Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[LB] During the day, 121 combat clashes were recorded on seven areas of the front.
by Ivanna Kapustyanska
805 days of large-scale armed aggression of the Russian Federation against our state continue. During the day, 121 combat clashes were recorded.
This is discussed in the evening summary of the General Staff.
In total, the enemy launched 59 missile and 55 air strikes, launched 84 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 were destroyed and damaged, as well as other objects of civil infrastructure, in particular energy
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. The enemy carried out airstrikes in the areas of Bely Kolodyaz, Stariy Saltiv and Lukyantsi settlements of the Kharkiv region. More than 10 settlements, including Bleshnya, Mykhalchyna Sloboda and Mystki in the Chernihiv region, were hit by enemy artillery and mortar fire; Progres, Iskryskivshchyna, Basivka and Zapsilya of the Sumy region.
In the Kupyansk direction, our soldiers repelled 7 attacks in the areas of Sinkivka, Ivanivka, Berestov settlements of the Kharkiv region; Stelmakhivka, Luhansk region, where the enemy tried to improve the tactical position. About 10 settlements came under artillery and mortar fire, including Petropavlivka, Stepova Novoselivka, and Berestov in the Kharkiv region.
In the Lyman direction, the Defense Forces repelled 9 attacks in the areas of Makiivka, Nevske, Novolyubivka and Serebryanske forestry of the Luhansk region. More than 10 settlements were affected by artillery and mortar shelling, among them Nevske in Luhansk region; Terny, Yampolivka, Torske, Donetsk region.
In the direction of Bakhmut, our soldiers repelled 21 attacks in the areas of Belogorivka settlements of Luhansk region; Andriivka, Verkhnokamianske, Novy, Ivanivske and Klishchiivka of the Donetsk region, where the enemy tried to improve the tactical position. The enemy also carried out airstrikes in the areas of Chasiv Yar, Druzhba, Severnye settlements of the Donetsk region. More than 10 settlements came under artillery and mortar fire, including Orikhovo-Vasylivka, Hryhorivka, and Chasiv Yar of the Donetsk region.
In the Avdiivsk direction, our defenders repelled 35 attacks in the areas of Novooleksandrivka, Yevgenivka, Sokil, Novopokrovske, Semenivka, Umanske, Netaylove and Nevelske settlements 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 airstrikes in the areas of Oleksandropil, Novoselivka Persha, Karlivka and Moskovske settlements of the Donetsk region. About 20 settlements, including Novooleksandrivka, Sokil, Novopokrovske and Umanske in 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 Kostyantynivka, Paraskoviivka and Urozhaine settlements of the Donetsk region, where the enemy, with the support of aviation, tried 6 times to break through the defense of our troops. More than 10 settlements came under artillery and mortar fire of the occupiers, among them Krasnohorivka, Maksimilianivka, Georgiivka of the Donetsk region.
In the Orihiv direction, the enemy attacked the positions of our defenders 19 times in the Staromayorsky district of the Donetsk region. He carried out an airstrike in the area of the settlement of Robotyne, Zaporizhzhia region. About 20 settlements, including Biloghirya, Robotyne, and Kamianske of the Zaporizhzhia region, were hit by 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 - he made 1 unsuccessful attack on the positions of our troops in the area of the settlement of Krynka, Kherson region. About 20 settlements, including Krynyky, Tyaginka, Kachkarivka, Kizomys, Stanislav of the Kherson region and the city of Kherson, were subjected to artillery and mortar shelling.
During the day, the aviation of the Defense Forces and units of the missile forces struck 3 anti-aircraft defense systems, 2 artillery systems and 8 enemy personnel concentration areas.
Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 22:11 The United States is working on new packages of military assistance to Ukraine, but is not yet ready to talk about the timing, State Department Speaker Matthew Miller said.
22:09 Zelensky said in an evening video message that he heard a separate report from the Minister of Defense and a report from the Commander-in-Chief today. The main priorities are positions at the front, the physical protection of people and communities, and the disruption of any attempts at offensive actions by the Russian Federation.
22:04 The Slovaks have collected more than 4 million euros for shells for Ukraine - this money is enough to produce almost 2,700 artillery ammunition. They should be delivered to Ukraine no later than the end of summer, said Dodo Dobrik, a participant in the Gift for Putin project.
21:56 The Russians attacked Ukraine at night with a new and modernized X-101 missile with a double warhead, writes the specialized publication Defense Express. The main feature of the missile is that in addition to the standard warhead weighing 450 kg, it had an additional warhead weighing 350 kg, that is, a warhead weighing 800 kg was used in total.
20:57 The UK announced an additional contribution to the Ukraine Energy Support Fund in the amount of about 23 million euros, the Ministry of Energy reported. The funds will be used to purchase equipment to repair damaged energy infrastructure, strengthen physical protection and provide backup power, including generators and distributed generation.
20:31 The Verkhovna Rada adopted in the second reading bill No. 11079-1, which allowed certain categories of prisoners to mobilize into the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. As expected, such an initiative caused a strong reaction in society and many concerns, but people’s deputies assure that the document is well thought out and prohibits the mobilization of those convicted of serious crimes. Read more in the material Mobilization of prisoners: who will go to the front.
19:24 Zelensky said that he had telephone conversations with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Prime Ministers of Denmark and the Netherlands Matte Frederiksen and Mark Rutte, Secretary General of the Council of Europe Maria Pejčinović-Burich - they all confirmed their participation in the Global Peace Summit, which will be held in Switzerland on 15 -June 16. In addition, the president had a “long and substantive” conversation with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban. Zelensky invited him to the Peace Summit, and the integration of Ukraine into the EU was also discussed.
19:18 The total resource of prisoners who could potentially be mobilized into the Ukrainian Defense Forces is 15-20 thousand people, said the head of the parliamentary faction Servant of the People David Arakhamia. “We don’t know how many of them will sign the contract, because this will happen by agreement of the parties. We estimate that it will be several thousand people,” he added. Arakhamia noted that prisoners will be able to mobilize after a court decision on parole.
18:53 The former commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, who did not appear in public for a long time after resigning from office, became more active in the media field and social networks. First, he published a photo on his Facebook page, and then met with one of the Ukrainian singers and came to Lina Kostenko’s home. Read more about Zaluzhny’s appearance in public in the article What surprised the general.
18:27 Great Britain will send the Russian military attaché, “who is an undeclared military intelligence officer,” said the country’s Interior Minister James Cleverley. London will also deprive some properties of diplomatic status and limit the validity of Russian diplomatic visas.
