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[LB] On May 22, the number of combat clashes in this direction increased more than three times compared to the day before.
by Iryna Lysohor
A total of 113 combat clashes took place during the day. Russia launched three missile strikes using 13 missiles, carried out 57 airstrikes with 97 anti-aircraft missiles, more than 990 strikes by kamikaze drones, more than 4,000 attacks (147 from rocket salvo systems).
This was announced by the spokesman of the General Staff, Dmytro Lykhova, on the air of the telethon. He provided data on the situation for the day in various directions.
In Kharkiv, the enemy continued offensive-assault actions. There were four combat clashes. The fighting took place in the area of the settlements of Liptsi, Staritsa, and Tyhe.
There were 27 combat clashes in the Kupyansk direction. Defense forces successfully repelled enemy attacks in the area of Tverdokhlibov, Synkivka, Berestov, Druzhelyubivka, Ivanivka of Kharkiv region, Stelmakhivka, Nevske, Grekivka and Novoyehorivka of Luhansk region.
In the Lyman direction, the enemy made five attempts to break through the defenses in the area of Torske and Terna settlements of the Donetsk region.
In the Siversky direction, the Defense Forces repelled three attacks in the area of the settlement of Bilogorivka, Luhansk region.
In the Kramatorsk direction, the occupiers tried ten times to break through the defenses of our troops in the area of Novy, Ivanovske, Bila Gora, Klishchiivka and Andriivka settlements.
In the Pokrovsky direction, the defenders repelled 28 attacks in the area of Yevgenivna, Umanske, Kalinove, Novoselivka Persha, Sokil, Solovyove, and Novolexandrivka settlements of the Donetsk region, where the enemy, with the support of aviation, tried to dislodge our units.
In Kurakhivsk, the Defense Forces continue to hold back the enemy in the area of Krasnohorivka, Kostyantynivka and Vodyane settlements, where the Russians tried to break through the defense 16 times.
In the direction of Vremivsk, the occupiers made two unsuccessful attempts to break through the defenses in the direction of Staromayorsky and Urozhany of the Donetsk region.
In the Dnieper direction, the enemy launched 11 attacks on the positions of the Defense Forces.
After the stabilization of the situation with the Russian offensive in the north of the Kharkov region, the largest number of clashes with the enemy during the weeks was in the Pokrovsky direction.
However, on May 22, the number of Russian attacks in the Kupyan direction increased sharply - up to 34. The day before, there were ten of them.
Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 22:08 Zelensky said that the US aid package includes badly needed long-range missiles: “Right now this package is critically important as the enemy is intensifying attacks on the front line. Today in Kharkov I saw with my own eyes the importance of strengthening our soldiers to protect our people, our cities and our communities."
22:00 Arrests began in the structures of the Russian Ministry of Defense - within a month, three generals, including a deputy minister, were detained on suspicion of taking bribes, and the former commander of the 58th Army, Ivan Popov, was detained on charges of fraud. Read more about the purges in the Russian army in the material How to eliminate the guilty.
21:56 German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius confirmed the transfer of another IRIS-T air defense system to Ukraine.
21:52 The defense forces managed to take combat control over the border area in the Kharkov region, where Russian troops entered, Zelensky said in an evening video message.
21:47 Blinken announced a new package of military aid to Ukraine worth $275 million. According to the Pentagon, it included, in particular, 155 mm and 105 mm artillery shells; 60 mm mortar mines; TOW missiles; Javelin and AT-4 anti-tank systems; precision aircraft munitions; small arms and additional small arms ammunition and grenades; demolition ammunition; anti-tank mines, etc.
21:38 Germany will not transfer Taurus missiles to Ukraine, since the Ukrainians allegedly will not be able to program them themselves, and Berlin will not send its soldiers there due to the “risk of escalation,” Scholz said.
21:06 Putin is allegedly ready to stop the war in Ukraine through ceasefire negotiations that will fix the current position of the parties on the front line, Reuters reports, citing high-ranking sources from Russian political and business circles who have worked or are working with the Kremlin leader. For this story, Reuters spoke to a total of five people who work or have worked with Putin at senior levels in the political and business world. Read more in the article New rumor about a truce.
20:39 The accuracy of some types of Western weapons has decreased due to the work of Russian electronic warfare, which is why Kiev stopped using them, writes The Washington Post. We are talking about weapons that have satellite guidance, in particular, Excalibur shells and HIMARS systems. According to an American official, the United States is equipping HIMARS with additional equipment to ensure accurate targeting. And one of the ways the Ukrainians counter Russian electronic warfare is by using drones before targeting enemy targets.
20:10 Another Iris-T air defense system from Germany has arrived in Ukraine, writes Spiegel. Currently in Ukraine there are four medium-range Iris-T systems and one short-range Iris-T system.
20:04 Russia is holding 403 Ukrainian women in captivity, many of whom are illegally detained civilians, the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War reported. There are also women whose fate has been unknown since 2014. The Russian side simply ignores numerous appeals demanding the return of women.
Women released from captivity talk, among other things, about humiliation, inhumane conditions of detention, inadequate nutrition, and the inability to receive qualified medical care and contact with relatives. The Russians also prohibit representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross from accessing places of detention of prisoners and civilians, of which there are more than 100 in the Russian Federation and temporarily occupied territories.
19:16 Moscow is spreading anonymous statements about Putin’s alleged readiness to freeze the war in order to disrupt the Peace Summit, Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba said: “Why are Russian “sources” suddenly telling the media that Putin is ready to stop the war on the current line of contact? It’s all very simple. Putin is desperately trying to disrupt the Peace Summit in Switzerland. He is afraid of its success."
“Now Putin has no desire to stop aggression. Only the principled and united voice of the world majority can force him to choose peace over war. This is what the Peace Summit is designed to achieve. That is why he is so afraid of it,” the Foreign Minister explained.
18:41 On Saturday, May 25, hourly power outage schedules will be in effect for industrial and household consumers throughout Ukraine from 20:00 to 22:00 - during the hours of maximum evening consumption, Ukrenergo reported.
18:32 Putin said that he is ready for negotiations with Ukraine, but considers Zelensky illegitimate: “We are aware that the legitimacy of the current president has ended. When resuming negotiations with Ukraine, Russia needs to understand with whom it can and should deal when signing documents."
