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[LB] During the past day, 88 combat clashes took place.
by Ivanna Kapustyanska
The seven hundred and ninety-fifth day of large-scale armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine has begun. During the past day, 88 combat clashes took place, according to the morning summary of the General Staff.
In total, the enemy launched 32 rocket and 64 air strikes, launched 60 attacks from rocket salvo systems on the positions of our troops and populated areas.
At night, the Russian occupiers once again attacked Ukraine - they used 4 UAVs of the "Shahed" type and 5 UAVs of an unknown type. All UAVs of the "Shahed" type and 1 UAV of an unknown type were destroyed by the forces and means of air defense of Ukraine.
During the past day, the settlements of Strelecha, Synelnikove, and Vovchanski Khutory of the Kharkiv region were hit by airstrikes ; Serebryan Forestry, Belogorivka, Luhansk Region; Terny, Yampolivka, Oleksandro-Shultyne, Spirne, Chasiv Yar, Druzhba, Oleksandropil, Shcherbynivka, Semenivka, Yevgenivka, Novooleksandrivka, Novokalynove, Arkhangelske, Novozhelanne, Karlivka, Paraskoviivka, Kostyantynivka, Vodyane, Urozhayne, Staromayorske of the Donetsk region; Krynky, Ivanivka, Kizomys, Kherson region.
More than 110 settlements in the Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhya, Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson, and Mykolaiv regions were under artillery fire.
On the Volyn and Poliske directions, the operational situation remains without significant changes.
On the Siverskyi and Slobozhanskyi directions, the enemy maintains a military presence in the border areas, conducts sabotage activities in order to prevent our troops from moving to dangerous directions.
In the Kupyansk direction, our soldiers repelled 13 attacks in the areas of the settlements of Kislivka, Berestov, Kopanky in the Kharkiv region and Novoyehorivka and Stelmakhivka in the Luhansk region.
In the Lymansky direction, the enemy carried out 14 attacks in the areas of Nevsky, Serebryansk forestry of Luhansk region and Terny in Donetsk region.
In the Bakhmut direction, our soldiers repelled 8 attacks in the areas of Spirne, Vyimka, Ivanovske, Klishchiivka and Novy settlements in the Donetsk region.
In the Avdiyiv direction, our defenders repelled 35 attacks in the areas of Novokalynove, Keramik, Umanske, and Netaylovo settlements of the Donetsk region.
In the Novopavlivskyi direction, the Defense Forces continue to hold back the enemy in the areas of Krasnohorivka, Georgiivka, Vodyane, Paraskoviivka and west of Pobyeda in the Donetsk region, where the enemy tried to break through the defenses of our troops 13 times .
In the Orihiv direction, the occupiers attacked the positions of our defenders 2 times in the districts of Staromayorskyi, Donetsk region, and Robotyny, Zaporizhzhia.
In the Kherson direction, the enemy did not conduct offensive (assault) actions during the past day .
At the same time, our soldiers continue to actively inflict losses in manpower and equipment on the occupying troops, exhausting the enemy along the entire line of battle.
During the day, the aviation of the Defense Forces struck 16 areas where enemy personnel were concentrated.
Units of missile troops damaged 1 control point and 2 enemy radar stations.
Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 21:28 Borrell believes that the war in Ukraine can continue at least until the presidential elections in the United States: “Since we committed to support Ukraine at the beginning of the conflict, we must continue to support until they are unable to resist and until Putin decides stop the war. But this will not happen soon, unfortunately."
At the same time, the diplomat called for continued support for Kyiv: “At the same time, we must continue to support the people of Ukraine. Europeans will not die for Donbass, but we can help Ukrainians not to die for Donbass even longer.”
17:41 In Orenburg, Russia, a mainline diesel locomotive of the 2TE10M brand was burned to the ground today, the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense reported. A similar incident occurred on April 26 in Vladikavkaz - then the diesel locomotive ChME-3 was burned at night. Intelligence officials emphasized that the liquidation of the rolling stock of the Russian railway reduces the capabilities of military logistics of the Russian Federation.
17:15 Zelensky said that he had a telephone conversation with House Minority Leader Gakeem Jeffries,
…that’s Hakeem Jeffries, of course…
spoke about the need to strengthen Ukrainian air defense with Patriot systems to protect Ukrainian cities and communities, the economy and critical infrastructure from Russian air terror.
16:27 The Russians attacked one of the industrial facilities of Zaporozhye - information about the destruction is being clarified, no people were injured, said the head of the OVA Ivan Fedorov.
15:56 The situation at the front has worsened, the Russian army has concentrated its main efforts in several directions, but is actively attacking along the entire front line and has tactical successes in some places, Syrsky said. According to him, the most difficult situation is in the Pokrovsky and Kurakhovsky directions, where Russia has deployed up to four brigades, and is trying to develop an offensive west of Avdeevka and Maryinka, making its way to Pokrovsk and Kurakhovo. Defense Force units moved to new lines west of Berdychi, Semyonovka and Novomikhailovka. In these directions, the enemy achieved certain tactical successes, but was unable to gain an operational advantage.
The enemy also had partial success in the Kupyansk direction - in the areas of the villages of Stelmakhovka and Berestovo, but was stopped. The increase in numbers and regrouping of enemy troops in the Kharkov direction is being monitored. In the Seversk direction, the Russian army is advancing in the area of Belogorovka and Razdolovka, trying to break through and blockade Seversk in order to create conditions for continuing the offensive on Slavyansk. There has been no success; progress in this direction has been stopped.
In the Kramatorsk direction, the hottest spots remain Ivanovskoye and Chasov Yar. The enemy is also trying to regain control of Kleshcheevka and reach the line via the Seversky Donets - Donbass canal.
At the same time, in the Kherson direction, Ukrainian units managed to advance in the Veletensky area and establish control over the island of Nestryga. The Defense Forces also managed to improve the tactical situation in the Sinkovka area (Kupyanskoye direction) and Serebryansky forestry (Limanskoye direction).
14:39 Italy will supply Ukraine with long-range SCALP/Storm Shadow missiles, British Defense Minister Grant Shapps said in an interview with The Times. Previously, missiles of this type were already supplied to Ukraine by Great Britain and France. It is known that Italy had 200 such missiles in service. Italy itself has not yet announced a decision to supply long-range missiles to Ukraine, the publication notes.
11:52 Germany is categorically against plans to seize frozen assets of the Russian Federation for the restoration and military support of Ukraine, writes The Wall Street Journal. According to the publication, Berlin fears that this will create a precedent and provoke new lawsuits against Germany for crimes of the Second World War. Germany believes Russian assets should be left intact so they can be used as leverage in any negotiations to end the war and force Russia to cede some of the Ukrainian territory it has seized.
10:41 Russian military public pages write about an attack by ATACMS missiles on air defense systems at Cape Tarkhankut in Crimea.
10:34 In the morning, the Russians attacked a hotel in the historical part of Nikolaev, said the head of the OBA Vitaly Kim. He said the hotel owners had just recovered from Russian strikes in 2022. Nearby there is a children's sports school and a stadium, no military installations, Kim emphasized.
