#3
I watched the video in #2 and some of its numerous copies on the web and I do not see the ship getting hit.
We see the drone approaching the ship under fire, it gets real close, then the video cuts out. We can assume the video cut out because the drone exploded as it hit the ship. We can assume that, but we don't see it. Pictures, or it didn't happen, so to speak.
Or at least a note from the Russian MoD. Or footage from the NATO asset that was likely in the air watching the festivities.
#4
The Russians aren't going to release video of their ship on fire with a big hole in the waterline. In the suicide quad copter drone videos, you never see the drone making contact with the target. That is because video frames are buffered before transmitting. When the drone explodes, video transmission is still a few frames behind. The detonation could have been a dud, but I wouldn't bet on it.
In the video, you can see the drone operator make a sharp turn just before the video cuts out. That is to get the explosives as close to the hull as possible. The warhead would be located in the middle of the boat for center of gravity reasons. Ramming head on results an explosion several feet from the hull, doing a lot less damage.
#5
I am an American consumer. If you are going to sell me a video that proves a ship got blown up, it better have a ship getting blown up. This one cuts off just before the money shot.
Maybe the drone blew up. Maybe it took a little machine gun fire to its brain and could not detonate. Or maybe a Russian intel ship has jamming equipment that caused the drone operator to lose contact, stopping a detonation command.
I am not saying it was one way or another. I'm saying we don't know. Is this the Cruiser Moskva or the Ghost of Kiev? With more info, the probability function collapses and we will know. Until then, I ain't buying nothing!
Typical of long range drone strikes. The latency cuts off the final half second. I think the drone did hit... but how much damage it caused is the question. I think the ship survived and if we see it in drydock via satellite we know it was bad. If not it was a glancing blow.
1/ Another account has emerged of the fate of the Russian 1439th Regiment, which was reported to have been virtually wiped out in March 2023 during disastrous attacks on Ukrainian positions near Avdiivka. The mother of one of the casualties has spoken of what happened. ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/X93pqL7jaE
1) Russians don't typically assign regimental units as part of of a brigade. Originally, the Slavic Brigade was merely a battalion, presumably filled with recruits in the course of the war. When the war became really hot, I assumed under the orders of Col. Gen. Valery Gerasimov, it was restructured to be a part of the Russian Army., and this filled out with maneuver battalions and with specualist units
Under the old military structures (pre 2009), regiments could be assigned to brigades, but that usually happened with specialist units, tanks and artillery, and the like -- not a maneuver unit such as an rifle regiment. And those specialist units were independent.
2) Maneuver regiments are strictly assigned to divisional units. In rotating units to and from the line of contact, a regiment could move, but not fight separately. That is why the Russians constant refer to their brigades as independent. You'll note that there were not other designations to the 1439th Regiment. It should have had a Motorized Rifle Regiment designation.
3) It should be noted that every maneuver unit in the Russian Army is assigned a five digit identification code separate from their designation. Unless the writer can come up with that code, I seriously doubt a 1439th Regiment ever existed.
#4
The 1st Slavic Brigade is a DNR formation. That a Russian formation is attached to it is not a surprise. It is also a crying shame because the Donetsk troops are known to abuse the Russians under their command and view them as patsies to rob and meat for the grinder.
#5
It should be noted that every maneuver unit in the Russian Army is assigned a five digit identification code separate from their designation. Unless the writer can come up with that code, I seriously doubt a 1439th Regiment ever existed.
Russia's Army has been condensed, from when there were 200 divisional units and 10 military districts, to where it is now with four military districts and less than 30 divisional units.
You'd think in all that that finding a simple Russian Motorized Rifle Regiment would be easy.
My best guess is that whomever recruited those people simply came up with a unit ID and designation. Those men were what the US Army calls (or called, dunno) fillers, mobilized soldiers who were sent to the front as replacements.
#8
Each Russian oblast is required by Moscow for mobilizing a quota of men and equipping them with what resources they have (not a lot). They bear no resemblance to their given unit designation nor are they given training beyond firing a clips from old AKs. They were lied to when told they would guard rear areas. It's putting the mob in mobilization.
I found the story interesting because how profoundly these men were abandoned by Moscow and the army command, even after their slaughter and multiple pleadings. Finally, the their governor organized a convoy to send some relief all the way across Russia to the survivors.
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I found the story interesting because how profoundly these men were abandoned by Moscow and the army command, even after their slaughter and multiple pleadings. Finally, the their governor organized a convoy to send some relief all the way across Russia to the survivors.
If a breakup occurs, this - both the situation and the initiative of local governors - will be the genesis. This is how private armies emerge.
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As for really large numbered units in WW2 "...Merrill’s Marauders (named after Frank Merrill) or Unit Galahad, officially named the 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional)...". Though one of my favorite names was Popski's Private Army (officially No. 1 Demolition Squadron, PPA).
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[LB] The enemy also attacked the Sumy, Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhya, Luhansk, Kherson, Kharkiv, Donetsk, and Mykolaiv regions.
by Iryna Lysohor
The enemy fired four times in the Chernihiv region the previous day. 40 explosions were recorded. Koryukivskyi and Novgorod-Siverskyi districts were subjected to mortar and artillery shelling. Yesterday, two men were detonated by a landmine in the Koryukiv district - one was killed, one was injured, according to a report from OVA as of this morning.
In Sumy at night, the Russians shelled the Khotyn community. They were fired from a mortar (four explosions) and AGS - six explosions. Previously - without human losses and destruction. Yesterday morning, the Russians fired salvo fire from the Russian Federation in the vicinity of Velika Pysarivka - four explosions. A private residential building, a garage, a crane, a tractor, and other equipment were damaged. There was no information about the victims.
The data is being verified. Yesterday, during the day, the Russians carried out 10 shelling of border communities. 37 explosions were recorded. Velykopisarivsk, Shalyginsk, Novoslobidsk, Bilopolsk, Yunakivsk, Krasnopilsk communities came under fire.
In Zaporizhzhia, the enemy carried out 102 attacks per day: three airstrikes, seven attacks from drones and 92 artillery strikes. 23 settlements of the Pologiv and Vasyliv districts were under the fire of the occupier: Gulyaipole, Orihiv, Mala Tokmachka, Charivne, Stepove, Zaliznychne and other front-line villages. Fortunately, no one was hurt. So far, the destruction of 26 civilian objects - these are private houses and apartments - has been recorded. Data on the consequences are being clarified.
In Dnipropetrovsk yesterday, Nikopol, Marganetska and Mirivska communities were under enemy attack. The aggressor fired with heavy artillery. People were not injured. A hotel and six private houses were damaged. Four outbuildings were gutted, one was destroyed. Broken gas pipeline.
In Luhansk , the enemy tried to storm Bilogorivka, Russian ground attacks were supported by artillery and aviation, but they did not succeed. Stelmakhivka, Nevske and Bilogorivka were subjected to artillery and mortar shelling last day. During the day, the enemy fired 95 rounds (418 shells).
The enemy continues to use civilian medical facilities for their own purposes. In the Central District Hospital of Bilovodsk, which the invaders turned into a military hospital, there are no vacancies left - the institution is overcrowded with Russian occupiers with injuries of varying degrees of severity.
In Kharkivskathat night, rescuers repeatedly extinguished fires in the Velikoburlutsk community. In the village As a result of shelling in Ploske Kupyan district, the school premises were on fire, as were the office premises of the administrative building and the House of Culture. According to preliminary data, the occupiers were attacked by Shaheds. No casualties. In the Slobozhansk direction, the enemy launched an air strike near Dovzhanka, Stogniya, Ud, Strelecha, Hlyboky, Morokhovets, Lyptsi, Neskuchny, Ogirtsevo, Gatysh, Pletenivka, Vovchansk, Varvarivka, Nesterny, Budarka, and Zemlyanka.
In the Kupyansk direction, the enemy conducted unsuccessful offensive actions in the area of Masyutivka. Airstrikes near Kislivka and Kotlyarivka. Kamianka, Topoli, Krasne Pershe, Novomlynsk, Dvorichna, Masyutivka, Mala Shapkivka, Kindrashivka, Kupyansk were subjected to enemy artillery and mortar fire. Tabaivka and Berestov, Kharkiv region. In Liptsy, Kharkiv district, as a result of shelling by the occupiers, private houses were damaged, windows were broken. There are no victims.
Approximately after 10:30, the enemy launched intense attacks on Vovchansk, Chuguyiv district. Residential buildings, residential areas and vehicles were damaged. In Vovchansk, a 33-year-old man received a mine-explosive injury during the shelling, the condition is of moderate severity.
In Liptsy, a garage was on fire as a result of the shelling, and there were no casualties.
In Kupyansk, a 56-year-old man with an explosive injury went to the doctors, his condition is average. premises and vehicles.
In Vovchansk, a 33-year-old man received a mine-explosive injury during the shelling, the condition is of moderate severity. In Liptsy, a garage was on fire as a result of the shelling, and there were no casualties.
In Kupyansk, a 56-year-old man with an explosive injury went to the doctors, his condition is average. premises and vehicles. In Vovchansk, a 33-year-old man received a mine-explosive injury during the shelling, the condition is of moderate severity.
In Liptsy, a garage was on fire as a result of the shelling, and there were no casualties. In Kupyansk, a 56-year-old man with an explosive injury went to the doctors, his condition is average.