The head of the Kremlin also repeated that Moscow is ready for negotiations “only based on today’s realities in the special operation zone.” In addition, he blamed the West for the breakdown of negotiations, and the Istanbul agreements of 2022, according to him, allegedly suited both Kyiv and Moscow. Putin added that it is possible to return to negotiations “based on the agreements already reached.” “We see that conversations about the need to return to negotiations on Ukraine have resumed again. Let them return,” Putin said.
18:10 The government has set profitability at 25% for domestic ammunition manufacturers - the same as was previously established for drone manufacturers, said the head of the Ministry of Digital Development, Mikhail Fedorov. This will allow manufacturers to expand and modernize their lines. The minister noted that over the past two years, Ukraine has significantly increased the production of its own weapons, and among the most successful cases is the revolution in the production of various types of drones. One of the factors for this success was the attraction of private manufacturers. As a result, drone production increased 100 times over the year.
17:59 In parallel with the peace summit in Switzerland, Russia is convening a BRICS meeting at the level of foreign ministers, Politico writes, citing sources. This means that Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi may travel to Russia rather than Switzerland, as can the foreign ministers of India, Brazil and South Africa, the newspaper writes.
17:14 As a result of the Russian attack on the printing house in Kharkov, the total capacity of book publishing in Ukraine may decrease by 30-40%, said the owner of the Factor-Druk printing plant, Sergei Polituchy. According to him, this also applies to textbooks - the printing house produced up to 50% of all textbooks printed in the state. Recovery will take at least several months and international assistance.
16:36 Zelensky visited the destroyed Factor Druk printing house in Kharkov and showed the consequences of a missile strike, which killed seven workers:
16:08 British intelligence reports that Russia sent an African corps of former Wagnerites to attack Volchansk. The Afrika Korps of the Russian Ministry of Defense, created in December 2023, consists of more than 2,000 regular soldiers and officers, as well as experienced mercenaries, many of whom previously served in the Wagner PMC. According to intelligence, Afrika Korps troops are likely to have previously deployed to Syria, Libya, Burkina Faso and Niger.
15:55 The General Staff conducted a study to optimize the staff and decided to reduce it by 60%, said the head of the Main Directorate of Defense Planning of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Evgeniy Ostryansky. According to him, the Armed Forces of Ukraine plan to further staff the operational and tactical levels of command and control, as well as combat military units. This will allow for the rotation of units that have been in the combat zone for a long time.
15:47 More than 1 million citizens updated their data through the Reserve+ application, the Ministry of Defense reported. For comparison, the number of people liable for military service who did this through the TsNAP is 40,865 people, and through the TCC - 21,735 people. Reserve+ is currently available in 176 countries. Soon, a military registration document will appear in the application, which will have the same legal force as a paper one.
15:03 Radio Liberty showed fresh satellite images from the Kushchevskaya airfield in the Krasnodar region of the Russian Federation, which was attacked by drones on the night of May 19. The Planet Labs satellite recorded damage to at least two Russian fighters - the Su-27 and Su-34. The photographs also show that after the strikes, most of the fighters were removed from the airfield.
14:49 Defense forces stopped Russian troops in the Kharkov direction and are carrying out counter-offensive actions, said Igor Prokhorenko, a representative of the Main Operations Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In the Sumy and Chernihiv regions, according to him, the situation is under control. The enemy is amassing troops on the territory of the Russian Federation and daily strikes at border settlements.
14:11 Yanukovych’s plane has arrived in Belarus, where Putin and Lukashenko are meeting today. According to Belarusski Gayun, the Dassault Falcon 900C landed at Gomel airport today at 12:50. The last time Yanukovych was in Belarus was in March 2022.
14:02 Orban believes that Russia does not have enough strength to attack NATO: “Russian troops have already shown the limits of their capabilities in Ukraine. If the Russians were strong enough to defeat the Ukrainians in one fell swoop, they would have done it already. That’s why I I don’t think it’s logical that Russia, which can’t even defeat Ukraine, would suddenly come and swallow the entire Western world. The chances of this happening are extremely low.”
13:56 Germany, together with Denmark, announced a new package of military assistance to Ukraine. It included, in particular, ten Leopard tanks, 54 Vector and Heidrun reconnaissance drones, 8,500 155 mm artillery shells, 20 MG3 machine guns for Leopard-2, Dachs tanks and Marder infantry fighting vehicles. In addition, three HIMARS MLRS are being prepared for shipment.
13:17 Zelensky said that today he is on a visit to Kharkov and held a meeting on the operational situation in the region and preparations for the heating season.
12:58 Reuters writes, citing Russian sources, that Putin is allegedly ready to end the war in Ukraine through negotiations that recognize the current front lines.
12:19 Orbán said Hungary is working to “rethink” its NATO membership status to potentially avoid involvement in future operations outside the Alliance and increased NATO support for Ukraine. “Our lawyers and officers are working hard on how Hungary can maintain its NATO membership in such a way that it does not have to participate in NATO activities outside the territory of the Alliance,” the Hungarian Prime Minister said.
12:07 The Ministry of Reintegration announced the forced evacuation of children from 36 settlements in the Bogodukhovsky, Izyumsky, Kupyansky and Chuguevsky districts of the Kharkov region. In total, it is planned to take out 123 children. We are talking about orphans and children deprived of parental care.
11:41 In Lvov on May 23, a Russian Opposition Forum was held, in which representatives of the political and armed opposition to the Putin regime took part, including delegates from volunteer units fighting as part of the Ukrainian Defense Forces, the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense reported. According to the report, the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the MOU, Kirill Budanov, “supported the holding of such an event as one of the manifestations of the struggle against the Kremlin dictatorship, which also contributes to Ukraine’s victory over the aggressor state.” The media reported that Khodorkovsky, Kasparov, Feigin, Shenderovich and others took part in the forum.
11:27 The Khmelnitsky City District Court reported that it granted all 50 requests for parole of convicts who expressed a desire to mobilize into the Defense Forces.
11:02 Brazil and China are calling for a peace conference with the participation of both Russia and Ukraine, Bloomberg writes. The day before, Chinese Foreign Affairs Representative Wang Yi met with Brazilian President Celso Amorim's chief adviser, following which they issued a statement outlining a "common understanding" on the path to resolving the war in Ukraine. This is the first time that China has signed a joint declaration of war with another country, the newspaper notes.
