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Russian Perspective: Operation to Denazify Ukraine: Operational Brief May 16th (updated)
2023-05-17
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.

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

[NewsFrontInfo] 20:33 Video– Successful destruction of the Ukrainian M113 by Krasnopol in the Limansky direction.

19:29 A bridge in the Artyomovsky direction was destroyed with an accurate strike by the artillery of the Wagner PMC -video

18:30 The crew of the attack helicopter Mi-28 of the Russian Aerospace Forces in the zone of the NMD —video

18:28 Near Artyomovsk eliminated fighter of the 10th Separate Mountain Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine "Edelweiss" Ivan Bazo.

18:27 It became known about liquidation of 39-year-old nationalist Maximilian Sklyansky, gunner of the M109 self-propelled artillery mount.

According to Ukrainian media, Sklyansky signed a contract with the Armed Forces of Ukraine in 2016. He served as a gunner of self-propelled guns and could be involved in the shelling of civilians in Donbass.

He was awarded more than once for his participation in the so-called Ukrainian ATO.

In 2019, Sklyansky retired from the army and entered politics. He was an active member of the Democratic Ax organization, which advocates the decriminalization of drugs, the legalization of prostitution and casinos.

After the start of the SVO, he joined the 28th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Knights of the Winter Campaign. It is also known that, under the guidance of Western instructors, he was trained to work on the American M109 self-propelled guns.

On March 29, 2023, Sklyansky was liquidated near Bakhmut, and was buried only on May 9.

17:26 Our Russian guys from the front line transmitted excellent shots -video
The drone operator crept up on a pack of stupid nationalists.
The accuracy of the drop was stunning and literally destroyed everyone.

17:21 Russian soldiers smash the Nazis on the Zaporozhye front -video

The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation are methodically and systematically destroying the strongholds of the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye direction.

Reconnaissance, observation and fire adjustment was carried out with the help of a UAV bought with public donations. Video filmed on it.

16:30 Ukrainian football player, ideological Nazi Mykhailo Tsymbalyuk was killed during the SVO.

16:27 Here is another vivid example of when Ukrainian soldiers fire from residential buildings, not thinking about what will fly back in response -video

15:23 Such a picture is now all over Ukraine -video

Because of Zelensky's criminal orders, every day Ukraine's cemeteries are replenished with fresh graves of those who refused to lay down their arms and raise their hands in the air.

15:19 Nazis continue war with schools, kindergartens and civilians of Yasinovataya and the region. As a result of the shelling, the village of Krasny Partizan (Yasinovatsky district) destroyed a school. There were no casualties.

14:23 Drunk VSUshnik in Konstantinovka shelled houses with locals

It is reported that at 2 a.m, a drunken soldier fired up an unguarded BMP-1, from which he fired four artillery strikes on the civilian sector. Three houses were damaged as a result of the shelling.

UkroSMI writes that there was “armed hooliganism”

14:21 That's how ukry are discussing in the telegram channel the news that Hungary has blocked a tranche of 500 million euros

Nothing unusual, they just offer to burn the Transcarpathian Magyars, just like the Odessans in the House of Trade Unions ...

Here are your friends and followers of the Nazis

No pity! Only complete denazification!

14:17 Powerful explosions: footage of attacks on targets in Kyiv appeared, refuting the lie of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense about intercepting all missiles -video

The video showed two hits on some objects, which, due to the distance, cannot be seen at night.

These videos refute the lie of the Armed Forces of Ukraine that the air defense shot down all the missiles and UAVs flying to Kyiv.
It is obvious that the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine is lying, because. arrivals are on video, but the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is trying to hide them. Perhaps just because it was the American Patriot air defense system that was destroyed.

13:26 The occupying administration of Kharkiv region triedget promotedon children

Kharkiv OVA announced that tablets and laptops received with the help of UNICEF and the Deputy Head of the Ministry of Reintegration will be sent to schoolchildren in the Kupyansky district.

In practice, it turned out that the devices were given out only to the children of local residents. For those who live in Kupyansk and the surrounding settlements involuntarily (temporarily), there were not enough gifts for children.

