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[Regnum] The Russian armed forces destroyed secret front-line bases where foreign mercenaries trained the Armed Forces of Ukraine, reports the British newspaper The Sun.
“Of course, there were other bases, but they were destroyed by Russian warheads,” the publication writes, describing one of the existing such bases in the Khar'kov region, which served as a training center for Ukrainians.
According to former British soldier Dan Ridley, the operation of the base in the Khar'kov region is not funded by Kiev.
As reported by Regnum news agency, the Russian Ministry of Defense has previously repeatedly reported the defeat of deployment points and places of temporary accommodation of foreign mercenaries of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The official representative of the department, Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov, informed about such attacks, in particular, on April 28.
The Ministry of Defense also reported that almost 6 thousand foreign mercenaries who arrived in Ukraine were eliminated. Most of them were Polish citizens. The Investigative Committee of Russia has put on the wanted list more than 700 foreign mercenaries who fought and are fighting on the side of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, some of them were arrested in absentia.
Mercenaries of the Armed Forces of Ukraine do not appear on the front line, they work in barrier detachments or act as operators of unmanned and other systems, the governor of the Kherson region Vladimir Saldo previously noted.
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[LB] The total number of enemy assaults has already increased to 105.
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The enemy continues to attack along almost the entire front line - the total number of offensive and assault actions today has already increased to 105. Most of the clashes at this time took place in the Kupyansk direction, according to the summary of the General Staff.
In the Kharkiv direction, all 10 clashes took place in the area of the village of Liptsi. One thing is still going on. All today's airstrikes were concentrated by the enemy in the areas of Vovchansk and the village of Vilcha. Dropped KAB. The situation is under control.
In the Kupian direction, battles are currently ongoing in the Sinkivka, Berestovoy, Druzhelyubivka, and Grekivka districts.
Six enemy attacks near Torsky and Nevsky were repulsed today in the Lymansky direction. The Russian invaders dropped four anti-aircraft missiles - one air bomb each in the areas of Serebryansk Forestry, Terni, Yampolivka and Ivanovka.
In the Kramatorsk direction, the total number of enemy attempts to improve the tactical position increased to eight. The situation is under control. In addition, the occupiers fired missiles at the Novomykolaivka district and dropped a guided aerial bomb near Shumy.
In the Siversky direction, our soldiers are now repelling three attacks near the villages of Bilogorivka and Viimka.
The enemy dropped three anti-tank missiles near Siversk and Hryhorivka. Today, there have already been three airstrikes in the direction, with the use of anti-aircraft missiles and aerial bombs.
5 attacks by invaders were repelled in the Kramatorsk direction. Three more clashes continue in the Ivanivsky and Andriivka districts. The situation is under control. The enemy hit nearly two dozen unguided air rockets near Druzhba, Severnoy, and Diliivka.
11 skirmishes are ongoing in the Pokrovsky direction, and 10 more enemy attacks have already been repelled. Russian terrorists carried out airstrikes in the districts of Kalinovoy, Novoselivka Persha and Yasnobrodivka. Everything else is unchanged.
18 combat clashes took place today in the Kurakhiv direction. Fighting is now going on near Georgiiivka.
In the Dnieper direction, the enemy unsuccessfully tried seven times to dislodge our soldiers from the left bank of the Dnieper. The losses of the occupiers are being clarified.
There are no significant changes in the rest of the directions.
The defense forces respond flexibly to the actions of the occupiers and take all necessary measures to exhaust the offensive potential of the Russian troops.
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[Korrespondent] 21:56 Zelensky intends to attend events in Normandy in honor of the 80th anniversary of the landing of the allied forces and a G7 meeting in Italy to ask the West for even more weapons, as well as “ask NATO to shoot down Russian missiles,” Politico writes, citing sources.
21:45 The Cabinet of Ministers approved additional leave for the military for destroyed equipment. According to government decree, the longest vacation can be obtained for the destruction of an enemy ship or aircraft - five days. For an anti-aircraft missile system, a helicopter, an air defense radar, and a long-range visual surveillance complex, four days are provided; for a downed missile, destroyed self-propelled guns or MLRS, tank, howitzer, armored vehicles, heavy drone - three days; for other armored vehicles, trucks, medium drones, electronic warfare, electronic warfare or counter-battery weapons - two days; for light drones - one day of vacation.
21:38 The United States does not have information about China’s intention to supply weapons to Russia, Biden’s national security adviser Jake Sullivan said.
21:33 Ukraine is already openly demanding permission to use Western weapons on Russian territory. The Financial Times writes that the recent invasion of the Russian army in the Khar'kov region could have been prevented if the Ukrainian Armed Forces had been able to launch a preemptive strike. Ukrainian officials argue that Russia might not have advanced as quickly in the northeastern Kharkiv region if Ukraine had been able to strike beforehand. For more details, see the material Western ban harms Ukraine.
20:19 The task of the Defense Forces today remains unchanged - to inflict as many losses on the Russians as possible, Zelensky said in an evening video message. He also said that during the day he heard Syrsky’s report twice: “The directions of the main battles have not changed. These are, first of all, Pokrovskoe and other Donetsk directions. Also the Kupyansk direction in the Khar'kov region. Maximum attention is given to everything along the border now, and not only in the Khar'kov region, but and also in the Sumy region."
In addition, the president said that today he had telephone conversations with the leaders of Chile, Albania, Austria and Mozambique - all of these countries will be represented at the Peace Summit in Switzerland. Zelensky also said that he held a special meeting on the basis of the National Security and Defense Council and Headquarters on the Ukrainian production of electronic warfare, drones, and missile programs. “There is something positive, but much remains to be done in countering Russian KABs,” the head of state noted.
