#Breaking: #Russia’s Wagner Group is trying to buy weapons from foreign suppliers and route these weapons through #Mali for use in the Russian war on #Ukraine, a State Department official says. pic.twitter.com/MCrgQWY6yE
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...There was an interesting report on NPR yesterday about the Russian/Wagner forces currently helping the Mali government do the Oppression Tango. Apparently it's Russian military 'advisors' with Wagner people actually doing the leading such as it is; that is to say, they point the Mali troops at a crowd and tell 'em to knock themselves out.
From his description of the size of the operation, it wouldn't surprise me if they were funneling weapons back to the Rodina...or buying a few off helpful Mali officials.
[Reddit] Video. Near Avdiivka. Narrated by Madyar - the Jagga-Jagga man. The Russians have been forming new "Storm Z" units to have better success on the offense. It didn't get off to a good start.
A Ukrainian site writes:
Ukrainian soldiers defeated a Russian assault unit near Avdiivka that attacked our positions, burned military equipment, and killed most of the Russian soldiers. During the battle, 7 Ukrainian soldiers immediately captured 22 Russian servicemen from the special assault squad. Source: https://censor.net/ua/v3420033
[PJ Media (VIP)] When I read reports that a Russian volunteer force that fights alongside the Ukraine army had invaded Russia’s Belgorod region this morning, my first instinct was to dismiss it as a mostly meaningless stunt. I didn’t even bother mentioning it in this morning’s big update on Russia’s victory in the Battle of Bakhmut. Maybe that was a mistake.
Hours later, and details are still coming in about what looks more and more like a serious effort to disrupt Russian forces in the area by other Russian forces, ironically enough. The Freedom for Russia Legion is made up of Russian defectors — nobody seems to know how many, but the organization claims two battalions, or around 1,000-3,000 men — dedicated to protecting "Ukrainians from real fascists" and overthrowing Vladimir Putin. That seems just too ambitious (and for Kyiv, convenient) for me to take very seriously.
Nevertheless, the Legion claimed early Monday, "The Legion and the RDK completely liberated Kozinka settlement, Belgorod Oblast. Advance detachments entered Grayvoron. We move on. Russia will be free!" And there are plenty of photos, videos — and anti-terror measures just put in place by Belgorod authorities, lending credence to that claim.
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[LB] These are Chernihiv, Sumy, Luhansk, Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson, Kharkiv, Donetsk, Mykolaiv, Odesa, Zaporizhzhya.
by Iryna Lysohor
During the day, the Russian Federation attacked 10 regions of Ukraine, OVA
In the Chernihiv region, the Russians fired once a day - in the Novgorod-Siverskyi district from mortars, there were no casualties or damage, according to the summary from OVA as of this morning.
The enemy launched two mortar attacks in Sumy at night and in the morning. Six explosions were recorded. The Russians fired mortars at the Shalyginsk community. In Glukhivska, two private residential buildings and a power line were damaged by mortar shelling. Yesterday, during the day, the Russians carried out 11 shellings (32 explosions). The communities of Bilopolska, Myropilska, Krasnopilska, Seredino-Budska, Esmanska, Shalyginska, Glukhivska came under fire. In Seredyno-Budska, two private residential buildings were damaged by artillery shelling. In Myropilska, the enemy fired artillery and damaged a private residential building.
In Zaporizhzhia, the enemy continued to attack civilian infrastructure: 75 shellings per day on 16 settlements. The enemy hit Novodanilivka with aircraft, attacked Stepov twice with drones, Gulyaipole and Preobrazhenka with salvo missile systems, struck 70 artillery shells in Novoandriivka, Malia Tokmachka, Chervonoy, Malynivka, Stepovo, Kamiansk. There is destruction of private houses, farm buildings, damage to cars. Fortunately, no one was hurt.
In Dnipropetrovskthat night, air defense forces destroyed four enemy missiles and 18 Shaheds. A 27-year-old man was injured in the Dniprovsky district due to a rocket attack. He is in the hospital in a moderate condition. Several buildings were damaged, there were fires that have already been extinguished. More than 10 trucks and cars, 25 private cars, and two buses were destroyed. A private enterprise in Dnipro was also hit.
Three buildings were mutilated there. An unmanned aerial vehicle crashed in the Hilarionivska community of the Synelniky district. Debris of the rocket was also found there. Seven people were injured. Women aged 52 and 70 are in the hospital. Three private houses and nine apartment buildings, kindergartens, shops and administrative buildings were affected. Six cars were gutted.
The survey of the territory continues. Yesterday, the enemy attacked the Myrivska community of the Nikopol district. Attacked with heavy artillery, firing more than four dozen shells. A kamikaze drone also took aim. A private house was destroyed, another six were damaged. Gutted cars, an economic building and a mutilated post office, a cultural institution, an agricultural enterprise and a dispensary. The aggressor also hit the Mezhivska community of the Synelnyk district. There were no deaths or injuries.
In Luhansk yesterday, the occupiers carried out an airstrike on Nevsky. Stelmakhivka, Makiivka, Nevske and Bilogorivka were subjected to enemy artillery fire during the past day. During the day, the enemy fired 96 rounds (416 shells). In Severodonetsk, the occupiers made people's lives difficult to a critical level. Total control of the roofs of high-rise buildings, from where civilians could make phone calls, and fines for such "violations" were introduced.
In Kharkivskain the Slobozhansk direction, the invaders fired mortars and artillery at the settlements of Uda, Graniv, Zelene, Staritsa, Ohirtseve, Gatishche, Pletenivka, Vovchansk, Nesterne, and Budarki. In the Kupyan direction, the enemy conducted unsuccessful offensive actions in the area of Masyutivka. Kamianka, Kolodyazne, Krasne Pershe, Petro-Ivanivka, Figolivka, Novomlynsk, Zapadne, Monachynivka, Masyutivka, Tabaivka, and Berestov came under artillery and mortar fire.
During the day, the enemy shelled Vovchansk. Six residential buildings and commercial buildings were damaged. As a result of enemy artillery shelling, two houses and a bus were damaged in Kozacha Lopan. The enemy launched a rocket attack on the village. Zirconia, previously - C300. A private residential building was destroyed, the second rocket hit the ground. A civilian man was injured and hospitalized. In Kam' A 61-year-old man blew himself up in his own yard with an unknown munition. Hospitalized with an injury.
In Donetsk , two civilians were killed and six were wounded. The Russians made 25 strikes on 13 settlements: Avdiivtsi, Kurakhovo, Sloviansk, Toretsk, Chasovo Yar, Gostrom, New York, Ocheretino, Yampil, Bogoyavlenka, Vovchenko, Vremivtsi, Georgiivtsi. 32 residential buildings (seven of them multi-apartment buildings), power lines, boarding school building, BTI administration building, radar station, boiler house, three civilian cars, and seven utility buildings were damaged.
In Mykolayivska , according to PC "South", this morning the forces and means of air defense destroyed six enemy attack UAVs. This morning, the enemy carried out artillery bombardment of the water area of Ochakivsk community. There were no injuries or damage. Yesterday afternoon, the enemy carried out artillery strikes on Ochakov and the coastal strip of the Ochakov community, as a result of which residential buildings, a car were damaged and partially destroyed, and the gas network was damaged by debris. There are no casualties.
The enemy directed an attack unmanned aerial vehicle towards Odesa . The defenders shot him down over the sea.
In Khersonska, the enemy fired 57 rounds (318 shells) during the day, of which four (22 shells) were fired at Kherson. The occupiers targeted the districts of 27 settlements of the region, as well as the objects of social and critical infrastructure of the Beryslav district.
The Russian army killed a civilian resident of Kozatske village. The enemy targeted a residential building, as a result of which a 55-year-old man received non-life-threatening injuries. The enemy continues to hit Stanislav. As a result of a night strike by guided aerial bombs, 12 houses, a cultural center, a shop and two other civilian buildings were damaged in the village. Fortunately, civilians were not injured. In just one day, one person died due to Russian aggression. 79 people were evacuated from the de-occupied territory of the region.
It will be recalled that during the past day, the enemy launched six missile and 52 air strikes , carried out 65 attacks from rocket salvo systems. Private residential buildings and other civilian infrastructure were destroyed and damaged.
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[Korrespondent] 22:26 PMC Wagner tried to purchase weapons from foreign suppliers ostensibly for use in Mali, where they cooperate with local authorities, but in fact the final destination was Russia, where the weapons were supposed to go in transit through Mali to conduct military operations in Ukraine, reports the BBC News with reference to the US State Department. "We haven't seen these deals done or completed yet, but we're monitoring the situation closely," a State Department spokesman said.
22:10 Talks around the admission of Ukraine to NATO and the format of cooperation with the Alliance intensified on the eve of the alliance's summit in Vilnius. The Wall Street Journal writes that NATO is ready to offer Ukraine a security model similar to that of Israel. It will facilitate the transfer of weapons and advanced technologies to Kyiv and will be a step towards NATO membership. Read more in the New Israel?
21:57 The United States prioritizes deliveries of F-16 fighters to Ukraine and will work to achieve this goal in the coming months, State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said: "I cannot announce when or how this will happen, or from which countries they will come. But this our priority and we will start implementing it in the coming months."
21:34 The United States does not encourage Ukraine's attacks outside the Ukrainian borders, said State Department Speaker Matthew Miller, commenting on the situation in the Belgorod region. "But I think it's important to remind the world that Russia started this war. Ukraine has the right to decide how it wants to conduct its military operations. But Russia is the aggressor in this war," he stressed.