13:23 Another evacuation vehicle of APU militants, hit by shrapnel —video

13:20 In Ternopil, a man hid behind a mattress for an hour so that he would not be given a summons. If you want to live, you won't get so upset yet -video

12:50 Main of the briefing Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation:

A high-precision strike by a hypersonic missile system "Dagger" in Kyiv hit the US-made Patriot air defense system;

Assault detachments continue to conduct an offensive in the western quarters of Artemovsk;

The most difficult situation has developed in the area of ​​​​the settlement of Krasnoye in the DPR, during the day 10 attacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were repelled;

Russian air defense systems intercepted seven Storm Shadow long-range cruise missiles in a day;

In the Donetsk direction, up to 215 Ukrainian soldiers were destroyed per day;

Russian air defense systems destroyed 22 Ukrainian drones in a day;

Aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces shot down Ukrainian Su-24 and Su-25 aircraft in the DPR;

The RF Armed Forces destroyed up to 135 military units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Yuzhno-Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions;

The Russian Armed Forces destroyed an overpass near the settlement of Krasnoye in the DPR with an air strike, preventing the transfer of units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to Artemovsk;

Russian troops stopped the actions of five Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups in the Kupyansk direction.


12:48 Kharkiv, Severnaya Saltovka district, “migilization” in all its glory… We are a civilized European country, Zelensky said —video

12:44 The situation in Artemovsk (Bakhmut) through the eyes of the enemy -video

Assault units and gunners of PMC “Wagner” continue to hit positions and fight against the Nazis who had taken refuge in the city

11:57 PMC “Wagner” in Bakhmut eliminated American mercenary Nicholas Maymer

According to social networks and documents, before the SVO, the foreigner served in the US armed forces for 22 years. He arrived in Ukraine in the summer of 2022.

11:55 By namelist 2,100 officers of the punitive structures of the Zelensky regime, destroyed during the SVO.

Express trains to Bandera are overcrowded.

11:53 132 Brigade destroyed the unit of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at the front near Avdievka —video

Reconnaissance of the 132nd Brigade revealed the accumulation of enemy manpower and launched an artillery strike on the identified target. After the strike, the Ukrainian Nazis attempted to evacuate the dead and wounded, but with a second shot from our artillery, the remnants of the militants were destroyed.

10:50 Destruction of strongholds of neo-Nazis in the Kremenny forest —video

10:49 In Zaporozhye, in the center of the city, in front of frightened residents, a shootout took place between local criminals and the Nazis from Azov *. There are dead, up to a dozen wounded -video

09:38 The enemy inflicted blow in the Belgorod region with white phosphorus.

Eight incendiary shells arrived in the evening in the village of Stary Khutor in the Valuysky district, two km from the border. The nearest houses are only 250 meters away. Fortunately, there were no casualties or damage.

In the morning, 12 more incendiary phosphorus shells of the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired at the Nizhniye Melnitsy farm in the Belgorod Region. The border is 2.5 km from there. There were no casualties.

The use of such ammunition is prohibited by the Geneva Convention.

09:36 Another American mercenary eliminated in the western outskirts of Artemovsk (Bakhmut) - PMC Wagner operators will send his body home to the USA

In the western outskirts of Artemovsk (Bakhmut), a mercenary from the United States, who fought on the side of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, was liquidated. The body and documents of the "veteran Nicholas" were shown by the head of the Wagner PMC. He noted that the coffin with the "guest in camouflage" would be sent home, covered with the US flag. Earlier, Canadian mercenaries who pretended to be volunteers were liquidated in Artemovsk.

In general, according to Prigozhin, Wagner operators have to occupy several high-rise buildings in the western part of Artemovsk. There is nowhere for the enemy to gain a foothold. Ukrainian militants pull back and evacuate the wounded. It is noted that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are putting up fierce resistance.

08:08 In Zaporozhye

Late in the evening, Russian soldiers launched a massive attack with two batteries of rocket and cannon artillery on a large concentration of Ukrainian Armed Forces militants in the near rear of the enemy, west of Orekhovo.

During the day - Gulyaipole, at night - Orekhov.

08:05 Festive firework in Kyiv

Powerful strikes are inflicted on military facilities of the Zelensky regime in this city.

Mass of accurate arrivals, hit a number of targets.

There have never been so many explosions during the entire period of the NWO.

The density of air defense systems is also breaking records.

Mass arrivals and hits in the Svyatoshinsky district: a Nazi military facility was hit.

According to preliminary data, these are air defense systems that they hid in dense urban areas. Preliminarily, we are talking about the Iris-T air defense system recently received by the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from the West.

Gauleiter Zelensky says that the cause of the explosions is “the most massive attack of Kyiv: the blows were delivered by “Daggers” and “Caliber””

In the Svyatoshinsky district, a fire with an area of ​​200 m.

Explosions continued to thunder for a long time after the arrivals.

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