• Ukraine Diary of a survivor of Azovstal: "There was no food or water, we drank from the toilets"

Ukraine

has lost communication with the defenders of the

Azovstal steelworks,

the last stronghold of the Ukrainian resistance in the port city of

Mariupol

in the

war in Ukraine

, due to increased Russian attacks, as

Russia

continues its slow offensive in

Donbas

.

For its part,

Russia

has announced as of this Thursday and for three days the opening of a humanitarian corridor in the

war in Ukraine

to evacuate civilians from the territory of the besieged

Azovstal

steel mill in

Mariupol .

reported the Defense Ministry.

According to the Russian

Interdepartmental Coordination Headquarters

, the corridors in the

war in Ukraine

will be opened on May 5, 6 and 7 for "humanitarian reasons".

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US intelligence instructed Ukraine on how to take down Russian generals

The United States provided intelligence that helped Ukrainian forces kill many of the Russian generals who died in the

Ukraine war , the

New York Times

has reported ,

citing top US officials.

Thus, Washington officials would have provided

Ukraine with details about expected Russian troop movements and the location and other details about

Russia

's mobile military headquarters

, and

Ukraine

would have combined that assistance with its own intelligence to carry out artillery and other attacks. who have killed Russian officers, according to the newspaper.

Ukraine claims to have killed around 12 Russian generals on the battlefield, according to the

New York Times.

While US officials have not specified how many generals would have died with their collaboration.

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Russia tests launch of nuclear-capable missiles

Russia

has said its forces have rehearsed a

simulated launch of

nuclear - capable missiles in the western enclave of

Kaliningrad

, amid its military campaign in

Ukraine

.

The announcement came on the 70th day of Russian military action, which has left thousands dead and more than 13 million displaced, in Europe's worst refugee crisis since

World War II

.

After sending troops to Ukraine in February, Russian President

Vladimir Putin

has made veiled threats suggesting his willingness to use his country's tactical nuclear weapons.

During military games in the Baltic Sea enclave between Poland and Lithuania on Wednesday,

Russia

tested simulated "electronic launches" of its nuclear-capable Iskander mobile ballistic missile system, the defense ministry said in a statement.

Russian forces practiced single and multiple attacks on targets that emulated missile launch systems, airstrips, protected infrastructure, military equipment and command posts of a simulated enemy, according to the statement.

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