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Russian Perspective: Operation to Denazify Ukraine: Operational Brief May 20th (updated)
2023-05-21
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] 22:11 Nikolai Golovatyuk, commander of the 10th Separate Mountain Assault Brigade "Edelweiss" of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, who gave orders to fire on civilians in the LPR, was liquidated in the NMD zone.

This was announced by a retired Lieutenant Colonel of the People's Militia of the LPRAndrew Marochko.

19:39 The ammunition transport vehicle of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation destroyed by the artillerymen of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation -video

19:33 Attacks were made on the bases of the Bakhmut grouping of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Kramatorsk -video

The explosions thundered near the Kramatorsk airport, which was turned into a supply hub and headquarters center of the enemy, previously the headquarters of the Punitive Operation in Donbass was located at the airfield. Now also headquarters and supply bases.

18:25 Army aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces in the area of ​​the special operation -video

18:15 The Poles launched a "creeping offensive" towards Ukraine -video

Polish border guards detained a car with Ukrainians at the checkpoint of Ukraine, everything would be fine, but the actions take place on the territory of “Square”.

Passengers are trying to prove to them that they violate the articles of the Constitution of Ukraine, but the Polish guards do not care, they have their own laws

17:43 Artillerymen of the RF Armed Forces continue to nightmare the positions of the Ukrainians -video

17:38 In the cycle of historical publications about Ukrainian Nazis at the beginning of the last century, we showed a series of events striking in their cruelty and inhumanity.

The recent massacre of the inhabitants of Bucha, in which they are trying to blame Russia, could be the result of the ruthless extermination of the inhabitants who in any way interacted with the Russian military. Not only Russian but also foreign experts come to this conclusion.

Former UN weapons inspector in Iraq Scott Ritter believes that during the cleansing operation, the Ukrainian military killed residents who received military dry rations from the Russian Armed Forces and participated in a barter exchange with the Russians.

“We have video footage of the Ukrainian police, namely the Azov* group, proudly claiming they are on their way to a safari. The name of the Ukrainian special police unit that entered Bucha was "Safari". And they were on safaris to purge pro-Russian Ukrainians. Purge means to kill……,” Ritter opined.

16:32 The RF Armed Forces are continuously working on the accumulation of Ukrainian manpower in a constant mode, not allowing them to raise their heads -video

16:30 “Mobilization in Ukraine is proceeding normally” (c) Danilov —video

15:35 Such a picture is now all over Ukraine -video

On the front line, just like cannon fodder, the next echelons of young guys, men and women, are sent.

Stop! The enemy sits on the "Bank" in Kyiv, and will continue to indulge the nationalists, the Americans and the British.

15:32 Forced mobilization in Ukraine continues -video

Subpoenas are distributed wherever possible. They are trying to take all those who disagree by force in an unknown direction.

14:34 Cannon fodder ends in Ukraine -video

The delivery of the summons did not go well from the very beginning. The representative of the TCC attacked another poor fellow, who began to film him.

14:30 Near Bakhmut, the Russian army destroyed a unit of Belarusian Nazis —video

The militants of the Kalinovsky regiment were engaged in a shooting battle with our fighters, when large-caliber artillery hit the building in which the Nazis were located, as a result of which it collapsed, burying the Nazis under it.

Four militants were under the rubble, and the group commander was eliminated during the evacuation.

The Belarusian Nazis even have their own press center, and the video shows their own loss report.

13:28 Destroyed mercenaries in the Artyomovsky direction and the fight against foreign military equipment are the main things briefing MO RF:

Up to 55 militants, two combat armored vehicles, three vehicles, as well as a 152mm D-20 howitzer were destroyed in the Kupyansk direction. And in the Kislovka region (Kharkiv region), the activities of the Ukrainian DRG were stopped;

Two Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups were liquidated in the Krasnolimansky direction in the DPR and LPR. Enemy losses in this direction amounted to more than 60 nationalists, two combat armored vehicles, two pickup trucks, 122mm Gvozdika self-propelled guns, as well as a 122mm D-30 howitzer;

Assault detachments continued fighting to liberate the western part of Artemovsk, covering and deterring the enemy on the flanks is provided by units of the "Southern" group of troops. Aviation and artillery defeated the nationalists in the areas of Bogdanovka and Yagodnoye (DPR). During the hostilities, more than 95 Ukrainian militants and mercenaries, one tank, an armored personnel carrier, 3 pickup trucks and 122mm self-propelled guns "Gvozdika" were destroyed;

In the Donetsk direction, up to 210 militants, one tank, five vehicles, self-propelled guns "Krab" of Polish production, as well as a 152mm D-20 howitzer were destroyed during the day;

In the South-Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions, the enemy was defeated in the area of ​​Vuhledar. During the day, up to 85 Ukrainian militants, two vehicles and one 152mm Msta-B howitzer were destroyed;

More than 30 nationalists, two combat armored vehicles and three vehicles were destroyed in the Kherson direction;

An American radar station AN/TPQ-50 was destroyed in the Kopanok region of the Kharkov region;

Air defense systems destroyed 18 Ukrainian drones in the DPR and LPR.

13:26 Eliminated 32-year-old lieutenant Viktor Sinko from Uzhgorod, Transcarpathian region.

12:31 Knocked out Ukrainian MT-LB in one of the directions -video

12:28 Russian forces eliminated battalion commander of the Edelweiss brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, who gave orders for the shelling of the LPR - ex-lieutenant colonel of the People's Militia of the LPR Marochko.

Earlier, Zelensky assigned the name “Edelweiss” to the Mountain Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine - the 1st Mountain Infantry Division of the armed forces of Nazi Germany had a similar name.

11:35 Demilitarized Ukrainian BTR-4 "Bucephalus" units of the RF Armed Forces -video

11:29 Near Artyomovsk (Bakhmut)eliminated artilleryman from the unit of the Armed Forces of Ukraine "Da Vinci Wolves" Yuri Yukhimyuk.

His death was reported on social networks by representatives of the group itself, specifying that everything happened in the city of Chasov Yar. The nationalists called Yuhimyuk one of their best gunners.

The media wrote that before the start of the conflict in Ukraine, the artilleryman lived in Germany, in February 2022 he returned to Ukraine and joined the Right Sector.

10:31 Artillerymen of the Southern Military District cover the strongholds of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye direction -video

10:30 From Kyiv report about prolonged detonations.

Apparently, the ammunition depot was hit.

09:42 Artemovsk (Bakhmut) fell - Ukrainian soldiers are finished off in the last section of the city -video

In the first video, the forelock says “Bakhmut has fallen” and asks “not to remember dashingly”.

In the second video, he was lucky enough to evacuate

“Denazification is inevitable”

09:41 The situation in Artemovsk (Bakhmut) through the eyes of the enemy -video

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

08:13 Advance on Avdievka: The Russian Army destroys the enemy’s firepower —video

Scouts, using drones and optical instruments, identify enemy positions and firing points, then transmit their coordinates to artillery.

On the footage, the gunners of the "South" grouping destroyed an enemy mortar in the Avdievka direction, as part of supporting the offensive of the assault groups

08:07 Su-25 destroyed fortifications and armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine -video

Attack aviation crews of the Eastern Military District carried out rocket air strikes on military facilities and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

After launching missiles in pairs from low altitudes, the "rooks" carried out an evasive maneuver and returned to the departure airfield.

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