20:46 Kiev is open to dialogue with African countries offering assistance in ending the war in Ukraine, but any peace initiative should not involve freezing the conflict, Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba said.
19:55 The Russians have significantly increased shelling of certain border communities in the Akhtyrsky district of the Sumy region, so everyone is being transported to safe places, the OVA reported. At the same time, they stressed that the situation in the region is under control.
19:38 British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak called any peace initiatives that could lead to a freezing of the conflict in Ukraine fundamentally wrong.
19:29 Ukrainian forces managed to advance 200-400 meters in the Bakhmut direction in a day, said Serhiy Cherevaty, spokesman for the Eastern Group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
19:26 In the Belgorod region, the evacuation has begun at the Belgorod-22 facility, where the Russians store ammunition for nuclear weapons, said Andrey Yusov, a spokesman for the Main Intelligence Directorate. He also called the raid of the Legion of Freedom of Russia and the Russian Volunteer Corps an "internal conflict" of the Russian Federation.
19:10 The governor of the Belgorod region of the Russian Federation, Vyacheslav Gladkov, said that eight people were injured as a result of the attack by the "Ukrainian DRG", there were no deaths. According to him, most of the population of the border villages and the regional center of the Grayvoron district left the territory.
18:29 Zelensky said in an evening video message that preparations are already underway for this and the coming weeks: "We are waiting for new meetings and negotiations, for the time being, to a greater extent - visits to us, to our state. There will be more weapons for our soldiers. Weekly we add content for Ukraine from the Vilnius summit.We are doing everything to make the decision at the summit work for us.We are preparing for several interim security measures in the neighboring countries - those that support us the most.There will be new appeals for the world to understand Ukraine, to strengthen our relationships with our partners."
18:08 Governor of the Belgorod region of the Russian Federation Vyacheslav Gladkov said that from today a counter-terrorist operation regime has been introduced in the region. The regime establishes special measures and temporary restrictions - from checking the documents of individuals proving their identity, and ending with the suspension of the activities of hazardous industries and organizations that use explosive, radioactive, chemically and biologically hazardous substances.
17:32 Russian volunteers "liberate" the Belgorod region and raise opposition flags over the cities of the Russian Federation. Read more about what is happening there in the material Explosions and tanks in the Belgorod region .
17:17 The SBU reported suspicion to the Metropolitan of the UOC-MP from the Chernivtsi region. He is accused of inciting sectarian hatred. In particular, he called the OCU the "church of the Antichrist" and "satanic". We are talking about Metropolitan Longin of Banchen (in the world Mikhail Zhar).
16:58 The EU foreign ministers failed to agree on the 11th package of sanctions against Russia and on military assistance to Ukraine, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said. He added that proposals to finance the supply of weapons to Kiev were promoted by most countries, but Hungary does not agree to allocate 500 million euros to Ukraine as long as the OTR bank remains on the list of war sponsors.
16:53 Governor of the Belgorod region of the Russian Federation Vyacheslav Gladkov announced three victims in Grayvoron. According to him, three private houses were damaged, there was a hit in the administration building, and in the village of Zamostye, a shell allegedly hit a kindergarten, as a result of which it caught fire.
16:47 Ukraine is not directly related to what is happening in the Belgorod region of the Russian Federation, Podolyak said: "The only driving political force in a totalitarian country of tightened screws always inevitably becomes a partisan movement with weapons in their hands. Ukraine is watching with interest the events in the Belgorod region of Russia and studying situation, however, is not directly related to it. As you know, tanks are sold in any Russian military department, and underground partisan detachments still consist of Russian citizens. "
16:42 The Russian telegram channel Baza reports that during the shelling of the administration building of the city of Grayvoron, the deputy head of the administration and two employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations were injured.
16:19 Russian special services are checking information about a helicopter crash in the Belgorod region, writes Baza. According to preliminary data, it could fall near the village of Prokhorovka. Presumably we are talking about the Mi-8. The site of the likely fall is located about 100 km from the border, according to preliminary data, the incident is not related to the penetration of the "DRG".
In the meantime, the Edelweiss plan was introduced in the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Belgorod Region - a general gathering of employees in all police departments of the region was announced.
15:52 The NATO Parliamentary Assembly has recognized Russia's crimes against Ukraine as genocide, and the terrorist regime in the Russian Federation as rashism , said Yegor Chernev, head of Ukraine's permanent delegation to the NATO PA. According to him, the relevant declaration was adopted at the assembly session in Luxembourg. In addition, the NATO PA called on the governments of their countries to openly announce at the summit in Vilnius that Ukraine will become a member of the Alliance, and agree on the next concrete steps for this.
The document also contains support for the creation of an international tribunal, assistance to Ukraine before and after victory, condemnation of the ideology of rashism, restoration of territorial integrity, sanctions, reparations, the Marshall Plan, etc.
15:33 Peskov said that Putin was informed about an attempt to break through "Ukrainian saboteurs" into the Belgorod region, work is underway to "squeeze" them out of Russian territory and destroy the DRG, "there are enough forces and means on the spot." He also added that the purpose of the Ukrainian sabotage in the Belgorod region is supposedly to divert attention from the Bakhmut direction, "to minimize the political effect" of the loss of Bakhmut.
Meanwhile, the Legion of Freedom of Russia announced that the settlement of Gora-Podol had been passed, the fighters had begun to storm Grayvoron, Belgorod Region.
15:09 The 24th Motorized Brigade reported that it had destroyed a Russian Mi-24 attack helicopter. The enemy helicopter tried to hit the village of New York, Donetsk region. He was shot down by Ukrainian fighters from Igla MANPADS. The helicopter crashed near the occupied Horlivka.
15:05 The Legion of Freedom of Russia and the RDC are conducting an operation on the territory of the Belgorod region in order to create a security zone to protect civilian Ukrainians, Andrey Yusov, a representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate, told Suspilny. According to him, the operation is carried out exclusively by citizens of the Russian Federation.
14:52 Budanov appealed to the Russian military and urged them to surrender through the project I want to live. "It will get even worse. You have a choice - to die or save your life," the head of the GUR said.
14:41 The United States wants to offer Ukraine security guarantees on the Israeli model instead of NATO membership, writes The Wall Street Journal. This model assumes maximum cooperation in the field of security and arms supplies without formal commitments to participate in the war.
14:23 The Legion of Freedom of Russia announced that, together with the Russian Volunteer Corps, they "completely liberated" the village of Kozinka in the Belgorod Region. "Forward detachments have entered Grayvoron. We are moving on," the message says.
In turn, the governor of the Belgorod region of the Russian Federation, Vyacheslav Gladkov, said that a sabotage and reconnaissance group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine allegedly entered the territory of the Graivoronsky district, "measures are being taken to eliminate the enemy."
13:44 Scholz said in an interview with Die Welt that Ukraine is unlikely to join NATO soon: "In Bucharest in 2008, NATO made decisions that formulated a long-term perspective. Everyone understands that this will not happen in the foreseeable future." According to the chancellor, the criteria for joining NATO contain a number of conditions that Ukraine cannot fulfill yet.
13:27 The Russians fired on Stanislav of the Kherson region, one person died, four residential buildings were damaged, said the head of the OVA Alexander Prokudin. In addition, at night the enemy dropped two guided air bombs on Kizomys - one house was completely destroyed, two more were damaged, people were not injured.
12:56 The Russians fired at Kupyansk, Kharkiv region, two people were injured. Private residential buildings, outbuildings and civil infrastructure were damaged in the city, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said.
12:50 The representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense Andrei Yusov confirmed Biden's information that the losses of Russian troops near Bakhmut amount to 100 thousand people.
12:42 Fighting continues in the Bakhmut direction, Ukrainian troops in Bakhmut control certain facilities and the private sector in the Samolet area, Deputy Defense Minister Anna Malyar said. Meanwhile, the Russians are conducting a sweep in the captured areas of the city. The struggle for dominant heights on the flanks - the north and south of the suburbs - also continues. The defense forces do not give the enemy the opportunity to gain a foothold there. The Russian Federation is gathering additional forces and means.
"The defense of Bakhmut is fulfilling its military tasks. The offensive potential of the enemy has been significantly reduced, the enemy has suffered huge losses, we have gained time for certain actions, which can be discussed later," Malyar added.
12:28 Ukrenergo announced that it had resumed the power transmission line that feeds the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant. The station is switching to power from the Ukrainian energy system. In general, the energy system of Ukraine works stably, there is enough electricity to cover the needs, but economical consumption is necessary to maintain balance in the evening hours, the company stressed.
As a result of a Russian overnight attack in the Dnipro region, high-voltage lines were damaged, which led to the shutdown of one of the powerful power plants in the region, as well as a number of Ukrenergo and oblenergo substations. Therefore, consumers in Zaporozhye were de-energized, power engineers have already resumed power supply.
At night, with reduced consumption, the export of electricity to Moldova and Poland continues. Import to Ukraine does not occur today.
12:17 Ukrainian pilots have already started training on F-16 fighter jets , Borrell said. He welcomed the decision of the G7 countries to prepare for sending planes to Ukraine and expressed the hope that the EU "will soon be able to deliver them." He also said that the Foreign Ministers of the EU countries today will discuss the allocation of a new tranche for weapons from the European Peace Fund for Kyiv.