In Donetsk, during the day, the Russians carried out 24 shellings, shelling 10 settlements. Avdiivka, Kostyantynivka, Krasnohorivka, Toretsk, Chasiv Yar, Karlivka, Mykolaivka, Novodmytrivka, Velyka Novosilka, Yampil were under fire.
A total of 25 residential buildings (10 of which are multi-apartment buildings), a railway track, a church building, a cultural center, a school, the "Ukrtelecom" building, the village council building, and the premises of PJSC "AKHZ" were damaged. In one day, 11 people were injured in Donetsk region, including a child.
In Mykolaivska yesterday, the enemy fired artillery at Ochakov, as a result of which one person was injured. Private houses, cars, infrastructure facilities were damaged and partially destroyed. Gas, electricity and Internet lines were also damaged. Everything is now restored. In addition, enemy artillery shelling was recorded in the water area of Ochakivsk community. There are no casualties.
During the day, the Russians fired 64 rounds (271 shells) at Khersonska , of which 11 rounds (47 shells) were fired at Kherson. The Russian military targeted the areas of 21 settlements of the region, objects of social infrastructure in the Berislav district.
Once again, the Russian army strikes Kozatskyi in the Novokakhovsk community. A 62-year-old woman died as a result of morning mortar shelling. Two more people were injured. They were hospitalized. The occupiers also shelled Lviv Tyaginska hromada. Unfortunately, a 71-year-old man died, and a 49-year-old man was injured. In just one day, two people died and three were injured due to Russian aggression. 91 people were evacuated from the de-occupied territory of the region.
We will remind you that during the past day, the enemy carried out 41 airstrikes and launched 53 attacks from rocket salvo systems. Civilians suffered, private residential buildings and other civil and administrative infrastructure were destroyed and damaged.
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[Korrespondent] 22:35 The US State Department has approved a deal to sell one NASAMS system and related equipment to Ukraine in the amount of $285 million, the Pentagon said.
22:14 The Ukrainian air defense system will become full-fledged only with powerful aircraft, Zelensky said in an evening video message. On the other hand, according to him, "the very first Ukrainian F-16 will become one of the strongest signals from the world that Russia will only lose because of its own aggression - it will become weaker, become even more isolated."
The President noted that now Russia is increasingly resorting to the so-called combined strikes - different types of missiles and drones. "If we take, for example, only one instrument of Russian terror - the Iranian "Shaheds", then today our soldiers have accounted for almost 900 of these downed drones. In total, about 1,160 "Shaheds" were used against Ukraine. Most of them are shot down. And constantly we are looking for tools to make the number of downed Iranian drones complete," the head of state stressed.
20:53 Norway will support the training of Ukrainian pilots and personnel on F-16 fighter jets, Defense Minister Bjorn Arild Gramm said. "Norway will consider different ways to promote the education and training of Ukrainian personnel on F-16 fighter jets," he said.
20:25 The United States is investigating information that American equipment was allegedly used during the "invasion" of the territory of the Belgorod region, said White House national security adviser John Kirby. He added that Washington does not approve of the use of American weapons for attacks on the territory of the Russian Federation and informed Ukraine about this.
20:14 Ukraine's accession to NATO will not happen while the war is going on, but the path to membership in the future is open, Stoltenberg said: "Joining the Alliance in the midst of a war is not on the agenda. The question is what will happen when the war is over." According to the Secretary General, there are different views within the Alliance regarding Ukraine's potential membership, but all members agree that Ukraine will join NATO in the future.
19:49 The Legion of Freedom of Russia announced that during a joint operation with the RDC in the Belgorod region, their total losses amounted to two people dead and ten wounded.
19:35 In early May, the Russians took military documentation from Crimea to Russia, as well as encryption equipment from the military command and control bodies of the RF Armed Forces, the Center for National Resistance under the MTR of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported.
19:24 At the July NATO summit in Vilnius, possible security guarantees for Ukraine will be discussed, but so far no specific decisions are expected, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said. According to him, during the meeting in Vilnius, the Alliance allies will discuss assistance to Ukraine, strengthening its defense and deterrence capabilities, transition and compatibility with NATO standards.
18:56 During the day, there is a decrease in the intensity of fighting on the flanks in the suburbs of Bakhmut, said Deputy Defense Minister Anna Malyar. "But this does not mean that the enemy is weakening. On the contrary, the enemy is trying to strengthen on the flanks and relies on artillery fire, making constant shelling," she specified.
At the same time, according to Malyar, the Ukrainian troops manage to gradually advance. In Bakhmut, the number of enemy assault actions has been reduced, the enemy is replacing units. Ukrainian defenders control part of the Samolet district in the southwestern part of the city.
18:38 The Russian volunteer corps and the Legion of Freedom of Russia entered the Belgorod region 42 km deep, the active phase of their actions is over, but the operation continues, said the commander of the RDK Denis White Rex. "Once again, when we cross the border of the Russian Federation, we see that the military-political leadership is not ready for this. They told a lot that they are strengthening the line, spending billions - dragon's teeth, posts, some kind of super surveillance. When it comes down to it, all this is pouring in. The more powerful we go, the more time they need to make decisions," he said.
At the same time, the RDK commander emphasized that so far his formation does not have the resources to occupy and fully control certain Russian territories, but this time they have trophies - armored vehicles and weapons, they also managed to destroy a certain amount of equipment on the territory of the Russian Federation.
As for the photo of American equipment that the Russian military allegedly knocked out, the commander urged not to believe Russian propaganda. He recalled that there is American equipment that the Russians managed to get in battles - for example, near Bakhmut. The commander also assured that the volunteer formations that entered the Belgorod region this week had no losses during the clashes.
18:19 Despite the end of the heating season and summer weather, there is a shortage of electricity in Ukraine. To cover the needs of consumers, today Ukrenergo was forced to temporarily stop exporting electricity abroad. Moreover, oblenergos have updated the schedules of hourly power outages and again urged Ukrainians to save electricity during peak hours. More details - in the material We get generators .
17:40 Ukraine has an approximate list of Russians who it is desirable to liquidate for unleashing an aggressive war, Vadym Skibitsky, a spokesman for the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, said in an interview with Die Welt. In particular, according to him, Prigozhin is on this list, as well as Putin, "because he coordinates and decides everything." "But, in the end, everyone will have to answer for their actions. Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov and Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu planned the attack and now they cannot go back," the GUR representative added.
Skibitsky also mentioned Kadyrov, who "was everywhere" in the first months of a full-scale war, but now he realized that Russia had already lost strategically. The conditional list also includes Sergei Surovikin and other commanders who entered Ukraine.
Answering the question where the border of this list is and whether the possibility of liquidating civilians, such as oligarchs or propagandists, is being considered, Skibitsky said: “We are at war, these are our enemies. If an important figure produces and finances weapons for them, then his liquidation would save the lives of many civilians... According to international conventions, this is a legitimate target."
17:16 IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi met in Beijing with the head of Rosatom, Alexei Likhachev, to discuss security at the occupied Zaporozhye nuclear power plant.
16:57 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stated that this morning the Armed Forces of Ukraine allegedly unsuccessfully tried to attack the ship Ivan Khurs of the Black Sea Fleet with three unmanned boats, performing tasks to ensure the security of the Turkish Stream and Blue Stream gas pipelines in the economic zone of Turkey. All boats are allegedly destroyed, the ship continues to perform tasks.
16:38 Japan has handed over to Ukraine about 100 military vehicles, including trucks and SUVs, as well as 30,000 dry rations.
16:04 Reznikov, during a briefing with his British counterpart Ben Wallace, confirmed that Ukraine is successfully using Storm Shadow missiles: "We had the opportunity to shake hands with pilots who were trained in the UK and successfully use weapons called Storm Shadow."
The Ukrainian minister also presented his British colleague with a postcard depicting a Ukrainian Su-24 bomber with a Storm Shadow missile on a suspension.
15:48 Import and export of electricity is currently not carried out. The suspension of exports from Ukraine is due to the need to cover domestic needs throughout the day and provide reserves for the evening hours of maximum consumption, Ukrenergo reported. In this regard, citizens are asked to carefully and rationally consume electricity in the evening hours - from 19:00 to 22:00.
15:26 Representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate Andrei Chernyak, in a commentary to the Financial Times, admitted that the Ukrainian military provides information to the Russian Volunteer Corps and the Legion of Freedom of Russia: "Of course, we communicate with them. Of course, we share certain information. And, one might even say, we cooperate." At the same time, he denied information from the Russian side that the partisans allegedly received American equipment from Ukraine.
15:05 The representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense Andrei Yusov denied the information of Russian propaganda about the allegedly large losses among the fighters of the Russian Volunteer Corps in the Belgorod Region: "As for the losses, no, this information is not confirmed. These are hastily made propaganda fakes and nothing more. There were a lot of funny things, in particular, the general personally "leading the liberation of the street" and other funny moments.
According to Yusov, after the events in the Belgorod region, Russian propaganda "broke down" because it cannot properly explain key points even to an internal audience.
Yusov also added that Ukrainian intelligence has information about the intentions of the Russian Federation to transfer its units from the occupied territories to the border regions, but this process will not be quick and requires preparation, so the GUR is monitoring the situation.
14:59 Russia excludes the expansion of the list of goods and the number of ports for their export as part of the grain deal, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.
14:47 Ukraine will soon receive 110 Leopard 1A5 tanks, Ambassador to Germany Aleksey Makeev said.
14:44 International donors will provide Ukraine with 17 million euros for housing loans for internally displaced persons, the Ministry of Reintegration reported. More than 650 IDPs have already received a loan at a rate of 3% per annum for a total of UAH 892.6 million. This grant program is implemented by the State Youth with funding from the German government through the KfW Credit Institution.
