Russia-Ukraine struggle: Top developments on May 15

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba mentioned on Sunday he had met US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Berlin and that ‘more weapons and other aid is on the way to Ukraine’.

‘We agreed to work closely together to ensure that Ukrainian food exports reach consumers in Africa and Asia. Grateful to Secretary Blinken and the US for their leadership and unwavering support,’ Kuleba tweeted.

Here are the opposite high Russia-Ukraine developments.

Russians withdraw from round Kharkiv, batter east

Russian troops have been withdrawing from round Ukraine’s second-largest metropolis after bombarding it for weeks, the Ukrainian navy mentioned Saturday, as Kyiv and Moscow’s forces engaged in a grinding battle for the nation’s jap industrial heartland.

Ukraine’s navy mentioned the Russian forces have been pulling again from the northeastern metropolis of Kharkiv and specializing in guarding provide routes, whereas launching mortar, artillery and airstrikes within the jap province of Donetsk with a view to “deplete Ukrainian forces and destroy fortifications.”

Ukrainian band Kalush Orchestra wins Eurovision amid struggle

Ukrainian band Kalush Orchestra gained the Eurovision Song Contest, a transparent present of in style help for the group’s war-ravaged nation that went past music.

The band and its tune “Stefania” beat 24 different performers early Sunday within the grand last of the competitors. The public vote from house, through textual content message or the Eurovision app, proved decisive, lifting them above British TikTok star Sam Ryder, who led after the nationwide juries in 40 international locations forged their votes.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy welcomed the victory, Ukraine’s third since its 2003 Eurovision debut. He mentioned “we will do our best” to host subsequent 12 months’s contest within the devastated port metropolis of Mariupol, which is nearly fully occupied by Russian forces.

More updates:

➡️ One individual was wounded when forces in Ukraine fired at a Russian village near the border, Vyacheslav Gladkov, the governor of the Belgorod area, mentioned in a submit on the Telegram messaging app early on Sunday.

➡️ The Group of Seven main economies warned Saturday that the struggle in Ukraine is stoking a worldwide meals and vitality disaster which threatens poor international locations, and pressing measures are wanted to unblock shops of grain that Russia is stopping from leaving Ukraine.

➡️ Senate Republican chief Mitch McConnell and a delegation of GOP senators met with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv throughout an unannounced go to Saturday, delivering the newest present of American solidarity with the nation at struggle with Russia.

➡️ Finland’s President Sauli Niinisto confirmed on Sunday that his nation would apply for membership of the NATO navy alliance, in a historic coverage shift prompted by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

(Compiled from Reuters and Associated Press stories)