"China and Brazil support holding an international peace conference at an appropriate time, recognized by both Russia and Ukraine, with equal participation of all parties, as well as fair discussion of all peace plans," the statement said. It also condemns the potential use of weapons of mass destruction.
10:46 As a result of yesterday's Russian strike on Kharkov, 50 thousand books burned in the destroyed printing house, Zelensky said.
10:32 Russia is increasingly succeeding in disrupting the operation of Starlink in Ukraine, writes The New York Times. So, for the first time this happened on the morning of the Russian offensive near Kharkov, which disoriented the Ukrainian Armed Forces, after which such cases were repeated. According to Ukrainian officials, the Russians have deployed more powerful electronic weapons and more sophisticated tools to degrade Starlink, which "poses a serious threat to Ukraine."
The publication notes that this “could mark a tactical shift in the conflict, highlighting Ukraine’s vulnerability and dependence on services provided by Elon Musk’s company.” Ukraine is communicating with the management of SpaceX to solve problems, said the head of the Ministry of Digital Development, Mikhail Fedorov. Starlink's service quality should improve soon, he said.
10:09 The police will forcibly deliver to the TCC those persons liable for military service who are on the wanted list, said the head of the National Police, Ivan Vyhovsky. According to him, police will check the documents of those liable for military service in public places. If a person is wanted, he will be forcibly taken to the TCC.
09:44 Late in the evening of May 23, the Russians shelled Kharkov again - the building of the enterprise was damaged, one person was injured, said the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov. He also said that as a result of yesterday’s S-300 attack on a printing plant, seven people were killed and 21 were injured. Eight people were injured in Dergachi, ten in Lyubotin.
In addition, over the past 24 hours, one person was killed as a result of shelling. Redkodub, Kupyansky district; one person was killed and two were injured in the village. Kondrashovka, Kupyansky district; in the village An 11-year-old child was injured in Ryasnoye, Bogodukhovsky district; one person was wounded in the village of Prikolotnoye, Kupyansky district.
09:26 Biden is likely to skip the Peace Summit in Switzerland next month because it coincides with a campaign fundraiser in California, which the American president is scheduled to attend with Hollywood stars, Bloomberg writes.
09:01 In the Donetsk region over the past 24 hours, two people were wounded as a result of Russian shelling - in Toretsk, said the head of the OBA Vadim Filashkin.
08:49 In the Zaporozhye region, one person was killed as a result of an enemy attack in the Pologovsky district, said the head of the OVA Ivan Fedorov.
08:47 At night, the Russian army again attacked the railway infrastructure in the Kharkov region, Ukrzaliznytsia reported. As a result of the shelling, tracks, buildings, non-working freight cars and an electric train car were damaged. No people were injured, trains are running on schedule.
08:35 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of May 24:
personnel - about 498,940 (+1240) people,
tanks - 7635 (+13),
armored combat vehicles - 14,775 (+27),
artillery systems - 12 902 (+42),
MLRS - 1080 (+3),
air defense systems - 813 (+0),
aircraft - 356 (+1),
helicopters - 326 (+0),
UAV of operational-tactical level - 10 401 (+10),
cruise missiles - 2209 (+0),
ships/boats - 27 (+0),
submarines - 1 (+0),
automotive equipment and tank trucks - 17,569 (+56),
special equipment - 2101 (+7).
07:42 In the morning, the Russians struck Nikopol, Dnepropetrovsk region, several times with kamikaze drones, and also fired artillery at the Marganets community. According to preliminary information, two people were injured, a four-story house and a store were damaged, said the head of the OVA, Sergei Lysak.
07:26 On the evening of May 23, at least six ATACMS missiles hit the communications center of the radar and air defense forces of the Russian Army in Alushta, Crimean public pages write. At the site of the impact there is a radio antenna of a space observation station and several buildings of the facility. At the time of the attack, high-ranking military personnel of the Russian Armed Forces were allegedly present there. Explosions were also heard in Simferopol, Saki, Yalta, Dzhankoy and Yevpatoria. According to the “head” of annexed Crimea, Sergei Aksenov, two people were killed as a result of an attack by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Simferopol, and in Alushta the attack was allegedly “on an empty commercial facility.”
The Russian Ministry of Defense stated that air defense systems allegedly destroyed three ATACMS missiles over Crimea and two drones over the Belgorod region overnight. Also, naval aviation allegedly destroyed three unmanned boats in the Black Sea, heading in the direction of Crimea.
05:53 The first group of Ukrainian pilots completed training on F-16 aircraft at a military base in the US state of Arizona, said Arizona National Guard representative Erin Hannigan. The pilots trained at the 162nd Air National Guard Base in Tucson. Hannigan did not say how many graduated or the exact graduation date "out of concern for their safety." Pilots are currently heading to Europe for additional training.
05:14 Japan imposed sanctions against nine organizations and one individual from Russia, as well as two companies associated with Russia and Belarus. Among those included in the sanctions lists are Transmorflot LLC, State Airlines 224 Flight Detachment and its general director, military unit 25969, the Vladimirovka research complex and the Ashuluk training ground. South Korea also announced its sanctions - the Russian vessels MAIA-1 and MARIA were subject to restrictions.
00:38 Putin arrived in Minsk for negotiations with Lukashenko. The head of the Kremlin said that he plans to discuss with Lukashenko “security issues and the second phase of the Russian Federation’s nuclear exercises with the participation of the Belarusian military.”
00:21 The Financial Times writes, citing a source close to the leadership of the Russian Armed Forces, that a new partial mobilization in Russia “will become inevitable” by the end of 2024 or the beginning of 2025. At the moment, the authorities are “ready to sacrifice some operational successes at the front” in order to “protect society” from participation in hostilities, the source claims. However, without announcing a new mobilization, he said, carrying out major offensive operations is not possible.
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[Korrespondent] The Ukrainian army stopped the advance of the invaders in Volchansk and Liptsy.
The Russian invasion of the north comes after months of intensified bombing of Ukraine's second largest city.
Ukraine's armed forces are planning a counteroffensive to push back Russian troops who have seized territory in the north-east of the Khar'kov region. Bloomberg writes about this on Friday, May 24.
Speaking about the current situation, the publication points out that two weeks after Russian troops crossed the border and opened a new front in the Khar'kov region, the advance of the invaders stopped in the city of Volchansk, less than 10 kilometers south of the border.
