The European Commission has prepared updated recommendations for EU companies on purchasing Russian gas. The European Commission announced this at a closed meeting on May 13, Bloomberg writes, citing meeting participants. The new recommendations plan to stipulate that gas buyers can open an account in Gazprombank in euros or dollars (as required by Russia) and purchase gas in accordance with EU sanctions imposed due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine claims that up to 2,500 reservists are being trained in the Voronezh, Belgorod and Rostov regions of Russia to participate in the war. “The command of the armed forces of the Russian Federation is trying to recruit and make up for the losses of its troops at the expense of reservists,” the General Staff report says. The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation did not comment on this.

On May 15, the Finnish and Swedish authorities announced that they had decided to apply to join NATO. The Government of Finland has announced that it has accepted the report on Finland's accession to NATO. The ruling Social Democratic Workers' Party of Sweden said at the same time that it would work to get Sweden to apply for NATO membership. It is expected that countries will apply for NATO membership as early as next week.

Marina Ovsyannikova, a former employee of Channel One, who staged an anti-war rally on the air of the TV channel, told Kholod magazine that her ex-husband had filed a lawsuit against her. According to the case file , Igor Ovsyannikov filed a lawsuit with the Cheryomushkinsky District Court of Moscow on April 19.

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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said at an online meeting of the military-political bloc in Berlin that Ukraine can defeat Russia in the war, reports AFP. “Ukraine can win this war. Ukrainians bravely defend their homeland,” he said . Addressing the members of the alliance, he urged to maintain the same level or increase support for Ukraine. “The Russian war in Ukraine is not going the way Moscow planned. They failed to take Kyiv.

On the night of May 15, a fire broke out in the building of the military commissariat for the Soviet, Voroshilovsky and Kirovsky districts in Volgograd, Bloknot Volgograd reports, citing a source. Baza writes that a broken glass bottle with a piece of cloth was found at the site of the fire - presumably, a Molotov cocktail was thrown into the building. The Ministry of Emergency Situations reported that there were no dead or injured. The police are investigating.

NATO allies are planning to label Russia's actions as a "direct threat" in their new strategic concept, Bloomberg reports, citing a NATO source. The previous version of the concept, adopted in 2010, mentioned Russia as a partner, but this wording will be removed in the new version. The agency's interlocutor noted that NATO would be ready to resume relations with Russia if Moscow's behavior changes.

Andrey Rudakov / Bloomberg / Getty Images The Italian financial group Unicredit, the owner of the Unicredit Bank, one of the largest credit organizations in Russia, rejected the proposal to sell its business in Russia, received from the Interros group, billionaire Vladimir Potanin . It is reported by Financial Times (FT), referring to sources. After the Unicredit was allowed to leave Russia in March, the group received several proposals from Russian companies, including from Interros.

Russian troops have stopped a riot in a prison colony in Kherson, claims activist Kirill Stremousov , whom Russian media call "deputy head of the military-civil administration" of Ukraine's Kherson region. Stremousov stated that the entire penitentiary system of the region is under the control of the Ukrainian authorities. According to him, the Security Service of Ukraine allegedly staged a provocation in the colony in Kherson and released prisoners from their cells.

Almost everyone at whom he shot was black Jeffrey T. Barnes / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta supermarket in Buffalo, where shooting occurred On May fourteenth, in the supermarket of the American city of Buffalo in the state of New York, fire occurred: 10 people were killed, three more were injured. Almost everyone at whom the attacker shot, 11 people were black. The police investigate what happened as a crime on the basis of hatred.

Since the beginning of the war, the Russian army has lost a third of the ground combat forces concentrated near the borders of Ukraine before the war, the British Ministry of Defense reports, citing intelligence data. “The Russian offensive in the Donbass has lost momentum and is well behind schedule. Despite small initial successes, over the past month Russia has not been able to make significant progress, while suffering significant losses.

An adviser to the mayor of Mariupol, Petr Andryushchenko, claims that the Russian military used ammunition filled with white phosphorus against people defending the Azovstal plant in Mariupol. Andryushchenko said in his telegram channel that on May 14, an MZ-21 incendiary rocket projectile (index 9M22S) was used against the defenders of Azovstal, which is designed to be fired from a BM-21 Grad combat vehicle. Andryushchenko posted a video of the shelling of Azovstal on his Telegram channel.

Marco Bertorelllo / AFP / Scanpix / Leta The Ukrainian Ethno-Rap group Kalush Orchestra won the 66th Eurovision Support contest , whose final was held on May 14 in Turin in Italy. Kalush Orchestra performed with the song “Stefania”, combining hip-hop and Ukrainian folk music. According to the results of the jury and viewers, Kalush Orchestra received 631 points.

The consequences of battles in Olkhovka. Return Buchi and Irpen to a normal life On the eightieth day of the war, it became known that Russia began the withdrawal of troops from Kharkov. The Institute for the Study of the War said that Ukraine probably won the battle of the city. The Russian military continues the assault on Azovstal in Mariupol; Meanwhile, assistance with the evacuation of wounded Ukrainian soldiers is ready to provide Türkiye from the evacuation of wounded Ukrainian soldiers.