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Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: May 23, 2024
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title. [Korrespondent] 21:52 Ukraine and Norway have finalized the text of the security agreement, Zelensky said following a conversation with Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stere. The head of state also held telephone conversations with the President of North Macedonia and the Prime Minister of Greece - they confirmed that their countries will be represented at the Peace Summit in Switzerland.  20:47 The number of victims of the Russian attack on Odessa on April 29 has increased to eight - a four-year-old child died in the hospital, said the mayor of the city Gennady Trukhanov. 19:21 The 110th separate mechanized brigade reported that it had shot down another Russian Su-25 attack aircraft. 19:09 Speaker of the Southern Defense Forces Dmitry Pletenchuk denied reports of the withdrawal of troops from Krynoki, Kherson region. According to him, as of today, the Ukrainian military “continues to carry out their assigned tasks in Krynki on the left bank of the Kherson region and is successful,” and the situation “remains under control.” 19:02 Zelensky said that he held a meeting of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief Headquarters and listened to Syrsky’s report. “The intention of the occupiers is clear: to pull our forces to the north in order to advance in the east. We know how to respond,” the president assured. In addition, the head of state heard intelligence reports: “In addition to the Russian Federation’s plans on the battlefield, intelligence officers received a lot of information about the strategy for disrupting the Peace Summit. This has become the main task of Russian diplomacy and foreign intelligence in the near future.” 18:58 The Netherlands and its allies, within the framework of the International Fund for Ukraine (IFU), will purchase military equipment for Ukraine worth 175 million euros for defense against attacks from the air and at sea, Defense Minister Kaisa Ollongren said. 18:55 Ukrainian power engineers have restored the power line of the Zaporozhye NPP PL-750kV Dneprovskaya, the Zaporozhye NPP with the unified energy system of Ukraine is again connecting two power lines, Energoatom reported. 18:52 On Friday, May 24, hourly power outage schedules will be in effect for industrial and household consumers throughout Ukraine from 00:00 to 24:00. The reason is rainy weather and dense clouds in most regions of Ukraine, which prevents solar power plants from operating at maximum capacity. 18:49 Ukraine returned home 13 children, the Presidential Office reported. Seven children and their families returned from the temporarily occupied territories, and six more were returned as part of the Bring Kids Back UA campaign. 18:46 Poland is strengthening security around the Rzeszow-Jasionka airport, which processes up to 90% of military aid to Ukraine, due to concerns about sabotage operations by the Russian Federation, Interior Minister Tomasz Siemoniak said. 18:43 The UNITED24 platform has collected $650 million in two years, Zelensky said. 18:40 The Russians fired at the village. Redkodub, Kupyansky district, Kharkov region, one person died. Another person was injured as a result of Russian strikes on the village of Prikolotnoye, Kupyansky district, the prosecutor’s office reported. 18:37 Russia continues to shell Kharkov almost every day. On the morning of May 23, the occupiers fired at least 15 missiles from the S-300 missile system at the city. According to the latest data, seven people were killed and 20 were injured. Read more in the material Kharkov is on fire . 18:33 In the village. In Ryasnoye, Zolochiv community, Kharkov region, an 11-year-old child was injured by an explosion of an enemy drone, said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA. 18:28 SBU Head Vasily Malyuk confirmed that Sea Baby drones are equipped with Grad systems, which makes it possible to effectively fire at the enemy from the sea: “This is a new milestone in the history of naval battles. For the first time, the SBU used a Sea Baby drone equipped with Grad multiple launch rocket systems, December 2023." The use of MLRS on drones significantly increases the list of potential targets at sea. In particular, the Russian positions on the Kinbur Spit were recently struck, Malyuk noted. The head of the SBU also said that Sea Baby is a multi-purpose platform that can also perform remote mining. Four Russian ships were hit in this way. 18:01 The United States on Friday, May 24, plans to announce a new package of military assistance for Ukraine worth $275 million, AP writes, citing two officials. The assistance package will include 155mm and 105mm artillery shells, as well as HIMARS systems. 17:49 Today, one of the two overhead lines feeding the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant was switched off. If the latter fails, another blackout will occur at the Zaporizhia NPP, Energoatom reported. 17:03 Russia is looking for fragments of Patriot missiles in the occupied territories and is preparing an IPSO for July, said GUR representative Andrei Yusov. In particular, according to him, the enemy will use the topic of the crash of the Il-76 plane near Belgorod: “Approximately in July, certain actions on the part of the so-called Investigative Committee of the aggressor state are planned, where evidence is falsified. Immediately after this incident, the Russians set the task for their units to look for debris, in particular of Patriot missiles in the temporarily occupied territories, in order to try to create some kind of evidence base. It’s still poorly formed, otherwise there would already be activity on their part.” 16:35 A GUR operation is underway in Tatarstan to destroy Russian military-industrial complex targets using drones, Ukrainian media report citing intelligence sources. In particular, attack drones have already reached Kazan and Nizhnekamsk, where a number of strategically important enterprises are located, the products of which are used in the military industry. According to local media reports, employees are being evacuated from Nizhnekamsk Thermal Power Plant, Nizhnekamskuglerod, Orgsintez, Taneco, Taif-NK, Nizhnekamskneftekhim and Nizhnekamskshina. Information about the results of the attack is being clarified. 