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[Regnum] A man opened fire on people at a railway station in the city of Rossosh in the Voronezh Region. This was reported on May 23 by the REN TV channel, citing an informed source.
"There was a shooting at the railway station in Rossosh. A man started shooting at a crowd of people and then fled. The Interception plan was put into effect," the TV channel's source said.
The footage, filmed at the station square, shows the attacker taking out a pistol and firing several shots at men standing nearby. He then fled the scene. One person was injured in the shooting, he received medical assistance, the wounded man is in serious condition.
Later, the press service of the regional police department confirmed the information about a gunshot wound to a man at the Rossosh railway station. Police officers have already begun searching for the offender.
“Currently, police officers are carrying out all necessary measures aimed at establishing the location of the attacker, studying CCTV cameras, and interviewing eyewitnesses,” follows from the publication of the Ministry of Internal Affairs on the Telegram channel.
The issue of initiating a criminal case is also being decided.
[BBC] Russia and Ukraine have each handed over 390 soldiers and civilians in the biggest prisoner exchange since the start of the full-scale Russian invasion in 2022.
They both returned 270 servicemen and 120 civilians on the Ukrainian border with Belarus, as part of the only deal agreed in direct talks in Istanbul a week ago.
Both sides had agreed to an exchange of 1,000 prisoners and confirmed there would be further swaps in the coming days.
Although there have been dozens of smaller-scale exchanges, no other handover has involved as many civilians.
The Russian defence ministry said servicemen and civilians, including those captured by Ukrainian forces in Russia's Kursk border region during Kyiv's offensive in recent months, were among those handed over.
They were currently on Belarusian territory and were to be taken to Russia for medical checks and treatment, the ministry said.
"We are bringing our people home," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced on social media.
"We are verifying every surname, every detail about each person."
Ukraine's co-ordination headquarters for prisoners of war said the 270 Ukrainian servicemen had fought in regions across the east and north, from Kyiv, Chernihiv and Sumy to Donetsk, Kharkiv and Kherson.
Three of the 390 released on Friday were women, officials said, and some of the soldiers had been held since 2022.
US President Donald Trump earlier posted his congratulations on his Truth Social platform, claiming that the swap was complete and that "this could lead to something big???".
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[Korrespondent] The Ukrainian Armed Forces are engaged in heavy fighting in the east and south of Ukraine.
In the Kursk direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces units repelled 19 enemy attacks. Three more clashes are ongoing.
Since the beginning of the day, 84 combat clashes have occurred on the front. Enemy activity in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation has increased significantly. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in an operational report as of 16:00 on Friday, May 23.
Thus, in the Kharkov direction, the enemy tried to break through the defense near Vovchansk and was rebuffed.
In the Kupyansk direction, the enemy tried to advance three times in the areas of Kolesnikovka and Zagrizovoye, but was stopped by our defenders.
In the Liman direction, the invading army attacked six times near the settlements of Novoye, Novomikhaylovka, Zelenaya Dolina, Torskoye and in the direction of Grigorovka; three clashes continue.
In the Kramatorsk direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces repelled one attack by enemy units in the direction of Belaya Gora.
In the Toretsk direction, the enemy attacked nine times near Ozaryanovka, Krymskoe, Druzhba and Toretsk. Currently, two combat clashes are ongoing.
In the Pokrovsky direction, the occupiers carried out 25 assaults in the areas of the settlements of Shevchenko Pervoye, Mirolyubovka, Elizavetovka, Malinovka, Lisovka, Udachnoye, Novomikolaevka, Troitskoye, Kotlyarovka and Andreyevka. The defense forces repelled 21 attacks. Four clashes continue.
In the Novopavlovsk direction, the enemy attacked 13 times near the settlements of Novopol, Zelenoe Pole, Volnoe Pole, Bogatyr, Vesyoloye and Burlatskoye. One battle is still ongoing.
In the Orekhov direction, the occupiers unsuccessfully advanced three times in the Stepovoye area and in the direction of Novodanilovka.
In the Dnieper direction, the enemy made one unsuccessful attempt at an offensive.
