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Ukraine's Soldiers Admit Even Rear Lines are Failing
[Hot Air] While we rarely hear it being mentioned in the legacy media or the White House press briefing room, the situation on the front lines of the war in Ukraine is not currently looking good for Zelenski's forces. Even with a fresh round of funding and military supplies arriving from the United States, the Russian army has been punishingly effective recently, particularly in the eastern parts of the country. Putin's forces have stepped up their use of drones and aerial glide bombs such as the FAB-500 bombs launched from Su-34 bomber aircraft and employed them to devastating effect against Ukraine's soldiers and military vehicles. In a rare interview with one Ukrainian front-line commander, the Associated Press reveals that it's often not even safe for them to pull back and try to regroup in the face of the Russian advance. They have no ability to counter these types of attacks and the Russians can reach well beyond the poorly defined front lines.
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#1  ...I simply do not see anyone in our government with the strength to make the decisions that will have to be made, and made soon.

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Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: May 4, 2024
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.

Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.

[Korrespondent] 22:20 Over the past two weeks, the damage to the Ukrainian energy system as a result of Russian attacks has exceeded $1 billion, said Energy Minister German Galushchenko. According to him, thermal generation, hydrogeneration, and substations for electricity transmission suffered especially significant damage. Gas storage facilities were also attacked. The minister noted that blackouts are now being avoided thanks to renewable energy sources.

Galushchenko said that the objects attacked recently have not changed, but the emphasis has shifted to generation: “If in 2022-23 the main blow fell on main substations, while generation was also attacked, then today more emphasis is placed on generation, although attacks on substations have not stopped."

21:18 During the day, Russian troops used eight missiles of various types and about 70 guided bombs against Ukrainian border communities and positions at the front, Zelensky said in an evening video message. The president also said that today he heard a detailed report from Syrsky on the situation at the front, as well as a report from Budanov. In addition, Zelensky said that the Defense Forces today shot down a Russian Su-25 in the Donetsk region.

20:19 The Russian Army fired a missile at Druzhkovka, Donetsk region, one person was killed, said the head of the OBA Vadim Filashkin. Two more people were injured in the town of Chasov Yar.

20:03 The Russians struck Kharkov again - a large-scale fire started at a civilian enterprise, six people were injured, said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA.

19:47 The number of victims as a result of the Russian strike on the Industrial District of Kharkov has increased to six, said the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov. The enemy also hit the village. Slobozhanskoye, Kharkov district, one person died.

18:54 This afternoon the Russian Armed Forces launched missile attacks on the civilian infrastructure of the Odessa region, wounding three people, the prosecutor’s office reported.

17:30 The Russians hit civilian infrastructure in the Industrial district of Kharkov, four people were wounded, said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA. According to him, the enemy fired a missile at the territory of a civilian enterprise. In addition, the Russian army today launched KAB attacks on the village. Cherkasy Tishki, Kharkov region, one person was injured.

17:26 Italian Defense Minister Guido Crosetto said that Italian soldiers under no circumstances can be involved in the war in Ukraine: “I do not undertake to judge the president of such a friendly country as France, but I do not understand the purpose and usefulness of these declarations, which objectively increase tension."

16:19 The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation put Zelensky on the wanted list “under an article of the Criminal Code.” Poroshenko is also wanted.

15:37 In 2024, the maintenance of one Ukrainian serviceman costs Ukraine 1.2 million hryvnia per year, Deputy Defense Minister Yuriy Dzhigir said in an interview with Bloomberg. He clarified that this is an approximate amount that does not include the cost of weapons.

12:13 Spokesman of the Southern Defense Forces Dmitry Pletenchuk explained why Russia began to use ballistic missiles more often against Ukraine, primarily Iskander-M: “This platform is mobile, mobile, and accordingly, its deployment time is short, it’s minutes, and it takes minutes to fold it down. even less. That’s why they chose to use ballistics now - the speed is different, and there’s less time to react.”

10:40 At night, the enemy attacked the energy infrastructure of the Dnepropetrovsk region, the Ministry of Energy reported. As a result of the attack, the substation was de-energized, and along with it, two mines (no people were brought to the surface), a water utility, and industrial and household consumers. The consumers and the substation were healed.

08:58 As a result of yesterday's Russian shelling of the city of Chuguev, Kharkov region, three people were wounded, said the head of the OBA Oleg Sinegubov.

08:36 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of May 4:

  • personnel - about 473,400 (+1260) people,

  • tanks - 7366 (+12),

  • armored combat vehicles - 14,156 (+27),

  • artillery systems - 12,148 (+46),

  • MLRS - 1055 (+2),

  • air defense systems - 788 (+2),

  • aircraft - 348 (+0),

  • helicopters - 325 (+0),

  • UAV of operational-tactical level - 9611 (+31),

  • cruise missiles - 2127 (+1),

  • ships/boats - 26 (+0),

  • submarines - 1 (+0),

  • automotive equipment and tank trucks - 16,337 (+71),

  • special equipment - 2001 (+8).

08:23 Over the past 24 hours, 119 military clashes took place at the front, the General Staff reported in its morning report . In particular, in the Avdeevsky direction, 34 attacks were repelled in the areas of the settlements of Arkhangelskoye, Novoaleksandrovka, Sokol, Novopokrovskoye, Umanskoye, Netaylovo and west of Semenovka, Donetsk region; on Bakhmutsky - 27 attacks in the Belogorivka districts of the Luhansk region and Novy, Kleshcheevka and Andreevka in the Donetsk region. Another 16 attacks were repulsed in the Novopavlovsk direction - in the areas of Krasnogorovka, Georgievka, Paraskoveevka and Vodyanoye of the Donetsk region.