17:58 The number of victims as a result of the shelling of Kharkov has increased to seven, of which four are children from eight to 15 years old, said the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov. Two children are in serious condition.
17:46 In India, four citizens were arrested suspected of luring Indians by deception into the war in Ukraine on the side of the Russian Federation, the BBC reports, citing the Indian Central Bureau of Investigation. According to the department, people were lured with offers of study and work in Russia with high salaries and obtaining Russian citizenship. As a result, at least 35 Indians ended up in the war, at least two of them died. According to Reuters, the Indian Foreign Ministry "in strong terms" raised this issue with the Russian authorities.
17:29 Italian President Sergio Mattarella said that Russia's invasion of Ukraine cannot be resolved by encouraging the Kremlin's aggression. According to him, peace can only come when the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine is restored.
17:01 EU permanent representatives have previously agreed on the use of income from Russian assets for military assistance to Ukraine, the Belgian presidency reported.
16:56 The elected President of Slovakia, Peter Pellegrini, stated the need for “peaceful negotiations” between Ukraine and the Russian Federation and noted that he was ready to offer Bratislava as a platform for them.
16:15 In the almost completely destroyed Chasovy Yar of the Donetsk region, 679 people remain who refuse to evacuate, said the head of the OBA Vadim Filashkin. According to him, every day it becomes more and more difficult to deliver humanitarian aid to the city, since the enemy is shooting at all routes.
16:03 Since March, Russia has resumed periodic massive attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure, which were previously practiced in the fall of 2022 and next winter. According to Ukrenergo estimates, this is the fifth such attack since March 22. In early April, Putin acknowledged new attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure, presenting them as a response to Ukrainian attacks on Russian fuel and energy sector facilities. Read more in the article Power outages throughout the country.
15:40 The European Union did not refuse to recognize Putin as President of Russia, since all member states could not reach a consensus on this issue, said Peter Stano, spokesman for the EU foreign policy service. According to him, the bloc itself does not have the authority to recognize or not recognize anyone’s power, and traditionally such a decision is made by member states.
“Of course, if 27 member states unanimously say that they do not recognize the legitimacy of a country’s representative, as they did in the case of the Syrian leader Assad or the dictator in Belarus Lukashenko, then we can have this position. In the case of Russia there is no pan-European EU position agreed upon by the 27 countries that would argue that we do not see Putin as a legitimate representative of Russia,” Stano explained.
15:07 British intelligence reports that Russia has begun equipping its main X-101 aircraft missiles with a second warhead. It is designed for increased fragmentation damage to the target, which will make it more effective against unfortified targets. Analysts note that the range of such missiles is halved, but this will still be enough for Russia to strike throughout Ukraine.
14:59 Three children injured as a result of the shelling of Kharkov are in serious condition, said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OBA. According to him, the boys, aged 13, 14 and 15, were playing football on the playground when the Russians struck the city. Two adults were also injured.
14:32 In Kharkov, the number of victims has increased to five, of which three are children, said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA.
14:28 The Verkhovna Rada adopted a bill on the mobilization of convicts as a whole. According to the document, only certain categories of prisoners can mobilize. It is prohibited for those convicted of premeditated murder, sexual violence and crimes against the fundamentals of national security to mobilize.
14:05 In Kharkov, according to preliminary information, a hit was recorded in an open area on the territory of an educational institution. There is information about three injured children aged 12 to 15 years, said the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov.
13:41 The Russians attacked Kharkov - according to preliminary information, at least three children were injured, said the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov.
13:24 The Verkhovna Rada approved presidential decrees on extending martial law and general mobilization for 90 days - until August 11, 2024. Now Zelensky must sign them. This is the 11th decision to implement martial law and general mobilization since the beginning of a full-scale war.
13:10 The number of victims of the Russian attack on Odessa on April 29 has increased to seven - one of the wounded died in the hospital, the city council reported.
12:59 In the Donetsk region, rescuers spent more than ten hours extinguishing a fire in a coniferous forest in the vicinity of the city of Liman, caused by Russian shelling. A total of five fires broke out over a total area of 470 hectares. There was no information about deaths or injuries, the State Emergency Service reported.
12:21 In 2024, Ukraine caught up with Russia in terms of production of kamikaze drones similar to Shahed-131 and Shahed-136, as well as in the production of other attack drones, General Director of Ukroboronprom German Smetanin said in an interview with ArmyInform. He confirmed that “everything that explodes in Russia is all ours.”
In addition, according to Smetanin, Ukraine has significantly increased the production of ammunition - this is the main product the front is waiting for. The enterprises have not only established and are scaling up the serial production of artillery shells and mortar mines of Soviet caliber, but are also gradually moving to the production of NATO caliber ammunition - 60-mm mortar mines. The Defense Forces also successfully use air defense systems developed as part of the Ukrainian-American FrankenSAM project against enemy drones. Such a system shot down the Iranian kamikaze drone Shahed from a distance of 9 km. “We are capable of producing even more, but we are constrained by the state’s lack of money, and we are counting on additional funding, in particular from abroad,” Smetanin added.
11:37 Tonight from 18:00 to 23:00 it is possible to restrict household and industrial consumers throughout Ukraine, Ukrenergo reported. The restrictions will be evenly distributed across all regions, and shutdown schedules will be published on the official pages of local regional power companies. The reason for the restrictions is a shortage of electricity in the energy system, which arose due to new damage to the equipment of Ukrainian power plants as a result of Russian strikes. A particularly difficult situation is expected today from 18:00 to 23:00 - Ukrainians are asked to consume electricity sparingly at this time.
11:14 Lithuania may refuse to provide residence permits to men from Ukraine if Kiev proves that they are evading military service, said Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte. At the same time, according to her, Lithuania will not deport or search for Ukrainian men in the country, because this would be illegal.
Simonyte also stated that Lithuania is ready to send its soldiers to Ukraine on a training mission. According to her, the Lithuanian parliament has already given permission, but Kyiv has not yet asked for it.
10:43 They plan to include a clause in the NATO declaration following the July summit stating that the Alliance will not send its troops to Ukraine, writes the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera. Also at the summit, a decision should be made on the transfer of coordination of Western assistance to Ukraine from the United States to NATO headquarters. The publication notes that in general, “the strategy dictated by the United States does not change,” but a “change of pace” is being prepared.