11:55 Ukrainian air defense capabilities are not enough to shoot down a large number of ballistic missiles used by Russian troops. To improve the situation, more systems such as Patriot and SAMP / T are needed, said Yury Ignat, speaker of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
11:49 Soldiers of the Russian Volunteer Corps said they were back in Russia, on the territory of the border regions. In particular, they indicated the names of three settlements - Lyubimovka, Bezlyudovka and Churovichi.
11:28 In the Graivoronsky district of the Belgorod region, which borders on the Sumy and Kharkiv regions, heavy shelling is reported. Local telegram channels publish photos of smoke and write about the lack of electricity among the residents of Zamosc. In addition, there are reports of a destroyed checkpoint in the Belgorod region.
10:52 The Russians are trying to deplete specific areas of Ukrainian air defense, Natalia Gumenyuk, speaker of the OK Pivden, said, commenting on the night attack on the Dnieper: "They will attack and try to deplete specific areas of air defense. In particular, by focusing on this direction, they will measure from which sides it can be protected or missed a specific blow ... Which direction the enemy chooses, only the enemy knows. We can analyze, draw conclusions and foresee what we consider adequate. This does not always coincide with what the enemy really has in mind. "
10:48 Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said that Russia "will find a way" to prevent Kiev's attacks on Crimea. Speaking about the F-16 deliveries, he noted that for Moscow "it was clear that the entire range of weapons would sooner or later end up in Ukraine."
10:43 Soldiers of the Legion of Freedom of Russia, who fought on the side of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, announced that they were returning to the Russian Federation: "Today, it's time for everyone to take responsibility for their future. It's time for the Kremlin's dictatorship to end. The Legion is returning home."
They also appealed to residents of the border regions: "Stay at home, do not resist and do not be afraid: we are not your enemies. Unlike Putin's zombies, we do not touch civilians and do not use them for our own purposes. Freedom is near! To everyone who follows behind us: soon all the details, stay in touch."
10:41 Russia has attracted two groups to cover the state border, they are deployed in the southern part of Belarus and in the territories of the Bryansk, Kursk and Belgorod regions. Their total number is about 18,000 people, Commander of the Joint Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Serhiy Nayev said in an interview with Ukrinform.
According to him, planes and helicopters of the Russian Aerospace Forces continue to be at the airfields of Belarus, they perform the tasks of conducting reconnaissance and demonstrating their readiness to use in the Ukrainian direction. As for the Russian contingent on the territory of Belarus, according to Naev, its main part, after preparation, was moved to the Rostov region and is already conducting military operations in the Donetsk region. In general, the training cycle of Russian units lasts up to two months.
10:33 As a result of a night attack by Russians along the Dnieper, one rescuer was injured, more than 20 pieces of equipment of the State Emergency Service were destroyed, head of the department Sergei Kruk said.
10:17 British intelligence reports that Russia is creating a new air group for attacks on Ukraine. The group is likely to include at least one squadron of Su-24 and Su-34 fighter-bombers, as well as a squadron of attack helicopters. Codename Storm. Analysts believe that the main role of the group will be to carry out ground strike missions.
The creation of such a group suggests that the regular squadrons of the Russian air force are lagging behind in carrying out their main tasks - strikes on the Ukrainian borders, according to intelligence.
09:50 The FSB stated that it allegedly prevented a terrorist attack in Novotroitsk, Orenburg region: a Russian citizen was detained, who, allegedly, at the direction of the Ukrainian special services, was preparing an arson at the railway station and in the military registration and enlistment office building, and then planned to go over to the side of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
09:46 A delegation of six African leaders plans to hold talks in Kiev and Moscow to "initiate a peace process." According to AP, they want to come in June. The delegation will include the leaders of the Republic of South Africa, Senegal, Egypt, Congo, Uganda and Zambia. They plan to discuss how, under sanctions, to pay Russia for fertilizers, as well as facilitate the transit of agricultural products from Ukraine. In addition, African leaders will touch upon the topic of the exchange of prisoners.
09:23 Another blackout at the Zaporozhye NPP: as a result of Russian shelling on the night of May 22, at 05:26, the last high-voltage transmission line Dneprovskaya 750kV was switched off, from which the station was fed for its own needs. For the seventh time since the beginning of the occupation, the Zaporizhzhya NPP goes into blackout mode, Energoatom said. After the loss of external power, all diesel generators of the nuclear power plant turned on automatically, the fuel supply is enough for ten days.
08:50 In the Donetsk region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, two people were killed (in Avdiivka and Chasovoy Yar), six more were injured. In the Kharkiv region, one person was wounded as a result of a missile attack on the village of Tsirkuny, another was blown up by an unknown ammunition in the village of Kamenka, Izyumsky district. In the Kherson region, one person died, according to the IVA.
08:37 On the night of May 22, air defense forces shot down 20 enemy drones and four X-101/X-555 cruise missiles. In addition, a Russian Su-35 fighter jet was destroyed , the Air Force command said. The Russians attacked the military and infrastructure facilities of the Dnieper.
In total, he fired 20 Shahed-136/131 attack drones and 16 missiles of various types, including four Kh-101/Kh-555 air-launched cruise missiles from Tu-95ms strategic bombers from the Caspian Sea region; five X-22 cruise missiles from Tu-22m3 long-range bombers from the Sea of Azov and the Kursk region; two Iskander-M ballistic missiles from Crimea; five S-300 anti-aircraft guided missiles from the occupied territory of the Zaporozhye region.
As for the Su-35 fighter, it was shot down in the Kherson region and fell into the water.
08:16 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of May 22.
personnel - about 203,880 (+720) people liquidated,
tanks - 3785 (+2),
armored combat vehicles - 7407 (+9),
artillery systems - 3278 (+20),
MLRS - 565 (+1),
air defense systems - 327 (+0),
aircraft - 309 (+1),
helicopters - 294 (+0),
UAV operational-tactical level - 2830 (+8),
cruise missiles - 1011 (+0),
ships/boats - 18 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 6129 (+14),
special equipment - 427 (+2).
08:09 The Russian army continues to focus its main efforts on the Kupyansky, Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky and Maryinsky directions. Over the past day, 37 clashes took place in the indicated sectors of the front, Bakhmut and Marinka remain at the epicenter of hostilities, the General Staff said in a morning report .
In the Bakhmut direction, the enemy continues offensive operations, the battles for Bakhmut continue. Over the past day, the enemy unsuccessfully tried to restore the lost positions south of the settlement of Ivanovskoye, also conducted offensive operations in the direction of Grigorievka, but had no success.
Against the backdrop of significant losses of manpower, the Russian military leadership decided to reduce to ten days the training period for personnel from among the convicts, whose base camp is deployed in the Starobelsky district of the Luhansk region. Previously, about 1,000 people were brought to this camp from Russian places of deprivation of liberty. The training was then planned to be carried out for four weeks.
07:54 The Russians attacked the Dnipropetrovsk region at night: air defense forces shot down 15 drones and four cruise missiles, said the head of the OVA Serhiy Lysak. However, some enemy targets could not be destroyed: in the Dnieper region, one person was injured due to a missile attack, several buildings of the rescue unit were damaged, cars and special equipment were destroyed and damaged.
In addition, there was a hit on a private enterprise in the Dnieper, three buildings were damaged there. In the Illarionovskaya community of the Sinelnikovsky district, an UAV fell, and fragments of a rocket were also found there. Seven people were injured. Three private houses and nine apartment buildings, a kindergarten, shops and administrative buildings were hit.
07:15 At least two explosions thundered in Mariupol at night, Petr Andryushchenko, an adviser to the mayor of the city, said.
01:21 Simferopol and nearby villages were left without electricity, Russian media reported. Local residents write in chats that they allegedly saw two bright flashes in the sky and heard explosions. Local authorities announced a "technological power outage."
00:26 On the evening of May 21, Ukrainian air defense forces destroyed a Russian Su-35 aircraft, Dmitry Pletenchuk, head of the press service of the Kherson Defense Forces, said. He later deleted his post.
This is an old story published here for archival reasons. End notes are in the original article and are in Russian
[KavkazUzel] In a number of republics of the North Caucasus, so-called "honor killings" are widespread. Why they are called that, what are the roots of this phenomenon, which republics are subject to it - is described in the information of the "Caucasian Knot".
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[KavkazUzel] A 20-year-old resident of Nazran shared her story of her escape from domestic violence in the podcast of the project "Freedom is (not) around the corner" published today. A native of Chechnya, Aminat Lorsanova, said in a podcast that her mother beat her, justifying herself with permission from Putin and Kadyrov.
The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that on January 20, 2020, a 22-year-old native of Chechnya, Aminat Lorsanova, who left Russia in April 2019, applied to the Investigative Committee with a statement that she had been subjected to violence in Grozny by close relatives and a specialist invited by them on " driving out the jinn."
Kindly note that several entries in this article may have been removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.
[NewsFrontInfo] 21:33 British specialists in explosives and counterinsurgency, they teach the military of the Armed Forces of Ukraine how to collect hidden bombs. 20:28 Twelve bodies from Kalinovsky's gang are expected to be identified in a Polish hospital
The 1st military clinical hospital in Lublin reported that on Friday, 12 corpses from the Kalinovsky gang were transported to the hospital for storage and further transfer to relatives, which were destroyed near Bakhmut.
“This week, the unit suffered significant losses in the battles near Bakhmut. After establishing the identity of the dead, the corpses will be transferred for burial. The decision to transport the corpses to our hospital was made due to the difficult situation in similar medical institutions in Ukraine.”
