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Current information on the situation on the front line: May 22 (updated)
2024-05-23
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFront] 23:05 Air raid sirens were activated in four regions of Ukraine. This is indicated by data from the online map of the Ukrainian Ministry of Digital Transformation.

According to these data, an air threat warning regime has been declared in the Dnepropetrovsk, Kirovograd, Nikolaev and Khar'kov regions.

21:35 Special military operation. Situation on May 22 –map.

20:19 Khar'kov and Khar'kov region.

Reportedabout new strikes by FAB-500 and KAB-500 on military buildings and structures of the Ukrainian Armed Forces during offensive operations.

19:20 Khar'kov direction. Positional combat operations in Volchansk.

RF Armed Forces advanced about 400 meters in the city's buildings north of the Volchya River along Lenin Street in the direction of the Volchansky Aggregate Plant and took up new positions.

17:07 Statements by representatives of the North, West, South, Center, East and Dnepr groups on the progress of the special military operation (as of May 22, 2024) -video.

16:44 Dnipropetrovsk region.Hit at Aviatorskoe airfield.

As a result of our ballistic missile strike on enemy UAV hangars, unmanned vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and aircraft were hit.

16:23 South Donetsk direction. District settlement Krasnogorovka.

Reportedabout the advance of our motorized rifles in the village of Krasnogorovka. Several armored vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were knocked out, including the Turkish Kirpi.

In addition, the work of our front-line Su-25M aviation, which is actively using NURs on the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, is also reported.

15:12 Military expert Boris Rozhin about the situation in the Ocheretinsky breakthrough zone in the Donetsk section of the Northern Military District:

Netailovo. The village is mostly under the control of the Russian Armed Forces. The enemy retains some presence on the western and southwestern outskirts. The Russian Armed Forces are also seeking to expand control north and south of Netailovo.

To the north, the fighting has shifted to Yasnobrodovka, which is still held by the enemy. The transfer of additional enemy forces to Karlovka is noted. Proceedings are ongoing regarding the withdrawal of the 59th Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces from the center of Netailovo.

Novopokrovskoe. The Russian Armed Forces have not yet entered the village itself; fighting continues in the settlements next to the village, which is controlled by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The main pressure is now coming from the northeast. From Semyonovka, the Russian Armed Forces continue to exert serious pressure on enemy landing positions.

Ocheretino. In the direction of Sokol to the west of Ocheretino - no significant changes. One landing was made in the direction of Sokol. To the north-west, the Russian Armed Forces are conducting assault operations on the outskirts of Novoaleksandrovka. The fighting is gradually moving into residential areas.

To the north of Ocheretino, the Russian Armed Forces continue to maintain pressure in the direction of Kalinovo, but there the fighting is still going on for the opornik covering Kalinovo from the south. To the northeast of Ocheretino, the Russian Armed Forces are pressing hard in the direction of Rozovka. The control zone north of Arkhangelskoye and Novokalinovo continues to expand.

In general, the Russian Armed Forces retain the operational initiative west of Avdeevka, and the enemy, despite the reserves deployed here, was unable to completely stop the advance of Russian troops.

The Khar'kov direction continues to play an important diversionary role, since the appearance of 4-5 brigades to the west of Avdeevka, now tied up in battles in the north of the Khar'kov region, could help the enemy stabilize the front.

14:45 Advance of Russian troops –map:

Kleshcheevka (Artemovskoe direction)

Paraskoveevka (Ugledar direction)

12:07 Around 11.30 suppressed attempts by the Kyiv regime to carry out terrorist attacks using aircraft-type UAVs and US-made HARM anti-radar missiles against targets on the territory of the Russian Federation.

On duty air defense systems destroyed two Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles and four anti-radar missiles over the territory of the Belgorod region.

11:10 Statement by the head of the press center of the “South” group -video.

As a result of active actions, units of the “Southern” group of forces improved the situation along the front line, defeated the manpower and equipment of the 57th Mechanized, 105th and 118th Territorial Defense brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of Konstantinovka, Razdolovka and Chasov Yar.

