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The main news of the day. Wednesday, 25 May 2022

Heavy battles in the east, Belarus on the march, forced passportization of Ukrainians and visas for russians. This is how we will remember the 91st day of the full-scale war.

The main news of the day. Wednesday, 25 May 2022
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The representative of MID (Main Intelligence Directorate) of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Vadym Skibitskiy, said that the russian federation has already used 60 percent of its high-precision weapons stock in the war against Ukraine.

Today, the russian army suffered losses in military vehicles and equipment, particularly in the area of responsibility of the Tactical Force "East," where Ukrainian defenders also eliminated 62 russian invaders.

At the same time, the situation in the east of the country is complicated. The Head of the Luhansk RMA (Region Military Administration), Serhiy Haidai, said the russians have already occupied 95% of the territory of the Luhansk region. The battles are going on on the outskirts of Sievierodonetsk. According to Haidai's opinion, the coming week will be decisive.

The General Staff of the UAF (Armed Forces of Ukraine) reports that Belarus is withdrawing weapons and military equipment from storage. At the end of May, Belarus plans to conduct practical training for its armed forces at the training grounds in Brest, Vitebsk, Hrodno, Minsk, and Mohiliov regions of Belarus. The action plan includes the withdrawal of military equipment from storage and marches.

The Prime Minister of Belarus, Roman Holovchenko, confirmed that the republic provides russia with weapons.

The European Commission has included violations of the sanctions regime in the EU's list of crimes, so those who try to circumvent them will be punished.

Mykhailo Podoliak, the Adviser to the Head of the President's Office, said that Ukraine would not join "Minsk-3" and was not going to give the south and east of Ukraine to russia. In this way, Podoliak responded to those European politicians who offered Ukraine "a new agenda: a ceasefire, a frozen conflict, and the surrender of part of the territory for peace."

Meanwhile, Putin signed a decree on the simplified issuance of russian passports to residents of the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions, which means the forced passportization of Ukrainians in the occupied territories. Russia issues its passports in a blink of an eye or, better say, imposes them, particularly on the residents of Kherson and Mariupol. "Top news about russian passports for Kherson and Zaporizhzhia would not be complete if we did not mention that today the so-called" DPR "initiated the process of obtaining russian passports for the residents of Mariupol and the newly occupied territories of Donetsk region without previously obtained passports of the so-called "DPR ", - the Adviser to Mariupol City Mayor, Petro Andriushchenko said in Telegram-channel. He called this process the beginning of the annexation."

Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of rf, Andriy Rudenko, said that Moscow would be ready to discuss the exchange of prisoners of war with Kyiv only after the trial of the Ukrainian military. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy declared that defenders of Mariupol who were withdrawn from the "Azovstal" plant have to be released later due to exchange. The Minister of Reintegration of the Occupied Territories, Iryna Vereshchuk, also announced the exchange of Ukrainian worriers evacuated from "Azovstal" for russian prisoners of war.

The Security Service of Ukraine called the former Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, Arsen Avakov, former Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk, and former National Security and Defense Council Secretary Oleksandr Turchynov as witnesses in a so-called "coal case." All three witnesses belonged to state authorities during the presidency of Petro Poroshenko.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy supported the idea of implementing a visa regime for russians: the corresponding petition received more than 26,000 votes on the President's website.

The Ministry of Education and Science has assured that all high-school graduates who graduated this year will receive graduation certificates. Next year, the Ministry plans to launch an electronic version of certificates using "Dia."

In an interview with LB Live, Serhiy Zhadan, writer, volunteer, and frontman of the band "Zhadan and Dogs," told why he stayed in his native city Kharkiv, which became a front city in a blink of an eye. He said how he helps the defenders of Ukraine and even writes new songs about children who have to hide from the war in the subway and basements.

The complete review of today is on our website.

Let's stay strong and bring victory closer!

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