Cyber attack on Lviv city council – as it happened

A sculpture of Ukrainian national hero and bard Taras Shevchenko near the ruins of the local Palace of Culture in Dergachi, Ukraine. Photograph: John Moore/Getty Images

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We’re going to wrap things up for the day.

You can read our full story about the leaders of Finland and Sweden confirming their intention to join Nato, signifying a historic Nordic policy shift triggered by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine here.

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Updated at 6.26am BST

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Summary

• Sweden has indicated that it will follow Finland in applying for Nato membership. The country’s ruling Social Democrats said on Sunday that they backed the country joining Nato, and prime minister Magdalena Andersson said she will go to parliament on Monday to seek broad support.

(Reuters) - NATO and the United States said on Sunday they were confident Turkey would not hold up membership of Finland and Sweden in the Western military alliance, as the two Nordic states took firm steps to join in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

— Phil Stewart (@phildstewart) May 15, 2022

• Ukrainian authorities have been claiming that Russian forces have been flagging in Ukraine for some time now. British intelligence today revealed that Russia may have lost as much as a third of the invasion force, as more than 400 Russian soldiers were estimated to have been killed or wounded last week trying to cross the Donets river. This comes amid reports that Russia is considering sending in 2,500 reservists to Ukraine.
• As Russian forces struggle in Ukraine, Ukrainian forces made inroads. The first Ukrainian battalion reached the Russian border in the Kharkhiv region today.
• Ukrainian authorities are conducting at least 10 active rape investigations involving Russian troops, and are calling for other victims to come forward.
• Kalush Orchestra, the band that won Eurovision last night for Ukraine, is auctioning off the statuette to raise funds fo the Ukrainian army and Ukraine.
• A cyberattack on the Lviv city council website resulted in stolen data that ended up published in Telegram channels linked to Russia. This happened the same weekend Italian police thwarted hacker attacks by pro-Russian groups on the Eurovision song contest.

Updated at 12.07am BST