"The Kremlin's new front has forced Kyiv to push troops back into the country's northeast, depleting reserves as Moscow steps up attacks in the east," Bloomberg notes.
Bloomberg emphasizes that the Russian invasion in the north comes after months of intensified bombing of Ukraine's second-largest city.
“The DeepState mapping service has not recorded any significant advance of the Kremlin troops as part of the offensive on the Khar'kov region since Monday. According to the commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Alexander Syrsky, the Russian military command is sending reserves to support the local offensive, but to no avail,” analysts point out.
The Russian Ministry of Defense also reported that Russian troops repelled a number of Ukrainian counterattacks, continuing to advance deeper into the Ukrainian defense line near Khar'kov.
“Fightings in the eastern Donetsk region have intensified as the Kremlin uses its advantage over Ukraine in ammunition and manpower. Moscow’s troops have advanced near the strategically important village of Vrem'ya Yar, which they seek to capture “at any cost,” the publication writes, citing words Syrsky.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces also do not rule out that the enemy may attempt a breakthrough in the Sumy region. However, Ukrainian troops are prepared for possible attacks.
Earlier, Zelensky said that Western countries are afraid of Russia losing the war, because after that there will be “unpredictable geopolitics.” He emphasized that “it doesn’t work that way,” and for Ukraine to win, “we need to give everything that they win with.”
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[Korrespondent] Putin supposedly believes that the achievements in the war today are “enough to sell victory to the Russian people.”
Vladimir Putin is allegedly ready to stop the war in Ukraine through ceasefire negotiations that will fix the current position of the parties on the front line, Reuters reports, citing high-ranking sources from Russian political and business circles who have worked or are working with the Kremlin leader. For this story, Reuters spoke to a total of five people who work or have worked with Putin at senior levels in the political and business world. THERE IS SOMETHING TO FEED THE PEOPLE
According to the agency's interlocutors, if Kyiv and the West do not respond to the Russian president's proposal, Putin is ready to continue the war.
Three sources familiar with discussions around the president said Putin “expressed disappointment” to a small group of his advisers that, in his opinion, the West was trying to derail such negotiations, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was rejecting them altogether.
“Putin can fight as long as necessary, but Putin is also ready for a ceasefire to freeze the war,” a fourth source, a senior Russian official with knowledge of high-level Kremlin discussions, told the agency. The fifth source did not comment on the freezing of the war on the current front line.
Putin believes that the successes already achieved in the war are enough to “sell” victory to the Russian people, two Reuters interlocutors said. Putin understands that any new advance at the front would require another wave of mobilization, which he is reluctant to undertake, three of the sources said. One of the agency’s interlocutors claims that the mobilization announced in September 2022 brought down Putin’s level of popularity among Russians.
Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov, in response to the agency’s request for comment, said that Putin has repeatedly made it clear that Russia is supposedly open to dialogue to achieve its goals, adding that it does not want “eternal war.”
BYPASSING UKRAINE?
One source believes that while Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky is in power, no deal can happen unless Russia bypasses him and makes a deal with Washington.
It is reported that, according to all interlocutors, fixing in the agreement all the achievements of the Russian Federation on the battlefield is not subject to discussion.
One of the factors influencing the Russian dictator's view of the need to end the war is that the longer it drags on, the more battle-hardened veterans return to Russia, dissatisfied with post-war job and income prospects, one Reuters source said, potentially creates tension in society.
However, all five sources reported that Putin told advisers that he had no plans on NATO territory.
THIS HAS ALREADY HAPPENED
Since the end of 2023, Western media have twice reported that Putin proposed freezing the war in Ukraine. Thus, according to The New York Times, Putin, starting in September 2023, “through various diplomatic channels,” made it clear that he was ready to begin negotiations on a ceasefire in Ukraine, stopping at the positions taken. In February, Reuters reported similar “signals” from Putin, which were rejected in Washington, not wanting to negotiate bypassing Kyiv. The Kremlin denied that the Russian president had made such proposals.
UKRAINE'S POSITION
Vladimir Zelensky has repeatedly said that he is not ready to negotiate and conclude an agreement on the terms of the Russian authorities. Ukraine is preparing for a peace summit - an international conference dedicated to ending the war in Ukraine, which will be held on June 15-16 in Switzerland.
Russia was not invited to the summit. Zelensky explained this decision by saying that the Russian side “will block everything, disrupt everything.” According to him, Russia will be involved in the discussion when the basic principles of the agreement are developed.
In March, Zelensky said that when Russian dictator Vladimir Putin loses what he has occupied since 2022, he will then be ready for dialogue.
“I am sure that when he loses what he has captured since 2022, he will lose the confidence of both those countries that doubt it and within the state. As soon as this happens, he will be ready for dialogue,” Zelensky noted.
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Three sources familiar with discussions around the president said Putin “expressed disappointment” to a small group of his advisers that, in his opinion, the West was trying to derail such negotiations, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was rejecting them altogether.
So, nothing new here. This has been the situation from the get go. Biden and Zelensky still think they can win and don't give a rat's ass how many people die in the effort.
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Biden and Zelensky still think they can win and don't give a rat's ass how many people die in the effort.
It is not really about winning in the traditional sense. Winning would mean the game comes to an end. IMAO, this has always been an attempt to grind down the Russians by parties who shall remain unnamed using Ukraine and its people as an expendable tool.
In Zelensky's particular case, "winning" means a continuing flow of money and position so he does not have to go back to being a stand-up comedian or trying to revive his acting career
Side note: When hostilities do eventually end, there will be lots of money to be made rebuilding Ukraine.
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Yes. I would be watching my back very carefully if I was the Z man. Kinda reminds me of that Afghan president, can't remember his name but he wore a cape. He was smart though. He got out before things went south.
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[EngMilRu] From 18 May to 24 May 2024, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation carried out 49 group strikes by high-precision weapons and unmanned aerial vehicles, which hit the enemy military airfield infrastructure, missiles, ammunition and fuel storages, and the production facilities for uncrewed surface vehicles and unmanned aerial vehicles.
In addition, temporary deployment areas of the AFU mampower, foreign mercenaries and nationalist formations, as well as enterprises of the military-industrial complex of Ukraine were hit.
Over the past week, units of the Sever Group of Forces liberated Staritsa (Kharkov region) as a result of active actions and continued the advance to the depth of the enemy defence.
Servicemen of the Sever Group of Forces inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of five brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and four territorial defence brigades.
