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• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.2022 to 12.05.2023 Ukraine MOD 12 May 2023
• Russia Acknowledges Retreat North Of Bakhmut After Major Advance Of Ukrainian Troops RFE/RL 12 May 2023 -- The Russian Defense Ministry has acknowledged its forces retreated from positions north of the city of Bakhmut in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region that for months has been the scene of heavy fighting.
• 'Panicking For Real': In Anticipation Of A Counteroffensive, Russia Moves Thousands Of People From Their Homes In Southern Ukraine RFE/RL 12 May 2023 -- "In the beginning, numerous children were taken away, and the parents who sent their kids to schools and kindergartens were receiving threats," a resident of Polohy, a Russian-occupied city in Ukraine's southern Zaporizhzhya region, told RFE/RL on condition of anonymity.
• Latest in Ukraine: Wagner Group Chief Slams Russian Military, Says It Fled Bakhmut VOA 12 May 2023 -- The founder of the Wagner Group paramilitary forces on Friday sharply criticized the Russian military, saying Russian troops abandoned the flank in and around the eastern city of Bakhmut, allowing Ukrainian troops to gain ground on all sides of the disputed city.

Ukraine

• Attempts to circumvent sanctions should be defined as one of the gravest crimes against international law and peace - address of Ukraine's President President of Ukraine 12 May 2023

Russia

• Press release on Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Vershinin's participation in a high-level four-party meeting (Russia, Türkiye, Ukraine plus the UN) in Istanbul Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 12 May 2023
• Foreign Ministry statement on the UK's decision to transfer the Storm Shadow missile system to Ukraine Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 12 May 2023
• Russian Defense Ministry Denies Reports About Ukrainian Counteroffensive Sputnik 12 May 2023 -- The statements made by military correspondents claiming that Ukrainian troops broke through Russian defense lines in the special military operation zone are not true, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Thursday.

United States

• Secretary Blinken's Call with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kuleba US Dept. of State 12 May 2023

NATO

United Nations

• Update 157 - IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine IAEA 12 May 2023 -- Ukraine's Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) still has enough essential staff for its current reduced level of operations, but the continued lack of maintenance personnel on-site could negatively impact nuclear safety and security and is not sustainable, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said today.

Foreign Reactions

• US, EU, UK to Support Probe of Russian War Crimes Within Weeks VOA 12 May 2023 -- Experts from the United States and several other countries will begin working with Ukrainian counterparts within weeks to collect evidence and identify individuals involved in Russia's invasion of Ukraine who can be prosecuted for the crime of aggression, a U.S. diplomat told VOA.
• Minister of National Defence and Chief of Defence of Lithuania visit Lithuanian military instructors training Ukrainian troops in Germany Lithuania MND 12 May 2023 -- On May 12 Minister of National Defence Arvydas Anušauskas and Chief of Defence of Lithuania Lt Gen Valdemaras Rupšys are visiting Lithuanian Armed Forces instructors providing training to Ukrainian military as part of the European Union Military Assistance Mission in Support of Ukraine (EUMAM Ukraine) at the Special Training Command in Germany.
• West supplies first long-range missiles to Ukraine, taunts South Africa Press TV 12 May 2023 -- Britain becomes the first country to start supplying Ukraine with long-range cruise missiles, giving Kiev the ability to attack inside Russia while the West's hunt for any weapons delivery to Moscow continues with South Africa being the latest accusee.
• China's special envoy to visit Ukraine and related countries to promote political solution to crisis Global Times 12 May 2023 -- China's special envoy for Eurasian affairs Li Hui will visit Ukraine, Poland, France, Germany and Russia, starting on May 15, to communicate with all parties on a political solution to the Ukraine crisis, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin announced at a press conference on Friday.
• South Africa Summons US Ambassador Over Russia Weapons Row VOA 12 May 2023 -- A war of words is brewing between the U.S. and South Africa after the U.S. ambassador to the country said he would "bet his life" on U.S. intelligence that South African weapons were loaded onto a Russian vessel when it docked at a Cape Town naval base in December. The South African government hit back, saying that while it would investigate the matter, the U.S. ambassador's remarks had "undermined" the relationship between the two nations.

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