19:37 The Khmelnitsky court allowed the first two convicts to mobilize - men born in 2000 and 1981, convicted of theft before the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation. Each of them is fit for service due to health reasons, has passed psychological selection and has a sufficient level of physical fitness - these are some of the main conditions for release and mobilization. Now they will serve in the National Guard.
19:32 On Thursday, May 23, hourly power outage schedules will be in effect for industrial and household consumers throughout Ukraine from 00:00 to 24:00, Ukrenergo reported.
18:44 Speaker of the US House of Representatives Mike Johnson spoke in favor of allowing Ukraine to strike with American weapons at targets in Russia: “I think Ukraine should be allowed to wage war as they see fit. They should be able to fight back. And I think That we're trying to micromanage efforts is not good policy for us."
18:38 The European Union has prepared the 14th package of personal sanctions against Russia, Radio Liberty correspondent in Brussels Rikard Jozwiak reported. 21 companies and 19 people will be subject to restrictions, including businessmen and defense industry enterprises close to Putin.
18:15 The Russian authorities decided to unilaterally change the country’s maritime borders with Lithuania and Finland in the Baltic Sea. Now the bill, which attracted the attention of the media, is no longer available on the website of the Russian government. But in the web archive there remains a copy of the description of the project that the Russian Ministry of Defense proposed for consideration. Read more in the material Threat to NATO .
17:58 Russia is blocking the transfer of bodies of dead Ukrainian soldiers, said Bogdan Okhrimenko, head of the secretariat of the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War. In particular, he said, Moscow refused to hand over the bodies of the soldiers who died on May 15. In addition, Russia has yet to hand over to Ukraine the bodies of prisoners who Moscow claims died aboard the Il-76 in January.
17:19 Commander-in-Chief of the Swedish Armed Forces Mikael Büden said that the war in Ukraine “has reached a dead end” and will continue “for a very long time.” In his opinion, neither Russia nor Ukraine have sufficient capabilities to win it by military means. “I expect that the war will continue for a very long time. We have already taken this into account in our strategic plans for security and military assistance to Ukraine,” Buden said. He also noted that “Putin has set up the Russian economy for war in a way that we cannot. Currently, the Russians are producing a huge amount of weapons, much more than we can supply to Ukraine.”
16:37 According to preliminary data, the Russians today struck Khar'kov with two UMPB D30-SN (unified interspecific glide munition, 30 cm caliber), the prosecutor's office reported. In the Shevchenko district of the city, a hit was recorded at the entrance to a cafe, ten people were injured. One of the victims was a trolleybus driver who was near the epicenter of the explosion. The man is in serious condition; both legs have been amputated. In the Kholodnogorsk region, as a result of an airstrike, the buildings of a civilian enterprise, which is now not functioning, were destroyed. One person was injured.
15:56 In Volchansk, Khar'kov region, the Russians hit a police car with an FPV drone during the evacuation of local residents. One policeman was killed and one was wounded, said Interior Minister Igor Klimenko.
15:20 Ukrenergo reported that power outage schedules on Wednesday, May 22, will be in effect throughout the country from 19:00 to 00:00, and not from 20:00, as previously reported. The reason for the adjustment is an increase in cloudiness, which interferes with the operation of solar power plants.
14:59 In Kharkov, the number of victims has increased to ten, said the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov.
14:32 The Russians struck Kharkov, first with guided ammunition. There was a fire at a gas station and a cafe was damaged. A fire also broke out in an apartment building. Currently, four people are known to be wounded, one in serious condition - the trolleybus driver, said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA.
13:55 British Defense Secretary Grant Shapps said that American and British intelligence has evidence that China is preparing to provide Russia with lethal assistance for use in the war against Ukraine. “Lethal aid is already coming or will be coming from China to Russia and Ukraine,” he noted.
13:47 DTEK clarified that the blackout schedules in Kiev, as well as in the Kiev, Odessa, Donetsk and Dnepropetrovsk regions today will be in effect from 19:00 to 00:00.
13:06 The first F-16 maintenance specialists have begun returning to Ukraine, said Air Force Speaker Ilya Yevlash. According to him, these specialists will also share their experience with other Ukrainian military technicians.
12:58 Ukraine stopped the Russian offensive in the Khar'kov region thanks to weapons from the United States, writes Bild. According to the publication, the advance of the Russian army stalled 11 days after crossing the state border in the north of the Khar'kov region. In the direction of the village of Liptsy, the Russians remain in the same border villages that they took in the first three days. In the area of Volchansk, fighting for the city continues, but in its surroundings there is also virtually no progress. The reason is Ukraine receiving new American weapons. In particular, GLSDB bombs, Javelin ATGMs, and 155 mm artillery shells are actively used. They also entered the front line in the Donetsk region.
12:27 The Rada adopted a bill on improving the system of initial combined arms training. According to the document, instead of pre-conscription training, a new system will be introduced - initial combined arms training. It is implemented at the third level of complete general secondary education and is carried out in institutions of general secondary, vocational, vocational, higher education and other educational institutions by teaching the subject Defense of Ukraine and implementing activities aimed at military-patriotic education.
12:21 The Swedish government has approved a three-year program of military support for Ukraine worth almost $7 billion. It is designed for 2024-2026 - the country will provide 2.3 billion annually.
