[NewsFrontInfo] 22:00 Following the results of the second day of the Battle of Belgorod in the USA started change shoes in the air.
The head of the press service of the US State Department, Matthew Miller, at a regular briefing, said that the US authorities “doubt the veracity of reports” that Ukrainian saboteurs used weapons provided by the American side during a sortie in the Belgorod region. Then an even more amusing message appeared: in the Pentagon stated that they did not approve of the transfer of equipment supplied to Ukraine to a third party, and Kiev did not request this.
At first, in Washington, he remained silent for a day, observing the situation. When it became clear that Russia was once again losing in the information space, and the outing of the Armed Forces of Ukraine had a positive propaganda effect, Miller burst out with a post that “Ukraine decides for itself how to conduct hostilities.”
Exactly three days before that, bravado appeared in the official account of the State Department in Russian: the RF Armed Forces “are being defeated at all levels,” and “Russia’s authority in the international arena has been undermined.”
However, as soon as it became clear that the attack by Ukrainian saboteurs had been repulsed, and by no means ceremonial photos of abandoned American equipment (very reminiscent of pictures of Americans fleeing Afghanistan) appeared on the Web, the rhetoric of the State Department abruptly changed to “this is not our weaponry.”
It is one thing for Ukrainian troops to win tactical victories in the Donbas, but it is quite another to use American equipment to raid Russia’s “globally recognized” borders. The Republicans will already cling to this, and it will be difficult for voters to explain such an irrational use of technology.
21:50 Avdeevskoe direction 23.05
It is reported that the night work of our aviation has begun with the involvement of assault groups on several opornik vushniks.
The difficulty also lies in the fact that the enemy uses the basement under each residential building, making it something like a defensive fortress, forcing them to carry out assault attacks.
21:40 Video- Tankers of the 1st Slavyansk are hitting the stronghold of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Tankers of the heroic 1st Slavic Brigade of the 1st Donetsk Army Corps hit the enemy fortified area in the Avdievka direction with fire from closed positions.
21:24 Video- How one Mavik with ammunition nightmared a bunch of sushniks in the Limansky direction. There are KIAs, and WIAs, and even those running from a simple copter.
21:05 Video- Roosters (meaning Ukrainian saboteurs), how is Bakhmut? Looks like the outcome is the same.
To two Max pros, three Humvees, a pickup truck and a Polish armored car AMZ Dzik are added.
20:49 Video- A report from the already liberated Bakhmut: APU is artillery attack the western outskirts of the city.
20:27 Video– In the Rostov region, state awards were presented to the military personnel of the volunteer detachment
For courage and heroism shown in the performance of military duty, the officers and soldiers of the detachment were awarded the Order of Courage, the medal "For Courage" and the medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" II degree.
20:12 Video- “All attacks are successfully repelled”: the commander of the anti-UAV crew spoke about the specifics of the work of his unit.
The serviceman notes that the enemy is constantly trying to strike at Russian positions with the help of unmanned aerial vehicles filled with live ammunition. However, all these attacks are successfully repulsed, he says.
19:36 Video- Hard to learn - easy to fight
Marines of the Black Sea Fleet continue to improve their skills at the training ground in the rear area of the NVO zone.
Instructors pay special attention to the preparation of assault groups on boats. In the course of practicing practical actions, servicemen daily train to storm enemy positions from the water, and also hone their skills in army tactical shooting and tactical medicine.
Each marine in the group is universal. He can replace his comrade on the battlefield, and also act independently on unfamiliar terrain at any time of the day.
19:17 Video- Minus Ukrainian transport after the exact arrival.
19:03 Video– Prigozhin answered the question about the depletion of Wagner PMC and further plans to fight for Artyomovsk
- A request from the editors of Newsweek regarding the claims of the Institute for the Study of War that the Wagner PMC is unlikely to fight for Bakhmut due to "attrition."
“The Wagner PMC has no exhaustion, more than 10,000 people come to the PMC every month. And whether PMC Wagner will fight outside the territory of Bakhmut, PMC Wagner will figure it out on its own and will not inform Newsweek and the United States about this, ”said Yevgeny Prigozhin.
18:29 Video– Statement by the head of the press center of the Vostok group
- In the South-Donetsk direction, the advanced units of the Vostok group southwest of Prechistovka opened and destroyed the enemy reconnaissance group.