16:28 Defense forces left Krynki in the Kherson region, captured a more fortified territory and moved to it, the military from Aidar reported. According to their data, today the Russians “have the greatest number of losses from cassettes.” 16:24 Russian public pages write that the Ukrainian Armed Forces yesterday launched a strike with five ATACMS missiles on Russian air defense positions in the area of the Mospino airfield in the Donetsk region. As a result of the strike, two S-300/400 air defense missile launchers were destroyed and another one was damaged. The 96L6E radar and the control center of the S-300/400 air defense system were also destroyed. 16:13 The number of those wounded as a result of an enemy attack on Dergachi, Kharkov region, has increased to 13, said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA. 15:30 After the first minor successes in the Kharkov region, the Russian army “was completely bogged down in street battles for Volchansk and suffered very high losses in the personnel of the assault units,” said Syrsky, who is now in parts of the Eastern Front. According to him, the enemy is currently transferring reserves from different directions, trying to support active assault operations, but to no avail. In the Liptsov area, the Russians also suffered significant losses and switched to active defense. In the Kupyansk direction there is a difficult situation in the Kislovka area, where the enemy is trying to break through the Ukrainian defenses and reach the Oskol River. Also, intense fighting continues in the Ivanovsky area and on the approaches to Chasov Yar. But the most intense and tough battles are taking place in the Pokrovsky and Kurakhovsky directions. The enemy is trying to break through the defenses on a narrow section of the front between the settlements of Staromikhailovka-Berdychi. 15:24 Putin signed a decree allowing the “nationalization” of American assets in the Russian Federation in the event that Russian assets are confiscated in the United States. The decree allows the use of American property in Russia “to compensate for damage from the seizure of Russian property in the United States.” 15:15 On the morning of May 23, in the village of Gluboky, Krasnodar Territory, drones attacked the territory of military unit 41003, reports the opposition Russian publication Astra. A fire broke out after the attack; no injuries were reported. Russian public pages also write that today drones attacked a facility in Nizhnekamsk (Tatarstan). 14:36 The Russian Army carried out two strikes with KABs on Kharkov and Dergachi, in Dergachi there is information about one wounded, said the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov. 14:34 The Russians attacked Malaya Tokmachka in the Zaporozhye region with artillery, one person was killed, said the head of the OBA, Ivan Fedorov. 14:23 As a result of today's massive missile attack on Kharkov and Lyubotin, according to preliminary data, seven people were killed and 23 were injured, the prosecutor's office reported. In the Osnovyansky district of Kharkov, rockets hit the territory of a printing house, and a large-scale fire started. Seven people were killed and 16 were injured. All victims are employees of the enterprise. Debris clearance continues. In the Kholodnogorsk district of Kharkov, transport infrastructure facilities were damaged. In Lyubotin, the central part of the city was under attack. Currently, seven people are known to be injured. The park, shops and transport infrastructure were damaged. According to preliminary data, in total, the Russian Federation attacked Kharkov and Lyubotin with approximately 15 S-300 and S-400 missiles. The strikes were carried out from the territory of the Belgorod region. The Vivat publishing house officially announced a strike on a printing house in Kharkov. As a result of the strike, the Factor Druk printing house, part of the Factor group of companies, was destroyed. The printing house printed books from almost all Ukrainian publishing houses and is one of the largest full-cycle printing complexes in Europe. 14:16 Ukraine is already expecting positive news this week about the return of children and other citizens deported by Russia, Ombudsman Dmitry Lubinets said: “As for mediators, Qatar is the most successful. I hope that this week we will hear new positive news about returning." At the same time, he added that “children and not only children” are expected to return to the territory of Ukraine. In turn, the Children's Ombudsman of the Russian Federation, Maria Lvova-Belova, stated that a group of six boys who were in Russia returned to Ukraine through the mediation of Qatar. In total, according to her data, since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, 70 children have returned to Ukraine. 13:50 The Russians attacked several railway facilities in Kharkov and the region. According to preliminary data, six railway workers were injured; trains continue to run as scheduled, Ukrzaliznytsia reported. Meanwhile, the head of the Kharkov OVA Oleg Sinegubov reported that the number of deaths as a result of the Russian massive missile attack on the Osnovyansky district of Kharkov had increased to seven. He also showed photos of the consequences: 13:18 In Kharkov, the number of wounded increased to 16, six people died, said the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov. According to preliminary information, the enemy launched attacks with S-300 missiles. 13:12 Governor of the Rostov region Vasily Golubev said that on the administrative border with the “DPR” and “LPR” a “special five-kilometer zone will be established to protect against the penetration of terrorists and their accomplices.” 12:43 Zelensky, commenting on another strike on Kharkov, reproached the West for not allowing strikes on the territory of the Russian Federation and not providing sufficient air defense: “Russian terrorists take advantage of the fact that Ukraine is still deprived of sufficient air defense protection and reliable capabilities destroy terrorist launchers exactly where they are located - near our borders. And this weakness is not our weakness, but the weakness of the world, which for the third year has not dared to treat terrorists exactly as they deserve." 