09:20 In Krasnohorivka, Donetsk region, two people were wounded as a result of Russian shelling, said the head of the OVA Vadim Filashkin.
09:14 As a result of yesterday’s strike by an enemy FPV drone on a truck in Volchansk, Kharkov region, two people were injured, said Oleg Sinegubov, the head of the OVA.
08:49 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of April 28:
personnel - about 466,150 (+1096) people,
tanks - 7279 (+11),
armored combat vehicles - 13,991 (+20),
artillery systems - 11 948 (+43),
MLRS - 1050 (+1),
air defense systems - 776 (+1),
aircraft - 348 (+0),
helicopters - 325 (+0),
UAV of operational-tactical level - 9507 (+22),
cruise missiles - 2124 (+0),
ships/boats - 26 (+0),
submarines - 1 (+0),
automotive equipment and tank trucks - 16,065 (+46),
special equipment - 1971 (+3).
08:37 Over the past 24 hours, 88 military clashes took place at the front, the General Staff reported in its morning report. In particular, in the Avdeevsky direction, the Defense Forces repelled 35 attacks in the areas of the settlements of Novokalinovo, Keramik, Umanskoye and Netailovo in the Donetsk region. Another 14 attacks were repelled in the Liman direction - in the areas of Nevsky, Serebryansky forestry in the Luhansk region and Ternov in the Donetsk region.
In the Kupyansk direction, the Defense Forces repelled 13 attacks in the areas of Kislovka, Berestovo, Kopanok in the Kharkov region and Novoyehorivka and Stelmakhovka in the Lugansk region; on Bakhmutsky - eight attacks in the areas of Sporny, Vyemka, Ivanovsky, Kleshcheevka and Novy Donetsk region; on Novopavlovsky - 13 attacks in the areas of the settlements of Krasnohorivka, Georgievka, Vodyanoye, Paraskoveevka and west of Pobeda, Donetsk region; on Orekhovsky - two attacks in the districts of Staromayorsky, Donetsk region and Rabotino, Zaporozhye region. In the Kherson direction the enemy has not carried out offensive operations over the past 24 hours.
08:13 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) predicts that the Ukrainian Armed Forces will stabilize the front and will be able to launch a limited counteroffensive at the end of the year. At the same time, analysts admit that Russian troops could gain significant tactical advantages in the coming weeks while Ukraine awaits help from the United States, but are unlikely to be able to defeat Ukrainian defenses.
07:58 In the morning, the Russians attacked Nikolaev with drones, resulting in severe damage to the hotel building. A fire started, which was quickly extinguished. In another hotel nearby, windows were broken and cars were damaged. In addition, a heat generating infrastructure facility was damaged. No people were injured, said the head of the OVA, Vitaly Kim.
07:50 The Russian Ministry of Defense announced the destruction of 17 drones: nine over the Bryansk region, three each over Kursk and Kaluga, and two over Belgorod. Kaluga Governor Vladislav Shapsha said that three UAVs fell in the area of an oil depot in the city of Lyudinovo, there were no injuries or damage. Also at night, publics wrote about a strong explosion in Dzhankoy.
07:44 Air defense at night destroyed all four attack UAVs of the Shahed-131/136 type, with which Russia attacked from the Crimean Cape Chauda, as well as one of the five unidentified drones with which the enemy attacked from the occupied Kherson region. Shahed drones were destroyed in the Kyiv, Vinnitsa, Khmelnytsky and Kirovograd regions, and a drone of an unknown type was destroyed in the Nikolaev region. In addition, the Russians fired an S-300 guided missile at Ukraine from the Belgorod region, the Air Force reported.
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[Korrespondent] The tension on the fronts does not subside.
It was especially hot in the Avdeevsky direction, where Ukrainian defenders repelled 40 Russian attacks, the General Staff reported.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine published operational information about the Russian invasion as of the evening of Sunday, April 28.
“During the day, 112 military clashes were recorded. In general, the enemy carried out 1 missile and 49 air strikes, carried out 77 attacks from multiple launch rocket systems on the positions of our troops and populated areas,” the Gerstaff report says.
In the Kupyansk direction, Ukrainian fighters repelled four attacks in the areas of the settlements of Berestovo, Kharkov region, and Stelmakhovka, Lugansk region.
In the Liman direction, the Defense Forces repelled 14 attacks in the areas of the settlements of Kopanki and Novosergeevka, Kharkov region; Makeevka, Nevskoye, Serebryanskoye forestry, Lugansk region; Terny Donetsk region.
In the Bakhmut direction, our soldiers repulsed 24 attacks in the areas of the settlements of Verkhnekamenskoye, Vyemka, Grigorovka, Ivanovskoye, Klishchievka, Novy, Andreevka in the Donetsk region, where the enemy tried to improve the tactical situation.
In the Avdeevsky direction, our defenders repelled 40 attacks in the areas of the settlements of Novokalinovo, Keramik, Arkhangelskoye, Umanskoye, Sokol, Ocheretino, Kalinovo, Solovevo, Novopokrovskoye, Novoselovka Pervaya and Semenovka in the Donetsk region, where the enemy tried to dislodge our units.
In the Novopavlovsk direction, the Defense Forces continue to contain the enemy in the areas of the settlements of Krasnohorivka, Georgievka, Vodyanoye, Novomikhailovka, Urozhaynoye in the Donetsk region, where the enemy, with the support of aviation, tried 11 times to break through the defenses of our troops.
In the Orekhovsky direction, the enemy, with the support of aviation, attacked the positions of our defenders three times in the Staromayorsky area of the Donetsk region.
In the Kherson direction, the enemy does not abandon his intention to oust our units from the bridgeheads on the left bank of the Dnieper. With the support of aviation, he attacked the positions of our defenders three times in the area of the village of Krynki, Kherson region.
During the day, Defense Forces aviation carried out strikes on three areas where enemy personnel were concentrated. Units of the missile forces destroyed one enemy control point.
Let us remind you that over the previous 24 hours, Ukrainian fighters killed 1,096 Russian troops. As of the morning of April 28, 2024, the total number of personnel losses of Russian troops reached 466,150 soldiers.
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[EngMilRu] The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
The Zapad Group of Forces' units captured more advantageous lines and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 12th Azov Special Forces Brigades, 10th Mountain Aassault, 57th, 63rd Mechanised brigades near Sin'kovka, Petropavlovka (Khar'kov region), Grigorovka (Donetsk People's Republic) and Chervonaya Dibrova (Lugansk People's Republic).
Three counterattacks launched by units of the AFU 77th Airmobile Brigade were repelled close to Novosyolovskoye (Lugansk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 270 Ukrainian troops, one armoured personnel carrier, eight motor vehicles, one U.S.-made M198 howitzer, one 152mm Msta-B howitzer, one 152mm D-20 gun, one 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system, and one 130mm M-46 gun.
