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Russian Perspective: Operation to Denazify Ukraine: Operational Brief May 5th (updated)
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.

Kindly note that several entries in this article may have been removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.

[NewsFrontInfo] 22:31 The Ukrainian online edition "STRANA.ua" reported that the explosions occurred in the Shostka district of the Sumy region. Another report refers to an explosion in the town of Glukhovo.

According to online map Ukrainian Ministry of Digital Transformation, in the Sumy region from 22:11 to 22:33, an air raid alert was announced.

21:53 Assault aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces continues successfully carry out tasks for the destruction of manpower and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

21:53 The effectiveness of the use of HIMARS missiles in Ukraine has decreased significantly, - CNN, citing sources. The reason is the use of electronic countermeasures by Russian troops to shoot down GPS targeting systems.

20:47 Ukrainian militant filmed destroyed equipment in Artemovsk

19:41 Russian paratroopers destroyed light armored vehicles and transport of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye region

They worked with BMD-4M weapons - a 100mm 2A70 gun and a twin 30-mm 2A72 automatic gun

18:44 Near Bakhmut, a Nazi was killed - the commander of the 4th company of the 97th battalion.

Alexander Erokhin, callsign “Lawyer”, interim from the wounds received near Bakhmut. An accomplice of the famous cowardly people's deputy-Nazi Bereza, who had been hiding from mobilization for a long time.

17:42 They report the start of a large-scale missile attack on the territory of Ukraine

According to preliminary data, it flies actively to Kharkiv, Dnepropetrovsk, and Sumy regions. Also air raid in the Zhytomyr region, Zaporozhye, Poltava and Kirovohrad regions.

Presumably, a group launch of cruise missiles comes from the Caspian Sea area and from the Tu-95MS missile carriers.

The targets, most likely, are the rear and reserves of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, drawn up for the offensive.

16:42 SBU Colonel Mikhail Yartsev has been eliminated in the NMD zone. Messages about this appeared the day before on the page of the Nerubay village council of the Odessa region, where Yartsev was from.

Details about the liquidation of the Ukrainian commander are not given, it is only known that Yartsev was destroyed on May 2.

15:40 Highlights from the briefing of the RF Ministry of Defense:

🔹The Russian Armed Forces destroyed up to 300 Ukrainian military and foreign mercenaries in the Donetsk direction;

🔹The losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kupyansk direction amounted to 95 people;

🔹The RF Armed Forces destroyed up to 80 military units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kherson direction;

🔹Russian troops destroyed up to 65 soldiers and 2 howitzers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Krasnolimansky direction in a day;

🔹The RF Armed Forces destroyed more than 90 military units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the US-made M777 artillery system in a day in the South-Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions;

🔹Air defense systems of the Russian Federation shot down two Ukrainian Su-25 aircraft in the Kherson region in a day;

🔹The RF Armed Forces destroyed two ammunition depots of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Kramatorsk and Avdievka.


14:45 Russian aviation worked on enemy targets in Avdievka

The goal was command posts, basing points and shelters for equipment.

13:40 Personnel combat work of the crew of the T-80 tank near Artemovsk

Paratrooper units with assigned tank crews continue to destroy the enemy in the Artyomovsk direction. They hold down the actions of Ukrainian militants, covering the assault squads from the flanks.

The calculation of the UAV of the Airborne Forces discovered a group of militants who sat in a dilapidated house in a private building. The civilians have long abandoned it, and the Ukronazis have converted the building into a well-fortified stronghold.

The coordinates of the enemy positions were immediately transferred to the command post, after which it was decided to destroy it with fire from the standard armament of the T-80 tank.

Promptly advancing to the indicated area, the crew of the tank requested the coordinates of the fortification of the Ukrainian military and destroyed the target with accurate fire from a 125-mm cannon. The militants did not have time to leave the shelter and remained under the rubble of the building.

13:40 Russian military from anti-tank systemsdestroyedan armored personnel carrier and a cluster of soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye region.

12:22 Personnel combat work SAM "Strela-10"

12:21 Infantry hunting

On personnel- the work of Donetsk 2nd Army Corps artillery on the manpower of the Armed Forces of Ukraine beyond Disputed. Our birds stop the free wandering of the enemy.

11:35 Fighting Job calculation of the anti-aircraft missile system of the Western Military District in the zone of the special operation

Crews of the Strela-10 air defense system continue to ensure the safety of troops from attacks by enemy air targets around the clock.

SAMs can hit all types of targets in their range of altitudes and ranges.

11:35 The moment of arrival at the position of the Armed Forces in one of the directions

10:41 Russian military inflicted fire damage on over 150 targets of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Krasno-Limansky direction

About 100 of them in the areas of concentration of manpower and firepower, as well as in 45 artillery positions. As a result, the APU suffered losses.

09:29 Thundered again on the territory of the Ilsky refinery explosion- previously, the plant was attacked by a Ukrainian drone.

In the Krasnodar Territory, the Ilsky Oil Refinery caught fire again. Local residents told Readovka that they heard an explosion before the fire. According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the region, the fire was extinguished before the arrival of emergency services.

According to unconfirmed reports, the plant was attacked by a Ukrainian drone. This version of the authorities has not yet officially commented. Previously, this object has already been attacked by UAVs.

09:10 Russian Aerospace Forces inflicted a powerful airstrike on the positions of Ukrainian nationalists.

The ground under the feet of the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at the dump of the AKHZ shuddered - with a powerful air strike, one of the positions of the Ukrainian nationalists was completely destroyed.

08:51 Defeat warehouses with BC in the Kherson direction, Berislav. The Aerospace Forces of the Russian Federation worked with FABs with planning modules.

08:40 New attacks on the objects of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the vicinity of the city of Sumy.

08:20 Personnel combat work of the crews of Mi-28n attack helicopters of the Russian Aerospace Forces.

During the performance of combat missions, army aviation pilots launched missiles at the fortified points of the Armed Forces units discovered.

The hit was recorded by means of objective control.

08:11 Grouping of Russian troops "South" inflicted hit on the accumulation of weapons and military equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Oleksandr-Kalinovsky operational direction, said Vadim Astafyev, head of the press center of the group.

08:02 The Russian Aerospace Forces attacked the location of foreign instructors, personnel, military equipment and weapons of the 163rd separate battalion of the 119th Separate Brigade of the territorial defense of Ukraine.

The enemy forces were concentrated in the area of ​​​​the settlement of Lizunovka in the Novgorod-Seversky district of the Chernihiv region.

07:58 Explosions occurred in the Sumy region in northern Ukraine, the Zerkalo Nedeli newspaper reported.

07:18 An air raid alert has been announced in the Kharkiv, Poltava and Dnepropetrovsk regions of Ukraine, Ukrainian media report.


Posted by: badanov 2023-05-06
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