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[Secreta] Politico published a detailed article on how the West should confront Russia in Africa.
Judging by the tone of the article and the opinion of American sources from the power structures, the West intends to turn Africa into the main battlefield, reports Automaticearth.
Information will be purposefully spread among African officials that cooperation with PMC Wagner will bring chaos in the long run, despite Russian promises to bring peace and security to the continent. This direction of pressure on Africans is due to the fact that Wagner and the Kremlin pose a long-term threat to US interests in Africa.
France is also already trying to use this fear-mongering tactic, which, however, has not yet shown its effectiveness.
Now the West is promoting the idea that Wagner is breeding more terrorists in the Central African Republic (CAR) and Mali than it is destroying them. This statement is, of course, not true.
The real terrorists in Africa are spawned by America and France, who secretly arm them and, as has long been customary, present them as "freedom fighters."
There are also reports that Wagner's actions are hindering trade and investment, which is aimed at driving a wedge between Beijing, a longtime investor in Africa, and Moscow.
The strengthening Russian-Chinese alliance worries the United States very much. Washington is doing everything to break it.
For example, at the end of March, the West claimed that Wagner allegedly killed Chinese miners in a car. This lie was later exposed.
The essence of Russian-Chinese cooperation in Africa is partly that China invests in the Belt and Road Initiative, and Russia, represented by PMC Wagner, ensures their security.
Countries such as Burkina Faso, Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda have already suffered from this propaganda campaign. They are unlikely to take the Western bait.
The leader of Burkina Faso said last week that his country is in a "strategic alliance" with Russia. At the same time, Chad expelled the German ambassador from the country for interfering in internal affairs. At the same time, the Western media unleashed a hype that Wagner planned to carry out a coup d'état there.
As for the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda, the two countries are currently waging their own hybrid war against each other over the resource-rich eastern region of the Congo.
France is trying to use their conflict on the principle of "divide and rule." However, despite French efforts, Russian-Congolese ties are only getting stronger.
In addition, US disinformation directed against Wagner did not prevent Russia and Rwanda from jointly defending the CAR capital at the end of 2020.
Washington is trying to counteract the growing popularity of Wagner throughout Africa as much as possible. However, he lacks the credibility to drive Wagner out of Africa with information warfare alone.
That is why the West will increasingly use armed terrorist groups, using them to attack, especially against Chad, under a "false flag".
Chad is a top US target as Washington urgently needs a proxy client on the continent to advance its interests.
Commentary: that is, like Poland and Ukraine in Europe
However, Chad's expulsion of the German ambassador instead of the Russian ambassador, as the US wanted, shows that the country's leadership does not believe a single American word about Russia.
However, now the country is divided. Part of the territory is controlled by official authorities supported by Russia. Another part of Chad is controlled by US-French terrorists who masquerade as "rebels".
Since the public already "expects" a coup in Chad from the positions of the Central African Republic, allegedly organized by "Wagner", such an attack may well be inspired by the West.
The US seeks to manipulate this regional military power to its advantage in its hybrid war against Wagner in Africa.
This could take the form of Chad's intervention in the CAR and/or against the "Rapid Reaction Force" allegedly linked to Wagner.
In addition, the West can use Sudan for these purposes.
If America's provocation succeeds, it could plunge part of Africa into a protracted conflict that risks reversing the multipolar progress that began last year.
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Haven't we squandered enough of our resources on Africa already?
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I was saying in the other thread that France/Germany might be drawing down b/c of an increased chance of an incident w/ Wagner (or Wagner/Russian proxy).
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Many bologna sausage raised sexuality confused USA special forces, and alphabet faggots in search of promotions gonna be eaten alive. LOL Wagner will cauldron them like chestnut, ha ha …
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[LB] These are Chernihiv, Sumy, Zaporizhzhia, Mykolaiv, Luhansk, Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, Kherson, and Donetsk regions.
In the Chernihiv region, the Russians fought twice in the past day. Mortars and the SBU fired in the Koryukiv district. Several houses and a transformer were damaged on the outskirts of the border village of Yeline (Snovska hromada). There were no victims, according to the summary from OVA as of this morning.
In Sumy yesterday, during the day, the Russians carried out eight shellings of the border communities of Yunakivsk and Bilopolsk. 109 explosions were recorded. In the Bilopol community, the enemy fired mortars - 32 explosions. Shelling from grenade launchers was also recorded - 59 explosions. There was artillery fire (10 explosions) and mortar fire - eight explosions in Yunakivska hromada. Previously - without losses. This morning, one mortar fire (seven explosions) was recorded in the Bilopol community. There was no information about casualties and damage.
In Zaporizhzhia, the enemy hit towns and villages close to the front line 84 times: 77 from artillery, three from aviation, three from rocket salvo systems and one from a drone. 19 settlements were under fire, including Gulyaipole, Novoyakovlivka, Primorske, Malynyvka, Poltavka, Kamianske, Stepove. A 48-year-old woman was injured during artillery shelling in Novoyakovlivka. A shell hit her house.
Six people, including a 7-year-old girl, were injured during the massive attack on Primorskyi. A 24-year-old man died of his injuries in hospital. A 30-year-old man is in serious condition. Three, including a child, received moderate injuries. At night, they were caught in the center of Orikhov. Fortunately, there were no casualties. So far, 26 destructions of civil infrastructure objects have been recorded.
In Dnipropetrovsk yesterday afternoon, the enemy struck again in the Nikopol district. The occupiers shelled the Marganets community twice. As a result of the shelling, two civilians were injured. A man and a woman born in 1985. admitted to hospital. They were provided with all the necessary assistance, the condition of the victims is stable. Also, due to enemy attacks, seven private residential buildings, an outbuilding, a passenger car, and two power lines were damaged.
In Luhansk , the enemy fired 97 rounds (396 shells), 33 mortar rounds, even rocket launchers, 34 artillery rounds, 13 tank rounds, six UAV rounds, and five air rounds. Yesterday, the Russians shelled Stelmakhivka, Makiivka, and Bilogorivka with artillery and mortars. Another airstrike was recorded in the Dibrova region.
There was no ground activity of the Russians last day. This made it possible to deliver humanitarian aid to the people who remain in the frontline villages - food, medicine, hygiene products and the most necessary things. In the occupied part of the region, the mobile Internet service is being turned off. The reason was "cotton" in Luhansk and its surroundings.
In Kharkivska on Slobozhansk direction, the enemy carried out mortar and artillery attacks on the settlements of Oleksandrivka and Staritsa. In the Kupian direction, the occupiers conducted unsuccessful offensives in the Masyutivka and Synkivka districts.
Airstrikes were carried out in the areas of Vilshana and Kislivka settlements. Kamianka, Topoli, Krasne Pershe, Figolivka, Novomlynsk, Dvorichna, Zapadne, Kindrashivka and Tabaivka were subjected to enemy artillery and mortar attacks. Yesterday afternoon, the enemy shelled the village with artillery. An old woman of the Chuguyiv district. Two civilians died - a 59-year-old woman and a 65-year-old man. As a result of the shelling of the village Two private houses were damaged in the foothills of Kupyan district, there was a fire.
In the Donetsk region, the enemy carried out 19 shellings, shelling 13 settlements, including Avdiivka, Bakhmut, Kostiantynivka, Kramatorsk, Kurakhove, Chasiv Yar, Velyka Novosilka, Malotaranivka, Severny, Vremivka, Druzhba, Karlivka, Umanske. 58 residential buildings (12 of them multi-apartment buildings), two buildings of Donbasenergo PJSC, two civilian cars, two gas pipelines, a gas distribution point, and a school were damaged. In Donetsk region in a day: seven wounded.
In Mykolaivska at night, the occupiers shelled the population center of Ochakivska hromada with salvo rocket systems. There are no casualties. Yesterday, during the day, the enemy carried out artillery and mortar attacks on the water area of the Ochakiv community. In the Bashtan district, the Sniguriv community was shelled yesterday. The hit was recorded on the outskirts of the settlement. No casualties.
In Khersonskaduring the day, the enemy launched 86 attacks (381 shells): artillery – 42, mortar – 22, tank – six, UAV – 15, aviation – one. Of these, the enemy fired four shots (nine shells) at Kherson: one from artillery, three from mortars. In addition, explosives left by the Russian army killed five civilians. The tragedy happened at one of the agricultural enterprises in the village of Myrolyubivka, Novovorontsov community. An unexploded shell exploded. The youngest victim was 27 years old, the oldest was 68. Occupants with artillery attacked a residential building in the village of Respublikanets, Myliv territorial community.
