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[Korrespondent] 21:52 Ukraine and Norway have finalized the text of the security agreement, Zelensky said following a conversation with Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stere. The head of state also held telephone conversations with the President of North Macedonia and the Prime Minister of Greece - they confirmed that their countries will be represented at the Peace Summit in Switzerland.
20:47 The number of victims of the Russian attack on Odessa on April 29 has increased to eight - a four-year-old child died in the hospital, said the mayor of the city Gennady Trukhanov.
19:21 The 110th separate mechanized brigade reported that it had shot down another Russian Su-25 attack aircraft.
19:09 Speaker of the Southern Defense Forces Dmitry Pletenchuk denied reports of the withdrawal of troops from Krynoki, Kherson region. According to him, as of today, the Ukrainian military “continues to carry out their assigned tasks in Krynki on the left bank of the Kherson region and is successful,” and the situation “remains under control.”
19:02 Zelensky said that he held a meeting of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief Headquarters and listened to Syrsky’s report. “The intention of the occupiers is clear: to pull our forces to the north in order to advance in the east. We know how to respond,” the president assured. In addition, the head of state heard intelligence reports: “In addition to the Russian Federation’s plans on the battlefield, intelligence officers received a lot of information about the strategy for disrupting the Peace Summit. This has become the main task of Russian diplomacy and foreign intelligence in the near future.”
18:58 The Netherlands and its allies, within the framework of the International Fund for Ukraine (IFU), will purchase military equipment for Ukraine worth 175 million euros for defense against attacks from the air and at sea, Defense Minister Kaisa Ollongren said.
18:55 Ukrainian power engineers have restored the power line of the Zaporozhye NPP PL-750kV Dneprovskaya, the Zaporozhye NPP with the unified energy system of Ukraine is again connecting two power lines, Energoatom reported.
18:52 On Friday, May 24, hourly power outage schedules will be in effect for industrial and household consumers throughout Ukraine from 00:00 to 24:00. The reason is rainy weather and dense clouds in most regions of Ukraine, which prevents solar power plants from operating at maximum capacity.
18:49 Ukraine returned home 13 children, the Presidential Office reported. Seven children and their families returned from the temporarily occupied territories, and six more were returned as part of the Bring Kids Back UA campaign.
18:46 Poland is strengthening security around the Rzeszow-Jasionka airport, which processes up to 90% of military aid to Ukraine, due to concerns about sabotage operations by the Russian Federation, Interior Minister Tomasz Siemoniak said.
18:43 The UNITED24 platform has collected $650 million in two years, Zelensky said.
18:40 The Russians fired at the village. Redkodub, Kupyansky district, Kharkov region, one person died. Another person was injured as a result of Russian strikes on the village of Prikolotnoye, Kupyansky district, the prosecutor’s office reported.
18:37 Russia continues to shell Kharkov almost every day. On the morning of May 23, the occupiers fired at least 15 missiles from the S-300 missile system at the city. According to the latest data, seven people were killed and 20 were injured. Read more in the material Kharkov is on fire .
18:33 In the village. In Ryasnoye, Zolochiv community, Kharkov region, an 11-year-old child was injured by an explosion of an enemy drone, said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA.
18:28 SBU Head Vasily Malyuk confirmed that Sea Baby drones are equipped with Grad systems, which makes it possible to effectively fire at the enemy from the sea: “This is a new milestone in the history of naval battles. For the first time, the SBU used a Sea Baby drone equipped with Grad multiple launch rocket systems, December 2023."
The use of MLRS on drones significantly increases the list of potential targets at sea. In particular, the Russian positions on the Kinbur Spit were recently struck, Malyuk noted. The head of the SBU also said that Sea Baby is a multi-purpose platform that can also perform remote mining. Four Russian ships were hit in this way.
18:01 The United States on Friday, May 24, plans to announce a new package of military assistance for Ukraine worth $275 million, AP writes, citing two officials. The assistance package will include 155mm and 105mm artillery shells, as well as HIMARS systems.
17:49 Today, one of the two overhead lines feeding the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant was switched off. If the latter fails, another blackout will occur at the Zaporizhia NPP, Energoatom reported.
17:03 Russia is looking for fragments of Patriot missiles in the occupied territories and is preparing an IPSO for July, said GUR representative Andrei Yusov. In particular, according to him, the enemy will use the topic of the crash of the Il-76 plane near Belgorod: “Approximately in July, certain actions on the part of the so-called Investigative Committee of the aggressor state are planned, where evidence is falsified. Immediately after this incident, the Russians set the task for their units to look for debris, in particular of Patriot missiles in the temporarily occupied territories, in order to try to create some kind of evidence base. It’s still poorly formed, otherwise there would already be activity on their part.”