11:49 The Verkhovna Rada has created a temporary special commission for the arrangement of fortifications and the purchase of drones, said People's Deputy Yaroslav Zheleznyak. In particular, deputies will study the use of budget funds for the construction of engineering structures and the need for drones.
11:16 Russia likely launched an anti-space weapon into low-Earth orbit last week, Pentagon spokesman Patrick Ryder said: “On May 16, Russia launched a satellite into low-Earth orbit that we assess is most likely an anti-space weapon, presumably capable of attack other satellites in low Earth orbit." Ryder noted that this new weapon was deployed by Moscow in the same orbit as a US government satellite. Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Sergei Ryabkov called this information a “stuffing”.
10:53 Ukrenergo today lifted restrictions on electricity consumption in all regions from 07:00 to 20:00. The company explained that sunny weather contributes to the operation of solar power plants, and the deficit in the energy system has decreased. At the same time, the head of the Poltava Regional Administration, Philip Pronin, said that an emergency shutdown schedule has been applied in the region, and currently there is no electricity for more than 19 thousand household and more than 1.3 thousand legal consumers in the Mirgorod, Lubensk, Gadyach and Lokhvitsk communities.
10:41 The number of victims as a result of the morning Russian strike on Chuguev, Khar'kov region, has increased to seven, said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA.
10:35 Sea Baby SBU sea drones are now equipped with Grad systems, Ukrainian media report citing sources. According to them, on the night of May 20, Sea Baby drones effectively worked from the sea against Russian positions on the Kinburn Spit.
10:28 The head of the Bundestag Defense Committee, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, accused France of “doing relatively little” for Ukraine: “We have a problem that while Poland is doing a lot as a neighboring country, "while Germany does a lot, France does comparatively little."
10:01 A delegation of the French Armed Forces led by the Chief of the Joint Staff, General Thierry Burcard, visited Ukraine on an official visit, the Ministry of Defense reported.
09:37 Late in the evening of May 21, Russian troops launched a missile strike on the territory of the village. Rog city of Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, the prosecutor's office reported. As a result of a hit in the yard of a private house, a married couple was killed and their ten-year-old son was wounded. A resident of a neighboring house was also injured. According to preliminary information, the Russians used an Iskander missile for the attack.
09:22 In the Kherson region over the past 24 hours, as a result of Russian shelling, eight people were injured, including one child, said the head of the OVA, Alexander Prokudin. Six high-rise buildings and seven private houses, a cell tower, an agricultural enterprise, and a gas pipeline were damaged.
09:06 In the morning, the Russians shelled the city of Chuguev, Khar'kov region - the building of a kindergarten was damaged, one person was injured, said the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov. Another person was wounded the day before as a result of artillery shelling in the village. Goptovka, Khar'kov district.
07:57 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of May 22:
personnel - about 496,370 (+1300) people,
tanks - 7611 (+6),
armored combat vehicles - 14,721 (+22),
artillery systems - 12 820 (+41),
MLRS - 1077 (+0),
air defense systems - 812 (+1),
aircraft - 354 (+0),
helicopters - 326 (+0),
UAVs of operational-tactical level - 10 346 (+56),
cruise missiles - 2208 (+1),
ships/boats - 27 (+0),
submarines - 1 (+0),
automotive equipment and tank trucks - 17,442 (+59),
special equipment - 2090 (+5).
07:25 Air defense at night destroyed all 24 attack UAVs of the Shahed-131/136 type, which Russia attacked from Primorsko-Akhtarsk, Kursk and Crimea, the Air Force reported. The drones were destroyed within the Nikolaev, Dnepropetrovsk, Zaporozhye, Donetsk, Sumy and Odessa regions.
07:08 Power engineers have resumed power supply in the Sumy, Romny and Akhtyrsky districts of the Sumy region, which was stopped at night as a result of an enemy air strike. Work to restore power supply continues, OVA reported.
04:54 Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee of the US House of Representatives Michael McCall (Republican from Texas) and member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Jim Risch (Republican from Idaho) in their letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken criticized the Biden administration for using its Presidential authority to fast-track $60 million in military aid to Haiti to crack down on gangs when the aid could have been sent to Ukraine, Politico writes. According to the publication, there is growing concern in Congress that American support for Haiti could “cost dearly” to Ukraine.
The State Department stated that “support for the people of Haiti does not limit or deprive us of the opportunity to support the people of Ukraine.”
03:59 As a result of an enemy attack, the city of Sumy was cut off from power, said the head of the GVA Alexey Drozdenko.
01:16 The Russians hit Shahed-type UAVs at energy facilities in the cities of Shostka and Konotop, Sumy region, OVA reported. Work is underway to restore power supply, which was cut off due to an enemy attack.
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[Korrespondent] The Ukrainian Armed Forces are fighting fierce battles in the east and south of Ukraine.
In the Pokrovsky direction, 12 military clashes are ongoing simultaneously. Six more Russian attacks have already been repulsed.
Russian invaders continue offensive operations in the Kharkov direction. At the same time, the largest number of enemy assaults remain in the Kupyansky and Pokrovsky directions. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this in a report as of 16.00 on Wednesday, May 22.
“In the Kharkov direction, the invaders continue to put pressure in the Liptsy area. Our soldiers are also carrying out active operations. The total number of clashes has increased to eight. Another airstrike has been added on Volchansk,” the message says.
In the Kupyansk direction, 22 clashes have already occurred in the areas of eight different settlements. Confirmed total enemy personnel losses amount to 106 people. Two units of infantry fighting vehicles, armored personnel carriers and vehicles were destroyed.