14:35 In the Belgorod region of the Russian Federation, the border with Ukraine is guarded by conscripts, the journalists of the 7x7 edition found out. Thus, they are not formally in the combat zone, although at least seven Russian conscripts have died on the border since the beginning of the war.
Relatives of the soldiers said that they were being sent to the territory on the border 200-300 meters from Ukraine. According to them, Russian conscripts are “the very first” on the border and even see Ukrainian soldiers, while border guards and the National Guard who patrol the perimeter are already behind them. The command of the Western Military District, in response to complaints, stated that the conscripts "perform tasks aimed at strengthening and protecting the state border" on the territory of the Russian Federation and are not involved in the war.
13:52 Shoigu said that Russian troops "will continue to respond promptly and extremely harshly to "terrorist actions of Ukrainian militants" similar to the attack in the Belgorod region.
13:48 The Russians use the territory of power units No. 1, 2, 4 of the Zaporizhzhya NPP as a logistics and military base, the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reports. Personnel, armored vehicles and trucks are permanently located at these sites. Moreover, the number of vehicles and military personnel is constantly changing, the rotation is hidden during the curfew. All trucks are heavily tented - there is information that they may contain ammunition and explosives.
Employees on duty shifts, who must inspect power units at least 1-2 times a week, are not allowed into the controlled area. Those who tried to conduct check rounds were beaten and tortured. Several of the injured are in hospital in critical condition.
13:37 British analysts at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) have published a report on the change in tactics and the state of the Russian occupation forces in the second year of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Among other things, the authors of the report came to the conclusion that the widely spread opinion about the weakness of the Russian army and the incompetence of the Russian military does not fully correspond to reality. Read more in the material Learn from mistakes.
13:06 Ukraine is investigating the likely role of Belarus in the kidnapping of Ukrainian children from the occupied territories, Reuters was told in the Office of the Prosecutor General. The statement was made after the Belarusian opposition reported that 2,150 Ukrainian children, including orphans aged 6 to 15, were taken to so-called health camps and sanatoriums on the territory of Belarus. From the Russian-controlled territories of Ukraine, the children were taken by bus to the Russian Federation, and then by train to Belarus.
The opposition emphasizes that Lukashenka personally ordered the transfer of orphans to Belarus and facilitated their arrival with financial and organizational support. Lukashenka's office did not respond to a request from journalists.
12:39 Zelensky announced that he had held a regular meeting of the Headquarters of the Supreme Commander. In particular, according to the president, work has begun on a comprehensive concept for the development of Ukrainian aviation, taking into account the transition to new types of aircraft: a new organizational structure, training of pilots and personnel, the necessary infrastructure, and logistics.
The participants of the meeting also discussed the state of provision of advanced units and reserves with ammunition, analyzed existing and potential contracts for the supply and the dynamics of increasing their own production.
12:32 The Netherlands allocates 260 million euros for the joint purchase of ammunition for Ukraine, the country's Ministry of Defense reported. The total military assistance of the Netherlands to Ukraine has reached 1.2 billion euros.
12:26 The Russians hanged a man in the Svatov region, said the head of the Luhansk OVA Artem Lysogor. A resident of Nizhnyaya Duvanka had a clear pro-Ukrainian position and did not change it, despite constant interrogations.
11:54 Crimean public publish photos with smoke in the area of the Crimean bridge.
11:33 British Defense Minister Ben Wallace visited Ukraine and met with Reznikov. According to the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, the parties discussed the NATO perspective of Ukraine in the context of the upcoming NATO summit in Vilnius, weapons priorities, "especially in relation to weapons that allow you to defeat the enemy at long distances, such as Storm Shadow."
11:22 Chinese Government Special Representative for Eurasia Li Hui visited Paris, where he discussed the political settlement of the "Ukrainian crisis" with French Foreign Ministry Director General for Policy and Security Frederic Mondoloni. The Chinese diplomat noted that there are "many consensuses on the Ukrainian issue" between China and France.
Beijing is ready to "strengthen dialogue and exchanges with all parties and continue to expand the common basis for a political resolution of the crisis and efforts to end hostilities," he said. According to the Chinese special envoy, lately "a consensus has been reached and the foundation has been laid" for such a settlement.
10:59 The Crimean bridge is closed due to the "exercises" being held in the area, said the "head" of Crimea Sergey Aksyonov. Traffic is expected to be restored "in a few hours." Meanwhile, Russian military telegram channels write that the Russian reconnaissance ship Ivan Khurs was attacked early this morning by drones in the Black Sea after passing through the Bosphorus Strait. According to them, the sailors allegedly managed to successfully repel the attack, the ship was not damaged.
10:33 Prigozhin claims that his PMC Wagner in the battles for Bakhmut lost 20,000 soldiers killed, 10,000 of them were recruited prisoners.
10:25 The Crimean "parliament" today "nationalizes" the property of the "Ukrainian oligarchs", including the property of the Zelensky family in Livadia, Aksyonov said.
10:16 In the Brovarsky district of the Kiev region, on May 24 and 25, enhanced filtration measures will be carried out: citizens and vehicles will be checked while crossing checkpoints, the city council said.
09:50 British intelligence drew attention to the problems with discipline in the Russian army, which worsened after the start of forced mobilization. Reliable research by independent Russian journalists shows that between January and May 2023, Russian military courts heard 1,053 cases of unauthorized excommunication of military personnel, more than in all of 2022. At the same time, most of those found guilty receive suspended sentences, which means that they can be transferred to the “special operation” zone.
09:27 The US military will begin training Ukrainians to operate M1A1 Abrams tanks "within the next week or so," Pentagon spokesman Pat Ryder told Voice of America. According to the publication, about 250 Ukrainian troops will arrive in Germany this week to participate in the exercises. The training in Germany is expected to last about ten weeks.
Pentagon officials also say that another batch of armored vehicles in the amount of 31 M1A1 Abrams tanks is undergoing repairs in the United States and will be delivered to Ukraine by autumn.
09:21 The West is ready to support Ukraine for years, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said. He stressed that the Russian strategy of "waiting" to make the West "tired and bored" would not work. "Now we are talking with allies about what kind of long-term multilateral and bilateral security agreements we can conclude with Ukraine," the British prime minister added.
08:50 In the Kherson region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, two people were killed, three more were injured. In the Donetsk region, 11 civilians were injured, in Kharkiv - two, in Mykolaiv - one, according to the IVA.
08:28 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of May 24. Among other things, over the past day, Ukrainian defenders have destroyed an enemy Ka-52 attack helicopter.
personnel - about 204,760 (+400) people liquidated,
tanks - 3792 (+3),
armored combat vehicles - 7424 (+5),
artillery systems - 3339 (+21),
MLRS - 570 (+5),
air defense systems - 327 (+0),
aircraft - 309 (+0),
helicopters - 296 (+1),
UAV operational-tactical level - 2871 (+7),
cruise missiles - 1015 (+0),
ships/boats - 18 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 6146 (+7),
special equipment - 440 (+7).
08:12 The Russian army continues to concentrate its main efforts on the Kupyansky, Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky and Maryinsky directions - there were 26 military clashes. Bakhmut and Marinka remain at the epicenter of hostilities, the General Staff said in a morning report .
04:30 The next meeting in the Ramstein format will be devoted to Ukraine's urgent needs - in particular, strengthening its air defense, supplying ammunition, preparing to receive the F-16, Pentagon spokesman Pat Ryder said. The online meeting will take place on May 25.
00:59 The units of the Legion of Freedom of Russia and the Russian Volunteer Corps, consisting purely of Russians, allegedly suffered minor losses during the operation in the Belgorod region, but this did not affect their combat capability, writes The New York Times with reference to an "anonymous Ukrainian official."
The interlocutor of the publication claims that not a single Ukrainian fighter entered the territory of Russia, and "the Ukrainian military plays a predominantly auxiliary role, protecting the Ukrainian border in this area in case of a Russian counterattack."
00:41 Governor of the Belgorod region of the Russian Federation Vyacheslav Gladkov said that in Belgorod an explosive device was dropped onto the roadway from a UAV, and a car was damaged. Also, an UAV was shot down by the air defense system over the Belgorod region, there were no casualties.
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The US State Department has approved a deal to sell one NASAMS system and related equipment to Ukraine in the amount of $285 million, the Pentagon said.
Yeah, and they're gonna buy it with whose money?
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[NewsFrontInfo] 20:31 Bandera group destroyed and returned to Lviv from the Donbass.
Zapadentsy will now all serve together at the Lichakovsky cemetery.
20:03 Video- The howitzer division of 1453 SMEs is dismantling the positions of the Ukrainian in the Avdeevsky direction.
19:34 Video- The Lancet of the 20th Army burned down a Ukrainian 122mm D-30 howitzer in the Limansky direction.
19:02 Video– Destruction of a Ukrainian tank with the help of ATGMs in the Pervomaisky area.
18:25 Photo– As is often the case, beautiful girls are not very smart. And here - a typical example, only the scale of the consequences is wider. So, the young lady was photographed with a letter to the Nazis from the “Russian Volunteer Corps” (RDK), posted it on Instagram and lit up the number of the military unit as part of the Armed Forces of Ukraine - A3449.