10:02 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of May 8:
personnel - about 477,430 (+970) people,
tanks - 7418 (+13),
armored combat vehicles - 14,246 (+19),
artillery systems - 12,317 (+30),
MLRS - 1057 (+0),
air defense systems - 792 (+0),
aircraft - 349 (+0),
helicopters - 325 (+0),
UAV of operational-tactical level - 9728 (+11),
cruise missiles - 2151 (+2),
ships/boats - 26 (+0),
submarines - 1 (+0),
automotive equipment and tank trucks - 16,549 (+40),
special equipment - 2019 (+2).
09:38 Over the past 24 hours, 84 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 27 attacks in the areas of the settlements of Alexandropol, Novoaleksandrovka, Progress, Evgenievka, Novoselovka Pervaya, Umanskoye, Netaylovo, Donetsk region. Another 17 attacks were repulsed in the Bakhmut direction - in the areas of Verkhnekamensky, Vyemka, Sporny, Razdolovka, Ivanovsky, Novy and Andreevka of the Donetsk region.
In the Seversky and Slobozhansky directions, the Defense Forces did not allow the penetration of enemy DRGs in the area of the settlement of Pylnaya, Kharkov region. In the Kupyansk direction, 16 enemy attacks were repelled in the areas of Sinkovka, Peschanoye, Berestovo in the Kharkov region, as well as Stelmakhovka in the Lugansk region; on Limansky - three attacks in the Nevsky district of the Lugansk region and Ternov, Donetsk region; on Novopavlovsky - 11 attacks in the areas of Krasnohorivka, Konstantinovka, Vodyanoy and Urozhayny, Donetsk region; on Orekhovsky - six attacks in the area of Staromayorsky, Donetsk region, Rabotino and north-west of Verbovoy, Zaporozhye region; on Kherson - three attacks on the left bank of the Dnieper.
09:25 The head of the Lviv Regional Military Administration, Maxim Kozitsky, clarified that in the Stryisky district, Russian troops attacked a gas storage facility, in Chervonogradsky - a heating station. He noted that the region lacks modern air defense systems; they are trying to compensate for this by creating mobile groups.
09:13 Zelensky recorded an address on the occasion of Remembrance Day and the victory over Nazism in World War II. The President emphasized that “the world slept through the revival of Nazism - at 5 am on February 24, 2022. And today everyone who remembers the Second World War and has lived to this day feels déjà vu.”
09:10 In the Ivano-Frankivsk region, as a result of a night attack on an energy infrastructure facility, a fire started, which was quickly extinguished. No people were injured, said Svetlana Onishchuk, head of the OVA.
09:06 At night, Russian troops shelled Belozerka, Kherson region - one person was killed, two were wounded, said the head of the OVA Alexander Prokudin. Over the previous 24 hours, one person was killed and three were injured as a result of Russian shelling in the region.
08:59 In the morning, Russia attacked the civilian railway infrastructure in Kherson; as a result of the attacks, the tracks and the city station were damaged, Ukrzaliznytsia reported. The movement of train No. 121/122 Kyiv - Kherson - Kyiv is temporarily limited to Nikolaev, from there passengers will be transported to Kherson and back by buses. All 99 passengers are safe.
08:44 Air defense destroyed 59 out of 76 air targets at night, the Air Force command reported. Russia used for a combined strike:
one Kh-47M2 Kinzhal aeroballistic missile (launched from the Tambov region);
two X-59/X-69 guided aircraft missiles (occupied Zaporozhye region);
21 attack UAVs of the Shahed-131/136 type (Primorsko-Akhtarsk, Kursk region).
59 air targets destroyed:
33 Kh-101/Kh-555 cruise missiles;
four Caliber cruise missiles;
two X-59/X-69 guided aircraft missiles;
20 attack UAVs of the Shahed-131/136 type.
08:38 Zelensky said that on the Day of Remembrance and Victory over Nazism in World War II, Russia fired more than 50 missiles and more than 20 suicide bombers into Ukraine. Infrastructure was attacked in Lviv, Vinnytsia, Kyiv, Poltava, Kirovograd, Zaporozhye, and Ivano-Frankivsk regions.
08:32 At night, the Russians attacked the Kiev region with missiles and drones, two people were wounded, the prosecutor's office reported. In several areas of the region, private households were damaged and fires broke out. The mayor of Brovary, Igor Sapozhko, clarified that two people were injured as a result of a missile attack and a fire at a civilian infrastructure facility. In Kyiv itself, all air targets were shot down, said the head of the KGVA Sergei Popko. According to him, the enemy attacked the capital with X-101/X-555/X-55 cruise missiles.
08:26 At night, the Russians attacked two critical energy infrastructure facilities in the Lviv region, said the head of the OBA Maxim Kozitsky. In particular, cruise missiles hit a power generation facility in the Chervonograd region, and firefighters are working on the scene. Also, as a result of the missile hit, a critical energy infrastructure facility in the Stryisky district was damaged. In addition, in the morning the enemy attacked the area with Daggers - critical and residential infrastructure was not damaged.
08:05 In Zaporozhye, as a result of a night attack, there was destruction at critical and civilian infrastructure facilities, said the head of the OVA, Ivan Fedorov. Over the past 24 hours, one person was injured in the region as a result of an air strike in the Zaporozhye region.
07:53 At night, three thermal power plants of DTEK came under Russian attack, the equipment was significantly damaged, the company reported.
07:42 The head of the Vinnytsia OVA, Sergei Borzov, reported that critical infrastructure facilities were hit during a night attack.
07:37 At night, the Russians fired artillery and kamikaze drones at the Nikopol district of the Dnepropetrovsk region. One person was injured, five private houses, a gas pipeline, and a power line were damaged, said the head of the OVA, Sergei Lysak.
07:29 In the Poltava region, a hit to an energy infrastructure facility was recorded. According to preliminary information, no people were injured, said the head of the OVA, Philip Pronin.
07:26 As a result of a night missile attack in the Alexandria district of the Kirovograd region, a critical infrastructure facility was damaged, said the head of the OBA Andrei Raikovich. An eight-year-old child was injured and 13 private houses were damaged.
07:20 Russia attacked electricity generation and transmission facilities in the Poltava, Kirovograd, Zaporozhye, Lvov, Ivano-Frankivsk and Vinnytsia regions at night, said Energy Minister German Galushchenko. He called for economical use of electricity, especially in the morning and evening hours.