12:37 In Kharkov, the number of deaths has increased to six, 11 people were injured, said the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov. 12:22 Britain has sent Ukraine an aid package worth £150 million (more than €217 million) to strengthen air and sea defence, Defense Minister Grant Shapps said. 12:10 According to preliminary data, as a result of the strike on Kharkov, four people were killed, the whereabouts of two more people are being established, said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA. In total, the Russian army carried out at least 15 strikes. The mayor of Kharkov, Igor Terekhov, clarified that the attacks included, among other things, the transport infrastructure and one of the divisions of the utility company that provides life support to the city. 11:58 The Chinese Foreign Ministry accused Great Britain of disrupting the Istanbul Agreements at the beginning of the war: “It is Great Britain, not China, that is adding fuel to the fire of the Ukrainian conflict - it was London that prevented Moscow and Kiev from reaching an agreement two years ago.” This is how Beijing called statements from London that China intends to supply weapons to Russia “irresponsible slander.” 11:34 There is already one dead and six injured in Kharkov, said the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov. The Russians hit a civilian enterprise that deals with printing, and a fire broke out in the paper workshop. Also, two people were injured as a result of enemy shelling in Lyubotin. 11:07 The Russians launched about ten strikes on Kharkov - according to preliminary data, five people and civilian infrastructure were injured, said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA. The Russian army also hit Zolochev, at least two people were injured. 10:26 In the Sumy region, Russian DRGs have become more active, said the speaker of the State Border Service Andrey Demchenko: “The activity of enemy sabotage and reconnaissance groups can be traced in the Sumy region. This is not recorded in the Chernihiv region, but the Sumy region is the direction where the enemy is constantly trying to carry out sabotage activities ". According to Demchenko, the Russians are not daily, but are actively crossing the border to study the Ukrainian defense and begin striking at it with heavy weapons. 10:19 New EU sanctions will ban the export to and through Belarus of technologies and goods that can be used for military purposes, as well as liquefied natural gas. The EU will also stop importing diamonds from Belarus, writes the Financial Times. If new sanctions are adopted, their main focus will be to limit the flow of sales of luxury cars to Belarus, which then go to Russia. 10:08 Senior German politicians have been urging the allies for several weeks to fulfill their obligations to transfer Patriot air and missile defense batteries to Ukraine. But the reaction of other countries was not justified, writes Politico. Germany is so far the only country that has taken concrete steps in this direction. 09:42 The US State Department, under the leadership of Blinken, is working on a proposal to weaken the ban on Ukraine striking targets on Russian territory with American weapons, The New York Times writes. According to the newspaper, there is active debate within the Biden administration to allow the Ukrainians to hit missile and artillery launchers located directly under the border with Russia. The proposal, which Blinken insisted on after his visit to Kyiv, is still in the formative stage, and it is unclear how many of his colleagues from Biden’s inner circle supported it, the publication notes. 09:24 In the Kherson region over the past 24 hours, two people were injured as a result of Russian shelling, said the head of the OBA, Alexander Prokudin. Five private houses, a cell tower, and an industrial enterprise were damaged. 09:07 In the Donetsk region over the past 24 hours, one person was killed as a result of Russian shelling - in Toretsk, said the head of the OBA Vadim Filashkin. Four more people in the region were injured during the day. 08:55 As a result of yesterday’s KAB strikes in the Shevchenkovsky and Kholodnogorsky districts of Kharkov, 12 people were injured, said the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov. Three apartment buildings, two cafes, a car wash, a gas station, a service station, a store, two trams, as well as a business premises that was not in use were damaged. In Chuguev, the first and second floors of a kindergarten burned as a result of shelling. Three apartment buildings, a kindergarten building, shop premises, an office building, and a pharmacy were damaged. Eight people were injured. 08:26 The Russian Ministry of Defense stated that air defense systems allegedly destroyed three Vilkha MLRS missiles, 32 Vampire missiles and three drones over the Belgorod region overnight. 07:49 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of May 23:
05:58 Partisans from the Atesh movement said that they destroyed the external telecommunications cabinet of a communication tower in the village. Stanichki near Smolensk, as a result of which the communication systems of the Russian air defense system of the 49th anti-aircraft missile brigade of the Russian Armed Forces, which were located on this tower, ceased to function. This will significantly weaken the Russian air defense system in the region, the partisans note. 04:37 DeepState analysts report that the enemy has advanced near Chasov Yar, in Kleshcheevka and Krasnohorivka, Donetsk region. 01:33 The United States does not encourage Ukraine to use Western weapons to attack Russian territory, but Kiev has the right to make its own decisions on how to wage war, Blinken said: “When it comes to authorizing and approving attacks outside of Ukraine, we did not do that, But Ukraine will have to make its own decisions, and I want to make sure that it gets the equipment it needs to effectively defend itself." Posted by: badanov 2024-05-24 |
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