What is this? And this is a division of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, to which the Foreign Legion of Ukraine is attached, and in the same place the RDK and the “regiment named after. Kalinovsky." All these are formations of Ukrainian troops, and they are subordinate to the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. So chatterboxes like Misha Podolyak with their “these are Russians with Russians, Ukraine has nothing to do with it” can cheerfully go through the forest, as always.
17:39 Video- The work of artillery 123 brigade 2AK in the Seversk direction.
17:18 Footage of the destruction of Ukrainian unmanned boats, which today tried to attack the Ivan Khurs ship of the Black Sea Fleet. Video:Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation
17:16 The main thing from the new briefing Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation:
During the day, the Russian troops destroyed more than 60 military personnel and 122mm self-propelled guns "Gvozdika" of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Krasnolimansky direction;
The ammunition depot of the 54th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed in the DPR;
The RF Armed Forces hit the command and observation post of the unit of the 110th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Avdiivka in the DPR;
Russian troops destroyed ammunition depots of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Slavyansk and Grigorovka in the DPR;
The air defense of the Russian Federation shot down a Ukrainian MiG-29 aircraft, as well as 20 drones, in a day.
16:28 Another battered Ukrainian evacuation vehicle that came under distribution from the RF Armed Forces -video
16:25 Nazis in Kyiv continue destroying the memory of the feat of the Russian people.
Vandals doused the monument to Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya with paint and wrote on it: “Demolish”.
15:36 Artillery and tanks of the 291st Regiment cover the strongholds of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye direction -video
15:33 Along the way here, someone was very checkmate (bad - ed.) -video
Bandera patch based on the pattern of ISIS suicide bombers and other things of a participant in a suicide action in the Belgorod Region
14:55 “Mobilization in Ukraine is proceeding normally” (c) Danilov —video
14:53 Among the saboteurs who broke into the Belgorod region, noticed Belarusian Nazi Igor "Yankee" Yankov.
A mercenary who escaped from Belarus after the 2020 protests is legendary as a field commander of the Titan foreign militant group.
Before the SVO, the Belarusian Nazi had no military experience and is characterized by monitoring resources as a project of the Ukrainian TsIPSO, appearing where it is necessary to create the necessary information effect.
13:06 Such a picture is now all over Ukraine -video
On the front line, just like cannon fodder, the next echelons of young guys, men and women, are sent.
Stop! The enemy sits on the "Bank" in Kyiv, and will continue to indulge the nationalists, the Americans and the British.
13:04 Air raid alert announcedin Kyiv, Khmelnitsky, Zhytomyr, Vinnitsa, Cherkassy, Kirovohrad, Mykolaiv, Dnepropetrovsk regions of Ukraine, as well as in Kyiv-controlled areas of Kherson, Donetsk and Zaporozhye regions.
12:39 Became aware of liquidation nationalist "Azov" Igor Misyak.
He was born on June 16, 1993.
In 2014, he came from Lviv to Kyiv to participate in the riots on the Maidan. There he made acquaintances with neo-Nazis and joined the Right Sector and Azov.
From 2014 to 2015, Misyak participated in the so-called Ukrainian ATO as part of the Azov regiment, allegedly as an ambulance attendant and a "rescue fighter".
After the start of the SVO, he joined the 34th separate motorized infantry battalion of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
12:37 Air raid alert announced in the Kirovograd, Dnipropetrovsk, Mykolaiv, Cherkassy regions of Ukraine, as well as in the Kyiv-controlled areas of the Kherson, Donetsk and Zaporozhye regions.
11:33 Another wounded Ukrainian soldier, together with his brothers-in-arms, took refuge in the dugout -video
Denazification is inevitable
11:31 Russian assault detachments destroyed an observation post, five dugouts and almost a platoon of the military of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Masyutovka area (Kharkiv region) -video
Also in the Kupyansk direction, aviation launched missile and bomb strikes on enemy manpower, weapons and equipment, said Sergey Zybinsky, head of the press center of the Zapad grouping.
In the South-Donetsk direction, two reconnaissance groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were opened and liquidated, said the head of the press center of the Vostok group, Alexander Gordeev.
10:24 May 21 near Artyomovsk eliminated 29-year-old special forces soldier of Ukraine Rostyslav Kariy.
He served in the President's Special Forces Regiment as a squad leader.
He participated in the so-called ATO and was involved in punitive operations on the territory of Donbass, for which he received awards from Zelensky.
After the start of the NWO, Kariy fought in Bucha, Irpen and Kherson.
10:21 Investigators of the Investigative Committee of Russia will investigate the next crimes of Ukrainian nationalists against the civilian population of Kursk and Belgorod regions
In the Sudzhansky district of the Kursk region, an unmanned aerial vehicle dropped an explosive device at a substation. As a result, several villages were de-energized. None of the residents were hurt.
In Belgorod, an explosive device was dropped onto the roadway from an unmanned aerial vehicle. According to preliminary information, there were no casualties. There is damage to the car.
The Investigative Committee will give a legal assessment of all these facts and establish the circle of persons involved in the commission of crimes.
09:50 RF Armed Forces are continuously working on the accumulation of manpower of Ukronazis in a constant mode, not allowing them to raise their heads -video
09:48 Tonight on the right bank of the Dnieper in the Kherson region destroyed another warehouse with ammunition, there was also a congestion of personnel. A secondary detonation of ammunition was noted.
08:12 4th brigade destroys enemy fortifications on the flank near Artyomovsk (Bakhmut) -video
Fierce battles continue under the liberated city, and the enemy is attacking in a number of areas.
Artillery of the 2nd Corps of the LPR, together with reconnaissance, destroy positions and militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Disputed Direction.
08:09 In the NWO zone eliminated Lieutenant Colonel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Sergey Gulevsky. Participated in the autumn offensive operation of the Ukrainian troops on Bayrak and Novaya Gusarovka in the Kharkiv region.
They also report the liquidation of the commander of the elite presidential regiment of special forces, Rostislav Kary.
He was a member of the punitive operation in the Donbass. Also seen in Bucha and Irpen.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFrontInfo] 22:00 Video- Ukrainian saboteurs during the attack on the Belgorod region were preparing caches with weapons in the homes of residents. Footage appeared showing the arsenal of militants being confiscated in one of the houses in the village of Kozinka.
According to a local resident, the nationalists robbed his house, took out documents, money and other valuables. “They tore all the documents, left nothing,” he said.
The footage shows that the saboteurs tried to hide anti-tank systems and cartridges in the house. In addition, when examining the dwelling, it became clear that the DRG also used it as a firing position.
21:27 Video- The work of the tank from a closed position with the task of destroying the enemy stronghold. Correction from Mavik.
21:02 Video- Arrivals of cast iron in Berislav, Kherson region.
20:34 Video- The tankers worked well for the Ukrainian oporniks in the Zaporozhye region.
20:10 Video- Ukrainian helicopters are launching NAR from a pitch-up in the Zaporozhye region.
19:52 Audio recording- Prigozhin said that after a rest and reorganization in a couple of months, the Wagner would return to the front again.
19:37 Video- The relaxed vushnik was very unlucky.
19:23 Video- Tula paratroopers, performing the tasks of holding one of the lines in the NVO zone, showed their pet
In the field life, nowhere without furry helpers. Despite his young age, the kitten named "Gosha" is already performing the task of finding and catching mice. In calm hours, he pleases with his presence the soldiers of the Airborne Forces and cheers up the fighters.
19:02 Video- Contract service - an opportunity to defend the Motherland and test your character
The signalman of the artillery unit with the call sign "Makar" has been participating in a special military operation from the first day of its implementation. He is one of those who liberated Mariupol from Ukrainian nationalists. He joined the army in 2020 after graduating from college.
At first, Makar was called up for military service and only then signed a contract:
“I came and didn’t even know anything about the army. After just a couple of months of service in the brigade, I realized that the people here are very good, sympathetic, and I wanted to stay with them a little longer.
18:25 Video– What does the Grayvoron checkpoint look like now. Reporting from the field.
17:51 Video- Ukrainian militants fired at the checkpoint in Kozinka in the Belgorod region.
17:32 Personnel destruction of Ukrainian unmanned boats during the attack on the Ivan Khurs ship.
17:00 Summary of Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation (05/24/2023)
After the terrorist attack on September 26, 2022 at Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation are taking measures to protect such facilities. And not in vain.
Today at 5:30, the armed forces of Ukraine made an unsuccessful attempt to attack the Ivan Khurs ship of the Black Sea Fleet with three unmanned speedboats, which is performing tasks to ensure the safety of the functioning of the Turkish Stream and Blue Stream gas pipelines in the exclusive economic zone of the Republic of Turkey.
All enemy boats were destroyed by fire from the standard armament of a Russian ship 140 kilometers northeast of the Bosphorus.
The ship "Ivan Khurs" of the Black Sea Fleet continues to fulfill its tasks.
- In the Kupyansky direction, air strikes, artillery fire and active actions of units of the "Western" group of troops defeated the enemy in the areas of the settlements of Dvurechnaya, Pershotravneve, Timkovka of the Kharkov region and Stelmahovka of the Luhansk People's Republic.
- In the areas of the settlements of Sinkovka and Kislovka of the Kharkov region, the actions of two Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups were stopped.
Over 40 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, as well as 152mm D-20 and 122mm D-30 howitzers were destroyed in a day.
- In the Krasno-Limansky direction, operational-tactical aviation, artillery fire and heavy flamethrower systems of the "Center" group of forces hit enemy units in the areas of the settlements of Chervonaya Dibrova, Nevskoye of the Luhansk People's Republic, Torskoye and Grigorovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
During the day, more than 60 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, three cars, a 122mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mount, as well as a 122mm D-30 howitzer were destroyed in this direction.
