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[LB] During the day, 64 combat clashes were recorded.
by Ivanna Kapustyanska
Russia's large-scale armed aggression against our country has been going on for 804 days. During the day, 64 combat clashes were recorded.
This is discussed in the evening summary of the General Staff.
In total, the enemy launched one missile and 40 air strikes, launched 72 attacks from rocket salvo systems on the positions of our troops and populated areas. As a result of the Russian terrorist attacks, unfortunately, there are wounded among the civilian population. High-rise and private buildings, as well as other infrastructure objects, were destroyed and damaged.
On the Volyn and Poliske directions, the operational situation has not changed significantly. No signs of formation of enemy offensive groups were detected.
In the Siverskyi and Slobozhanskyi directions, the enemy maintains a military presence in the border areas, conducts sabotage and intelligence activities, carries out shelling of populated areas from the territory of the Russian Federation, increases the density of mine-explosive barriers along the state border of Ukraine. More than 10 settlements were hit by enemy artillery and mortar attacks, among them Bilopol'ya, Khotyn, Zapsilya of the Sumy region.
In the Kupyansk direction, our soldiers repelled 11 attacks in the areas of Sinkivka and Pishchane settlements of the Kharkiv region; Stelmakhivka, Luhansk region, where the enemy, with the support of aviation, tried to improve the tactical position.
About ten settlements came under artillery and mortar fire, including Synkivka, Stepova Novoselivka, and Berestov in the Kharkiv region.
In the Lyman direction, the Defense Forces repelled two attacks in the area of the Nevske settlement of the Luhansk region. More than ten settlements were affected by artillery and mortar shelling, among them Makiivka, Nevske, Luhansk region; Terny, Yampolivka, Torske, Donetsk region.
In the Bakhmut direction, our soldiers repelled ten attacks in the areas of Verkhnokamianske, Vyimka, Spirne, Rozdolivka, Ivanovske, Novy and Andriivka settlements of the Donetsk region, where the enemy, with the support of aviation, tried to improve the tactical position.
The enemy also carried out an airstrike in the area of Druzhba settlement of Donetsk region. More than ten settlements came under artillery and mortar fire, including Orikhovo-Vasylivka, Chasiv Yar, and Klishchiivka of the Donetsk region.
In the Avdiivsk direction, our defenders repelled 18 attacks in the areas of the settlements of Oleksandropil, Novooleksandrivka, Progress, Yevhenivka, Novoselivka Persha, Umanske, and Netaylove of the Donetsk region, where the enemy, with the support of aviation, tried to dislodge our units from the occupied lines.
The enemy also carried out an airstrike northwest of the settlement of Ocheretine in the Donetsk region. About 20 settlements, including Kalinove, Novooleksandrivka, Novopokrovske and Umanske of the Donetsk region, were hit by artillery and mortar shelling.
In the Novopavlivsk direction, the Defense Forces continue to hold back the enemy in the areas of Krasnohorivka, Kostyantynivka, Vodyane and Urozhaine settlements of the Donetsk region, where the enemy, with the support of aviation, tried seven times to break through the defense of our troops.
Also, the enemy carried out an airstrike in the area of the settlement of Paraskoviyvka, Donetsk region. More than ten settlements came under artillery and mortar fire of the occupiers, among them Krasnohorivka, Maksimilianivka, Kostyantynivka of the Donetsk region.
In the Orihiv direction, the enemy attacked the positions of our defenders four times in the Staromayorsky district of the Donetsk region; Robotynoye and north-western Vervovyo of the Zaporizhzhia region. He carried out an airstrike in the area of the settlement of Komyshuvakha, Zaporizhzhia region. About 20 settlements, including Malynivka, Chervone, Robotine, Pyatikhatki of the Zaporizhzhia region, were subjected to artillery and mortar attacks.
In the Kherson direction, the enemy does not give up its intention to dislodge our units from the bridgeheads on the left bank of the Dnieper. Thus, during the day, with the support of aviation, he carried out two unsuccessful attacks on the positions of our troops in the area of the settlement of Krynka, Kherson region.
The enemy also carried out airstrikes in the areas of the settlements of Chervyn Mayak, Ivanivka and Dniprovske of the Kherson region. About 20 settlements, including Lviv, Inzhenerne, and Antonivka in the Kherson region, were hit by artillery and mortar attacks.
During the day, the aviation of the Defense Forces and units of the missile forces struck the 2S4 "Tulip" self-propelled mortar, the command post and five areas where enemy personnel were concentrated.
Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 22:26 The SBU reported that it prevented an attempt on Zelensky, as well as other representatives of the military-political leadership of the state. The assassination attempt was prepared by carefully concealed colonels of the State Security Administration, and they were led by FSB agents from Moscow. Experts say that the SBU officers showed unprecedented professionalism. Read more in the material Multi-level operation.
22:20 Zelensky in an evening video message named the hottest directions at the front: Pokrovskoye, Kurakhovskoye, Kramatorskoye, Limanskoye, Vremyevskoye, Kupyanskoye. The president also announced international “meetings and documents that will definitely become news” in the coming weeks, as well as new visits to Ukraine by partners and new security agreements.
In addition, Zelensky said that he had a telephone conversation with the Prime Minister of Cape Verde - this is the first African country to confirm participation in the Peace Summit.
21:52 There is not a single occupier in Chasovoy Yar, Donetsk region, said the KRAKEN active action unit of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, which has been defending the city for a month now. “The fighters heroically hold the defense, daily destroy numerous enemies, burn enemy armored vehicles and take prisoners. The enemy is trying to advance from different directions, but thanks to the well-coordinated work of the unit, there is not a single occupier in the city now,” the message says.
21:47 The fifth “inauguration” of Vladimir Putin took place in the Kremlin. Ukraine does not recognize the so-called “elections” that the Russians held, including in the temporarily occupied Ukrainian territories, and, accordingly, the “presidency” also does not recognize, about which the Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a special statement. But not all of Ukraine’s partners share the same opinion. More details - in the material the United States recognizes it, Kiev does not.
20:18 During the day, the Russians carried out 14 strikes with kamikaze drones in the Nikopol district of the Dnepropetrovsk region and twice fired at populated areas with artillery, said the head of the OVA Sergei Lysak. Four people were injured, ten private houses and power lines were damaged.
19:25 The Cabinet of Ministers supported Zelensky’s draft decree on the creation of a separate branch of troops within the Armed Forces of Ukraine - the Unmanned Systems Forces, Defense Minister Rustem Umerov said. Now the Ministry of Defense must prepare and submit a corresponding bill to the government for consideration.
19:21 Denmark is allocating 250 million Danish kroner (about 33.5 million euros) for urgent humanitarian needs in Ukraine, the country’s Foreign Ministry reported. The package provides basic aid in the form of food, medicine, water and housing to Ukrainians in the worst-affected areas of the war. Particular attention is paid to protecting the most vulnerable segments of the population.
19:10 Zelensky said that today he held a number of international negotiations with the leaders of Belgium, Spain, Latvia and Finland. I personally invited them to the Peace Summit in Switzerland and thanked them for confirming their participation.
18:49 Latvia, within the framework of the IT coalition, transferred communications equipment worth about 100 thousand euros to Ukraine. It should provide brigades with communications at the tactical level, the Ministry of Defense reported.
18:22 In the Belgorod region, a Russian drone fell on the territory of a kindergarten. According to the opposition Russian publication Astra, on the morning of May 6, an advanced Russian Lancet drone was discovered on the territory of a state kindergarten in the village of Oktyabrsky. The drone did not explode and no one was injured. Security forces evacuated 47 children and 30 kindergarten employees and seized the fallen UAV.
