China News Agency, Beijing, May 8. Comprehensive news: On the 7th local time, the evacuation of civilians from the Azov Steel Plant in Mariupol, Ukraine ended, and women, children and the elderly were all evacuated.

In addition, after the United States provided Ukraine with a new round of military aid, the United Kingdom also said it would provide a further 1.3 billion pounds of aid to Ukraine, which is the highest proportion of funds spent by the United Kingdom in the conflict since the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.

　　Evacuation of civilians from Azov steel plant ends

　　The head of the Russian National Defense Command Center Mizhantsev said on the 7th that the evacuation of civilians from the Azov Steel Plant in the city of Mariupol, Ukraine has ended.

Since the 5th, Russia has evacuated 51 civilians, including 18 men, 22 women and 11 children, from the Azov steel plant with the participation of the United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross.

　　Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Veresuk said on the 7th that women, children and the elderly have all been evacuated from the Azov steel plant, and this part of the Mariupol humanitarian operation has been completed.

Yermak, director of the Ukrainian Presidential Office, said on the 6th that under the coordination of the United Nations, Ukraine has withdrawn about 500 people from the city of Mariupol and its adjacent areas, including the Azov Steel Plant.

　　In addition, Ukraine in a statement on the 7th urged Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) to deploy operations to assist soldiers defending Mariupol and the Azov steel plant to leave, and to provide medical care to the wounded, according to French TV 24. .

　　The soldiers were "under constant shelling and attack by the Russian army for 72 consecutive days", lacking medicine, water and food, and the wounded soldiers were dying from gangrene and sepsis, the statement said.

Russia and Ukraine both claim that the other side suffered heavy losses in the Battle of Snake Island

　　According to a report by the Russian "Izvestia" website on the 8th, the Russian Ministry of Defense said that a large-scale battle took place on the Snake Island in the Black Sea on the 7th.

Russian air defense forces shot down two Ukrainian army planes, three helicopters and two drones.

Experts believe that the Kyiv authorities tried unsuccessfully to capture Snake Island in order to present a significant victory to the public.

The Russian Defense Ministry also warned that Ukrainian troops were preparing for bloody provocations.

　　The report quoted military expert Dmitry Boltenkov as saying that Russian troops had said they would withdraw from Snake Island, so the Ukrainians believed that they could seize Snake Island now, but were hit when they tried to occupy the island. , suffered heavy losses.

Kyiv appears to have made the move for propaganda purposes, aimed at presenting the public with a notable victory.

However, this attempt appears to have failed.

　　According to a report on the Ukrainian News Agency website on the 8th, the Ukrainian and Russian troops had an air battle near Snake Island on the 7th, and the Russian army suffered significant losses.

　　The Southern Combat Command of the Ukrainian Armed Forces announced on social media Facebook that dozens of aircraft participated in the battle that day, and the Russian army Snake Island troops and naval ships suffered significant losses.

The Ukrainian army used the "Banner-TB2" drone to attack the Russian army, killing 46 Russian soldiers and destroying and injuring 4 Russian landing ships.

　Britain provides Ukraine with another 1.3 billion pounds to support the arrival of the German Bundestag speaker in Kyiv

　　After the United States provided Ukraine with a new round of military assistance, the United Kingdom also said it would provide further assistance to Ukraine.

　　According to a Reuters report on the 7th, the United Kingdom said it would provide Ukraine with a further 1.3 billion pounds (about 1.6 billion U.S. dollars) in military support and assistance.

　　The new pledge is nearly double Britain's previous spending pledge in Ukraine, which the government says is the largest proportion of Britain's funding for the conflict since the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, though authorities have given no indication. Calculation details.

　　Britain said additional spending on Ukraine would come from the government's reserves for emergencies.

　　According to UTA news on the 8th, the Speaker of the German Bundestag Bass has arrived in Kyiv.

　　Earlier, German media reported that, according to German regulations, the speaker of the Bundestag is the second national leader after Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier in etiquette.

Bass had been planning to visit Kyiv.

But she ultimately wants Prime Minister Scholz to go first.

However, Scholz is not considering visiting Ukraine for the time being.

　　Earlier, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier had planned to visit Kyiv, but was rejected by the Ukrainian side because Steinmeier was too "pro-Russian" during his tenure as foreign minister and was regarded by Ukraine as "persona non grata".

Ukraine imposes export restrictions on some products

　　Ukraine will impose export restrictions on buckwheat, rice and oats during the ongoing wartime state to avoid domestic shortages of these products, Ukrainian Deputy Minister of Agricultural Policy and Food Vysotsky said in a live TV broadcast on the 7th local time.

Vysotsky also said that Ukraine may also continue to expand the range of products restricted for export if it believes that a certain product is in short supply.

　　On April 21, local time, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine passed a resolution to extend Ukraine’s wartime state for another 30 days from 5:30 on April 25.

　　Russian Satellite News Agency reported on the 7th that Russian State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin said that Russia will be open to foreign companies that want to return to Russia and prepare to do business in Russia in the future.

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