Twenty three counterattacks of assault groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were repelled close to Glubokoye, Tikhoye, Liptsi, and Volchansk (Kharkov region).
The enemy losses amounted to up to 1,840 troops, six tanks, eight armoured fighting vehicles, 40 motor vehicles, four Grad and Vampire MLRS combat vehicles, as well as 37 field artillery guns.
The Zapad Group of Forces' units captured more advantageous lines, and also defeated units of four AFU mechanised brigades, two territorial defence brigades, and one national guard brigade.
Over the past 24 hours, 15 counterattacks were repelled by units of four AFU brigades and one national guard brigade close to Grigorovka (Donetsk People's Republic), Chervonaya Dibrova, Novovodyanoye, and Stelmakhovka (Lugansk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 2,040 Ukrainian troops, two tanks, 18 armoured fighting vehicles, 19 motor vehicles, two Grad MLRS combat vehicles, and 32 field artillery guns, to include 14 Western-made.
Over the past week, units of the Yug Group of Forces have liberated three settlements: Belogorovka, Kleshcheyevka, and Andreyevka (Donetsk People's Republic), and continued to advance to the depths of the enemy defence.
Servicemen of the Yug Group of Forces inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of seven AFU brigades and four territorial defence brigades.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 3,285 Ukrainian troops, seven tanks, 13 armoured fighting vehicles, 46 motor vehicles, 32 field artillery guns, to include 27 Western-made.
In addition, ten AFU ammunition depots were destroyed.
The Tsentr Group of Forces' units improved the situation along the front line and defeated units of nine AFU and Ukrainian National Guard's formations.
Forty one counter-attacks launched by assault groups of eight AFU brigades were repelled close to Shumy, Netaylovo, Novokalinovo, Umanskoye, Ocheretino, Archangelskoye, and Solovyovo (Donetsk People's Republic).
During the week, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have lost up to 2,770 Ukrainian troops, one tank, 26 motor vehicles, 35 field artillery guns, and 20 armoured fighting vehicles, including four German-made Marder infantry fighting vehicles, as well as five Bradley and three U.S.-made MaxxPro armoured personnel carriers in this direction.
The Vostok Group of Forces' units improved the tactical situation and hit manpower and hardware of AFU motorised infantry and territorial defence brigades.
Nine counter-attacks launched by assault groups of AFU mechanised, territorial defence, and national guard brigades were repelled near Vladimirovka, Staromayorskoye, and Urozhaynoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 920 Ukrainian troops, 13 armoured fighting vehicles, 39 motor vehicles, and 18 field artillery guns, to include ten Western-made.
The units of the Dnepr Group of Forces have engaged manpower and hardware of two marine brigades, three AFU brigades, two territorial defence formations, as well as one national guard brigade.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 350 Ukrainian troops, three tanks, two armoured fighting vehicles, 35 motor vehicles, two Grad MLRS launchers, as well as 24 field artillery guns, including seven U.S.-made M777 howitzers, and one UK-made FH-70 towed howitzer.
Air defence units have shot down two MiG-29 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force, eight French-made SCALP-EG cruise missiles, 25 U.S.-made ATACMS and Tochka-U operational-tactical missiles, 18 French-made Hammer guided bombs, 13 U.S.-made HARM anti-radiation missiles, one Neptun anti-ship missile, 91 HIMARS, Vampire, and Olkha MLRS projectiles, as well as 356 unmanned aerial vehicles.
Over the past week, 67 Ukrainian servicemen surrendered on the line of contact.
In total, 603 airplanes and 274 helicopters, 24,590 unmanned aerial vehicles, 524 air defence missile systems, 16,149 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,311 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 9,802 field artillery cannons and mortars, as well as 21,966 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.
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[NewsFront] 21:00 Ukrainian troops dropped an explosive object from an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) on the Nikitovsky district of Donetsk, reported representationDPR at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine. 19:55 Thousands of destroyed targets: soldiers of the 1st Army Corps effectivelyapplyattack FPV drones in the Donetsk direction
Every day, during reconnaissance, crews identify and hit targets such as observation posts, caches, ammunition depots, lightly armored vehicles, positions and concentrations of enemy manpower. Since the beginning of the SVO, just one UAV crew has already hit more than a thousand targets.
18:47 Offensive on Chasov Yar, May 24.
After the paratroopers broke through to the Seversky Donets-Donbass canal, the Ukrainian Armed Forces began to urgently respond to any movement and deployed significant mechanized forces along the canal - several dozen armored vehicles and tanks.
However, the situation quickly got out of control and the forces scattered along the Chassoyar watershed began to attack with drones and artillery.
As a result, the first line of defense of the Ukrainian Armed Forces sank for a while and allowed the paratroopers to carry out a series of counterattacks, during which they managed to expand the zone of control near the Novy microdistrict and move the front line in the north of Chasov Yar to the west.
17:52 Personnel combat work of crews of 122mm howitzers D-30 of the Sever group of troops.
Artillerymen continue to carry out fire missions to destroy armored vehicles, fire weapons, ammunition depots and fortified positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
17:08 The number of those wounded as a result of artillery attack of the Petrovsky district of Donetsk by Ukrainian troops has increased to three, the JCCC reported.
16:49 The Ukrainian Armed Forces are preparing a counteroffensive in the Khar'kov direction, for this the command has transferred several Ukrainian brigades from the part of the DPR occupied by Kiev to this section of the front, said Pushilin’s adviser Igor Kimakovsky.
He also added that many Ukrainian units that are being transferred from the Donetsk direction no longer have armored vehicles.
15:59 Destruction of the T-72 tank of Ukrainian militants in the Khar'kov direction -video.
15:52 Personnel destruction of the operators of the reconnaissance UAV of the Ukrainian Armed Forces by a strike from our Lancet UAV.