16:35 A GUR operation is underway in Tatarstan to destroy Russian military-industrial complex targets using drones, Ukrainian media report citing intelligence sources. In particular, attack drones have already reached Kazan and Nizhnekamsk, where a number of strategically important enterprises are located, the products of which are used in the military industry. According to local media reports, employees are being evacuated from Nizhnekamsk Thermal Power Plant, Nizhnekamskuglerod, Orgsintez, Taneco, Taif-NK, Nizhnekamskneftekhim and Nizhnekamskshina. Information about the results of the attack is being clarified.
16:28 Defense forces left Krynki in the Kherson region, captured a more fortified territory and moved to it, the military from Aidar reported. According to their data, today the Russians “have the greatest number of losses from cassettes.”
16:24 Russian public pages write that the Ukrainian Armed Forces yesterday launched a strike with five ATACMS missiles on Russian air defense positions in the area of the Mospino airfield in the Donetsk region. As a result of the strike, two S-300/400 air defense missile launchers were destroyed and another one was damaged. The 96L6E radar and the control center of the S-300/400 air defense system were also destroyed.
16:13 The number of those wounded as a result of an enemy attack on Dergachi, Kharkov region, has increased to 13, said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA.
15:30 After the first minor successes in the Kharkov region, the Russian army “was completely bogged down in street battles for Volchansk and suffered very high losses in the personnel of the assault units,” said Syrsky, who is now in parts of the Eastern Front. According to him, the enemy is currently transferring reserves from different directions, trying to support active assault operations, but to no avail. In the Liptsov area, the Russians also suffered significant losses and switched to active defense.
In the Kupyansk direction there is a difficult situation in the Kislovka area, where the enemy is trying to break through the Ukrainian defenses and reach the Oskol River. Also, intense fighting continues in the Ivanovsky area and on the approaches to Chasov Yar. But the most intense and tough battles are taking place in the Pokrovsky and Kurakhovsky directions. The enemy is trying to break through the defenses on a narrow section of the front between the settlements of Staromikhailovka-Berdychi.
15:24 Putin signed a decree allowing the “nationalization” of American assets in the Russian Federation in the event that Russian assets are confiscated in the United States. The decree allows the use of American property in Russia “to compensate for damage from the seizure of Russian property in the United States.”
15:15 On the morning of May 23, in the village of Gluboky, Krasnodar Territory, drones attacked the territory of military unit 41003, reports the opposition Russian publication Astra. A fire broke out after the attack; no injuries were reported. Russian public pages also write that today drones attacked a facility in Nizhnekamsk (Tatarstan).
14:36 The Russian Army carried out two strikes with KABs on Kharkov and Dergachi, in Dergachi there is information about one wounded, said the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov.
14:34 The Russians attacked Malaya Tokmachka in the Zaporozhye region with artillery, one person was killed, said the head of the OBA, Ivan Fedorov.
14:23 As a result of today's massive missile attack on Kharkov and Lyubotin, according to preliminary data, seven people were killed and 23 were injured, the prosecutor's office reported. In the Osnovyansky district of Kharkov, rockets hit the territory of a printing house, and a large-scale fire started. Seven people were killed and 16 were injured. All victims are employees of the enterprise. Debris clearance continues. In the Kholodnogorsk district of Kharkov, transport infrastructure facilities were damaged.
In Lyubotin, the central part of the city was under attack. Currently, seven people are known to be injured. The park, shops and transport infrastructure were damaged. According to preliminary data, in total, the Russian Federation attacked Kharkov and Lyubotin with approximately 15 S-300 and S-400 missiles. The strikes were carried out from the territory of the Belgorod region.
The Vivat publishing house officially announced a strike on a printing house in Kharkov. As a result of the strike, the Factor Druk printing house, part of the Factor group of companies, was destroyed. The printing house printed books from almost all Ukrainian publishing houses and is one of the largest full-cycle printing complexes in Europe.
14:16 Ukraine is already expecting positive news this week about the return of children and other citizens deported by Russia, Ombudsman Dmitry Lubinets said: “As for mediators, Qatar is the most successful. I hope that this week we will hear new positive news about returning." At the same time, he added that “children and not only children” are expected to return to the territory of Ukraine.
In turn, the Children's Ombudsman of the Russian Federation, Maria Lvova-Belova, stated that a group of six boys who were in Russia returned to Ukraine through the mediation of Qatar. In total, according to her data, since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, 70 children have returned to Ukraine.