18:14 Men liable for military service do not give up their attempts to illegally cross the Ukrainian border. In general, there are more and more people who decide to flee the country. The reason is the new law on mobilization, which will come into force on May 18. The section of the border with Romania has become a “popular” place for crossing, but there is difficult terrain and the Tisza River is quite dangerous. Read about why it is so dangerous in the material River of Death (18+).
17:47 Since the beginning of a full-scale war, the SBU has opened more than 2.5 thousand cases against traitors, almost 500 cases against spotters and eliminated dozens of Russian intelligence networks, head of the Security Service Vasily Malyuk said in a commentary to RBC-Ukraine. According to him, last year alone the SBU exposed 47 agent networks, and since the beginning of this year - 11 more. Malyuk added that most Russian agents are detained at the stage when they have not yet had time to cause harm.
17:23 TCC warned Ukrainians about criminal liability for messages on social networks about the movements of their employees. Such messages may be regarded as obstruction of the legitimate activities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and other military formations during a special period, the Khmelnitsky TCC emphasized.
16:51 About half of the missiles from North Korea that Russia fired at Ukraine did not reach their target, the Office of the Prosecutor General told Reuters. In total, prosecutors examined the wreckage of 21 of the roughly 50 North Korean ballistic missiles Russia fired at Ukraine between late December and late February. About half of the missiles strayed from the programmed trajectory and exploded in the air; in such cases, the debris was not found, the Office of the Prosecutor General explained.
They also noted that the last recorded launch of a North Korean KN-23 missile against Ukraine was carried out on February 27. The total number of recorded launches coincides with intelligence data, according to which the DPRK supplied Russia with about 50 ballistic missiles. At the same time, Kyiv is still investigating whether Pyongyang sent instructors to Russia to monitor missile launches.
16:20 Today, two X-59/X-69 guided aircraft missiles were destroyed in the Odessa region, the Air Force reported.
16:16 Belarus will also conduct nuclear exercises in parallel with Russia, said Secretary of State of the Security Council of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Volfovich. According to him, Minsk “will conduct a check of the army using weapons capable of using tactical nuclear weapons,” and this check will be “synchronized” with Russia. The Ministry of Defense of Belarus reported that the country has already begun a sudden inspection of non-strategic nuclear weapons carriers. As part of the inspection, the Iskander division and the Su-25 squadron will be put on alert.
16:07 NATO Speaker Farah Dahlalla called Moscow's nuclear rhetoric "dangerous and irresponsible." "Our collective deterrence and defense will continue to protect every inch of Alliance territory," she said. Dakhlallah emphasized that “Ukraine has the right to self-defense enshrined in the UN Charter, and NATO allies will continue to support this right.” And Russia, in her words, “started this illegal war and must end it.”
15:35 The head of the Polish military counterintelligence service, Jaroslaw Strozhik, said that Putin is already ready for a small military operation against a NATO country: “Putin, of course, is already ready for some kind of mini-operation against one of the Baltic countries, for example, to enter the famous Narva. Or land on one of the Swedish islands."
15:26 Kosovo will transfer ammunition for 120-mm, 60-mm and 81-mm mortars to Ukraine, Defense Minister Eyup Machedonsi said. He also said that the partially recognized republic has already transferred tactical vehicles and armored vehicles to Ukraine, which will be sent to the Ukrainian Armed Forces next week.
15:08 EU member states will buy weapons for the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from Ukrainian manufacturers using funds from the European Peace Facility, said Minister for Strategic Industries Alexander Kamyshin following the results of the Ukraine-EU Defense Industries Forum. The minister noted that the EPF is an effective tool that has already been successfully used to compensate European partners for the costs of supplying their own weapons to Ukraine.
14:33 Scholz called on developing countries to take part in the Global Peace Summit in Switzerland. According to the chancellor, if countries such as China, Brazil and India call on Russia to withdraw its troops from Ukraine, the chances of a quick peace will increase.
13:51 The SBU reported that it had exposed a network of agents of the 5th service of the FSB of the Russian Federation, who were preparing the murder of Zelensky and other representatives of the highest military-political leadership of the state. The network included two colonels of the State Security Administration. One of the tasks of the intelligence network was to search for executors among the military close to the president’s security who could take the head of state hostage and then kill him. In addition to Zelensky, the Russians planned to eliminate the head of the SBU Vasily Malyuk, the head of the GUR Kirill Budanov and others. For example, Budanov was going to be liquidated before Easter.
The enemy’s plan was this: first, the recruited agent had to observe the movement of the protected person and transmit information to the Russian Federation. It was planned to launch a missile strike at the coordinates of the building where the official was supposed to be located. Then they were going to attack with a drone the people remaining at the site of the defeat. After this, the Russians planned to hit with another missile, including to destroy traces of the drone’s use. The suspect was chosen as a preventive measure - detention. They face life imprisonment.
13:40 Some EU countries oppose the plan to use profits from frozen Russian assets to purchase weapons for Ukraine, Politico writes. According to the publication's sources among European diplomats, countries opposed to military assistance to Kyiv may limit themselves to providing humanitarian assistance to Kyiv.
13:26 The Cabinet of Ministers extended for another month the deferments from conscription for military service during mobilization, granted to those liable for military service by decision of the Ministry of Economy, said the permanent representative of the government in the Verkhovna Rada Taras Melnychuk. According to him, this applies to reservation decisions that have not expired on the day the decision was made.
13:19 In Kiev, at the central railway station, a new information point for recruiting into the Armed Forces of Ukraine has been opened, the Ministry of Defense reported. Information about employment in the Armed Forces will be provided by Ukrzaliznytsia employees.
12:55 The Cabinet of Ministers has updated the border crossing rules for male students under the academic mobility program. To cross the border, you must not be subject to conscription during mobilization; be between 18 and 22 years of age; become a participant in academic mobility for a period of one semester; study full-time; obtain an educational bachelor's degree in any specialty, or a master's degree in medical, pharmaceutical or veterinary fields.
12:14 Putin said in his inaugural speech that Russia “does not refuse dialogue with Western countries, the choice is theirs.”
12:08 Borrell said that after lengthy discussions with EU member states, he had sent messages to them all with his understanding that “the right thing to do would be not to attend” Putin’s inauguration. "My advice was not to do this. I think most member states will not participate," the diplomat said. Borrell recalled that the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Putin and that the elections in Russia were “neither fair nor fair.”
Meanwhile, Putin officially took office as president of Russia - his inauguration ceremony took place in the Kremlin.
11:39 The Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Security approved presidential bills to extend martial law and general mobilization for 90 days - until August 11, 2024. Parliament should approve them at its meeting tomorrow, said People's Deputy Yaroslav Zheleznyak. This will be the 11th decision regarding martial law and general mobilization since the start of a full-scale war.
11:03 Energy workers resumed power supplies to almost all consumers in the Sumy region, which were de-energized after a strike on a high-voltage substation, but on May 6, the enemy struck another facility in the region - the oblenergo substation, the Ministry of Energy reported. As a result, the overhead line and six other substations were disconnected, and household consumers were de-energized. Now 5.4 thousand subscribers remain without electricity in the region - mainly those who were disconnected for a long time due to previous shelling.
