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[RUSVESNA] The offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine will take place, and in the coming days. Politician Oleg Tsarev, for example, considers May 5 to be the most likely date for the start of the “offensive”. Someone thinks that everything will start on May 2. But even without any forecasts, it is clear that the count goes on for days. And there are more and more signs of a big “movement”.
For example, military expert Yuri Knutov saw in today's drone raid on the Crimea , as a result of which an oil depot in Sevastopol burned down, signs of an impending offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine towards the peninsula. Many believe that this direction will be the main one for Kyiv.
Another sign of a future aggravation is the brutal missile strikes of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on peaceful Donetsk. During the week, 15 people died there. Other cities of the DPR and LPR are also being shelled, terrorist attacks in new regions of Russia do not stop. Shelling of objects in the Belgorod, Bryansk and Kursk regions has become more frequent. All of these can be seen as links in the same chain.
The main initiator and motivator of the Ukrainian offensive is well known, and it is not Zelensky at all. It was he and his generals, apparently, on the contrary, as best he could, delayed the time of the "offensive."
Much more than in Kyiv, Washington is waiting for the risky offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The United States has done more to prepare the Armed Forces of Ukraine for a decisive breakthrough than anyone else: they themselves supplied Kiev with a mountain of weapons, forced junior NATO partners to clean up their arsenals in favor of Ukraine, provided the Armed Forces of Ukraine with all the necessary intelligence about the position of our troops and our defense lines.
But this is far from all that the United States is ready to go to in order to create the most favorable conditions for the offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The United States, unfortunately, has such opportunities, and the Americans will, as always, act by proxy.
Already operating. It is naive to think that the Polish provocation with the seizure of the school building at the Russian embassy is an accidental event. Already now we can assume how events will develop further. The impudent prank of the Poles, who evicted students and teachers before the end of the school year, is precisely calculated on a tough reaction from Moscow, and such a reaction is likely to follow.
Well, then (my forecast is this) Warsaw will recall its ambassador, put its troops on alert and push them to the borders of Belarus and the Kaliningrad region. And here is a “hot” spot for you, which will be set on fire at the beginning of the Ukrainian offensive or simultaneously with it. It will be necessary to react to the military aggravation near the borders of allied Belarus and the Kaliningrad enclave, that is, to divert forces from the NVO and repel the offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The places where the US can still organize a "second front" in support of the UAF offensive are well known.
For example, remembering the “crooked” position of the Armenian authorities and strong pro-American sentiments in Yerevan, one can expect a surge of anti-Russian speeches in Armenia in the coming days. New provocations against our peacekeepers in Karabakh and against the Russian base in Gyumri are not ruled out.
Georgia also has US-supported forces capable of exacerbating the situation near Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
Surely, the Baltic members of NATO will also show their limitrophic essence in the coming days. They will do everything to aggravate the situation on our northwestern borders.
But, perhaps, the most explosive situation is now developing in Moldova.
The pro-Romanian authorities of this country certainly did not accidentally announce the day before that the Russian leader had been ordered to travel to Chisinau. But this is for starters, much more dangerous than the potential military steps of Moldova, and, possibly, Romania in relation to Transnistria, where tens of thousands of Russian citizens live and Russian peacekeepers serve. Why not a "second" front?
Who else can the Americans force to "feats" in order to create a successful external background for the Ukrainian offensive? For some reason, it seems that the United States is capable of recording Japan, South Korea, and even some of the CSTO members as “allies” of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Let's remember how it flared up at the beginning of last year in Kazakhstan.
What can we say about such loyal US subordinates in NATO as Great Britain or Norway. You should always expect any meanness from them, like blowing up the Nord Stream gas pipelines.
In a word, it is naive to expect that the long-announced offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine will result only in the movement of tank columns and the assault on our defensive lines. No, the Washington writers of the "onslaught" will certainly try to create suitable "decorations" for it. When organizing the reflection of the offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, perhaps it is worth considering this.
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[VK] Colonel General Alexei Kuzmenkov has been appointed to the post of Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, responsible for the logistics of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.
◽Colonel-General A. Kuzmenkov graduated from the Volsk Higher Military School of Logistics in 1992 and until 2019 he served in various positions in the logistic support bodies of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.
◽From 2014 to 2018, he headed the Logistics Headquarters of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.
◽From 2018 to 2019, he was Deputy Commander of the Southern Military District for Logistics.
◽Since 2019, he has held the position of Deputy Director of the Federal Service of the National Guard Troops of the Russian Federation - Commander-in-Chief of the National Guard Troops of the Russian Federation.
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[LB] The armed forces are on the defensive in Bakhmut and Maryintsa - the hottest areas of the front.
by Iryna Gamalii
Today, the enemy launched 2 rocket attacks on the cities of Kramatorsk and Kostiantynivka. Also, during the day, he carried out 15 airstrikes and carried out about 30 attacks from rocket salvo systems on the positions of our troops and populated areas.
This was announced on Facebook by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the evening of the 431st day of the large-scale Russian invasion.
The probability of launching missile and air strikes on the entire territory of Ukraine remains high.
The enemy continues to focus its main efforts on conducting offensive actions in the Bakhmut, Avdiiv and Marin directions. During the day, units of the defense forces of Ukraine repelled more than 20 enemy attacks on the specified areas of the front. Bakhmut and Maryinka remain at the epicenter of hostilities, our defenders are firmly holding the defense.
No signs of the formation of offensive groups were found in the Volyn and Poliske directions . Certain units of the armed forces of the Russian Federation will continue to be located on the territory of the Republic of Belarus.
In the Siverskyi and Slobozhanskyi directions, the enemy continues to maintain a certain number of troops in the border areas of the Russian Federation with Ukraine. During the day, the enemy carried out airstrikes on the settlements of Krasny Khutir of Chernihiv Oblast and Seredyna-Buda of Sumy Oblast, private houses were damaged. He carried out mortar and artillery shelling of Mykolaivka, Galaganivka, Leonivka settlements of Chernihiv region; Seredyna-Buda, Druzhba, Bachivsk of the Sumy region, as well as Chervona Zorya, Veterinarne, Strelecha, Hlyboke, Krasne, Vovchansk, Loshakovo in the Kharkiv region.
The enemy did not carry out offensive actions in the Kupian direction . The settlements of Kamianka, Krasne Pershe, Dvorichna, Liman Pershey, Kislivka, Berestov in Kharkiv region and Novoselivske in Luhansk region were hit by enemy artillery and mortar attacks.
In the Limansk direction, the enemy's artillery bombarded settlements that are close to the battle line, namely: Nevske, Dibrova, Belogorivka of the Luhansk region, Kolodyazi, Verkhnokamianske, Cpirne and Rozdolivka of the Donetsk region.
In the Bakhmut direction, the enemy continues to conduct offensive actions. Fighting continues in the city of Bakhmut.
In addition, during the day, the enemy conducted unsuccessful offensive actions in the direction of the settlement of Ivanovske. Vasyukivka, Orikhovo-Vasylivka, Novomarkove, Hryhorivka, Bakhmut, Chasiv Yar, Ivanivske, Kostyantynivka, Bila Gora, Diliivka, Severnye, Zalizne, Pivdene and New York of the Donetsk region were affected by enemy shelling.
In the Avdiyiv direction, the enemy carried out offensive actions in the area of Avdiyivka and Pervomaiske settlements of the Donetsk region, without success. He shelled the settlements of Novokalynove, Avdiivka, Tonenke, Karlivka, Vodyane and Pervomaiske.
In the Mariinsky direction, the enemy continues to attack the positions of the defense forces. Battles continue for Maryinka. The settlements of Krasnohorivka, Maryinka, Pobieda and Novomykhailivka of the Donetsk region were subjected to enemy shelling.
During the day, the enemy did not conduct offensive operations in the Shakhtarsky direction . Shelled the settlements of Vugledar, Prechistivka, Novoukrainka, and Zolota Niva in the Donetsk region.
The enemy continues to conduct defensive operations in the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson directions . During the day, the enemy shelled populated areas. Among them are Vremivka, Burlatske, Novosilka, Novopil of the Donetsk region; Olhivske, Gulyaipole, Biloghirya, Mala Tokmachka, Novodanilivka and Kamianske of the Zaporizhzhia region, as well as the city of Kherson. He carried out an airstrike on the village of Kizomys, Kherson region.
The local hospitals of the temporarily occupied Luhansk are finding it increasingly difficult to cope with the growing number of wounded. A group of medical workers, in particular, surgeons, recently arrived in the city from the Moscow region to treat and rehabilitate Russian soldiers. The official purpose of the visit is to exchange experience and help Luhansk medical institutions.
Recently, the irreversible losses of residents of Luhansk and its surroundings who were forcibly mobilized to the Russian army amount to about 70 people per day. In order to prevent possible manifestations of dissatisfaction among the population, ritual services are recommended to adjust the number of people present at funeral processions to 6 people. In addition, in this context, the so-called "MDB" insists precisely on cremation of the dead as opposed to burial.
During the day, the aviation of the Defense Forces made three strikes on areas where enemy personnel were concentrated. During the day, units of missile troops and artillery hit four areas of concentration of weapons and military equipment, as well as manpower, an ammunition depot, two areas of concentration of enemy artillery and the logistics center of the occupiers.
We will remind you that last day, April 29, the Russians struck Bakhmut with 525 blows from various types of weapons.
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Drone munitions discussion of suitable ordnance for the MAVIC 3 that is custom made by Ukrainian technicians.