- Crews of 152mm Akatsiya self-propelled artillery mounts and 240mm Tyulpan self-propelled mortars destroyed enemy temporary deployment points in Velikaya Novoselka and Novopol.
- During the counterbattery fight, the artillery of the group destroyed two Polish self-propelled guns "Crab" and two howitzers in the Dobrovolya area, a mortar crew in the Ugledar area.
Calculations of anti-aircraft missile systems "Tor" shot down two unmanned aerial vehicles "Fury".
- In the Zaporozhye direction, an attempt to rotate personnel at the positions of the 102nd Territorial Defense Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Poltavka region was thwarted, a truck and manpower were destroyed by crews of Grad multiple launch rocket systems.
Also, in the Poltavka area, the point of temporary deployment of militants was hit.
- Based on the results of aerial reconnaissance, the artillery of the group destroyed an ammunition depot in the Chervona Krinitsa area, an enemy observation post in the Stepnogorsk area and a mortar crew in the Gulyai Polya area. The fire of the anti-aircraft installation destroyed the UAV of the "Fury" type.
18:12 Video– Our fighters in Kozinka during the purge from the Ukronazis.
Our special forces soldiers during the inspection and search for the DRG of Ukrainian Nazis in the settlement. Kozinka. (footage after the fight)
Among this Nazi society there are liquidated. They learned to shoot only at civilians and buildings.
17:46 Video- Artillery of the 4th brigade 2AK worked on Ukrainian positions in the area of Spornoye.
17:31 With the return under control of the Graivoron checkpoint and the end of filtration measures in Kozinka in the Belgorod region, they announced completion CTO regime (counter-terrorist operation).
17:22 Video– Of all guns: gunners continue to carry out fire missions in the zone of a special military operation
In cooperation with the crews of unmanned aerial vehicles, the gunners of the Central Military District hit the identified targets, and also conduct counter-battery combat with enemy artillery.
Today, the crew of the 152mm D-20 towed howitzer managed to destroy the American M113 armored personnel carrier, and the 152mm Giacint-S self-propelled howitzer hit the detected Ukrainian Armed Forces tank with its first shot.
Correction of the accuracy of the fire of combat guns is performed in real time, which allows you to destroy enemy targets with a minimum number of shots.
17:04 Video- Yasinovataya in the DPR came under fire from the Ukrainian MLRS Grad.
Today, the front-line Yasinovataya was again subjected to barbaric artillery attack by Ukrainian militants. As a result of the artillery attack from the Ukrainian 122mm BM-21 MLRS "Grad", many private houses and apartments, cars were damaged.
16:35 Boy Vova, who lost legs during today's artillery attack of the Kievsky district of Donetsk.
At the moment, the child continues to operate. It is not yet known what will happen to the second leg.
16:11 Video– Statement by the head of the press center of the Center group
The aircraft of the "Center" grouping of troops attacked strongholds and points of temporary deployment of the enemy in the Krasno-Limansky direction.
Artillery units of the Russian group inflicted fire damage on the areas of concentration of manpower, fire weapons and accumulation of equipment of Ukrainian troops.
On the Torsky site and in the area of Serebryansky forestry, the enemy from among 81 Airmobile and 63 Mechanized brigades attempted to regain their lost positions, but as a result of the fire impact of the artillery units of the Center group, they suffered significant losses in personnel and equipment.
16:00 Video– Destruction of the “super-quality Ukrainian model” by “Krasnopol”.
15:45 Video- Dropping ammunition from the copter of the fighters of the O-group on the heads of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the forests near Kremennaya.
15:34 Video– Paratroopers destroyed enemy armored vehicles on the right bank of the Dnieper
Self-propelled artillery units of the Airborne Forces daily conduct combat work to destroy enemy manpower, equipment and fortifications on the right bank of the Dnieper.
Having received the coordinates of the targets, the crew of the Nona-S self-propelled gun moved to firing positions and fired several aimed shots along a hinged trajectory.
The exact hit was recorded by means of objective control.
14:48 It becomes obvious that the actions of the enemy creation tension on the border in the Belgorod region is most likely a distraction from the main actions in other directions. These actions are definitely not similar to the usual PR campaign.
14:27 Report of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation (05/23/2023)
The Kiev regime, having suffered a defeat in the city of Artemovsk, switched to the implementation of terrorist actions against the civilian population.