The Yug Group of Forces' units improved the situation along the front line and inflicted fire damage on manpower and hardware of AFU 93rd Mechanised and 80th Air Assault brigades near Kleshcheyevka, Andreyevka, and Krasnogorovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
Four counterattacks of the AFU 92nd Assault Brigade were repelled close to Chasov Yar (Donetsk People's Republic).
The enemy losses were up to 360 servicemen, two armoured fighting vehicles, and 17 motor vehicles.
In the course of the counter-battery warfare, two 152mm D-20 howitzers, two 122mm D-30 howitzers, and one 100mm MT-12 Rapira anti-tank gun were neutralised.
Two Anklav-N electronic warfare stations and one ammunition depot were also eliminated.
As a result of active operations, the Tsentr Group of Forces' units liberated Novobakhmutovka (Donetsk People's Republic), and defeated units of AFU 142nd Infantry, 24th Mechanised, 68th Jaeger brigades near Leninskoye, Keramik, and Semyonovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
Ten counter-attacks launched by assault groups of AFU 23rd, 100th Mechanised, 71st Jaeger brigades and the 78th Separate Air Assault Regiment were repelled near Novgorodskoye, Ocheretino, Novobakhmutovka, Netaylovo, and Berdychi (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 380 Ukrainian troops, one tank, one armoured fighting vehicle, and five motor vehicles.
In the course of the counter-battery warfare, two 155mm U.S.-made M777 howitzers, one 155mm U.S.-made M109 Paladin self-propelled artillery system, two 105mm U.S.-made M101 towed guns, three 122mm 2S1 D-30 howitzers, and one 100mm MT-12 Rapira anti-tank gun were eliminated.
The Vostok Group of Forces' units captured more advantageous lines, inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of AFU 58th Mechanised Infantry, 108th Territorial Defence brigades close to Pavlovka and Lugovskoye (Zaporozhye region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 85 Ukrainian troops, four pickups, one 122mm German-made PzH-2000 self-propelled artillery system, and one 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system.
One Anklav-N electronic warfare station and one ammunition depot were also destroyed.
Units of the Dnepr Group of Forces inflicted fire damage on clusters of manpower of AFU 65th Mechanised, 128th Mountain Assault, 126th Territorial Defence brigades near Kamenskoye, Rabotino (Zaporozhye region), Ivanovka, and Olgovka (Kherson region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 50 Ukrainian troops, two motor vehicles, one 155mm U.S.-made M777 howitzer, and one Anklav-N electronic warfare station.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have eliminated hangars with strike drones at the Kamenka airfield (Dnepropetrovsk region).
In addition, hangars with aircraft munitions and aircraft at the Priluki airfield (Chernigov region) and at the Starokonstantinov airfield (Khmelnitsky region), temporary deployment areas for foreign mercenaries, manpower and military hardware of the AFU in 121 areas were engaged.
Air defence systems shot down 46 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles and five U.S.-made ATACMS operational-tactical missiles during the day.
In total, 593 airplanes, 270 helicopters, 23,587 unmanned aerial vehicles, 509 air-to-air missile systems, 15,869 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,275 MLRS combat vehicles, 9,189 field artillery guns and mortars, and 21,372 special military vehicles have been neutralised since the beginning of the special military operation.
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[NewsFront] 23:34 Explosions were heard in the Kharkov and Sumy regions of Ukraine. This is evidenced by data from the official resource for alerting the population.
“Sumy region – a series of explosions. Kharkov region – explosions,” the message says.
21:55 Pervomaiskoye – Netailovo
Positional combat operations on the southern flank of Avdiivka. RF Armed Forcesmanaged to advanceup to 1.2 km in a westerly direction from Pervomaisky and take positions in the private sector of Netailovo.
The forward positions of the Russian Armed Forces in the eastern part of the village are under fire from the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
20:31 Telegram channel “WarGonzo":
114th week of SVO: main thing
Kherson direction.
Over the past week, there have been no significant changes in the balance of forces in this direction. Attempts continue to dislodge the Ukrainian Armed Forces from the basements in Krynki, without success. The work of enemy artillery and a huge number of Ukrainian drones make each assault as uncomfortable as possible for our soldiers. Air strikes can change the situation, but, apparently, the Russian Armed Forces do not yet have such a possibility.
Zaporozhye direction.
The fighting on the Rabotino-Verbovoye line continues, and the Russian Armed Forces are clearly seeking to take back the remnants of the territories that fell under the Ukrainian Armed Forces during the summer counteroffensive. Slowly but surely, Russian troops are advancing northwest of Verbovoy in an attempt to semi-encircle Rabotino, and are getting closer and closer to the eastern outskirts of this settlement.
The matter is complicated by the constant attacks of Ukrainian artillery, which generously sprinkles cassettes everywhere it can reach, dense mining (both ours and Ukrainian), and the active work of all kinds of drones. In Rabotino itself, heavy fighting continues, and the advance of our troops, among other things, is slowing down significantly due to the lack of adequate shelters. Most often, there is simply nowhere to gain a foothold on new frontiers.
Donetsk direction.
Here the initiative remains entirely with the RF Armed Forces. In the south, the fighting is predominantly counter-involved, with rare breakthroughs from the Russian Armed Forces. The zone of control west of Novomikhailovka is expanding, and the assault on Krasnogorovka continues. North of Pervomaiskoye, the Russian Armed Forces are trying to advance south, towards Nevelskoye. This settlement remains in this area the last serious fortification of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, where fighting has been going on for several years now, and now Russian troops must cut off the “pocket” between Pervomaiskoye and Nevelskoye in order to further advance to the west. But in the northern sectors there are daily advances of Russian troops. The Ukrainian Armed Forces were able to organize an effective defense only in Semyonovka and Berdychi, where fighting is still going on, but will inevitably end in a complete retreat of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, which has already begun.
During this week, Novobakhmutovka and Solovyovo were liberated, and Ukrainian troops also retreated from Ocheretino. The clearing of Novokalinovo and Keramika is underway, with further advance to the north towards Arkhangelskoye. The Ukrainian garrison, which had retreated from Ocheretino, retreated to this settlement, and Russian troops had already attempted to storm the outskirts of this village, but met serious resistance from the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Now fighting is taking place on the approaches to this settlement.
Chasovoyarsk direction.
Over the past week, there have been no major changes in the front line, but the fighting continues with the same activity. The point, obviously, is not that the Russian troops have run out of offensive potential, but that at the moment they are preparing for further assault operations that will unfold after the Ukrainian defense is broken through directly within the city limits. FABs are flying at the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and artillery is hitting them, and Russian troops are striving every day to improve their positions for further advancement to the west.
19:45 Telegram channel “Fisherman":
Kupyansk direction: advance of the RF Armed Forces in Kislovka
Soldiers of the 272nd Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 47th Tank Division of the Russian Armed Forces established control over at least the eastern part of Kislovka and hoisted the Russian flag there. Apparently, units of the 104th Troops Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were forced to retreat either to the west of the village or to neighboring Kotlyarovka.
