Zelenskiy visited the UK and met with Sunak. NABU exposed a corruption scheme in the Supreme Court. Athletistic highlights yesterday’s key events.
Macron promised Ukraine armored vehicles and tanks
France in the coming weeks will provide several battalions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with “dozens of armored vehicles and light tanks.” This was stated in the joint declaration of Ukraine and France, which on Monday, May 15, was published by the President’s office following the meeting of the leaders of the two countries.
France supported Ukraine’s move to NATO
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and French President Emmanuel Macron signed a joint declaration, becoming the 18th such document, on support for Ukraine, including its transition to NATO. As the Deputy Head of the Office, President Ihor Zhovkva, noted, earlier the very fact of concluding such a declaration in France was previously impossible.
Zelensky met with Sunak
Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited the UK, where he met with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. During the talks, it was about strengthening Ukraine’s defense and supporting the Ukrainian movement in NATO.
In Lugansk, one of the leaders of “LPR” was injured in an explosion
In the center of temporarily occupied Lugansk, the so-called “acting head of the LPR Interior Ministry” Igor Kornet was injured in an explosion. Cornet was injured in an explosion at a Luhansk barbershop. The pseudo-minister is in serious condition in the intensive care unit of the Luhansk Regional Clinical Hospital.
Arrivals were also recorded on the territory of the former aviation school. One of the barracks caught fire. In total, several explosions occurred in temporarily occupied Lugansk on May 15.
Hungary blocked the allocation of a tranche of aid to Ukraine
Hungary blocked the allocation of the eighth tranche of funds from the European Peace Fund for the purchase of weapons intended for Ukraine. The amount of the tranche is 500 million euros. He is due to be released next Monday, May 22. Budapest has requested “guarantees” that the European Peace Fund will retain its “global” horizon in the future and will not be used exclusively to arm Ukraine . The European Peace Fund reimburses member states for the money – usually 50%, but there is no fixed standard – that they give to Ukraine for military equipment.
The corruption scheme in the Supreme Court was exposed
SAPO and NABU exposed a widespread scheme of corruption in the Supreme Court of Ukraine. We are talking about the taking of illegal benefits by the leadership and judges of the Supreme Court. NABU detectives exposed the head of the Supreme Court of Ukraine Vsevolod Knyazev in a $2.7 million bribe. Supreme Court judges were searched.
Source: korrespondent
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