- In addition, an ammunition depot of the 54th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed near the village of Verkhnekamenskoye in the Donetsk People's Republic.
In the Donetsk direction, as a result of the active actions of units, air strikes and artillery fire of the "Southern" group of forces, up to 150 Ukrainian military personnel, one tank, two armored personnel carriers, two armored combat vehicles, and three cars were destroyed per day.
In addition, ammunition depots of the 10th Mountain Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the 112th Territorial Defense Brigade were destroyed near the settlements of Slavyansk and Grigorovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
- 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 Vuhledar, Shevchenko of the Donetsk People's Republic, Malaya Tokmachka, Marfopol and Kamenskoe of the Zaporozhye region.
Enemy losses in these directions amounted to 125 Ukrainian servicemen killed and wounded, three vehicles, and the 152mm Msta-B howitzer.
- In the Kherson direction, during the fire engagement of the enemy over the past day, up to 25 Ukrainian servicemen, a 152mm Msta-B howitzer and two vehicles were destroyed.
- Operational-tactical and army aviation, artillery of groups of troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation hit 93 Artillery unit of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in firing positions, manpower and military equipment in 107 districts.
- In the area of the settlement of Avdievka of the Donetsk People's Republic, the command and observation post of the unit of the 110th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was hit.
A MiG-29 fighter jet of the Ukrainian Air Force was shot down by means of air defense in the area of the village of Grigorovka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
- During the day, 16 rockets of the HIMARS multiple launch rocket system were intercepted.
In addition, 20 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed in the areas of the settlements of Pokrovskoye, Terny, Kirillovka, Krapivnitskoye of the Donetsk People's Republic, Zolotarevka, Chervonaya Dibrova, Novokrasnyanka, Zmievka of the Luhansk People's Republic, Tsvetkovoe of the Zaporizhia Region and Rubanovka of the Kherson Region.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 429 aircraft, 235 helicopters, 4,293 unmanned aerial vehicles, 424 anti-aircraft missile systems, 9,295 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,100 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 4,893 field artillery pieces and mortars, as well as 1,0433 units of special military vehicles.
16:30 Along Bakhmutskyi direction
My source in Konstantinovka said that the movement of the military has intensified through the settlement over the past few days:
- Georgians (I think they mean mercenaries) with equipment are being transferred in the direction of Bakhmut himself
- more personnel and equipment arrive and are located in the vicinity of Konstantinovka
- At the same time, about five days ago, a source wrote to me that the military, on the contrary, was leaving the city. Moreover, the quote, "faster than usual."
There are three options here: the enemy began to actively prepare for defense, or vice versa, he wants to increase pressure on Bakhmut's flanks, or it's just a rotation. In general, all options are equally likely.
But the main thing is that the enemy, apparently, does not intend to freeze the front in this direction. Although so far all combat activity has been reduced mainly to artillery duels.
16:14 Video- "The enemy is suppressed, the enemy is afraid": the Russian landing force holds the lines.
The fighters of the parachute company of the Tula formation of the Airborne Forces are constantly monitoring one of the most important areas of combat contact with the enemy.
15:50 Photo– The consequences of the night artillery attack of Avdievka DPR.
15:33 Video- Arrivals of FABs to Ukrainian positions.
14:54 Soldiers of the 200th Brigade of the Russian Armed Forces advanced in the area of the Berkhovsky reservoir northwest of Artemovsk.
They report a counter-offensive of the Russian Army in the Artemovsk area (near the Berkhovsky reservoir). As a result, two previously abandoned strongholds were recaptured.
14:42 Having taken Masyutovka, the Russian Army continues offensive, breaking through the defenses of the enemy in the Kharkiv region
- Assault detachments of the 6th combined arms army in the area of the settlement. Masyutovka and Molchanovo of the Kharkiv region, an observation post, five dugouts and up to a platoon of militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from the 14th Brigade and the 105th Brigade of TerOborona were destroyed, the West group of troops reported.
- Also in the Kupyansk direction, the aviation of the Western Military District carried out missile and bomb strikes against concentrations of forces, weapons and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
- The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine recognizes that the situation in the Masyutovka area is difficult, Russian troops are conducting offensive operations.
Also in the Kupyansk direction, the Aerospace Forces are conducting airstrikes near Kislovka and Kotlyarovka. The positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlement are subjected to artillery and mortar shelling. Kamenka, Poplars, Red First, Novomlinsk, Dvurechnaya, Masyutovka, Malaya Shapkovka, Kondrashovka, Kupyansk, Tabaevka and Berestovo of the Kharkov region and Stelmahovka - Lugansk
14:30 Video- The First Slavic Brigade strikes at the enemy positions near Avdievka
Structures, bunkers and dugouts, the strengthening of which all of Ukraine has been working for eight years, are now dismantling the crews of the 122mm self-propelled guns 2S1 “Gvozdika” of the 1st Slavic brigade near Avdievka. High accuracy of fire is achieved by well-coordinated work of calculations, as well as by adjusting fire with the help of UAVs
14:12 An attempt to strike at the reconnaissance ship "Ivan Khurs" of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Navy was, in principle, expected. The Ukrainian authorities have repeatedly demonstrated disregard attitude to any kind of agreement, over and over again attacking Russian facilities and hiding behind a “grain deal”.
As a result of the recently renewed agreement, the Russian authorities have stated that access to the port of Yuzhny will not be renewed until the export of Russian ammonia through the pipeline begins. Ukrainian representatives demand the inclusion of the ports of Olvia and Nikolaev in exchange, which was logically denied in Moscow.
This incident, although it took place outside the corridor zone, once again demonstrates the futility of any agreements with the sponsors of Ukraine: any hint of movement towards a “peace process” is a manifestation of the naivety used by the enemy.
Apparently, with this strike by naval drones, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are trying to force out favorable conditions for themselves in the hope of allowing ships to enter the harbors in the Dnieper-Bug Estuary, in which they are actively assisted by UN representatives. Therefore, it is unlikely that today's attack in the Black Sea zone will be the last.
13:59 APU againconcentratein Velikaya Pisarevka on the border with Russia. Several times during the day there was artillery attack of the Graivoron checkpoint and the village of Kozinka (which for some reason is allowed to return to civilians).
13:42 Video “Sometimes the Lancet is also used to destroy personal vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
13:25 Gorlovka under shelling Ukrainian Nazis
The photographs show the consequences of the artillery attack of Panteleymonovka from the positions of Ukrainian neo-Nazis.
According to updated data, Ukrainian punishers fired more than 10 rounds from the 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS into the residential areas of the village.
As a result of the artillery attack of the Panteleymonovka village by the Ukrainian Nazis, a house at the address: st. Grape, 9.
Under the aimed fire of Ukrainian terrorists, the urban-type settlement of Panteleymonovka. According to preliminary information, at the address: st. Grape, 24 damaged cars, a fire broke out.
13:17 Video– Maryinka DPR
The work of our tankers to destroy enemy strongholds
12:57 Video– Statement by the head of the press center of the Vostok group
- In the South-Donetsk direction, the units of the Vostok group opened and, with the support of artillery, destroyed two enemy reconnaissance groups.
The fire of the Giacint artillery installations destroyed the American-made ANT/PQ-36 counterbattery system in the Ugledar region and a car with militants in the Velika Novelska region.
- Crews of 152mm self-propelled artillery mounts "Acacia" and 240mm self-propelled mortars "Tulip" destroyed the points of temporary deployment of militants in the areas of Novopol and Velikaya Novoselka.
- As part of the counter-battery fight, an enemy 152mm Msta-B howitzer in the Skudnoye area and a mortar crew in the Prechistovka area were destroyed.
- The crew of the TOS-1 "Solntsepyok" flamethrower system hit the stronghold of the nationalists in the Novomikhailovka area.
The crews of anti-aircraft missile systems "OSA-AKM" shot down three unmanned aerial vehicles "Valkyrie".
- In the Zaporozhye direction, artillery fire destroyed a pickup truck with militants in Lugovskoye, enemy manpower in the Kamenskoye area, and a mortar crew in the Novodanilovka area.
Loitering ammunition "Lancet" destroyed two pickup trucks with militants in the Chervonoye area.
12:22 Video– Statement by the head of the press center of the Center group
- In the Krasno-Limansky direction, the crews of the Ka-52 and Mi-35 helicopters of the Russian group launched air strikes on enemy manpower and lightly armored vehicles.
- Crews of anti-aircraft missile systems "Tor-M1" destroyed unmanned aerial vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas: Zhitlovka, Chervonaya Dibrova. Loitering ammunition "Lancet" hit the 122mm self-propelled artillery installation "Carnation" of the nationalists.
- In the Torsky area and in the area of Serebryansky forestry, intelligence forces and means revealed the movement of personnel on the equipment of the 81st Airmobile Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the 5th Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine.
As a result of the fire impact of artillery units, the enemy suffered significant losses in personnel and equipment.
11:41 Main statements Denis Pushilin, acting head of the DPR:
- There are no concerns in the Maryinsky and Avdeevsky directions. There are Donetsk guys from the First Army Corps. They will stand until the end.
- In the Uludar direction, in addition to other army units, there are servicemen of the OBTF "Kaskad". The situation remains tense but controlled.
- The situation on the flanks in the vicinity of Artemovsk is stabilizing, the peak of anxiety has been passed.