As a result of the shelling, a 64-year-old man, who was in his own garden, received non-life-threatening injuries. This morning at 04. 30 in Kherson due to the impact of two enemy UAVs, three floors of the Kherson Academy of Continuing Education building were partially destroyed, followed by a fire. Previously, there were no casualties. 56 people were evacuated from the de-occupied territory of the region.
We will remind, according to the General Staff, in a number of settlements of the Kherson region, the facts of the forcible detention of men who previously renounced Ukrainian citizenship in favor of Russian citizenship are noted. After being detained during the first introductory interview, the occupiers demand from such citizens an unlawful monetary reward for delaying mobilization.
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[VESTI] May 15 is the 446th day of the war between Russia and Ukraine. Briefly about the main thing that happened in the country on that day, about the situation in the regions, the exchange of prisoners, losses, as well as all the relevant information from key departments - online Vesti.ua .
07:00 . Zaporozhye region. A series of explosions sounded in the occupied Tokmak. Details are specified.
Russia inflicted 84 strikes on towns and villages close to the front line : 77 from artillery, three from aviation, three from MLRS and one from UAVs. At night they attacked the center of Orekhov - without casualties.
Kherson region. The Russians shelled peaceful settlements 86 times, firing 381 shells from artillery, mortars, tanks, drones and aircraft. They ended up in residential areas of settlements. During the day, six people died, three more were injured of varying severity .
08:00 . Sumy region. One mortar shelling (seven explosions) of the Belopolskaya community was recorded. Previously, no casualties or damage.
Donetsk region. On May 14, the Russians wounded seven residents of the region: three in Konstantinovka, three in Kurakhovo and one in Druzhkovka.
Nikolaevkskaya area. At night, the Russian Federation fired from the MLRS on the settlement of the Ochakovo community. There were no casualties.
Kharkov region. During the day, the Russians from artillery, mortars and using aircraft fired at the settlements of the Kupyansky and Chuguevsky districts. As a result of artillery shelling of the village of Staritsa, 2 people were killed.
09:00 . Around midnight, the Air Force shot down 4 Shahed attack drones and one Orlan reconnaissance drone in the east.
Donetsk region. At night, Russia shelled the private sector of Kramatorsk. No casualties.
10:00 a.m. President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in the UK and met with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak .
11:00 am . More than 150,000 Russians remain in the occupied territories of the Kherson and Zaporizhia regions - they are preparing for defense, said Andrei Chernyak, a representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate.
According to him, Russia is forcibly removing civilians from the regions, including the personnel of the seized nuclear power plant in Energodar. They are told that there will soon be fighting. According to the representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate, the Russians use the so-called "evacuation" as a screen for carrying out counterintelligence and filtration measures.
12:00 . RF. A drone attacked a warehouse with military equipment in the Bryansk region, according to Russian media. On the morning of May 14, an explosive device was dropped from a drone on the roof of a warehouse in the Suzemsky district, five pieces of equipment were damaged. No casualties.
13:00 . Chernihiv region. Russia fired from the "Grad" on the border of the Chernihiv region : 16 arrivals, probably from the MLRS, in the village of Elino. Information about the victims is being specified. As a result of the shelling, civilian infrastructure and private houses were damaged.
14:00 . Donetsk region. Four people were killed in a rocket airstrike on a hospital in Avdievka.
Lugansk region. In occupied Luhansk, explosions thundered for the second time in a day : according to preliminary data from the leader of the so-called "LPR" Pasechnik, we are talking about an explosion in the city center, there are victims. In the morning, local residents reported about the sounds of explosions in Lugansk.
According to them, the smoke was visible from the side of the former military aviation school for navigators. Later, Pasechnik confirmed this and said that the blow was delivered by "Ukrainian nationalists."
15:00 . Zaporozhye region. The Russians shelled Gulyaypole: an administrative office and a local shop were damaged. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.
Kherson region. In Kherson, the educational building was attacked by drones: the building received significant damage, no casualties
Donetsk region. Border guards near Bakhmut "landed" two Russian drones from an anti-drone gun.
The Russians brought six ships to the Black Sea, among which there are no launch vehicles. There are two Russian ships in the Sea of Azov, including one carrier of Caliber cruise missiles with a total salvo of up to eight missiles.
16:00 . Kharkov region. Two people died as a result of the shelling of the village of Dvurechnaya : a 65-year-old woman and a man. Another 52-year-old man received shrapnel wounds and was hospitalized.
17:00 . Lugansk region. As a result of an explosion in a barbershop in Lugansk, the so-called "Minister of the Interior" of the "LNR" Igor Kornet was wounded. He was hospitalized. His condition is still unknown.
17:44 . The Russians once again shelled civilian infrastructure. Today under fire - the Ship area of Kherson. As a result of the shelling, housing and outbuildings were damaged, some property was completely destroyed. There was a large-scale fire, which was quickly eliminated by rescuers.
18:10 . The US will not supply long-range missiles to Ukraine, as the UK will. Politico writes about it.
18:48 . The Russian army hit the village of Lvovo in the Tyagin community of the Kherson region: they again hit residential buildings. Because of the shelling, a 79-year-old man and his 48-year-old son were injured. The victims were taken to a medical facility in Kherson by our military. Currently, doctors provide them with the necessary medical care.
19:19 . On the territory of the Berislavsky district (Kherson region), a curfew has been introduced from 21:00 to 05:00 every day, starting from May 16, 2023 until a separate order.
19:59 . It is impossible to wait for the resumption of negotiations on Ukraine for many years, it is necessary to create conditions for the start of consultations now. This was stated by the Permanent Representative of China to the UN Zhang Jun, speaking at a meeting of the Security Council.
20:02 . An air alert has been declared throughout Ukraine.
20:30 . It is reported that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are inflicting flank strikes in the Bakhmut direction, there is a threat of encirclement of the entire enemy grouping.
20:55 . London will supply Kyiv with long-range missiles in addition to the Storm Shadow missiles that were promised last week, BBC reported.
21:21 . The head of the Ternopil regional administration Volodymyr Trush, speaking about the fires that occurred the day before in Ternopil, said that there are no warehouses with ammunition containing enriched or depleted uranium in the city
21:32 . Russian troops shelled the Nikopol region of Dnepropetrovsk region. As a result of the shelling, a 14-year-old girl and two men were injured. There were several fires in the city, which were soon extinguished. 14 five-story buildings and seven private houses were destroyed, one outbuilding - OVA - was destroyed.
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[Korrespondent] 22:12 Ukraine has already received the SAMP-T SAM battery promised by Italy and France, La Stampa reports.
22:07 A new sensation has been found in the Pentagon's secret data leak. The Washington Post, referring to these data, claims that in January 2023, the leader of the Wagner PMC, Yevgeny Prigozhin, allegedly offered Ukrainian military intelligence to reveal the positions of Russian troops in exchange for the Ukrainian Armed Forces leaving Bakhmut. Read more in the material Prigozhin - Budanov's agent?
21:48 31 Abrams training tanks arrived at a military base in Germany, and training of the Ukrainian military will begin in the coming weeks, Pentagon spokesman Patrick Ryder said. He clarified that the tanks that are planned to be delivered to Ukraine are being modernized and updated.
21:27 Macron said that the training of Ukrainian pilots by the French military could begin "already now."
20:33 Zelensky traveled around a number of key European partners of Ukraine in a few days. During these visits, important agreements were reached on defense support for our country. Zelensky himself noted that the priority of his visits to European capitals was preparation for the active actions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at the front to liberate the occupied territories. The fact that the president is taking with him to Kiev is in the material Collection of weapons in Europe .
20:28 Hungary has blocked the allocation of a new tranche in the amount of 500 million euros for Ukraine from the European Peace Fund, the Italian agency ANSA reported.
20:26 The Biden administration has begun preparing a proposal for another funding for defense assistance to Ukraine, as the $48 billion package approved in December will be exhausted in the coming months, writes Politico.
20:24 The United States still does not plan to transfer ATACMS long-range missiles to Ukraine, despite the supply of British Storm Shadow, John Kirby said.
20:21 The Russians fired artillery at the Nikopol district of the Dnipropetrovsk region. The Krasnogrigoryevsk community fell under the blow, Nikopol itself suffered the most: the enemy fired almost 30 shells at the city. At the moment, three victims are known, including a 14-year-old child, said the head of the OVA, Serhiy Lysak.