15:15 The main thing from the new briefing of the Russian Ministry of Defense:
Within a week, 67 Ukrainian servicemen surrendered on the line of combat contact;
Over the course of a week, the Russian Armed Forces carried out 49 group high-precision strikes on military and infrastructure facilities in Ukraine;
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 350 soldiers in a week due to the actions of the Dnepr group of troops;
Within a week, units of the Southern Group of the Russian Armed Forces defeated the manpower and equipment of seven brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and four brigades of military defense;
Over the course of a week, the “North” group defeated five brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, four brigades of military defense and repelled 23 counterattacks;
The “West” group occupied more advantageous positions and defeated the formations of seven brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the military defense and the National Guard of Ukraine;
The Vostok grouping improved its tactical situation; the Ukrainian Armed Forces in its area of responsibility lost up to 920 military personnel;
Aviation and the Russian air defense system destroyed 2 MiG-29 aircraft of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, 8 SCALP-EG cruise missiles, 356 drones in a week;
Within a week, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 3,285 military personnel in the area of responsibility of the Southern Group of the Russian Armed Forces;
The Dnepr group of troops defeated eight Ukrainian brigades in a week;
Over the course of a week, the Armed Forces of Ukraine lost up to 1,840 military personnel, six tanks, four 122mm BM-21 Grad and Vampire MLRS, as well as 37 artillery pieces in the Khar'kov region;
The southern group of troops destroyed 10 field warehouses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces within a week;
Units of the Central Group of the Russian Armed Forces repelled 41 counterattacks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces during the week;
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 2,040 military personnel, 32 field artillery pieces, including 14 Western-made ones, in the zone of responsibility of the “West” group;
Within a week, units of the Central Group of the Russian Armed Forces improved the situation along the front line and defeated formations of 9 formations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Armed Forces of Ukraine lost up to 2,770 military personnel in a week;
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost four Marder infantry fighting vehicles, five Bradley infantry fighting vehicles and three MaxxPro armored personnel carriers in the area of responsibility of the Central Group of the Russian Armed Forces.
14:54 Explosions in Khar'kov.
14:32 Crew of the Iskander operational-tactical missile system hit the command post and accumulation of military equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces unit.
14:24 Explosions in Kirovograd. Before this, a missile alert was announced there.
14:05 The Armed Forces of Ukraine struck Kremennaya (LPR), a woman was wounded, a store and power lines were damaged, about 12 thousand subscribers of the city were left without power supply, said the head of the administration of the Kremensky municipal district Tretyakov.
13:54 Artillery of the Ukrainian Armed Forces destroyed on the way out of Kharkov.
UAV operators were able to detect the 152mm 2S3 Akatsiya self-propelled guns of the Ukrainian Armed Forces right at the exit from the Khar'kovring road. The self-propelled gun was destroyed by Lancet operators three kilometers from the above-mentioned road in the village. Cherkasy Lozova.
13:40 The Ukrainian Armed Forces launched a counterattack on the southern bank of the Volchya River in Volchansk. Now their presence is recorded in the center along Gorky and Gogol streets in the city center.
13:34 From Staromayorsky we receive information about the stable control of the Russian Armed Forces up to half of the village, as well as about successful assault operations in the northeast of the village towards the Mokrye Yaly River.
12:49 Archangel of Special Forces reports the situation in Chasov Yar
Fierce fighting continues in the Kanal microdistrict. The assault units of our 98th Airborne Troops are moving in depth.
The enemy brought tanks into the battle, which are driving into the populated area, so the Ukrainian Armed Forces are trying to stop the advancing landing force.
12:04 Combat Job of artillery of the 7th Separate Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 2nd Army Corps of the Russian Armed Forces in the Seversky direction.
11:56 In the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, as a result of artillery attack from the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the driver of a car was wounded, he was taken to the hospital, the mayor of the city of Kulemzin said.
11:10 The Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked a private house with drones in Dnepryany, Novokakhovsky urban district, there were no casualties - Governor of the Kherson region Vladimir Saldo.
10:50 Military personnel from the “Center” group of troops improved tactical situation, defeated the formations of the 68th Jaeger, 24th Mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of Semenovka and Novgorod. We repelled five 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.
In total, 325 identified enemy targets were defeated during the day, including 17 strongholds and 90 field artillery positions.
Enemy losses amounted to up to 405 military personnel, four armored combat vehicles, including three American-made MaxxPro, six vehicles, an M777 howitzer, an M-109 Paladin self-propelled artillery mount, a 152mm 2S3 Akatsiya self-propelled artillery mount, a D-20 howitzer, a 2A65 Msta-B howitzer, two 122mm D-30 howitzers and two M-102 light towed howitzers.
10:30 Personnel combat work of military personnel of the units of the “Southern” group of forces during the liberation of the settlement of Kleshcheevka of the Donetsk People’s Republic.
09:40 Front-line report for May 24 from military correspondent Evgeny Lisitsyn:
Avdeevsk direction: in Netailovo the RF Armed Forces achieved success in battles. Heavy fighting is taking place in Umansky, the Russian Armed Forces are facing a powerful artillery counterattack. Intensified counter-battery work by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Arkhangelskoye complicates the situation.
Donetsk direction: in Krasnogorovka, Russian forces are expanding the zone of control, Ukrainian resources have confirmed the loss of positions. In Paraskovievka, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have lost control of the road and there are heavy oncoming battles.
Kherson direction: the situation in this area is uncertain: reports of rotation and removal of the wounded are mixed with information about the withdrawal of the Ukrainian Armed Forces from their last positions.
Zaporozhye direction: our fighters stormed the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces north-west of Verbovoy.
South Donetsk direction: in Staromayorske there is an assault on the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces with a possible breakthrough to the center of the village. Also, attacks on the bridge between Vremevka and Velikaya Novoselka to complicate the logistics of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Artyomovsk direction: after controlling Kleshcheevka and Andreevka, the Russian army advances on Kurdyumovka and Ozaryanovka, which opens the way to Toretsk from the northeast.
08:22 UAV operators of 38 and 64 Separate Motorized Rifle brigades apply attacks on equipment and manpower of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
08:17 The city of Volchansk in the Khar'kovregion has been liberated by more than 50%. This was stated by the coordinator for interparliamentary relations with the LPR parliament, State Duma deputy Viktor Vodolatsky.
08:14 Operators of attack FPV drones of the Dnepr group of troops destroyed Ukrainian Armed Forces firing points north of Rabotin in the Zaporozhye region. This was reported to the Ministry of Defense.
08:10 The commander of the Strela-10 air defense missile system platoon with the call sign “Lacoste” told how the fight against enemy “birds” is being conducted -video.
08:06 Russian paratroopers gained a foothold on the eastern outskirts of the Novy microdistrict in Chasov Yar and gradually are advancing forward, the footage shows the work of the armored group of the 99th Airborne Forces and the TOS-1A “Solntsepek”.
