05:00 13 May

Zelensky expected today in Rome. He will see the Pope, Mattarella and Meloni

Rome is preparing to welcome, amid very strict security measures, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, visiting Italy for the first time since the beginning of the Russian invasion. The leader will see President Sergio Mattarella and Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. And he will go to Pope Francis, in the midst of that "mission of peace" initiated by the Vatican, whose contours are still reserved. Armored all routes with no fly zone and sharpshooters. The Holy See itself continues to speak of a "possible" encounter. Zelensky will conclude his day in Rome with a live TV interview on Bruno Vespa's Porta a Porta broadcast, then fly to Germany.

05:15 13 May

Bombings in the night, 3 dead In Mykolaiv

It was a night of bombing over parts of southern Ukraine: from Odessa, to Kharkiv and Mykolaiv. The head of the city of Mykolaiv, Oleksandr Senkevich, said he was aware of three casualties as a result of the Russian attack.


00:07 13 May

InsiderUA interview with Valerii Zaluzhnyi, commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian armed forces: "For us, victory is the liberation of all occupied territories."

InsiderUA interview with Valerii Zaluzhnyi, commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian armed forces: "For us, victory is the liberation of all occupied territories."
"Today the occupiers come here deliberately to kill Ukrainians. If we do not destroy the enemy now, we will be destroyed. We had the only option that could work. We had to inflict maximum casualties on the enemy in the shortest possible time, so that he would give up any further action on the larger territory of Ukraine. And it worked," Zaluzhnyi said during the interview. "We actively prepared ourselves. Entire brigades moved all over Ukraine. In the end we completely changed the configuration, including air defense systems," Zaluzhnyi continued. "We deliberately withdrew from some territories, in order to 'stretch' the enemy. And when the vehicles stopped (because there were no supplies), we burned them. Today's war is comparable to the First and Second World Wars (in terms of the length of the front lines and the amount of ammunition used). "For us, victory is the liberation of all occupied territories. And also powerful, modern and combat-ready Armed Forces, which will not allow the Russian Federation to repeat what is happening."