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Latest Developments in Ukraine: May 13

by VOA News

   For full coverage of the crisis in Ukraine, visit [1]Flashpoint
   Ukraine.

   The latest developments in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. All
   times EDT:

   7:40 a.m.: EU foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell said Friday the bloc
   will provide an additional 500 million euros worth of military aid to
   Ukraine, [2]RFE/RL reports. Borrell said the military support would be
   for heavy weapons such as tanks and artillery, and takes EU aid for
   Ukraine to about 2 billion euros.

   7:33 a.m.: The top four clubs in the Russian soccer league say they
   have filed an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport against
   being banned from next season's European competitions over Russia's
   invasion of Ukraine, [3]The Associated Press reported Friday. Zenit St.
   Petersburg, Dynamo Moscow, FC Sochi and CSKA Moscow would all qualify
   for men's European competitions based on their current league
   positions. They said they have asked for the case to be heard in an
   expedited procedure.

   The new case joins legal bids by Russian teams and federations in a
   multitude of different sports.

   5:53 a.m.: Ukraine puts a Russian soldier on trial today for alleged
   war crimes.

   Sgt. Vadim Shyshimarin, 21, is the first Russian to be tried for war
   crimes since Russia invaded Ukraine.

   Prosecutors say Shyshimarin shot a Ukrainian civilian in the head,
   killing him. If convicted, he could get life in prison.

   5:43 a.m.: Nearly 100 children were killed in Ukraine last month, The
   Washington Post reports, citing UNICEF.

   "More children have been injured and faced grave violations of their
   rights, millions more have been displaced," said Omar Abdi, UNICEF's
   deputy director.

   5:07 a.m.: TV presenter Timur Miroshnychenko, who hosted the wildly
   popular Eurovision Song Contest in Ukraine in 2019, will be chiming in
   on this year's competition -- from a bomb shelter, The Washington Post
   reports.

   Eurovision is the world's longest-running televised music contest, the
   Post says. This year it's being held in Italy, and the grand finale is
   Saturday. The favorite to win this year is Ukrainian contestant Kalush
   Orchestra, whose song Stefania has become a tribute to Ukraine.

   4:08 a.m.: The BBC reports that European Council President Charles
   Michel says that global security is "under threat."

   "Russia, a nuclear armed state... is attacking the sovereign nation of
   Ukraine, while making shameful and unacceptable references to the use
   of nuclear weapons," he said.

   Michel is currently in Japan, visiting Hiroshima, the city that was the
   target of the first atomic bombing.

   3:04 a.m.: Al Jazeera, citing the U.S. think tank the Institute for the
   Study of War, reports that Russia likely controls the Ukrainian city of
   Rubizhne and probably the town of Voevodivka as well.

   2:04 a.m.: The latest intelligence update from the U.K. defense
   ministry says Russia is attempting a breakthrough toward Sloviansk and
   Kramatorsk. Its aim is to isolate Ukrainian forces from support or
   reinforcement. The Ukrainians, for their part, blocked a Russian
   attempt to cross the Donbas river.

   "Conducting river crossings in a contested environment is a highly
   risky manoeuvre and speaks to the pressure the Russian commanders are
   under to make progress in their operations in eastern Ukraine," the
   update says.

   1 a.m.: The World Bank says that money transfers to Ukraine, the
   largest recipient in Europe and Central Asia, are [4]expected to rise
   by more than 20% this year. That's because refugees and others are
   sending money to people still in the country.

   12:02 a.m.: Al Jazeera, citing the U.S. think tank the Institute for
   the Study of War, reports that Russia likely controls the Ukrainian
   city of Rubizhne and probably the town of Voevodivka as well.

   Some information in this report came from The Associated Press, Reuters
   and Agence France-Presse.

References

   1. https://www.voanews.com/z/6932
   2. https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-eu-military-aid-borrell/31847986.html
   3. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-sports-soccer-champions-league-international-251cc4d28f0e3904762c56f67b01649a
   4. https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2022/05/11/remittances-to-reach-630-billion-in-2022-with-record-flows-into-ukraine