10:34 In the Sumy region, as a result of Russian shelling, one person was killed, four were injured, including two young children, the National Police reported. Ten private houses, six apartment buildings, two administrative buildings, energy and critical infrastructure facilities, the property of one of the enterprises, a store and a warehouse were damaged. In addition, the enterprise's hangar was destroyed and a tank with fuel and lubricants caught fire.
10:11 Radio Liberty named the EU countries that will be represented at Putin’s inauguration. There are six such countries: France, Hungary, Slovakia, Greece, Malta and Cyprus. As of evening, Belgium was also on the list, but the country subsequently said it would not send representatives to the Kremlin ceremonies.
09:36 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) considers it extremely unlikely that Russia will use tactical nuclear weapons. Experts say the Kremlin is using nuclear threats and diplomatic blackmail to disrupt military support from partners to Ukraine and to frighten Western politicians into preventing Ukrainian troops from using Western-provided systems to attack military targets in Russia.
09:02 In the Donetsk region over the past 24 hours, one person was killed as a result of Russian shelling - in Petrovka. Four more people in the region were injured over the past 24 hours, said the head of the OVA, Vadim Filashkin.
08:57 In the Kherson region over the past 24 hours, as a result of Russian shelling, one person was wounded, two high-rise buildings and 16 private houses were damaged, said the head of the OVA, Alexander Prokudin.
08:50 On the evening of May 6, the Russians hit the KAB on private houses in the village. Borovaya, Izyum district, Kharkov region - three people were wounded, including a 16-year-old teenager, said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA.
08:29 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of May 7:
personnel - about 476,460 (+1160) people,
tanks - 7405 (+25),
armored combat vehicles - 14,227 (+14),
artillery systems - 12,287 (+37),
MLRS - 1057 (+0),
air defense systems - 792 (+1),
aircraft - 349 (+0),
helicopters - 325 (+0),
UAV of operational-tactical level - 9717 (+34),
cruise missiles - 2149 (+1),
ships/boats - 26 (+0),
submarines - 1 (+0),
automotive equipment and tank trucks - 16,509 (+32),
special equipment - 2017 (+9).
07:54 Over the past 24 hours, 97 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 31 attacks in the Novoaleksandrivka, Novopokrovsky, Sokol, Umansky, Yasnobrodovka, Netaylovo and Nevelsky districts of the Donetsk region. Another 17 attacks were repulsed in the Bakhmut direction - in the areas of the settlements of Belogorovka in the Lugansk region, as well as Verkhnekamenskoye, Vyemka, Razdolovka, Novy, Kleshcheevka and Andreevka in the Donetsk region. In addition, the enemy tried 15 times to break through the defenses of Ukrainian troops in the Novopavlovsk direction - in the areas of Krasnohorivka, Paraskoveevka, Konstantinovka, Vodyanoye and Urozhainy, Donetsk region.
In the Kupyansky direction, the Defense Forces repelled 14 attacks in the areas of Sinkovka, Peschany, Berestovo, Kharkov region, and Stelmakhovka, Lugansk region; on Limansky - seven attacks in the areas of Nevsky, Serebryansky forestry in the Lugansk region, Ternov and Yampolevka in the Donetsk region; on Orekhovsky - six attacks in the area of Staromayorsky, Donetsk region and Rabotino, Zaporozhye region; on Kherson - three attacks on the left bank of the Dnieper.
06:13 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) confirmed the advance of Russian troops northwest of Svatovo, Lugansk region, southwest of Avdeevka, Donetsk region, in Rabotino, Zaporozhye region, and north of Oleshki, Kherson region. Also, the Russian army continued its offensive on Chasov Yar on May 6, but no changes in the front line were recorded.
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[Korrespondent] An assassination attempt was being prepared on Vladimir Zelensky
Two colonels of the UGO, who, by order of the Russian special services, were preparing an assassination attempt on the President of Ukraine, were detained.
On May 7, the Security Service of Ukraine reported that it had prevented an assassination attempt on the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky, as well as the military-political leadership of the state - the head of the SBU Vasily Malyuk and the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate Kirill Budanov.
The assassination attempt was prepared by carefully hidden colonels of the State Security Administration, who “leaked” secret information to Russia. They were led by FSB agents from Moscow.
WHAT WAS THE PLAN
In total, according to the SBU press service, the network included five FSB agents. They were actively developing plans to eliminate Zelensky. Another task of the network was to search for executors among the military close to the president’s security, who could take the head of state hostage and subsequently kill him.
In addition to the president, the Kremlin planned to eliminate the head of the SBU, the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate and other officials. For example, the liquidation of Kirill Budanov was going to be carried out before Easter.
According to the SBU, the enemy’s plan was as follows: first, the recruited agent had to observe the movement of the protected person and transmit information to the enemy. It was planned to launch a missile strike at the coordinates of the building where the official was supposed to be located.
Then they were going to attack with a drone the people remaining at the site of the defeat. After this, the Russians planned to hit another missile, including to destroy traces of the drone’s use.
It is noted that the weapons for the Russian agent were provided by the UGO colonel, who personally brought FPV drones, RPG-7 charges, as well as MON-90 anti-personnel mines to Kiev.
The SBU recorded both the trips of a UGO colonel to another region of Ukraine to buy drones and explosives, as well as conversations between a potential perpetrator of a terrorist attack and a “curator” from the FSB.
Vasily Malyuk says that he knew about the preparation of Kremlin agents to kill Zelensky and him personally.
“A limited circle of people knew about our special operation, and I personally controlled its progress. The terrorist attack, which was supposed to be a gift to Putin for the inauguration, was in fact a failure of the Russian special service. But we must not forget - the enemy is strong and experienced, he cannot be underestimated,” he noted.
According to the SBU, employees of the 9th Directorate of the Operational Information Department of the 5th Service oversaw the organization of the terrorist attack. In particular, Maxim Mishustin, Dmitry Perlin and Alexey Kornev.
“In particular, in January 2022, Perlin became the curator of the “moles” who were recruited even before the full-scale invasion of Russia. By that time, his colleague Alexey Kornev was “taking care of” them. So, before the start of a full-scale war, Kornev held a series of secret meetings with the UGO colonel on territories of neighboring European states. Funds for agents were also usually transferred abroad,” the SBU press service noted.
The suspect was chosen as a preventive measure - detention. They face life imprisonment.
MULTI-LEVEL OPERATION
Military expert, Colonel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Vladislav Seleznev says that the SBU employees showed unprecedented professionalism, because “in conditions of carefully concealed agents of influence directly in the UGO, that is, in the structure responsible for preserving the life and health of our president, it was possible to identify them.”
“This is a very cool consequence of a multi-level and long-term military operation. Obviously, they could be preparing a gift for Putin in the form of the murder of our key government and military officials. But the fact that ours worked ahead of the curve is an honor and praise to our special forces,” he said on air Espresso.
According to Seleznev, intensifying Russian counterintelligence activities currently remains a key issue.
“Because now, when we begin to receive weapons, equipment, ammunition from our Western partners and move them across the expanses of Ukraine, it is extremely important to protect this process from prying eyes and ears. We need to work proactively to prevent the Russians from identifying logistics routes and ways to move weapons, which are very necessary on the battlefield,” the military man added.
[RedStar] “Memory Watch – 2024” started in the Leningrad region.
The chairman of the legislative assembly of the Leningrad region, Sergei Bebenin, addressed the audience, who noted that the “Memory Watch” brought together a huge number of people, veterans, blockade survivors, youth, members of search teams, and volunteers took part in it. He expressed deep gratitude to everyone who is actively involved in this important work. He especially emphasized that the main task is to preserve memory and historical truth.