Currently, Russian troops are clearing Kislovka, but the situation in the western part of the village is still hidden in the “fog of war.” It is noteworthy that Ukrainian resources do not particularly believe in maintaining the control of the Ukrainian Armed Forces over the village and announce the withdrawal of forces to the south.
The control of the RF Armed Forces even over the eastern part of Kislovka significantly worsens the enemy’s position in Kotlyarovka, which is already in fact semi-encircled. At the same time, occupying the western outskirts of Kislovka will allow Russian fighters to finally close the ring.
The current situation gives the Ukrainian command two choices: try to hold Kotlyarovka for as long as possible at the cost of losses, or withdraw the bloodless forces to new defensive lines, where they try to stabilize the front.
At the same time, for the enemy, holding Kotlyarka is a losing tactic in advance, since Kislovka is located at a commanding height, which allows Russian troops to establish fire control over the adjacent territory. In addition, the liberation of Kislovka will also contribute to increasing the pressure on Ivanovka, located to the north.
18:40 Ocheretinsky breakthrough –map.
The Russian Armed Forces are expanding the zone of control in Ocheretino, the enemy is trying to strengthen positions south of Arkhangelsk and west of Ocheretino.
South of Solovyevo and Novobakhmutovka, the Russian Armed Forces advanced south. The enemy is gradually retreating to the west.
In the area of ??Semyonovka and Berdychi, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are also retreating to the west, the Russian Armed Forces have advanced and occupied landings to the west of the villages. In the Berdychi area they began to collect damaged NATO equipment.
Novokalinovo and Keramik are in the process of coming under the control of the RF Armed Forces. The cleanup continues in the villages. Part of the enemy forces has already retreated to Arkhangelsk.
Novobakhmutovka has been officially liberated, the cleanup there has been completed.
17:53 Destruction of HIMARS –video.
Our X-guides with the Lancet destroyed the American HIMARS MLRS two kilometers from Krasny Liman.
17:21 Special military operation. Situation on April 28 –map.
16:15 RF Armed Forces released the village of Kislovka on the Svatovo-Kupyansky direction. The Russian flag is raised in the village.
The mop up is still ongoing in the village.
15:52 Sumy region.
Konotop - a bright flash and a blast wave with a roar.
Strike struckat the enterprise of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. There is a target defeat.
15:15 Telegram channel “Fisherman":
About the night strike on Cape Tarkhankut
At night, Ukrainian formations carried out an attack on Cape Tarkhankut. For the strike, as in the case of Dzhankoy, ATACMS operational-tactical missiles with a cluster warhead were used (Two Majors report at least 15 missiles.
The target was air defense units stationed in the area. According to preliminary data, no casualties were avoided, but the attack itself once again took place at night in poor visibility conditions.
It is unclear what modification was used. When launching from the vicinity of Ochakov, the Ukrainian Armed Forces could also use older versions with a range of no more than 165 km. In a straight line, they can easily reach Crimea.
At the same time, against the backdrop of official news about the transfer of modifications with a combat radius of up to 300 km, Ukrainian formations could launch from the Odessa region, for example, from the Alibey training ground.
Last year, the Ukrainian Armed Forces repeatedly, but unsuccessfully, attacked Crimea from this area with the Grom-2 operational-tactical complex. It was precisely because of the lack of results that the decision was made to stop using them in Crimea.
The enemy’s tactics can be explained by the intention to reduce the capabilities of the air defense units covering the peninsula. Before the planned attack on the Crimean Bridge, the Ukrainian Armed Forces want to achieve an advantage in missile and unmanned weapons, and air defense forces are the main obstacle.
14:42 Advance of the RF Armed Forces –map.
1. Novokalinovo and Keramik (the cleanup of Novokalinovo is already close to completion, in Keramik it is still ongoing)
2. Netailovo (RF Armed Forces are advancing in the village, next will be Karlovka)
3. Kislovka (the Russian Armed Forces control part of the village).
13:05 Further advance of the Russian Armed Forces in Kislovka -map.
12:36 New record applications of the Lancets!
The number of openly published episodes of the use of Lancet loitering ammunition, according to statistics from the LOSTARMOR Internet portal, has reached 1,500!
11:45 Statement by the head of the press center of the Dnepr group -video.
In the Kherson direction, the Dnepr group of troops (forces) conducted successful offensive and assault operations in the Orekhov direction in the settlement. Rabotino, occupied defense on the left bank of the river. Dnieper, fought against enemy UAVs, counter-battery combat to suppress artillery strikes of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on civilian targets, destroyed manpower, equipment and temporary deployment points of the enemy on the right bank of the river. Dnieper.
During the day, the enemy's losses amounted to: up to 45 military personnel, four watercraft, five guns and mortars were destroyed during the counter-battery fight, five vehicles for various purposes were destroyed by artillery strikes and the use of attack UAVs, control was suppressed by air defense fire and electronic warfare equipment and 73 reconnaissance and attack UAVs were shot down, 13 UAV control points were also hit.
11:23 Map of air alerts in Ukraine.
10:35 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.
During the day, 370 identified enemy targets were hit by fire, including electronic warfare stations, more than 30 temporary deployment points, and about 100 field artillery positions.
In addition, units of the group, with fire support from artillery and aviation, defeated the manpower and equipment of formations 23rd, 24th, 100th Mechanized, 142nd Infantry brigades and the 77th Air Assault Regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Ocheretino, Umanskoye, Pervomaiskoye.
Enemy losses amounted to 395 military personnel. Two infantry fighting vehicles were destroyed, including a German-made Marder, a 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mount, four 120mm mortars, two unmanned aircraft control posts, and four unmanned aerial vehicles were shot down
. 09:58 Telegram channel «WarGonzo":
Frontline report for the morning of 04/28/2024
- Zaporozhye Front. LBS unchanged. The struggle for positions continues with the active support of long-range weapons.
– Donetsk front. Here the initiative remains entirely with the RF Armed Forces. In Krasnogorovka, fighting continues in the central part of the city on the territory of the Refractory Plant, where the Ukrainian Armed Forces attempted to counterattack. No success.
In the Netailovo district and in Umansky there are no changes. In Berdychi, Ukrainian troops were forced to retreat from positions on the western outskirts of the village, and part of the Ukrainian garrison surrendered. Russian troops, as a result of successful assault operations, established control over the settlements of Novokalinovo and Keramik. Advancement continues towards the settlement of Arkhangelskoye, on the approaches to which fighting is currently taking place.
– In the Chasovoyarsk direction there are no special changes. Positional battles continue on the eastern outskirts of Chasov Yar, with the active work of long-range weapons of the Russian Armed Forces. Also, Russian troops are seeking to improve their positions on the flanks.
- Lugansk front. Russian troops drove the Ukrainian Armed Forces out of Kislovka. Although this section of the front could not be called inactive, significant advances of our troops were not observed on it for a long time. Apparently, the Russian Armed Forces have finally found a weak spot in the Ukrainian defense.