On May 22 of this year, after intensive artillery artillery attack of the Kozinka international checkpoint, as well as a number of other civilian facilities in the Graivoronsky district of the Belgorod region, a unit of the Ukrainian nationalist formation invaded the territory of the Russian Federation.
In the course of the counter-terrorist operation, the nationalist formations were blocked and defeated by air strikes, artillery fire and the active actions of the cover units of the State Border of the Western Military District. The remnants of the nationalists were driven back to the territory of Ukraine, where they continued to be hit by fire until they were completely eliminated.
More than 70 Ukrainian terrorists, four armored combat vehicles and five pickup trucks were destroyed.
- In the Kupyansky direction, air strikes, artillery fire and active actions of units of the "Western" group of forces defeated enemy units in the areas of the settlements of Masyutovka, Timkovka, Tabaevka of the Kharkov region and Novoselovskoye of the Luhansk People's Republic.
- In addition, in the area of the settlement of Timkovka, the actions of two Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups were stopped.
Enemy losses per day amounted to 110 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored combat vehicles and two cars.
- In the Krasno-Limansky direction, operational-tactical aviation, artillery fire and heavy flamethrower systems of the "Center" group of forces defeated units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Chervonaya Dibrova of the Luhansk People's Republic and Serebryanka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
More than 65 Ukrainian servicemen, one tank, three armored fighting vehicles, two cars, as well as 152mm Msta-B, 152mm D-20 and 122mm D-30 howitzers were destroyed.
- In the Donetsk direction, during the active operations of units, air strikes and artillery fire of the "Southern" group of forces, up to 375 Ukrainian military personnel, two tanks, five armored combat vehicles, four vehicles, a 122mm D-30 howitzer, as well as a radar US-made counterbattery station AN/TPQ-50.
In addition, two ammunition depots of the 60th and 64th Mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed in the areas of the settlements of Verkhnekamenskoye and Stupochki of the Donetsk People's Republic.
- In the South-Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions, air strikes and artillery fire from the Vostok group of forces inflicted defeat on enemy units in the areas of the settlements of Velikaya Novoselka of the Donetsk People's Republic of Marfopol, Malaya Tokmachka, Novodanilovka and Kamenskoye of the Zaporozhye region.
In the area of the settlement of Olgovskoye, Zaporozhye region, the actions of a Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group were stopped.
During the day, more than 150 Ukrainian servicemen, three pickup trucks and one 152mm Msta-B howitzer were destroyed in these areas.
- In the Kherson direction, as a result of fire damage over the past day, more than 20 Ukrainian servicemen, three cars, as well as a Msta-B howitzer were destroyed.
- Operational-tactical and army aviation, artillery of groups of troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation during the day hit 96 artillery units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at firing positions, manpower and military equipment in 112 districts.
The command post of the 24th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was hit in the area of the settlement of Toretsk in the Donetsk People's Republic. Two fuel depots for military equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed near the settlement of Avdiivka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
- Air defense systems intercepted 13 rockets of HIMARS and 220mm BM-27 Uragan multiple launch rocket systems per day.
In addition, 11 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed in the areas of the settlements of Kremennaya in the Luhansk People's Republic, Ivanovka, Kirillovka, Novoandreevka and Petrivske in the Donetsk People's Republic, as well as Tokarevka in the Kharkiv Region.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 428 aircraft, 235 helicopters, 4,273 unmanned aerial vehicles, 424 anti-aircraft missile systems, 9,275 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,100 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 4,887 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 10,395 units of special military vehicles.
14:07 Video- Another Western-style armored personnel carrier YPR-765s was successfully demilitarized by artillerymen of the RF Armed Forces.
13:41 Video- How our brothers paratroopers burn and liquidate the enemy in the Kremensky forests.
13:21 Video- Yesterday we eliminated the enemy along with his observation post, apparently they watched so badly that they did not see the missile from the ATGM.
12:45 In Zaporozhye uncovered cache with thousands of mines, grenades and other ammunition
Near the village of Slavyanka, Mikhailovsky district, Zaporozhye region, police officers, together with the Russian Guard SOBR soldiers, discovered a cache containing more than a thousand ammunition.
