What happened on the day of May 12th. The main thing

Russia has conducted a successful test launch of a heavy intercontinental ballistic missile "Sarmat". Russian President Vladimir Putin received Tatiana Moskalkova, Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation, with a report. The Russian Armed Forces continued to conduct a special military operation after the end of the ceasefire. All the details and other news are in the Izvestia digest.

The Russian Armed Forces conducted a successful test launch of the Sarmat missile

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation showed a test of the Sarmat missile system. Commander of the Strategic Missile Forces (Strategic Missile Forces) Sergey Karakaev stressed that the test results confirmed the correctness of the design and technological solutions laid down, as well as the feasibility of the specified characteristics of the missile system.

Putin, in turn, called the Sarmat the most powerful missile system in the world. The Head of State also stressed that Sarmat's missiles can fly both ballistic and suborbital trajectories, with a range of more than 35,000 km. The Russian leader added that work to improve the country's deterrence forces has been ongoing since the 2000s.

Putin received Moskalkova with a report

At a meeting with Moskalkova, Vladimir Putin thanked her for her work as an ombudsman. The Russian leader added that the work that Moskalkova and her team have been doing for 10 years has been large-scale and diverse.

The Commissioner, in turn, spoke about the results of the work. Thus, the office of the Russian Ombudsman during its operation helped to determine the fate of more than 9 thousand military personnel, over 3.7 thousand Russian soldiers were returned from Ukrainian captivity. Moskalkova stressed that over the entire time of her work as the Ombudsman, 700 thousand appeals have been received by the office, and 2 million citizens have been assisted. In addition, about 20 children were transferred to Ukraine for family reunification through the Commissioner for Human Rights. Seven children were transferred to Russia.

The Russian Army continued to conduct its own

The Russian Armed Forces continued to conduct a special operation after the end of the ceasefire. In total, 30,383 cases of violation of the truce by the Ukrainian side were recorded in the CBO zone during the period of the ceasefire. Despite the declared lull, the Armed Forces formations used unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and fired artillery at Russian positions.

Russian air defense systems shot down 108 Ukrainian drones in one day. The Russian military also attacked Ukrainian military airfields, as well as ammunition and fuel depots. In addition, attacks were carried out on temporary locations of Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries in 56 districts.

The corruption scandal involving Ermak continues in Ukraine

In Ukraine, real estate in the city of Kozin near Kiev has been arrested, which appears in a money laundering case involving the former head of the office of Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky, Andrei Ermak. The head of the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO) said that the agency is requesting the arrest of Ermak in the case of money withdrawal. SAP also requests that Ermak be given bail in the amount of 180 million hryvnias (more than 300 million rubles).

The Supreme Anti-Corruption Court of Ukraine, in turn, postponed consideration of the issue of choosing a preventive measure for Ermak. The consideration of the preventive measure must be completed within 72 hours, that is, by Friday. It is also reported that part of the meeting will be held behind closed doors to avoid disclosure of the details of the criminal case.

Ruslan Andreev, political consultant and project manager at the Polylog Group, commenting on the case, noted that corruption schemes in Ukraine are systemic in nature, affect key areas of wartime and continue to exist at the expense of Western financial assistance. Andreyev also pointed out that the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and SAP, in his opinion, are directly linked to the United States and are relatively independent of Kiev's policies.

Kiev continued to strike at the regions of Russia

On Tuesday, May 12, the Ukrainian army continued to strike targets in Russia. The governor of the Orenburg Region, Evgeny Solntsev, said that an apartment building in Orenburg was damaged when repelling a drone attack. In the Luhansk People's Republic (LNR), a 13-year-old child was injured as a result of a mine explosion on the shore of the Seversky Donets. In the Penza region, schools, colleges and higher education institutions have temporarily switched to distance learning due to the increased threat of unmanned and missile threats.

In addition, Ukrainian drones targeted a group of employees of a municipal organization in Alyoshka, Kherson region, killing one person and injuring five. Maxim Pukhov, the head of Energodar, said that the Ukrainian Armed Forces had launched drone strikes at two gas stations at the exit from the city. As a result of the attack, the car caught fire and the fuel pump caught fire.