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1) Grenade throwing battle between Wagner and Ukraine storm troops. 2) Armed drone swarming of Wagner troops during the above battle. 3) Effective drone/ground force communication with individual Ukrainian storm troops advancing during a fire fight via battle field helmet headsets from drone operators and command. 4) RESULT: Wagner Casualties: Several. Ukrainian Storm Trooper Casualties: 0.
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Video released 1 day ago. Amount collected by the video per the above excited comment by the Ukrainian forces as of this moment: !!!Fundraising: 37 500 USD!!! (I assume that means $37,500.00 private donations the first day of the video for the storm troopers of the Terra Unit.
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Setting up a new drone in the field to locate and destroy an enemy D-30 Howitzer 122mm by Ukrainian troops:
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[Korrespondent] 22:37 Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights Dmitry Lubinets advised Ukrainians in the occupied territories not to give up their Russian passports in order to "survive." He assured that the Ukrainian authorities would perceive this as a forced step, and a bill is already being developed that will later allow renouncing Russian citizenship.
"I would advise you to take a Russian passport, still make the decision to survive for yourself. This is the most important thing. We understand that this happens under pressure, physical pressure. Therefore, take a passport, survive, wait until we liberate this territory, or leave from there" - said the Ombudsman.
22:26 Sooner or later, Ukraine will receive modern combat aircraft from Western partners, Reznikov is convinced. At the same time, he added that "this is a very expensive story, it is the most expensive story." The minister explained that it is not only about the decision to hand over the planes - it also takes time to prepare them, check the technical condition and train Ukrainian pilots. In addition, in the future, the partners will have to maintain the aircraft in proper condition, as well as supply them with weapons - bombs and missiles. "They consciously and responsibly want to reach the finish line of this marathon, namely the victory of Ukraine," the head of the Defense Ministry added.
21:41 Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said that the Hungarians have already paid too high a price for the war in Ukraine: "The Hungarian people have already paid an extremely high price for this war. Many Hungarians - members of the Hungarian community of Transcarpathia - have already died in this war."
In this way, Szijjarto reacted to criticism from Zelensky, who said that Hungary's behavior and its ties with Russia contradict the status of a NATO member. Szijjarto stressed that Zelensky has no right to assess whether Budapest's behavior as a NATO member is appropriate. He also recalled that Hungary accepts refugees from Ukraine and provides other assistance.
21:33 From the city of Kizomys, Kherson region, which is constantly being fired upon by the Russian army, all children were evacuated, said the head of the OVA Alexander Prokudin. According to him, the last two families with children were taken to a safe place, who had to be persuaded not to endanger their children and not to stay in the line of fire. They were provided with free temporary accommodation and food.
20:02 The Russians fired heavy artillery at Nikopol in the Dnepropetrovsk region twice today: one person was killed, two were injured, the OVA reported. Six high-rise buildings and six private houses, two gas pipelines, and a power line were damaged in the city.
18:59 Irretrievable losses among the residents of Lugansk and its environs forcibly mobilized into the Russian army are about 70 people a day, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said. To prevent possible manifestations of discontent among the population, ritual services are recommended to allow no more than six people to the funeral processions. In addition, the so-called "MGB" insists on the cremation of the dead instead of burial.
18:13 Zaluzhny said that he had an extended meeting with the Supreme Commander of the NATO Allied Forces in Europe - Commander of the US Armed Forces in Europe Christopher Cavoli: "He spoke in detail about the operational situation along the entire front line. He described possible scenarios, threats and prerequisites for our future actions.
Separately, the parties focused on the importance of timely deliveries in sufficient quantities of ammunition and equipment. Zaluzhny emphasized the need to provide Ukraine with a wide range of weapons and air defense systems. They also discussed issues of training the Ukrainian military.
18:05 The Armed Forces of Ukraine are critically short of ammunition to launch a counteroffensive, Czech President Petr Pavel said after a visit to Ukraine. According to him, the Russians have an advantage in artillery and rocket launchers, but above all in the amount of ammunition - they fire 4-5 times more daily than the Ukrainians. Pavel promised that the EU would look for ways to deliver everything necessary to Ukraine as quickly as possible.
17:54 The Russians fired artillery at residential buildings in Belozerka, Kherson region, one person was injured. The enemy also hit Odradokamenka of the Tyagin community - as a result of a direct hit on a residential building, one person died, the OVA reported.
15:59 Zelensky said that he had a conversation with Macron: "I informed in detail about the situation at the front and the prospects for its development in May-June. Separately, he focused on the priority needs of the Ukrainian defense forces. The speed and specificity of the response is very important, this is what which greatly enhances our capabilities. We appreciate France's confirmation of providing our Armed Forces with a powerful armored package."
15:42 Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel called for an open debate on the situation in Ukraine. When someone like the former head of the Munich Security Conference, Wolfgang Ischinger, talks about negotiations, she said, "we shouldn't immediately hiss at him." She added that "these are not always people who agree with Putin."
Does anyone care what she thinks anymore?
Merkel also tried to justify herself for making Germany dependent on Russian gas, explaining that Russian gas was much cheaper. The former chancellor believes that she did enough to prevent this war from happening, and "the fact that it failed is not proof that it was wrong."
Actually, my dear former head of state, it does mean exactly that.
Mikhail Podolyak, adviser to the head of the Presidential Office, answered this: “One question: negotiations about what? Again about cheap gas from the Russian Federation? But does it have to be ... the price of the destroyed territories of Ukraine and hundreds of thousands of innocent Ukrainian lives? And most importantly, with whom? With officially recognized international war criminals? Is it really possible, after 430 days of brutal war, to despise freedom so deeply, so openly ignore Russian massacres, and so openly hate Ukraine's right to self-defense? If you cannot correct the mistakes of the past, just stop making excuses and encouraging the aggressor."
14:28 Ukraine has signed three new agreements with the Turkish company Baykar, Minister of Strategic Industry Oleksandr Kamyshin said: "I won't tell you the details, of course, but I assure you that these contracts give our country export earnings and a new generation of weapons."
13:39 Germany confirmed the transfer of the second IRIS-T air defense system to Ukraine, follows from the updated list of military assistance on the website of the Bundestag. In total, Berlin promised to transfer four such systems. In addition to the air defense installation, Germany handed over eight more Zetros trucks and two 8x6 trucks with eight distribution containers to Ukraine.
13:30 Russia is now seeking to take control of numerous paramilitary groups and for this it plans to create a new structure that should put PMCs under the control of the General Staff of the Russian Federation, Kirill Budanov, head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the MOU, said in an interview with the American PBS television channel: "The Russians are striving to create a certain main organization that will lead and command all these paramilitary formations, because, obviously, there is no unity among them now." He also confirmed that the Russian Federation today is able to mobilize from 20 to 22 thousand soldiers every month.
In addition, Budanov assured that anyone who committed war crimes or crimes against humanity in Ukraine, including, for example, gang rape or murder of civilians and children, "will be found and destroyed in any part of the world." According to the head of military intelligence, Ukraine has enough of its own forces and means for this.
12:57 Journalist Dmitry Komarov presented his special project called The Year. Behind the scenes . In the first issue, he shows how a typical day of President Zelensky goes, and also interviews him.
12:01 Explosions and a fire at an oil depot in Sevastopol are part of the preparation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine for a counteroffensive, said Natalya Gumenyuk, speaker of OK Pivden. According to her, the destruction of a large oil depot will force the invaders to reorient and disperse. Also, the explosions in Crimea caused panic both among the civilian population of the occupied peninsula and among the Russian military.
“Now there is a very high degree of anxiety and very large flows moving along all routes where you can go. Even among the military, based in permanent points, families are evacuated,” said Gumenyuk.
09:39 In the Kherson region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, one person was killed, one was wounded, the OVA reported.
09:13 In the morning, the Russians fired at the center of Kupyansk in the Kharkiv region from the MLRS - a private house, garages were damaged, fires broke out, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said. Also at night, the enemy fired artillery at Nikopol in the Dnepropetrovsk region - seven private houses and a power line were damaged, the head of the OVA, Serhiy Lysak, said. In both cases, people were not injured.
08:46 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of April 30.
personnel - about 190,510 (+470) people liquidated,
tanks - 3699 (+2),
armored combat vehicles - 7189 (+5),
artillery systems - 2914 (+6),
MLRS - 544 (+1),
air defense systems - 295 (+1),
aircraft - 308 (+0),
helicopters - 294 (+0),
UAV operational-tactical level - 2475 (+4),
cruise missiles - 932 (+0),
ships/boats - 18 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 5842 (+6),
special equipment - 357 (+2).
08:29 Russia continues to focus its main efforts on conducting offensive operations in the Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky and Maryinsky directions - 58 enemy attacks were repelled over the past day. Bakhmut and Marinka are at the epicenter of hostilities, the General Staff said in a morning report .
According to the General Staff, in Sevastopol, after yesterday's fire at an oil depot, there are panicky rumors about the inability of the Russian air defense to ensure the safety of its own strategic facilities. Russian servicemen even began to write vacation reports, indicating the places of its implementation on the territory of continental Russia. The General Staff emphasized that this oil depot provided fuel for the ships of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation, which launch missile attacks on peaceful cities of Ukraine. There were no casualties as a result of the fire at the oil depot.
01:18 Governor of the Bryansk region Alexander Bogomaz announced the alleged Ukrainian shelling of the village of Suzemka, two people were killed, two were injured, a residential building was destroyed.