20:17 The US sees more signs that Russia and Iran are expanding their "unprecedented defense partnership," said White House National Security Council coordinator John Kirby. In particular, according to him, Iran provides the Russian Federation with attack drones, including more than 400 since August last year. Most of them Russia has already used, but the planned deliveries continue. In addition, Tehran has already provided Moscow with artillery and tank shells.
19:53 For two days, the Defense Forces advanced on the flanks around Bakhmut at a distance of 350 m to 2 km, said the speaker of the Eastern Group of Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Serhiy Cherevaty. At the same time, he added that the Russian military "provide insane resistance."
19:34 The Russians hit the village of Lvovo in the Tyagin community of the Kherson region, two people were injured, the head of the OVA, Alexander Prokudin, said.
19:30 Chinese Permanent Representative to the UN Zhang Jun said at a meeting of the Security Council that it is impossible to wait for the resumption of negotiations on Ukraine for many years - it is necessary to create conditions for the start of consultations.
19:26 Lukashenka said that the air defense forces of Belarus have been on high alert for several days, and on May 13 they were transferred to readiness number one: "Three days after the events near us - I mean in the Bryansk region, when four aircraft. We are forced to react. Since then, we have been on high alert, our troops."
19:21 Zelensky summed up the results of his three-day European tour in an evening video message. In particular, he thanked:
Italy - for help in protecting the lives of Ukrainians: from protecting the sky to preparing for the full restoration of Ukraine after hostilities.
Germany - for the largest defense package worth 2.7 billion euros, IRIS air defense systems of various modifications and missiles for them, guns and shells, armored vehicles, etc. In addition, Berlin will support Ukraine in the long term: for this, it will allocate 11 billion euros, purely for defense. Plus, Germany participates in the European Peace Fund, which strengthens the protection of Ukraine.
France - for new opportunities for Ukrainian defenders. "Now is not the time to talk about the details. Thank you for the additional armored vehicles. And for the help in consolidating partners," the president said.
Britain - for an agreement on training Ukrainian pilots: "We are creating a coalition to train pilots on modern Western aircraft. Britain - yes, Poland - yes. I am sure that France and our other partners will join. We continue to work on a coalition of fighters, we are moving actively. Of course, thank you Britain for long-range opportunities for our warriors, for range."
"So, the main results these days are: new weapons for Ukraine, respect for Ukrainians, and our victory has been brought closer," Zelensky summed up.
18:48 In the area of Chasov Yar, Donetsk region, the White Angel police unit, which is evacuating local residents, came under enemy fire. Five law enforcement officers were injured, the National Police reported.
18:32 Germany will supply Ukraine with four additional IRIS-T air defense systems, the country's Ministry of Defense announced.
18:06 EU countries are discussing the introduction of a ban on transit through Russia to third countries of goods from the European Union, said the head of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen.
17:51 The head of the Ternopil OVA Vladimir Trush denied the information of the Russian media that during the shelling of Ternopil, an ammunition depot with depleted and enriched uranium was allegedly blown up. According to him, the ecological situation in the city is stable.
17:28 The European Commission for the first time has prepared an economic forecast for Ukraine, according to which, after falling by about 29% last year, the Ukrainian economy is expected to grow by 0.6% in 2023 and by 4.0% next year. The authors of the report believe that the Ukrainian economy, even in the face of the Russian invasion, proved to be "extremely resilient." At the same time, the report adds that real growth rates will depend heavily on the development of the war.
16:57 As a result of the explosion in the center of Lugansk, seven people were injured, four are in serious condition, among them "acting head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs" Kornet, said Pasechnik.
16:39 The Russians fired at the front-line village of Dvurechnaya, Kupyansky district, Kharkiv region: two people died, one was injured, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said.
16:08 Negotiations on the grain agreement ended last week without concrete results, said Olga Trofimtseva, Ambassador at Large of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry, coordinator of the Council of Exporters and Investors. She called the situation "suspended" because the signals so far are different: "Turkey says that it seems that the agreement will be extended on May 18, but this week, as far as I know, no additional negotiations are planned."
"The termination or unilateral withdrawal of the Russian Federation from the grain deal is possible. But this will indicate for everyone, and primarily for the Russian side, an escalation of the situation. In this case, they will complicate their negotiating position in the future. I hope they understand this," she added. ambassador.
15:29 Russian media report about five wounded as a result of an explosion in the center of Luhansk, among them - "acting head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the LPR" Igor Kornet.
15:27 At the July NATO summit, the members of the Alliance should "send a very clear message of support for Ukraine," Stoltenberg said. "As for membership, I expect NATO allies to say: Ukraine will become a member of NATO, which has already been said several times," the Secretary General added.
In particular, according to him, the summit should approve a multi-purpose program to support Ukraine, which will talk about how to help Kiev move from Soviet-era standards to NATO standards, which will help become a member of the Alliance in the future. With regard to security guarantees for Ukraine, relevant consultations between the allies continue. At the same time, all members agree: it is necessary to provide military assistance to Ukraine to win the war, Stoltenberg assured.
15:16 Putin, by his decree, has simplified the acquisition of Russian citizenship by those foreigners who are fighting in Ukraine. The simplified procedure can now be applied for by foreigners "who entered into military service contracts during the period of the special military operation," as well as members of their families.
14:51 During a visit to London, Zelensky announced the first decisions to create an aviation coalition: “We want to create this coalition of aircraft, and I am very confident in this. We talked about this, and soon you will see some, in my opinion, important decisions. But I think we need to work on it a little more." He added that the position of each of the G7 countries is important in the issue of creating an aviation coalition.
In turn, Rishi Sunak assured that the UK will be a key part of the aviation coalition: "Building the capabilities of the Air Force is not an easy task. This includes not only the transfer of aircraft, but also pilot training and accompanying logistics, in which the UK can play a big role." The British Prime Minister noted that he discussed with Zelensky the training of Ukrainian pilots, which "will begin relatively soon." Also later this week, air coalition talks will be held with other political leaders, Sunak added.
14:28 An explosion occurred in the center of Lugansk, according to preliminary information, there are victims, said Pasechnik. According to preliminary data, it was an explosion, the explosion occurred in a barbershop, in the immediate vicinity of the "republican" TV building.
14:17 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stated that the Russian air defense allegedly shot down a Storm Shadow cruise missile for the first time.
13:42 A special register of destruction caused by Russia during the war against Ukraine will be created in The Hague, said the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen. According to her, in the future this should help to recover compensation from the Russian Federation for damages. She also stressed that she supports the creation of a tribunal for the crime of Russian aggression.
13:18 Peskov said that London's military assistance to Kiev would not have a "fundamental impact" on the course of the "special operation", but would "create additional difficulties for Kiev."
He also said that The Washington Post's reports about Prigozhin's alleged readiness to transfer data to Kyiv "look like a duck." Prigozhin himself suggested that "either one of the journalists wanted to hype, or the comrades from Rublyovka, who at one time sold oil to ISIS, decided that they would make a beautiful information stuffing."
12:57 Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto, during talks in Beijing with his Chinese counterpart Qin Gang, said that Budapest supports China's "peace plan" for Ukraine. According to him, this plan can become the basis for further discussions about the settlement of the "conflict". Szijjarto added that his country supports China's "peace plan" for two reasons: "it exists and is aimed at achieving peace."
12:29 "Authorities" of Donetsk said that air defense forces allegedly worked over the Donbass-Arena stadium, presumably, parts of the downed rocket fell on the stadium and nearby.
12:13 The Russians launched a missile airstrike on a hospital in Avdiivka, Donetsk region, four people were killed, said Pavel Kirilenko, head of the OVA.
12:05 Commander of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Alexander Syrsky said that the advance in the Bakhmut direction is the first success of offensive operations during the operation to defend Bakhmut.
"The last few days have shown that we can move forward and destroy the enemy even in such extremely difficult conditions. We are fighting with a smaller resource than the enemy. At the same time, we manage to destroy his plans. However, this is only a partial success, and this is how it should be perceived "The operation to defend Bakhmut continues. All the decisions necessary for defense have been made. All possible scenarios for the development of events, we have worked out with the commanders directly at the site of hostilities," the commander added.
11:56 British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said that he had already met with Zelensky and showed a photo.
11:22 Chinese Special Representative for Eurasian Affairs Li Hui, who is scheduled to tour to discuss the war in Ukraine, will arrive in Kiev on Tuesday, May 16, AFP reports.
11:14 The UK will begin training Ukrainian pilots in the summer, is working with other countries on the possible sending of F-16s to Ukraine , the country's government said.