08:00 Army Aviation pilots struck a strong point and an enemy armored vehicle in the Khar'kov direction.
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[REGNUM] “I don’t know if they will be able to force the hall to vote for a ban on the UOC. Yes, Poroshenko’s supporters, Soros from “Golos” and some part of “Servant of the People” will definitely be for the ban and are ready to vote even now. But many people, both here and in other factions, do not want to take sin on their souls. There are some boundaries for everything,” says our source, a people’s deputy from Servant of the People. Like many of his colleagues, he is in a state close to despair. Even before the war, parliamentarians were not really taken into account, but now, in the general opinion of the “servants,” they were completely turned into servants, into serf pushers.
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Cut off all aid to the ukrainian regime and ket it fall to moscow
Sorry US but Victoria Nuland, State Dept and Biden meddling here is a complete disaster
Cost 500k lives and destroyed a country so visa, mastercard and google could have the comms and fintech infrastructure, blackrock could rebuild and so arms dealwrs raytheon, lockheed, boeing, northrop et al could all cash in
And all at your expense. Billions upon billions gifted to US corporate oligarchy
You must fix your country for god's sake vote in RFK jr because you have to stop this bs now. It is destroying entire countries.
First person to see Toria Nuland please remove her with a citizens arrest
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[Regnum] Law enforcement officers of Belarus detained in Minsk two citizens of Tajikistan who are suspected of preparing terrorist attacks on the territory of their country, official representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Belarus Natalya Sakharchuk reported on May 24.
The detainees were handed over to law enforcement officers of Tajikistan, REN TV reports.
No other details are provided.
As Regnum reported, in May 2024, during negotiations with the head of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the work of the special services of the two countries to respond to common terrorist threats has been established. Terrorism poses a threat to everyone, the president noted.
Russia, during its chairmanship of the CIS in 2024, will constructively build joint work on security and stability, the fight against terrorism and extremism, the head of state said in December 2023. The Russian Federation will continue to fight cross-border crime, drug trafficking, and corruption, Vladimir Putin added.
After the court refused to release Popov under house arrest, the judge asked the suspect if he had any questions.
“No, your honor. It could be worse,” answered the major general.
As reported by IA Regnum, the Second Western District Military Court, at a meeting on May 24, decided to leave Popov, accused of fraud on an especially large scale, in a pre-trial detention center. The Investigative Committee applied for a mitigation of the preventive measure against Popov.
During the hearing on May 24, the judge also clarified the qualifications of the charges against Popov. He is accused of fraud committed by a group of persons on an especially large scale using his official position.
On May 23, the official representative of the Russian Investigative Committee, Svetlana Petrenko, stated that Popov is accused of theft of more than 1,700 tons of metal structures, which were intended for the construction of defensive fortifications in the Zaporozhye region. The cost of rolled metal exceeds 130 million rubles.
The general denies all accusations. Popov’s father, in a conversation with IA Regnum, previously stated that his son was not guilty of anything. Popov Sr. is convinced that ill-wishers deliberately “digged” for the general. He called the current situation a “set-up.” Popov’s colleagues also do not believe in the version of the security forces. The soldiers are convinced that the general who “jumped into the trenches with ordinary privates” could not steal from his own people.
More from regnum.ru “Izvestia”: Shamarin’s wife stated that he did not take a bribe, but borrowed money
The head of the Main Communications Directorate of the Armed Forces (AF) of the Russian Federation, Deputy Chief of the General Staff, Lieutenant General Vadim Shamarin, who was arrested on charges of taking a bribe, was framed, Izvestia’s source said, referring to the general’s wife Elizaveta Shamarina.
According to the wife’s information, which was provided by the publication’s interlocutor, her colleagues wrote a statement against her husband. Shamarina claims that a friend lent him the money. At the same time, she emphasized that her husband himself did not ask to lend him anything.
The source clarified that, according to Shamarin’s wife, he was framed, since the testimony of his colleagues indicated that the lieutenant general himself asked for money.
As reported by IA Regnum, the detention of 52-year-old Shamarin became known on May 23. On the same day, he was arrested for two months by a military court in the case of receiving a bribe on an especially large scale. Searches were carried out in his apartment. The general himself did not admit his guilt.
The defendants in the case, the general director of the Perm Telephone Plant Telta OJSC, Alexey Vysokov, and the chief accountant of this enterprise, Elena Grishina, have been under arrest since the summer of 2023 on charges of fraud, it follows from the case materials. Shamarin could face up to 15 years in prison.
The police are also checking Shamarin for involvement in similar crimes. The investigation continues to actively collect evidence in the case of receiving a bribe on an especially large scale.
Vlasov was born in 1991 in the Novgorod region. He graduated from the Military Space Academy. Mozhaisky, and later underwent advanced training of military specialists in the construction and operation of buildings and structures for special and combined arms purposes.
Since April 2020, Vlasov worked in the main construction department of the Krasnodar region, which he headed in December 2021. Since March 2022, he headed the construction department of the Krasnodar Territory, and in December 2022 he was appointed to the position of vice-governor.
Vlasov oversees the work of the departments of construction, architecture and urban planning, supervision in the construction sector, the state housing inspection, as well as the Ministry of Civil Defense and Emergency Situations of the Krasnodar Territory.
As Regnum reported, in April 2024, the Investigative Committee reported that the deputy head of the administration of the Vasileostrovsky district of St. Petersburg, Vladlen Rodionov, was detained while accepting a bribe. Rodionov, who was responsible for regulation in the field of housing and communal services and construction in the region, demanded a bribe from the general director of a commercial organization for patronage, lobbying the interests of the company and interaction with government agencies.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin.
[ColonelCassad] Armed Forces tanker Maxim Likhachev escaped from Ukraine in a tank, driving it across the front line.
Likhachev Maxim Anatolyevich, born in 1985. in Svatovo (LPR).
In the fall of 2022, he returned to Ukraine from Poland.
On 10/22/22, through the Svyatoshinsky TCC, he entered service in the 101st brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
A year later, on October 23, 2023, he transferred to the 110th brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
02/01/24 transferred to the 119th brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
From 03/01/24 until capture in the 59th brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Likhachev came over to our side in the Donetsk direction on a stolen Ukrainian T-64 tank. He stole the tank because he thought it would be safer to get to our positions, where he was expected in advance by prior agreement. No one would shoot in the back, and for other Armed Forces officers in the forward positions, everything looked like an ordinary tank combat exit.