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[RIA] At a meeting with his colleague, Indian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh in New Delhi, Sergei Shoigu said that all Russian-Indian projects in the field of military-technical cooperation (MTC) are being successfully implemented, none of them has been curtailed. Rajnath Singh himself wrote on his social networks that the negotiations with Shoigu "were excellent." Against the backdrop of the rapidly developing political and economic cooperation between Russia and China, which is in the center of the painfully hysterical attention of the West, the Russia-India axis in the global media space is not so noticeable, although in fact Russia is systematically and actively moving both east and south, expanding its own room for maneuver and strategic expansion.
After the start of the NWO, many Western analysts tried to put on a good face on a bad game, commenting on the multiple growth in trade between Russia and China. For example, Iikka Korhonen, head of the Institute for Countries in Transition at the Bank of Finland, noted with satisfaction that "Russia is now, if not the most dependent country on China, then the second after North Korea."
However, blinded by the desire to wishful thinking, Western "specialists" frankly missed the real state of affairs, where Russia stands firmly on not one, but at least two legs, making leaps and bounds.
Russia's interest in developing relations with Beijing is obvious: China has the most developed economy in the world, its population is almost one and a half billion people, and our strategic vision of a new world without hegemons is practically the same. Not surprisingly, in the first three months of 2023, trade between China and Russia reached $53.84 billion, up 38.7 percent from the same period in 2022.
At the same time, Russia, successfully laying its eggs in different baskets, has comparable success in relations with India, which has already overtaken China in terms of population and is in fifth place in the world in terms of GDP: on behalf of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi it was planned to increase the trade turnover to $30 billion a year, and in fact, following the results of ten months of the financial year, which began in April 2022 and ended in March 2023, the trade turnover reached a record $39.8 billion, and for the first time in history Russia entered the top 5 largest trading partners of India.
One of the main vectors in the Indian direction is military-technical cooperation, the extremely favorable state of which was reported by the defense ministers of the two countries.
This auspiciousness, in addition to smiles, handshakes, tropical fruits and exclamations of "Hindi rusi bhai bhai" is reflected in specific numbers. In particular, as of 2022, India has become the main buyer of Russian weapons with more than $14 billion in orders. Over the past three decades, India has acquired about $70 billion worth of arsenals from Russia. At the moment, a major contract is being implemented for the supply of Russian S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems to New Delhi.
Under the terms of the agreement, India will receive five regimental air defense systems worth more than $5 billion. India steadily acquires from Russia a wide range of military equipment and weapons, as well as spare parts of equipment and components for the licensed production of military equipment and weapons. By some estimates, Russia provides about 50 percent of the military products required by India.
At the beginning of this year, a joint venture in India began producing AK-203 Kalashnikov assault rifles, with which the Indians plan to re-equip their entire multimillion-strong army. The project for the joint production of BrahMos cruise missiles is actively developingdesigned to destroy surface or ground targets. In addition, Russia supplies India with tanks, combat aircraft and ships, in particular, it is building project 11356 multi-purpose frigates for the Indian Navy. In the fall of 2021, the Yantar Baltic Shipyard launched the first such ship called Tushil.
In 2023, the second frigate of this project, Tamala, is expected to be launched. Licensed production of Russian Igla-S man-portable anti-aircraft missile systems has been launched in India, and a number of contracts for the supply of large batches of missiles and ammunition for military air and ground forces equipment are also underway. Negotiations are underway to produce drones and supersonic fighters in India.
By and large, the heads of the defense departments of Russia and India characterize their relationship with an "unprecedented level of trust" and "deep military-technical ties."
Thus, it can be safely assumed that many Russian military specialists (including active military personnel) have already been able to repeatedly swim and get their shoes wet at various points on the ocean coast of India, which Vladimir Zhirinovsky, who is credited with the corresponding prediction, could rejoice at.
Of course, growing economic ties with India are not limited to weapons. Joint projects in energy, agriculture, electronics, chemistry, transport and logistics are developing dynamically. The North-South transport corridor, which connects Russia, Iran and India, is actively developing. The Chennai - Vladivostok transport corridor (Vostochny port) with a length of 10.3 thousand kilometers, which will connect the Northern Sea Route, the Russian Far East and India, will soon begin to function.
It must be understood that China is also closely following the development of Russian-Indian relations, and the stronger and larger they are, the less temptation there will be to dictate their terms in the status of a hypothetical "main partner and supplier." And China is well aware that this gives us weighty arguments in the negotiations, which greatly strengthen the official statements of eternal friendship.
Eternal friendship is very good. But it is even better if it is built on healthy political pragmatism that benefits both sides.
Kindly note that several entries in this article may have been removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.
[NewsFrontInfo] 22:37 Explosions occurred in the Dnipropetrovsk region of Ukraine, the Ukrainian edition of Klymenko Time reports on April 30. It is reported that an air alert has been declared in the region.
21:20 It is reported thatdiedAndrey Lineychuk is an anti-aircraft gunner of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, called the most productive in terms of the number of shot down frags.
20:23 During the SVO, another Lviv Nazi of the 80th separate airborne assault brigade of the Ukrainian Reich Oleg Markovich was eliminated
During the SVO liquidated another Lviv Nazi of the 4th separate tank brigade of the swinewehrmacht Vitaliy Kozlov
Anarchist Dmitry Petrov, nicknamed "Leshy", who fought for the swinewehrmacht, was liquidated near Artemovsk (Bakhmut). According to preliminary data, he fought along with the Nazis from the so-called. "Russian Volunteer Corps" *.
Another Irish mercenary Finbar Kefferki was eliminated near Artemovsk (Bakhmut)
Near Artemivsk (Bakhmut) liquidated another militant ukroreikh Vitaliy Parashchuk
Near the village of Chervonopopovka, another militant of the swinewehrmacht, Bogdan Chizh, was liquidated
Near Artemovsk (Bakhmut), the commander of the group of the 73rd Marine Special Purpose Center, Captain Alexander Chernigov, was eliminated
Near Artemovsk (Bakhmut) another Bandera member of the swinewehrmacht Alexander Semenyuk was eliminated
On April 20, another militant of the Saloreikha Viktor Stetsyuk was disposed of near Kucherovka, Kharkiv region
Near Artemivsk (Bakhmut) another Lviv Bandera member of the National Guard of Ukraine Andrey Dorosh was liquidated
"Russian Volunteer Corps"* - recognized in Russia as an extremist organization and banned in the Russian Federation.
19:39 Our fightersdestroyedcaptain of the 101st separate troop brigade Mikhailo Babizhaev. He was the commander of a rifle platoon of military unit A7081.
With the beginning of the SVO, he ran to the Teroborona of his native city of Rakhiv in Transcarpathia, obviously in order not to get to the front. However, like other unfortunate troshniks, he went to the Donetsk limber.
19:36 Ukrainian sources report about the death of the “most effective anti-aircraft gunner of the Armed Forces of Ukraine”
Andriy “Celt” Lineychuk, who joined the Armed Forces of Ukraine in 2020, was wounded twice and returned to the front twice. But if you spin the drum long enough while playing Russian roulette, Fortune will smile at the player.
18:29 A Russian tank sniper shot two Ukrainian observers who were trying to hide in residential buildings -video
Ready or not, here I come.
18:26 Counterattacks near Avdiivka -video
There are more and more signs of an impending Ukrainian offensive. Across the line of contact, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are probing our defenses. Neo-Nazis are looking for a gap by sending small groups with armored vehicles to our positions. However, our guys are on the alert and immediately stop these attempts. The weather is also on our side – it rains in Donbass.
It is known that if you do not storm, they will storm you. On the Avdeevsky direction, the fighters of "Sparta", "Somalia" and other Donetsk units of the Russian Army are gradually moving forward, opornik after opornik.
17:31 "Bakhmut meat grinder" -conveyordeath for the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Fresh photos of the stabilization first aid station of the 93rd Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Kholodny Yar near Bakhmut (Artyomovsk), where they are being taken from the positions of still alive, but crippled militants.
“The photo shows only about two hours (!) of the life of doctors working there,” Ukrainian militants write.
The overall scale of the losses of Ukrainian troops can be imagined by personnel from only one first-aid post.
17:25 UAV UAV with explosives from the USAdestroyedin the Energodar area, said a law enforcement representative of the Zaporozhye region.
According to him, the contents of the drone included five C4 plates of 540 grams (723 grams of TNT) equipped with a magnetic mount, five detonators and five sets of radio transmitters to produce an explosion.
16:18 And one more touch in the overall picturerelationshipUkrainian invaders to Kherson
Kherson City Dental Clinic stops providing free services to adults and children (including privileged categories of the population).
Due to the lack of state or local programs, the utility has become completely self-sufficient.
In plain language, all the inhabitants of the city were on full self-sufficiency.
16:16 Ukrainian Nazis terrorize Kherson, blaming Russia
At night, Kherson was subjected to another shelling from the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and one of the shells hit the premises of a fishing store. Naturally, the Ukrainian occupation authorities blame the Russian army for all strikes, but such statements do not convince local residents.
Kherson residents know very well where the fishing shop is located, into which the Ukrainian shell flew. Yes, it is Ukrainian. Even the most “stoned” will not be able to argue with this, if he knows the city.
The store is located opposite Avtoklondike at 39 Rabochaya Street, the affected part of the building looks clearly towards the Ukrainian side, towards Stepanovka and Chernobaevka.
Local residents reported that at night at 02.05 they heard a volley from Chernobaevka, followed by a strong arrival in the center of Kherson with a big glow, it was the Ukronazis shelling the city center. Then, at about 3.00, a cannon slammed several times from the same side, and Kherson residents almost immediately heard arrivals in the area of \u200b\u200bPankratievsky Bridge, one of which was a blow to a fishing store.