In the Kursk direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces units repelled 19 attacks by Russian invaders, and three more clashes are ongoing. It should be noted that as of yesterday at 16:00, nine battles were recorded in the Kursk region. That is, enemy activity has increased significantly.
Let us recall that on May 22, Russia lost more than 1,000 fighters killed and wounded in one day. The total number of Russian losses will soon exceed 1 million people.
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[NewsFront] 20:44 FPV drones of the "Southern" group of troops destroyed UAV control point and ammunition depot of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kramatorsk-Druzhkivske direction.
Drone operators of the "East" group of forces hit command and communication facilities of Ukrainian formations in the area of the settlement of Otradnoye in the South Donetsk direction.
20:35 Around 19:30 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty destroyed two Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the airplane type over the territory of the Belgorod region.
19:48 The Russian Armed Forces have expanded control in the Otradny area, –MAP.
18:01 Novopavlovskoye direction
Units of the 36th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade of the Group of Forces "Vostok" drove the enemy out of the village of Otradnoye and continue their offensive in the direction of the village of Komar.
17:44 Published frames of combat work of fighters of the "Center" group of forces on May 22 to destroy military equipment, weapons, infantry and positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces during active combat operations in the Pokrovsky direction.
16:56 The 36th Separate Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 29th Army liberated the settlement of Otradnoye in the South Donetsk direction –MAP
16:31 UAV crews of the GuardsTula paratroopers of the "North" group continue to carry out the task of creating a security strip in the Sumy region.
On video: Archival footage of the destruction of a Ukrainian vehicle on the Yunakovka-Sudzha "death highway", which is already filled with burned-out enemy equipment on Ukrainian territory.
14:37 Some of the combat groups of the Ukrainian Armed Forces are camouflaging their equipment in forest belts in order to move into position at night. The enemy transport that was detected was destroyed by FPV drone operators of the 6th Combined Arms Army.
13:46 Three Ukrainian aircraft were destroyed by a missile strike.
Three light aircraft of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, used to combat Russian drones, were parked in a cluster at the airfield,video.
13:24 Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation from May 17 to 23, 2025
From May 17 to 23, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation carried out 12 group strikes with high-precision weapons and attack unmanned aerial vehicles, which resulted in the destruction of enterprises of the military-industrial complex of Ukraine, the infrastructure of military airfields, weapons and ammunition depots, production and storage sites for attack unmanned aerial vehicles, as well as temporary deployment points of Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries.
Over the course of a week, units of the North military group liberated the settlement of Maryino in Sumy Oblast during active offensive operations.
Air strikes, unmanned aerial vehicles and artillery fire damaged the manpower and equipment of a tank, five mechanized, two airborne assault brigades, two assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and four territorial defense brigades.
Over the course of a week, in the area of responsibility of the North group of forces, the enemy's losses amounted to over 1,180 servicemen, five tanks, 14 combat armored vehicles and 67 automobiles. 34 field artillery guns were destroyed, including three 155mm M-777 guns made in the USA, three electronic warfare stations and three ammunition depots.
As a result of decisive actions by units of the "West" military group, the settlement of Radkovka in the Khar'kov region was liberated.
The manpower and equipment of three mechanized, mountain assault, airmobile, assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a territorial defense brigade and two national guard brigades were damaged.
The enemy lost over 1,585 servicemen, three tanks, 13 armored combat vehicles, including two US-made M113 armored personnel carriers, 65 vehicles, 11 field artillery pieces, including six made by NATO countries, seven electronic warfare stations, and 15 ammunition depots.
Units of the "Southern" group of troops occupied more advantageous lines and positions, and defeated the formations of six mechanized, assault, motorized infantry, airmobile brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a territorial defense brigade.
Over the past week, the Ukrainian armed forces have lost more than 1,665 servicemen, two tanks, 24 combat armored vehicles, including two HMMWV armored vehicles and three US-made M113 armored personnel carriers. 29 vehicles, 16 field artillery pieces, including five Western-made ones, 13 electronic warfare stations, and 15 ammunition depots have been destroyed.
As a result of decisive actions by units of the Center group of forces, the settlements of Alexandropol, Novoolenovka and Novaya Poltavka of the Donetsk People's Republic were liberated.