09:26 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. Novaya Kakhovka five rounds;
-- n.p. Kakhovka six rounds;
-- village of Velikaya Lepetikha three rounds;
-- village of Malaya Lepetikha three rounds;
-- n.p. Alyosha five rounds.
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the village. Kakhovka, n.p. Novaya Kakhovka, n.p. Novaya Mayachka, n.p. Proletarka, n.p. Dnipro fired a total of 16 rounds from cannon artillery??
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being determined.
08:46 Telegram channel “Fisherman":
Chronicle of a special military operation for April 27, 2024
– Tonight, Russian troops attacked energy facilities and military targets in various areas of the so-called. Ukraine, four thermal power plants were damaged. Airfields in the Dnepropetrovsk and Nikolaev regions were also hit.
– In turn, Ukrainian formations again carried out a massive drone attack on facilities in the Krasnodar Territory; fires were recorded on the territory of two oil refineries, which were promptly extinguished by the relevant services.
– In the Avdeevsky direction, units of the Russian Armed Forces liberated Novokalinovo and secured a foothold on the eastern outskirts of the village of Keramik. In Berdychi, the attack aircraft were also successful - the Russian tricolor was erected on a building in the western part of the village.
– In the Kupyansko-Svatovsky direction, the enemy is retreating from Kislovka to nearby Kotlyarovka. Ukrainian resources report the dire situation of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area due to the lack of heavy weapons.
– In the Donetsk direction, fierce fighting continues on the territory of the refractory plant in Krasnogorovka. Ukrainian formations are unsuccessfully trying to regain lost positions. While in the Kurakhovo area the enemy is building a new line of defense.
08:00 Official summary Representative offices of the DPR in the JCCC.
A total of 25 facts of armed attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces were recorded by the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC.
Three civilians were reported injured.
Damaged:
Four residential buildings,
Two civil infrastructure facilities.
Ten attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Donetsk direction.
A total of 15 attacks from the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Gorlovka direction.
A total of 72 units of various ammunition were fired.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. by Gevorg Mirzayan
[REGNUM] The European Parliament has taken up arms against Georgia, a pro-Western country in the post-Soviet space and the first victim of the color revolution in the region. On Thursday, April 25, with 425 votes in favor, 25 against and 30 abstentions, deputies adopted a resolution condemning the country's authorities.
Firstly, the European Union intends to impose sanctions against the founder of the ruling party and the de facto leader of Georgia, Bidzina Ivanishvili, “for his role in the deterioration of the political process in Georgia and work against the interests of its people. ” European media almost openly call Bidzina a “pro-Russian oligarch.”
Secondly, Georgia must release the country's former president Mikheil Saakashvili.
Thirdly, Tbilisi is required to withdraw amendments to the constitution aimed “against the LGBT community (an extremist movement whose activities are prohibited in the Russian Federation).” We are talking about a ban on the adoption of children by homosexual couples, consolidating the status of marriage as a union between men and women, as well as a ban on LGBT propaganda and related rallies.
Moreover, the most scandalous part of the resolution concerns the bill on foreign agents. On April 17, the Georgian parliament, despite the noisy indignation of the opposition, in the first reading adopted a document highlighting NGOs and media working in the interests of the West. If these structures receive more than 20% of their funding from abroad, they are required to register as not even foreign agents, but “pursuing the interests of a foreign power.”
MEPs demand that Tbilisi repeal the law. In their opinion, “negotiations on accession to the EU should not begin while this law is part of the legal system of Georgia.” Moreover, they demand that the European Union, if the law is finally adopted, stop all financial assistance to the Georgian state and impose sanctions against the deputies who voted in favor. In addition, MEPs are threatening to stall visa liberalization between Georgia and the EU.
The authors of the resolution explain the hysteria of the European Parliament by the fact that the law on foreign agents allegedly discredits the pro-Western forces of the country (which are actually supported by European or American financial support).
At first glance, the EU's reaction looks strange: the Georgian authorities are not going to introduce sanctions against foreign agents - only to control them. Moreover, similar laws already exist in Western countries.
“The European Union has developed a recommendatory protocol for all member states on adopting their laws on foreign agents to prevent ideological work on the part of China and a number of other states.
It is already in development in France. In the USA and Great Britain, let me remind you, laws on foreign agents are already in force, and there are quite a lot of criminal convictions under them,” Nikita Mendkovich, head of the Eurasian Analytical Club, told IA Regnum.
At the same time, for the West, the Georgian law really poses a serious threat - both regional and global.
According to Mendkovich, it is extremely important for the United States and the EU to maintain the maximum number of countries with a favorable regime in the CIS - for non-transparent financing of political activities. This way you can carry out subversive activities against Russia on the territory of, for example, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan or Georgia. But if stricter control over the financing of political forces by foreigners is introduced there, problems arise.
And they have already arisen when a similar law was adopted in Kyrgyzstan and (albeit under a different name) in Kazakhstan.
“The repetition of a similar experience in the countries of Transcaucasia causes concern among American sponsors. They have to find new underground schemes to finance and steal money, which is what American NGOs love to do.
Therefore, it is natural that the Americans are ready to the last minute, literally in the streets, to fight against the adoption of new laws on foreign agents,” says Nikita Mendkovich in a commentary for IA Regnum.
In addition, a similar situation may repeat itself outside the post-Soviet space. If it spreads to other regions of the world, the United States will have to completely reconsider its policy and abandon the use of so-called soft power.
“But Westerners don’t like to work differently and don’t know how. It is important for them to pass off their activity as a movement of democratic forces, and with transparent financing this will not be possible,” Mendkovich sums up.
In Georgia itself, the global ambitions of the West were not appreciated. The country's authorities reacted very sharply to the initiative of the European deputies. Georgian Culture Minister Tea Tsulukiani directly accused the European Parliament of “passing laws for money.” And her colleagues added that European MPs are trying to spread outright evil.
“This has nothing to do with Europe or Europeanness, it is absolutely immoral and categorically unacceptable for Georgian society,” says the leader of the Dream faction in parliament, Mamuka Mdinaradze.
Along the way, Georgian deputies recalled that such resolutions, coupled with previous actions of the West, for example, the refusal to grant Georgia EU candidate status when it was given to less ready Moldova and Ukraine, lead to the country's disappointment in Euro-Atlantic integration.
At the same time, according to the speaker of the Georgian parliament, Shalva Papuashvili, the decision taken by the European Parliament primarily affects not Georgia, but the European Union.
“It is regrettable that the process of Georgia’s integration into the European Union is being used by some members of the European Parliament as a tool to promote their own political agenda. And this, first of all, damages the prestige of the European Union in the eyes of the Georgian people,” Papuashvili said.
The key point is that the Georgian authorities are confident that the real reason for the appearance of the condemning resolution is not the laws on foreign agents and LGBT people.
“This is a punishment for what we didn’t do. For not opening a second front,” said Minister of Culture Tea Tsulukiani.
In fact, Georgia is being punished for refusing to conflict with Russia.