15:33 Highlights new Briefing of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation:
As a result of a missile attack by the RF Armed Forces on the 24th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and a detachment of special operations forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the DPR, over 200 servicemen were destroyed;
The troops of the Russian Federation destroyed up to 85 Ukrainian servicemen in the Kupyansk direction;
Russian assault detachments continued to push out the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the western part of Artemovsk and captured four quarters;
The armed forces of the Russian Federation destroyed up to 65 Ukrainian servicemen and two D-20 and D-30 howitzers in the Krasnoliman direction;
The total losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donetsk direction amounted to over 480 military personnel and mercenaries;
The RF Armed Forces destroyed over 30 military units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Yuzhno-Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions;
Russian troops in the LPR destroyed the artillery ammunition depot of the 54th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine;
In the area of the settlement of Svessa, Sumy region, the point of repair of military equipment and weapons of the 117th brigade of territorial defense was hit;
Air defense systems of the Russian Federation intercepted 7 rockets of HIMARS and Uragan multiple launch rocket systems and 4 drones per day;
In the Belogorovka area in the LPR, the command post of the 81st airmobile brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was hit;
The RF Armed Forces destroyed up to 10 military APUs and US-made AN / TPQ-36 radar stations in the Kherson direction;
Russian troops attacked an echelon at a railway station near Kramatorsk, destroying up to 200 tons of ammunition of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
15:32 Chairman of the IVA of Ivano-Frankivskcriticizedfor counterattack fakes
The head of the Ivano-Frankivsk OVA, Svetlana Onishchuk, published a message about the start of the counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, citing the General Staff.
The subscribers, as expected, did not believe the official, suggesting that even the General Staff itself was not aware of the “beginning of the counteroffensive”.
14:27 There are still sane people in Ukraine. The non-zombified residents of Nezalezhnaya understand that the planned counter-offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine will not end well for them. There will be a lot of dead, wounded, crippled, etc., but Zelensky doesn’t give a damn about this -video
This woman is even more perplexed why so many of her compatriots are happy about this.
“How many men will be put in this counter-offensive, how many children will become orphans, how many guys will become disabled…”
14:23 "Did you fight? And what? Get the hell out of here”: the Nazis beat the blogger for the color of his skin and the conflict with the redneck VSUshnik in Kyivvideo
The blogger was beaten by 8 fascists after a prank.
Surik Cherkezov in the center of Kiev, together with a girl, approached a man in a paramilitary uniform and tried to play him, but he answered with insults, at the end of the skirmish, the veteran of the Battle of Kulikovo was “sent”.
Then the neo-Nazis caught Cherkezov, beaten and insulted him because of his skin color and nationality:
“When they beat me in a crowd, in turn, they shouted “khachina”, “Arab” to me, he said.
The blogger also said he was "put on the counter" to raise money for a pickup truck for the military.
14:21 This wonderful girl Masha was born during the war andperishedduring the war
Two days ago, as a result of shelling by Ukrainian terrorists, a first-grader from the 57th school in Donetsk was burned alive in a bus along with her grandmother, who worked as a cleaner at the same school.
13:30 Russian troops in Kherson directiondestroyAPU equipment along the entire coastline
According to a Readovka source from the front, in the last week in the Kherson direction, our troops have been active in eliminating enemy equipment on the opposite bank.
A successful defeat, including cannon and rocket artillery, is observed along the coastline of the Dnieper in the area from Stanislav (a coastal village west of Kherson) to Berislav (a district center east of Kherson).
The source clarifies that these successes are not at the expense of aviation, as one might assume, based on the trend of recent weeks with the use of FABs - aviation has not yet operated in this area. All results have been achieved by methods of counter-battery combat, which has become tougher in the last few days.
13:27 Sphereentertainmentin Ukraine without changes
In Zaporozhye, you can order a Nazi animator.
In Kyiv, a fascist mask "for parties."
What contests can a Nazi animator run? It is hard to imagine
12:32 Police discovered regular caches with ammunition in the Kherson region
Law enforcement officers found on the Arabat Spit on the outskirts of the village. Rifle Genichesk MO caches with ammunition. It contained: 386 rounds of 5.45 mm, 12 - 12.7 mm, one - 16-gauge, two - 2-gauge, seven shock tubes, two expelling charges for mines, 50 paper bags with propelling charges and six packages of artillery powder .
All found ammunition was confiscated and placed in the Genichesk room for the storage of material evidence of the MIA of Russia.
In addition, police officers found another hiding place in the forest between the villages of Vinogradovo and Kostogryzovo, Aleshkovsky District. It contained 923 5.45 mm cartridges.
12:31 On the “Death Road” in Bakhmutdestroyedamerican mercenary
Andrew Harris Cooper of Cleveland, Ohio,
reportedly killed along with Irish mercenary Finbar Kafferky.
They were destroyed by Russian artillery fire on the "Road of Death" in Artemovsk.
12:29 In Ukrainedecidedname one of the streets after Dmytro Paliyiv. Here he is in the photo - SS Hauptsturmführer.
11:30 The Leopard driver attacked a crowd of military commissars because of their refusal to send him to the slaughterhouse in Bakhmut!
The unfortunate grave-diggers had to call the policemen for help. During a long clash with great difficulty, they managed to calm down the patriot of Ukraine -video
11:28 Russian Aerospace Forces inflict powerful strikes on enemy positions in Avdiivka -video
The Russian Aerospace Forces delivered a massive blow to the command post, temporary deployment points and shelters of equipment of the soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Avdiivka, helping to develop the offensive of our troops on the Nazi-occupied city near Donetsk.
11:27 Kherson region, islands in the floodplain of the river. Dnipro -video
The enemy is constantly trying to take positions in small groups on this sector of the front, bringing his spotters and UAV operators closer to our defense line.
The 126th Separate Guards Gorlovskaya twice Red Banner, Order of the Suvorov Coastal Defense Brigade does not allow the Armed Forces of Ukraine to feel at ease in the gray zone, daily destroying the Nazis trying to disguise themselves.
10:11 While one half of the male population of Nezalezhnaya is fighting, the other half, represented by the valiant Ukrainian police, is slandering a pensioner in Odessa, who is just selling flowers on the street in the historical part of the city -video
A conscientious passer-by stood up to protect the grandmother from werewolves, and is trying to prove that the grandmother with flowers in the historical place of the city fades against the backdrop of alcohol stores, but the acolytes do not care, they can run into the weak and defenseless
10:10 Moment of blowing up a car with the Armed Forces on an anti-tank mine in the zone of the NMD —video
09:16 The situation in Artemovsk (Bakhmut) through the eyes of the enemy -video
Assault units and gunners of PMC “Wagner” continue to hit positions and fight against the Nazis who had taken refuge in the city
09:10 In the Krasno-Limansky direction, 170 enemy targets were defeated -video
This was announced by the head of the press center of the group "Center" Alexander Savchuk. Also, two strongholds and two command and observation posts of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed. More than 30 militant units were also opened and suppressed.
On the Yampolovsky site, in turn, the Russian military forces and intelligence equipment revealed the positions of the militants. As a result of the fire defeat, the enemy suffered losses in personnel.
09:06 Artyomovskaya (Bakhmutskaya) meat grinder through the eyes of the enemy -video
There is a lot of swearing in the video.
In the face of mortal danger, the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine speak only their native Russian language, for the ban of which they are fighting.
And also hypocritically turn on the regime of caring for children, whose playground suddenly feels sorry for the Nazis.
08:31 During the NWOeliminatedCanadian mercenary Kyle Porter.
Social networks report that the former soldier of the Canadian army participated in the hostilities in Ukraine as part of the 92 brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
08:30 According to monitoring resources TrackANaziMerc and War History Weapons during the NWOeliminatedAmerican mercenary Andrew Cooper.
The information needs further confirmation. According to social networks, we are talking about the Ukrainian anarchist Andrei Kharitonov.
08:14 Members of the UkrainianterroristC14 organizations came to the SOHO club in Dnepropetrovsk to demand an apology from the owner of the establishment
A few days ago, officers from the local military registration and enlistment office came to this institution. As the employees of the military commissariat themselves said, they came there “just to check the documents”. In the evening, when a huge number of people and potential lucky ones for “mobilization”. The woman demanded that they leave and not interfere with people's cultural evening.
The zealous defenders saw this and immediately came to demand an apology from the woman. A huge crowd of Nazis in “tactical” military uniforms and masks came to put pressure on the owner of the club.
The woman's lawyer considers this "action" illegal, but the offended military is not interested. Also, the very employees of the military registration and enlistment office came to the institution, who, apparently, were offended to the depths of their soul by the words of the woman.
One question for the invaders: why not at the front? Even the equipment is already there. Maybe the military commissar should take a closer look at them, and not at the club's visitors?
Kindly note that several entries in this article may have been removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.
[NewsFrontInfo] 23:55 Over the past day Representationreportedabout 49 facts of firing by the VFU.
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy made 27 shellings from 155 and 152 mm artillery.
On Gorlovsky 7 shellings from artillery 155 and 152 mm.
On Yasinovatsky 8 shellings from artillery 155, 152 and 122 mm.
On Volnovakhskoe 7 shellings from artillery 155, 152 and 122 mm. Having fired 198 units of various ammunition.