There is one battle going on in the Liman direction. Five more enemy attacks have already been repulsed today.
In the Kramatorsk direction, the total number of Russian attempts to improve the tactical situation increased to eight. The General Staff assures that the situation is under control.
In the Pokrovsky direction, 12 clashes continue in the areas of Novoaleksandrovka, Progress, Solovyevo, Sokol and Umansky. Six more attacks have already been repulsed.
“The enemy is suffering losses in manpower: irrecoverable - 68, sanitary - 140. Information regarding the affected military equipment is being clarified,” the message says.
In the Kurakhovsky direction, the total number of clashes increased to 10. The occupiers have already lost 81 people wounded and killed. A Russian tank was destroyed and two more were damaged.
In the Dnieper direction, four attacks of the invaders were repulsed in the area of the village of Krynki.
In other directions, the situation has not undergone significant changes.
Let us remind you that in one day on May 21, the Ukrainian Armed Forces destroyed 1,300 Russian invaders. The total losses of the Russian army since the beginning of the war are approaching 500 thousand people.
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[KavkazUzel] Circassian activists held outside the UN General Assembly in New York to mark the end of the Caucasian War and the expulsion of their ancestors from their historical homeland.
Is there any group that either the Russian empire or the Soviets did not try to wipe out and/or expel?
As the "Caucasian Knot" reported, the action to mark the end of the Caucasian War and the expulsion of the Circassians from their historical homeland took place on May 21 in Istanbul under enhanced security measures. Activists were not allowed to hold an action on the main street of the European part of Istanbul, where the Russian Consulate General is located, but they were able to lay a funeral wreath at the walls of the diplomatic mission.
The Caucasian War, which lasted from 1763 to 1864, brought the Adyghe peoples to the brink of extinction. After the war and the mass deportation of the Circassians to the Ottoman Empire, a little more than 50,000 people remained in their homeland. The Russian authorities have not yet made a decision to recognize the genocide of the Circassians during the war, according to a certificate from the "Caucasian Knot".
Circassian activists gathered on May 21 at the headquarters of the UN General Assembly in New York on the 160th anniversary of the end of the Caucasian War and the expulsion of the Circassians from their historical homeland. Due to the time difference, the action took place around midnight Moscow time.
As one of the organizers of the commemorative action, the plenipotentiary representative of the United Circassian Council in the USA, the chairman of the socio-political movement "Circassian Congress of the Karachay-Cherkess Republic" Kase Kik, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, "about 30 people" gathered for the action, representatives of the new wave emigration. “They were mostly Circassians, but representatives from the League of Nations organization came to support us - Kalmyks, Tatars and Buryats. Unfortunately, not everyone could show their faces [for photos] due to the situation in Russia; there is a high probability of reprisals against relatives and friends,” said Kik.
He also noted that the authorities did not interfere with the rally. “The police were very friendly and helped carry out the action,” Kick said. According to him, the goal of the action is to raise awareness of the rights of Circassians.
The co-organizer of the action, the head of the newly created organization "Circassian Center of the USA" Marianna Sheru told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that "12 representatives of the Circassian diaspora from different parts of the USA came to participate in the action: Florida, Louisiana, California, Atlanta, Chicago, Arkansas."
Also, the Council of United Circassia sent an appeal to the UN Secretary General, which, in particular, expresses concern that the Circassian language, due to its absence in the school curriculum, may suffer the same fate as the Ubykh language.
The Ubykhs are the indigenous people of the Western Caucasus, one of the subethnic groups of the Circassians (Circassians). After the Russian conquest of the Caucasus in 1858-1865, the Ubykhs almost completely moved to the Ottoman Empire and quickly assimilated, so even the approximate number of Ubykh descendants in modern Turkey cannot be established. According to the 2010 census, the Ubykh nationality does not exist in Russia. The Ubykh language is considered dead today: its last speaker was Tevfik Esench, who died in 1992, according to the Caucasian Knot reference material.
In the photographs sent to the Caucasian Knot, those gathered for the rally are holding posters in their hands. Kase Kik was holding a poster demanding recognition of the Circassian genocide. Representatives of the Kalmyk diaspora expressed solidarity with the Circassians and other Caucasian peoples. Marianna Sheru was holding a poster with a reminder of the consequences of the Caucasian War for the Circassians.
Commemorative events were also held on this day in the office of the Circassian Charitable Association of the USA. About fifty representatives of the Circassian community in the United States gathered at the evening dedicated to the 160th anniversary of the expulsion of the Circassians.
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[EngMilRu] The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
As a result of active actions, units of the Sever Group of Forces advanced to the depth of the enemy's defences and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 3rd Tank Brigade and 57th Motorised Infantry Brigade near Volchanskiye Khutora, Beliy Kolodez, and Petropavlovka (Kharkov region).
Three counter-attacks launched by the enemy's assault detachments were repelled near Volchansk and Liptsy (Kharkov region).
The AFU losses amounted to up 255 Ukrainian troops and seven motor vehicles.
In the course of counter-battery warfare, one 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS combat vehicle, one 152mm 2S1 Akatsiya self-propelled artillery system, one U.S.-made 155mm M777 howitzer, one U.S.-made 105mm M119 howitzer, one 100mm Rapira anti-tank gun, and two U.S.-made AN/TPQ-50 counter-battery warfare stations were neutralised.