At a time when the so-called. the press service of the Kalinovsky gang tells tales that the losses were insignificant, the Polish hospital reports completely opposite information. And that's just from one hospital.
19:33 Russian air defense systems shot down a Ukrainian drone in the Belgorod region, Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said.
18:28 14 Separate Tank Battalion works on the Svatovo-Kremensky direction
These guys have hundreds of targets destroyed. They work quickly and accurately.
18:27 Army aviation Aerospace Forces of the Russian Federation in the zone of the special operation
17:45 Russian calculation TOS 1A "Solntsepek" burns out the positions of Ukrainian Nazis in the Zaporozhye direction
16:52 Air alert announced throughout the eastern part of Ukraine
16:52 The deputy head of the administration of the city of Grayvoron was wounded during the shelling of the administration building, two employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations were also injured,
16:51 A series of blows inflicted on Kharkiv
“Arrivals in Kharkov. Rocket strikes, most likely, on the locations of military facilities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, ”said a local resident.
According to him, the strikes continue.
15:51 Highlights from the briefing of the RF Ministry of Defense:
🔹In the Kupyansktwo2 vehicles, as well as a 122mm D-30 howitzer were destroyed;
🔹In the Krasno-Limansky direction, up to 55 militants, two armored combat vehicles, three vehicles, as well as 152mm Msta-B and 122mm D-30 howitzers were destroyed.
🔹In the Donetsk direction, up to 270 militants, four armored combat vehicles, three vehicles, a 152mm D-20 howitzer and two 122mm D-30 howitzers were liquidated;
🔹In the South-Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions, enemy losses amounted to more than 150 military AFU, two pickup trucks, as well as two 122mm D-30 howitzers;
🔹Over 20 militants, four vehicles, a 152mm Giacint-B cannon, and a 152mm Msta-B howitzer were destroyed in the Kherson direction;
🔹A Mi-8 helicopter of the Ukrainian Air Force was shot down;
🔹A total of 17 APU drones were shot down, as well as five HIMARS MLRS shells.
14:29 Personnel destruction of an enemy howitzer gun and a vehicle with ammunition in the Kherson direction
Our fighters discovered and destroyed a 152mm D-20 howitzer gun with a caliber of 152mm, as well as a car with ammunition in a forest plantation in the Kherson direction.
14:29 Destroyed Ukrainian self-propelled guns AHS Krab of Polish production in the area of n. Pereezdny
13:49 Crews of Su-25SM attack aircraft of the Central Military District completed combat missions in the zone of the special military operation
Going around the terrain, the pilots in combat pairs approached the line of contact and launched rocket attacks on the nationalists' manpower and lightly armored vehicles.
Launches were carried out with 80mm cumulative-fragmentation unguided rockets at area targets with a pitch-up technique.
After hitting the target, the pilots performed an anti-missile maneuver with the release of heat traps and returned to their base airfield to prepare for the next flight.
The command of the Central Military District notes the high efficiency of the work of the crews of the Su-25 aircraft.
13:48 Russian missiles shot down an enemy target over Belgorod
The air defense system worked. According to local residents, there were at least four explosions. According to preliminary data, no victims.
Official authorities have not yet commented on the information.
12:30 Assault Aviation of the Aerospace Forces of the Russian Federation continues to successfully carry out the tasks of destroying manpower and equipment of ukrofascists
11:39 Reconnaissance of the 503 Regiment applies kamikaze drones to destroy strongholds of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye direction
10:26 Russian loitering FPV drone destroyed truck ZIL-131 with ZU-23-2 APU in the Zaporozhye region
10:25 Another shrapneled car of militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
09:15 Ivanovo paratroopers established mine-explosive obstacles in the possible directions of the breakthrough of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the special operation zone
In one of the sectors, as a result of the reconnaissance, possible directions for an enemy breakthrough were determined. To strengthen the defense in these places, the mobile obstacle detachment of the Ivanovo paratroopers was tasked to establish new minefields.
Russian sappers advanced to the specified area on two armored personnel carriers-D, which are equipped with remote mining installations. Under enemy fire, the paratroopers reached the front line and set mine-explosive barriers, thereby securing the most vulnerable places of defense of the RF Armed Forces. Having mined a section of the area, the personnel quickly departed for a safe area.
08:50 The command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine transferred the units that survived in Artemovsk (the Ukrainian name is Bakhmut) to the Kupyansk and Krasnolimansk directions in the zone of the special military operation of Russia. This was announced by Lieutenant Colonel of the People's Militia of the LPR, retired Andrey Marochko.
Marochko noted that the main task of the soldiers after their redeployment is to “strengthen other units of the armed formations of Ukraine that have run out of steam in these directions.”
08:15 Consequences of night strike in Dnepropetrovsk.
08:06 For the first time, the Russian military dealt a powerful blow to Dnepropetrovsk. At first, the “geraniums” discharged the air defense, then the missiles hit the open positions of the air defense system. Well, after preparation, the destruction of military infrastructure began. A warehouse within the city detonated for about two hours. At least 20 flights.
In Dnepropetrovsk, all shelters have long been in private hands. This early morning, residents who ran out of high-rise buildings on Pobeda Avenue were simply not allowed into “private property”. They survived the missile attack on the street.
07:59 In Marinka eliminated Yulian Matviychuk, head of the Poltava branch of the nationalist party Svoboda, militant of the 116th Territorial Defense Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
06:01 Servicemen of the 88th Brigade of the Southern Group of Forces destroy positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Belogorovsk direction.
05:26 Russian Armed Forces destroyed five Ukrainian observation posts in the Kupyansk direction.
04:41 In the Nikolaev area explosions sounded - the Ukrainian TV channel ICTV.
04:10 Presumably, in Dnepropetrovsk the warehouse with ammunition is struck.
03:51 Explosions in Zaporozhye. X101/555 cruise missiles are reported to be approaching Ukraine from the north.
03:49 An air alert was announced in the western regions of Ukraine: Ternopil, Rivne, Ivano-Frankivsk, Zakarpattia and Lviv.
03:44 Local channels write about the glow from the fire in one of the districts of Dnepropetrovsk. The city is under unprecedented attack by missiles and UAVs.
03:33 Zaporozhye - explosion. There is also a powerful explosion in Dnepropetrovsk. At least nine explosions are reported in Dnepropetrovsk.
03:30 Rockets from the Sea of Azov in the direction of Dnepropetrovsk.
03:28 The missiles also entered through the Kharkiv region.
03:27 It is reported that the missiles are entering the territory of Ukraine from the north-east direction.
03:21 Explosions in Izyum, Kharkiv region.
03:10 More than a dozen "Geraniums" enter the territory of Ukraine through the Sumy and Chernihiv regions.
03:09 Explosions in Dnepropetrovsk. Details are being specified.
03:06 "Geranium" in the Poltava and Zaporozhye regions.
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[NewsFrontInfo] 23:33 Belgorod region: AFUfired uponBorisovka village. According to preliminary information, there were no casualties. An explosive device was dropped from a quadrocopter on one of the administrative buildings, there was no fire, the roof was broken. 23:22 Walnut. Movement of tanks APU.
23:17 Motion detected UAV of an unidentified type over the Zaporozhye, Dnepropetrovsk and Kherson regions.
Meanwhile, the alarm in Kyiv has been canceled for the time being.
23:14 Work "Gerani" in Dnepropetrovsk and the region.
23:04 Announced in Kyivair alert.
23:00 In Kharkov explosion.
22:58 Ukrainian resources write about missile attack in the Kharkiv region.
21:04 Russian air forces strike with gliding bombs on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Gulyai Polya area of the Zaporozhye region.
20:58 The counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Bakhmut "choked" - the city was lost, and the goals of the General Staff were not achieved, even despite the reserves and forces thrown into battle.
As a result, the Armed Forces of Ukraine temporarily stopped the operation to encircle Bakhmut, and there are no active hostilities at the moment. After the loss of the settlement, military sources believe that the main goal of the operation has been lost (besides, one should not discount the fact that the fall of Bakhmut’s “indestructible fortress” will cause enormous moral damage to Kiev).
Despite a week of fierce fighting, no significant results were achieved on the flanks. Small progressive steps were exaggerated to the scale of grandiose victories, however, in fact, the Armed Forces of Ukraine failed to capture a single settlement to strengthen their positions. And the so-called “recaptured positions” are in open field conditions, making them an easy target for Russian artillery.
In order not to disperse the “zrada”, Deputy Defense Minister Anna Malyar still claims that the Armed Forces of Ukraine control certain objects in Bakhmut and the private sector in the “Airplane” area, and Russian troops are conducting a sweep in the areas of the city that they have taken under control.
At the same time, the American Institute for the Study of War, in its morning report, acknowledged the capture of Bakhmut by Russian troops. According to experts, Ukrainian claims to control a “minor” part of the city are only “a tacit admission that Russian forces have taken control of the rest of the western and northwestern Bakhmut, if not all of it.”
At the same time, the situation with Bakhmut raises questions that are unpleasant for the Office of the President regarding the widely announced Ukrainian counter-offensive - for example, if the Armed Forces of Ukraine cannot hold Bakhmut and take Kleshcheevka in ten days, then what can we expect from a probable Azov battle, where it is necessary to storm large cities and force the Dnieper?
19:28 Under fire from Ukrainian militants, the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk. According to the DPR JCCC, five rounds with a caliber of 155mm were fired.