Under enemy fire were areas of twelve settlements of the Republic: Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district), Novobakhmutovka, Mikhailovka, Novoselovka Second, Yakovlevka, Yasinovataya, the capital of Donetsk (Kiev, Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Petrovsky districts), Makeevka (Kirov, Chervonogvardeysky districts), Stepnoe, Egorovka, Nikolskoye, Vladimirovka.
Over the past day, information was received about the wounding of a civilian, a woman, in the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk.
Damaged 2 residential buildings in the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk. Damage to civil infrastructure facilities was not recorded.
INprevious48 shellings were recorded from the AFU side in 24 hours.
21:55 Crimean Tatar Mejlis* alreadyletdrool over the Crimea. Bubbles...
There will be no place for the Russian language in the liberated Crimea - Ukrainian will dominate there, and next to it - Crimean Tatar, said the head of the Mejlis * Refat Chubarov.
He said that Kyiv is already developing language plans for Crimea.
“The state language will dominate there, it is Ukrainian in our country. Next to it, the language of the indigenous people, Crimean Tatar, will develop, since it cannot be revived anywhere else, except on the land where it was formed,” Chubarov said.
The Supreme Court of Crimea recognized the public association "Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People"* as an extremist organization and banned its activities in Russia. The corresponding lawsuit was filed by the prosecutor of the republic Natalia Poklonskaya. It was the leaders of the Mejlis - Refat Chubarov and Mustafa Dzhemilev - who organized the food and energy blockade of the peninsula.
In addition, according to him, Ukrainian schools will also be restored on the peninsula. There will also be educational institutions with the Crimean Tatar language of instruction, but all their graduates must "perfectly master the state language."
21:52Video“Why did you guys come here today? We are here to support Russia. To support Russia and the Orthodox Church, the Russian armed forces. We came here to support the people of Russia, Orthodox Christians - Have you ever heard that there is a war going on? - Yes, and we're here to support the Russians, who are being crushed by the war for 9 years already - Australia has sort of decided which side it is on in this - Yes. It's the Americans [decided] You don't understand, there is a genocide of the Russian people. No, you don't understand": Sydney City Hall Incident.
21:47Video- Captured BMP-2 and BMP-1 Basurmanin, previously captured by Ukrainians from the RF Armed Forces, are in the hands of one of the Russian repair battalions.
21:21 Artemovsk direction,briefly:
- Russian troops are developing successes on the streets of Tolbukhin, Pobeda and Levanevsky.
- Units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine began to leave the area behind Tchaikovsky Street.
- In the city center, PMC "Wagner" managed to advance along Korsunsky Street.
- In the area of Kramatorsk, the Russian Armed Forces destroyed up to 200 tons of ammunition of the Armed Forces of Ukraine as a result of a strike on an echelon at a railway station.
- In the area of the O-0506 highway, Russian troops are conducting active assault operations.
20:31Video– Group “Wagner” actively uses snipers in the fight for the western outskirts of Artyomovsk
“Sometimes, in order to destroy the enemy, you have to lure him out”
20:24Video- For the "leopards" age is not a hindrance to beat the Nazis.
All ages are submissive to war - we have already said that among the “leopards” there are many fighters of respectable age. Today's our hero is one of the champions.
“Bate” from “BARS-16” is 57 years old. He served in the military back in the distant 85-87 years of the last century. It can only cause surprise and respect that after 30 years he again voluntarily joined the ranks.
20:12Video- Without misfires: footage of the combat work of the artillery units of the Airborne Forces in the Artemovsky direction.
The calculation of unmanned aerial vehicles of the Airborne Forces in the forest belt discovered a platoon stronghold of Ukrainian nationalists. The coordinates of the enemy positions were immediately transferred to the airborne artillery command post for their destruction.
With accurate fire from closed firing positions, artillery crews of 122-mm D-30 howitzers destroyed the infantry of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, who had dug in their positions.
From receiving the target to firing the shot, the servicemen spent no more than two minutes.
19:47Video– KAMIKAZE DRONE TESTS!
Drones were collected by a volunteer organization from Michurinsk, at the expense of the center of love of God (ano center of love of God, Michurinsk). In the video, a test of a kamikaze drone by our fighters, not far from the gray zone, on already lined equipment. Volunteers sent 25 such drones to our soldiers.
19:34Video- an ATGM Kornet flew into the stronghold of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Seversk.
19:22Video– The command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine takes under strict control the media activity of the military personnel of Ukraine
The military was told to sign a paper that the publication of any materials can be carried out only in agreement with the leadership of the unit. Otherwise, they face criminal liability.
18:57Video- A Russian kamikaze drone flies right into the entrance of the dill dugout.
18:49Video- A Russian tank snipered two Ukrainian observers who were trying to hide in residential buildings.
Ready or not, here I come.
18:37Video- scouts of the Southern Military District at the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the forest belt discovered a jamming station. After transferring the coordinates to the gunners, the target was destroyed.
18:29Video- Arrival through the dugout, where the forelocks are trying to hide from artillery strikes of the RF Armed Forces.
18:07Video- Statement by the head of the press center of the Dnepr group.
- Artillery units of the Dnipro grouping inflicted fire damage on the command and observation post and the control post of unmanned aerial vehicles of the 124th brigade of the territorial defense of the armed forces of Ukraine, as well as on the storage warehouse for ammunition and equipment near the city of Kherson.
The losses of the enemy in this direction in manpower amounted to 30 people, more than 10 units of armored combat vehicles and vehicles were destroyed.
- In addition, in the area of the settlements of Burgunka, Novotyaginka and Otradokamenka, two mortar crews of Ukrainian nationalists were destroyed, two attack unmanned aerial vehicles were suppressed by the group's air defense means.
17:42VideoStop, I'll shoot! - in Ternopil, the military commissars unleashed a real hunt for conscripts.
17:27Video- Artillery works at points of temporary deployment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kupyansk direction.
17:19Video– A new big interview of the creator of Wagner PMC Yevgeny Prigozhin to journalist Semyon Pegov – “WarGonzo”.
Up-to-date and truthful information about the situation at the front as it is. A must-see for anyone who wants to know the real state of affairs.
17:04Video– Self-destruction through the eyes of a military man: APU vehicles are blown up on the road.
The footage of the explosion was filmed by militants of the 92nd brigade. Interestingly, another car blew up in front of them. The Ukrainian military is actively using civilian transport for movement.
16:51 “Bakhmut meat grinder” is a death conveyor for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Freshphotothe stabilization first aid station of the 93rd brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Kholodny Yar in the Bakhmut (Artemovsk) area, where they are being taken from the positions of still alive, but crippled militants.
“The photo shows only about two hours (!) of the life of doctors working there,” Ukrainian militants write.
The overall scale of the losses of Ukrainian troops can be imagined by personnel from only one first-aid post.
16:33 Zaporozhye directionsituationas of April 30, 2023.
- Ukrainian formations are finishing preparations for the announced offensive. In the Zaporozhye region, a comprehensive training was held with reserve units to enter the designated area and organize communications in the field.
- A battalion of the 116th mechanized brigade of the 10th army corps of the Armed Forces of Ukraine arrived at the Orekhovsky section. In addition, the command of the 128th Guards Rifle Brigade began moving assault groups to the front line. One of the units of the brigade arrived in Shcherbaki.
- In Omelnik, a forward command post for a group of troops was equipped. The other day, Ukrainian signalmen established a closed communication channel between the 108th troop unit and the country's leadership in Kyiv for interaction during the offensive.
- Paratroopers of the 46th airborne brigade of the Airborne Forces of Ukraine were deployed to the Gulyai-Polye sector. At least one battalion of the formation was understaffing in Pavlograd in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
- A group of Ukrainian special operations forces arrived at the Belogorye-Charivnoe line. SSO sniper crews equip firing points on the front line.
- Through the island of Khortytsya, in the past few days, there has been an active transportation of fuel, ammunition and military equipment to the Zaporozhye direction.
- Also, additional Su-25 and MiG-29 tactical aircraft from the base in Starokonstantinov flew to the airfields Shirokoe and Dolgintsevo near Zaporozhye and Krivoy Rog.
16:22Video– A Russian FPV drone flying into a Ukrainian trench.
16:04Video- Since the beginning of the NWO, our combat aviation has been operating in the air. Recently, she has been using guided bombs on the enemy, which allows her to strike without entering the enemy air defense zone. About what ammunition is used in this case, in the next issue of "Military Notes".
15:45SummaryMinistry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation (04/30/2023)
- In the Kupyansky direction, strikes by operational-tactical and army aviation, artillery fire of the "Western" group of troops defeated enemy units in the areas of the settlements of Sinkovka, Kislovka, Kamenka, Masyutovka of the Kharkov region and Novoselovskoe of the Luhansk People's Republic.
In the areas of the settlements of Olshana and Berestovoe, Kharkiv region, the actions of two Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups were stopped. During the day, up to 85 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, and three cars were destroyed in this direction.
- In the Krasno-Limansky direction, assault aircraft strikes, artillery fire from the "Center" group of troops hit units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Makeevka and Chervonaya Dibrova of the Luhansk People's Republic, as well as Serebryansky forestry.
Enemy losses per day amounted to 65 Ukrainian servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, three vehicles, as well as two D-20 and D-30 howitzers.
- In the Donetsk direction, assault detachments continued to displace the enemy in the western part of the city of Artemovsk and captured four quarters. The units of the Airborne Forces pinned down the enemy on the northern and southern outskirts of the city.
- Air strikes, missile troops and artillery fire of the "Southern" group of troops defeated the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Bogdanovka and Artemovskoe of the Donetsk People's Republic.