10:51 Prigozhin allegedly offered Ukraine to hand over the location of Russian troops in the south in exchange for the withdrawal of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from Bakhmut, The Washington Post writes, citing secret Pentagon documents. According to the leak, Prigozhin spoke several times with representatives of the GUR, but Kyiv rejected his offer due to lack of confidence.
Zelensky, in an interview with WP, did not confirm contacts with Prigozhin, and the head of the PMC, Wagner, ironically stated that "he is still with Budanov in Africa."
10:39 152 thousand personnel of the Russian troops remain in the occupied territories of southern Ukraine. The withdrawal of combat units from neither the Zaporozhye nor the Kherson regions is recorded, and their actions, on the contrary, indicate that they are preparing for defense, Andrei Chernyak, representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, told RBC-Ukraine.
In the meantime, the occupiers are forcibly removing the civilian population from the occupied territories of the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions, including the personnel of the ZNPP in Energodar. According to Chernyak, the Russians use the so-called "evacuation" as a cover for counterintelligence and filtration measures.
10:05 At night, the air defense forces destroyed four Shahed-136/131 enemy attack drones and one Orlan-10 operational-tactical reconnaissance UAV in the northeast direction, the Air Force command reported.
09:56 The UK will transfer hundreds of combat drones with a range of more than 200 km to Ukraine, the country's government announced after Zelensky's arrival in London. The drones, along with other aid, should arrive in Ukraine in the coming months.
09:18 In the Kherson region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, six people were killed, three were injured. Seven civilians were wounded in the Donetsk region. In the Kharkiv region, two people died as a result of artillery shelling of the village of Staritsa, Chuguev district, according to the IVA.
09:13 Zelensky announced that he is visiting London today: "The UK is a leader when it comes to expanding our capabilities on earth and in the sky. Today this cooperation will continue. I will meet with my friend Rishi. We will hold substantive talks tete-a- tete and delegations".
09:11 On the morning of May 14, a drone attacked a warehouse with military equipment in the Suzemsky district of the Bryansk region, the Baza telegram channel reports. According to him, the drone dropped a bomb on the roof of the warehouse. The explosion damaged five pieces of equipment, there were no casualties.
09:07 In the occupied Tokmak of the Zaporizhia region, a series of explosions has thundered since the morning, said the adviser to the mayor of Mariupol, Petr Andryushchenko.
08:52 The Russian media write about two strikes on the former Luhansk aviation school of navigators, where the Russian military was located.
08:36 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of May 15.
personnel - about 199,460 (+580) people liquidated,
tanks - 3759 (+3),
armored combat vehicles - 7336 (+11),
artillery systems - 3137 (+21),
MLRS - 562 (+0),
air defense systems - 316 (+2),
aircraft - 308 (+0),
helicopters - 294 (+0),
UAV operational-tactical level - 2720 (+24),
cruise missiles - 973 (+3),
ships/boats - 18 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 6034 (+16),
special equipment - 407 (+3).
08:23 The Russian army continues to focus its main efforts on the Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky and Maryinsky directions - there were 46 clashes. Bakhmut and Marinka remain at the epicenter of hostilities, the General Staff said in a morning report .
According to the General Staff, in a number of settlements in the Kherson region, the invaders forcibly detain men who had previously renounced Ukrainian citizenship in favor of Russian. After the arrest, during the first "conversation", the occupiers demand money from them for a "delay from mobilization." Those who refuse to pay a bribe or do not have the necessary amount are sent to field camps for an accelerated course in combined arms training. After that, they are sent to settlements bordering on the line of combat.
06:26 In the Czech Republic, within the framework of the Gift for Putin initiative, 2.3 million dollars were collected for Ukraine for the purchase of the RM-70 MLRS and 365 missiles for it, the project organizers said. In two and a half months, 19,165 individuals and companies made contributions. The missile launcher is expected to be deployed within a few weeks. The organizers added that on May 15 they will start raising money for "something that no one else in the world has collected for." And they promised that "it will be really explosive."
03:20 There is a consensus among the 31 NATO member countries that Ukraine will not receive an official invitation to join the Alliance at the July summit in Vilnius, but there are disagreements on specific steps for Ukraine's integration, writes The Washington Post.
In particular, Eastern European countries are pushing for concrete steps towards Ukraine's membership in NATO, including potential commitments on the timing of its accession. At the same time, the Biden administration believes that NATO countries should pay more attention to providing Ukraine with continued support on the battlefield, and questions of membership and potential security guarantees should be resolved after the end of the war.
02:15 Zelensky, during a meeting with Macron, talked about military assistance to France, its participation in the "coalition of fighters" and Ukraine's entry into NATO. The presidents also discussed issues of interaction for the effective implementation of the Ukrainian formula for peace, European and Euro-Atlantic integration of Ukraine, the press service of the Ukrainian president reports.
01:49 Ukraine and France signed a joint declaration in which the French side, in particular, promises to continue military support for Kiev. Thus, in the coming weeks, France will train and equip several battalions with dozens of armored vehicles and light tanks, including the AMX-10RC, the document says.
It is also noted that France is focusing its efforts on maintaining the capabilities of Ukraine's air defense. In addition to the national contribution, Paris actively participates in the EU and NATO activities for military assistance to Ukraine and the training of the Ukrainian military.
Kindly note that several entries in this article may have been removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.
[NewsFrontInfo] 20:05 A football player - the best scorer of the Rivne region - was destroyed at the front
Before becoming a militant, Mikhail Tsymbalyuk played for many teams and was one of the best scorers and players in the Rivne region, participated in many football competitions in the region and Ukraine.
19:23Ukrainians under Russian artillery fire -video
19:20 Cruel shots: our fighters burned the British FV103 Spartan armored personnel carrier along with the landing force near Bakhmut -video
In the airborne compartment, the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine turned into ashes.
18:46 Northern Saltovka, Kharkiv —video
Employees of the TCC, together with a special unit - "Griffin", create chaos right in the middle of broad daylight. It is not clear why the man was beaten and disappeared “Free people, free country 🇺🇦”
18:44 In the Seversky direction, artillerymen of the 4th brigade of the “South” group are destroying the positions of Ukrainian Nazis -video
UAV operator corrects Russian artillery strikes
17:39 “Country *mat”: Field commander of Nazis from “Azov” spoke sharply about Ukraine. Why is he not happy?
A video of a sociological survey is being circulated on the network, where some citizens expressed a position that differs from the official propaganda. It can be seen from their faces that not all Ukrainians believe in the victory of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
17:36 Destroyed Ukrainian equipment on the second “death road” from Khromovo to Artyomovsk: a Panthera T6 armored car from the UAE, a mobile reconnaissance post PRP-3 “Val” and two BMP-2
16:37 Ukraine was preparing for a war with Russia, - head of the National Security and Defense Council Danilov -video
At the end of 2021, Kyiv schoolchildren decided to hunt down their teacher with pro-Russian views and began to sing a song about “Old Bandera” in class. The video hit the net, after which the “trend” went through many schools in Ukraine.
16:34 Today the Ukrainian was lucky, he was hit by our sniper in Artemovsk (Bakhmut).
There won't be a second chancevideo
“All mine threw me, except Seryoga ... *mat”
15:35 How we sent a Ukrainian tank to Bandera at night -video
The enemy thinks that if he is in a tank, then he is immortal.
But our ATGM does not think so.
15:34 The situation in Artemovsk (Bakhmut) through the eyes of the enemy -video
Assault units and artillerymen of PMC “Wagner” continue to hit positions and fight against the Nazis who had taken refuge in the city
14:36 Near Artyomovsk, a Nazi from the 3rd Specialized Brigade “Azov” Kalenchenko Vitaly Vyacheslavovich (born 1991) with the call sign “Huntsman” from the Kirovograd region was eliminated.
14:33 The main thing from the new briefing Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation:
Shot down by a Storm Shadow long-range missile;
Assault detachments continue to conduct an offensive on the western outskirts of Artemovsk;
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation destroyed over 150 military units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Yuzhno-Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions in a day;
Two sabotage and reconnaissance groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were eliminated within a day in the LPR;
The losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kupyansk direction per day amounted to 145 people, two armored vehicles and two 122mm Gvozdika self-propelled guns;
The Russian Aerospace Forces shot down Mi-24 and Mi-8 helicopters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine;
In the Donetsk direction, up to 235 Ukrainian military and foreign mercenaries were destroyed per day;
During the day, Russian troops destroyed more than 75 military personnel and a 122mm self-propelled gun "Gvozdika" of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Krasnolimansky direction;
The RF Armed Forces inflicted a defeat on the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Krasnoe, Bogdanovka and Chasov Yar in the DPR;
The RF Armed Forces destroyed up to 30 servicemen and an armored vehicle of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kherson direction;
The RF Armed Forces destroyed the US-made AN/TPQ-37 counterbattery radar in the DPR;
Russian air defense destroyed 21 UAVs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in a day.