- When we liberate even the whole of Ukraine, our task is to do everything so that future generations objectively understand the picture of what is happening and know exactly what was happening.
11:25 PMC "Wagner" lost results of battles for Bakhmut 20,000 people were killed, said the founder of PMC Yevgeny Prigozhin.
At the time of the beginning of the siege of Bakhmut, there were 35,000 fighters in the ranks of PMCs, at the best moments - 50,000, Prigogine said in an interview with political strategist Konstantin Dolgov. The Ukrainian forces have 82,000. The "Wagnerites" advanced in a numerical minority, while, according to the laws of military science, the attackers should have at least a threefold advantage.
According to Prigozhin, Wagner lost 10,000 full-time soldiers killed. The same losses were experienced by convicts recruited by PMCs under a contract. Since the beginning of the SVO, about 50,000 prisoners have been recruited, of which one in five died, that is, also 10 thousand.
The loss of Ukrainian forces in Artemivsk amounted to about 50 thousand people killed and 50,000-70,000 wounded, Prigozhin said. The goal was not in Artemovsk itself, but in the Bakhmut meat grinder, and the Wagner in it “destroyed those whom it was supposed to destroy,” Prigozhin noted.
And now remember Biden's statements, where he spoke about Russia's loss of 100,000, it just meant the loss of the dead and wounded. And for each dead, there are usually 4-5 wounded, which comes out to 100,000 in 224 days of the battle for Bakhmut.
11:13 Video- Russian anti-aircraft gunners on the banks of the Kakhovka reservoir are ready for work and defense.
11:00 Video– Statement by the head of the press center of the Zapad group
- In the course of hostilities in the Kupyansky direction, by air defense means of the West group of troops, fire from the Igla MANPADS in the area of the settlement. Lozovaya shot down an enemy Mi-8 helicopter.
In addition, the calculation of ZRPK "Pantsir-S" destroyed in the area of the settlement. Solomino aircraft-type UAV.
- Assault detachments of the 6th Combined Arms Army in the area of the settlement. Masyutovka, Molchanovo destroyed an observation post, five dugouts and up to a platoon of enemy servicemen from the 14 Separate Mechanized Brigade and 105 TerO brigade.
Calculations of the 152mm self-propelled guns "Msta-S" in the area of the settlement. Zapadnoe destroyed the AN/TPQ-50 counterbattery radar.
- Attack and army aviation carried out rocket and bomb strikes on accumulations of manpower, weapons and military equipment of the 14th Separate Mechanized Brigade and TerO units.
10:48 Video- "During the battle, one and a half drops of water goes down a sip." Senior Lieutenant Gennady Ignatenko - commander of a motorized rifle platoon. As part of his formation, he held the lines occupied by the RF Armed Forces along strategically important federal highways and transport hubs.
“For four months, the enemy tried to drive us out of there, but he didn’t succeed,” Gennady tells about the combat work for which he was awarded the Order of Courage. Let the whole Altai Territory be proud of its fellow countryman!
10:34 Our aerial reconnaissance has been actively working since early morning. Birdies reveal location and shelter of the enemy on the right bank.
When targets are identified, we instantly deliver accurate strikes from artillery and mortars.
As a rule, the enemy uses residential buildings and summer cottages as shelters.
There is evidence of the defeat of enemy manpower.
We will present a video with the defeat of the enemy from artillery in the very near future.
10:25 Video - Statement by the head of the press center of the group "South"
- In the Lisichansk direction, the aviation of the "Southern" group of forces carried out two sortie aircraft, struck at the strongholds of Ukrainian units.
- The calculation of the 240mm mortar "Tulip" of the artillery brigade of the Southern Military District destroyed the enemy's ammunition depot near the settlement of Zvanovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
As part of the counter-battery fight, the artillery units of the group destroyed two self-propelled artillery mounts, an armored personnel carrier, a 120mm mortar and an anti-tank missile system with a crew.
- A volley of rockets from the Solntsepek heavy flamethrower system inflicted a defeat on the platoon stronghold of the 57th separate motorized infantry brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
In the area of the settlement of Peski, an unmanned aerial vehicle of the Fury type was shot down by the calculation of the Osa-AKM anti-aircraft missile system.
- During the day, the units of the group thwarted three attacks by assault units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Avdeevsko, Aleksandro-Kalinovsky and Maryinsky directions. The loss of their own combat positions is not allowed.
The enemy suffered significant losses in manpower and armored vehicles.
10:17 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 barrel artillery:
-- n.p. Solontsy fired five rounds;
-- Seven rounds were fired at the village of Korsunka;
-- Alyoshki fired nine rounds at the settlement;
-- n.p. Peschanovka fired six rounds;
-- n.p. Golaya Pristan fired 12 rounds;
-- n.p. Kardashinka fired nine rounds.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure to be confirmed
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the settlement. Novaya Kakhovka, n.p. Kakhovka, settlement Sagi, settlement Olgino, n.p. Cairo, Sergeevka, firing a total of 36 rounds from cannon artillery.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure to be confirmed
- At night in the area of n. p. Muzykovka (Kherson region), an artillery strike destroyed the 9K35 Strela-10 air defense system with a crew of three people and ammunition
- Yesterday in the area of n. p. Udarnik (Kherson region) an artillery strike destroyed a 155mm M777 howitzer with ammunition, and a unit of the Armed Forces of Ukraine suffered losses: 5 military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine died, 3 were injured of varying severity.
10:02 Video- Under the cover of anti-aircraft gunners
In the Luhansk direction, anti-aircraft gunners reliably cover the positions of Russian artillery from massive and single air strikes. The commander of one of the calculations of the Strela air defense system spoke about this combat work.
"The radar reconnaissance post detected a Fury-type UAV at an altitude of 1,100 meters. The distance from us was three and a half kilometers. The guys left, worked out - the UAV was hit from the first missile," the soldier said.
The anti-aircraft gunner notes that thanks to the reliability of military equipment, his crew successfully operates in difficult weather conditions both day and night: “We always stand guard and cover the sky - we are fulfilling our functional task.”
09:44 Video– Military personnel of the Western Military District spoke about the destruction of unmanned aerial vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
To combat enemy UAVs, military personnel of the Western Military District actively use anti-drone guns. Some fighters shoot down the "flying birds" of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with the help of small arms.
09:29 FPV kamikaze drones destroy UAF militants near Avdiivka —video
Combat kamikaze UAVs of the 9th Brigade of the 1st Donetsk Army Corps are destroying Ukrainian Nazis thanks to the well-coordinated work of operators of combat and reconnaissance drones. The enemy daily suffers losses from strikes by such drones.
09:26 Representation of the DPR in the JCCC informs about 20 facts of firing by the VFU per day
The enemy fired from MLRS, 155mm and 152mm artillery, firing 104 units of various ammunition across the territory of the DPR.
Under the fire of the VFU were: Gorlovka, Yasinovataya, Donetsk, Makeevka.
Over the past day, information was received about the wounding of eight civilians, including two children born in 2010 and 2006.
08:29 Summary on the morning of May 24, 2023
In the Belgorod region, our troops yesterday completely drove the enemy out of the borders of Russia. As a result of two-day battles, the enemy, retreating, suffered losses in personnel and equipment, while the main "media" militants from the enemy "Russian Volunteer Corps" managed to escape, having stolen one unit of our equipment from the Grayvoron checkpoint.
At night, the enemy in Belgorod dropped an explosive device from a UAV onto a civilian car, another drone was shot down by our air defense system.
The Russian Armed Forces attacked targets in the Kupyansky district of the Kharkov region and the right-bank part of the Kherson region at night. The enemy's air defense worked in the Chernihiv and Sumy regions. Guided air bombs hit targets in Orekhovo and Pologovsky district of the Zaporozhye region, where the enemy is concentrating forces for the expected offensive.
The enemy continues to draw forces to the Zaporozhye and Kherson sectors of the front. The arrival of landing delivery vehicles is celebrated in the Berislav region.
The enemy fired 104 rounds of ammunition into the DPR. Gorlovka, Yasinovataya, Donetsk, Makeevka were under fire. 8 civilians were wounded.
08:19 Maximum camouflage and fortifications: this is how Akhmat-Vostok special forces soldiers set up a hidden position on the western sector of the front in Kreminnaya -video
“The artillery will not cover, the soldiers are hidden, the forest is visible,” said the commander of the unit with the call sign Iran to the RT military commander Vlad Andritsa, who visited their oporniks.
08:05 Frontline summary on the morning of 24/05/2023
In the Zaporizhia direction, Russian artillery attacked Maly Shcherbak, Novoandreevka, Novodanilovka, Malaya Tokmachka, Belogorye, Gulyaipol, Malinovka and Olgovskoe.
On the Donetsk front, the Armed Forces, after artillery strikes, conducted assault operations in Maryinka and in the Pervomaisky region. Also, Russian troops tried to advance to the North (a settlement west of Avdiivka). In addition, with the support of artillery, they attacked the positions of the Ukrainian army in Novokalinovo.
All areas without success. Under artillery attack of the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Pobeda, Karlovka, Avdiivka, Berdychi, New York, Yuzhny, Toretsk and Severny (a settlement north-west of Gorlovka). Ukrainian troops attacked Donetsk and Vodyany.
There were no active hostilities on the ground in the Bakhmut direction. Russian artillery attacked Belaya Gora, Stupochki, Ivanovsky, Grigorovka, Markov, Orekhovo-Vasilyevka, Vasyukovka, Veseloy, Spornoye and Verkhnekamensky.