01:12 The Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked an oil depot in Lugansk, said the leader of the “LPR” Leonid Pasechnik. As a result of the attack, a fire broke out and five oil depot employees were injured. Power lines were damaged and houses in the area of the oil depot were partially without power.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Korrespondent] Ukrainian defenders fend off dozens of enemy attacks every day.
In the Avdeevsky direction, our defenders repelled 35 attacks in the areas of the settlements of Novoaleksandrovka, Evgenyevka, Sokol, Novopokrovskoye, Semenovka, Umanskoye, Netailovo and Nevelskoye in the Donetsk region.
The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces published operational information about the Russian invasion as of Wednesday evening, May 8.
“During the day, 121 military clashes were recorded. In total, the enemy launched 59 missile and 55 air strikes, carried out 84 attacks from multiple launch rocket systems on the positions of our troops and populated areas. As a result of Russian terrorist attacks, unfortunately, there were wounded among the civilian population "Multi-storey and private buildings, as well as other civil infrastructure facilities, in particular energy infrastructure, were destroyed and damaged," the General Staff said in a statement.
In the Kupyansk direction, Ukrainian fighters repelled seven attacks in the areas of the settlements of Sinkovka, Ivanovka, Berestovo, Kharkov region; Stelmakhovka, Lugansk region, where the enemy tried to improve the tactical situation.
In the Liman direction, the Defense Forces repelled nine attacks in the areas of the settlements of Makeevka, Nevskoye, Novolyubovka and Serebryansky forestry in the Lugansk region.
In the Bakhmut direction, our soldiers repelled 21 attacks in the areas of Belogorovka settlements, Lugansk region; Andreevka, Verkhnekamenskoe, Novy, Ivanovskoe and Kleshchievka of the Donetsk region, where the enemy tried to improve the tactical situation.
In the Avdeevsky direction, our defenders repelled 35 attacks in the areas of the settlements of Novoaleksandrovka, Evgenievka, Sokol, Novopokrovskoye, Semenovka, Umanskoye, Netaylovo and Nevelskoye in the Donetsk region, where the enemy, with the support of aviation, tried to oust our units from their occupied lines.
In the Novopavlovsk direction, the Defense Forces continue to contain the enemy in the areas of the settlements of Konstantinovka, Paraskoveevka and Urozhaynoye in the Donetsk region, where the enemy, with the support of aviation, tried six times to break through the defenses of our troops.
In the Orekhovsky direction, the enemy attacked the positions of our defenders 19 times in the Staromayorskoye area of the Donetsk region.
In the Kherson direction, the enemy made one unsuccessful attack on the positions of our troops in the area of the village of Krynki, Kherson region.
During the day, aviation of the Defense Forces and units of the missile forces carried out strikes on three air defense systems, two artillery assets and eight areas where enemy personnel were concentrated.
The enemy broke into the city in small assault groups and settled on the territory of the fireproof plant.
Ukrainian defenders are now completely under fire control of Krasnohorivka and its surroundings.
Units of the Defense Forces blocked the assault groups of the Russian army that broke through to Krasnohorivka, Donetsk region. This was stated by the speaker of the operational-strategic group of troops "Khortitsa", Lieutenant Colonel Nazar Voloshin, Army Inform reports.
“The enemy broke into the city in small assault groups and settled in the territory of the refractory plant. Through the efforts of our units, including the 59th brigade, the enemy was blocked and is still there,” the military man said.
Enemy groups are now cut off from ammunition supplies.
“Our defenders have complete fire control over both Krasnogorovka and the surrounding area of the settlement. Over the past 24 hours, the defenders have destroyed about 30 enemies on the approaches to Krasnogorovka,” the speaker added.
The enemy is now conducting assaults near the village of Netailovo and is trying to storm the eastern part of Pervomaisky.
“At Nevelskoye they also enter in small groups, counterattack, and our soldiers fight them off,” Voloshin noted.
Article Linked To Is Available Only Via VPN
[EngMilRu] In response to the Kiev regime's attempt to damage Russian power facilities, the Russian Armed Forces launched a long-range high-precision group strike by sea- and air-based missiles, the Kinzhal aeroballistic hypersonic missile system, unmanned aerial vehicles at power facilities, as well as enterprises of the Ukrainian military-industrial complex.
The goal of the strike has been achieved. All the assigned targets have been engaged.
As a result of the strike, Ukraine's ability to produce military hardware and deliver Western-made weaponry and military hardware to the line of contact has been significantly reduced.
Units of the Zapad Group of Forces improved the tactical situation along the front lines and completely liberated Kislovka (Kharkov region).
Two counter-attacks launched by assault detachments of the AFU 31st Ukrainian National Guard Brigade were repelled near Grigorovka (Donetsk People's Republic) and Stelmakhovka (Lugansk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 55 Ukrainian troops and two 122mm D-30 howitzers.
Units of the Yug Group of Forces captured more advantageous lines and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 92nd Assault Brigade, 28th, 93rd Mechanised brigades, 56th Motorised Infantry Brigade, 4th National Guard Brigade, 104th, and 106th Territorial Defence brigades near Spornoye, Andreyevka, Kurdyumovka, Minkovka, and Kleshcheyevka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 355 Ukrainian troops, one tank, and two motor vehicles.
In the course of counterbattery warfare, one U.S.-made 155mm M777 howitzer, one Polish-made 155mm Krab self-propelled artillery system, one 122mm D-30 howitzer, one Anklav electronic warfare station, and one ammunition depot were wiped out.
Units of the Tsentr Group of Forces completely liberated Novokalinovo (Donetsk People's Republic), as well as inflicted losses on units of the AFU 132th Mechanised Brigade and 68th Jaeger Brigade near Leninskoye and Umanskoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
11 counter-attacks launched by assault detachments of the AFU 24th, 47th, 100th Mechanised brigades, 59th Motorised Infantry Brigade, 25th Airborne Brigade, 142th Infantry Brigade, and 78th Separate Air Assault Regiment were repelled near Schumy, Novgorodskoye, Vodyanoye, Solovyovo, Semyonovka, Pervomayskoye, and Netaylovo (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 415 Ukrainian troops, one German-made Leopard tank, four armoured fighting vehicles, five motor vehicles, two 122mm D-30 howitzers, and one 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system.