13:35 Another destroyed vehicle for the evacuation of militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine -video
13:34 When moving towards Artemovsk (Bakhmut), the car of Ukrainian was zapturen by Russian servicemen -video
12:44 the Supreme Council of the Russian Federation destroyed 122mm self-propelled guns "Gvozdika" and mortar crew in the Kherson region
Yesterday, in Priozernoye, our artillery fire destroyed a 120mm mortar crew and ammunition for it - four APU militants were eliminated, two were wounded.
In addition, at night, in the area of Daryevka, our artillery fire destroyed a 122mm self-propelled gun 2S1 "Gvozdika" with a caliber of 122mm and ammunition for it - five militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were liquidated.
12:41 In Gulyaipole exact arrival by the Nazis
In the Zaporozhye region, in the city of Gulyaipole, temporarily occupied by the Zelensky regime, precise arrivals at one of the administrative buildings used by the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine as a location.
We are waiting for stories about the “peaceful object”, etc.
11:34 “Road of death” to Artemovsk (Bakhmut) is littered with disabled equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine —video
Wreckage of destroyed NATO vehicles and armored vehicles
11:31 Russian artillerymen destroyed the ammunition depot of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Avdiivka direction -video
The coordinates of the detected point were transmitted to the servicemen of the 87th Separate Rifle Regiment, who hit the target with an accurate blow. As a result, the warehouse of the nationalists detonated.
10:29 Peeping is not good: snipers of the DPR OBTF “Kaskad” taught this simple truth to a neo-Nazi who tried to see what was happening in the positions of the “Kaskad” —video
10:27 Russian artillerymen with precise strikes destroy the warehouses of the Nazis from the military camp in Zaporozhye -video
Artillerymen of the Southern Military District destroyed an ammunition depot in the Kamensky area in the Zaporozhye direction.
Reconnaissance, observation and fire adjustment was carried out with the help of a UAV bought with public donations. Video filmed on it.
09:36 Assault aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces in the sky of Donbass -video
09:34 Calculation of OTRK "Iskander" destroyed the ammunition depot of the Armed Forces of Ukraine -video
In the course of a special military operation, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to strike with precision-guided missiles at military infrastructure facilities of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Thus, the crew of the operational-tactical missile system "Iskander" of the Western Military District destroyed the enemy's ammunition depot.
The location of the target was revealed by reconnaissance. After receiving the coordinates, the rocket men were tasked with preparing the complex for a strike on an object. The calculation advanced to the starting position, in a matter of minutes deployed the launcher to the combat position and launched the rocket.
After completing the task, the soldiers changed their position.
The Iskander missile battalions are on round-the-clock combat duty and are ready to strike at the enemy at any moment. For security purposes, the missilemen change their location daily, mask the OTRK in new shelters.
08:17 May. Zaporozhye direction -video
Our MLRS destroyed the enemy's ammunition depot. The Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to pull troops to this sector of the front, bring ammunition and disperse it in settlements.
08:14 Artillerymen of the Airborne Forces with the help of self-propelled guns "Nona" destroyed the objects of nationalists in the southern sector of the Northern Military District -video
Having completed the fire mission, the gunners quickly changed positions. Target reconnaissance and fire adjustment was carried out using UAVs.
2S9 "Nona" is capable of sending a projectile almost nine kilometers. Reconnaissance of targets, adjustment of fire and objective control of artillery actions are carried out by drone operators.
08:05 Exact arrival of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Bakhmut: apartments and entrances are clogged with Nazis -video
The militants are sitting in ambushes in whole units, but ours are calculating them and, when possible, they call in artillery
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[NewsFrontInfo22:00 Representation of the DPR in the JCCCinformsabout the shelling from the side of the VFU in the direction: n.p. Kurakhovo - Donetsk (Petrovsky district): six shells of 155mm caliber were fired. 22:00 Video– Kursk border guards spotted a nomadic mortar group of Ukronazis
A group of Ukrainian Nazis was recorded in the village of Basovka, Sumy region. two pickup trucks (pumping mortar) and personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were based in the hangar. The coordinates of the place of deployment were transferred to colleagues from the Ministry of Defense.
Thanks to well-coordinated and professional work, as well as accurate coordinates, the artillerymen hit the object from the 122mm D-30 howitzer.
21:27 Video- Fight for a peaceful sky
The driver of the Strela-10 anti-aircraft missile system with the call sign Shilo has been defending the Motherland in the special military operation zone for the seventh month. He recalls: “It happened to me, because of my military position I was not suitable for mobilization. But, I made a decision, with the guys from one village we went to the military registration and enlistment office ourselves, signed up.
“Decided to continue the dynasty. My grandfather in the Great Patriotic War was a tanker, a driver. He reached Berlin, had a lot of awards, ”says the fighter.
Now all military personnel have one desire: “I want prosperity to return to this land, so that they live in peace. And everyone wants a peaceful sky above their heads.
21:02 Video– Statement by the head of the press center of the “South” group
- Aviation of the "Southern" grouping of forces struck at the point of temporary deployment of the 25th battalion of the 5th Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the settlement of Krasnoe.
- The missile unit of the "South" grouping inflicted a fire defeat on the point of temporary deployment of the 67th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Kramatorsk.
- Artillery units of the "Southern" group of forces carried out fire raids on the point of temporary deployment of the Azov National Battalion * banned in Russia in the Katerynivka area, as well as on the firing positions of Ukrainian military personnel in Belogorovka and Chasov Yar. As a result, an enemy ammunition depot, seven units of military vehicles, two artillery firing positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and one 120mm mortar were destroyed.
Also, during the counterbattery fight, artillerymen of the Southern Military District formation destroyed one 122mm D-30 howitzer near the village of Pobeda in the Donetsk People's Republic.
20:33 Enemy accelerates another fake that they expanded control south of Kherson, capturing the island of Kruglik - the fighters are on the ground and we do not confirm this information, they cannot even approach it, they are sinking along with the boats.
On the island, units of the RF Armed Forces do not observe the enemy.
20:16 Video– Statement by the head of the press center of the Vostok group
- In the South-Donetsk direction, the advanced units of the Vostok group opened and destroyed a mobile group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on a pickup truck south of Vodiane.
Artillery fire destroyed the Bukovel enemy electronic warfare station in the Katerinovka area and the Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mount in the Elizavetovka area.
- The crew of the Osa-AKM air defense missile system shot down the Furia unmanned aerial vehicle.
- In the Zaporozhye direction, the artillery of the group in the Novodanilovka area destroyed the stronghold and observation posts and the temporary deployment point of the enemy, as well as the temporary deployment point in Malinovka, two strongholds in the Dorozhnyanka and Lugovskoye areas, two observation posts in the Novoandreevka and Shcherbakov areas.
- Krasnopol precision-guided munitions destroyed an American-made M-777 howitzer in the Gulyai Polya area, two 152mm Msta-B howitzers in the Novocherevaty and Gulyai Polye areas, as well as a 122mm Gvozdika self-propelled gun in Temirovka.
The crew of the TOS-1 heavy flamethrower system destroyed an enemy stronghold in the Dorozhnyanka area. Calculations of the Tor and Strela-10 air defense systems shot down two Furia UAVs.
19:46 Video- The work of the calculation of anti-tank systems near Orekhov, Zaporozhye region.
19:21 Video- The Ukrainian DRG was exposed and liquidated.
18:45 Video- Wagner was destroyed by the Vushnoks in the Kleshcheevka area, who had previously entered the positions of 4th MSB.
18:32 Video- Resetting the VOG from the copter directly into the open hatch M113.
18:04 Video- Artillery of Donetsk 2nd Army Corps works in the Seversk direction.
17:44 Video- The commander of the 4th Motorized Rifle Brigade, Colonel Vyacheslav Makarov (call sign "Barnaul") personally led the battle near the village of Krasnoye. The enemy tried to break through to Artemovsk, but could not break our defenses. The enemy lost here about two hundred servicemen killed and wounded, and withdrew.
Unfortunately, the brave brigade commander died in this battle. Eternal memory to a brave warrior, a real commander and officer!
17:28 Video– “Being a guardsman is honor and glory”: footage of the presentation of the badges “Guards” to servicemen of the Guards Artillery Brigade of the Southern Military District
Privates, sergeants, ensigns and officers of the brigade at the forefront were given badges "Guard".