The manpower and equipment of six mechanized, assault, airmobile, and ranger brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade, a territorial defense brigade, and three national guard brigades were damaged.
The enemy's losses amounted to over 2,875 servicemen, a tank, 42 armored combat vehicles, 39 cars and 11 field artillery pieces.
Over the past week, units of the "East" military grouping have liberated the settlement of Bogatyr in the Donetsk People's Republic as a result of active operations.
Defeat was inflicted on the formations of three mechanized brigades, an airborne assault brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a naval infantry brigade, a territorial defense brigade and a national guard brigade.
The enemy lost more than 1,185 servicemen, two tanks and 21 combat armored vehicles. 36 vehicles, 12 field artillery guns, including four produced by NATO countries, as well as five electronic warfare stations were destroyed.
Units of the Dnepr group of forces inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of the mechanized, mountain assault brigades, two coastal defense brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and four territorial defense brigades.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 415 servicemen, a tank, five combat armored vehicles and 30 cars. Four field artillery guns, six electronic warfare stations and 10 ammunition depots were destroyed. Between May 17 and 23, 46 Ukrainian servicemen surrendered.
Over the course of a week, air defense systems shot down 30 JDAM guided aerial bombs and 12 HIMARS multiple launch rockets made in the United States, as well as 1,548 aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles.
During the repelling of a massive attack by enemy drones (from 8 p.m. on May 20 to 8 a.m. on May 23), 1,177 aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed, including 788 UAVs shot down by air defense systems outside the special military operation zone.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 662 aircraft have been destroyed,
283 helicopters,
58,984 unmanned aerial vehicles,
607 anti-aircraft missile systems,
23,487 tanks and other armored combat vehicles,
1,563 multiple launch rocket systems, 25,195 field artillery pieces and mortars,
35,831 units of special military vehicles.
13:22 During the repelling of a massive attack by enemy drones (from 20:00 on May 20 to 08:00 on May 23) destroyed 1,177 aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles, including 788 UAVs shot down by air defense systems outside the special military operation zone.
13:14 From May 17 to 23, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation inflicted 12 group strikes with high-precision weapons and attack drones, which resulted in the destruction of enterprises of the military-industrial complex of Ukraine, the infrastructure of military airfields, weapons and ammunition depots, production and storage sites of attack drones, as well as temporary deployment points of Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries.
12:25 From the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in the interests of the Russian Ministry of Defense implemented launch of the Soyuz-2.1b launch vehicle with a spacecraft on board.
12:11 Servicemen of the motorized rifle regiment of the North group of forces during the assault captured four Ukrainian Armed Forces militants.
The Ukrainian servicemen tried to put up fierce resistance, but realizing the hopelessness of their situation, they decided to surrender.
The fighters of the "North" military group disarmed the enemy and delivered him to the rear area, providing the necessary medical assistance.
10:46 FPV drone calculations at Rubicon Center struck manpower, armored vehicles, communication systems, UAVs and firing positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
09:54 Footage released of destruction of enemy heavy copters in the Khar'kov region.
09:22 Russian Armed Forces advance near Dvurechnaya and Kamenka –MAP.
08:55 Russian Armed Forces advance near Yunakovka –MAP.
07:35 From 20:00 on May 22 of this year, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed and 112 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:
24 UAVs – over the territory of the Moscow region,
22 UAVs – over the territory of the Republic of Crimea,
18 UAVs – over the territory of the Tula region,
11 UAVs – over the territory of the Kursk region,
Eight UAVs – over the territory of the Oryol region,
Eight UAVs – over the territory of the Bryansk region,
Six UAVs – over the territory of the Ryazan region,
Five UAVs – over the territory of the Kaluga region,
Three UAVs - over the territory of the Belgorod region,
Three UAVs - over the territory of the Ivanovo region,
Two UAVs – over the territory of the Vladimir region,
One UAV – over the territory of the Voronezh region,
One UAV – over the territory of the Lipetsk region.
07:31 Changes to map over the past 24 hours:
Advance in Volchansk
Russian Armed Forces consolidated their position in Otradnoye
Advance in Otradnoye➡️
Correction of the control zone in the Novaya Poltavka area in favor of our troops.
