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   <p>“This part of the Mariupol humanitarian operation has been completed,” she said.







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   <p>Ms. Vereshchuk didn’t specify whether any civilian men remained at the plant. Fifty civilians, including children, were evacuated from the plant on Friday, Ukrainian and Russian officials said.</p> <p>The <a href="https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/russia-ukraine-latest-news-2022-05-07?mod=article_inline" target="_blank" class="icon none" rel="noopener">latest Russian strikes</a> aimed at disrupting the flow of Western weapons to Ukrainian forces occurred near the Bohodukhiv railway station near Kharkiv in northeast Ukraine, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. 










  Igor Konashenkov



   said.</p> <p>Russia’s military also struck an ammunition depot near Bakhmut in the Donetsk region, as well as three ammunition and fuel depots near Dachne in the Odessa region, he said.</p> <p>Ukraine’s Defense Ministry said Saturday that Russian forces were shelling settlements near Kharkiv, as <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/ukraine-russia-war-invasion-whats-happening-11646157211?mod=article_inline" target="_blank" class="icon none" rel="noopener">Moscow continued its offensive</a> aimed at taking full control of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions and forming a land corridor to Crimea. Ukraine didn’t comment on Russia’s claim of strikes targeting foreign-supplied weapons.</p> <p>Russia lost at least one of its most advanced tanks, the T-90M, in recent fighting, the U.K. Defense Ministry said Saturday.</p> <p>“The conflict in Ukraine is taking a heavy toll on some of Russia’s most capable units and most advanced capabilities,” the U.K government said. “It will take considerable time and expense for Russia to reconstitute its armed forces following this conflict.”







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   The Ukrainian Defense Ministry on Saturday released video footage of what it said were Bayraktar TB2 armed drones targeting a Russian ship in the Black Sea. The ship appeared to be hit, but it wasn’t clear whether it sank. Russia didn’t comment on the Ukrainian claim, but said it had downed two Bayraktar drones near Snake Island, without providing evidence.</p> <p>The footage came days after it said drones of the same type had <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/ukraine-says-it-sank-two-russian-boats-as-new-blasts-hit-russian-border-city-11651482072?mod=article_inline" target="_blank" class="icon none" rel="noopener">hit two Russian naval vessels</a> near Snake Island. Russian forces captured the island located 22 miles off the Ukrainian coast southwest of Odessa on Feb. 24, the first day of the war.</p> <p>Ukraine’s military said it carried out several airstrikes in recent days on the strategic island, destroying the air-defense system and other heavy weapons of the Russian military unit that occupies it. </p> <p>Amid the fighting, Russia was preparing for <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/what-is-victory-day-russia-putin-explained-11651869730?mod=Searchresults_pos2&page=1&mod=article_inline" target="_blank" class="icon none" rel="noopener">its coming Victory Day</a> celebration on Monday, which commemorates the defeat of the Nazis in World War II. Tanks, missile-launch systems and soldiers <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/russia-rehearses-annual-wwii-victory-parade-as-fighting-continues-in-ukraine-11651937007?mod=article_inline" target="_blank" class="icon none" rel="noopener">assembled in Moscow’s Red Square</a> Saturday for a dress rehearsal.</p> <p>Western officials and analysts expect Russian President 









  <a href="https://www.wsj.com/topics/person/vladimir-putin">Vladimir Putin</a>




   to use Monday’s event to address the war in Ukraine, possibly declaring victory or, in what some see as a more likely scenario, pledging to carry on the fight.</p> <p>Mr. Putin might use the occasion to declare a mass mobilization of the Russian army and its citizens, some Western and Ukrainian defense and intelligence officials have speculated. The Kremlin has brushed off such talk as unfounded rumors.</p> <p>The U.S. has provided critical military gear for Ukraine’s defense, and President Biden on Friday announced another round of security assistance to Ukraine that will include artillery munitions, radars and other equipment. </p> <p>An administration official said the equipment, valued at up to $150 million, will include artillery rounds, counterartillery radars, jamming equipment, field equipment and spare parts.</p> <p>Mr. Biden said that Ukraine funding authorized by Congress is nearly depleted and that he has asked Congress for an additional $33 billion to fund weapons and provide longer-term economic and humanitarian aid to Ukraine.







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