More than 90 percent of the brigade's servicemen already have state awards for performing combat missions during a special military operation. Every day artillery soldiers destroy the fortifications and command posts of Ukrainian nationalists, columns of military equipment delivering reinforcements and ammunition.
“Being a guardsman today means, first of all, having the highest combat qualifications, mastering weapons and equipment ... I am very proud to serve in this brigade,” said a serviceman of the RF Armed Forces with the call sign “Sarmat”.
17:12 Composition in Khmelnytsky before and after the impact.
16:39 Video- Footage of the work of the Wagners in the Ukrainian fortified area Gnezdo in Bakhmut.
16:20 Video- The Russian Aerospace Forces continue to bomb the Avdeevsky viper and numerous military targets in it.
15:50 Kupyansky section setting as of May 15, 2023
Yesterday a Russian assault group liberated the village of Masyutovka north of Kupyansk. There have been practically no active battles in this area in recent months, the parties exchanged periodic shelling and attacks by reconnaissance groups.
The settlement itself is not of particular importance in tactical terms, as it is located in a lowland. But to the west of Masyutovka, on the opposite bank of the Oskol River, a stronghold of the 20th Infantry Battalion with three 100mm MT-12 Rapira cannons was located.
From these heights, Ukrainian formations easily shot through positions in the area of the village, which did not allow the Russian fighters to advance further.
According to the sources of the military blogger Romanov, as a result of one of the sorties, the Russian DRG crossed the Oskol and, unexpectedly for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, hit the stronghold, establishing control over it and holding it until the forces approached Masyutovka and its environs.
Over the past two days, units of the 20th Separate Rifle Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine tried to counterattack, but the RF Armed Forces held their positions. At the same time, the forces of the 28th Specialized Security Service and the 14th Specialized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Kupyansk and Dvurechnaya were put on full combat readiness.
According to the interception of conversations between members of the 14th brigade, the Ukrainian command expects the Oskol River to be crossed in the Dvurechnaya area using pontoon crossings, which are expected to be installed in the near future.
The creation of a bridgehead on the left bank of the Oskol is a significant result that will allow putting pressure on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kupyansky sector. But in order to gain a foothold on it, strikes are also needed in other directions, which, judging by the negotiations, is expected at the headquarters of the 14th Ombr.
15:44 According to preliminary informationsourceRIA Novosti, during the explosion in Lugansk, Igor Kornet, the acting head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the LPR, was injured.
15:25 Video- Statement by the head of the press center of the Center group.
- In the Krasno-Limansky direction, units of the "Center" grouping of troops continue to inflict fire damage on the areas of concentration of manpower and firepower of the enemy.
Bomber aircraft of the Russian grouping attacked four enemy strongholds and an ammunition depot.
- During the counter-battery fight, the positions of cannon artillery and nationalist mortar crews were opened and suppressed.
On the Nevsky site and in the area of \u200b\u200bSerebryansky forestry, the forces and means of intelligence of the Center group revealed the movement of personnel and equipment of the 66th mechanized brigade, the 58th Motorized Infantry Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the 5th Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine. As a result of the fire destruction of artillery and aviation of the "Center" grouping, the enemy suffered losses in personnel and equipment.
15:00 Video- In the Kyiv region there is some kind of strong fire, which can be seen from the outskirts of the city.
14:37 In the very center of Luhansk, an explosion thundered again.
Personnel from the Luhansk barbershop on Demekhina Street, where the explosion occurred.
Four people were injured in an explosion in the center of Lugansk.
14:24 Video- The road of Hours Yar - Bakhmut. Destroyed Armed Forces BMP-2s and a British FV103 Spartan with the remains of brothers inside.
14:00 Summary of Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation (05/15/2023)
- In the Kupyansk direction, air strikes and artillery fire from the "Western" group of forces hit enemy units in the areas of the settlements of Berestovoe and Sinkovka in the Kharkov region.
- During the night, thanks to the coordinated actions of the units of the 138th motorized rifle brigade, the actions of three sabotage and reconnaissance groups were stopped in the area of the settlement of Dvurechnoye, Kharkov region.
Enemy losses in this direction amounted to 145 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, three vehicles, two 122mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mounts, and a 152mm D-20 howitzer.
- In the Krasno-Limansky direction, operational-tactical and army aviation, artillery fire of the group of forces "Center" defeated the manpower and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of the settlement of Nevskoye of the Luhansk People's Republic.
- Subdivisions of the 76th Airborne Assault Division in the area of the settlement of Chervonaya Dibrova of the Luhansk People's Republic liquidated two sabotage and reconnaissance groups.
During the day, more than 75 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, three pickup trucks, one 122mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mount, as well as a 122mm D-30 howitzer were destroyed.
- In the Donetsk direction, the most fierce battles continued to be fought by assault detachments on the western outskirts of the city of Artemovsk, as well as units of the 4th Motorized Rifle Brigade in the area of the settlement of Krasnoe of the Donetsk People's Republic.
- The strikes of operational-tactical and army aviation, artillery fire of the "Southern" group of troops hit enemy units in the areas of the settlements of Chasov Yar and Bogdanovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
Over the past day, seven sorties were carried out in this area by aviation. Artillery of the grouping completed 72 fire missions.
During the day, the enemy’s losses amounted to 235 Ukrainian servicemen and mercenaries, one tank, four armored combat vehicles, seven vehicles, as well as D-20, D-30 and Msta-B howitzers.
- In the South-Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions, air strikes and artillery fire from the Vostok group of forces inflicted a defeat on the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Vodiane and Vuhledar of the Donetsk People's Republic. Enemy losses per day amounted to over 150 Ukrainian servicemen, as well as five vehicles.
In the Kherson direction, as a result of fire damage, up to 30 Ukrainian servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, and four vehicles were destroyed during the day.
- Operational-tactical and army aviation, artillery of groups of troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation hit 68 artillery units in firing positions, manpower and military equipment in 97 districts.
In the area of the settlement of Krivaya Luka of the Donetsk People's Republic, a US-made AN/TPQ-37 counter-battery radar was destroyed.
- Fighter aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces in the areas of the settlements of Selidovo and Brusovka of the Donetsk People's Republic shot down Mi-24 and Mi-8 helicopters of the Ukrainian Air Force.
Air defense systems intercepted seven HARM anti-radar missiles, one Storm Shadow long-range cruise missile, and ten HIMARS multiple rocket launchers during the day.
- In addition, twenty-one Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed in the areas of the settlements of Novopokrovka, Vodiane, Rabotino of the Zaporizhia region, Lyubimovka, Novaya Kakhovka of the Kherson region, Gorlovka, Peski, Volodino of the Donetsk People's Republic, Kremennaya and Novokrasnyanka of the Luhansk People's Republic.
Since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 425 aircraft, 233 helicopters, 4,156 unmanned aerial vehicles, 421 anti-aircraft missile systems, 9,169 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,100 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 4,821 field artillery pieces and mortars, as well as 10,214 units of special military vehicles.
13:53 Video– Commentary by Evgeny Prigozhin about stuffing about him from the Washington Post.
13:25 Above the Donbass Arena stadium in Donetsk worked air defense forces, presumably, parts of the downed missile fell on the stadium and nearby, the mayor of the city said.
13:12 Photo– Consequences of the shelling of Yasinovataya by Ukrainian militants.
12:47 Video- Russian artillerymen simply do not allow the poor fellow chubaty to lean out of his kennel.
12:32 Photo- Consequences of the night shelling of Kramatorsk in the DPR.
12:16 Video- Do not fly here.
Tunguska of the 110th Brigade of the 1st Donetsk Army Corps shoots down the Ukrainian reconnaissance UAV "Furia".
12:02 Russian Armed Forces have lost tactical heights and departed in the direction of the Berkhovsky reservoir, which is located in a lowland.
The stronghold of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, passing through the Bakhmut-Chasov Yar highway, which first occupied the Wagner and then lost the military, was at an altitude of 190 meters. The shore of the Berkhovsky reservoir, to which the units of the RF Armed Forces retreated - at 110 meters. The total drop is 80 meters.
Thus, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are now in an advantageous tactical position, which allows them to conduct reconnaissance and effectively use any type of weapons.
11:42 Video– Near Artemivsk (Bakhmut) militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were ambushed. This is reported by Ukrainian military propagandists.
11:26 Video- Combat work of the crews of attack helicopters Ka-52 of the Russian Aerospace Forces.
During combat sorties, army aviation pilots launched missiles at the discovered fortified points of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
As a result of combat use, the enemy control center and armored vehicles were destroyed.