06:38 Crews of T-90M "Proryv" tanks of Ivanovo and Kostroma paratroopers destroyed strongholds with Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel in the Chasov Yar area in the DPR.
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[REGNUM] Fighters of the Russian group of troops "Center" continue their successful advance toward the city of Pokrovsk (Krasnoarmeysk) in the DPR. As reported by the Ministry of Defense, in the Pokrovsk direction, the militarily important village of Novaya Pokrovka has been occupied - it is located on the highway that connects two defense nodes of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Pokrovsk and Konstantinovka.
With the liberation of the Novaya Poltavka region, Russian troops reached the outskirts of the settlement of Novoekonomicheskoe, which is closely adjacent to Mirnograd, a satellite city of Pokrovsk.
Earlier, the villages and settlements of Novoolenovka (Novoelenovka), Malinovka and Yelizavetovka were liberated in this direction. Combat operations continue in the area of the settlements of Popov Yar, Poltavka, Mirnoye and Shevchenko Pervoye. The goal of our troops here is to expand the control zone along the strategically important T0504 Konstantinovka-Pokrovsk highway. This will allow us to cut the enemy group and create the preconditions for a new offensive.
The Pokrovsk agglomeration finds itself in a semi-ring. However, even in such conditions, the assault on the city can lead to major losses, since the Ukrainian Armed Forces still have supply routes at their disposal: the T0406 highway, which connects Pokrovsk with the Dnepropetrovsk region, and the road to the Kharkov region through the villages of Rodinskoye and Dobropolye.
In the near future, it can be expected that the second route will be cut off in the foreseeable future, a front-line source for IA Regnum noted.
"Both Pokrovsk and the surrounding settlements have been turned into a powerful fortified area. This is an agglomeration where about 100 thousand people lived. There is dense construction and a large industrial zone. But there are no large settlements north of Pokrovsk, so it is possible to bypass the city from the north. The existing reserves hold the route from Pokrovsk to the Dnepropetrovsk region, so the Ukrainian Armed Forces will have to either remove them or wait for the front north of Pokrovsk to collapse," our interlocutor said.
In the near future, the Ukrainian Armed Forces command may attempt to stabilize the front line along the Kazenny Torets River by fortifying the settlements of Novoekonomicheskoe, Razino, and Novotoretskoe. If the enemy fails to "slow down" the front in the coming weeks, Russian troops will be able to launch an offensive on Rodinskoe and cut off one of the enemy's two supply routes to Pokrovsk, bringing the city closer to being completely encircled.
For the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the loss of Pokrovsk will be the largest military defeat, which, as the Regnum news agency’s interlocutor believes, could lead to the collapse of the front line in Donbass or in the neighboring Dnepropetrovsk region.
Russian troops are also building on their success in another strategically important area – the border between the Kursk and Belgorod regions and the northwestern regions of Ukraine. Earlier, Vladimir Putin set the task of creating a buffer zone along the Russian-Ukrainian border, designed to secure Russian territory.
According to reports from the field, the operation to create such a buffer zone is continuing in the Sumy region, where Russian troops have liberated the village of Loknya and reached the outskirts of the village of Yunakovka, from where the invasion of the Kursk region began almost a year ago.
The liberation of Yunakovka will allow the creation of a full-fledged bridgehead that will be able to cover the Sudzhansky district from new attempts at invasion by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Another sign of the last few days is the intensification of air attacks on Ukrainian Armed Forces positions, which consolidate the successes of the ground forces. The enemy admits: Russian aviation (including Su-34 frontline bombers, which strike with guided bombs with planning and correction modules) carried out a series of strikes on the rear of the groups in the Donetsk and Sumy directions.
One of the targets was the Ukrainian National Guard training ground in the city of Shostka in the Sumy region, 50 km from the border with Russia. The enemy lost dozens of fighters. A significant success was the destruction of the Patriot anti-aircraft missile system, which our aerial reconnaissance detected near the village of Ordzhonikidze in the Dnipropetrovsk region. The Iskander operational missile system worked against the American-made air defense system. It "covered" the control center, the AN/MPQ-65 radar station and three launchers.