- During the day, four sorties were made in the area of the city of Artemovsk. Artillery of the group completed 61 fire missions.
As a result of a missile attack on the points of temporary deployment of the 24th mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and a detachment of special operations forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the village of Konstantinovka of the Donetsk People's Republic, more than two hundred Ukrainian servicemen were killed, and about 280 more were evacuated with injuries of varying severity.
- In the area of the settlement of Belogorovka of the Luhansk People's Republic, an artillery ammunition depot of the 54th mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed.
In just one day, over 480 Ukrainian servicemen and foreign mercenaries, 12 armored combat vehicles, 30 vehicles, a D-20 howitzer, and a Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mount were destroyed in this direction.
- In the South-Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions, air strikes and artillery fire from the Vostok group of troops defeated enemy units in the areas of the settlements of Ugledar and Vladimirovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
Enemy losses in these areas amounted to up to 30 Ukrainian servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, two vehicles, as well as Msta-B and D-30 howitzers.
- In the Kherson direction, as a result of fire damage by artillery, more than 10 Ukrainian servicemen, one car, as well as a Msta-B howitzer were destroyed in a day.
In addition, in the area of the settlement of Ponyatovka, Kherson region, a US-made AN / TPQ-36 counter-battery radar was destroyed.
- Operational-tactical and army aviation, missile forces and artillery of groups of troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation during the day hit 82 artillery units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at firing positions, manpower and equipment in 115 districts.
- The command post of the 81st airmobile brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was hit near the village of Belogorovka in the Luhansk People's Republic.
- In the area of the settlement of Svessa, Sumy region, a repair point for military equipment and weapons of the 117th territorial defense brigade was hit.
In addition, as a result of a strike on an echelon at a railway station near the settlement of Kramatorsk in the Donetsk People's Republic, up to two hundred tons of ammunition of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed.
- Air defense systems intercepted seven rockets of the HIMARS and Uragan multiple launch rocket systems in a day.
- Also, four Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed in the areas of the settlements of Novenkoye, Sumy region, Trudovoye, Chistopolye, Zaporozhye region, as well as Kirillovka, Donetsk People's Republic.
In total, since the start of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 413 aircraft, 230 helicopters, 3,905 unmanned aerial vehicles, 421 anti-aircraft missile systems, 8,920 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,095 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 4,695 field artillery pieces and mortars, as well as 9882 units of special military vehicles.
15:31Video- The "roaming" calculation of the Tornado-G multiple launch rocket system worked on enemy positions.
Artillerymen of the Southern Military District inflicted a fire defeat on the area of restoring the combat capability of Ukrainian nationalist units.
The calculations of unmanned aerial vehicles in real time corrected the fire of the MLRS.
Thanks to the well-coordinated work of the servicemen, all the targets were destroyed as a result of the fire raid.
15:09 Shall we play some catch-up?
With the help of a smoke grenade, we smoke the enemy out of positions, and monitor the movement, if possible, inflict a fire defeat. Onvideothe group is hiding in a doghouse, but the clear work of reconnaissance and artillery puts a fat plus in their work, the result is obvious.
14:44Video– “Lullaby of Donbass”
The author and performer Alexander Vanyushkin wrote the song "Lullaby of Donbass".
Dedicated to Mashenka, who died yesterday together with her grandmother, and to all the dead children ...
14:30Video- 14 brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine - EVERYTHING.
14:25Video– There are still sensible people left in Ukraine. The non-zombified residents of Nezalezhnaya understand that the planned counter-offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine will not end well for them. There will be a lot of dead, wounded, crippled, etc., but Zelensky doesn't give a damn about that. This woman is even more perplexed why so many of her compatriots are happy about this.
“How many men will be put in this counter-offensive, how many children will become orphans, how many guys will become disabled…”
14:16Video- Soldiers of the 58th Army continue to use FPV drones in an attempt to get through to the minds of the Ukrainian military.
Leaflets were dropped on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with a call to abandon senseless resistance and save their lives. This time - the voice of reason was not heard, and the mortar battery comes into play.
13:58Video- "Winged Archangels" destroy the enemy and their positions in the Zaporozhye direction.
13:49 Donetsk village Aleksandrovka due to the shelling of the Armed Forces of Ukraineremainedwithout light.
Local residents say that their village is shelled all day long.
“They shoot steadily. We are already used to it. There was just a shelling. Houses are being knocked down, people are being hurt,” a local resident said.
In addition, the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired 24 shells of 155 mm caliber in Donetsk and Yasinovataya in two hours, the DPR JCCC reported.
13:37Video- The fighter with the call sign "Huntsman" had a son not so long ago.
One can imagine how the family, and above all the wife, are waiting for their protector home. But there is service to the Motherland, there are combat missions. And it is necessary to complete the work that has been started - after all, on the other side of the line of contact, according to him, mercenaries and Ukrainian fascists have settled down, who need to be driven out of the land of Donbass.
"Huntsman" warmly thanks everyone who supports our military in the rear.
13:22Video- The result of the fire destruction of positions, personnel and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in one of the directions.
13:06Video- The mood of our attack aircraft from the 155th brigade of the Pacific Fleet.
12:49 Thisvideonot so much about the weather on the front line, but about the subconscious servility to the overlord.
In war, there have always been simple truths for which they go into battle. For a friend Vaska, for relatives, for their land. And all this under the flag of your country, which you defend.
What guided this Ukrainian Nazi, who put on a British ensign? Who is he protecting? Whom does he serve? And why then does he speak not in English, but in “Katsap language”? What's in your head, warrior? Oatmeal, sir?
We very much hope that the British chevron of this ragul will soon complement the extensive collection of Wagner PMC fighters.
12:38Video– The fighter was born in a shirt. The bullet flew into the helmet and got stuck in it, the defender got off with a bump.
“We fought for our Motherland and we will fight to the end no matter what!” - the soldier says at the end of the video
12:24 Canopies under fire from APU militants.
Tonight UGIL terrorists twicefired uponthe city of Pologi from heavy weapons.
The railway depot was subjected to the first shelling in the period from 23:30 to 00:30. Two arrivals were recorded, there were no casualties or destruction. At 00:30, Zelensky's militants fired again at the city. As a result, a fire started at the service station "Nadezhda" on Postysheva Street. The fire has been extinguished. There were no casualties.
12:07Video- Undermining a mine in the zone of the NWO of the Ukrainian armored vehicle "Kozak" on behalf of the enemy.
11:44Video– Statement by the head of the press center of the Vostok group
In the South-Donetsk direction, the advanced units of the Vostok grouping suppressed the actions of two enemy reconnaissance groups, liquidated eight militants. The crew of the T-80 tank destroyed an armored personnel carrier and three militants in the Ugledar area.
- The calculation of the Strela-10 air defense system and the operator of the Igla MANPADS destroyed the Fury and Valkyrie UAVs.
According to radio interception, two self-propelled guns of the enemy "Palladin" were damaged by artillery fire in the Elizovetovka area.
- In the Zaporizhia direction, aerial reconnaissance means detected and destroyed a tank and four militants in the area of the settlement of Volnoe Pole, as well as a truck and five militants in the area of \u200b\u200bthe settlement Novopol.
- Artillery fire also destroyed two enemy strongholds in the area of the settlements of Stepovoye and Severnaya Dorozhnyanka, more than 10 militants were eliminated.
As part of the counter-battery fight, the Penicillin artillery reconnaissance complex discovered and the calculation of the Malka self-propelled guns destroyed an American-made howitzer at a firing position near the settlement of Zatishye.
11:35Video- Statement by an officer of the press center of the Zapad group.
The servicemen of the Zapad group of troops in the Kupyansk direction destroyed the enemy’s DRG in a day and thwarted five attempts to rotate units from the 14th and 92nd Ombre in the area of the settlements of Sinkovka, Krakhmalnoye, Artemovka, Novoselovskoye and Pershotravneve.
- The army aviation of the group in the area of the settlement of Sopych destroyed the stronghold of the 181st about the 122nd detachment of territorial defense and the warehouse of the MTS of the 101st detachment of territorial defense near the village of Gatishche. The total losses of the enemy amounted to 30 servicemen.
- Air defense systems in the area of \u200b\u200bthe settlements of Veliky Vyselok and Vladimirovka destroyed the Fury and Valkyrie UAVs.
In the area of \u200b\u200bthe settlements of Bochkovo and Okop, an artillery crew under the command of junior sergeant Fedor Soldatenko destroyed two enemy mortar crews.
11:22Video- In the special operation zone, distinguished servicemen of the Airborne Forces were awarded.
Soldiers-paratroopers of the Novorossiysk Guards mountain formation of the Airborne Forces were awarded the Order of Courage, the insignia "St. George's Rest" of the IV degree, the medals "For Courage", Suvorov, "For Combat Distinction" and "For Military Valor".
The unit commander congratulated the soldiers of the "winged infantry" with high awards and thanked them for the courage and heroism shown in the course of combat missions.
11:11Video- Attacks of the Russian Aerospace Forces on Avdeevka.
11:01Video“About 1.5 km is left until the complete liberation of Bakhmut,” a fighter from the Wagner PMC.
- Russian fighters pushed through most of the defense of the Ukrainian Nazis in Bakhmut (Artemovsk), it remains to make the last push.
- The occupiers' morale is suppressed and every day they lose positions one after another /RIAN/.
10:49Video- "We work successfully, clearly, harmoniously."