Units of the Vostok Group of Forces captured more advantageous lines and repelled two counter-attacks of the AFU 72nd Mechanised Brigade and 123rd Territorial Defence Brigade near Urozhaynoye and Staromayorskoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 170 Ukrainian troops, one tank, three armoured fighting vehicles, including one U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carrier, three motor vehicles, one U.S.-made 155mm M198 howitzer, and one 152mm2S3 Akatsiya self-propelled artillery system.
Units of the Dnepr Group of Forces inflicted losses on manpower and hardware clusters of the AFU 65th Mechanised Brigade, 15th National Guard Brigade, 35th Naval Infantry Brigade, and 121st Territorial Defence Brigade near Rabotino, Verbovoye (Zaporozhye region), Ivanovka, and Tyaginka (Kherson region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 55 Ukrainian troops, three motor vehicles, one 152mm 2S3 Akatsiya self-propelled artillery system, and one 122mm D-30 howitzer.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Groups of Forces of the Russian Federation destroyed one unmanned aerial vehicle production workshop of the AFU 101st Territorial Defence Brigade, AFU ammunition and missile artillery depots.
In addition, clusters of AFU manpower and hardware have been engaged in 113 areas.
Air defence units shot down one U.S.-made ATACMS operational-tactical missile, three French-made Hammer guided aerial bombs, as well as 11 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles.
In total, 594 airplanes, 270 helicopters, 23,828 unmanned aerial vehicles, 512 anti-aircraft missile systems, 15,950 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,280 combat vehicles of multiple rocket launcher systems, 9,385 field artillery guns and mortars, and 21,548 special military vehicles have been neutralised since the beginning of the special military operation.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFront] 23:58 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 05/08/2024 to 00:00 05/09/2024.
A total of 26 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 the death of a civilian, and four civilians were also injured, incl. teenage girl born in 2007.
DAMAGED:
A total of 12 residential buildings,
One civil infrastructure facility.
Three artillery attacks in the Donetsk direction
A total of 22 artillery attacks in the Gorlovka direction
One artillery attack in the Volnovakha direction
A total of 88 units of various ammunition were fired.
21:04 One civilian was killed, four more were wounded as a result of Ukrainian artillery attack of the DPR, Denis Pushilin reported
19:50 The artillery of the “North” group calculated and destroyed electronic warfare station of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
A characteristic antenna located in a forest belt near one of the border villages was discovered by scouts using a UAV, after which the artillery crew of the “fearless” covered the position with accurate shots. At least two direct hits were recorded.
19:20 Daily calculations of 122mm BM-21 MLRS "Grad" struck command posts and fortifications, areas of concentration of forces and enemy artillery batteries. Unmanned aerial vehicles are used to reconnaissance targets and adjust fire.
18:40Offensive on Chasov Yar, May 8:
After a series of heavy defeats and lost support units, the Ukrainian Armed Forces tried to counterattack south of the Novy microdistrict. They rolled out several tanks and threw a company of infantry into battle. After several sighting shots from the artillery of the Russian Armed Forces, the infantry fled to the outposts and dugouts, and the tanks were destroyed by the Burevestnik UAV detachment.
There are also some changes in tactics: “meat assaults” are periodically carried out to try to recapture lost positions, but, as in other sectors of the front, territorial defenses are used for such events, rather than well-trained troops. The command of the Ukrainian Armed Forces prefers to save them in case of a breakthrough of Russian troops through the Seversky Donets canal.
18:25 Destroyed as a result of the arrival of the Russian FAB-250 aerial bomb with a universal planning and correction module (UMPC), Ukrainian staff vehicles MSh-PSh on the MAZ-63172 chassis.
18:10 The AN/TPQ-36 mobile radar of the Ukrainian Armed Forces was in the wrong place at the wrong time. As a result, it was destroyed by an accurate hit from the Lancet -video.
17:40 The liberation of Kislovka in the Kharkov region made it possible to level the front line for further advance to the city of Kupyansk, as well as cut off a number of logistics hubs of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. This was reported by military expert Andrei Marochko.
17:14 Ukrainian Telegram channels reported explosions in the Dnepropetrovsk region, a cloud of smoke at the site of the explosion.
16:58 News from the Kupyansky direction from NGP RaZVedka:
“Our troops in the Khar'kov region broke through the enemy’s defenses in the area of ?the village of Berestovoe and, having defeated a number of oporniks, came close to the village, fierce battles broke out. The “temperature” on this front is rapidly rising, which is expected. The enemy will be defeated and put to shame."
15:57 The situation in the Vremyevsky direction is reported by the “Z Committee”:
The Russian Armed Forces have advanced near Staromayorsky, and battles are already taking place on the territory of the populated area
. 15:09 Assault units of the “Southern” group of troops continue to improve their skills in close combat when storming enemy positions -video.
14:46 The Russian Aerospace Forces launched a powerful strike with aerial bombs on targets in the Kharkov region
14:25 Vrem'evskoe direction: battles in Urozhainy and Staromayorsky. Situation as of 14.00 May 8, 2024:
After successfully occupying the territory of an agricultural enterprise in the south of Urozhaynoye, Russian troops continue to conduct an offensive in the Urozhaynoye - Staromayorskoye sector.
In Urozhainy, the enemy makes unsuccessful attempts to counterattack in small groups with armored vehicles, but under counter fire from Russian troops retreats to the northern outskirts of the village.
In just a few days, Far Eastern Marines from the 40th Guards Naval Infantry Brigade expanded the controlled zone in the southwest of Urozhayny by more than half a kilometer in depth. TOS-1A heavy flamethrower systems also strike enemy positions.
Ukrainian formations tried to transfer reinforcements to Staromayorskoye from the side located in the north of Makarovka, but the Russian Armed Forces destroyed four pickup trucks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces with manpower.
At the same time, to the west of Staromayorsky, fighters of the 60th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade advanced into a forest plantation, capturing two enemy strongholds. According to some reports, they also managed to cut the road from Rovnopol, but there is no objective evidence of this yet.
A certain activation in some sectors of the front, which have rarely appeared in reports in recent months, may force the Ukrainian Armed Forces to use at least part of their reserves there. Which, in turn, will in the future make it easier for the Russian Armed Forces to attack near Avdievka or in other directions.
14:02 According to the Ukrainian resource DeepState, most of the village. Staromayorske has moved into the “gray zone”; there are no Ukrainian troops there.