“This is important for us and for those who come after us, so that we understand the value of Victory, freedom and the right to live as we consider correct,” noted Sergei Bebenin. “Today, our guys, as part of a special military operation, are defending precisely these rights and fighting against revived Nazism. All of Russia supports them, and we are confident that the goals of the special operation will be achieved, victory will be ours.”
This season, representatives from different regions will take part in search work in the Leningrad region as part of the All-Russian “Memory Watch - 2024”. In particular, about 40 Severodvinsk residents from the search teams “Patriot”, “Return”, “Edelweiss”, “Paratrooper”, “Southern Road”, which are part of the ANO “Association of search teams of Severodvinsk “For the Motherland!”” will work.
At the Sinyavinsky Heights, the 13th Separate Ski Brigade, which included residents of Molotovsk (now Severodvinsk) and the entire Arkhangelsk region, broke through the blockade of Leningrad. They fought as part of the 33rd Separate Rifle Brigade and in other units. Search engines plan to find and rebury the dead fellow countrymen - soldiers and officers of the Red Army.
As Marina Grigorieva, chairman of the Leningrad Region Youth Policy Committee, said, according to preliminary data, the remains of about 40,000 dead soldiers are not buried in the region. Every year more than 2,000 searchers come to the region of 15 subjects of the Federation, and every year they recover about 3,000 remains. In some cases, it is possible to establish the names of fallen servicemen. For example, last year, 157 names were identified using medallions or archival data.
It is worth noting that the government of the Leningrad region pays great attention to search work. Since 2024, a holiday has been legally established in the Leningrad Region - Search Engine Day of the Leningrad Region - March 15. Now the regional youth policy committee is developing a badge “For Distinction in the Search Movement” and creating a Search Engine House in the Tosnensky district.
Search work in the Leningrad region is carried out in 15 municipal districts. In total, 918 objects with signs of military burials have been identified in the region, of which 547 are objects of cultural heritage. 751 out of 918 have registration cards and are registered with the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation as military graves, more than 150 require certification work, and in some cases, an examination.
In 2023, 41 burial ceremonies for defenders of the Fatherland took place in the Leningrad region
Last year, 41 solemn funeral ceremonies were organized; the remains of 1,747 defenders of the Fatherland and victims of war discovered by search teams were interred. The remains of five servicemen were transferred to their small homeland for burial.
As part of the ceremony, the best representatives of the search movement were awarded and a visit to the Krasnogvardeysky Fortified Area museum took place.
On the same day, the patriotic motor rally “Nobody is forgotten, nothing is forgotten” set off in the Gatchina district of the Leningrad region. Among its participants are veterans of the Great Patriotic War, children of wartime, combat veterans, deputies, representatives of district administrations and public organizations, activists of youth movements. The motor rally to places of military glory is being held for the nineteenth time, and this year its route passed through three districts of the Leningrad region: Gatchina, Kirov and Tosnensky.
The first “Memory Watch” in the Leningrad region took place in 1990 on the Nevsky Patch and has been held annually since then. During this time, over 30 thousand dead soldiers of the Great Patriotic War were found and buried on the territory of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region, the names of more than seven thousand were established.
Russian ministry of defense failed to post their daily briefing, so we slumming today.
[NewsFront] 21:48 Tankers of the Dnepr group destroyed UAV control center and field warehouse of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the right bank of the Dnieper
During aerial reconnaissance by UAV units on the right bank of the Dnieper, enemy targets were identified. The tank crew worked at given coordinates from a closed firing position and destroyed enemy targets.
20:44 FPV drone crews of the “Southern” group of forces smash Ukrainian Armed Forces facilities
Operators of attack FPV drones of the “Southern” group of forces destroyed a dugout, equipment and personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donetsk direction of the Northern Military District.
Aerial reconnaissance detected enemy movements in one of the dugouts, as well as the movement of enemy equipment towards the line of combat contact. The professional work of the crews of FPV drone operators made it possible to strike the identified targets as quickly and effectively as possible. Objective control confirmed the destruction of a dugout, two armored combat vehicles and a concentration of manpower of the Ukrainian Armed Forces during an attempt to carry out rotation.
19:09 Employees of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations were wounded during an attack by a Ukrainian Armed Forces drone in Gorlovka DPR - RF Ministry of Emergency Situations
18:14 An elderly man was injured as a result of an explosion on an anti-personnel mine “Lepestok” in the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk, said the mayor of the city Alexey Kulemzin
17:08 An elderly man was injured as a result of an explosion on the Lepestok anti-personnel mine in the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk, the mayor of the city Alexey Kulemzin said inTelegram channel.
16:11 Artillerymen of the 1st Army Corps of the “Southern” Group of Forces destroyed stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Donetsk direction of the Northern Military District.
16:10 Ukrainian troops at 13:38 dropped an explosive object from an unmanned aerial vehicle on the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka - JCCC
15:15 Crews of the Buk-M1 air defense system of the Vostok group of troops successfullyshoot downall types of foreign missiles and missiles in the South Donetsk direction in the Northeast Military District zone.
15:03 The Armed Forces of Ukraine shelled Shebekino, the facilities of an industrial enterprise were damaged, regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said
15:00 New briefing from the Russian Ministry of Defense:
🔹The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 335 military personnel and a Leopard 1 tank in the area of responsibility of the Russian group of troops “West”.
🔹Units of the Center group improved their tactical position, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 395 military personnel and an Abrams tank.
🔹During the day, Russian air defense shot down 32 UAVs of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, 7 Hammer bombs, and 7 Vampire MLRS shells.
🔹The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 600 soldiers and one tank in the area of responsibility of the Russian group “South”.
🔹The Russian Armed Forces repelled a counterattack of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Ocheretin area in the DPR.
🔹Units of the Vostok group occupied more advantageous positions within 24 hours, and the losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces amounted to up to 170 military personnel.
14:32 Belgorod City Hall reported Telegram channel about the shelling of the city of Shebekino, calling on residents to take shelter.
13:20 Since the beginning of the day, Ukrainian troops have fired five 155-mm caliber shells at Donetsk and Gorlovka, including cluster-type ones, reported on Tuesday DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine.
12:58 Statement by the head of the press center of the Dnepr group
Formations and military units of the Dnepr group of troops are conducting combat operations to destroy the enemy in the zone of a special military operation.
During the day, units of the Dnepr group of troops inflicted fire on accumulations of manpower and equipment of the 141st infantry brigade, 65th mechanized brigade, and 35th marine brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of Stepnoye, Rabotino and Tokarevka.
The enemy lost up to 40 military personnel, four 155-mm M777 howitzers, a 152-mm D-20 howitzer, a 122-mm D-30 howitzer and the Nota electronic warfare station.
11:39 Tankers from the group covering the state border destroyed strongholds of Ukrainian terrorist formations in the area bordering the Belgorod region on the territory of Ukraine.
11:38 Around 11.00 Moscow time, another attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack using aircraft-type UAVs on targets on the territory of the Russian Federation was stopped.
Duty air defense systems destroyed a Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle over the territory of the Belgorod region.
10:40 Crews of FPV drones of the 19th Guards Motorized Rifle Division of the Dnepr groupripped offenemy rotation in the Zaporozhye region.
09:32 The SBU will knock on the door of every Ukrainian, and most men will have to end up in the TCC. This was stated by Ukrainian journalist Natalya Moseychuk.