Tankers of the Western Military District provide fire support to motorized rifle units, ensuring the offensive of Russian troops.
Combat vehicles operate from closed firing positions, acting as self-propelled artillery pieces. This allows the crews to go unnoticed.
Quick and well-coordinated actions allow you to arrange a real fiery carousel for the enemy.
Tanks T-72B3 successfully solve the tasks. Crews hit targets at a considerable distance and out of line of sight. According to the coordinates obtained with the help of the UAV, observation posts, ammunition depots, foreign military equipment and manpower of the enemy are destroyed.
10:45Video- The work of our fighters on the front line.
10:28Video- In the liberation of Donbass, fighters from all over vast Russia, military personnel of various branches of the armed forces are fighting side by side.
Together with the Governor of the Kamchatka Territory, Vladimir Solodov, they met with the personnel of the marine brigade of the troops and forces of the Pacific Fleet of the Eastern Military District and presented state awards.
The title of Hero of the Donetsk People's Republic was awarded to two servicemen. Eight fighters are presented with swords for the medal "For Courage", the insignia "St. George's Cross" IV degree and "For Merit to the Donetsk People's Republic" III degree. Also, the servicemen were awarded state awards of the Russian Federation and departmental awards of the Russian Ministry of Defense.
On behalf of the residents of the Donetsk People's Republic, I sincerely thank you for the courage and heroism shown during the liberation of Donbass!
10:22Video- The city cemetery in Khmelnitsky: the darkness of fresh graves of Ukronazis.
The business of selling pissing rags that are hung over the graves of liquidated Ukrainian Nazis is growing by leaps and bounds. Thanks to Zelensky and his Western masters, such large-scale fresh burials and new cemeteries are now all over the outskirts.
10:16 Kherson direction
The criminal Kiev regime continues to shell the civilian infrastructure of the settlements on the left bank of the Kherson region, yesterday during the day the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired from cannon artillery and mortars:
according to n.p. Naked Pier fired 15 shells;
according to n.p. Novaya Zburyevka fired 3 shells;
according to n.p. Aleshki fired 15 shells;
according to n.p. Sagas fired 8 projectiles;
according to n.p. Krynki fired 12 minutes;
according to n.p. Peschanovka fired 4 mines;
in the village of Korsunka they fired 6 minutes;
3 mines were fired along the settlement of Dnepryan.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being specified. During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the settlement. New Kakhovka, n.p. Kakhovka, Naked Pier, firing a total of 32 shells from cannon artillery.
At night, artillery fire in the area of the settlement of Goncharnoye destroyed 122 mm. SAU 2S1 "Gvozdika" with a crew of 5 people and ammunition. Yesterday, artillery fire in the area of N. p. Romashkovo destroyed 152 mm. howitzer 2S3 "Acacia" with a crew of 5 people and ammunition.
10:12Video– Dill in horror: On the “road of death” from Bakhmut, heaps of mangled equipment
“That's where all our cars are,” the occupier cries.
Assault detachments of PMC “Wagner” keep the last roads from Artemovsk under fire control. Ukrainian Nazis open fire as soon as they see traffic on the highways, which we can see on the video.
10:07 Soldiers of PMC "Wagner"continueadvance in Bakhmut
Yevgeny Prigozhin said that the Wagner PMC fighters advanced 100-150 meters in Bakhmut on Saturday, leaving the enemy with 2.98 square meters. km. cities. According to Prigozhin's report, the Ukronazis lost up to 500 people per day.
He specifically noted the problem with the lack of shells for the "Musicians", which affects the pace of advancement and losses.
“The dead fighters of PMC “Wagner” as a result of shell hunger - 94 people. There should have been 5 times less of them if we had enough shells.
10:05Photo- Consequences of the shelling of Kupyansk in the Kharkov region.
10:02Video- The Rubin plant will carry out the first delivery to the troops of serial complexes for the automated control of artillery of the Airborne Forces "Zavet-D".
09:43Video- The vushnikov, who tried to sneak under the cover of night unnoticed, were still lit up and covered with artillery.
09:27Video- Artillery of the 1454th regiment worked for the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of the Avdeea coking plant.
09:15Video- The work of the artillery of the Western Military District at the points of temporary deployment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
09:04 OfficialsummaryRepresentative offices of the DPR in the JCCC from 00:00 04/29/2023 to 00:00 04/30/2023
Over the past day, the Representation reported 48 facts of firing by the AFU.
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy made 19 attacks from the Himars MLRS, 155 mm artillery.
On Gorlovsky 8 shellings from artillery 155 and 152 mm.
On Yasinovatsky 12 shelling from MLRS, artillery 155, 152 122 mm.
On Volnovakhskoye, 9 shellings from artillery of 155 and 152 mm.
Having fired 237 units of various ammunition.
Under enemy fire were areas of twelve settlements of the Republic: Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district), Verkhnetoretskoye, Krasny Partizan, Yasinovataya, Yakovlevka, Vasilievka, the capital city of Donetsk (Leninsky, Kiev, Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Petrovsky districts), Aleksandrovka, Yegorovka, Nikolskoe, Vladimirovka. Nikolskoye.
Over the past day, information was received about the death of two civilians in Yasinovataya.
Wounds of varying severity were received by 12 civilians in the Petrovsky and Leninsky districts of Donetsk, Yasinovataya.
40 residential buildings were damaged in Petrovsky and Leninsky districts of Donetsk, Yasynuvata, as well as 2 civil infrastructure facilities.
In the previous day, 47 shellings were recorded from the side of the VFU.
09:00 Frontsummaryon the morning of 04/30/2023
On the Donetsk front, units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, with the support of artillery, resumed assault operations near Novomikhailovka, continued in the city of Marinka and in the direction of Pervomaisky. No result. The Ukrainian Armed Forces repelled a ground attack on Severnoye. After massive artillery and air strikes, Russian troops attempted an offensive southwest of Avdiivka. She did not bring success. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation fired on Pobeda, the cities of Krasnogorovka, Nevelskoye, Novobakhmutovka (a settlement west of the village of Krasnogorovka), Novokalinov, New York, Nelipovka and Yuzhny. The Ukrainian army hit Donetsk, Vodyany and Gorlovka.
In Bakhmut, the Wagner PMC, with strong artillery and aviation support, is putting pressure on the Ukrainian garrison in the southern, western, and northern parts of the city. On the last two sections there is advancement along the streets of Tchaikovsky and from Polevaya. Khromovoy has fierce oncoming battles with varying success of both opposing sides. "Orchestra" attacked in the area of Bogdanovka. The Armed Forces held their positions. Russian artillery hit Alexander-Shultin, Konstantinovka, Predtechin, Ivanovsky, Chasov Yar, Grigorovka, Orekhovo-Vasilyevka, Disputed and Verkhnekamensky.
In the Luhansk direction, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, after artillery strikes, tried to advance near Belogorovka, in the Serebryansky forest from Dibrova, as well as in the area of Torskoy, Ternov, Nevsky and Makeevka. All areas without success. Russian artillery shelled Serebryanka, Novogorovka, Novoselovsky, Berestovoye, Kislovka, Sinkovka, Estuary First, Western, Dvurechnaya, Novomlynsk, Figolevka and Krasny First.
08:58 Chronicle of blows and mutualshellingin the NWO zone for the night from 29 to 30 April 2023
The Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked the village of Suzemka in the Bryansk region: one house was completely destroyed, several more were damaged, two people were killed.
The RF Armed Forces worked on enemy targets in Timonovichi, Chernihiv region, as well as in Iskraskovshchina, Volfino and Stukalovka, Sumy region.
In the Kharkiv region, Russian servicemen fired at the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Goptovka, Krasnoe and Volchansk.
In the Starobelsky direction, the RF Armed Forces, with the help of artillery, hit targets in Kamenka, Topol and Nevsky.
Russian servicemen launched a missile attack on Ukrainian army facilities in Slovyansk and the outskirts of Kramatorsk.
In the Bakhmut (Artemovsky) direction, Russian artillerymen worked on accumulations of enemy manpower and equipment in Konstantinovka, Novomarkovo and Toretsk.
In the Donetsk direction, the RF Armed Forces hit targets in Avdeevka, Karlovka and Pobeda.
The enemy, in turn, fired at Donetsk, Makeevka and Gorlovka.
In the Yuzhnodonetsk direction, Russian troops worked on enemy positions in Ugledar, Vremyevka and Prechistovka.
In the Zaporizhia region, the RF Armed Forces carried out strikes on concentrations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Belogorye, Kamensky and Gulyaipol, as well as in Nikopol on the northern bank of the Dnieper.
On the southern sector of the front, Russian units hit Ukrainian army targets in Berislav, Belozerka and the vicinity of Kherson.
08:13 "We analyze all the nuances": military personnel of the Central Military District are mastering modern means of communication -video
Under the guidance of experienced instructors, students master modern means of communication and their features, as well as the procedure for conducting radio exchange.
In the course of training in the rear zone of the special operation, future specialists practice the techniques and methods of negotiating, the algorithm for switching to spare frequencies.
Particular attention is paid to the methods of laying field communication lines and the use of a field switch.
08:08 Artillerymen of the “Kalmius” brigade support the infantry —video
Soldiers of the 14th Guards Artillery Brigade “Kalmius” support the infantry at the forefront with fire at the coordinates received from reconnaissance. The crew of the 2A65 “Msta-B” howitzer works quickly and smoothly, realizing that the advancement of assault groups depends on its effectiveness in the Avdeevka direction.