18:47 Statement of head of the press center of the group "South":
The strikes of the missile unit of the "Southern" group of troops destroyed the ammunition depots of the 24th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Andreevka and the 54th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Artillery units launched a fire raid on the point of temporary deployment of the national battalion of the Armed Forces of Ukraine "Right Sector" (Ukrainian extremist organization banned on the territory of the Russian Federation) in the area of the settlement of Novgorodskoe.
During the counterbattery fight, two enemy 120mm mortars were destroyed in the area of the settlements of Bogdanovka and Severnoye, a self-propelled artillery installation "Crab", an M-128 anti-tank gun in the area of the settlement of Chervonoe, as well as two tanks. An anti-aircraft missile unit shot down an unmanned aerial vehicle of an aircraft type in the area of the settlement of Opytnoe.
The radiation, chemical and biological protection units of the grouping inflicted damage with rockets of the Solntsepek heavy flamethrower systems in the area of concentration of enemy manpower and the platoon stronghold of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
18:04 Under fire from Ukrainian militants Kirovsky district of Donetsk. According to the DPR JCCC, six rounds with a caliber of 155mm were fired.
17:48 Consequences of artillery attack of Yasinovataya by Ukrainian militants, as a result of which a civilian was killed.
17:38 Under fire from Ukrainian militants, the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk. According to the DPR JCCC, five rounds with a caliber of 155mm were fired.
17:15 Tokmok in the Zaporozhye region is again under fire from the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The city came under artillery attack at 12:30. Arrivals were recorded on the territory of Tokmak Feed Mill LLC. According to preliminary data, there are no victims or injured.
17:07 Zamostye in the Zaporozhye region under fire from the APU militants. The Nazis are artillery attack farms. Around 14:00, Zelensky’s militants shelled the Solex farm in the village of Zamostye, Chernihiv district, Zaporozhye region. Two hits recorded. Destroyed warehouse. According to preliminary data, there are no victims or injured.
16:54 Under fire from Ukrainian militants, the Kirovsky district of Donetsk. According to the DPR JCCC, six rounds with a caliber of 155mm were fired.
16:51 Preliminary demining of the city has begun in Artyomovsk -video.
On May 20, Artyomovsk was liberated. A lot of work remains to be done to restore the infrastructure of the city, but the most basic and main task today is its complete demining, said Denis Pushilin, acting head of the DPR.
16:21 Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk under Nazi artillery fire -video.
16:05 Statement of head of the press center of the Vostok group:
In the South-Donetsk direction, units of the Vostok group thwarted an attempt to rotate the personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in positions south of Vodyany, a pickup truck and enemy manpower were destroyed by artillery fire. In the same area, an enemy ATGM crew was opened and destroyed by an anti-tank guided missile.
The crews of 152mm Akatsiya self-propelled artillery mounts and 240mm Tyulpan self-propelled mortars destroyed the temporary deployment points of militants in Burlatsky and Vremovka. During the counter-battery fight, the artillery of the group destroyed two 152mm Msta-B howitzers in the areas of Olgovsky and Novoivanovka, a mortar crew in the Prechistovka area.
The crew of the TOS-1 heavy flamethrower system hit an enemy stronghold south of Ugledar. Crews of anti-aircraft missile systems "Tor" shot down two unmanned aerial vehicles "Fury" and one - "Valkyrie".
In the Zaporozhye direction, the delivery of ammunition and materiel to the forward positions of the 102nd Territorial Defense Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Poltavka region was disrupted, where a truck, a pickup truck and manpower of the enemy were destroyed by artillery fire, and to the positions of the 15th Special Purpose Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine in the area of Malaya Tokmachki, two trucks with ammunition and manpower were destroyed.
According to the results of aerial reconnaissance, artillery fire destroyed an ammunition depot near Stepnogorsk, temporary deployment points for militants in Poltavka and Novodanilovka, and an American-made M-777 howitzer in the Zatishya area.
Kamikaze drones destroyed an enemy mortar crew in the Gulyai Polya area and three pickup trucks with militants in the Malaya Tokmachka area.
15:42 Video: – Investigators of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation recorded the consequences of the criminal actions of Ukrainian Nazis in the city of Novaya Kakhovka, Kherson region. VFU shelled a substation in Novaya Kakhovka, Kherson region, using MLRS.
15:27 On videothe work of Russian aviation in the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kherson direction.
Ukrainian positions are being destroyed by a pair of Su-34Ms. They use adjustable bombs weighing 500 kilograms. Three objects were hit on the footage: two points of temporary deployment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Nikolaevka and Berislav, as well as a hangar with personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Kazatsky.
15:10 Investigators of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation fixing the consequences of the artillery attack of the VFU in the city of Tokmak, Zaporozhye region -video.
Ukrainian Nazis fired rockets at the Zhuravlyonok kindergarten located in the courtyard of apartment buildings. As a result of the shelling, two people were injured, they were hospitalized, they are receiving medical assistance.
15:00 According to the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for May 22, as of 15:00, additional information was received about the damage as a result of artillery attack of the Ukrainian cities of the Republic:
- st. Pyatnitsky, 95 - a direct hit in a private residential building;
- st. Pyatnitskogo, 97 - a private residential building.
artillery attack at 10:35:
- damage was recorded to the building of the central heating main of boiler house No. 197 "b" on the street. Vakhrushev.
14:50 At the end of April, Ukrainian servicemen deliberately threw grenades into the basement in one of the residential buildings of Artemivsk, in which civilians were hiding, a resident of the city said -video.
14:04 Under fire from Ukrainian militants Petrovsky and Kuibyshevsky districts of Donetsk. According to the DPR JCCC, 11 rounds with a caliber of 155mm were fired.
13:54 In the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the number of cases of desertion, suicide, “careless handling of weapons” has increased in anticipation of a constantly tolerated offensive and loss of control over Artyomovsk. This was stated to RT by the former representative of the People's Militia of the DPR (the former name of the armed forces of the republic) Eduard Basurin.
13:46 The rescued civilians of Artemovsk, who were evacuated by Wagner PMC fighters from the last houses in the western part of the city during the assault, spoke about the situation that took place in the city -video.
12:50 Exclusive from the western outskirts of the liberated Artemovsk (Bakhmut).
RT military correspondent Murad Gazdiev showed what the Gnezdo and Domino microdistricts look like now, where the last fortified areas of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were located.
“Technically, they [the Ukrainian military in the city] are there - these are the remnants that were abandoned during the retreat, small groups already without walkie-talkies, without supplies, without BC [ammunition] that are hiding in apartments. They flip the baths and hide under the baths. They are waiting for a chance to either run away, or what they hope for… The city is completely ours,” says Murad.
12:47 Summary of artillery attack of the Donetsk People's Republic for May 21, 2023
- st. Quiet, 51 - a child was wounded - a boy born in 2010, a direct hit in a private residential building, followed by a fire.
Kuibyshevsky district:
- st. Grekova, 14 - a private residential building, power lines were also damaged;
- st. Czechoslovakskaya, 65, 67 - private residential buildings, the gas pipeline was also damaged.
Petrovsky district:
- st. Karnavalnaya, 37, 47, 64 - private residential buildings;
- st. Karnavalnaya, 35 - a private residential building, completely destroyed;
- st. Pilots, 30 - a private residential building, the gas pipeline was also damaged;
- st. Worsted, 43 "a" - as a result of an explosion on a mine PFM "Petal", a woman born in 1968 was injured.
n.p. Yasinovataya:
- st. Ordzhonikidze, 150 - a man born in 1974 was wounded;
- st. Nekrasova, 6 - a woman born in 1992 suffered;
- st. Sevastopolskaya, 1 - a woman born in 1971 suffered.
n.p. Makeevka:
- Chervonogvardeisky district: - st. Altaiskaya, 51 "a" - a direct hit in a private residential building.
Over the past 24 hours, 49 cases of firing were recorded from the side of the VFU in the Donetsk direction, firing 177 units of various ammunition.
12:04 Under fire from Ukrainian militants, the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk. According to the DPR JCCC, five rounds with a caliber of 155mm were fired.
11:43 There are still a few dozen residents left in Artemovsk, the evacuation of the civilian population continues, we were told in the power structures of the DPR.
11:30 According to the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for May 22, as of 11:30, information was received about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:
n.p. Kashtanoye: - on the street. Kashtanova, 19, a man born in 1942 died.
Information was received about damage as a result of artillery attack of the VFU cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district):
artillery attack at 06:40:
- st. Engels, 30 - a private residential building, a utility building was also damaged.
artillery attack at 10:30:
- Damage was recorded to the building of housing and communal services No. 2 on Kremlin Ave.;
11:01 Yesterday in the area with. In Lvov, Kherson region, an artillery strike destroyed a 152mm Msta-B howitzer with ammunition, four militants were disposed of, three were wounded.
10:54 Donetsk the outskirts of the Kuibyshev region under attack by the Armed Forces of Ukraine -video.
10:47 Tonight in the area of n.p. Zelenovka (Kherson region) were destroyed by artillery strikes: 152mm towed gun 2A36 "Hyacinth-B"; Six - servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine; three - received injuries of varying severity
10:20 In the last 24 hours, Russian troops near Krasny Liman launched artillery strikes on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and proceeded to assault operations
Active actions were carried out in the direction of two large villages - Yampol and Torskoy. Artillery also hit the Ukrainian fortified areas in Belogorovka, Nevsky, Makeevka, Stelmakhivka.