09:15 Attack aircraft of the 11th Air Force and Air Defense Army of the Vostok groupinflictedattack on the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Urozhayn.
08:21 Over the past 24 hours, the armed formations of Ukraine carried out further shelling residential areas of the DPR.
As a result of the shelling of the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk, in which the enemy used NATO-style MLRS, apartment buildings and private residential buildings in the residential area of the district were damaged. In addition, as a result of an enemy dropping an explosive object from a UAV in the Kirovsky district of Donetsk, a woman born in 1987 was injured.
In addition, Ukrainian militants carried out shelling throughout the day using 155-mm caliber artillery, including cluster warheads from the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, as well as the Nikitovsky and Central City districts of Gorlovka.
In total, 5 residential buildings, 1 car and 1 civilian infrastructure facility were damaged by DPR shelling.
08:14 As a result of assault operations in the area of the settlement. Staromayorskoye (Vremevsky salient) three Ukrainian soldiers were captured -video.
08:11 Russian artillerymen of the border covering groupreportedabout the partial destruction of a group of Ukrainian Armed Forces in a shelter in the Kharkov region. After being hit by a 122-mm gun, the militants fled into the forest, where they were chased by howitzer crews.
08:00 Over the past 24 hours, Ukrainian troops shelled the territory of the DPR 15 times, firing 41 ammunition, the JCCC reported.
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[NewsFront] 23:58 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 05/07/2024 to 00:00 05/08/2024.
A total of 11 facts of armed attacks by the UFU were recorded by the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC over the past 24 hours.
Information was received about a civilian being injured. 4 employees of the DPR Ministry of Emergency Situations were injured.
DAMAGED:
Four residential buildings damaged by fire tanker
Five artillery attacks in the Donetsk direction
Five artillery attacks in the Gorlovka direction
One artillery attack in the Svetlodar direction.
A total of 39 units of various ammunition were fired.
23:30 Russian Strategic Aviation went for takeoff.
22:41 Kharkov region (border region). Precision strikes.
A new attack on a military facility of the Ukrainian Armed Forces is reported. The Ukrainian Armed Forces' electronic warfare system was damaged. Military equipment was damaged.
Our tactical aviation worked without entering the enemy’s air defense coverage area.
It is reported that about six Tu-95 missile carriers took off to carry out a combat mission. Cruise missiles are expected to be launched at enemy positions.
21:04 Telegram channel “lpr1 ” reports:
We are recording cases when in Kyiv, Zaporozhye and Krivoy Rog (possibly in several other cities) the Ukrainian Armed Forces began to deliver ammunition to bomb shelters, where civilians hide during an alarm.
19:56 Ukrainian channels report a “difficult situation” in Krasnogorovka.
19:52 Personnel assault on the village of Kislovka in the Kharkov region.
19:39 Defeat by a strike from the Lancet loitering munition of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' radio reconnaissance complex Khortitsa-M in Kamyshevakha.
19:14 Fighters of the “North” group destroyed the Czech installation “Vampire” -video.
18:50 Crews of FPV drones of the “Southern” group of forces “smash» Ukrainian Armed Forces facilities.
Operators of attack FPV drones of the “Southern” group of forces destroyed a dugout, equipment and personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donetsk direction of the Northern Military District.
Aerial reconnaissance detected enemy movements in one of the dugouts, as well as the movement of enemy equipment towards the line of combat contact. The professional work of the crews of FPV drone operators made it possible to strike the identified targets as quickly and effectively as possible. Objective control confirmed the destruction of a dugout, two armored combat vehicles and a concentration of manpower of the Ukrainian Armed Forces during an attempt to carry out rotation.
18:29 Compilation of personnel combat work of fighters of the 80th Arctic Brigade of the Russian Armed Forces in the Kherson direction.
17:55 Destruction of self-propelled guns of the Ukrainian Armed Forces with an accurate hit from the Lancet loitering ammunition performed by operators of the 83rd Guards Air Assault Brigade in the direction of Chasov-Yar.
17:49 Another destroyed M1A1 Abrams tank of the Ukrainian Armed Forces -video.
16:57 “Archangel of Special Forces” reports on the successes of the Russian Armed Forces in the Avdeevsky direction
Development of the attack towards the settlement. Novopokrovsky led to the fact that the Russian Armed Forces reached the southern outskirts of the village. The assault on the village is a matter of time. Previously, an M1 Abrams of the Ukrainian Armed Forces was shot down in this area.
15:50 Calculation of 122mm BM-21 MLRS "Grad" struck areas of concentration of manpower and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The crew arrived at a pre-reconnaissance position at night, aimed the vehicle at the target and struck enemy positions with rockets at a distance of about 10 km.
14:40 The Archangel of Special Forces reports the situation in the direction of Chasov Yar:
“The situation remains difficult. Assault operations are underway in the forest to capture strongholds, because of the greenery it is difficult to fight. On the southern outskirts of the Channel, three servicemen of the 41st Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were captured, which once again confirms the presence of foreign specialists. The enemy is trying to organize a rotation and remove the wounded. Artillery forces fire at a suitable enemy.
There was no capture of Chas Yar and no entry, there are very heavy battles on the outskirts, the enemy bites seriously and uses a large number of FPV.”
14:15 Explosion in Chernomorsk, Odessa region.
14:05 The main thing from the new briefing of the Russian Ministry of Defense:
The Russian Armed Forces repelled a counterattack of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Ocheretin area in the DPR;
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 335 military personnel and a Leopard 1 tank in the area of responsibility of the Russian group of forces “West”;
Units of the Center group improved their tactical position, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 395 military personnel and an Abrams tank;
During the day, Russian air defense shot down 32 UAVs of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, seven Hammer bombs, seven Vampire MLRS shells;
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 600 soldiers and one tank in the area of responsibility of the Russian group “South”;
Units of the Vostok group occupied more advantageous positions within 24 hours, and the losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces amounted to up to 170 military personnel
. 13:57 The Russian Armed Forces reached the outskirts of Novopokrovsky. Fighting for the village is expected to begin soon.
North of Ocheretino the fighting shifted towards Kalinovo. To the north-west of Ocheretino - in the direction of Novoaleksandrovka there are battles on the outskirts.
13:20 A British reconnaissance aircraft RC-135W Rivet Joint has arrived on the shores of Crimea. Car with call sign RRR7207 runs in the southwestern part of the Black Sea.
13:10 Kharkov direction, settlement Russian Tishki, Northern Wind reports: Lancet operator GV Severamazedan American armored Humvee car hiding in a destroyed building.
12:48 During the day, units of the Dnepr group of troops applied fire defeat of concentrations of manpower and equipment of the 141st Infantry, 65th Mechanized brigades, 35th Naval Infantry Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of Stepnoy, Rabotino and Tokarevka.
The enemy lost up to 40 military personnel, four 155mm M777 howitzers, a 152mm D-20 howitzer, a 122mm D-30 howitzer and the Nota electronic warfare station.
11:50 Russian troops entered the outskirts of Novopokrovsky in the Avdeevsky direction.
10:57 Units of the Vostok group of troops occupied more advantageous positions, defeated the formations of the 58th Motorized Infantry and 72nd Mechanized brigades in the areas of Vodyanoye, Makarovka and Prechistovka. We repelled an enemy counterattack in the Urozhayny area. The losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces amounted to up to 160 military personnel, two tanks, three cars, a US-made M198 howitzer and three 122mm D-30s.
10:18 Destruction of the 100mm MT-12 “Rapier” anti-tank gun in the Kherson direction, operators of the 126th brigade worked -video.