Units of the Zapad Group of Forces improved the tactical situation along the front line and inflicted losses on formations of the AFU 66th Mechanised Brigade and 106th Territorial Defence Brigade near Makeyevka (Lugansk People's Republic) and Ivanovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
One counter-attack launched by the AFU assault detachment was repelled near Grigorovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 130 Ukrainian troops and two motor vehicles.
In the course of counterbattery warfare, one Polish-made 155mm Krab self-propelled artillery system, one UK-made 155mm FH-70 towed howitzer, and two U.S.-made 155mm M-198 howitzers were neutralised.
As a result of active actions, units of the Yug Group of Forces liberated Kleshcheyevka (Donetsk People's Republic).
Moreover, losses were inflicted on manpower and hardware of the AFU 33rd Mechanised Brigade, 79th Air Assault Brigade, and 116th Territorial Defence Brigade near Georgiyevka, Ostroye, and Konstantinovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to more than 365 Ukrainian troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, 18 motor vehicles, one 152mm D-20 howitzer, one 122mm D-30 howitzer, one U.S.-made 105mm M119 howitzer, and one UK-made 105mm L-119 howitzer.
Units of the Tsentr Group of Forces improved the tactical situation along the front line, as well as inflicted losses on formations of the AFU 24th, 100th Mechanised brigades, 68th Jaeger Brigade, and 71st Infantry Brigade near Semyonovka, Sokol, Novgorodskoye, and Karlovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
Seven counterattacks launched by assault detachments of the AFU 47th, 110th Mechanised brigades, 142nd, and 143rd Infantry brigades were repelled near Arkhangelskoye, Netaylovo, Solovyevo, and Umanskoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 420 Ukrainian troops, three armoured fighting vehicles, including one German-made Marder infantry fighting vehicle, three motor vehicles, one 122mm D-30 howitzer, and two U.S.-made 105mm M119 howitzers.
Units of the Vostok Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 58th Motorised Infantry Brigade and 128th Territorial Defence Brigade near Prechistovka, Velikaya Novosyolka, and Neskuchnoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
One counterattack launched by an assault detachment of the AFU 72nd Mechanised Brigade was repelled near Vladimirovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 125 Ukrainian troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, six motor vehicles, one Polish-made 155mm self-propelled artillery system, one UK-made 155mm FH-70 towed howitzer, one 152mm 2S3 Akatsiya self-propelled artillery system, and one 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system.
Units of the Dnepr Group of Forces inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 35th Naval Infanry Brigade, 65th Mechanised Brigade, and 126th Territorial Defence Brigade near Novoandreyevka (Zaporozhye region), and Tyaginka (Kherson region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 35 Ukrainian troops, seven motor vehicles, two U.S.-made 155mm M777 howitzers, one 152mm Msta-B howitzer, and one 152mm D-20 howitzer.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces destroyed two AFU ammunition depots, as well as engaged AFU manpower and hardware clusters in 102 areas during the day.
Air defence units shot down 34 unmanned aerial vehicles, two French-made Hammer guided aerial bombs, and one U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS projectile.
?? In total, 601 airplanes and 274 helicopters, 24,498 unmanned aerial vehicles, 523 air defence missile systems, 16,121 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,307 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 9,740 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 21,915 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.
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[NewsFront] 23:05 Air raid sirens were activated in four regions of Ukraine. This is indicated by data from the online map of the Ukrainian Ministry of Digital Transformation.
According to these data, an air threat warning regime has been declared in the Dnepropetrovsk, Kirovograd, Nikolaev and Khar'kov regions.
21:35 Special military operation. Situation on May 22 –map.
20:19 Khar'kov and Khar'kov region.
Reportedabout new strikes by FAB-500 and KAB-500 on military buildings and structures of the Ukrainian Armed Forces during offensive operations.
19:20 Khar'kov direction. Positional combat operations in Volchansk.
RF Armed Forces advanced about 400 meters in the city's buildings north of the Volchya River along Lenin Street in the direction of the Volchansky Aggregate Plant and took up new positions.
17:07 Statements by representatives of the North, West, South, Center, East and Dnepr groups on the progress of the special military operation (as of May 22, 2024) -video.
16:44 Dnipropetrovsk region.Hit at Aviatorskoe airfield.
As a result of our ballistic missile strike on enemy UAV hangars, unmanned vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and aircraft were hit.
16:23 South Donetsk direction. District settlement Krasnogorovka.
Reportedabout the advance of our motorized rifles in the village of Krasnogorovka. Several armored vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were knocked out, including the Turkish Kirpi.
In addition, the work of our front-line Su-25M aviation, which is actively using NURs on the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, is also reported.
15:12 Military expert Boris Rozhin about the situation in the Ocheretinsky breakthrough zone in the Donetsk section of the Northern Military District:
Netailovo. The village is mostly under the control of the Russian Armed Forces. The enemy retains some presence on the western and southwestern outskirts. The Russian Armed Forces are also seeking to expand control north and south of Netailovo.
To the north, the fighting has shifted to Yasnobrodovka, which is still held by the enemy. The transfer of additional enemy forces to Karlovka is noted. Proceedings are ongoing regarding the withdrawal of the 59th Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces from the center of Netailovo.
Novopokrovskoe. The Russian Armed Forces have not yet entered the village itself; fighting continues in the settlements next to the village, which is controlled by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The main pressure is now coming from the northeast. From Semyonovka, the Russian Armed Forces continue to exert serious pressure on enemy landing positions.
Ocheretino. In the direction of Sokol to the west of Ocheretino - no significant changes. One landing was made in the direction of Sokol. To the north-west, the Russian Armed Forces are conducting assault operations on the outskirts of Novoaleksandrovka. The fighting is gradually moving into residential areas.