11:05 Video- The Russian Ministry of Defense publishes footage of the combat work of the Iskander OTRK crew, after the launch, on the footage, as stated, the ammunition depot of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed.
10:48 Operational lines on May 15, the DPR JCCC received information about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:
n.p. Yasinovataya:
- on st. School, 34, a woman born in 1963 died.
- on st. Communal, 4 wounded woman born in 1956
Information was received about damage as a result of shelling of the VFU cities of the Republic:
n.p. Yasinovataya:
- st. Shkolnaya, 34 - an apartment building.
Information about the consequences of shelling continues to arrive.
10:26 Video– Statement by the head of the press center of the Zapad group
- In the course of hostilities in the Kupyansk direction, the operational-tactical aviation of the Zapad group of forces in the Kupyansk region shot down a Mi-8 helicopter with a missile attack from a Su-35 fighter.
- Attack and army aviation inflicted eleven strikes on the accumulation of manpower, weapons and military equipment of the 14th Ombr and on TerO units.
With high-precision ammunition "Krasnopol" artillery crews of howitzers 152mm "Msta-S" and 152mm "Msta-B" destroyed the command post 122 arr TerO in the area of the settlement. Gatishche, two 152mm artillery guns "Acacia", "Carnation" and one anti-aircraft gun on a truck in the area of the settlement. Petropavlovka, Pershotravneve, Artyomovskoe.
- The calculation of the Tor air defense system destroyed the Elf reconnaissance UAV.
10:02 Photo and video- The consequences of the strike on Lugansk.
09:44 In Lugansk atareathere were two arrivals from the bus station - Rodion Miroshnik in his telegram channel.
He writes that most likely these are the same missiles that were used earlier, they work according to the same scenario (probing the rear).
“The first explosion is deaf, perhaps the blank fell, and the second is rolling like a 100% arrival.”
It is possible that the target of the strike was the territory of the former aviation school for navigators (LVVAUSh).
09:31 A fighter of the Southern Military District of the Russian Armed Forces with the call sign “Student” spoke about the detachments of Ukrainian militants -video
According to him, there is one member of the detachment for every four nationalists. He also noted that they usually consist of three lines of defense. It is the members of the Ukrainian detachments who are the first to flee from the battlefields during the retreat:
“They (the military of the Armed Forces of Ukraine) control them. They came on purpose and realized that we were starting to cover them from this side, they began to retreat, retreat to themselves. They have, it turns out, three lines of defense, between each of them - 500 meters. If we take one line, then they move to another. While we are shooting, throwing artillery, they are crossing, ”says “Student”.
09:29 Representation of the DPR in the JCCC informs about 90 facts of firing by the VFU per day
The enemy fired from MLRS, 155mm and 152 mm artillery, firing 516 units of various ammunition across the territory of the DPR.
Under the fire of the VFU were: Gorlovka, Golmovsky, Zaitsevo, Yasinovataya, Donetsk, Aleksandrovka.
Over the past day, information was received about the death of a civilian in the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk.
Seven civilians received injuries of varying severity. Also, 11 employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the DPR were injured during the performance of tasks as intended.
09:27 The strike of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Luhansk, most likely, was inflicted rocket Storm Shadow of Anglo-French production - Marochko
In the morning, the UAF fighters attacked Lugansk, presumably the target was the former aviation school (LVVAUSh).
09:25 Kherson direction
The criminal Kiev regime continues to shell the civilian infrastructure of the settlements on the left bank of the Kherson region
-- Korsunka fired eight shells;
-- in the village of Dnepryans fired five shells;
-- in the village of Krynki fired six shells;
-- n.p. Kardashinka fired seven rounds;
-- n.p. Staraya Zburyevka fired seven shells;
-- n.p. Golaya Prystan fired eight shells;
-- n.p. Aleshki fired seven shells.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure to be confirmed
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the settlement. Novaya Kakhovka, n.p. Kakhovka, settlement Vasilievka, settlement Kazachi Largery firing a total of 26 shells from cannon artillery.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure to be confirmed
08:30 Frontline summary on the morning of 15.05.2023
In the Zaporozhye direction, after massive artillery and air strikes, Russian troops advanced in the Maly Shcherbakov area. Armed Forces positions in Kamenskoye, Novoandreevka, Novopavlovka, Novodanilovka, Malaya Tokmachka, Belogorye, Gulyaipole, Calm and Malinovka are under fire. The Ukrainian army launched rocket attacks on Molochansk and Tokmak.
On the Donetsk front, units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation conducted assault operations in Maryinka. Russian artillery hit Pobeda, Georgievka, Pervomaisky, Karlovka, Avdeevka, Toretsk, Yuzhny, Severny (a settlement northwest of Gorlovka) and Druzhba. Ukrainian Armed Forces shelled Donetsk, Yasinovataya and Horlivka.
To the south-west of Bakhmut, with artillery support, Russian troops counterattacked in the direction of Belaya Gora, seeking to regain their previously lost positions. No success. PMC "Wagner" after artillery strikes led assault operations in the western and northern parts of Bakhmut. There is some progress on the last stretch. Khromovoy has fierce oncoming fights.
With the support of artillery, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation tried to recapture the abandoned lines in the area of Bogdanovka and Grigorovka. The goals were not reached. Russian troops shelled Konstantinovka, Chasov Yar, Novomarkovo, Orekhovo-Vasilyevka, Kramatorsk, Vasyutinskiy, Vasyukovka, Fedorovka II, Disputed and Verkhnekamenskiy. Artillery of the Armed Forces of Ukraine worked in Kurdyumivka, areas of Bakhmut and Donetsk Belogorovka controlled by PMC Wagner.
In the Luhansk direction, units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation conducted assault operations near Stelmakhivka, Novosyolovsky and Masyutovka. No advance. Under the blows of the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Luhansk Belogorivka and Makeevka.
08:19300mm Tornado day and night: crews of multiple launch rocket systems launched fire strikes on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine -video
Having received the coordinates of the targets, the calculations of the 300mm MLRS "Smerch" of the Central Military District advanced to the area of combat use. Having taken up firing positions, the military personnel hit targets with high accuracy at distances of more than 20 km, as a result of which lightly armored vehicles were destroyed, as well as the personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine located in the rear of the defensive formations.
Fire strikes were delivered both in the light and in the dark.
The high accuracy of 300mm rockets makes it possible to destroy ammunition storage bases, equipment concentration areas, command posts and enemy logistics hubs.
08:09 Summaryon the morning of May 15, 2023
On the Artyomovsky direction, PMC "Wagner" is fighting for the western outskirts of the city in the area of high-rise buildings. On the southern flank of the city, the positions of the Russian Armed Forces, lost to the west of Kleshcheevka, could not be returned.
Northwest of Svatovo (an area near Kuzemovka) appeared in the news feed. The enemy took offensive actions.
In the Avdeevsky direction, the Russian Armed Forces carried out a counterattack in the area of the settlement. May Day.
From under Ugledar they report that in the area of Nikolskoye, the Russian Armed Forces have lost one of their positions, retreated 150 meters.
In the Zaporizhzhya direction, the enemy is forming a strike force, fresh troops are being pulled in from the western regions. In the near future, the enemy will be ready to attack.
The enemy fired 516 ammunition at the civilian population of the DPR. Gorlovka, Golmovsky, Zaitsevo, Yasinovataya, Donetsk, Aleksandrovka were under fire. A civilian was killed, seven were wounded.
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[REGNUM] Zakharova: if NATO does not want a repetition of military conflicts, there is no need to create them
NATO does not need to create military conflicts like the Ukrainian one if the alliance does not want them to repeat in the future. This is how Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova commented on May 15 to the words of NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg , who stated the importance of preventing a recurrence of the Ukrainian conflict.
“NATO does not want to repeat such stories - so you don’t need to create them ,” the diplomat wrote in her Telegram channel .
Earlier, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that it is not known how the military conflict in Ukraine will end, but “it is extremely important <…> to prevent the repetition of such a story . ”
As REGNUM reported , in December 2022, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said in an interview with the Süddeutsche Zeitung newspaper that most military conflicts end in negotiations , so it will be the same in Ukraine. However, negotiations will depend on how things will be on the battlefield.
Numerous deliveries of weapons and military equipment to the Armed Forces of Ukraine are attempts by Western countries to relieve themselves of responsibility for the current crisis, said Alexander Grushko, deputy head of the Russian Foreign Ministry .