Footage of the Patriot's destruction was published by the Russian Ministry of Defense.
The destruction of one air defense battery can be considered a major success, the consequences of which will have a direct impact on the course of military operations in the near future, military expert Alexander Romanenko told Regnum news agency.
"Here we need to look first of all not at the quantity - how much of what was destroyed, but at the result in a strategic sense. In essence, an entire region was left without air cover. In this case, Dnepropetrovsk, where military enterprises are located, the rear of the group in Donbass and in the Zaporizhia region, was left without cover. Now they will be under attack, and the front will not receive shells, reinforcements, etc.," Romanenko noted.
The source believes that in order to detect the position of the Patriot complex, aerial reconnaissance used means that record the thermal field and infrared radiation reflected by objects. Overall, the success of the operation was achieved thanks to the coordinated work of reconnaissance means and Iskander complexes. This combination has already proven itself: in particular, it allowed for serious damage to be inflicted on Ukrainian aviation stationed at military airfields.
In the foreseeable future, it should be expected that aviation will increase the intensity of strikes on the enemy's rear in Donbass, which is left without air cover, which means that the pace of the Russian army's summer offensive will gradually increase.
🇺🇦🇷🇺 The Russian army has begun using a "triple chokehold" tactic at the front, which allows for slow but steady progress, The Telegraph reports, citing Ukrainian military officials and experts.
Either retreat or get destroyed by glide bombs and drones.
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[Regnum] The main forces of the Ukrainian group "Aidar" (a terrorist organization whose activities are banned in the Russian Federation) are withdrawing from the DPR on the orders of the command. This was reported to TASS by Russian security agencies
According to the agency's interlocutors, only recruits who were recently transferred here remain in the southern Donetsk direction, but there are not many of them. These newly mobilized youth were instructed to hold settlements on the border.
"Aidar" is withdrawing its main forces from the southern Donetsk direction deep into the Dnipropetrovsk region. The reasons are huge losses," the security forces explained.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, the Aidar militants, despite very heavy losses, have set up field crematoriums in populated areas on the border of the DPR and the Dnipropetrovsk region. According to Russian security forces, they are taking bodies from the front line in whatever they can, including ordinary plastic bags.
Conflicts have begun within the group between veterans and new recruits who oppose the secret cremation of the dead. Young fighters are said to be demoralized and depressed.
On May 18, it became known that up to 15 Aidar militants had been destroyed as a result of the use of three high-explosive aerial bombs by the Russian military near the settlement of Novoukrainka on the border of the DPR and Dnipropetrovsk region. Another 20 militants were wounded.
Militants of the Ukrainian nationalist battalion "Aidar" (an extremist and terrorist organization whose activities are banned in the Russian Federation) have deployed field crematoria in populated areas on the border of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) and the Dnipropetrovsk region. This was reported by Russian security agencies.
"They take away bodies and fragments from the front line in whatever they can, even ordinary supermarket bags. The militants themselves call them field boiler rooms," TASS quoted a representative of the security forces as saying.
The source added that the Ukrainian Armed Forces are suffering very heavy losses. According to him, field crematoria are being created primarily to hide the significant number of victims.
The security forces also reported that conflicts between veterans and new recruits have begun within the Aidar unit. Young fighters are against the secret cremation of the dead, but continue to arrive at the border to hold positions. At the same time, it is noted that the new recruits are in a depressed and demoralized state.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, in November last year the Kiev regime opened a new crematorium in Nikolaev. According to the coordinator of the Nikolaev underground, Sergei Lebedev, the main "clients" are soldiers who died in the Kherson direction. Sealed bags are also brought here, in which, according to doctors, there are corpses without organs. He explained that there are no more burial places in the city cemeteries.
Captured Ukrainian border guard Ivan Kuts said that the bodies of numerous Ukrainian soldiers are being burned to avoid paying compensation to the families of the dead. According to him, the stationary crematorium in Kharkiv cannot cope, so mobile crematoriums were brought in and people are being burned to avoid paying compensation to the families of the dead. Foreign mercenaries are also being burned to hide their presence in Ukraine. Kuts admitted that the number of wounded is very high, but the number of killed is even higher.