In the Kupyansk direction, the Defense Forces repelled nine attacks in the areas of Petropavlovka, Kislovka, Kharkov region and Andreevka, Stelmakhovka, Lugansk region; on Limansky - seven attacks in the areas of Makeevka, Nevsky and Serebryansky forestry in the Lugansk region and Ternov and Torsky in the Donetsk region; on Orekhovsky - five attacks in the area of ​​Staromayorsky, Donetsk region and Rabotino, Zaporozhye region; on Kherson - 11 attacks on the left bank of the Dnieper.

08:01 Elimination of the consequences of a massive attack by attack drones continues in Kharkov. According to the State Emergency Service, three fires occurred in the city at different addresses. The largest is in warehouses with a total area of ​​about 3000 sq. m. m.

07:39 In the Pavlograd district of the Dnipropetrovsk region, as a result of a night attack, a critical infrastructure facility and three private houses were damaged, two people were wounded, said the head of the OVA Sergei Lysak. In addition, in the Nikopol region, as a result of shelling, critical infrastructure facilities, a utility company, a lyceum, two high-rise buildings, a bank, and a power line were damaged.

07:12 The Russian Ministry of Defense stated that Russian air defense systems allegedly shot down four ATACMS missiles over Crimea.

06:57 Air defense at night destroyed all 13 attack UAVs of the Shahed-131/13 type, which Russia attacked from the Belgorod region, the Air Force reported. Drones were destroyed in the Kharkov and Dnepropetrovsk regions. In addition, the enemy attacked with four S-300 anti-aircraft guided missiles.

02:35 The Russians carried out drone strikes on Kharkov, there is damage and fires to civilian infrastructure, said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA. In particular, a fire broke out in a two-story office building in the Osnovyansky district of the city. Four victims are known, including a 13-year-old child.

00:24 The United States has initiated the allocation of a new package of financial assistance to Ukraine in the amount of up to $50 billion. This issue is now being discussed with the G7 countries, Bloomberg writes. According to the publication, a significant part of the funds should be allocated from excess income from frozen Russian assets, most of which are located in Europe. The initiative involves sending funds by a coalition of countries, which the United States intends to lead. The American side wants to sign a corresponding agreement in Italy at the G7 summit in June. However, the agency's interlocutors do not rule out that negotiations on this issue may drag on for several months.

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Ukrainian General Staff: The enemy most often attacks near Avdievka
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Korrespondent] During the day, Defense Forces aircraft carried out strikes on seven areas where personnel were concentrated.

The enemy also does not abandon his intention to oust our units from the bridgeheads on the left bank of the Dnieper.


Over the past 24 hours, 74 military clashes were recorded at the front. Most of the enemy attacks were repulsed in the Avdeevsky direction. This is stated in the evening report of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Kupyansk direction
Our soldiers repulsed eight attacks in the areas of the settlements Peschanoye and Kislovka, Kharkov region; Stelmakhovka, Berestovo, Lugansk region. About 10 settlements came under artillery and mortar fire, in particular, Sinkovka, Ivanovka, Kotlyarovka in the Kharkov region.

Liman direction

The defense forces repelled seven enemy attacks in the Serebryansky forestry areas of the Luhansk region and Ternov, Donetsk region. The enemy carried out air strikes in the areas of the settlements of Novosadovo and Ivanovka, Donetsk region. More than 10 settlements were damaged by artillery and mortar shelling, including Nevskoye, Lugansk region; Terny, Yampolevka, Torskoye, Donetsk region.

Bakhmut direction

Our soldiers repelled 10 attacks in the areas of Belogorivka settlements in the Lugansk region; Novy, Klishchievka, Razdolevka, south of Ivanovo, Donetsk region, where the enemy tried to improve the tactical situation. The enemy carried out air strikes in the areas of the settlements of Spornoye and Druzhba in the Donetsk region. More than 10 settlements came under artillery and mortar fire, including Rozdolovka, Kalinovka, Chasov Yar in the Donetsk region.

Avdeevskoe direction

Our defenders repelled 18 attacks in the areas of the settlements of Novoaleksandrovka, Sokol, Novopokrovskoye, Umanskoye in the Donetsk region, where the enemy, with the support of aviation, tried to oust our units from their occupied lines. The enemy also carried out air strikes in the areas of the settlements of Tarasovka and Novoselovka Pervaya, Donetsk region. More than 10 settlements were shelled by artillery and mortars, including Sokol, Novopokrovskoye, Umanskoye in the Donetsk region.

Novopavlovskoe direction

The defense forces continue to contain the enemy in the areas of the settlements of Georgievka, Paraskoveevka and Urozhaynoye in the Donetsk region, where the enemy, with the support of aviation, tried 10 times to break through the defenses of our troops. The enemy carried out air strikes in the areas of the settlements of Konstantinovka, Vodyanoye and Urozhaynoye in the Donetsk region. More than 10 settlements came under artillery and mortar fire from the occupiers, including Georgievka, Konstantinovka, and Paraskoveevka in the Donetsk region.

Orekhovskoe direction

The enemy, with the support of aviation, attacked the positions of our defenders five times in the area south of Novodarovka, Staromayorsky, Donetsk region, and Robotinoy, Zaporozhye region. The enemy carried out air strikes in the areas of populated areas of Staromayorskoye, Donetsk region; Orekhov and Preobrazhenka, Zaporozhye region. About 20 settlements were subjected to artillery and mortar shelling, including Poltavka, Belogorye, Robotino, Lobkovo in the Zaporozhye region.