10:38 Donetsk and Kashtanoye are under fire from Ukrainian militants. According to the DPR JCCC, 17 rounds with a caliber of 155mm were fired.
10:02 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 were fired from cannon artillery and MLRS:
according to n.p. Novaya Kakhovka fired eight rounds and two rockets from the Alder MLRS;
- 17 rounds were fired at the Kazachi Largery;
- 15 rounds were fired at the settlement of Golaya Pristan;
- n.p. Novaya Zburyevka fired 15 rounds;
– n.p. Aleshki fired 14 rounds;
- n.p. Kardashinka fired 12 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 Zabarino, settlement Vasilievka, n. p. Sagi, firing a total of 28 rounds from cannon artillery.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure to be confirmed
09:30 AFU militants fired at Novaya Kakhovka from the Alder MLRS. As a result of the artillery attack of Novaya Kakhovka by Ukrainian militants, a crater formed in the city - presumably, the strikes were delivered from the Alder MLRS -video.
09:20 Exclusive frames Akhmat special forces guard: RT military commander Vlad Andritsa showed how the soldiers prepared for the offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Kremennaya.
The positions are fortified so that neither armor nor a mouse will pass, says the commander of the unit with the call sign Iran: “When attacked, even a tank will not be able to break - neither French, nor British, nor American.”
Structures withstand direct hits of 155mm rounds, all firing points are connected for a quick change of positions and replenishment of ammo. All flanks are viewed, including with the help of thermal imagers, and shot through. Many "surprises" were left to the enemy on the road and in the forest. Immediately, the newly arrived fighters undergo fire training in conditions as close as possible to a real battle.
09:10 The representative office of the DPR in the JCCC reports 49 facts of firing from the AFU per day.
The enemy fired from 155mm and 152mm artillery, an attack UAV, firing 177 units of various ammunition across the territory of the DPR. Under the fire of the VFU were: Gorlovka, Yasinovataya, Donetsk, Makeevka, Aleksandrovka, Yelenovka. Over the past day, five civilians received injuries of varying severity.
09:00 Russian army stopped an attempt to rotate the grouping of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the South-Donetsk direction.
In the same place, a pickup truck and manpower of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed by artillery. The Russian military opened and destroyed anti-tank systems, points of temporary deployment of troops, howitzers and a mortar crew of Ukrainian militants. The crew of TOS-1 hit a stronghold south of Ugledar, and also shot down two drones.
In the Zaporozhye direction, the Russian army disrupted the supply of ammunition and materiel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the region of Poltavka and Malaya Tokmachka. In addition, an ammunition depot and a howitzer of Ukrainian militants were destroyed.
08:53 Over the past week, the Representative Office of the LPR in the JCCC recorded:
Three artillery attacks of the territory of the Republic by the armed formations of Ukraine along the settlement Luhansk, Lisichansk and Kalinovo-Borshchevatoe, during which the enemy used Storm Shadow cruise missiles (one missile), HIMARS MLRS (one. missile), 155mm artillery pieces (one projectile).
During the above period, 20 civilians became victims of the AFU aggression, of which five people died and 15 were injured.
A total of 36 housing constructions and three civil infrastructure facilities were destroyed and damaged.
08:40 Information on the artillery attack of Gorlovka as of 08:00 on May 22, 2023
08:13 Frontline summary on the morning of 22/05/2023:
In the Kherson direction, Russian artillery and aviation, in addition to the regional center, fired at Stanislav, Veletinskoye, Dneprovskoye, the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Bolshoy Potemkin Island, Antonovka, Lvovo, Kozatskoye, Berislav and Zolotaya Balka. In these places, Ukrainian troops are concentrating forces to cross to the left bank of the Dnieper.
On the Donetsk front, units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, after artillery strikes, conducted assault operations in the Novomikhailovka area and in the city of Maryinka. There was also an attempted ground attack on Severnoye.
With the support of artillery and aviation, Russian troops attacked on the southwestern approaches to Avdeevka and near Novokalinov. Under shelling, the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the village of Konstantinovka (not to be confused with the town of the same name southwest of Bakhmut), Paraskovievka, Pobeda, Georgievka, Ostrom, the city of Krasnogorovka, Nevelsky, Pervomaisky, Karlovka, Thin, Stepno (not to be confused with the village of the same name in the Zaporozhye direction ) and Toretsk.
Southwest of Bakhmut, Russian troops, supported by artillery, tried to counterattack towards Belaya Gora from the last bridgehead on the western bank of the Seversky Donets-Donbass Canal northwest of Kurdyumovka. The artillery of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation hit Predtechin, Stupochki, Ivanovsky, Chasov Yar, Bogdanovka, Grigorovka, Orekhovo-Vasilyevka, Vasyukovka, Spornoye and Verkhnekamensky.
In the Luhansk direction, Russian troops, after artillery strikes, carried out assault operations from the direction of Masyutovka. Armed Forces positions in Belogorivka, Yampol, Torsky, Nevsky, Makeevka, Stelmakhivka, Tabaevka, Kotlyarovka, Kislovka, Zapadny, Dvurechnaya, Novomlynsk, Figolevka and Topolyakh are under fire.
08:05 Calculations of self-propelled artillery installations "Msta-SM2" continue destroy armored vehicles and camouflaged fortified positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Self-propelled guns change firing positions and shelters dozens of times a day, being constantly on the move. This round-the-clock artillery carousel tactic disorientates the enemy, causing them to waste ammunition and declassify the positions of their camouflaged gun emplacements.
07:49 Covered with fire: what the combat looks like work 152mm self-propelled guns "Msta-S" from inside the cabin.
Combat crews of the 152mm Msta-S self-propelled artillery mount of the Southern Military District strike at the positions of militants of the Kyiv regime as part of a counterbattery fight. Fighters destroy enemy armored vehicles, mortar and artillery batteries, air defense systems, long-term firing points and command posts.
06:53 Under fire from Ukrainian militants Petrovsky and Kuibyshevsky districts of Donetsk. According to the DPR JCCC, 10 rounds with a caliber of 155mm were fired.
05:26 The Russian army destroyed two warehouses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with ammunition near Andreevka.
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[REGNUM] The breakthrough of the sabotage group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine into the Belgorod region was aimed at minimizing the political effect of the fall of Artyomovsk, a strategically and logistically important center of Donbass, which the Ukrainian side called the “Bakhmut fortress”. This circumstance was pointed out by the Kremlin press secretary Dmitry Peskov and military experts.
In the most liberated Artyomovsk - the second peaceful day. On May 22, preliminary demining has already begun. The Russian forces that liberated the city are checking buildings for explosive objects, Denis Pushilin , acting head of the DPR , told TASS . Units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, retreating from the city, mined dozens of basements of multi-apartment and private houses, including those where civilians were hiding, a source in Donetsk law enforcement agencies said. According to him, most of the explosives (hidden in boxes from under household appliances and put away in the basements of multi-storey buildings) were found on the western outskirts of Artyomovsk, which the VSE held until the last.
People evacuated from Artyomovsk are placed in the rear Shakhtyorsk - this was announced by the mayor of this city Alexander Shatov. In a conversation with TASS, he mentioned 3.5 thousand people in temporary accommodation centers. At the same time, it is in Artyomovsk that an interdepartmental headquarters to provide assistance to the liberated territories will be deployed in the near future, Pushilin informed on May 22.
THE COMMAND OF THE ARMED FORCES OF UKRAINE IS LEFT TO ADMIT THE OBVIOUS
The liberation of the city, which took 224 days (the first serious battles here date back to the beginning of August 2022), was completed, recall, on May 20. Soon the Ministry of Defense officially confirmed that, based on the results of the work of the Wagner assault detachments and with the support of artillery and aviation of the Southern Group of the Russian Armed Forces, the city was completely taken under control. The Supreme Commander-in-Chief Putin congratulated the "Wagnerites" and military personnel of the Armed Forces on the liberation of the city, government awards await the distinguished fighters.
The enemy suffered serious losses in manpower (in open sources there were estimates from 40,000 to 50,000 killed - the last opinion was voiced by military observer Vladislav Shurygin ). The Armed Forces of Ukraine also suffered comparable media damage - which, as mentioned above, forced Kyiv to conduct a "media operation" to break through the border in the Belgorod region.
The military leadership of Ukraine did not confirm the surrender of Artemovsk. Although this has already been de facto done by President Volodymyr Zelensky, who promised back in February that “ no one will surrender Bakhmut (the name of the city in the terminology of the Kiev regime. - Approx. ed.).” Answering questions during the G7 summit in Hiroshima, the Ukrainian president nevertheless acknowledged the fall of the city, but emphasized that “nothing was left” in Artyomovsk, Channel One notes. Later, Zelensky began to refuse his own comments.
At the same time, according to the latest statements of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a battle is still going on in the city, and Ukrainian troops are holding some buildings on the “outskirts of the city”. The persistence with which the entourage of Commander-in-Chief Valery Zaluzhny denies the surrender of Artyomovsk suggests that the loss of the city could result in new problems at the front. At the same time, the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports on the success of the “counteroffensive” operation against Artyomovsk, reporting daily on the advance of several kilometers.
THE CHANCES OF AN EFFECTIVE "COUNTERATTACK" ARE REDUCED
In fact, the completion of the Artyomov operation was accompanied by strikes against the Ukrainian rear, both operational and strategic - and these strikes continue, military expert Alexander Mikhailovsky emphasized in a commentary to IA Regnum.