According to the Russian Defense Ministry as of early April, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have lost over 138,000 people since the beginning of 2025. In the border areas of the Kursk region alone, since August 2024, the losses of the Ukrainian army have exceeded 71,420 soldiers, 403 tanks, and 329 infantry fighting vehicles.
At the end of February, the head of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, Sergei Rudskoy, reported that the number of killed and wounded Ukrainian soldiers in the previous year alone was 590 thousand. In total, since the beginning of the special operation, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have lost 1 million people, he emphasized.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin.
[ColonelCassad] Russian Foreign Ministry on enemy UAV attacks.
The Kiev regime does not stop terrorizing civilians and civilian objects in many Russian regions, including Moscow. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, from May 20 to 08:00 on May 23, a multiple increase was recorded - 788 attacks by aircraft-type UAVs and Western-made missiles on the territory of the Russian Federation, and outside the Special Military Operation zone. Our air defense forces destroyed 776 drones and missiles, 12 UAVs, unfortunately, reached their target.
There are dead and wounded. On May 22, as a result of an attack on the village of Panteleimonovna in the DPR, 8 people were wounded. On the same day, in the Vasilievsky municipal district of the Zaporizhia region, as a result of drone strikes, a girl born in 1990 was killed, four children were wounded - 10, 9, 8 years old and a one-year-old child.
On the night of May 23, as a result of the crash of a downed UAV, which caused a fire in the industrial zone of the city of Yelets in the Lipetsk region, 8 people were injured. In addition, the Armed Forces of Ukraine carried out two strikes with "Hymars" missiles on civilian objects in the city of Lgov in the Kursk region, where people were also injured, including two children.
It should also be noted that even after the Kursk region was cleared of Ukrainian servicemen, the Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to try to penetrate our territory and strike with UAVs, as well as long-range artillery and missiles.
Under these conditions, the President of the Russian Federation was forced to make a decision to create a security zone in the adjacent territory in order to minimize the possibility of infiltration by the Armed Forces of Ukraine and strikes on our border areas using various weapons.
The latest barbaric terrorist actions by the Kiev regime have been undertaken in an attempt to disrupt the process of direct Russian-Ukrainian negotiations, which have resumed with the assistance of the US Administration and are aimed at a final settlement of the conflict, and to prevent the implementation of the first agreements agreed upon in Istanbul on May 16, including a large-scale exchange of prisoners of war.
The course taken by the Ukrainian "war party" also includes violations of the so-called "energy" and Easter truces, which Russia strictly observed, as well as the ceasefire we declared during the celebration of the 80th anniversary of the Great Victory.
Of course, Russia will give an adequate response to the massive terrorist attacks by the Kiev regime. Unlike the Ukrainian side, only military facilities and enterprises of the military-industrial complex will be selected as targets.
But, we emphasize, our fundamental commitment to a constructive search for ways to peacefully resolve the conflict through dialogue remains unchanged.
Diplomatic preparations for a massive strike on Ukraine. We are waiting.
Lavrov also separately spoke about the need for regime change in Ukraine.
"If Zelensky's junta expects that somehow an agreement will be reached to end the hostilities, and what remains of Ukraine will live according to the laws that they adopted, this is an illusion, this cannot be allowed under any circumstances. Millions of people on the territory of Ukraine speak Russian, it is their native language, and putting them under the leadership of a junta that has banned even speaking Russian - this will be a very big crime. We will definitely not allow this" (c)
The Nazi regime in Ukraine is a guarantee of the resumption of war in a certain amount of time.
Without the denazification of Ukraine, the goals of the SVO cannot be achieved.
The goal of the massive attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on Russian territory is to disrupt the Russian-Ukrainian negotiations that have begun, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on May 23.
The department recalled that in recent days the Ukrainian Armed Forces have increased the number of strikes on Russian territory using drones and missiles. As a result of terrorist attacks, there are civilians killed and injured, including children.
“The latest barbaric terrorist actions by the Kiev regime have been undertaken in an attempt to disrupt the process of direct Russian-Ukrainian negotiations, which have resumed with the assistance of the US administration and are aimed at a final settlement of the conflict, and to prevent the implementation of the first agreements agreed upon in Istanbul on May 16, which include a large-scale exchange of prisoners of war,” the statement said.