Law enforcement officers found cartridges of various calibers, grenades, shots for an underbarrel and hand grenade launcher, anti-tank and fragmentation mines, smoke and TNT bombs, flare guns, wooden pegs with cables for stretching.
12:29 Video– Statement by the head of the press center of the “South” group
- Aviation of the "Southern" group of forces carried out rocket and bomb strikes on enemy strongholds in the areas of the settlements of Bogdanovka, Belogorovka, Avdievka.
- In the Soledaro-Artemovsky direction, the calculation of the Tornado-S multiple launch rocket system of the Southern Military District missile brigade inflicted a fire defeat on the point of temporary deployment of the 24th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
- Artillery units, as part of a counterbattery fight in the Lisichansk direction, destroyed an anti-tank missile system, a heavy flamethrower system and an enemy MTLB.
- Also, artillery destroyed three 152mm self-propelled howitzers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Alexander-Kalinovsky direction, two infantry fighting vehicles near the village of Bogdanovka and three 120mm mortars at the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donetsk People's Republic.
11:47 President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky went “to the front line” in order to congratulate warrior with the day of the Ukrainian Navy.
In what area, of course, it is not reported.
11:32 Video– Ka-52 attack helicopters destroyed the command post and armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
During combat sorties, army aviation pilots launched missiles at detected targets, destroying the command post and armored vehicles of the nationalists.
11:13 Video- “I am proud of my work”: the deputy head of the courier-postal communication center told how the delivery of postal items to the NVO zone was organized.
The Russian Ministry of Defense continues to work continuously on the delivery of postal items to military personnel participating in a special military operation and sending letters from military personnel to addressees in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation.
11:00 Kherson direction 23.05 11:00
Another group of suicide bombers tonight, again moved in high-speed boats to the dacha area.
They hit them with artillery and mortars - there is a direct hit.
The remnants of the surviving enemy forces dispersed to the nearest structures.
There is only one conclusion - do not swim to the left bank of the Dnieper, go to feed the perches.
10:50 Video- Battle through the eyes of an artilleryman: a Zvezda correspondent showed what happens inside the Msta-SM2 combat vehicle during firing
The gunners received the coordinates of the target from the reconnaissance group "West". It was said where the lightly armored vehicles of Ukrainian nationalists were located. Among the targets destroyed by artillerymen are armored vehicles, tanks, manpower of Ukrainian nationalists and the same self-propelled guns.
The 152mm Msta-SM2 self-propelled guns are equipped with an improved guidance and fire control system with a programmable loading system. It can operate as part of a battery and independently. After the shot is fired, the calculation hastily leaves the position and leaves for cover.
10:31 What's up now moment in Avdievka?
- Over the weekend, Russian troops managed to advance along the railway lines and capture two forest plantations and part of a forest belt with two intersections.
- West of Novobakhmutovka and north of Krasnogorovka, fighting continues for forest belts behind the railway in the gray zone. The fighting is fierce, the Russians transferred additional reserves to this direction.
- West of Krasnogorovka, Russian troops are striving to advance to the forest belt along the railway.
- Between the settlements of Vodyanoe and Pervomayskoye, as well as Pervomayskoye and Nevelskoye, the RF Armed Forces are attacking in order to break through the defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the fields.
- According to the latest data, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are pulling up reserves and trying to counterattack in some areas in order to regain lost positions.
10:05 Video- The armor is strong, and our tanks are fast
“We understand each other perfectly. Who should shoot where - everyone knows. They know the performance characteristics of the enemy’s technique, where, how to shoot. Well, the equipment itself - it is much faster than the enemy’s equipment, it is much better, ”says the commander of the Chapai tank.
On account of the tank crew "Chapai" two disabled tanks, over 20 wrecked armored vehicles, a significant number of destroyed enemy infantry. Joint combat work of tankers for more than a year.
09:38 Video– Statement by the head of the press center of the Zapad group
- In the course of hostilities in the Kupyansk direction, missile units of the Zapad group of forces from the Tornado-S MLRS struck at the concentration area of the 92nd Separate Mechanized Brigade, fire from 122mm D-30 howitzers and 152mm Msta-S self-propelled guns destroyed a mortar crew in the area settlement of Ogurtsovo and 152mm 2S3 artillery gun "Acacia" in the area of Zagoruykovka.
- The development of offensive operations by assault detachments in the area of the settlement of Masyutovka continues.