The wider this opinion spreads (including due to resolutions of the European Parliament), the better for Moscow. For a long time, Georgians were told that the Euro-Atlantic path of development, which they chose back in the early 2000s, would lead to a bright future. Now it turns out that the price of this future is a destructive conflict with a nuclear power.
Brussels itself presented Georgia with a choice: to sacrifice its own state for the sake of the survival of the Kyiv regime or, in case of refusal, to receive punishment from the European Union. Realizing this, Georgian society will change its attitude towards the EU. The process has already begun.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] Russia will continue to tell the world the truth and fight the fakes that the Kiev regime is spreading about the events in Bucha, said Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, whose commentary was published on April 28 on the ministry’s website.
Thus, she responded to a request to comment on Kyiv’s statements at the UN about her “version” of events in Bucha.
“We are not going to put up with such fakes and will continue to open the world community’s eyes to what is happening, talk about attempts to manipulate mass consciousness,” Zakharova said.
The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry emphasized that a full investigation of this tragedy has not yet been carried out, and answers to specific questions have not been received: the names and surnames of those killed, their places of residence and registration, the time, place and cause of death, the results of a pathological examination indicating the nature injuries resulting in death.
“This means one thing: the Kiev regime is afraid of the investigation, because in the course of it they risk exposing themselves,” the diplomat said.
Russia has repeatedly said with facts that the events in Bucha are a cynical re-enactment. At the same time, according to Zakharova, the letter sent by the Ukrainian permanent mission does not contain evidence, but only unfounded accusations and references to “unambiguous conclusions.”
The most questions, according to the diplomat, are raised by Ukrainian data on the number of victims of the tragedy. In particular, the letter states that more than 9 thousand war crimes were allegedly documented in Bucha, which caused the death of 1,800 people.
“As you know, the Russian military was in the city from February 27 to March 31, 2022, that is, 33 days. Their number did not exceed several hundred people. Let's divide 9 thousand crimes into 33 days, we get 272. Based on the figures cited by Kiev, our military should have committed 272 crimes per day, or 11 crimes per hour without interruption for sleep and food. This is absolutely unrealistic,” added Zakharova.
As reported by Regnum news agency, the Ukrainian city of Bucha was under the control of the Russian military until the end of March 2022. Afterwards, the Russian Armed Forces left the locality. At the same time, Ukrainian and Western media published footage from the settlement, which allegedly showed the corpses of civilians. Kyiv blamed the Russian side for their deaths.
In turn, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation denied this information and called the published materials a provocation. In July 2022, volunteer and former French military man Adrien Boquet, who visited Ukraine, admitted that he witnessed a staging in Bucha.
Earlier, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov doubted that the West was conducting an investigation into the incident in Bucha. The Foreign Minister said he constantly reminds UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres of the importance of clarifying the situation, but there is no response from him.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] The situation at the front has worsened for the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU). Ukrainian troops are losing positions in several directions at once, said the commander in chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Alexander Syrsky.
According to him, the Russian Armed Forces maintain an advantage both in technology and in the number of troops.
“ Units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, preserving the life and health (of their military. - Ed.), moved to new lines west of Berdichi, Semyonovka and Novomikhailovka. In general, in these areas (the Russian Armed Forces. - Ed.) have achieved certain tactical successes,” the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine wrote on his Telegram channel.
Syrsky added that Ukrainian troops also left their positions in the Avdeevka direction, where the Ukrainian Armed Forces tried to advance to the Pokrovsk and Kurakhovo area, advancing west of Avdeevka.
As reported by IA Regnum, on April 28, the press secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov said that panic was growing on the Ukrainian side at the fronts, and it was important to maintain this momentum.
At the same time, Peskov added that the West and Ukraine will “test Russia weakly,” so it is important for the Russian Federation not to show weakness.
Former American intelligence officer Scott Ritter noted on the Ask the Inspector podcast that the Kiev regime of Vladimir Zelensky will fall in the coming months.
In turn, former adviser to ex-President of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma Oleg Soskin reported that military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine refuse to carry out the orders of the command, and the army leadership cannot do anything about it.
The situation at the front for the Ukrainian Armed Forces is depressing, added Kuchma’s ex-adviser.
In March, it was reported that military personnel of the elite units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine accused Zelensky of the upcoming big “catastrophe.” The unit’s fighters criticized Syrsky and said that the Ukrainian Armed Forces are “ on the edge of the abyss ” after the dismissal of “the most adequate ones.”
The most difficult situation is in the Pokrovsky and Kurakhovsky directions, where the enemy has deployed up to four brigades, the commander-in-chief said.
Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Alexander Syrsky reported on the aggravation of the situation at the front, noting that the situation is very dynamic. He wrote about this in detail in his TG channel.
"The situation at the front has escalated. Trying to seize the strategic initiative and break through the front line, the enemy concentrated his main efforts in several directions, creating a significant advantage in forces and means. He is actively attacking along the entire front line, in some directions he has tactical successes. A dynamic change in the situation is taking place “, individual positions change hands several times during the day, which gives rise to an ambiguous understanding of the situation,” the message says.
It is reported that this week heavy fighting continued along the entire front line, and in some areas the enemy had tactical success, and in others it was possible to improve the tactical position of our troops.
In the Lugansk region, the enemy is trying to take advantage of its advantage in the air, missiles and the number of artillery ammunition.
“The main task for himself is to reach the administrative border of the Lugansk region,” states the commander-in-chief.
Syrsky noted that the enemy is crossing his main efforts in the Kupyansky direction in the area of the villages of Stelmakhovka and Berestovo, where the enemy had partial success, but was stopped by Ukrainian defenders, as well as in the Limansky direction, where he is advancing on the village of Terny and trying to push the Ukrainian Defense Forces beyond the Cherny River A stallion, but not successful.
In the Kramatorsk direction, the hottest spots remain Ivanovskoe and Chasov Yar, and the enemy is also trying to regain control of Klishchievka and reach the line via the Seversky Donets - Donbass canal.
The commander-in-chief said that the most difficult situation is in the Pokrovsky and Kurakhovsky directions, where the enemy has deployed up to four brigades and is trying to develop an offensive west of Avdeevka and Maryinka, making its way to Pokrovsk and Kurakhovo.
“Units of the Ukrainian Defense Forces, preserving the life and health of our defenders, moved to new lines west of Berdichev, Semenovka and Novomikhailovka. In general, in these directions the enemy achieved certain tactical successes, but was unable to gain an operational advantage. Ukrainian troops inflict maximum losses on the enemy, both in personnel and in military equipment. To strengthen the defense in these directions and replace units that have suffered losses, brigades that have restored combat capability are being relocated,” the commander-in-chief said in a statement.
The situation in the southern directions remains tense, but Syrsky claims that the enemy has none of them.
“Moreover, in the Kherson direction, our units managed to advance in the Veletensky area and establish control over the island of Nestriga. Also, the Ukrainian Defense Forces managed to improve their tactical position in the Sinkovka area (Kupyansky direction) and Serebryansky forestry (Lymansky direction),” the head added.