Kherson direction

The enemy does not abandon his intention to oust our units from the bridgeheads on the left bank of the Dnieper. Thus, within 24 hours, with the support of aviation, he made nine unsuccessful attacks on the positions of our troops in the area of ​​​​the village of Krynki, Kherson region. The enemy launched an air strike near the village of Berislav, Kherson region. About 20 settlements were subjected to artillery and mortar shelling, including Nikolaevka, Lvov, Novotyaginka, Ponyatovka in the Kherson region.

Enemy losses

During the day, Defense Forces aircraft carried out strikes on seven areas where personnel were concentrated, three control points, two anti-aircraft missile systems and one enemy ammunition train. Also, one X-59/69 guided aircraft missile was destroyed by Ukrainian air defense forces and means.

Let us remind you that MTR soldiers burned three Russian Buk-M1 anti-aircraft systems in a week. The enemy deployed air defense in the Sumy direction.

Earlier, the special forces of the Main Intelligence Directorate hit the starting position of Russian FPV drones in the Zaporozhye region. There were enemy UAV operators there.

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Russian Perspective: Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation (4 May 2024)
Direct Translation Via Google Translate. Edited.

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[EngMilRu] From 28 April to 4 May 2024, in response to the Kiev regime's attempts to damage Russia's energy and industrial facilities, the Russian Armed Forces carried out 25 group strikes by high-precision weapons and unmanned aerial vehicles, which hit Ukrainian energy and transport infrastructure facilities, enterprises of the military-industrial complex, missile and ammunition storage areas, as well as a production facility for uncrewed boats and unmanned aerial vehicles.

Moreover, temporary deployment areas of nationalist groups and foreign mercenaries, clusters of AFU manpower and military hardware have been hit.

Over the past week, the units of the Zapad Group of Forces have taken up more advantageous lines and inflicted fire damage on units of 12 enemy brigades close to Stelmakhovka, Novogorovka (Lugansk People's Republic), Petropavlovka, Glushkovka, Sinkovka (Kharkov region), and Torskoye (Donetsk People's Republic).

A total of 23 counte-attacks of assault detachments of AFU 77th Airmobile, 3rd Assault, 63rd Mechanised brigades, 10th and 18th National Guard brigades have been repelled close to Chervonaya Dibrova, Novovovodyanoye (Lugansk People's Republic), Grigorovka, and Terny (Donetsk People's Republic).

The AFU losses were up to 975 Ukrainian troops, one tank, three armoured fighting vehicles, 28 motor vehicles, two 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS combat vehicles, and 27 field artillery guns, including 13 Western-made guns.

During the week, the Yug Group of Forces' units continued to advance to the depths of the enemy defence.

Two AFU airmobile, three assault, and nine mechanised brigades have been hit near Spornoye, Andreyevka, Maksimilyanovka, Paraskoviyevka, Belogorovka, Kleshcheyevka, and Kurdyumovka (Donetsk People's Republic).

Four counter-attacks by AFU 46th airmobile, 79th, 80th Air Assault brigades, and 93rd Mechanised brigades have been repelled close to Bogdanovka, Georgiyevka, Krasnogorovka, and Chasov Yar (Donetsk People's Republic).

The AFU losses were more than 2,325 Ukrainian troops, seven tanks, 10 armoured fighting vehicles, including four U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carriers, 44 motor vehicles, and 20 field artillery guns.

Five electronic warfare stations have been eliminated: one Nota, one Anklav, one Bukovel-AD, one U.S.-made AN/TPQ-36 counterbattery warfare station, and four field ammunition depots.

The Tsentr Group of Forces' units have improved the situation along the front line and liberated Novobakhmutovka, Semyonovka, and Berdychi (Donetsk People's Republic).

In addition, 14 brigades of the AFU have been defeated and 66 counterattacks of the enemy have been repelled close to Leninskoye, Usmanskoye, Novgorodskoye, Novokalinovo, Ocheretino, and Netaylovo (Donetsk People's Republic).

More than 2,405 Ukrainian troops, three U.S.-made Abrams tanks, 20 armoured fighting vehicles, including four U.S.-made Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, 27 motor vehicles, 33 field artillery guns, 14 of them are Western-made.

The units of the Vostok Group of Forces have improved the tactical situation by defeating the units of the 58th Motorised Infantry Brigade, the 72nd Mechanised Brigade of the AFU, 102nd and 128th Territorial Defence brigades near Chervonoye, Gulyai pole (Zaporozhye region), Ugledar, Urozhaynoye, and Staromayorskoye (Donetsk People's Republic).

The AFU losses were up to 745 Ukrainian troops, 15 motor vehicles, 15 field artillery guns, two Anklav and Bukovel-AD electronic warfare stations, as well as one ammunition depot.

Over the week, the units of the Dnepr Group of Forces have engaged personnel and hardware of four brigades of the AFU, marines brigades, three Territorial Defence brigades, and National Guard brigades close to Malaya Tokmachka, Rabotino, Novoandreyevka, Shcherbaki (Zaporozhye region), Mikhailovka, Ivanovka, Tyaginka, and Berislav (Kherson region).

The AFU losses were up to 215 Ukrainian troops, nine motor vehicles, and six field artillery guns.

Missile Troops and Artillery, and unmanned aerial vehicles of the Russian Groups of Forces have eliminated two U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS combat vehicles, two S+-300PT anti-aircraft missile system launchers with an illumination and guidance radar, one IRIS-T anti-aircraft missile system launcher, as well as one fuel depot for AFU military hardware.

In addition, one military echelon with Western-made hardware and weapons delivered to Ukraine by NATO countries has been destroyed.