In the Lugansk direction, Russian troops attacked in the Belogorovka area after artillery strikes. They also again tried to expand the zone of control near Masyutovka. In both cases, no result. The positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Torsky, Nevsky, Stelmakhovka, Berestovoye, Tabaevka, Kislovka, Kupyansk, Zapadny, Dvurechnaya, Novomlynsk, Figolevka and Kamenka are under fire. APU was hit by Orlyanka.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. by Stanislav Stremidovsky
[REGNUM] When first the President of Poland Andrzej Duda, and after him the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, proclaimed the onset of times when there would be no borders between these countries, Ukrainian criminal groups turned out to be the most attentive listeners of the two leaders. They took these wishes as a guide to action.
The newspaper Rzeczpospolita reports: Warsaw is negotiating with Kiev to amend the agreement on combating organized crime, signed in 1999.
The situation in this area worsened after February 2022, when the Polish authorities began to actively support the Kiev regime, an influx of refugees from Ukraine to Poland intensified, and supplies of weapons and ammunition went from Poland to Ukraine.
According to Polish Deputy Minister of the Interior Maciej Wonsik , there is "a marked increase in crimes in Poland , mainly related to illegal migration and forgery of documents ". 12 million Ukrainian citizens have already entered the country. According to a special law, they received the right to stay in Poland until June 2024. This provides refugees with complete freedom to travel to the member countries of the European Union, which is what Ukrainian criminal groups take advantage of.
In organizing and facilitating illegal border crossings, " citizens of Ukraine are in the lead ," adds Vonsik. They act as drivers or couriers, as well as organizers of routes. Operating in Poland, Ukrainian mafiosi transport people along the so-called Eastern European route through Belarus and along the Balkan route from Southern Europe.
But the main danger lies elsewhere.
If earlier criminal gangs from Ukraine were mainly engaged in illegal transportation of excisable goods and violated the rules of currency control, then over the past year, according to the Polish Ministry of Internal Affairs, the smuggling of ammunition, weapons, drugs and vehicles has increased dramatically.
Polish border guard data shows that illegal shipments have increased from 1,438 weapons and ammunition in 2021 to 8,382 in 2022.
"Ukrainians have been leading in the statistics of refusals to enter Poland for many years," the newspaper writes. "Last year, more than 21,000 citizens of Ukraine were denied entry, including more than 2,800 due to a threat to the security of our country. After the outbreak of the armed conflict on the eastern border of Poland, the border service created the so-called third border control line, which dealt with persons suspected of a terrorist threat."
But a year ago, Warsaw denied the existence of a problem.
Stanislav Zharyn, the press secretary of the minister - coordinator of the special services , argued that the influx of refugees from Ukraine did not cause a significant increase in crime in Poland, "directed against both Poles and Ukrainians." This year, Ukrainians were recognized as leading among foreigners in terms of the number of arrests, but minor offenses were attributed to them - drunk driving, theft and possession of drugs.
The confirmation by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Poland of the growth in the supply of weapons and ammunition to the country by Ukrainian criminal groups creates a new reality. In fact, Warsaw is already beginning to pay for the transit of both foreign weapons to Ukraine and its own, Polish.
Poles are forced to keep silent about problems with Ukrainians
At the beginning of May of this year, the commander of the Central Bureau of Investigation of the Police (CBŚP) Pavel Pultozhycki in an interview with the InfoSecurity24 portal. pl stated that his office's priority was to prepare for a settlement of the Ukrainian conflict, " because we assume that then we may have to deal with an increased influx of firearms into Poland ."
However, the main risk does not lie in the smuggling of firearms.
Poland actively supplied the Kyiv regime with portable anti-aircraft missile systems "Perun". According to the President of the Polish Arms Group (PGZ) Sebastian Chwalek, the holding receives information about the "achievements " of MANPADS from the "Ukrainian front."
"Perun" was designed to destroy slow-flying targets, such as helicopters, or flying at low altitude, there are confirmed cases of shooting down combat aircraft and even a cruise missile, Khvalek noted the other day. "We are getting more and more requests for these weapons."
How quickly will Ukrainian criminal groups organize the “re-export” of Polish MANPADS to Poland itself?
The well-known American journalist Seymour Hersh in April of this year accused the Ukrainians of selling weapons supplied by the West to smugglers in Poland, Romania and other countries.
According to Hersh, quoted by the First Post portal, “ Last year, there was fear in the West that some of the weapons supplied to Ukraine, such as portable Stingers, could be used to shoot down planes .”
The Polish "Perun" may well be used by criminal gangs for criminal purposes, not to mention terrorists. Against this background, the shifting attention of the Ukrainian mafia to the smuggling of weapons to Poland poses a serious threat to this country and Polish society. But Warsaw itself opened its borders to arms smugglers.
The OSCE or some other such body investigated reported there was no diversion of weapons given to Ukraine. This is a repeat of disinformation early in the war where the Russians attempt to cut weapons flow by claiming Stingers, Javelins etc were being sold out of Ukraine. For "proof" they showed a few US weapons propped against a wall from Iraq, likely when the US was still occupying it.
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[REGNUM] Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) Valery Zaluzhny will not be able to continue his service after his injuries, a representative of the Russian law enforcement agencies told RIA Novosti on May 24, citing his sources in the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
"The forecast is this: he will live, but he will not be able to do his job," the security official said.
According to him, Zaluzhny received a head injury and shrapnel wounds during a missile attack that was inflicted by the Russian Armed Forces on a command post near Kherson in early May. He underwent a craniotomy.
The source of the agency said that Zaluzhny was taken to Nikolaev for first aid, and from there by helicopter to a military hospital in Kyiv.
As IA Regnum reported , the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has stopped appearing in public since the beginning of May, which provoked a series of rumors about his death. They began with the General's suspicious refusal to meet with the Chiefs of the General Staff of NATO member countries .
However, the Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine, Anna Malyar, amid reports of his disappearance, said that Zaluzhny continues to fulfill his duties. “ Commander-in-Chief is in place. Does his job. We just talked ,” she claimed on May 21.
On the same day, Zaluzhny appeared on television for the first time since May 8 . According to the Ukrainian media, he spoke via video link to the staff of the Odessa university in honor of the Day of Science.
And on May 20, a post appeared on Zaluzhny’s Telegram channel saying that he had a telephone conversation with the commander of the NATO Allied Armed Forces in Europe and the commander of the American army in Europe, General Christopher Cavoli.
However, no photos or video footage of the commander-in-chief himself were published.
Meanwhile, the hacker group “Joker DPR”, citing agents in the Ukrainian troops, reported on May 21 that the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was seriously wounded during a missile attack on the headquarters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in early May, which could cause him to leave his post.
Washington , May 24, 2023, 18:35 - IA Regnum. The US Department of Defense declined to comment on reports of the wounding of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny. This was reported on May 24 by RIA Novosti .
The Pentagon refused to comment on reports of the wounding of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Zaluzhny
“We propose to contact the Ukrainian military,” the agency quotes the words of a Pentagon representative.
Also, the Pentagon left without comment a publication on Zaluzhny’s Telegram channel dated May 23, according to which he spoke by phone with the commander of the NATO Allied Armed Forces in Europe and the head of the US European Command, Christopher Cavoli .
As IA Regnum reported , the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has stopped appearing in public since the beginning of May, which provoked a series of rumors about his death. They began with the General's suspicious refusal to meet with the Chiefs of the General Staff of NATO member countries .
However, Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine Anna Malyar, amid reports of his disappearance, said that Zaluzhny continues to fulfill his duties.
On May 21, the hacker group “Joker DNR”, citing agents in the Ukrainian troops, reported that the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was seriously wounded during a missile attack on the headquarters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in early May, which could cause him to leave his post.
The Russians aren't even trying at plausible disinformation. Zaluzhny had appeared multiple times since early May. Both in person and video conferencing. Not a surprise that he does not do personal appearances as the counteroffensive is getting under way.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin.
[ColonelCassad] 1. The city is fully controlled by the PMC "Wagner". DPR structures are slowly starting to enter the city.
2. The enemy does not conduct assault operations in order to return to the city. Limited to shelling of the western and southwestern quarters and the actions of the DRG to the west of the city.
3. PMC "Wagner" does not conduct serious assault operations with the aim of capturing Krasny. The positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Khromovo are subjected to artillery strikes. The "Wagner" itself will leave the city one of these days and go on vacation.
4. Demining and cleaning of corpses in the western quarters is hampered by ongoing shelling, while maintaining the configuration of the front, the duration of cleaning of corpses and demining may be comparable to the time of clearing the Donetsk airport terminal. The collected dead, most likely, will be handed over to the Armed Forces of Ukraine after a while.
5. On the flanks of our grouping, the enemy continues attacks to the northwest and southwest of Artemovsk and declares advances up to 200 meters. The main positions of a part of the Russian Defense Ministry and the volunteer detachments deployed here are being held. However, the enemy still has unspent reserves here, which he can try to throw into the attack on Kleshcheevka.
6. The actions of the parties are complicated by the beginning of the rains, which again scattered the area beyond the boundaries of highways and paved roads. The enemy will most likely attribute the failure of his counterattacks to Russia's "climatic weapon", although the weather interferes with us exactly to the same extent as the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
7. The command of the RF Armed Forces, for obvious reasons, does not disclose its intentions regarding further offensive operations based on Artemovsk and Soledar - there are various options that do not end with one Chasov Yar.