To the north of Ocheretino, the Russian Armed Forces continue to maintain pressure in the direction of Kalinovo, but there the fighting is still going on for the opornik covering Kalinovo from the south. To the northeast of Ocheretino, the Russian Armed Forces are pressing hard in the direction of Rozovka. The control zone north of Arkhangelskoye and Novokalinovo continues to expand.
In general, the Russian Armed Forces retain the operational initiative west of Avdeevka, and the enemy, despite the reserves deployed here, was unable to completely stop the advance of Russian troops.
The Khar'kov direction continues to play an important diversionary role, since the appearance of 4-5 brigades to the west of Avdeevka, now tied up in battles in the north of the Khar'kov region, could help the enemy stabilize the front.
14:45 Advance of Russian troops –map:
Kleshcheevka (Artemovskoe direction)
Paraskoveevka (Ugledar direction)
12:07 Around 11.30 suppressed attempts by the Kyiv regime to carry out terrorist attacks using aircraft-type UAVs and US-made HARM anti-radar missiles against targets on the territory of the Russian Federation.
On duty air defense systems destroyed two Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles and four anti-radar missiles over the territory of the Belgorod region.
11:10 Statement by the head of the press center of the “South” group -video.
As a result of active actions, units of the “Southern” group of forces improved the situation along the front line, defeated the manpower and equipment of the 57th Mechanized, 105th and 118th Territorial Defense brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of Konstantinovka, Razdolovka and Chasov Yar.
The enemy in the Donetsk direction lost more than 320 military personnel wounded and killed.
A tank, two infantry fighting vehicles, and an ammunition depot were hit by anti-tank guided missile systems, artillery and loitering ammunition.
During the counterbattery fight, two 155mm M777 howitzers were destroyed.
10:41 Statement by the head of the press center of the Center group -video.
The Center group of troops continues to carry out combat missions in the special military operation zone.
The troops improved the tactical situation and defeated the formations of the 68th Jaeger and 24th Mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Semyonovka and Novgorodsky areas. We repelled seven counterattacks by assault groups of the 71st Jaeger, 47th, 110th Mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Ocheretino, Solovyevo and Umanskoye.
Enemy losses amounted to up to 420 military personnel, five armored combat vehicles, of which four Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, six vehicles, a 152mm MSTA-B howitzer, a 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mount and a 122mm D-30 howitzer.
09:47 Criminal Kyiv regime continues to fire at the civilian infrastructure of settlements on the left bank of the Kherson region, yesterday during the day the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired from cannon artillery:
-- n.p. Sagi two rounds;
-- village of Podstepnoe three rounds;
-- n.p. Razdolnoe five rounds;
-- n.p. Kamenka three rounds;
-- n.p. Novaya Kakhovka three rounds.
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the village. Kakhovka, n.p. Kazachi Lagery, n.p. Aleshki, firing a total of 19 rounds from cannon artillery.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being determined.
09:23 Telegram channel «WarGonzo":
Frontline report for the morning of 05/22/2024
- Zaporozhye Front. LBS without significant changes. Fighting continues in the Rabotino area, where the Russian Armed Forces are storming the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces from the north of this settlement, and north-west of Verbovoy.
– Donetsk front. Fighting continues in the Paraskovievka area and urban fighting in Krasnogorovka. In the Netailovo area, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are withdrawing from the outskirts of the village, Russian troops are consolidating in the first landings in the west. In Umanskoye, fighting continues on the outskirts of the village.
– In the Chasovoyarsk direction, Russian troops advanced to Kleshcheevka and took control of the dominant heights. The Ukrainian Armed Forces are retreating beyond the canal, but it is too early to talk about the absence of Ukrainian troops in the populated area.
- Khar'kov Front. No major changes. The transferred reserves helped the Ukrainians slow down the advance of Russian troops. Fighting continues in the central part of Volchansk and on the northern outskirts of Liptsy.
08:51 Telegram channel “Fisherman":
Chronicle of a special military operation for May 21, 2024
– Russian troops continue to strike positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces both along the front line and in rear areas. Enemy targets were hit in Velikodolinskoye, Odessa region, Kharkov, Krivoy Rog and Sumy region.
– In the Slobozhansky direction, Russian assault groups break through enemy defenses in the center of Volchansk and on the northern outskirts of Liptsy.
– Along the entire line from Liptsy to Belyi Kolodez, systematic fire strikes are carried out on artillery positions and Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel, reducing the enemy’s combat potential in the sector.
– In the Donetsk direction, the Russian Armed Forces are establishing a foothold on the western outskirts of Netailovo. In the south of the village, fighting continues in the area of farms and a poultry farm.
– In the Ugledar direction, Russian troops slightly expanded the zone of control south of Paraskovievka, advancing along forest belts in the direction of Konstantinovka.
– In the Orekhovsky direction, the assault groups of the Russian Armed Forces took up their next positions on the northern outskirts in the ruins of Rabotino.
08:00 Official summary of Representative offices of the DPR in the JCCC:
A total of 35 facts of armed attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces were recorded by the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC.
Information was received about the death of a civilian, and four civilians were injured of varying degrees of severity.
Damaged:
Nine residential buildings,
Two cars,
One city bus,
three civil infrastructure facilities.
A total of 14 attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Donetsk direction.
A total of 21 attacks from the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Gorlovka direction.