10:05 Ukraine is pulling reserves to Konstantinovka to strengthen the flanks of the Ukrainian group in the Chasov Yar area, retired LPR Lieutenant Colonel Andrey Marochko said.
09:34 The Russian Armed Forces have advanced in the Novopokrovsky area, enemy analytical resources recognize it. Progress is also noted in Netailovo and south of Pervomaisky.
The high pace of hostilities continues in the area of Kislovka and Krakhmalny in the Kupyansky direction, the Military Correspondents of the Russian Spring clarified.
08:17 Personnel destruction of a Western-made Ukrainian Armed Forces howitzer from 152mm Msta-B
Reconnaissance discovered a howitzer in the Seversky direction of the Northern Military District zone. The command decided to hit the target with the 152mm Msta-B gun. The Msta-B crew of the Tula paratroopers completed the task using a drone, which adjusted the fire and then recorded the hit. After this, the fighters camouflaged the gun and went for cover.
08:14 Military personnel from the crew of the 122mm BM-21 Grad multiple launch rocket system of the Southern Group of Forces struck areas of concentration of manpower and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Seversky direction. This was reported to the Russian Ministry of Defense.
08:11 Frontline summary for the morning of 05/07/2024:
Zaporozhye Front. LBS without any major changes. There are battles in Rabotino and north-west of Verbovoy.
Donetsk front: fighting along the entire front is in full swing. Fierce fighting continues in Krasnogorovka. The Russian Armed Forces are trying to gain a foothold in their positions. In Neiailovo and in the Umansky area there are oncoming battles, and the situation is similar in the Semyonovka and Berdychi areas. In the Ocheretino area, Russian troops continue to advance towards Aleksandrovka.
There are no significant changes in the LBS in the Chasovoyarsk direction. The Ukrainian Armed Forces are throwing reserves into battle to prevent the advance of Russian troops in the suburb of Chasov Yar. The Russian Aerospace Forces and artillery continue to actively work on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Encountering battles on the flanks in the Bogdanovka area and west of Ivanovsky (Krasny).
08:09 About 500 Ukrainian drones intercepted in Donetsk and its immediate surroundings in a week, the press service of the FSB department for the DPR reported.
08:04 The T-72B3 crew “destroyed” the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ ammunition depot on the right bank of the Dnieper.
On video– destruction from a closed firing position of a UAV control center and a field ammunition depot of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kherson region. Our tank crews fired from the T-72B3. The targets were discovered by UAV units during aerial reconnaissance. The command decided to destroy them with tank fire. The T-72B3 crew, using the terrain, quickly arrived at the firing position. Having completed the task, the tankers left the position.
08:00 Su-25 attack aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces destroyed stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the zone of responsibility of the Vostok group of forces. According to the reports of the forward aircraft gunner, all of the indicated targets were successfully hit. The flight went as usual.
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[Regnum] The Russian Foreign Ministry representative office in Vladivostok published a post with reference to The Associated Press about the detention of an American soldier in the capital of Primorye on May 2, who is suspected of theft and assault.
Army Staff Sergeant Gordon Black, 34, was scheduled to leave South Korea at the end of his deployment and return home to Fort Cavazos in Texas. But instead, he went to Russia to visit a woman he knew.
According to officials, the acquaintance lived for some time in South Korea, and in the fall of 2023, she and the sergeant had a domestic dispute or quarrel. After that she left the country. The true reasons for her departure are unknown.
It also turned out that infantryman Black did not inform his leadership of his intentions to travel to Russia and did not have permission to travel. Apparently he was on vacation.
“D is discipline,” commented the representative office of the Russian Foreign Ministry in Vladivostok.
The information is contradictory; there are no official details of the arrest.
At the same time, Black is married.
As IA Regnum reported, an American sergeant detained by police in Vladivostok on suspicion of theft beat a woman before the theft.
At some point, he attacked his partner and began strangling and beating her. As a result, he stole 200 thousand rubles and alcohol from her.
The Russian side informed the US State Department of the detention of an American serviceman in Vladivostok. The man was detained on May 2. No charges were officially announced.
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Army Staff Sergeant Gordon Black, 34, was scheduled to leave South Korea at the end of his deployment and return home to Fort Cavazos in Texas. But instead, he went to Russia to visit a woman he knew.
Servicemember pays more attention to his little head than the big one. Did he have Russia on his DA-31 when he left South Korea? Relax, your 'bad time' has just started.
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[Regnum] The movement of sea passenger transport in the Sevastopol Bay is open after a temporary suspension, the city Directorate for the Development of Road Transport Infrastructure reported on May 7.
“Maritime passenger transport has resumed operation in Sevastopol,” the directorate’s Telegram channel says.
The stoppage of maritime transport lasted about 25 minutes, the reasons were not given.
As Regnum reported, on the morning of May 7, traffic on the Crimean Bridge was temporarily blocked. Traffic was suspended for 35 minutes.
On May 2, Ukraine’s permanent representative to the UN, Sergei Kislitsa, hinted at a new attack on the Crimean Bridge being prepared in 2024. He provided a list of “six main types of bridges for 2024”, and attached a blank image to the inscription “Kerch Bridge”.
The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, warned the West of retaliation in the event of an attack on Crimea. According to her, the Kiev regime, with the support of the West, began openly preparing a new attack on the Crimean Bridge. All aggressive actions against the peninsula are doomed to failure, the diplomat emphasized.
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[Regnum] Vladimir Putin officially took office as President of Russia for the fifth time. The inauguration ceremony takes place in the St. Andrew's Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace.
The inauguration ceremony began with Vladimir Putin taking the oath of office. He was presented with the Presidential Standard and Badge. The ceremony will end with an artillery salute and a parade of the presidential regiment.
The inauguration ceremony is attended by members of the government, State Duma deputies and senators of the Federation Council, representatives of religious denominations, public organizations, presidential confidants, Heroes of Russia and other honored guests.
Earlier on May 7, the press secretary of the Russian leader, Dmitry Peskov, said that the head of state was working on his speech at the ceremony and making changes to the speech. The main set of ideas and messages of the inaugural speech are the authorship of Putin, the Kremlin representative added.
The Russian Federation continues to uncover its past in WWII.
[Regnum] A ceremony for the reburial of the remains of 25 soldiers from the Great Patriotic War took place in Ingushetia. The event took place on May 4 in Malgobek. The remains of the soldiers were discovered during the spring stage of the Terek Frontier memorial watch.
According to the head of Ingushetia, Makhmud-Ali Kalimatov, it took more than 80 years to return the names of these people, but now, thanks to search engines, they are known. He expressed gratitude to the project participants for their work aimed at preserving historical memory and the truth about the Great Patriotic War. “We will continue to make every effort to prevent our enemies from distorting the history of our great country and the important role that our people played in the victory in the Great Patriotic War,” said Mahmud-Ali Kalimatov.
Searchers from the Tersky Frontier memory watch, representing Ingushetia, Chechnya, Kabardino-Balkaria, North Ossetia, Astrakhan, Samara and the Stavropol Territory, participated in the excavations on a section of the Tersky Range in the Malgobek region. Since the beginning of April, in addition to the remains of Red Army soldiers, it was possible to discover a personal medallion and some other things of the soldiers.
Mahmud-Ali Kalimatov recalled the words of Russian President Vladimir Putin, who called the search movement a unique phenomenon in Russian public life. “It managed to unite tens of thousands of those who took upon themselves a noble mission - these people, according to him, feel sincere love for their country and feel a personal responsibility for preserving the memory of historical events,” the head of the republic emphasized.