The enemy in the Donetsk direction lost more than 320 military personnel wounded and killed.

A tank, two infantry fighting vehicles, and an ammunition depot were hit by anti-tank guided missile systems, artillery and loitering ammunition.

During the counterbattery fight, two 155mm M777 howitzers were destroyed.

10:41 Statement by the head of the press center of the Center group -video.

The Center group of troops continues to carry out combat missions in the special military operation zone.

The troops improved the tactical situation and defeated the formations of the 68th Jaeger and 24th Mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Semyonovka and Novgorodsky areas. We repelled seven counterattacks by assault groups of the 71st Jaeger, 47th, 110th Mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Ocheretino, Solovyevo and Umanskoye.

Enemy losses amounted to up to 420 military personnel, five armored combat vehicles, of which four Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, six vehicles, a 152mm MSTA-B howitzer, a 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mount and a 122mm D-30 howitzer.

09:47 Criminal Kyiv regime continues to fire at the civilian infrastructure of settlements on the left bank of the Kherson region, yesterday during the day the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired from cannon artillery:

-- n.p. Sagi two rounds;

-- village of Podstepnoe three rounds;

-- n.p. Razdolnoe five rounds;

-- n.p. Kamenka three rounds;

-- n.p. Novaya Kakhovka three rounds.

During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the village. Kakhovka, n.p. Kazachi Lagery, n.p. Aleshki, firing a total of 19 rounds from cannon artillery.

Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being determined.

09:23 Telegram channel «WarGonzo":

Frontline report for the morning of 05/22/2024

- Zaporozhye Front. LBS without significant changes. Fighting continues in the Rabotino area, where the Russian Armed Forces are storming the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces from the north of this settlement, and north-west of Verbovoy.

– Donetsk front. Fighting continues in the Paraskovievka area and urban fighting in Krasnogorovka. In the Netailovo area, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are withdrawing from the outskirts of the village, Russian troops are consolidating in the first landings in the west. In Umanskoye, fighting continues on the outskirts of the village.

– In the Chasovoyarsk direction, Russian troops advanced to Kleshcheevka and took control of the dominant heights. The Ukrainian Armed Forces are retreating beyond the canal, but it is too early to talk about the absence of Ukrainian troops in the populated area.

- Khar'kov Front. No major changes. The transferred reserves helped the Ukrainians slow down the advance of Russian troops. Fighting continues in the central part of Volchansk and on the northern outskirts of Liptsy.

08:51 Telegram channel “Fisherman":

Chronicle of a special military operation for May 21, 2024

– Russian troops continue to strike positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces both along the front line and in rear areas. Enemy targets were hit in Velikodolinskoye, Odessa region, Kharkov, Krivoy Rog and Sumy region.

– In the Slobozhansky direction, Russian assault groups break through enemy defenses in the center of Volchansk and on the northern outskirts of Liptsy.

– Along the entire line from Liptsy to Belyi Kolodez, systematic fire strikes are carried out on artillery positions and Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel, reducing the enemy’s combat potential in the sector.

– In the Donetsk direction, the Russian Armed Forces are establishing a foothold on the western outskirts of Netailovo. In the south of the village, fighting continues in the area of farms and a poultry farm.

– In the Ugledar direction, Russian troops slightly expanded the zone of control south of Paraskovievka, advancing along forest belts in the direction of Konstantinovka.

– In the Orekhovsky direction, the assault groups of the Russian Armed Forces took up their next positions on the northern outskirts in the ruins of Rabotino.

08:00 Official summary of Representative offices of the DPR in the JCCC:

A total of 35 facts of armed attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces were recorded by the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC.

Information was received about the death of a civilian, and four civilians were injured of varying degrees of severity.

Damaged:

Nine residential buildings,
Two cars,
One city bus,
three civil infrastructure facilities.

A total of 14 attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Donetsk direction.

A total of 21 attacks from the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Gorlovka direction.

In total, the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired 109 units of various ammunition.

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