Aviation and air defence facilities have shot down 15 U.S.-made ATACMS operational-tactical missiles, 17 French-made Hammer aerial bombs, six GLSDB, HIMARS, and Uragan projectiles, as well as 201 unmanned aerial vehicles.

Over the past week, 14 Ukrainian servicemen have surrendered on the line of contact.

In total, 593 airplanes, 270 helicopters, 23,742 unmanned aerial vehicles, 512 anti-aircraft missile systems, 15,911 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,279 combat vehicles of multiple rocket launcher systems, 9,289 field artillery guns and mortars, and 21,471 special military vehicles have been neutralised since the beginning of the special military operation.

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Current information on the situation on the front line: May 4 (updated)
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFront] 23:55 A man was injured as a result of artillery attack of the Petrovsky district of Donetsk by Ukrainian troops. Information about this appeared inTelegram channel representation of the republic in the JCCC.

“Donetsk city (Petrovsky district): a man born in 1961 was wounded on Kirov Street,” the message says.

Earlier in Donetsk, a married couple was injured as a result of artillery attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

21:04 Russian attack aircraft took control of the largest fortified area of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Krasnogorovka DPR - media

19:40 Telegram channel «Fisherman":

Donetsk direction: advance of the Russian Armed Forces in the center of Georgievka and in the Pobeda area, the situation as of 18:00 on May 4, 2024

For a long time, practically no footage of the battles in Georgievka appeared on the Internet, which made it difficult to determine the exact configuration of the front line in this area. However, it turned out that during this period the Russian Armed Forces were able to launch several successful attacks and expand the zone of control in the settlement and its surroundings.

– As a result of competent actions of the assault groups, Russian troops were able to make significant progress in the center of Georgievka: they occupied most of the buildings on Gagarin Street, and also marched along Central and Mirnaya streets in the area of the monument and the local House of Culture.

– Also, the territory of the former Selkhozkhimiya enterprise and the ruins of the farm came under the control of the RF Armed Forces. To the south, Russian assault groups have taken a forest belt leading to the village of Pobeda, but in the neighboring settlement the presence of the enemy remains, relying on the embankment of dry reservoirs.

– South of Pobeda, units of the Russian Armed Forces also knocked out the Ukrainian Armed Forces from several positions, however, Ukrainian formations retain the opportunity to attack along the O0532 highway (T-05-24).

As before, in this area the Ukrainian Armed Forces rely on Konstantinovka. However, if the Russian Armed Forces successfully advance east of Novomikhailovka and the battles for Paraskovievka begin, the situation near Pobeda will worsen for the enemy, which in the future may make it easier for Russian troops in the sector.


19:23 Around 17.30 Moscow time suppressed another attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack using aircraft-type UAVs against targets on the territory of the Russian Federation.

Duty air defense systems destroyed a Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle over the territory of the Belgorod region.

18:25 Front birdreports:

Avdeevskoe direction:

– In his evening report, the enemy confirms our successes in the settlement. Novoaleksandrovka. Our fighters have entered the eastern outskirts and are developing success towards the center of the village; we can state that there is a battle for another village in this direction.

– We had success in moving from the settlement. Solovyevo in the direction of Sokol. Our guys are already directly on the eastern outskirts. Advanced assault groups began entering the village. The advance to Netailovo also continued in the direction of the western outskirts of the village.

– In addition, stabilization measures are taking place in Arkhangelsk and the surrounding area. Our guys are bringing in fresh forces for further advancement.

17:49 Front bird reports:

Kyiv and Kyiv region.

Explosions. 04.05

The enemy reports a threat to launch our ballistics.

The air raid alert is spreading to other areas.

17:18 Crews of 122mm howitzers D-30 of the Tula paratrooperscoveredmortar crew and personnel of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Seversk direction.

Reconnaissance units discovered a stronghold with Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers, as well as an enemy mortar section. The enemy fired harassingly and did not allow our assault units to approach his forward positions at Razdolovka.

From a distance of more than 10 km, artillery crews destroyed the Ukrainian Armed Forces infantry dug in in their positions and suppressed mortar firing points.

16:39 Avalanche fighters hoisted the Russian flag in Arkhangelsk -video.

16:30 At the air defense command post of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Vyshgorod areawill causestrike by two Kinzhal hypersonic missiles. There was no air raid alert.

16:21 Explosions in Kharkov.

16:19 Explosions in Pavlograd, Dnepropetrovsk region.

15:54 Donbass Partisan reports about the destruction of an enemy target in the vicinity of Konstantinovka:

This morning, Russian troops struck an enemy target in the village. Tarasovka in the southwest of Konstantinovka (UAF-occupied part of the DPR).

The defeat took place in the building of the Tarasovskaya secondary school. The enemy organized a temporary deployment point on the territory of the educational institution.

According to available data, the facility was used for rotational activities and regrouping of enemy personnel performing combat missions in the Artyomovsk direction.

15:45 The Lancet crew of the 98th Airborne Division, using x-51 ammunition, wasdestroyedEnemy SAO 2S1 in the Chasov Yar area.

15:17 An explosion occurred in Odessa. Local Telegram channels have already published photos of smoke rising from the site of the missile strike. According to preliminary information, the strike was carried out in the area of a military camp in Velikodolinskoye, Odessa region.

15:14 Explosions occurred in the area of Voznesensk, Nikolaev region. The missile strike could have been carried out on a military airfield located south of the city.

14:50 Explosions occurred again in the northern outskirts of Kharkov. The Russian Aerospace Forces carry out bombing attacks on enemy targets.

14:42 Explosions occurred in Kharkov, the Strana publication reported.