In total, the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired 109 units of various ammunition.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. by Ilya Khorring
[REGNUM] While the fighting is going on in Liptsy and Volchansk, from where it is already a stone's throw to Kharkov, its residents want to understand what to expect. And decide, based on this understanding, how to live further.
“As for Kharkov, there are no such plans today,” President Vladimir Putin said at a recent press conference in Harbin. Khar'kov residents heard their own in this. Some say only that “ there are no plans ”, while others say “ there are no plans for today ”. But everyone clearly understood that Russian infantry would not enter the city in May and June.
In any case, everyone remains to their own thoughts, since due to mass denunciations such versions are not discussed out loud, but no one can forbid thinking.
What's next - we'll see. People have somehow gotten used to living only for today: today a shrapnel didn’t hit you, and that’s good, but tomorrow anything could happen. And this is not necessarily related to the changing military situation. For example, one of the local news agencies reported the other day how a Khar'kov woman “denied the existence of Ukraine as a sovereign state and campaigned to annex the temporarily occupied Ukrainian territories to the Russian Federation.”
Experts quickly carried out a forensic linguistic examination, and its findings confirmed “the presence of a crime in the materials distributed by the collaborator.” Judging by the fact that suspicion under articles of the Criminal Code of Ukraine about encroachment on territorial integrity and “justification and denial of armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine” was announced in absentia, she is outside the country. And she will no longer be able to return to such a country: the woman faces imprisonment for up to three years.
Similar messages appear almost every day, and therefore not a single responsible sociologist will undertake to accurately assess the mood of citizens and even give estimates. Unless, of course, he works for the SBU or carries out a foreign order from an ideologized structure.
Political prisoners and rushed trials are as much an everyday reality in Khar'kov as public services or free public transport. Most of the reports are about how those who reported the coordinates of military installations were caught. There are many among those arrested who did not learn to keep their mouths shut and somewhere spoke out or wrote something about what they really think.
“A Khar'kov resident on the social network Odnoklassniki, which is banned in Ukraine, distributed messages in which he spoke approvingly of the aggressive actions of the Russian Federation in Ukraine. The man was also nostalgic for Soviet times and assured that “the Russian spirit is eternal.”
During a search at the place of residence, law enforcement officers found equipment and devices red-handed, a collection of anti-Ukrainian poems written by hand, and notes with the characteristics of various types of missiles,” this is one of the completely typical messages.
The fate of those who worked in Izyum, Balakleya and Kupyansk in the spring and summer of 2022 while Russian troops were stationed there is especially unenviable. Teachers, doctors and postmen receive real prison sentences, not to mention police officers and municipal employees. And this practice makes Khar'kov residents not only silent, but also distrustful.
Although, without any surveys, we can say that they are now divided into three categories: those who want to continue to live only on the territory of Ukraine, whatever it may be; those who are waiting for liberation, and those who do not care whose city it is, as long as this problem is solved for a long time.
At the same time, they are all united by the fact that they do not want to serve in the army or in any way participate in the war. Those who wanted to volunteer ran out in 2022. Therefore, employees of the TCC (military registration and enlistment offices) catch unwary men around the city. And armor or a medical diagnosis do not always save you from falling into the trenches. For a long time, city residents warned each other where people were being hunted and handed out summonses. But the screws were tightened here too.
The other day, one of the local news agencies reported that “a 49-year-old Khar'kov resident could get eight years in prison for notifying the places where subpoenas were distributed. The prosecutor's office sent an indictment to the court... ” The accused is already in custody, and he is one of many administrators of telegram channels on which a hunt has been announced. Of course, not everyone is caught, and those who continue to broadcast use Aesopian language: police - “blue clouds” or “eggplants”, military registration and enlistment offices - “green”, patrols at some address - “rainy”, summons - “forecast” weather".
“Rains” are falling everywhere in Kharkov. They grab people in the subway, in minibuses, and just on the streets, near supermarkets. There were cases of resistance to military commissars in Khar'kov and the region, but they were not as frequent as, say, in Transcarpathia. But for a week now, a video has been circulating on the Internet about how women are fighting back a man they captured from the military in this region, judging by the license plates. They pull you out of the minibus and shout: “Run!” - although, if you believe the telethon, they should have blessed their defender for military work.
A small detail that actually says a lot. Like an old woman from a village in a war zone, openly mocking the police: “How afraid you are of them.” I mean, Russian soldiers.
The authorities, for their part, do their best to assure them of their resilience and that Khar'kov is impregnable.
“The Russians will not enter the city. I am confident in this because I communicate with our military several times a day and see how events are unfolding, I understand the real military situation,” says Mayor Igor Terekhov. Some even believe him. But this is not all, since it is still, in general, clear that the regional center will in any case end up in the “sanitary zone” that Russian troops are creating to protect neighboring Belgorod from shelling.
In this regard, the most popular topics for discussion both among those who remained in the city and among local residents who left there are “to leave or to return?” and how to survive if you haven’t left or returned.
This is how Khar'kov lives. A city where now everyone decides alone what will happen and how to live with it.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] The Russian military, together with employees of the military-civil administration (MCA) of the Khar'kov region, evacuated 85 civilians from the region to Russian territory. The head of the VGA of the Khar'kov region, Vitaly Ganchev, announced this on May 22.
According to him, the main goal of the CAA now is the evacuation of people. “A lot of people, even those living in Russia, are contacting the administration that their relatives are in the liberated villages of the Khar'kov region.”
“This way we get to work right away. Our military personnel took 85 people from the northern territories of the Khar'kov region to Russian territory, who are located in temporary accommodation centers in the Belgorod region,” he told reporters.
