War in Ukraine / May 13

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Russia did not want NATO near the borders — and got it

Almost immediately after the start of the war in Ukraine, the previously neutral Finland and Sweden changed their minds — and declared their desire to join NATO. In two months, the countries received the support of the people and began to collect documents for the relevant regulations. NATO officials said the two countries had a chance to join, and it was only a matter of time before they could join the North Atlantic Alliance.

Currently, the main obstacle is Turkey. President Erdogan has already said he considers the decision to join the two new Scandinavian countries negative, calling them “shelters for terrorist organizations.” Of course, there are representatives of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party in opposition to Erdogan, who were received in Scandinavia. Experts suggest that Turkey may veto the accession of new countries.

But much more important is Russia’s attitude. Finland has 1,309 km of border with Russia, so its accession to NATO is exactly what Russia has been fighting against in Ukraine. Russia’s leadership has already said that Finland’s accession to NATO will directly affect the country’s security and that they will strengthen their security at the border. But they are not talking about any specific actions.

In addition, the fact of Finland’s accession shows that Russia is not really afraid of bringing the alliance’s sphere of influence closer to its borders and the war in Ukraine — first of all, the desire to return the territories of the union and build an empire. This is also indicated by the fact that Russia has already opposed Ukraine’s accession to the EU, which is not a military organization.

Airstrike, missile and MRL damage

Kharkiv region:

• Residential houses, a critical infrastructure facility, and a cultural center were destroyed as a result of shelling. Windows were broken in several multi-storey buildings. 1 person was injured. Presumably, the grain elevator was bombed.
• The remains of structural elements of two warehouse buildings on an area of ​​300 sq.m. were on fire.
• Coniferous litter and grass burned on an area of ​​3 hectares. The gas pipeline was also damaged due to shelling.
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Sumy region:

• Russian troops launched a missile attack on the territory of the border village Ochkyne. As a result of the shelling, administrative buildings were destroyed, and part of the forest belt was also destroyed.
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Zaporizhzhya region:

• Russian troops shelled the following settlements of the region: Kamyanske, Orikhiv, Malynivka, Mala Tokmachka, Hulyaipole, Chervone, Olhivske, Poltavka, Zaliznychne, Huliaipilske, Novodanylivka, Stepnohirsk, Novoandriivka, Preobrazhenka.
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Luhansk region:

• During the day, 30 shelling of settlements in the region by Russian troops was recorded. More than 50 houses were destroyed in the Hirske and Popasna communities. In Lysychansk, as a result of artillery shelling, the building of a rubber technical products plant was damaged. 11 houses were destroyed in Komyshuvakha, 10 houses — in Zolote, 7 houses — in Severodonetsk, 5 houses in Troitske, Viktorivka, Novozvanivka, Vrubivka, Toshkivka, Katerynivka each. 3 houses were destroyed in Rubizhne. The Russian army conducted assault operations in the Zolote and Komyshuvakha directions.
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Mykolaiv region:

• In Mykolaiv, as a result of night shelling, two water treatment plants at one of the facilities of the Mykolaivoblteploenergo were damaged.
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Donetsk region:

• During the day Russian troops shelled Avdiivka, Zalizne, Lyman, Svyatohirsk, Siversk, Vuhledar, Mar’inka, Illinka, Novoluhans’ke, Yarova, Bakhmutske, Bohorodychne. 61 civilian infrastructure facilities were destroyed: residential buildings, industrial and agricultural enterprises, railway. 1 civilian was killed in Avdiivka. In total, 12 people were injured in Avdiivka, Lyman, Mar’inka, Vuhledar, Illinka, Zalizne, Bakhmutske.
• Russian troops launched massive air and artillery strikes on the territory of the Azovstal plant.
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Kherson region:

• There was shelling of the settlements in the Stanislav community: Stanislav, Shyroka Balka, Oleksandrivka, Tavrijs´ke. As a result of using cruise missiles, the settlements of Stanislav and Shyroka Balka were left without a power supply. Also, as a result of constant shelling, 25 houses were destroyed in Stanislav itself, and 20 in Shyroka Balka. In Oleksandrivka, on the territory on which fighting has been taking place, more than 350 houses were destroyed, which is 35% of all houses in the village.
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Dnipropetrovsk region:

• There was shelling of the village with no casualties.
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New laws

Ukraine:

• [Support of the economy] The Ministry of Digital Development is launching grants on the Diya portal to financially help small business owners who have suffered from the armed aggression of the Russian Federation.
• [War] The government has allocated more than a billion to meet the urgent needs of the intelligence agency of the Department of Defense.
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Russia:

• [Support of the economy] The Ministry of Justice proposed to establish a temporary procedure for the termination of obligations on transactions for 2022, the execution of which turned out to be impossible due to sanctions.
• [Other] Deputy Prime Minister Yury Borisov instructed the Ministry of Industry and Trade and other interested departments to prepare proposals by the end of October on the normative consolidation (inclusion in the law “On Industrial Policy in the Russian Federation”) of the concepts of “Russian work” and “Russian service”.
• [Support of the economy] Banks may be prohibited from issuing unsecured consumer loans with a variable interest rate, a number of restrictions are planned for mortgage loans (in terms of amount and term), and restrictions are also planned on this type of lending for SMEs. This follows from the amendments to the bill №1212906–7.
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