Who Maxim met in Poland, after which he returned to Ukraine, why every brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine where he appeared suffered losses and what he will do with us Likhachev will soon tell himself.
He also added that the person who surrendered was a native of the city of Svatovo, LPR; since the beginning of the special operation, he managed to serve in four brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Related, in the same story:
As reported by IA Regnum, on May 22 it became known that a Russian serviceman with the call sign Soroka, in a collision with the enemy, not only was not captured, but also persuaded four Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers to surrender.
Soroka was wounded during the assault. To bandage his wounds, he took refuge in the first basement he came across, but Ukrainian militants were already there. They wanted to deliver the unarmed fighter to their commanders, but during the conversation the Russian fighter managed to convince them to surrender.
On May 20, it was reported that servicemen of the Russian Armed Forces rescued Ukrainian Armed Forces fighter Valentin Mantiporov, who was left in a dugout without cover and, after the collapse of the structure, could not get out on his own.
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[Regnum] The adoption of the UN General Assembly resolution on the international day of remembrance of the “genocide” in Srebrenica will only aggravate existing disagreements and increase the conflict potential in the Balkans, according to a commentary by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova, published on the ministry’s website.
According to her, this document is another irresponsible attempt by Westerners to rewrite history and consolidate an interpretation of the circumstances related to the ethnic conflict in the territory of the former Yugoslavia that meets their geopolitical interests.
The diplomat emphasized that the resolution has a clearly politicized and anti-Serbian character, which clearly shows the intention to place full responsibility for the conflict on the Serbian people. Thus, Zakharova believes, they want to punish the Serbs for free-thinking, independence and unwillingness to “bend in” to NATO orders.
The official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs also noted that the initiators of the adoption of this document by the UN General Assembly state that its goal is to promote interethnic reconciliation and unity of the three state-forming peoples of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) - Bosniaks, Serbs and Croats.
She expressed confidence that the document adopted by the UN General Assembly will only worsen existing differences and increase the potential for conflict in the Balkans.
As Regnum reported, the UN General Assembly on May 23 approved a draft resolution on the “genocide in Srebrenica” submitted by Germany and Rwanda. Representatives of 84 countries voted in support of it, and 19 countries voted against it, including Russia, China, Belarus, Hungary and Cuba. Representatives of 68 countries abstained from voting.
The adoption of a resolution in the UN General Assembly on the “genocide” in Srebrenica will likely lead to the promotion of other similar resolutions, Russia warned the co-authors of the document about this, said the Russian Permanent Representative to the UN Vasily Nebenzia. He added that Russia opposes the proposed resolution on the events in Srebrenica.
In addition, the document violates the Dayton Agreement, and possible adoption could lead to destabilization of the entire Balkan region, Nebenzya added. The head of the Russian diplomatic mission emphasized that the UN General Assembly never condemned the genocide committed by Nazi Germany on the territory of the Soviet Union and in Europe in general, but after creating a precedent with the resolution on Srebrenica, the situation may change.
As noted by the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sergei Lavrov, the draft resolution proposed by Germany and Rwanda is being promoted with the goal of “ breaking the Serbs ” and forcing Belgrade, aimed at joining the European Union, to recognize the independence of self-proclaimed Kosovo and join sanctions against Russia.
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Yet, Russia promotes exactly the same policy toward Israel. I've no problem with Russia - I've a problem with "western" countries kissing ass to Muslims & Nihilists.
[InterestingEngineering] The tensions between the US and Russia over space weaponization also surfaced at the UN Security Council.
Russia’s latest satellite launch has caught the attention of US intelligence officials who believe the satellite could be a weapon designed to inspect and attack other satellites.
The US Space Command (USSPACECOM) issued a statement on Tuesday, May 21, revealing that the Russian spacecraft launched last week is now trailing a US spy satellite in orbit. This raises concerns about the satellite’s potential to threaten critical US space assets.
On May 16, Russia’s Soyuz rocket launched from its Plesetsk site, located about 500 miles (800 kilometers) north of Moscow. This mission launched at least nine satellites into low-Earth orbit, including Cosmos 2576, a Russian military “inspector” spacecraft. The US has often criticized these types of satellites for their reckless behavior.
“We have observed nominal activity and assess it is likely a counterspace weapon presumably capable of attacking other satellites in low Earth orbit,” a USSPACECOM spokesperson said in a statement to Reuters.
The spokesperson further stated, “Russia deployed this new counterspace weapon into the same orbit as a US government satellite.”
SIMILARITIES TO PREVIOUS COUNTERSPACE PAYLOADS
Cosmos 2576 bears a striking resemblance to previous Russian satellites launched in 2019 and 2022. These earlier satellites, like Cosmos 2542 and Cosmos 2543, exhibited concerning behavior, including approaching sensitive US spy satellites.
In 2019, one such satellite released an object into space and closely followed a US intelligence satellite from the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), which oversees intelligence-gathering satellites.
As of now, Cosmos 2576 has not approached any US satellite. However, space analysts have observed that it is in the same orbital ring as USA 314, a bus-sized NRO satellite launched in April 2021.
US INTELLIGENCE AND ALLIED CONCERNS
According to orbital data reviewed by Reuters, Cosmos 2576 appears to be trailing USA 314’s path at a faster speed, indicating that the two might come into closer proximity soon.
US intelligence agencies had anticipated the launch of Cosmos 2576 and had informed their allies of their assessment prior to its deployment. The launch included both military and civilian payloads, a mix that took analysts by surprise.
“This mix of military and civilian payloads was totally unexpected. Never seen that before on a Russian launch,” remarked Bart Hendrickx, a long-time analyst tracking Russia’s space program.
IMPLICATIONS OF RUSSIAN SPACE ACTIVITIES
The deployment of Cosmos 2576 comes amid growing concerns that Russia is developing space-based nuclear weapons capable of destroying entire networks of satellites. US officials believe that Russia has already launched at least one satellite, Cosmos 2553, which is related to its nuclear space weapon program.
However, they have clarified that no nuclear weapon has been deployed in space by Russia yet.
Since invading Ukraine in February 2022, Russia has made its space activities much more secretive and has threatened to target US satellites like SpaceX’s Starlink, a vast network of thousands of internet satellites in low-Earth orbit, which support the Ukrainian military.
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