On May 22, residents of Kramatorsk, which is only 30 km from Artyomovsk, reported the defeat of a Ukrainian army ammunition depot, equipped in an industrial area on the outskirts of the city. At the same time, high-precision long-range weapons worked out at the Dnepr military airfield in the Dnepropetrovsk region, where a large number of military equipment and personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have accumulated. Hangars with weapons and ammunition, aircraft and a technical position for preparing missiles were hit on the Dnepr, the Defense Ministry said.
In May, after a long break, attacks on the objects of the Armed Forces of Ukraine located in the central and western regions of Ukraine resumed.
In addition, Mikhailovsky notes, in the last weeks and days of the battles for Artyomovsk, assault units managed to knock out a lot of equipment recently delivered through NATO, and which will obviously go into the spring counteroffensive announced by Kiev.
“Only from what has been captured in the photo and video in recent days, to say that in the battles for the southern outskirts of the city, a British Spartan armored personnel carrier, an armored car Dingo ATF production, and an armored personnel carrier YPR-765 delivered from the Netherlands were shot down,” Mikhailovsky listed.
"A similar technique burned down on the highway between Artyomovsk and Chasovy Yar, when trying to transfer it to the epicenter of the battles. Such equipment is equipped with fresh parts, which are prepared at the training grounds of NATO countries."
Together with the purposeful knocking out of Ukrainian air defense systems, the “Artyomov meat grinder” reduced the enemy’s ability to carry out not one-time sorties, but large-scale effective offensive operations, experts believe.
It is possible that it was the defeat in the battle for Artyomovsk that forced the Joe Biden administration to agree to the supply of F-16 military aircraft to Kiev, Mikhailovsky believes. But, he notes, “even in Washington they admit that the planes do not have time for the announced “offensive” . The analyst points out:
“That is, the prolongation of the battles for the city cost not only heavy losses, but also did not solve anything at all in terms of preparing the Armed Forces of Ukraine for a counteroffensive.”
At the same time, for our troops, overcoming the Artyomov line provides important operational opportunities, experts believe.
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According to the interlocutors of IA Regnum, the liberation of Artemovsk opens up the possibility for cutting off the Seversky ledge - the liberation of the city of Seversk (in fact, to the north of Artemovsk), where the garrison of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is located in a semi-encirclement from the north and south. The second opening direction is the western one, to the city of Chasov Yar, where the enemy formations defeated in Artyomovsk retreated.
Strategically , "the liberation of Artyomovsk allows our troops to further develop the offensive, both to the south - towards Dzerzhinsk, with a subsequent exit towards Krasnoarmeysk, and to the north - towards Krasny Liman towards Izyum," shared his assumption with IA Regnum ex -deputy head of the People's Militia Department of the DPR, retired colonel Eduard Basurin.
In his opinion, further advancement to the Dzerzhinsk-Krasnoarmeysk region and in the Krasnolimanskom direction will allow encircling the AFU grouping, which was considered the most combat-ready - in the area of the cities of Slavyansk, Kramatorsk, Druzhkovka and Konstantinovka.
"The liberation of Artyomovsk in the future will allow us not to storm the cities, but to surround them, offer the enemy to surrender or, in case of refusal, destroy them," the source said.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin
[ColonelCassad] Protasevich, who had previously received 8 years in prison, was pardoned by Lukashenko.
And today he already has been released.
Initiative cooperation with the KGB of Belarus, the surrender of all accomplices, the exposure of opposition dumps, the maintenance of a telegram channel, etc. and so on. - everything started. And unlike Sapieha, Protasevich is already at large. Personally, he made the right choice for himself, and the KGB of Belarus received considerable benefits from this. Sapieha is Sofia Sapega, his then girlfriend, whom he rolled over on prolly in exchange for his cooperation.
It is ironic that now no one remembers the cries of "freedom to Protasevich" from 2021. It is ironic that it was Lukashenko who freed Protasevich, whom he called for to overthrow in 2020. I won’t be surprised if he later appears on Belarusian TV, as happened with Voskresensky, who worked for Babariko. Babariko is Viktar Babaryka who campaigned for Belorussian president in 2020. Voskresensky is Mikhail Voskresensky, Russian musician of some import who defected to the West in protest of the Russian invasion.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin
[ColonelCassad] In the Grayvoron region, our military seized a damaged American MaxxPro armored car (to be repaired). By evening, the enemy had partially fled abroad, taking with him an armored personnel carrier from the border crossing.
From our side, they reported eight wounded civilians, 39 killed militants and five prisoners. The enemy declared one captured border guard. Several houses were damaged in the area.
In the evening, the cleansing of the border area continued, and arrivals continued in the Kharkiv region.
As a result of what happened, the CTO regime was finally introduced in the Belgorod region. But they didn’t introduce it in Bryansk. Apparently, and there it is necessary to wait for a similar raid to be introduced. In the State Duma, Deputy Sobolev from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation and Deputy Gurulev from United Russia (both retired generals) called for the introduction of the CTO regime in all front-line regions (here one can only agree).
Prigozhin on this occasion stated that the reason for the enemy’s jump into the territory of the region was the cuts and indifference of responsible persons. In fact, he talked about something similar a few months ago. Yes, and jokes about the military commanders shouting "wolves! wolves!" about the threat of a raid on the Belgorod region now look completely ridiculous.
Governor Gladkov was puffing for the officials all day today. Did what he could.
The enemy, in turn, threw in a huge number of fakes to sow panic.
As for the rest, the Armed Forces of Ukraine tried with all their might to shift attention from the surrender of Artemovsk, which Zelensky still continues to virtually defend, but the videos from the city are very eloquent.
It seems that the current activity at the border precedes the real activation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in other directions - primarily the Zaporozhye direction.
Of course, they will try with all their might to bring down the negative of the last days associated with the loss of Artemovsk.
It can be noted how closely these actions are integrated into the information activities of the IPSO. The content of the action is identical to the raid of the Nazis in the Bryansk region.
As for the issue of the security of the Belgorod region, without occupying the north of the Kharkov region, it is hardly possible to ensure complete security of the region's borders from shelling, actions of the DRG, etc.
By 2 o'clock the enemy's armored group was driven away from the border with the Belgorod region. There are unconfirmed reports of the destruction of two Humvees.
At the same time, an enemy DRG has already been discovered on the territory of the region (in the Grayvoron district), and work is underway to eliminate it. As a result of today's shelling in the region, 2 civilians were injured.
Good luck to the military and border guards.
Yet more from Rozhin: CTO regime introduced in Belgorod region This just means that Russian has invoked the CTO Treaty which would require treaty signatories to come to the aid of Russia,. No big deal. I
confused CTO, which means a counter terrorist operation with the CTSO, the Russian mutual defense treaty. Sorry for the error.
Judging by the IPSO stuffing in the comments, the enemy is now focusing on the stuffing:
1. In Belgorod, an evacuation is underway.
2. APU captured Grayvoron
3. A Russian helicopter was shot down.
4. Bomb shelters are closed in Belgorod.
In fact, no evacuation is being carried out in Belgorod, it is the IPSO trying to sow panic through stuffing in social networks and anonymous calls.
Grayvoron was not captured by anyone. The shot down heat traps were mistaken for the downed helicopter.
The stuff about bomb shelters is illustrated by old messages or videos.
CTO continues in the region. There are clashes in the border villages.
The CTO regime has been officially introduced throughout the region today. In a good way, this should have been done last autumn, as in all front-line regions.
Zelensky is very predictable, just like his team is underdeveloped.
To remove Bakhmut from the news, he ordered to attack the Belgorod region, which will give nothing but informational noise.
He really hates to look bad on the news, that's a problem for all jesters.
Now trolls and bots have something to talk about.
He got what he wanted - in the morning in the Bandera public, not a single mention of the loss of Artemovsk.
The attack on the Belgorod region is part of the hybrid tactics of the West to create a border zone of instability at the expense of terrorist proxy forces
The DRG in the Belgorod region, the attack on aviation in the Bryansk region are links in the same chain. Obviously, there are now suicide bombers with a one-way ticket on the territory of the Russian Federation.
Kyiv, of course, could not carry out this operation without the help of Western intelligence services, detailed intelligence and competent management. Both recent incidents also indicate that the enemy's tactics are varied and aimed mainly at probing various areas.
Now the battle continues in the Grayvoronsky district of the Belgorod region, the enemy tried to gain a foothold using a shield of civilians, but still suffers losses.
This operation is exclusively terrorist in nature and is aimed at creating a hotbed of instability and panic.
It is noteworthy that the idea of the “Budyonovsky scenario” was declared both by the Nazis from Azov and personally by Zelensky, who, according to the Washington Post, repeatedly raised this topic at closed meetings. Budyonovsky scenario is a reference to the Chechen terrorist attack on the Budanovsk Hospital in Grozny, Chechnya in 1995, where a number of innocents were slaughtered, both in the attack and in the resolution by Russian forces. This took place in the first spring in the first Chechen War.
The enemy, with forces of up to one combined motorized infantry battalion with an attached tank platoon, invaded the territory of the Belgorod Region to a depth of five km. Overcame the primary line of defense of the Russian Armed Forces, was stopped in the Graivoron area. The attack was carried out using UAVs, cannon and rocket artillery. It is reported that 40 Nazis were killed.