14:25 The main thing from the new briefing of the Russian Ministry of Defense:

Units of the Southern Group of Forces continued to advance into the depths of the enemy’s defenses and defeated 14 brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces within a week;

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 745 military personnel and a field ammunition depot in a week due to the actions of the Vostok group of troops;

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 2,325 military personnel in the area of responsibility of the “South” group;

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 215 soldiers in a week due to the actions of the Dnepr group of troops;

Within a week, units of the Center group improved the situation along the front line and liberated Novobakhmutovka, Semyonovka, Berdychi in the DPR;

The losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kharkov region, LPR and DPR, in the zone of the West grouping of forces amounted to 975 military personnel;

The Russian grouping of troops “West” repelled 23 counterattacks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kharkov region, LPR and DPR;

Within a week, the Russian Armed Forces destroyed two HIMARS MLRS, two S-300PT air defense systems with radar, an IRIS-T air defense system, a fuel depot, and a train with Western equipment;

Within a week, 14 Ukrainian servicemen surrendered on the line of combat contact;

During the week, aviation and air defense shot down 15 ATACMS missiles, 17 Hammer guided bombs, six GLSDB, HIMARS and 220mm BM-27 Hurricane rounds, 201 UAVs;

Over the course of a week, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost more than 2,405 military personnel, an Abrams tank, and four Bradley infantry fighting vehicles in the area of responsibility of the Center group
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14:14 The Russian Armed Forces liberated Kotlyarovka, Kupyansky district, Khar'kov region -video.

13:50 News from the Chasov Yar:

The bridge over the Seversky Donets - Donbass canal was destroyed by RF Armed Forces in order to complicate the enemy’s supply of the group in the Kanal microdistrict. But the Ukrainian Armed Forces built a causeway crossing two hundred meters upstream. She, too, was incapacitated.

When trying to restore the embankment crossing, enemy actions were stopped.

13:44 Statement of head of the press center of the Dnepr group.

The Dnepr group of troops (forces) carried out assault operations, occupied the defense of the left bank of the Dnieper River, destroyed enemy UAVs, conducted counter-battery combat to suppress Ukrainian Armed Forces attacks on civilian targets, and hit enemy personnel and equipment on the right bank of the Dnieper River.

During the day, enemy losses amounted to: up to 30 military personnel. During the counterbattery fight, six positions of guns and mortars were hit. Artillery fire and the use of attack UAVs destroyed four watercraft, three units of automotive equipment, and 40 UAV control posts.

Air defense fire and electronic warfare suppressed control and shot down 40 reconnaissance and attack UAVs. Also hit were 25 observation posts and four warehouses for material and technical equipment.


13:05 The Paratrooper’s Diary reports from the Zaporozhye direction:

“Rabotino region: fighters of the Russian Armed Forces are advancing to the north of the settlement, it is very difficult to gain a foothold in this section of the front, since there are practically no positions and shelters where you can sit down, and, roughly speaking, we are sitting in an open field under artillery, cassettes and drones.

At the moment, there are positional battles for every meter of the front, on which there is no way for us and the enemy to gain a foothold.

North-west of Verbovoy: artillery is working bilaterally on forward positions; over the past month, our fighters have made good progress on this section of the front.

There have been successes in progress, but now we are faced with the same problem as in Rabotino - there is nowhere to gain a foothold and hide, and there is no opportunity to bury ourselves and sit in an open field.”

12:55 Avdeevsk direction: liberation of Arkhangelsk situation as of May 4, 2024.

After clearing Ocheretino and Keramika, Russian troops completed the operation to liberate the village of Arkhangelskoye. Combat operations in the direction of the settlement began a week ago, advanced groups of special forces units entered it immediately after clearing Ocheretino, but full control was only established last night.

The offensive was carried out in several stages with the simultaneous pull-up of groups both through the ravine from the side of Ocheretino and across the fields. On May 3, other groups were brought up from Keramik, which completed the operation to cover the village and actually push the enemy out of the village.

The clearing of the fields south of Arkhangelskoye is also completed: the enemy abandoned their positions and retreated.

At the moment, Russian units are digging in and consolidating their position on occupied lines, bringing up reserves and building logistics through Ocheretino and Novokalinovo. Reinforcements are being deployed to the area of responsibility of the 1st Army Corps of the Russian Armed Forces to develop offensive capabilities.


11:45 Statement of Head of the press center of the Vostok group:

Units of the Vostok group of troops continue to carry out combat missions in the special military operation zone.

During active operations, the group's units improved the situation along the front line, repelled three counterattacks by assault groups of the 58th motorized infantry brigade in the Urozhainy area, and thwarted attempts by the enemy to reinforce forward positions in the areas of Vladimirovka, Urozhainy, Priyutnoy, Lugovsky and Zagorny.

Bomber strikes, artillery fire, and heavy flamethrower systems hit strong points and places where manpower and equipment accumulated, the 58th Motorized Infantry brigade, the 23rd Brigade of the National Guard in the areas of Vladimirovka, Urozhayny and Makarovka.

Over the course of 24 hours, more than 130 enemy military personnel, an M777 towed howitzer, two units of automotive equipment, four aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles and three ammunition supply points were destroyed.


11:17 The settlement of Arkhangelskoye has been liberated from the long-term occupation of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

There are unconfirmed reports that Arkhangelskoye, 10 kilometers north of Avdeevka, has been completely liberated.

Judging by reports from military commanders, Russian troops continue to move in two groups along key heights to the north and northwest.

To the north, behind the Armed Forces of Ukraine, there is still a huge cascade of small villages, but there are no equipped positions there.