As Regnum reported, on May 22, Ganchev said that the Russian Armed Forces had already liberated 49 settlements in the Khar'kov region. 36 settlements have been liberated in the Kupyansky district of the region, 13 in the northern part of the region.
On May 17, President Vladimir Putin said that Russian troops were advancing near Khar'kov strictly according to plan. He noted that the operation of the Russian Armed Forces in the Khar'kov direction is connected with the creation of a sanitary zone in response to shelling of Belgorod by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. “There are no plans to take Khar'kov today,” the president said.
On May 20, the deputy head of the administration for defense and security of the Khar'kov region, Yevgeny Lisnyak, said that the Military-Civil Administration of the region had created a center for recording crimes of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the region.
The center’s employees record the consequences of Kyiv’s crimes in the liberated territories of the region and will help Russian law enforcement agencies carry out investigative measures, he noted.
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[Regnum] France’s participation in hostilities on the territory of Ukraine will officially turn Paris into a side of the conflict, which will increase the risk of a clash between two nuclear powers, said Artyom Studennikov, director of the first European department of the Russian Foreign Ministry.
According to him, the French military will become legitimate targets for the Russian Armed Forces.
The diplomat expressed hope that sanity or the instinct of self-preservation will prevail among French politicians. At the same time, Russia is ready for any development of events, he emphasized.
As Regnum reported, French President Emmanuel Macron previously made a number of statements about the possibility of Western countries sending troops to Ukraine. In particular, on May 2, he did not rule out that he would send French troops there if the Russian army broke through the defenses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Russian President Vladimir Putin warned NATO countries against sending troops to Ukraine and stressed that the consequences for the interventionists would be tragic. In addition, the direct participation of NATO countries in the conflict could provoke a nuclear war, he noted.
The day before, on May 21, exercises began in Russia to test the preparation and use of non-strategic nuclear weapons. During the exercises, the Aerospace Forces will equip the Daggers with special warheads and move to the patrol area. As part of the first stage of the exercise, the tasks of obtaining ammunition for the Iskander and secretly advancing to the designated area are being worked out.
On May 6, the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, on behalf of Putin, began preparations for exercises with missile formations of the Southern Military District, involving aviation and naval forces. During the exercises, the military will conduct activities to practice the preparation and use of non-strategic nuclear weapons. The exercises are also a response to provocative statements and threats by certain Western officials, the Russian Ministry of Defense noted.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] The Finnish Foreign Ministry is working out details regarding the proposal of the Russian Ministry of Defense to clarify the state border line in the Baltic Sea. This was announced by the head of the Finnish Foreign Ministry, Elina Valtonen.
“According to media reports, Russia may reconsider the definition of maritime zones in the Gulf of Finland. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (of Finland - Ed.) is working out the details,” Valtonen wrote on the social network X (formerly Twitter).
She noted that Helsinki expects that Russia, as a party to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, will act in accordance with it.
As Regnum reported, a day earlier the Russian Ministry of Defense proposed to clarify the line of the state border in the Baltic Sea in the Kaliningrad region, as follows from the draft government resolution posted on the federal portal of draft regulatory legal acts. The text of the draft itself has not been published.
It also follows from the published materials that the Ministry of Defense proposes to recognize as invalid on the territory of the Russian Federation the “Baltic Sea” section of the list of geographical coordinates of points that determine the position of the baselines for measuring the width of the territorial waters, economic zone and continental shelf of the USSR off the mainland coast and islands of the Arctic Ocean, the Baltic and the Black Sea, which was approved by a decree of the USSR Council of Ministers in 1985. If the project is adopted, marine navigation charts are expected to be reissued taking into account adjustments to ensure safety at sea.
The threat to “ neutralize ” Kaliningrad with NATO forces was announced in February by the former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania and Ambassador of Lithuania to Sweden Linas Linkevičius. He stated that after Sweden joined NATO, the Baltic Sea allegedly became “internal” for the military bloc.
Press secretary of the governor of the Kaliningrad region Dmitry Lyskov emphasized that the Baltic Sea, contrary to statements by politicians from NATO countries, will never become an internal sea of this military bloc.
Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov, commenting on threats against the Kaliningrad region, said that the rhetoric associated with the advancement of NATO military infrastructure to Russian borders always causes concern. Kaliningrad is part of Russia, and will always be so, he emphasized.
NATO considers Kaliningrad as one of the potential points for the outbreak of a conflict; this region of Russia for the military bloc is “like an eyesore,” noted military expert Dmitry Drozdenko in an interview with Regnum news agency.
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MOSCOW/COPENHAGEN, May 22 (Reuters) - A Russian defence ministry proposal to revise Russia's maritime border in the eastern Baltic Sea was deleted on Wednesday from an official portal after creating confusion and concern among NATO members such as Finland, Sweden, Lithuania and Estonia.
In its official submission, the defence ministry said that a Soviet measurement of the border from 1985 had used mid-20th century nautical charts, and so did not fully correspond to more modern cartographical coordinates.
But that proposal was deleted on Wednesday from the official portal where it had been posted.
A message said simply: "The draft is deleted."
It gave no explanation. The defence ministry did not respond to a request for comment.
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the defence ministry said that a Soviet measurement of the border from 1985 had used mid-20th century nautical charts, and so did not fully correspond to more modern cartographical coordinates.
"The undersea inhabitants speak Russian, and are more culturally aligned with the Motherland"
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Russian is now actively engaged in hostilities with NATO.
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