Let us remind you that over the previous day, Ukrainian fighters destroyed 1096 Russian military personnel . As of the morning of April 28, 2024, the total number of personnel losses of Russian troops reached 466,150 soldiers.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] After the strike of the Russian Armed Forces (RF Armed Forces) on Nikolaev, 14 foreign mercenaries were killed and eight were wounded. This was reported by the coordinator of the Nikolaev underground, Sergei Lebedev.
“Eight wounded were brought to the hospital in the Namyv microdistrict. They are kept separately, two are in serious condition, six are stabilized. According to observations of the resistance, at least fourteen dead were taken towards the morgue in the same residential district of Namyv,” Lenta.ru quotes Lebedev.
In addition, the underground worker clarified that after the morning strike of the Russian Armed Forces on Nikolaev, eight ambulances with flashing lights turned on arrived at the hotels where foreign mercenaries were located. The entrances to them were blocked by military and Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) posts.
As Regnum reported, on April 28, the head of the Nikolaev administration, Vitaly Kim, appointed by the Kiev regime, reported damage to a heat-generating infrastructure facility in the city as a result of the attacks.
Earlier, media in Ukraine reported about explosions in Nikolaev.
Earlier, the underground also informed about the Russian military’s attack on Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers who were in the building of a psychiatric hospital in Kharkov. The strike was carried out on a closed territory, into which only Ukrainian military personnel were allowed.
The strikes of the Russian Armed Forces (AF) on Nikolaev fell mainly on the coastline near the city yacht club, on the Riviera (Sail) and Helen hotels, reported the coordinator of the Nikolaev underground, Sergei Lebedev, on April 28 in his Telegram channel.
“Before the arrival of the UAV, a resistance activist (underground - editor's note) recorded the presence of English-speaking foreign military personnel in these two hotels. Many Nikolaev residents reported the appearance of Canadians and Americans in the city, as some citizens reported: they look like Indians,” Lebedev wrote.
According to him, the Armed Forces of Ukraine assumed a possible strike by the Russian Armed Forces and were inclined to believe that this strike would be delivered to a military unit in the suburbs of Nikolaev in Konstantinovka and to the Balovnoye railway station.
“After our morning arrival in Nikolaev, our comrades report that no foreigners are visible on the streets today. Even in the places where they usually go. Even in civilian clothes,” he added.
As reported by Regnum news agency, Lebedev previously reported that after the Russian strike on Nikolaev, 14 foreign mercenaries were killed and eight were wounded. He clarified that after the morning strike of the Russian Armed Forces on Nikolaev, eight ambulances with flashing lights turned on arrived at the hotels where foreign mercenaries were located. The entrances to them were blocked by the military and the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU).
On April 28, the head of the Nikolaev administration, Vitaly Kim, appointed by the Kiev regime, reported damage to a heat-generating infrastructure facility in the city as a result of the strikes. Earlier, media in Ukraine reported about explosions in Nikolaev.
An interview with Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin:
[ColonelCassad] We recently celebrated the tenth anniversary of the beginning of the Russian Spring and the reunification of Crimea with Russia. Did you then, in 2014, have a feeling that these changes would affect not only your native Crimea and Russia, but would also lead to a restructuring of the world order?
After it became clear that Russia would intervene and a referendum would be held in Crimea, it was obvious that the “end of history” according to Fukuyama was completely canceled and the world order was entering a period of transformation. By 2024 this has become obvious to everyone. The old world order has collapsed, and we are living in a period of formation of a new world order, which largely depends on the outcome of military operations in Ukraine, although not only on this. In your opinion, what were the main prerequisites for the beginning of the Russian Spring, what became the main trigger, the boiling point for the residents of Crimea and Donbass?
The main trigger, of course, was the Euromaidan, without which Crimea and Donbass would still be part of Ukraine. The coming to power of the Nazis in Kyiv and the course they proclaimed for de-Russification and de-communization launched the processes of the disintegration of Ukraine, which continues to this day. Apart from war and terror, the Ukrainian Nazis and their sponsors had nothing to offer the people, so the departure of Crimea and Donbass after the coup was inevitable.
What is your personal most vivid memory of the Russian Spring?
If we talk about the events in Crimea, then, probably, the day of the appearance of “polite people”, when the full realization came that the struggle that had already been waged would end in success. If we talk about the Russian Spring as a whole, then this is, of course, the Odessa Khatyn, after which it became obvious that the old Ukraine burned down in the House of Trade Unions and there was a difficult and bloody war ahead with Nazism, with which there could and should not be any compromise.
Now, 10 years after the reunification of Crimea with Russia, the Kiev regime formally continues to lay claim to the peninsula. If you follow the Ukrainian information space, how is this topic presented there now?
The enemy continues to feed fantasies about the return of Crimea and Donbass, emphasizing that he needs territories, not people. In relation to the people living there, they openly proclaim their intentions to carry out ethnic cleansing there, turning into the ethnocide of Russians and Russian-speaking people. Accordingly, all military propaganda of the Zelensky regime is built on theses related to the need to seize Crimea and Donbass and carry out ethnocide there.
How do you generally assess the picture of the world that Ukrainian information resources form for their audience? It is clear that this picture is fantastic, in many ways defiantly divorced from reality, but do the residents of Ukraine notice this? Aren't they tired of propaganda, which, in fact, only pushes them towards self-destruction?
Ukrainian resources can currently only exist under an information cloak in the absence of freedom of speech and opinion. By replicating the most monstrous lies, they are now not much different from the media of the Third Reich, whose population also lived under an information cap - adjusted for the technological level - and was completely confident in “victory over the Bolsheviks.”
In much the same way as Ukrainians driven to the front are treated to fables about a “quick victory over Russia,” we just have to endure another 100-200-300 thousand killed. The real denazification of Ukraine must be accompanied by the elimination of all such propaganda mouthpieces of the Nazi regime and the bringing to justice of those who were dirty in promoting the ideas and actions of Zelensky’s Nazi regime.
In terms of the information confrontation between Russia and the Kyiv regime: do you think it makes sense for Russian media to work with the Ukrainian audience now? What is the percentage of people there who are susceptible, or likely to become susceptible in the foreseeable future, to common sense? Or have those who were ready to be critical of the Ukrainian government long ago left for Russia and other countries?
Such work has been carried out, is being carried out and will continue to be carried out. Many people really think about what is actually happening in Ukraine, but it is important to remember that they live under conditions of actual internal occupation, when a regime of open terror has been established on the streets against any dissenters. Russia is certainly working in this direction, and it is producing results.
The rejection of forced mobilization in Ukraine is also, to some extent, the result of this work. The number of underground workers helping our military in Nazi-occupied territories has also increased. The partisans have become more active and have successfully attacked the enemy’s military and logistics infrastructure. And the further it goes, the greater the role that internal Ukrainian resistance to the Zelensky regime will play. This resistance must be worked with and supported.