10:50 Crew of the BUK-M1 anti-aircraft missile system of the 71st Anti-aircraft Missile Brigade of the Russian 35th Army struck reconnaissance UAV of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

10:35 Drone operators they beat on the accumulation of Ukrainian Armed Forces equipment “Lancet” near Novomikhailovka in the South Donetsk direction.

10:30 Netailovo - Russian troops entered the center of the village and advanced further.

09:29 The Russian Armed Forces attacked a large warehouse in Kharkov at night.

As a result of the arrival, a strong fire occurred on an area of ??3 thousand square meters. m (atphoto).

The head of the administration, Lysak, also reported that objects in the Dnepropetrovsk region had been damaged.

09:10 Summary as of May 4 from military correspondent Evgeny Lisitsyn:

Donetsk direction: the tactics of outflanking with aviation support, successfully applied in the Avdeevsky direction, remain effective. In the Konstantinovka area, airstrikes are continuously carried out, and in the Paraskovievka area, from the north and south, our troops are putting constant pressure on the Ukrainian defense.

The Russian Armed Forces break through the defenses near Pervomaisky and Netailovo, continuing active offensive operations;

Kupyansk direction: The RF Armed Forces are complicating tasks for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The unpredictability of further actions of Russian fighters in this direction confuses the enemy, who was hoping for an attempt at containment only on the Avdeevsky sector of the front.

Currently, the troops of the Russian Armed Forces advancing on Sinkovka have joined forces with units storming the positions of the Ukrainian armed forces in Kislovka;

Artyomovsk direction: fighting is taking place in the vicinity of Chasov Yar, where the Russian Armed Forces are expanding the zone of control in the Stupki-Golubovskie-2 nature reserve.


08:20 Avdievka direction: another M1 “ABRAMS” tank destroyed by Russian soldiers from the reconnaissance company of the 228th Motorized Rifle Regiment.

08:16 The crew of the Fagot anti-tank missile system of the 1st Tank Army of the Western Group of the Russian Armed Forces destroyed the machine gun points of the Ukrainian Armed Forces -video.

08:07 Su-25 attack aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forcesdestroyeda stronghold of Ukrainian troops in the zone of responsibility of the Center group of forces, the Ministry of Defense reported.

08:01 Personnel retreat of a large group of Ukrainian Armed Forces under artillery fire from Arkhangelsk

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'The reputation is ruined.' What Western media write about the trophy exhibition in Moscow
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
by Gregor Spitzen
[REGNUM] The exhibition of Western armored vehicles, organized in Moscow, caused a predictable reaction in Western capitals.

Indeed, few politicians in Europe and the United States give pleasure to seeing combat vehicles that cost European and American taxpayers crazy amounts of money, in the most pitiful and unsightly form. And they have completely lost their combat power and the ability to instill terror in a potential enemy with just their appearance.
No, they haven't. The vehicles the US provided were not used properly, not according to how they were designed. The Ukrainians, being Ukrainians, used them how Ukrainians use them: as a big fuckin' gun. That will get any armor vehicle in loads of trouble.
Noted that, sadly, many who trade on their experience in the amorphous West, or trade on someone they know with military experience, will get it wrong, simply for the fact those who are operating the government don't know shit from Shinola on how modern mobile warfare works.
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Moreover, the equipment was deliberately displayed in the most sacred place - opposite the Victory Museum against the combined forces of the “European Union of the 1940s.”
A well deserved display.
Almost all publications in European and American media followed a single narrative - Russia allegedly staged a propaganda show, presenting isolated losses of high-tech combat vehicles as an unhealthy trend, which has nothing to do with reality.
Western publications are the very definition of not having anything to do with reality.
For example, the Dutch analytical portal Oryx, which few people have heard of, but which is referred to by the German news portal t-online, scrupulously calculated that Ukraine has lost only 800 tanks since the beginning of the Northern Military District.

Such information is probably only trusted by the audience that believes the words of Vladimir Zelensky that Ukraine’s irretrievable losses amount to only 31,000 people.

Alas, German journalists did not even bother to familiarize themselves with the historical context, based on which the exhibition on Poklonnaya Hill was largely organized.

Thus, Spiegel journalists suggested that the Leopard 2A6 cannon was bent to the ground only to make the tank less menacing in appearance, while the lowered cannon barrel in the Russian army is a symbol of a captured and “trophied” German tank since the days of the Great Patriotic War.
The barrel bending was a Russian exhibition, which meant nothing about the Leopard II. Long barrelled 120mm cannons do not experience stress from those axes, so they will bend. You'll note western publications don't understand that.
Journalists from the publication Frankfurter Rundschau went even further in their ridiculous theories, calling what they saw a “strange scene.”

“It appears that Putin was not pleased with the condition of the captured German-made Leopard 2 tank. The video, made the day before the exhibition, shows a heavy load being attached to a crane. The weight slowly approaches the cannon barrel and pushes it down until it bends completely.”

“Probably, this action has one main reason: propaganda. To humiliate the Leopard 2A6 tank captured in the Russian Federation, its gun and stabilizer drive were broken,” the Germans quote one of the pro-Ukrainian “military bloggers.”

Another American blogger reporting from the war zone in Ukraine, also quoted by FR, writes: “After failing to damage a Leopard tank in Ukraine, the Russians tried to bend the tank’s barrel in a square in Moscow to create the impression of defeat. ”
Hint: it was defeated, and that is why its hulk was put on display in Moskva.
“Failing to damage” is a statement that says a lot about the competence of both the blogger and the professional journalists quoting him.