The great respect with which burial sites are treated in Ingushetia is evidenced by a decree signed by the head of the republic in May. In accordance with it, the day of events aimed at the improvement and sanitary cleaning of cemeteries in the region is determined. According to the decree of Mahmud-Ali Kalimatov, every year, on the first Saturday of May, collective events will be held throughout Ingushetia to clean up mass graves.
Respect for burials also applies to memorial complexes. So, in particular, in 2023, the process of reconstruction of the GIoazot Kashmash memorial in Nazran began. The reconstruction began with the support of the Safmar charitable foundation and its founder, businessman and philanthropist Mikhail Gutseriev. The reconstruction of all cemeteries in Ingushetia was also launched. The entrepreneur allocated significant funds for these purposes. In 2023, 25 Muslim cemeteries and five Orthodox cemeteries were reconstructed on the territory of the republic. Reconstruction continues this year - it is planned to overhaul 39 Muslim and four Orthodox cemeteries.
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[Regnum] In Tatarstan, at the Zelenodolsk plant named after A. M. Gorky, a small missile ship of Project 22 800 “Typhoon” and a patrol ship of Project 22 160 “Victor the Great” were launched. This was reported by the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Russian Ministry of Defense.
“On behalf of the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy (Navy), Admiral Alexander Moiseev, the shipbuilders and crews of the ships were congratulated on this significant event by the head of the Navy shipbuilding department, Rear Admiral Ilyas Shigapov,” the message says.
The defense department added that, according to tradition, they smashed bottles of champagne on the stems of the ships before descending.
As Regnum reported, at the beginning of the year the newest mine defense ship Semyon Agafonov was laid down in St. Petersburg as part of project 12,700 code Alexandrite. The event took place at the Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard on January 18.
The minesweeper became the twelfth ship within the project. They decided to name the ship itself after the Hero of the Soviet Union Semyon Agafonov, a participant in the Great Patriotic and Soviet-Japanese Wars.
In early January, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced that the Russian Navy in 2024 will be replenished with the small missile ship Burya and the submarine Kronstadt. It was noted that this year the Russian Navy will continue the planned increase in its strength.
It was specified that the Baltic, Pacific and Black Sea fleets will be strengthened by several small missile and patrol ships, as well as sea minesweepers.
On December 25, 2023, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that five frigates, eight corvettes, 13 small missile ships and more than 50 other ships of various classes are currently in various stages of readiness at Russian shipyards. At the flag-raising ceremony on the frigate Admiral Golovko, the small missile ship Naro-Fominsk and the minesweeper Lev Chernavin, which are entering service with the Navy, the president said that Russian shipbuilding has entered a new important stage - serial production of warships of various classes.
The President also said that the country will strengthen its naval power in all strategic directions and will implement all plans for the construction of ships. The head of state thanked the workforce of the enterprises for their professionalism and high dedication, and wished the ship crews worthy service for the benefit of Russia.
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[Regnum] American non-governmental organization (NGO) Freedom House, inc.
…founded in 1941 to advocate for democracy and human rights, it is primarily funded by the US State Department…
recognized as undesirable in Russia. This was reported by the press service of the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation.
“The Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation recognized the activities of the international non-governmental organization Freedom House, Inc. as undesirable. (USA). Among the main activities of Freedom House is promoting the establishment of the so-called “dominant” role of the United States in the world,” the department’s website says.
They noted that since the beginning of the special operation, this organization has been actively promoting the policies of unfriendly states regarding the conflict in Ukraine, including discrediting the Russian Armed Forces.
Moreover, Freedom House calls for comprehensive assistance to Kyiv “to defeat Russia,” the confiscation of frozen Russian assets in favor of Ukraine, and the introduction of new sanctions against Russia and third countries that allegedly support Moscow.
“The organization provides information, financial, legal and other support to Russian opposition structures, pro-Western and LGBT activists (the movement is recognized as extremist and banned in the Russian Federation - editor’s note), communities defending their interests, and persons convicted of committing terrorist crimes,” - added the Prosecutor General's Office.
As Regnum reported, on May 3, the Ministry of Justice added the “Committee of Ingush Independence” to the register of undesirable organizations (an organization that performs the functions of a foreign agent in the Russian Federation and is recognized as undesirable).
On April 27, the Ministry of Justice included in the list of undesirable organizations “Feminist Anti-War Resistance” (an organization that performs the functions of a foreign agent in Russia and is recognized as undesirable).
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[REGNUM] In addition to the slow but constant surrender of positions at the front, Ukraine is steadily approaching financial capitulation. Only now it is not “Russian aggressors” who are attacking it, but “good friends” and “partners” represented by a pool of various creditors.
The recent US decision to allocate more than $60 billion to the Zelensky regime to continue military operations has led, among other things, to a clear revival among a large group of individuals who want to spend the aforementioned billions in style. Only in addition to the quite expected contenders for money like the American military-industrial complex, its lobbyists from the US establishment, and also, naturally, the Ukrainian authorities, others also submitted their applications to participate in the banquet.
Those who have already brought Ukraine to the brink of financial (and other) disaster.
As The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reports, citing its sources, a group of holders of Ukrainian government bonds will push Kiev to resume debt payments. Moreover, this push will be very noticeable, since the number of “shareholders” includes some of the largest investment companies in the United States, including the well-known BlackRock. According to WSJ, creditors have already formed a committee and hired expensive lawyers and bankers to negotiate interest payments.
Generally speaking, they wanted to do this earlier, but in the summer of 2022 they agreed to defer Ukraine’s payments on its external debt by going on a “credit holiday” until 2024. These holidays end in August.
So investors holding an estimated $20 billion worth of outstanding Eurobonds are now counting on resuming payments. And in return they offer to write off a significant part of the country's outstanding debt. Lenders expect to receive $500 million in interest payments per year.
Why is this option beneficial for them? After all, it would seem that if part of the debt is written off (and, apparently, we are talking not about just 2-3%, but about a significant amount - up to half), investors will lose billions? Have the classic sharks of American capitalism from BlackRock really decided to do charity work in relation to Ukraine?
No, the sharks are fine, they haven’t lost their appetite, and their prey isn’t going anywhere.
The thing is that the current holders of Ukrainian Eurobonds for a nominal amount of 20 billion, in large numbers, bought them at one time with a huge (due to the war) discount of 70–80%. those. bonds with a par value of $1,000/euro were purchased for $200–300/euro.
At market value, a portfolio of these bonds could be worth $4 billion to $6 billion, depending on the timing of the valuation. The average coupon rate is 7%, that is, about $1.4 billion annually in interest - this is if not a penny of debt is written off. But this is at face value. And if by market value, then 1.4 billion dollars from 4 billion dollars, this is already up to 35% per annum!
In such situations, it is clear that by agreeing to write off even 50% of the nominal value, investors remain at a great benefit.
As noted by the famous Ukrainian economist Alexey Kushch, “then companies such as BlackRock and Pimco will receive annual returns of up to 20%. Space!"
“And this is only for the coupon. If you bought someone else's debt for 20% of the face value, then you can agree to write off 50% of the face value, because interest will be charged on the remaining face value, which will still be two to three times more than the cost of the debt at the time of purchase. That is, write off 50% and charge interest on the balance at par, you will still get X2, X3 to the official interest on the coupon,” he says.
A similar trick with Ukrainian bonds was pulled off relatively recently, and the actors are not much different.
