity" and "a peaceful and just future" to all Ukrainians. Congratulations on Victory Day posted on the official website of the Kremlin.

Unfortunately, today Nazism is once again raising its head and trying to impose its barbaric, inhuman orders. Our sacred duty is to prevent the revenge of the ideological heirs of those who were defeated in the Great Patriotic War

Vladimir Putin

Putin also congratulated the leaders and citizens of several countries (Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, as well as the self-proclaimed Abkhazia, South Ossetia, DPR and LPR) and "the peoples of Georgia and Ukraine."

13:00

The Cannes Film Festival refused accreditation to Russian journalists, writes The Wrap.

Two journalists who have received accreditation for past festivals told the publication that a group of Russian media workers spoke with Cannes press secretary Agnes Leroy later this week. According to them, the organizers of the festival "were waiting for the situation [in Ukraine] to improve" before making a decision on the accreditation of the Russians. But then, when the festival was less than two weeks away, they decided to turn down all Russian journalists.

In a commentary to The Wrap, Leroy said that the organizers "approved accreditation only for those media whose position on the situation in Ukraine coincides with the position of the festival." To a direct question about whether any Russian journalists received accreditation, Leroy did not answer.

Among the journalists denied accreditation is , editor of the independent Cinemaholics.ru website Ekaterina Karslidi . “I noted that my site has nothing to do with the government, but they (the organizers of the festival - approx. “Cold”) probably have no way to check this,” Karslidy told The Wrap. She has been accredited to the Cannes Film Festival every year since 2015.

“I left Russia this year and I am open about the war on social media and my personal film blog, but I can’t use my publication [to talk about the war] because then I would put my employees at great risk,” she added. Karslidy.

Another Russian journalist, who wished to remain anonymous, told The Wrap that he and his colleagues were ignored and then turned down 10 days before the start of the festival. “I have a feeling that they did not know how to understand who is who, and decided to simply refuse everyone in order to avoid problems,” the journalist quoted the publication as saying.

In early March, the organizers of the Cannes Film Festival said they would not allow an official Russian delegation or anyone associated with the Russian government unless the war ends on terms that suit the Ukrainian people.

Kirill Serebrennikov's film "Tchaikovsky's Wife" will be presented in Cannes this year.

12:07

Polina Barabash, an activist of the Vesna movement, was detained in St. Petersburg. As reported in the telegram channel of the movement, she is charged with "telephone terrorism". During the arrest Barabash was at a party .

In the same case, searches were conducted at the home of the curator of the feminist project "Eve's Ribs" Yulia Karpukhina and activist Daria Shchukina. As . Mediazona writes (the publication has a copy of the search warrant), the case under Part 2 of Article 207 of the Criminal Code was initiated on the fact of false mining of the RANEPA branch - the North-Western Institute of Management

On April 19, the RANEPA branch received an email about a bomb in the building. The author of the letter demanded a ransom, claiming that he "signed a contract with the Armed Forces of Ukraine" and that "Russia is waiting for a wave of terrorist attacks."

At the same time, Mediazona notes, the resolution only lists Karpukhina, who “may be involved” in sending the letter. Her status in the case is unknown.

in St. Petersburg were also detained Yesterday, two Viasna activists, Yevgeny Zateev and Valentin Khoroshenin, . According to unconfirmed reports, they were detained in the case of the creation of a non-profit organization that infringes on the personality and rights of citizens (parts 2 and 3 of Article 239 of the Criminal Code). After their arrest, they were brought to Moscow.

11:41

As a result of an artillery attack on the city of Holaya Pristan in the Kherson region, four people were injured, reports the regional prosecutor's office . Residential buildings and the gas pipeline were damaged.

The agency blames Russian troops for the attack. The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation claims that the Ukrainian military carried out the attack on the Hola Pristan. “One house, where a family with a child lived, was completely destroyed. Ten more buildings were damaged, including the home of a labor veteran. Local residents suffered, ”the Russian department says.

10:42

Deputy Svetlana Kaverzina was detained in Novosibirsk, according to the Novosibirsk Coalition 2020. Earlier, she received a warning from the prosecutor's office because of the call to go out on May 8 to "a public event designated as the Immortal Regiment."

“According to the information available in the prosecutor’s office of the city, this event can be held in order to persuade the highest bodies of state power to refuse to conduct a military special operation in Ukraine,” the document says.

The reason for the warning was a post on VKontakte, in which Kaverzina suggested that residents of the Gateway microdistrict lay flowers at the Alley of Memory on May 8. She noted that this tradition in the Gateway is 60 years old, but this year the “federal authorities” canceled the “Immortal Regiment” in the microdistrict.

According to the telegram channel "Non-Scientific Town", as a result, at least two police detachments and one detachment of the National Guard are on duty at the place of the action today. One woman wanted to go out with portraits of her relatives, but the policemen told her that today's action was illegal, and she could go out with a portrait tomorrow.

At the same time, writes @sibirmedia, about 200 people gathered on the Alley of Memory for an event organized, presumably, by the school (@sibirmedia does not specify which one).

10:09

Ukrainian troops withdrew from Popasna in the Luhansk region "to stronger positions that had been prepared earlier." As UNIAN reports, this was announced by the head of the regional administration Sergei Gaidai on the air of the telethon.

“There are bombs, and rockets, and mines, and artillery. Everything is completely destroyed there,” Gaidai described the situation in Popasna.

At night, the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, said that Chechen fighters had taken most of Popasnaya under control. “The main streets and central areas of the city have been completely cleared,” he wrote .

10:02

On the evening of May 7, Russian troops attacked a hospital in the city of Orekhov in the Zaporozhye region, reports the regional administration . There was no one in the hospital at the time of the attack.

8:55

As a result of an air raid on a school in Belogorovka in the Luhansk region, "most likely, 60 people were killed," said the head of the regional administration, Serhiy Gaidai.

On the afternoon of May 7, Russian troops dropped an aerial bomb on a school, in the basement of which civilians were hiding - a total of 90 people. As a result, a fire broke out, which was extinguished for four hours. 30 people were evacuated from the rubble. At the moment, the bodies of two dead have been found, but Gaidai suggests that there are no survivors under the rubble.

Results of the 73rd day of the war

All women, children and elderly people were evacuated from the territory of Azovstal. According to Volodymyr Zelenskyy, about 300 people were evacuated from the factories. The next stage of evacuation is the doctors and the wounded.

Russian troops launched six strikes on Odessa, two of which hit the airport. There were no casualties.

Two coordinators of the Vesna movement were detained. Presumably, a criminal case has been opened against the participants in the movement on the creation of a non-profit organization that infringes on the personality and rights of citizens (Article 239 of the Criminal Code). Viasna connects the arrests with their anti-war campaign and the May 9 action “They didn’t fight for this.”

The Museum of Grigory Skovoroda in the Kharkiv region burned down as a result of a direct hit by a shell. One person, the 35-year-old son of the director, who guarded the building, was injured. The most valuable exhibits were taken out in advance.

Artist Sasha Skochilenko was transferred to a double cell after complaints of bullying.

Cover photo: Yevhenii Zavhorodnii, UNDP Ukraine