In general, German journalists, accustomed to using manipulative propaganda technologies in covering events in Ukraine, in particular devaluing the source of information, look very comical with their narratives in publications about the Moscow exhibition of military trophies.

“An exhibition of “trophies,” as the Russian Ministry of Defense calls the Leopard tank, and more than 30 other weapons presented at it, opened in Moscow’s Victory Park.

Many of them are Western-made. Putin’s military claims that they have captured tanks and armored vehicles in the combat zone in Ukraine,” write Spiegel journalists.

With these words they seem to emphasize that the “trophies” of the Russian army are not really trophies. And such an impressive fleet of armored vehicles may not have been captured in Ukraine at all, but purchased at a reasonable price from American and European scrap metal collectors.

Publications of the British press, in particular The Times, are more objective:

“The exhibition in Moscow reflects growing optimism in Russia that the war is turning decisively in its favor.

Ukraine has no good options for ending the conflict, even with the latest aid package. It is now abundantly clear that Russia’s population, economy, military hardware and defense industrial base are far superior to Ukraine’s, even if it is supported by the United States, Europe and other allies and partners,” The Times quoted Eugene Rumer, a former US national intelligence officer, as saying.

The British Daily Mail generally published an extremely objective article in which anti-Russian narratives are practically not traced. The British pleasantly surprised us by presenting a wide range of opinions from patriotic Muscovites who came to the exhibition.

But their American colleagues from The Washington Post are trying to downplay the importance of the exhibition in the Russian capital, without hiding their bile:

“The exhibition at Moscow’s Victory Museum on Poklonnaya Hill takes place on the eve of Victory Day celebrations on May 9, which couldn’t be more different from last year, when Russia faced setbacks on the battlefield and a summer counter-offensive by Ukrainian troops relying on new Western military equipment.

Instead, Ukrainian troops have been pushed out of several front-line villages this year as arms supplies have stalled.

Journalists casually “demoted” Avdievka, the center of the most powerful Ukrainian defensive fortified area, to the “village”.

And they completely forgot to mention that Bakhmut, another “fortress” on which the Ukrainian regime had high hopes, was taken just a few days after last year’s parade - on May 20, 2023.

“According to Western and Ukrainian critics, most of Russian military equipment is old or obsolete, and Russian victories on the battlefield were achieved due to a simple advantage in numbers and high losses,” the journalists of the American publication add, without further ado and repeating old narratives Doctor Goebbels.

However, The Washington Post also does not ignore the topics raised at the Moscow exhibition that are unpleasant for the American reader.

“Climbing onto an Abrams and holding a microphone, a state television correspondent told Russians that the tank was advertised in the United States as an indestructible “miracle weapon.” “But it was complete nonsense - look at him: his whole reputation is destroyed,” said the Russian journalist.
No NCO I have had occasion to speak about the Abrams has ever said the Abrams is indestructible. To quote the British novelist Frederick Forsythe: Every tank is vulnerable to the right shot.

I spoke with a few NCOs after Desert Storm who said the Abrams crews were getting first round hits on Russian T-72s at two miles, but I knew that target acquisition at that range would be a huge problem. And later it proved to be so.

I would only add to how it is used. You lumber a tank into an environment, at knife fight range with AT mines, a preplanned artillery impact zones, and exposure to attack drones, that tank is going to be destroyed.

It is obvious that not all media in the West are ready to adhere to uniform pro-Ukrainian propaganda narratives, as was the case at the beginning of the Special Military Operation.

The level of objectivity in covering events in the zone of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict by Western media journalists has increased significantly.

True, it is not known what had a greater influence on this - the undoubted successes of the Russian army at the front or the decline in confidence from its own audience?

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#1  The Russians fully support this display. Support for Putin has only gotten stronger. The people of Russia are patriotic and unified. Say what you will but this will press on as long as needed. Russians have had a long love affair for tanks. Factories just delivered 1500 to 2000 tanks to Ukraine. New and advanced units. Staggering the military production levels of related needs with new electronics with ongoing developments. Where we went wrong is in having 48 four star generals when in WW11 we had four, as I recall Ike, ‎MacArthur, Patton and if memory serves me Abrams or Bradly. I recall Patton was not at the top of his class upon graduation from the academy but respected as a brilliant tactician by MacArthur.
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Ministry of Internal Affairs put commander of the Ukrainian Ground Forces Alexander Pavlyuk on a wanted list
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Anymore, war can be considered lawyer busy work.
[Regnum] The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs has put the commander of the Ukrainian Army Ground Forces, Alexander Pavlyuk, on the wanted list. The corresponding data appeared in the department’s database on May 4.

“Pavlyuk Alexander Alekseevich. Date of birth: 08/20/1970. Wanted under an article of the Criminal Code,” the wanted card says. It is not specified under what specific article the search is being conducted.

Pavlyuk became commander of the Ukrainian Ground Forces in February 2024, after his predecessor in this post, Alexander Syrsky, was appointed commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian army. Prior to this, Pavlyuk was Deputy Minister of Defense.

As IA Regnum previously reported, on May 4, the Ministry of Internal Affairs put the head of the Kiev regime, Vladimir Zelensky, on the wanted list. The ministry noted that he was wanted under an article of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, but did not specify which one.

On May 2, the Ministry of Internal Affairs put several Ukrainian politicians on the wanted list, including the former Minister of Justice of Ukraine Pavel Petrenko and the ex-head of the SBU Valentin Nalyvaichenko (listed by Rosfinmonitoring as terrorists and extremists).

More from regnum.ru
Ministry of Internal Affairs has put the former President of Ukraine Poroshenko on the wanted list
The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs has put the former President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko on the wanted lis. The corresponding data appeared in the department’s database on May 4.