- An attempt to transfer units from the strategic reserve was thwarted, an observation post, four dugouts and up to a platoon of enemy servicemen were destroyed.
- Crews of front-line Su-34 fighter-bombers attacked the point of temporary deployment of the 115th arr of territorial defense.
09:16 Kyiv regime continues terror of the civilian infrastructure of the left bank of the Kherson region - emergency services
Yesterday, the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired 81 cannon artillery rounds at the settlements: Novaya Kakhovka, Kardashinka, Korsunka, Peschanovka, Golaya Pristan, Dnepryany, Aleshki, Sagi, Sergeevka, Pervomaevka.
The artillery attack did not stop at night - the Ukronazis fired 26 rounds from cannon artillery at Novaya Kakhovka, Kakhovka, Podstepnoe and Pechanovka.
09:14 Meet Albatros UAV —video
Performs not only civilian, but also the tasks of a special military operation.
08:26 Summary on the morning of May 23, 2023
Yesterday morning, our troops repelled the invasion of the enemy, who, with the forces of up to 1 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. At night, explosive devices were dropped from drones on the buildings of the FSB and the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Belgorod. The CTO regime has been introduced in the region. Eight civilians were wounded.
The Russian Armed Forces continue to strike with missile weapons and Geraniums at enemy targets. Yesterday, explosions were reported in Kharkiv and the Zaporozhye region.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine have increased their artillery strikes against our rear in the Ugledar direction and at the joint area in the Malinovka area.
In the Kursk region in the Glushkovsky district, the village of Krasnooktyabrsky was shelled.
In the Bryansk region, the settlement was subjected to artillery fire. Solovyovka.
The enemy fired 88 rounds of ammunition into the DPR. Under fire Gorlovka, Chestnut, Donetsk, Harvest. A civilian was killed and two others were wounded.
08:17 Exclusive footage of the Akhmat special forces guard: RT military correspondent Vlad Andritsa showed how the soldiers prepared for the offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Kremennaya -video
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 cannot be broken - 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.
08:09 Frontline summary on the morning of 05/23/2023
In the Kherson direction, Ukrainian troops are trying to gain a foothold on the Cherkess Island opposite the village of Zabarino, controlled by the Russian Armed Forces. This is already on the left bank of the Dnieper in its delta. The Russian Aerospace Forces attacked Stanislav and Kizomys. Artillery hit the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Kherson, Zelenovka, Tyaginka, Burgunka, Kozatsky and Mikhailovka.
In the Vuglodar sector, Russian troops shelled Novopol, Zeleny Pole, Novosyolka, Burlatsky, Vremevka, Bolshaya Novosyolka, Zolotoy Niva, Prechistovka, the city itself and Vodyany (not to be confused with the settlement of the same name northwest of Donetsk).
On the Donetsk front, the RF Armed Forces, with the support of artillery, conducted assault operations in Maryinka, in the Pervomaisky region and on the southwestern approaches to Avdiivka. The Armed Forces of Ukraine counterattacked in the direction of the village of Krasnogorovka. Russian artillery hit Novomikhailovka, Pobeda, Georgievka, Nevelskoye, Karlovka, Severny (a settlement west of Avdeevka), Stepnoy, Berdychi, Novokalinovo, New York and Toretsk. The Ukrainian army shelled Donetsk and Yasinovataya.
To the south-west of Bakhmut, the RF Armed Forces, after artillery strikes, counterattacked in the direction of Ivanovsky. No success. An attempt to regain lost positions near Grigorovka was also unsuccessful. The assault actions in the area of Ivano-Daryevka did not bring results either.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine, in turn, advanced in the Yagodny area. The RF Armed Forces shelled Belaya Gora, Konstantinovka, Stupochek, Markov, Orekhovo-Vasilyevka, Vasyukovka, Disputed and Verkhnekamensky.
In the Lugansk direction, the RF Armed Forces, with the support of artillery, attacked in the Nevsky area and managed to take up new positions. But the assault actions after the artillery strikes from Masyutovka turned out to be futile. Russian artillery hit Belogorovka, Torsky, Makeyevka, Stelmakhovka, Berestovoye, Tabaevka, Kupyansk, Monachinovka, Zapadny, Novomlynsk, Figolevka, Petro-Ivanovka, Krasny Pervy, Kamenka and Kolodeznoy.