The broadcast of hostilities, as usual, continues in Telegram https://t.me/boris_rozhin - if you are interested, subscribe
PS. Pushilin once again confirmed yesterday that the city is called Artemovsk, period.
Commentary by Russian military blogger Andrey Chervonets
Footage from the Graivoron checkpoint in the Belgorod region, which Russian troops took control of. They clearly show the equipment destroyed by the strikes of the RF Armed Forces.
Judging by open sources, in total the APU lost in a day:
- Three HMWWV armored vehicles,
- Two MaxxPRO armored vehicles,
- One AMZ Dzik armored vehicle,
- One KrAZ Cobra armored vehicle,
- One off-road pickup.
A day of fighting in the Belgorod region cost the Ukrainian formations eight units of military equipment and at least a dozen killed. In fact, the raid ended in failure for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
At the same time, the Russian border guards did not suffer any losses at all and lost only one faulty BTR-82A.
And after all, there were no problems yesterday to show footage of accurate strikes on enemy clusters, and the next day to upload a video from the checkpoint itself.
It is sad that even after a year of hostilities, someone still has not realized the importance of the information war. Which often does more damage than shells and tanks: yesterday's outing of the Ukrainian Armed Forces clearly demonstrates this.
P.S.
I realized that the Russian Defense Ministry is extremely clumsy in the information field back in February 26, 2022, when a Ukrainian air defense missile hit a high-rise building in Kiev on Lobanovsky Street.
The Ukrainian media dispersed the topic of the Russian missile, some Russian TV channels did the same, and the RF Ministry of Defense simply remained silent without appearing at the information war, Saturday, after all, although competent experts could easily prove the guilt of the Ukrainian side in this episode. And only individual bloggers fought for the truth in the information field on the facts showing that the rocket was Ukrainian.
Then the Ukrainian side nevertheless quietly admitted (probably for the first and last time) that it was a Ukrainian missile and stopped dispersing the topic. But the loud informational reason remained, and almost no one noticed the refutation. And the Russian Defense Ministry continued to remain silent, and continued, say, if with a video from the RF Ministry of Defense, the landing in Gostomel appeared 2 weeks later !!!When the informational reason was blurred by dozens of new, more relevant events.
But to be fair, they fix it. Not two weeks have passed since the moment of relevance, but two days, when the informational reason has not yet cooled down.
The United States has not yet concluded whether the UAF used American equipment in the attack on the Belgorod region, State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said on May 24.
State Department: The US does not yet know if American equipment was used in the attack on the Belgorod region.
"We are studying these reports, but have not yet come to any conclusion," Miller said, recalling that the United States does not support the use of American weapons for attacks on Russian territory.
Earlier, the coordinator of strategic communications at the US National Security Council, John Kirby, also noted that the US authorities are studying reports that American equipment was used by saboteurs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in an attack on the Belgorod region.
As IA Regnum reported , Ukrainian saboteurs entered the Belgorod region on May 22. They opened fire on residential buildings and civilian infrastructure. As a result of the attack by the DRG, 13 people were injured, one civilian was killed.
The armed forces, the National Guard, border guards and the FSB blocked and defeated the Ukrainian saboteurs, and the remnants of the group were thrown back to the territory of Ukraine. In total, more than 70 terrorists were destroyed.
For the attack, Western, including American, weapons and equipment, previously supplied by the West to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, were used, as evidenced by videos distributed by the Russian Ministry of Defense.
In Kyiv, at the same time, they claim that the Armed Forces of Ukraine "are not directly related" to the sabotage, which was allegedly carried out by "volunteers" - citizens of Russia.
Russia will promptly and extremely harshly respond to attempts by Ukrainian formations to break into the country's territory, similar to the sortie of saboteurs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Belgorod region, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on May 24 .
"Destroyed (during the counter-terrorist operation - ed.) More than 70 Ukrainian terrorists, as well as vehicles and armored vehicles. We will continue to respond promptly and extremely harshly to such actions of Ukrainian militants," the minister said.
As previously reported, saboteurs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine entered the Belgorod region on May 22. They opened fire on residential buildings and civilian infrastructure, using weapons previously transferred to Kyiv by Western countries. As a result of the attack by the DRG, 13 people were injured, one civilian was killed. At least 500 buildings were damaged.
A counter-terrorist operation regime was introduced in the region, the Investigative Committee opened a case under six articles of the Criminal Code. The counter-terrorist operation was conducted by the Armed Forces, the National Guard, border guards and the FSB. Aviation and artillery were used. The saboteurs were blocked and defeated, the remnants of the group were driven back to the territory of Ukraine and liquidated there.
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Judging by open sources, in total the APU lost in a day:
Most of those vehicles were captured previously and either recaptured by the raiders or placed there by the Russians. The raiders took over a police vehicle lot as well as the border post. They commandeered those vehicles. Wrong paint job, wrong insignia, scorch marks not recent.
The only corroborated losses are the 2 MaxxPRO vehicles found abandoned. Colonel General Lapin was so thrilled he even took photos next to one.
Text taken from the V Kontakte page of Igor Strelkov (Igor Girkin).
These catastrophic, calamitous numbers are the inevitable result of making men fight in an environment where every man has a machine gun, and artillery shells arrive every five minutes.
This is an environment of spinning knives.
More about what I have already noted in the "telegram".
Prigozhin publicly acknowledged the losses of PMC "Wagner" in 20,000 PEOPLE ONLY KILLED. (10,000 - "ZeKa" and 10,000 - personnel fighters of "Wagner").
According to some of the data I have, the losses of the Wagner, even for a six-month operation that ended with the assault on Bakhmut, are more (at least one and a half times), but I have never voiced this figure anywhere and did not intend to, while the Veselchak U himself (he is also called "Garcon") did not talk about it (from his indescribably great mind). Veselchak U and Garcon are names for Wagner head Evgeny Prigozhin.
However, I am quite ready to proceed from the figures that Evgeny Viktorovich announced. Let's take a look at them in more detail. So H.V.P. says that Wagner received 50,000 "special contingents" from places of deprivation of liberty. Of these, 10,000 were killed. Fine. Let's admit. But earlier, the same little man said that 26,000 "zeks" received an amnesty and returned "to the national economy." We subtract 10,000 and 26,000 from 50,000 ... And where are the other 14,000???
Well, some of them, for example, are listed as "missing" ... (which is tantamount to death for 99%). But the majority, most likely, seriously wounded and crippled, are lying around in hospitals. Most of them will never return to service. Part - after recovery - will be able to carry out only auxiliary or rear service.
Thus. Of the 50,000 ZEKs, practically every second one fell into the "irretrievable losses".
Just based on the realities of the current war (the main losses - up to 98% - from artillery fire) - for two killed, there are about three seriously wounded, of which one will return to duty in a few months (if he has the desire and motivation to also does not always happen), one more - within a year and a half, and the third will remain a cripple for life and will be unfit for service at all.
Thus - at the very minimum - "Wagner" suffered irretrievable losses on the way from Popasnaya to the western outskirts of Bakhmut - 40,000 people.
To this we must add the losses of the units and subunits of the RF Armed Forces dowry to "Wagner" - both personnel and various volunteers (and from the former Corps of the People's Militia of the LDNR). They are big too, no doubt about it.
Estimates of the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the battles for Soledar-Bakhmut fluctuate in the region of 45,000-50,000 people killed. Perhaps the figure is somewhat exaggerated.
However, in general, the irretrievable losses of the Russian Defense Ministry and all military formations in killed and wounded - in the battle for Soledar-Bakhmut, amount to about 50,000 people. Which is approximately equal to the losses of the APU.
So the question is - "who was grinding whom"?
"Tales" by Yevgeny Viktorovich, who lost 40,000 people killed and wounded and lost another 26,000 people - simply "who left for the civilian ZeKa" (not counting the constant mass departure at the end of contracts and "personnel Wagners" who do not like "meat attacks" very much ) that "Wagner" is not bloodless - they are for "suckers" (in its category of values). If he is still combat-ready, then why does such a "successfully" operation not continue? Why are the "musicians" not chasing the enemy behind Chasov Yar - to Slavyansk and Kramatorsk, but hastily going to the rear to reorganize?
We consider: 35,000 fighters at the beginning of the operation. Add 50,000 "Zeka" = 85,000. We minus 40,000 killed and wounded (at a minimum I take) and 26,000 dismissed at the end of the six-month "penal battalion" = 6,000. 85,000 - 66,000 = 19,000.
Even if we assume that Wagner actually receives "10,000 a month" (he's lying, it used to be like this - before the "meat assaults", now there are "no fools" or, in any case, much less than it was - "the best in hell "far from all volunteers want to become) - and still they still need to be trained, put together, etc., but this takes time.
Disrespectful Evgeny Viktorovich constantly accuses (very often - quite rightly) the RF Ministry of Defense of various kinds of fraud, fraud and lies. But he himself is lying like a gray gelding (or rather, like an urka at a trial). And he accuses the military commanders of exactly what he HAD DONE.
If I had sympathized (God forbid!) Evgeny Viktorovich, I would strongly advise "Garson" something like: "Keep your mouth shut - you'll pass for a smart one!" But this does not threaten him - he is "carried" ... So he will still please us with a lot of top-secret data, voicing which - saves us (and me, in particular) "grinding our teeth" to keep silent about our wild losses with very insignificant results ...
P.S. If only there was some cretin already in the RF Ministry of Defense to voice our wild (and absolutely inconclusive) losses in continuous and useless battles near Avdiivka ...
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