Nazism in Ukraine began to be cultivated long before the Maidan, but after 2014 it became an openly approved ideology, and then an almost obligatory norm: in order to participate in public life, it is necessary to consider Hitler’s accomplices as “heroes” and demonize the Soviet Union. Do you think there is a clear parallel between modern Ukrainian Nazis and Bandera during the Great Patriotic War, or does this phenomenon now have a different scale or meaning?
These are direct successors of the work of Bandera and Hitler, which they themselves do not particularly hide. And Western sponsors are often the same ones who in the 30s armed Hitler for the “crusade against Bolshevism” and who in the 40s and 50s armed Bandera’s followers for the war against the USSR. Our old enemy has not changed, and Nazism has always been and remains one of the tools in its arsenal. Therefore, the current regime in Ukraine must certainly be destroyed.
Do you think that after the end of hostilities there will be a need for a tribunal against the Ukrainian Nazis, military and political leadership, or will these figures not survive our victory?
Those who cannot be destroyed during hostilities, if caught, must be tried, including through the application of the restored death penalty for crimes committed against peace and humanity.
Those who flee and hide will need to be caught and eliminated for a long time and systematically, as was the case with the militants of Basayev, Raduev and Maskhadov who escaped from Chechnya. The Russian special services have such experience.
Now we see that the bravado of Western countries regarding Ukraine is ending; it is becoming increasingly difficult for them to beg for money and means of waging war. In your opinion, could it turn out that the United States has collected all the economic and geopolitical bonuses and is ready to reset the map of Ukraine, leaving the Kiev regime alone with its problems?
At the current stage, the United States is not ready to abandon its support for the war in Ukraine, since, from their point of view, the longer the hostilities go on, the more they weaken Europe and Russia. At the same time, the costs of Ukraine for the United States are not fundamental.
The question remains of cutting costs and shifting them to the US’s European satellites, as well as compensating them by intensifying the plunder of Ukraine. This process has not yet been completed. The United States will not simply abandon Ukraine, because from Washington’s point of view, Ukraine is American prey. But predators don’t just give up their prey. To believe otherwise would be vain self-deception.
What is known about the dynamics of arms supplies to Kyiv from its sponsors? Which item of these supplies most clearly affects the actual balance of forces in the war zone?
The enemy is now seeking to increase the supply of 122mm, 152mm, 155mm shells, air defense missiles, various drones, as well as wheeled armored vehicles. The issue with the supply of heavy armored vehicles and self-propelled guns, as well as air defense systems, is more complex. Much depends on the issue of budgetary funding from the United States, as well as the pace of deployment of ammunition production in Europe. The transfer of aviation is expected in the summer-autumn of 2024.
How do you assess the pace of adaptation of the Russian army to the realities of modern armed conflict? For example, how is the situation changing in terms of providing modern means of communication, supplying UAVs to troops, and training personnel to use them? Does the pace allow us to hope for a radical turnaround in the situation in the conflict zone in favor of Russia?
Over the past year, the pace of adaptation of the RF Armed Forces has increased significantly, which was facilitated, among other things, by the efforts of the Russian military-industrial complex, which is increasing both the volume of military production and expanding the range of production of the latest weapons, created taking into account the experience of the Northern Military District. This is already contributing to changing the dynamics of events at the front.
Regarding the issue of providing communications equipment and UAVs: compared to 2022, tangible progress is visible, but it is still not sufficient to fully saturate the troops with modern communications equipment, drones and electronic warfare systems. There is still a lot of work ahead. It is also worth noting the role of military humanitarian workers, who meet some of the targeted needs of the troops, complementing the efforts of the Russian Defense Ministry and the military-industrial complex. The guarantee of victory lies in the unity of efforts of the front and rear.
In addition to direct military confrontation, we also face another challenge. The tragedy in Crocus City Hall raises with new urgency the question of the terrorist essence of the Kyiv regime: although the investigation has yet to clarify all the details, the very fact of the terrorists’ connection with Ukraine is beyond doubt. Do Kyiv's resources allow it to further increase terrorist activity on Russian territory?
The involvement of the Nazi regime in Kyiv and its sponsors in the West in the terrorist attack at Crocus seems unconditional. The enemy will not give up terror and will strive to continue acts of terror on Russian territory. The resources necessary for this will be provided by the United States and NATO. But in the event of a military defeat on the battlefield, this will not save the enemy. Such terror is the weapon of the doomed.
Just like the crimes of terrorists from ISIS* (explosions in Russia or a terrorist attack on board an airliner over the Sinai) did not save their “Islamic State”*, which declared war on Russia and was destroyed in Syria. The terrorists remained, but their quasi-state disappeared. This should be the case with regard to the Ukrainian terrorist state.
Persons involved in such terror are subject to destruction, since they themselves have long ago placed themselves beyond the bounds of the law and humanity. The methods of fighting them must be identical to the methods of fighting terrorists in Chechnya and ISIS terrorists*. The SBU and GUR MOU must be recognized as terrorist organizations.
And if we talk about the development of the situation on the battlefield, does the Russian Armed Forces now have enough forces to significantly push back the front line - for example, in the Kharkov region, in order to secure Belgorod?
At the moment, the main emphasis in recruiting troops is on contract soldiers and volunteers, of whom up to 30-35 thousand people are added monthly, which makes it possible to compensate for losses and increase the capabilities of grouping troops in Ukraine. At the same time, its numbers still seem insufficient for large-scale strategic operations related to the advance to the Dnieper.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] Former Polish Deputy Minister of National Defense Waldemar Skrzypczak said that there is no threat of a full-scale war in Europe at this stage.
At the same time, the general believes that it is necessary to make minefields and build fortifications on the Polish and Lithuanian borders with Russia and Belarus. A wise precaution
“The Polish and Lithuanian borders with Russia need to be strengthened and layered minefields placed now, in peacetime. In wartime, it may already be too late to build fortifications in border areas,” Skrzypczak told the Baltic Internet portal Delfi.
The military man urged “to prepare, to create armed forces,” saying that “if we are strong, no war will break out.”
As Regnum reported, the statement by Polish President Andrzej Duda about the deployment of nuclear weapons on the territory of the country frightened even the United States, commented the press secretary of Russian President Dmitry Peskov.
According to Peskov, such statements only demonstrate the thinking of Western politicians. He added that the West is stirring up tension by trying to “fool its population with horror stories about scary Russians” who will never stop.
On April 22, Duda allowed the deployment of US nuclear weapons on the territory of the republic. He noted that Poland, a NATO ally, has certain obligations, and the issue of nuclear weapons has been discussed with the American side for some time.
Later, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said that the circumstances that prompted Duda to speak out about the possible deployment of nuclear weapons in the country are not entirely clear. According to him, initiatives in this area must be well prepared. Duda later clarified that the decision on the deployment of US nuclear forces in Poland had not yet been made.
At the same time, Secretary General of the military bloc Jens Stoltenberg said on April 23 that NATO has no plans to change the configuration of its nuclear forces and, in particular, their deployment in Poland.
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