“The continued reckless pumping of armaments into the fascist Kiev regime is the only way to absolve themselves of responsibility for the crisis into which they plunged many countries…” Grushko said.
The Deputy Foreign Minister added that the thoughtless policy of Western countries is "geopolitical myopia," and abandoning it would be tantamount to admitting their mistakes, which Western countries will not be able to do.
Earlier, the press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov, in an interview with reporters, called Emmanuel Macron's statements that "Russia is becoming dependent on China" untrue . Peskov stressed that relations between the Russian Federation and China are of a strategic nature, taking into account the mutual interests of the parties.
From the V Komntakte age of Press service of the company "Concord" #1627 We publish a request from the editors of The Washington Post and the answer:
Hello! Dear Evgeny Viktorovich! Please excuse me for disturbing you.
The journalists of The Washington Post once again appeal to you for a comment.
The Washington Post article is based directly on verified U.S. intelligence documents leaked to the messaging platform Discord, for which a young member of the U.S. Air National Guard was arrested and charged with leaking classified intelligence material.
Would you like to comment on the specific allegation that you offered Ukraine the location of Russian troops in exchange for Ukraine withdrawing its forces from the area around Bakhmut?
The documents do not say that you personally were in Africa. Have representatives of the private military company Wagner made direct contact with representatives of the Ukrainian military intelligence in Africa or elsewhere, in person or through communications?
With whom did you (or representatives of PMC “Wagner”) negotiate the exchange of prisoners, which took place around Orthodox Easter? How many Russian fighters or Wagner PMC fighters were released in exchange for Ukrainian prisoners released at that time? If not a single fighter was released, what did you or PMC Wagner get in exchange? Were these financial payments or some other mutual agreements.
We publish a comment by Evgeny Prigozhin:
“Dear inquisitive minds, so to speak, young journalists from the Washington Post, there are things that you do not need to know, this is about exchanges. Of course, in any war, exchanges are made, and this is not a secret for the warring parties. But fellow journalists from The Washington Post do not need to know this at all.
As for the location of Russian troops. I'll tell you a secret that in modern warfare, the location of troops is not secret information at all, which is visible from satellite images. Therefore, those who suggested that you talk in this way about the alleged interaction between Prigozhin and the GUR of Ukraine, they simply have little knowledge of how the war is going on. Therefore, when you call them up, say that I asked you to give their names, passwords and appearances, and then you and I will be able to tell each other our little secrets, but first, I repeat - names, passwords and appearances.
Another little funny moment. You are talking about the documents of a junior officer who, in principle, could not have had anything to do with the secret documents of American intelligence. Therefore, this poor officer leaked one single card and a couple of lists, and everything else you carefully concocted and are trying to add to it. Of course, the leaked document to young officers and, in fact, the precedent for it is now, as they say, mow down - this is a "gold mine" for journalists.
Nobody minds what you earn. Actually, it's funny and fun. The more you disturb the information field, the more interesting it is to live. So keep it up, my good ones! But the names, passwords, appearances of those who asked you to mention my last name in connection with this, I will still ask you to report. Write in a personal, I guarantee payment in cash.
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You have as much chance of democracy as the Americans have of getting a non-Deep State in the White House in 2024. THEY will not permit it, peasants.
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So, is Lukshenko developing a case 'unenthusiastic' that might prove terminal?
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Growing up White Trash, there were always other neighborhoods that were more ghetto. You were never the ghetto, the kids over there across the street, that was the ghetto - and everyone on your block knew it.
Very much like Western Liberal Democracies which are never cesspools of positive rights, it is always the other guy that needs better democracy.
Western Liberal Democracy thought leaders even play the inversion game with 'positive rights' making them sound so much more altruistic than 'negative rights - which are the rights that keep other peoples feet off your neck.
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[REGNUM] Romanian Minister of Agriculture Petre Daya said that, together with his counterparts from Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, he sent a letter to the European Union with a request to limit the import of Ukrainian agricultural products, the Digi24 portal reported .
Romania also requested an extension of the grain deal.
“We will enter the harvest season, and farmers still have a large amount of grain in warehouses. These warehouses must be freed by capitalizing existing stocks so that we have space to store new crops ,” the Romanian minister said.
Petre Daya specified that the proposed measure supports Romanian farmers who will no longer face competition from Ukrainian products.
As REGNUM reported , the European Commission banned the export of grain from Ukraine to five countries of Eastern Europe from May 2 to June 5, but upheld the export permit to other EU states. According to the European Commission, during the specified period, grain from Ukraine can be freely sold in all EU countries, except for Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia.
At the end of April, Hungary called for maintaining the ban on the import of grain and other agricultural products from Ukraine until the end of 2023. Budapest also wanted the European Commission to compensate for the cost of transporting these goods through Eastern Europe.
In May 2023, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said that the EU decision to send Ukrainian agricultural products to Europe contained a double mistake : African countries did not receive much-needed grain and other products, and farmers in Europe began to suffer due to dumping prices.
Russia's Permanent Representative to the UN Nebenzya said there was no progress in the grain deal for Moscow
Russia is still not allowed to export food and fertilizer, despite the terms of the grain deal. This was stated on May 15 at a meeting of the UN Security Council by Russia's permanent representative Vasily Nebenzya .
“For almost a year now, we have not seen the slightest progress in the second part of the package deal,” he said.
Nebenzya noted that the deal only works within the framework of Ukrainian exports, while Russian exporters are still under sanctions. So far, there are no prospects for their weakening.
The permanent representative pointed out that Rosselkhozbank also remained under restrictions, which should be engaged in financial transactions to ensure the export of agricultural products. So far, Washington and Brussels have promised to only allow one-time transactions. Nebenzya said that even these promises are "ridiculous," although they are talked about as a solution to the problem.
As REGNUM reported , on May 15, the UN World Food Program (WFP) issued a statement calling for another extension of the grain deal. This issue has been discussed in Istanbul since May 10 by representatives of Russia, Ukraine, Turkey and the UN.
Earlier, Moscow said that they would not extend the deal if they did not achieve a solution to the problems of the Russian side. Russia has repeatedly noted that Ukraine is allowed commercial transactions, while Russian suppliers are prohibited from supplying free products to countries in need.
As part of the Black Sea grain deal, Ukrainian agricultural products were exported mainly to rich countries, and less than 3% went to the poorest countries. This was stated on May 15 at a meeting of the UN Security Council by Russia's Permanent Representative Vasily Nebenzya.
“For almost a year, Ukraine’s agricultural reserves have been depleted by the already well-fed West,” he said.
The Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation noted that 40% of Ukrainian products went to the EU countries. The volume of food supplies to African countries began to grow only in March 2023, thanks solely to the efforts of Moscow, the only party that fought to ensure that African countries were a priority in supplies.
Nebenzya added that Russia is not allowed to supply fertilizers to other countries, despite the terms of the grain deal. Kyiv refuses to even discuss the issue of unblocking the Togliatti-Odessa ammonia pipeline.
“The export of ammonia was supposed to be launched in parallel with the export of grain, but this did not happen,” said the Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation.
He also noted that the Ukrainian side is constantly putting forward new conditions that were not provided for by the grain initiative.
Earlier, Nebenzya noted that the grain deal has been going on for almost a year, but so far there has not even been any progress towards fulfilling the conditions of the Russian Federation . The US and the EU do not lift sanctions from Russian exporters, as well as from Rossselkhozbank, which provides financial support for the export of agricultural products.
Representative of the UN Secretary-General Stephane Dujarric noted on May 15 that the deal ends on May 18. Until that time, it is planned to hold negotiations on its extension.
The Russian side has repeatedly stated that it will not extend the Black Sea initiative until it achieves its interests.
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[REGNUM] Zhang Jun, Permanent Representative of the People's Republic of China to the United Nations, at a meeting of the UN Security Council called on countries to create conditions for a political solution to the conflict in Ukraine.
“We need to realize the need for an urgent political solution to the crisis. There are no easy answers to complex questions. Any comprehensive solution always starts with the first step ,” the permanent representative said.
He also noted that since the beginning of the military clash, China has been in favor of resolving the conflict peacefully.
"Everything we do is aimed at advancing peace talks ," Zhang said, adding that Chinese Special Representative Li Hui will visit Russia, Ukraine, Poland, France, and Germany to propose and discuss ways for a political settlement.
Earlier, Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang , during a joint press conference with his German counterpart Annalena Burbock , said that the issue of a peaceful resolution of the Ukrainian conflict is complex, and it is necessary to create appropriate conditions for its solution. Also, the Chinese diplomat urged to remain calm and rational in this matter.
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