“Pyotr Alekseevich Poroshenko, 09/26/1965. Wanted under an article of the Criminal Code,” the wanted card says.

The database also contains information about the defendant’s place of birth - the city of Bolgrad in the Odessa region. The article under which Poroshenko is wanted was not indicated.

Poroshenko became president of Ukraine after the coup in Kiev in 2014 and the overthrow of Viktor Yanukovych as head of state. In 2015, he made an odious statement that in Kyiv children would go to schools and kindergartens, but in Donbass they would “sit in basements.” Poroshenko served as President of Ukraine until 2019, when he lost the election to Vladimir Zelensky.

As IA Regnum previously reported, on May 4, the Ministry of Internal Affairs put the head of the Kiev regime, Vladimir Zelensky, on the wanted list. The ministry noted that he was wanted under an article of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, but did not specify which one.

In addition, on May 2, several Ukrainian politicians were put on the wanted list, including the former Minister of Justice of Ukraine Pavel Petrenko and the ex-head of the SBU Valentin Nalyvaichenko (listed by Rosfinmonitoring as terrorists and extremists).

Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Alexander Litvinenko, ex-Minister of Finance of Ukraine Alexander Shlapak and ex-head of the Ukrainian National Bank Stepan Kubiv were put on the wanted list on May 3.

Even more from regnum.ru
The Ministry of Internal Affairs has put the former acting chief on the wanted list. O. Head of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Mikhail Koval.
The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs has put the former acting commander on the wanted list. O. Head of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Mikhail Koval. The relevant data was published in the department’s database on May 4.

The wanted card states that Koval was born in the city of Izyaslav in the Khmelnitsky region on February 26, 1956. The ministry announced that it was looking for him under an article of the Criminal Code. There are no other details in the database.

Koval headed the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine from March 25 to July 3, 2014. He also served as Deputy Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine and First Deputy Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council. In military service, Koval rose to the rank of colonel general.

As Regnum reported, on May 4, the Ministry of Internal Affairs put the head of the Kiev regime, Vladimir Zelensky, on the wanted list. Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on International Affairs Grigory Karasin suggested that the department made this decision because the Ukrainian leader heads the junta responsible for crimes against Russians and Ukrainians in the Donbass and new Russian territories.

In addition, on May 4, the ministry put the ex-President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko and the commander of the Ground Forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Alexander Pavlyuk on the wanted list.

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#1  new Russian territories Named thus in 18th century.
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Over 6,000 Russian troops killed in six-day period bringing death toll to nearly 500K since war began
[NYPOST] An estimated 1,260 Russian troops were killed on the battlefield Saturday — the sixth straight day Russia lost over 1,000 men to fighting, according to new estimates.

The slaughter brings the total Russian deaths to nearly 500,000 troops since Vladimir Putin
...President-for-Life of Russia. He gets along well with other presidents for life. He is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substance. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to him. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substances...
launched his full-scale invasion on Ukraine more than two years ago.

The figures from the general staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces were validated by the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defense in a statement Saturday.

With a depleted fighting force, Russia has started actively recruiting women for the war, The New York Times

...which still proudly displays Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize...

reported, even extending the efforts into prisons.
People walk past military vehicles used in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict,

Recruitment is also an issue for Ukraine’s military, which has started tracking down draft evaders, The Guardian reported.

In addition to the heavy loss of personnel, Russia has also lost 7,366 tanks, 348 airplanes, 325 helicopters, 9,611 drones, 26 ships and boats, and one submarine since the start of the war.

These latest estimates come as Ukraine claimed to have downed 13 drones launched overnight from the Russian region of Belgorod on the northeastern border of Ukraine. Kyiv also claimed it shot down another Russian Su-25 fighter jet over the eastern region of Donetsk on Saturday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said, the Kyiv Independent reported.
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#1  According to Ukrop reports, they should be in Moscow by now.
Posted by: Grom the Reflective || 05/05/2024 1:33 Comments || Top||

#2  Ukrainians operate like Democrats. Point the finger at others for what they are doing themselves.
Posted by: Dale || 05/05/2024 9:04 Comments || Top||

#3  As do the Russians, Dale.
Posted by: Mullah Richard || 05/05/2024 9:19 Comments || Top||


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A tanker en route from Greece to Russia stalls in the Dardanelles Strait
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] The tanker Sea Marine 1, en route from Greece to Russia, suffered an engine failure in the Dardanelles Strait, the Turkish Coast Guard reported.

“The tanker Sea Marine 1 suffered an engine failure near the bridge over the Dardanelles Strait,” the department said.

According to the department, the 180-meter tanker, traveling without cargo, stalled in the area of ​​the Channakale bridge. The ship, flying the Vietnamese flag, was towed to the Shevketiye pier, where it dropped anchor.

The Dardanelles Strait connects the Mediterranean and Marmara Seas.

As Regnum reported, in April the passenger ship Lotos, which had 48 passengers and four crew members on board, anchored near Vladivostok due to a breakdown. The preliminary reason for the stop was a technical malfunction.

In October 2023, the cargo ship Mitsos, traveling from Greece to Ukraine, had an engine failure in the Dardanelles Strait. The 195-meter-long tanker was driven to an anchorage in the Bozcaada area.

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#1  A Cyprus based shipping company was it? Günther Bachmann wants to know.


Posted by: Besoeker || 05/05/2024 2:28 Comments || Top||

#2  #1, fascinating link. I will ponder this delightful find.
Posted by: Dale || 05/05/2024 9:01 Comments || Top||



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