13:49 Summary of the progress of hostilities over the past 24 hours from the Russian Ministry of Defense:
The Russian Armed Forces struck enterprises of the military-industrial complex of Ukraine, due to this, Kyiv’s capabilities for producing military products and transferring Western weapons and military equipment to the line of combat contact were significantly reduced;
During the course of 24 hours, operational-tactical aviation, missile forces and artillery of groups of troops of the RF Armed Forces destroyed: a workshop for the production of unmanned aerial vehicles, ammunition depots and missile and artillery weapons of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and also damaged manpower and military equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in 113 regions;
Air defense systems shot down an ATACMS operational-tactical missile, three Hammer guided bombs, as well as 11 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles;
The losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the special operation zone exceeded 1,000 militants killed and wounded.
13:38 The Russian army liberated the settlements of Novokalinovo in the DPR and Kislovka in the Kharkov region, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported
12:57 In Krasnogorovka (DPR), Military Chronicle reports:
After the capture of part of the industrial zone with a refractory plant, the assault began. Russian army units began to put pressure on the Ukrainian Armed Forces from the side of the street. Tchaikovsky in the east of the city.
In this part, Ukrainian troops hold the territory of the central district hospital and the agricultural technical school, however, due to the lack of the opportunity to obtain large reserves, this is becoming increasingly difficult. In parallel, Russian artillery is actively pressing on the reserves and supplies of the Ukrainian Armed Forces behind the Zhukovsky reservoir to the west of Krasnogorovka and is working along Selidovo, from where the Ukrainian Armed Forces are trying to strengthen the (for now) fortified area occupied by the Ukrainian army by rail.
12:05 Information is received about the advance of our forces in Krasnogorovka in the northeast of the city from the Lozovaya River. Our troops have advanced significantly along Nakhimov and 1 May streets in the direction of the street junction. Western-Nakhimova-May 1. There are approximately 700 meters left to the junction itself.
11:57 UAV operators of the 14th Separate Guards Special Forces Brigade struck Ukrainian Armed Forces vehicle in the Northern Military District zone. First, the operators hit the pickup truck with an FPV drone, and then finished it off with a drop.
11:22 New explosions in Khar'kov.
10:55 Units of the “Center” group of troops as a result of successful actions improved tactical position and defeated the manpower and equipment of 24, 115 Mechanized, 143 Infantry and 68 Yaeger brigades in the Leninskoye, Novokalinovo, Semenovka and Solovyevo areas.
A counterattack by the assault group of the 100th Mechanized Brigade in the Ocheretino area was repelled. The enemy lost up to 395 troops, an Abrams tank, two Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, two armored combat vehicles, four cars, a 152mm D-20 howitzer, a 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mount, four 122mm D-30 howitzers.
10:10 The Russian Armed Forces advanced deep into Krasnogorovka and near the village of Staromayorskoye in the DPR - DeepState
09:37 The Russian army gained a foothold in Staromayorsky this night, reports Whisper of the Front. The enemy also confirms the advance of the Russian Armed Forces in this area.
“In the Velikonovoselkovsky direction, Russian troops continue to put pressure in the area of Urozhainy and Staromayorsky. Under the latter, the enemy advanced in an area up to 3.3 km wide to a depth of 1.15 km,” one of the Ukrainian channels reported.
08:25 Mined cache with foreign weapons discovered in the suburbs of Avdievka, the FSB Directorate for the DPR told reporters.
The cache contained an American FGM-148 Javelin ATGM, two Swedish Sakrat RPGs, 28 VOG-25 ammunition, two RPO-A rocket-propelled infantry flamethrowers and 800 rounds of 7.62x54 ammunition.
08:11 122mm BM-21 Grad crews destroyed camouflaged self-propelled artillery installations and manpower of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the special operation zone
Artillery crews of the West group of forces continue to deliver precision strikes around the clock on military targets, positions, fortifications, military equipment, column movements and manpower of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
08:10 Morning summary May 8, 2024:
At night, a combined strike was launched on the territory of Ukraine using missile weapons and the Geranium UAV. Missile launches were carried out from Tu-95ms, from the Black Sea, the enemy reported hypersonic “Daggers”. Explosions were heard in Kyiv, Zaporozhye, Dnepropetrovsk, Stryi and the Dobrotvor railway station on the border of the Lviv region, Lubny and Kremenchug (Poltava region), Ladyzhyn in the Vinnitsa region, as well as in the Dnepropetrovsk region.
At 6:30 (Moscow time), after the alarm had all cleared, enemy monitoring channels reported launches of hypersonic “Daggers”, after which explosions were heard in the Ternopil region.
There are no changes in the dynamics of the situation in the Kherson direction; the enemy continues to strike with drones and artillery, has plans to create new points of tension on our shore, and uses unmanned vehicles to deliver goods to our shore. The enemy's plan to create a new focus of hostilities in the island zone near the Cossack Camps is visible.
The assault on Rabotino continues on the Zaporozhye Front. Enemy attacks were repelled north-west of Verbovoy.
In the Vrem'evsky direction there are battles in Urozhainy, reports of intensification of our actions near Staromayorsky.
In the South Donetsk direction, the Russian Armed Forces are storming Krasnogorovka and fighting in Georgievka.
In the Pokrovsky direction (west of Avdeevka), the Russian Army is building on its success in the Ocheretinsky salient. Our units are moving from Ocheretino to the west towards the village. The enemy is trying to slow down progress north to Novoaleksandrovka by mining the area and striking FPV drones. Fighting is already taking place near the outskirts of Novopokrovsky (west of Berdychi). In Netailovo, Russian armed forces storm the central part of the village.
Active battles are taking place near the outskirts of Chasov Yar, artillery and aviation are targeting enemy positions in the city, there are no significant changes in the passage of the LBS.
08:07 Russian Su-30SM fighter destroyed Ukrainian Armed Forces drone in the special operation zone, the Ministry of Defense reported.
08:00 The Ministry of Defense spoke about breakdown of regrouping of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the Dnieper.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] The information coming from the Security Service of Ukraine can hardly be perceived as truthful, press secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov told reporters on May 8.
This is how he responded to a request to comment on reports from the SBU about the detention of high-ranking employees of the State Security Department of Ukraine, who allegedly planned an assassination attempt on a number of leading officials of the country, including the head of the Kiev regime, Vladimir Zelensky, on instructions from the Russian special services.
“I can’t comment at all. In general, as you understand, the information coming from the SBU can hardly be perceived as truthful, so I can’t say anything,” the presidential press secretary noted.
As Regnum reported, on May 7, the SBU announced the detention of an employee of the state security department, Colonel Andrei Guk, and one of his colleagues on suspicion of treason.