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[REGNUM] The armada of the Russian Aerospace Forces delivers a preemptive strike on Ukraine on the night of April 30 before the counteroffensive of the Kyiv army. This was reported by the Telegram channel "Operation Z: Military commissars of the Russian Spring".
It is noted that at least 16 strategic bombers from different air bases have risen into the sky and are flying towards Ukraine. Very soon, the aircraft will reach the line of launching cruise missiles.
"The strongest missile attack on Ukraine is expected. The departure of 14 Tu-95MS aircraft has already been confirmed, the total salvo of 112 missiles," the Russian Telegram channels confirm.
"The non-brothers have already counted 17 Russian Tu-95 strategic bombers in the air. Their total salvo is at least 100 cruise missiles," Vladimir Rogov, leader of the We Are Together with Russia movement, also said.
It is noted that such a mass departure was only twice: on February 24, 2022 and on October 10 of the same year (response to the attack on the Crimean bridge).
As REGNUM reported, on April 30, the RF Armed Forces launched a massive attack on the transport hub of Ukrainian troops in Pavlodar, Dnepropetrovsk region.
The Shahid/Geran kamikaze drone has already hit a target in Pavlograd — trains and ammunition depots.
#1
...Assuming 17 Tu-95s, that's only 34 ALCMs max. Mr. Bear is a pretty reliable old bird, so I'd give them good odds of all of them getting off the ground. All 17 missiles getting clear and hitting their target, not quite so much.
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...Assuming 17 Tu-95s, that's only 34 ALCMs max.
The Bears may be loaded with the new FAB-500 glide bombs - traditional 1,000 lb bombs fitted with a guidance kit. In that case, "a whole bunch" is a reasonable estimate.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin
[ColonelCassad] There is very little left. In the morning it was reported that 1.5 kilometers remained to the western outskirts of Artemovsk. There are fights next to the block of high-rise buildings.
#1
It's a race among Putin's demand to take Bakhmut by May 9 (Victory Day) or else, the Ukrainian counter offensive and Prigozhin's threat to pull Wagner out of Bakhmut.
#3
In an interview with War Gonzo, Priggy says in response to the lack of artillery shells (he's been getting the lion's share), "We'll have to take out the units. Get him out of this area."
Sounds like a threat and he's sending a letter to the big boss man. As of today, no extra helping of shells.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin
[ColonelCassad] A local apocalypse at the Pavlograd railway junction after a massive missile attack by the Russian Aerospace Forces. Secondary detonations were noted. More videos and photos here https://t.me/boris_rozhin/84339
Perhaps they covered the train with equipment and ammunition. In any case, great job. This needs more and more. Today, it is possible to continue with launches of air and sea-based cruise missiles.
Rogov: Infrastructure and warehouses that the Armed Forces of Ukraine have accumulated for the counteroffensive have been destroyed in Pavlograd
In Pavlograd, Dnepropetrovsk region, the Russian Armed Forces launched massive strikes on the railway infrastructure and warehouses, which the Kyiv militants used to prepare a counteroffensive. The successful operation was announced on the Telegram channel by the chairman of the Zaporozhye movement "We are together with Russia" Vladimir Rogov.
The social worker wrote that local residents reported “mass arrivals” on the evening of April 30.
“There are mass arrivals in Pavlograd through the railway infrastructure and warehouses with ammunition and fuel, which the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have accumulated for the counteroffensive,” Vladimir Rogov added.
The city announced an air alert.
As REGNUM reported , the armada of the Russian Aerospace Forces delivers a preemptive strike on Ukraine on the night of April 30 before the counteroffensive of the Kiev army. At least 16 strategic bombers from different air bases have taken to the skies and are flying towards Ukraine.
#1
Deactivated ICBM storage site hit. Large explosions and fire from stored solid rocket fuel. A propaganda attack since the Russians knew those old ICBMs were stored there for more than 30 years.
#3
Vial Le Wiki: SS-24: NATO reporting name Scalpel was a cold-launched, three-stage, solid-fueled intercontinental ballistic missile ... It came in silo- and rail-based variants, and was armed with 10 MIRV warheads of 550 kt yield. All missiles were decommissioned by 2005 in accordance with the START II.
tl;dr: Cold War era first-strike multiple-warhead ICBM
Apparently, *all* means some. The START II agreement was only kinda sorta implemented. A bit like Minsk II, eh? Perhaps it is the Roman numerals.
Solid fuel means you can pop them off on a whim without a lot of setup activity. MIRV means Multiple Independently-targetable Reentry Vehicle aka "warheads". I can see why the Russians might want to take 38 of those off the board. "Bah, old Soviet era junk!", you say. Like that old soviet recon drone the Ukrainians repurposed into a cruise missile?
#6
Solid fuel means you can pop them off on a whim without a lot of setup activity.
Those missiles would have been disassembled and the guidance and electronics removed. You don't think the START treaties would have left them in flyable condition? And nearly 40 year old solid propellant, stored in a non-temperature controlled environment, is asking for trouble.
#7
To top it off, the Russians are passing off the cruise missile attack on a high rise apartment block in Uman killing 23, including 6 children, was really a Ukrainian attack on occupied Donbass.
Ukrainian SAM gunners in the past have been known to fire their missiles low enough they hit nearby buildings.
Russians say were a Russian cruise missile hit the high rise, it would have been leveled.
[NYPOST] The massive fire that broke out at an oil reserve in Russian-occupied Sevastopol on Saturday was an attack on Russian logistics and part of Ukraine’s "preparations" for a major counter-offensive.
A military official said Sunday that Russian operations in Crimea were undermined in the attack as the Ukrainian army assembles their highly-anticipated springtime assault.
"This work is a preparation for the broad, full-scale offensive that everyone expects," Natalia Humeniuk, Ukraine’s Armed Forces Southern Command spokesperson, told Ukrainska Pravda.
Mikhail Razvozhayev, the Moscow-installed governor of the port city of Sevastopol, posted videos and photos of a massive black cloud of smoke rising above the blaze to his Telegram channel Saturday morning.
The head of the illegal Russian occupation government in Sevastopol later claimed a drone attack caused the large-scale fire at the oil reserve at Kozacha Bay.
"A fuel tank is on fire near Manganari Brothers Street in the Kozacha Bay area. According to preliminary information, the fire was caused by an unmanned aerial vehicle hit," Razvozhaev wrote on Telegram.
Razvozhayev said the fire had been deemed the most dangerous in terms of difficulty in controlling the enormous flames.
He later wrote on Telegram that a single drone managed to cause the enormous fire, which had been put out by Saturday evening.
Experts on the scene determined that only one drone had reached the facility, while the wreckage of a second was found on the shore near the terminal.
Following the fire, families of Russian military members began evacuating people from the occupied peninsula, the Kyiv Independent reported.
Andriy Yusov, a Ukrainian military intelligence official, said that more than 10 oil tanks intended for Russia’s Black Sea Fleet had been destroyed in Sevastopol.
Yusov, however, did not claim that Ukraine was responsible for Saturday’s explosion but said the eruption was "God’s punishment" for Russia’s missile and dronezaps Friday across multiple Ukrainian cities.
Those attacks killed at least 25 people, six of whom were children.
Razvozhayev said no one had been injured by the fire and the attack would not affect fuel supplies in Sevastopol.
A day earlier, Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov said Ukraine’s preparations for the expected counter-attack were "coming to an end" as the military completes training with weapons provided by Ukraine’s Western allies.
"The equipment has been announced, prepared, and partially delivered. There is equipment on which the training programs are at the final stage. The crews will arrive (in Ukraine) with it when the time and place will be determined," Reznikov said during a presser Friday.
"But let’s put it like this: We are ready by a high percentage," he said.
The decision on when and where to launch the counteroffensive will be made by the General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces.
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I doubt whether Ukraine has enough to do a full scale offensive. The battle front is very long, probably nearly 1000 miles or so.
Probably will try to take part of one oblast, maybe two.
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^ Would make sense. Best hopes is that someone sane and willing to do best for Russia, not USSR, takes him out. Likelihood? Small, but limited strategic defeats might make someone step up.
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[HotAir] On September 26, 2022, Russian-owned Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines were hit by major explosions that put both pipelines out of operation. I use the term “operation,” advisedly because, due to the diplomacy surrounding Putin’s War in Ukraine, both pipelines had been shut down. It became quickly apparent that the cause of the explosions was sabotage. I cover the attacks on the pipelines in this story; Sanctions and US Opposition Couldn’t Stop Nord Stream and Russian Gas, but Sabotage Might Have Done the Job.
The obvious question was, who did it? Four suspects emerged: the United States, Ukraine, an undetermined party probably involving Poland, and Russia. But, as stated in Putin’s PR Machine Throws up Smoke as the Nord Stream Pipeline Explosion Investigation Begins, my personal view is that Russia was the most likely culprit.
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Just thinking out loud...
A submarine rescue vehicle + mini sub is the submarine equivalent of a tug. We know the Russians don't sail anywhere without a tug handy.
There is a lot of maritime traffic in the pipeline area, both civilian and military. Probably some submarines. Probably support vessels of various flavors. Maybe seeing a Rooski support vessel is like seeing deer out in the yard munching your flowers - this is the first time you noticed, but they have been doing it forever. Doesn't seem dispositive to me.
From a screenplay standpoint, the "some guys and a boat" story is the best one. If you are one of the non-state actors involved, have your people call my people and we can work out the story rights.
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wouldn't a submarine rescue vehicle + mini sub be the sort of thing you would send to check out damage (as well as possibly planting charges of course)
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