In the winter of 2014, at the height of the bloody events on the Maidan, almost 50% of Ukrainian Eurobonds were bought cheaply by another well-known American asset management company, Franklin Templeton. Among its largest shareholders are BlackRock and The Vanguard Group, which are among the “big three” investment companies in the United States (and the world as a whole).
A little later, in December 2015, already under the Euromaidan government - Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk and Finance Minister Natalia Yaresko (US citizen) - Western creditors, led by Franklin Templeton, also carried out a very profitable (for themselves) restructuring of Ukraine’s debt. Then, too, part of the national debt was written off, and in return investors received GDP warrants, a tax on the country’s economic growth, for the amount of debt write-off. As a result, the income that Western investors received (and continue to receive) from these operations significantly exceeded the losses that they seemed to have suffered from writing off part of the debt.
Something similar is planned now. If a design works, why not repeat it (with minor modifications) over and over again?
There is, however, one caveat. The holders of Ukrainian Eurobonds, who bought them cheaply, are not only BlackRock and the company. The same scheme was carried out by Ukrainian, so to speak, investors who are close to the authorities and therefore have insider information and money.
Unlike Western investment funds that have existed for many decades, they are not aimed at long-term “milking” of the Ukrainian budget, but at extracting more from it here and now. In relation to this case - to repay, at the expense of the state budget, bonds with a par value of 1000 dollars/euro, purchased for approximately 200 dollars/euro.
The reasons for this difference in approaches are obvious. Ukrainian holders of large blocks of Eurobonds are rich and influential people only as long as they are in or near power. The oligarch Igor Kolomoisky, languishing in prison, and many, many others will not let him lie.
And what will happen to the current Ukrainian government in a year or two, or even earlier, it’s unlikely that anyone can predict now. Therefore, the question of how exactly and when, after the end of the credit holiday, the debt on Ukraine’s Eurobonds will be repaid is still up in the air.
However, the same The Wall Street Journal bluntly points out that without an agreement with foreign bondholders, Ukraine will be forced to default in August of this year. For a state that exists solely thanks to more and more Western loans, this will mean a very quick collapse.
Therefore, we can say with confidence that creditors will not lose. In any case, money from the state budget will regularly replenish the budgets of private investors. Moreover, the state budget of Ukraine is managed by approximately the same external and internal managers who are also holders of the country’s debt.
Meanwhile, Ukraine’s public debt has reached a historical record level of almost 90% of GDP. Last year, Kyiv paid off about 18 billion dollars on all debts, and this year it is necessary to pay back 26.4 billion. The amount will only increase further.
The moment of collapse of the Ukrainian financial pyramid is steadily approaching, and its creators, meanwhile, are deciding how to get the most out of it before it collapses.
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[REGNUM] A major fire that broke out on Friday at the Diehl Gruppe plant in southwest Berlin immediately enveloped the German capital not only in a cloud of acrid black smoke, but also in all sorts of conspiracy theories.
Although Berlin police told reporters on Tuesday that the preliminary investigation had revealed "no signs of sabotage" at this time, some reporters had a good imagination, fueled by an article in The Financial Times about ubiquitous Russian agents sleeping and seeing how to arrange another petty mischief at the enterprises of the European military-industrial complex, they continue to look for a black cat in a dark room.
An article published on Sunday in a British publication with the headline “Intelligence agencies warn: Russia is preparing sabotage across Europe” has certainly fueled conspiracy theories around the Berlin fire.
Thus, journalists recalled that in mid-April, two Russian Germans were arrested in Bayreuth (Bavaria) for allegedly plotting attacks on military and logistics facilities in Germany on behalf of Russia.
At the end of April in the UK, the Crown Prosecution Service also charged two more men with starting a fire at a warehouse containing aid supplies for Ukraine on instructions from the Russian government.
Finally, in Sweden, security services are currently investigating a series of recent train accidents that they believe may be acts of sabotage.
A number of recent statements from other European capitals fit perfectly into a similar outline of pan-European hysteria: a statement by the Minister of Transport of the Czech Republic, according to which Russia tried to destroy the signaling systems on the Czech railways; a message from the Estonian Internal Security Service accusing Russia of organizing an attempt on the car of the Minister of Internal Affairs in February 2024; and of course, a warning from the French Ministry of Defense about possible sabotage attacks by Russia on military targets this year.
Well, how, pray tell, in such a situation can an ordinary German believe that a fire is just a fire?
The trigger for most speculation about the man-made nature of the fire is, of course, the fact that the Nuremberg industrial concern Diehl Gruppe is engaged not only in the production of metal structures for the automotive and aviation industries, but also carries out defense orders for the German government. In particular, the concern's enterprises manufacture the IRIS-T anti-aircraft missile system, currently used by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Journalists eager for sensations are not stopped even by the fact that Diehl’s military products are produced not in Berlin, but in Überlingen - that is, on the other side of Germany.
It is quite possible that the interest of the press was fueled by the fact that until 2012, products were manufactured at this enterprise by the company Schempp & Decker Präzisionsteile und Oberflächentechnik, which then came under the control of Diehl. However, as a spokesman for the concern stated, this company is currently not part of the Diehl Defense arms division and does not supply products to other Diehl Gruppe companies.
The morbid interest of reporters could also be aroused by the fact that until recently, the corporate office of Diehl Defense, responsible for external communications, was located on the territory of the untimely burned enterprise.
However, the company's PR and GR divisions, which already have nothing to do with production processes, recently moved to Potsdamer Platz, apparently for greater presence and easier communication with the Ministry of Defense and the administrative divisions of the Bundeswehr.
Let us briefly recall how events developed in the German capital: a fire broke out on the territory of the plant on Friday morning and quickly spread throughout the territory, especially affecting the electroplating workshop for cars, where hazardous substances were also stored.
The situation was complicated by the fact that during the fire, part of the building collapsed, which contained toxic chemicals - in particular, sulfuric acid and copper cyanide, the fumes of which, if inhaled, can be very dangerous to humans.
At the peak of the fire, the Berlin fire brigade was forced to deploy up to 220 firefighters and about 50 vehicles, including the fire brigade of Schönefeld Airport and the internal fire brigade of the pharmaceutical concern Bayer, which is well acquainted with extinguishing chemical fires.
At the same time, all employees of the affected plant were able to leave the fire scene on their own, and, according to authorities, no one was injured. The same cannot be said about the plant building, which was badly damaged by fire and is in danger of collapse. Its "controlled demolition" is expected to begin Tuesday, police said.
The Office of the Fire Marshal of the State Criminal Investigation Department has taken over the investigation.
Although a huge cloud of smoke appeared over Berlin on Friday and was preparing to move north across the city, causing mild panic in the German capital, elevated levels of pollutants were detected in the air only at the site of the incident, so there was no widespread alarm about chemical hazards in Berlin. was announced.
The situation is slightly worse with waste water and foam after extinguishing a fire: there is a danger that some of the waste still managed to leak through the barrier of sandbags and end up in the sewer system and the nearby Teltow Canal.
Be that as it may, on Sunday afternoon, as the author of IA Regnum, who specially arrived in the German capital to study the circumstances of the incident, personally noted, there was no longer any poisonous cloud over Berlin, there was no panic among the townspeople, and the remains of the plant continued to burn out peacefully under vigilant under the supervision of German firefighters.
Alas, sometimes you still have to admit that a fire is just a fire that broke out in a galvanizing shop as a result of an accident. No matter how much we sometimes want to witness a sensation.
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