Together with three other defendants in the same criminal case, the detainees allegedly prepared “on instructions from the Russian special services” an assassination attempt on Zelensky, the head of the SBU Vasily Malyuk, the head of the intelligence department Kirill Budanov (an individual included in the list of terrorists and extremists in the Russian Federation) and other officials, it was noted in a message from the SBU.
Russia does not need the death of Zelensky, he is much more useful alive, because otherwise he will not be able to talk about the crimes of the Kiev regime, to which the Western ruling circles are related, leading researcher at the Institute of CIS Countries, political scientist Alexander Dudchak said earlier in an interview with Regnum. For the West, Zelensky is more profitable in the role of a “sacred victim,” the expert emphasized.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] Ukrainian oligarch Igor Kolomoisky (an individual included in the list of terrorists and extremists in the Russian Federation), who was charged with organizing a contract killing, may be sentenced to life imprisonment. A message about this was published on May 8 in the Telegram channel of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU).
The SBU noted that a “well-known Ukrainian businessman,” already under arrest on suspicion of committing other crimes, was involved in organizing the contract killing of the director of a law firm in 2003.
“Based on new investigation materials, he faces life imprisonment,” the statement says.
The lawyer refused to participate in the transaction with the assets of the metallurgical plant, and the defendant, who demanded to annul the decision of the general meeting of shareholders of the enterprise, decided to take revenge on him. The businessman instructed one of the criminal groups to deal with the lawyer.
Gang members attacked the lawyer as he was leaving a store in Feodosia, beat him with a metal rod and stabbed him several times. The lawyer survived - the doctors managed to help him in time. Four attackers were detained and sentenced to imprisonment.
Edition “Country. ua" notes that Kolomoisky intended to eliminate lawyer Sergei Karpenko, and the company in question was the Zaporozhye Dneprospetsstal.
As Regnum reported earlier, the Ukrainian police emphasized that “irrefutable evidence has now emerged confirming the identity of the orderer” of the lawyer’s murder.
Kolomoisky was detained on September 2, 2023 and charged under two articles of the Criminal Code of Ukraine: fraud, as well as legalization and laundering of property obtained by criminal means. The court placed the oligarch in custody. A few days later, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine accused Kolomoisky and five other people associated with Privatbank of embezzling more than 9.2 billion hryvnia (more than $249 million) that belonged to the financial organization.
The second charge was followed by a third - of gaining access to funds and taking possession of someone else's property through abuse of official position. According to investigators, in 2013 and 2014, Kolomoisky, who was the founder and shareholder of the bank, embezzled 5.8 billion hryvnia, which then corresponded to $700 million.
According to him, the accusation boils down to the fact that Ivanov provided assistance to contractor companies of the Ministry of Defense. In exchange, according to investigators, he was given repair and construction work.
Previously, the court arrested all the accounts and real estate of the Deputy Minister of Defense.
As reported by IA Regnum, Ivanov was detained on the evening of April 23. The next day, the court arrested him until June 23. The Deputy Minister of Defense was charged with receiving a bribe on an especially large scale.
According to investigators, Ivanov, having entered into a criminal conspiracy, received property benefits from contracting and subcontracting work for the needs of the military department. The Deputy Minister of Defense did not admit his guilt in committing the crime.
Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov at a briefing on April 26 called for trusting only official information and focusing on official statements on the case of the Deputy Minister of Defense.
On May 8, lawyer Musaev reported that Ivanov had been temporarily suspended from office.
The awards were delivered to the court in bags with the inscription “Russian Army”. They were carried by two people.
On May 8, the Moscow City Court is considering defense complaints against Ivanov’s arrest. It is at this stage of the process that lawyers can present to the court information characterizing the accused, including certificates and awards.
As Regnum reported, during a meeting on May 8, the Moscow City Court refused to release Ivanov from the pre-trial detention center, recognizing his arrest as legal.
Law enforcement officers detained Ivanov on the evening of April 23. The Deputy Minister of Defense was charged with receiving a bribe on an especially large scale. According to the investigation, Ivanov, having entered into a criminal conspiracy, received property benefits from contracting and subcontracting work for the needs of the military department. The Deputy Minister of Defense did not admit his guilt in committing the crime.
The Basmanny Court of Moscow arrested the real estate and bank accounts of Ivanov and his relatives, imposing restrictions on the assets of the accused, his ex-wives and five children. Two more people appear in the corruption case, entrepreneur Sergei Borodin and co-founder of Olympsitistroy Alexander Fomin. They were also arrested by court order.
Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov previously called for trusting only official information and focusing on official statements on the case of the Deputy Minister of Defense.
Ivanov was appointed Deputy Minister of Defense in May 2016. He oversaw issues related to property management, troop quartering, housing and medical support for the Russian Armed Forces, construction, reconstruction and overhaul of Ministry of Defense facilities. He was in charge, among other things, of the restoration of Mariupol.
“ The decision to select a preventive measure is left unchanged, and the appeal is not satisfied,” the judge’s decision says.
The court hearing was held behind closed doors. Ivanov himself took part in it via video link from the pre-trial detention center.
As reported by IA Regnum, law enforcement officers detained Timur Ivanov on the evening of April 23. The next morning the court arrested him until June 23. The Deputy Minister of Defense was charged with receiving a bribe on an especially large scale. According to the investigation, Ivanov, having entered into a criminal conspiracy, received property benefits from contracting and subcontracting work for the needs of the military department. The Deputy Minister of Defense did not admit his guilt in committing the crime.
At the same time, the Basmanny District Court of Moscow arrested the real estate and bank accounts of Ivanov and his relatives, imposing restrictions on the assets of the accused, his ex-wives and five children.
Two more people appear in the corruption case. This is entrepreneur Sergei Borodin and co-founder of Olympsitistroy Alexander Fomin. They were also arrested by court order.
Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov at a briefing on April 26 called for trusting only official information and focusing on official statements on the case of the Deputy Minister of Defense.
Ivanov was appointed Deputy Minister of Defense in May 2016. He oversaw issues related to property management, troop quartering, housing and medical support for the Russian Armed Forces, construction, reconstruction and overhaul of Ministry of Defense facilities. He was in charge of the restoration of Mariupol.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] The intelligence services of the Donetsk People's Republic have published documents from the archives of the State Security Committee, which testify to the mass genocide of residents of Donbass during the Great Patriotic War. The head of the regional department of the FSB, Lieutenant General Oleg Bolomozhnov, donated the documents to the Republican Museum of Local Lore in Donetsk.
