Russia says air defense system shot down British missile
Ukraine claims first victory in Bakhmut
Colonel General Oleksandr Syrskyi, Commander of the Ukrainian Army leading the Bakhmut operation, announced the first victory of Ukrainian forces in the frontline city of Donetsk.
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“Over the past few days, we have demonstrated our ability to move forward and crush the enemy in the most difficult conditions. We fought with resources inferior to the enemy,” Colonel General Syrskyi said in a message posted on the Telegram account of the Ukrainian Military Communications Center.
The commander added that this was only a partial victory, and the battle to defend Bakhmut continued.
Regarding the Bakhmut front, Mr. Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Wagner mercenary group fighting here, denied The Washington Post 's article that he offered to reveal to Kyiv the location of Russian troops in the city so that Ukrainian troops could withdraw from this place.
The Kremlin calls this fake news.
TASS quoted Denis Pushilin, the Russian-appointed leader of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, as saying that Ukraine has stepped up efforts along the front lines with Russia, but what is happening is not yet the spring counteroffensive that Kyiv and the West have mentioned.
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Russia shoots down British Storm Shadow missile for first time
The Russian Defense Ministry said on May 15 that it had shot down a British Storm Shadow long-range missile and 10 launches from the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) in the past 24 hours.
Storm Shadow is a modern air-to-surface cruise missile that is harder to track and shoot down than conventional cruise missiles. Britain announced last week that it would supply Ukraine with the missile, which was jointly developed by Britain and France.
The Russian military's announcement came as British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak hosted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at his country estate Chequers in northwest London on May 15.
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After the meeting, Mr Zelensky said he had discussed with Mr Sunak the possibility of the West supplying fighter jets to Kyiv and that Ukraine's allies wanted to build a so-called “fighter alliance” for Ukraine.
However, PA news agency quoted Prime Minister Sunak as saying that Britain was ready to support the training of Ukrainian pilots to fly Western fighter jets, but building this capacity was not simple.
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According to Reuters, a spokesman for the British Prime Minister's Office confirmed that Britain has no plans to send fighter jets to Ukraine, although the Kyiv government wants to receive F-16s.
Sputnik News quoted Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov as saying that Russia views the UK's move to provide additional military hardware to Ukraine as "extremely negative". However, Moscow does not believe that London's help will be able to change the direction of the conflict.
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Russia rejects French President's statement on relations with China
Also on May 15, the Kremlin said it disagreed with President Emmanuel Macron's conclusion that Russia had shifted to "a form of over-alignment with China" after being shunned by the West for launching a special military campaign in Ukraine.
Spokesman Peskov made it clear that Russia-China relations are strategic partnerships and have nothing to do with dependency.
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The Kremlin's statement came as Ukraine announced that former Chinese ambassador to Russia Li Hui would visit Kyiv on May 16-17 as Beijing's special envoy on the Ukraine issue.
During this trip to Europe, Mr. Ly will also visit Russia and several countries in the European Union (EU).
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