In terms of information, the enemy exploits the theme of the enemy "Russian Volunteer Corps", consisting of traitors. He actively throws out narratives about the "BNR", skillfully uses fakes and blanks. Covered up the topic of failure in Bakhmut.
The relevant departments gave out incoherent nonsense or were silent, which is worst of all - the enemy occupied the information field
After noon, Peskov appeared (my note - why does Putin tolerate this stupid woodpecker?) Repeated the unsuccessful thesis about "squeezing out", which indicates the weak work of his team with the audience.
Judging by the intermediate results, the border is not covered (note - Wu, Shoigu! the birthday has already passed!) There is no interaction, May 21st was Russian defense minister Evgeny Shoigu's birthday.
CTO was announced only in the evening, the operational headquarters coordinated statements with Moscow for many hours.
It can take a long time to sprinkle ashes on our comrades, but systemic errors should be identified long ago, since organizational conclusions have not been made in so many months.
Poke the generals in Moscow armchairs with a stick. Maybe they'll wake up. But I don't want to rely on them anymore. They are tired of systemic failures.
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Russians lost Ka-52 and probably Mi-8. Reports that other villages along the border attacked. Amazing and foolhardy to stay so deep a second day. Really thought the raiders would withdraw last night under darkness. Reliant on one road and too easy to cut off and pound from the air. But they have shown the Russian army has been stripped bare to feed the Ukrainian meat grinder.
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Seems the raiders have returned to Ukraine. Looking forward to after action reports, or claims there of, from both sides. I assume more raids until Russia diverts troops from/for Ukraine and fortifies the border.
At the end of the meeting of G7 nations in Japan, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Sunday that Ukraine currently does not meet the requirements to join the NATO alliance.
The expansion of the American-led NATO alliance into Ukraine does not seem to be on the cards any time soon, with Chancellor Olaf Scholz downplaying the idea after meeting with President Volodymyr Zelensky in Hiroshima, Japan over the weekend.
While the trip was successful for the Ukrainian leader in terms of securing additional military aid commitments — with President Joe Biden committing to send another $375 million in American tax dollars to the war zone — as well as getting the go-ahead from Washington for Western allies to supply American-made F-16 fighter jets, it does not appear that Zelensky has come any closer to his long-stated goal of joining NATO — a move that is considered a "red line" for the Kremlin.
In an interview with Die Welt on Sunday, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said of the current state of play: "Now it’s about supporting Ukraine, defending its country. For the future, there will also be talk about security guarantees, that is clear. These security guarantees include the question of how strongly we will equip Ukraine with weapons in the future. After the war, Ukraine will be equipped with weapons of Western production.
"It is also clear that we then have to discuss which security guarantees can be given in a post-war situation. But we are far from there yet. Now we are concentrating on what is coming up."
When pressed on whether he would support Ukraine joining the Western military alliance — which would mandate all other member states to go to war on behalf of Ukraine if it were attacked — Scholz said that "NATO’s criteria include a whole series of conditions that Ukraine cannot currently meet."
n 1997, the American State Department laid out a list of five "minimum requirements" for NATO membership candidates, which included "all of Europe’s emerging democracies that share the alliance’s values and are ready to meet the obligations of membership."
The requirements demand that a prospective candidate upholds democracy, including "tolerating diversity", is "showing progress" towards a developing a market economy, has a military under "firm civilian control", is a "good neighbour" and respects the sovereignty of other nations, and finally is "working toward compatibility with NATO forces".
The State Department said that such criteria did not constitute a firm "checklist", saying that the "key determinant for any invitation to new members is whether their admission to NATO will strengthen the alliance and further the basic objective of NATO enlargement, which is to increase security and stability across Europe."
It is unclear which of the requirements Chancellor Scholz felt that Ukraine has yet to meet. However, even if Ukraine theoretically fulfilled all of them, the country still faces an uphill battle in joining NATO, given that acesssion is dependent upon the unanimous support from all member states.
While many member states would likely fall in line should America push for Ukrainian membership, at present it is doubtful that Hungary, for instance, would follow suit. Budapest has long had sour relations with Kyiv, principally over the poor treatment of approximately 150,000 ethnic Hungarians living in the Transcarpathia region who were cut off from the rest of Hungary following the Treaty of Trianon in the wake of the First World War that saw Hungary’s traditional territory shrink by nearly two-thirds.
Relations have remained tense between the two neighbouring states following the Russian invasion, with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán being one of the few Western leaders expressing desire to end the conflict quickly, even if this it at a cost to Ukraine.
The situation further deteriorated last week, with Budapest saying that it would block another package of EU military aid to Ukraine following reports which alleged that President Volodymyr Zelensky’s government had made plans to blow up the Druzhba oil pipeline that connects Russia to Hungary, which Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto described as an assault against the national sovereignty of Hungary.
The foreign minister went on to say therefore that they would block the weapons shipment to Ukraine, which he said is "behaving more and more hostile towards Hungary".
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It is unclear which of the requirements Chancellor Scholz felt that Ukraine has yet to meet.
Can't be involved in an active war
Cannot have any territorial disputes
Must have modernized it military to NATO standards
Must have a democratic government with low corruption.
#2
Come on, man! If you can't trust a fellow grifter, who can you trust? Honor among thieves, and all that.
My personal SWAG: Launching a cruise missile at a high value target inside Russia is a media victory for Ukraine, even if it gets shot down on the way. Despite the pretty words, I doubt Zelensky can resist such a tempting morsel.
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Biden has cleared NATO countries to sell F-16 to Ukraine which will be paying with money we are giving them. All those planes will be wrecked unless we go with a Flying Tigers option. Any American that gets shot down and survives will not likely get the Brittney Griner save. Instead they will be POWs in a camp run by Chechens. This is a bad idea. We will lose more F16s bought and paid for by us than we have since 9-11. The strongest argument against this working is that the Biden Administration is proposing the sale. If you check the back of their baseball card, you see a study in abject failures.
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These F-16 HUDs/interfaces, they speak Ukrainian?
Not only do the HUDs not speak Ukrainian, they use Arabic numerals.
It will be interesting to see how the F-16s do against Russian air defense.
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The Dutch will be donating, not selling, the first batch of F-16AM/BMs. They had 40 recently retired F-16s that they contracted to sell to a private US company that trains (dogfights etc) US military pilots. The first 12 were already delivered. The Dutch canceled the sale of the other 28 and will be donating them to Ukraine.
Other European countries will also be donating excess F-16s as they upgrade to F-35s. Training has already begun in Poland.
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"Donate?" If someone (US taxpayer, Bueller?) reimburses them.
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Prove it. Any news article that the Dutch or any other F-16 donor will be paid by the US will do.
If money was the goal, the Dutch F-16s were already sold. So would many of the other Euro F-16s being retired. There is a good market for used F-16s. They are good for about 12,000 hours.
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Sorting through the bullcrap, it takes about 2 years to qualify on the F-16?
4 months. The Ukrainians have exceeded expectations and the training schedule had to be sped up for most of the weapons they received. They are very motivated to use them.
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We will lose more F16s bought and paid for by us than we have since 9-11.
I doubt the Biden admin will donate or sell any F-16s to Ukraine until the war is over. I suspect there is some kind a backroom deal that prevents it. The US added value is the deep magazine of weapons and spare parts.
The Ukrainians have kept their word not to attack inside Russia with all the previous US and European weapons delivered. Why would they break their word and jeopardize future supplies?
A surge in anonymous tanker sales to new and unknown buyers in #Europe was likely linked to #Russia’s efforts to create a hidden fleet.https://t.co/LzTv0JcKSp
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Pirate tanker flotilla,
or nuke launch platforms?
#3
Blocked space agreements that are unutilzed take capacity off the market. Another way is to charter ships then have them held in port for maintenance/other reasons. Both expensive but a deniable way to reduce capacity and increase the cost of the remaining available products
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Blocked space agreements that are unutilzed take capacity off the market. Another way is to charter ships then have them held in port for maintenance/other reasons. Both expensive but a deniable way to reduce capacity and increase the cost of the remaining available products
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^3, It's even more unpleasant when then don't even bother to make port, and just hold offshore. (The Phillipino crews really love that.)
I have an aquaintance who has a 45ft Ravallo, and used to do fishing charters before the Coasties got all anal. Now days he does twice weekly grocery runs for parked freighters and tankers who are running low on food supplies. As long as they can pay cash.
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Pirate tanker flotilla, or nuke launch platforms?
Hauling Russian oil to India and China. Long voyage that requires a lot of tankers.
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[REGNUM] Warsaw began to count the damage from the actions of the USSR during and after the Second World War. This was stated on May 22 by Deputy Foreign Minister of Poland Arkadiusz Mulyarchik on the air of Polish television.
In Poland, they began to calculate the "damage" from the actions of the USSR during and after the Second World War.
“The Institute of Military Affairs is working on such a report. It should be a solid job ,” Mulyarchik said.
According to him, the report should include, among other things, the dismantling of factories in the western lands of Poland, unfavorable coal contracts, the “exploitation” of the Polish state and other aspects.
As IA Regnum reported earlier, Oleg Tyapkin , director of the third European department of the Russian Foreign Ministry , said that Poland's demands to pay reparations for losses during World War II addressed to Russia are inadequate political fantasies.
According to him, the Polish side, as a rule, turns to "historical revisionism" in an attempt to solve internal problems, and the demands for reparations from Russia are "blatantly immoral." He also noted that if the USSR had not defeated Nazi Germany, then there would be no Poland as a state.
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