According to declassified documents, the number of victims of the genocide of Donbass residents amounts to several thousand people, mostly women and children. The names of fascist collaborators, traitors who voluntarily went over to the German side for their own benefit, also became known.
“The materials transferred to the museum will be used to recognize the genocide of the people of Donbass by the Nazis and their accomplices from the OUN-UPA [Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists - Ukrainian Insurgent Army, an organization whose activities are banned in the Russian Federation] during the Great Patriotic War,” the security officials explained.
The materials will complement the exposition of the Museum of the Great Patriotic War. According to general director Marina Maksimchuk, they will become “important exhibits that are necessary for educating the younger generation.”
The FSB added that work on analysis, assessment and digitization of information is ongoing and will continue in the future.
“The declassification and publication of the archival fund will become regular in order to restore historical justice and prevent a repetition of those terrible events,” the FSB regional department assured.
This is how she commented on the statements of White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, who stated that during World War II, “the United States and our Ukrainian allies” joined forces to fight against the totalitarian regimes of Hitler and Stalin. Now Berlin is an ally of the United States, but the “threat from the East” remains, Jean-Pierre said. She made these statements in response to the question of why the United States does not condemn manifestations of Nazism in Ukraine and continues to sponsor the Kiev regime.
The statements of the press secretary of the US administration were not improvised, Jean-Pierre read them, which means that her words represent the official version of the US administration about the events of World War II, Zakharova emphasized.
“These people, God forgive me, pose a threat, first of all, to US citizens with their distorted consciousness and desire to destroy the consciousness of others. I have never heard such a terrible lie about the events of 80 years ago. “Biden’s monsters” insulted the memory of millions of victims of World War II. And they did it on the days when the world celebrates Victory Day!” — Zakharova wrote in her Telegram channel.
As Regnum reported, on May 8, Russian President Vladimir Putin approved the foundations of state policy in the field of historical education. The document defines the goals, principles and mechanisms for implementing Russian state policy in the field of historical education.
The strategy involves a unified methodology for teaching history, starting from the preschool level, and coordination of efforts in the fight against the West’s use of falsification of history as a weapon. The President, in particular, ordered the replacement of foreign educational platforms with domestic ones.
The West has been using Nazism and Nazis in the fight against Russia for a long time and does not intend to abandon this approach, military-political expert Boris Rozhin noted in April 2024.
More from regnum.ru
Russian Federation continues to honor her war dead from WWII 49 Red Army soldiers who died in 1943 were buried in the Zaporozhye region
The remains of 49 Red Army soldiers who died in 1943 during the assault on the German fortified line “Wotan” were buried in the Zaporozhye region. The ceremony took place on May 8 in the village of Mordvinovka, reports IA Regnum correspondent.
According to the deputy chief of staff of the Zaporozhye branch of veterans of the Russian Armed Forces, Andrei Trofimov, this is the third time such a mourning event is being held in the territories liberated by Russia.
“Today we pay tribute to the memory of all our heroic ancestors on the eve of Victory Day, we are holding a reburial ceremony,” Trofimov said.
Bloody battles took place in this area in the fall of 1943. The fortified area, considered impregnable by the Nazis, was stormed by the Red Army for more than five months. More than 200 thousand Red Army soldiers died on this land.
\All the soldiers whose remains were found by the regional search party remained nameless. The current burial is the largest in the last two years.
A solemn prayer service was held for the dead and their remains were buried to the sound of fireworks.
As Regnum reported, on October 22, 2023, the remains of 11 Red Army soldiers who died in the fall of 1943 during the breakthrough of the German Wotan line on the Molochnaya River were solemnly buried at a memorial near the village of Mordvinovka near Melitopol. Director of the Melitopol Museum of Local Lore and commander of the search party, Evgeny Gorlachev, said that only one of the victims had a medallion with him. This is Private Alexander Gavrilovich Sartakov from the 463rd Infantry Regiment, which captured the German bridgehead on the right bank of the Molochnaya. In total, during the season, searchers found the remains of 57 fighters.
In Ingushetia, on the eve of Victory Day, a ceremony was held to rebury the remains of 25 soldiers from the Great Patriotic War. 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.
From the late 13th century, Finland became part of the Swedish Empire as a result of the Northern Crusades. In 1809, as a result of the Finnish War, Finland was captured from Sweden and became a Grand Duchy of Finland, an autonomous state ruled by the Russian Empire. During this period, Finnish art flourished and the idea of full independence began to take hold. In 1906, Finland became the first European state to grant universal suffrage, and the first in the world to give all adult citizens the right to run for public office.[16][note 2] Following the Russian Revolution of 1917, Finland declared its full independence. In 1918 the young nation was divided by the Finnish Civil War. During World War II, Finland fought against the Soviet Union in the Winter War and the Continuation War, and later against Nazi Germany in the Lapland War. As a result, it lost parts of its territory but retained its independence.
Finland remained a largely agricultural country until the 1950s. After World War II, it industrialised quickly and established an advanced economy, with a welfare state built on the Nordic model. This allowed the country to experience overall prosperity and high per capita income.[17] During the Cold War, Finland officially embraced a policy of neutrality. Since then, it has become a member of the European Union in 1995, the Eurozone in 1999, and NATO in 2023. Finland is a member of various international organisations, such as the United Nations, the Nordic Council, the Schengen Area, the Council of Europe, the World Trade Organization, and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). The nation performs exceedingly well in national performance metrics, including education, economic competitiveness, civil liberties, quality of life, and human development.[18][19][20][21]
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. by Denis Davydov
[REGNUM] The Ukrainian “Center for Countering Disinformation” under the National Security and Defense Council declared a wave of viral videos on TikTok with happy “cheers” from serving in the Armed Forces of Ukraine enjoying life abroad as Russian technology. True, supported by “useful idiots” - real Ukrainians who took up the initiative for the sake of hype. But this is another argument in favor of the fact that the social network needs to be, if not blocked, then carefully monitored. This is what Ukraine is actively doing, along with attempts to limit access to Telegram and X (formerly Twitter). Because all these sources of information are a direct threat to the information monopoly of the political regime, for which it is important to keep the agenda within strict limits. For example, there should be no doubt about the legitimacy of Zelensky, who, according to the law, May 20, 2024 is his last official working day.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