Russia will give an adequate response to these attacks, but only military facilities and defense industry enterprises will be selected as targets, the ministry noted.
“But, we emphasize, our fundamental commitment to a constructive search for ways to resolve the situation peacefully through dialogue remains unchanged,” the Foreign Ministry added.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, the Kiev regime has recently stepped up targeted attacks on civilians in Russian regions. On May 19, the Chairman of the Investigative Committee, Alexander Bastrykin, reported that 621 civilians had been killed as a result of shelling by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Russian regions, and at least 3,217 people had been injured. Most of the attacks were recorded in the Belgorod, Kursk, Bryansk, Rostov regions, Krasnodar Krai, as well as in Crimea and Sevastopol.
On May 22, the Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked Lgov in the Kursk region. Sixteen people were injured, including two teenagers. On the same day, eight people were injured in the village of Panteleimonovka near Avdiivka in the DPR in a HIMARS missile strike. Also on May 22, Ukrainian forces attacked a civilian car in the Vasilievsky municipal district of the Zaporizhia region. One person was killed and four children were injured.
On May 23, the Ministry of Defense reported that during the repelling of a massive drone attack by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which has been ongoing since May 20, air defense systems shot down more than 1,100 drones.
On May 22, at a meeting with members of the government, President Vladimir Putin said that the Ukrainian Armed Forces and their foreign mercenaries were using terrorist methods. The head of state emphasized that the target of Ukrainian strikes was not military facilities, but ambulances, agricultural machinery, and other civilian targets.
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] A Russian Su-24 tactical bomber was intercepted by the Polish Air Force over the Baltic Sea last night, Poland's defence minister revealed today.
Wladysław Kosiniak-Kamysz said that a pair of Polish jets were scrambled after the joint operational command for NATO forces in Europe issued the order to intercept.
Earlier this week, Poland said a sanctioned Russian ship was performing 'suspicious manoueuvres' in the Baltic Sea near the power cable connecting Poland and Sweden.
They located the aircraft in international airspace over the Baltic late on Thursday, before intercepting and 'effectively deterring' it, he said.
'The Russian Federation's Su-24 aircraft was performing dangerous manoueuvres,' Kosiniak-Kamysz told reporters.
He said such manoueuvres 'show what the intentions of this action are, that this is not an accidental action, but an intentional action'.
He added that 'such incidents have already taken place in recent weeks'.
Earlier this week, Poland said a sanctioned Russian ship was performing 'suspicious manoueuvres' in the Baltic Sea near the power cable connecting Poland and Sweden.
NATO troops were this week conducting training exercises on the strategic Baltic island of Gotland, itself considered for remilitarisation to face down the perceived Russian threat.
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[Regnum] As part of planned combat training activities, the Northern Fleet's nuclear submarine cruiser Arkhangelsk successfully fired a Kalibr cruise missile at a coastal target. The launch was made from the Barents Sea at the Chizha test site in the Arkhangelsk Region. The distance to the target position was more than 600 km.
As reported by the Ministry of Defense, the missile launch was successful and confirmed all flight and technical parameters. According to objective control data, the launch was carried out in accordance with the plan and without any comments.
Northern Fleet Commander Vice-Admiral Konstantin Kabantsov noted the professionalism and naval training of the crew during the preparation and execution of the shooting.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, during a trip to Murmansk on March 27, Russian President Vladimir Putin inspected the Arkhangelsk.
The Arkhangelsk submarine of Project 885M Yasen-M is the newest fourth-generation multi-purpose nuclear ship, which was accepted into the Navy on December 27, 2024.
Arkhangelsk became the fifth ship of the Yasen-M project in the fleet.
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According to the Russian Defense Ministry, from May 20 to 08:00 on May 23, a multiple increase was recorded - 788 attacks by aircraft-type UAVs and Western-made missiles on the territory of the Russian Federation, and outside the Special Military Operation zone. Our air defense forces destroyed 776 drones and missiles, 12 UAVs, unfortunately, reached their target.