13:50 The Russians attacked several railway facilities in Kharkov and the region. According to preliminary data, six railway workers were injured; trains continue to run as scheduled, Ukrzaliznytsia reported. Meanwhile, the head of the Kharkov OVA Oleg Sinegubov reported that the number of deaths as a result of the Russian massive missile attack on the Osnovyansky district of Kharkov had increased to seven. He also showed photos of the consequences:
13:18 In Kharkov, the number of wounded increased to 16, six people died, said the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov. According to preliminary information, the enemy launched attacks with S-300 missiles.
13:12 Governor of the Rostov region Vasily Golubev said that on the administrative border with the “DPR” and “LPR” a “special five-kilometer zone will be established to protect against the penetration of terrorists and their accomplices.”
12:43 Zelensky, commenting on another strike on Kharkov, reproached the West for not allowing strikes on the territory of the Russian Federation and not providing sufficient air defense: “Russian terrorists take advantage of the fact that Ukraine is still deprived of sufficient air defense protection and reliable capabilities destroy terrorist launchers exactly where they are located - near our borders. And this weakness is not our weakness, but the weakness of the world, which for the third year has not dared to treat terrorists exactly as they deserve."
12:37 In Kharkov, the number of deaths has increased to six, 11 people were injured, said the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov.
12:22 Britain has sent Ukraine an aid package worth £150 million (more than €217 million) to strengthen air and sea defence, Defense Minister Grant Shapps said.
12:10 According to preliminary data, as a result of the strike on Kharkov, four people were killed, the whereabouts of two more people are being established, said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA. In total, the Russian army carried out at least 15 strikes. The mayor of Kharkov, Igor Terekhov, clarified that the attacks included, among other things, the transport infrastructure and one of the divisions of the utility company that provides life support to the city.
11:58 The Chinese Foreign Ministry accused Great Britain of disrupting the Istanbul Agreements at the beginning of the war: “It is Great Britain, not China, that is adding fuel to the fire of the Ukrainian conflict - it was London that prevented Moscow and Kiev from reaching an agreement two years ago.” This is how Beijing called statements from London that China intends to supply weapons to Russia “irresponsible slander.”
11:34 There is already one dead and six injured in Kharkov, said the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov. The Russians hit a civilian enterprise that deals with printing, and a fire broke out in the paper workshop. Also, two people were injured as a result of enemy shelling in Lyubotin.
11:07 The Russians launched about ten strikes on Kharkov - according to preliminary data, five people and civilian infrastructure were injured, said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA. The Russian army also hit Zolochev, at least two people were injured.
10:26 In the Sumy region, Russian DRGs have become more active, said the speaker of the State Border Service Andrey Demchenko: “The activity of enemy sabotage and reconnaissance groups can be traced in the Sumy region. This is not recorded in the Chernihiv region, but the Sumy region is the direction where the enemy is constantly trying to carry out sabotage activities ". According to Demchenko, the Russians are not daily, but are actively crossing the border to study the Ukrainian defense and begin striking at it with heavy weapons.
10:19 New EU sanctions will ban the export to and through Belarus of technologies and goods that can be used for military purposes, as well as liquefied natural gas. The EU will also stop importing diamonds from Belarus, writes the Financial Times. If new sanctions are adopted, their main focus will be to limit the flow of sales of luxury cars to Belarus, which then go to Russia.
10:08 Senior German politicians have been urging the allies for several weeks to fulfill their obligations to transfer Patriot air and missile defense batteries to Ukraine. But the reaction of other countries was not justified, writes Politico. Germany is so far the only country that has taken concrete steps in this direction.
09:42 The US State Department, under the leadership of Blinken, is working on a proposal to weaken the ban on Ukraine striking targets on Russian territory with American weapons, The New York Times writes. According to the newspaper, there is active debate within the Biden administration to allow the Ukrainians to hit missile and artillery launchers located directly under the border with Russia. The proposal, which Blinken insisted on after his visit to Kyiv, is still in the formative stage, and it is unclear how many of his colleagues from Biden’s inner circle supported it, the publication notes.
09:24 In the Kherson region over the past 24 hours, two people were injured as a result of Russian shelling, said the head of the OBA, Alexander Prokudin. Five private houses, a cell tower, and an industrial enterprise were damaged.
09:07 In the Donetsk region over the past 24 hours, one person was killed as a result of Russian shelling - in Toretsk, said the head of the OBA Vadim Filashkin. Four more people in the region were injured during the day.
08:55 As a result of yesterday’s KAB strikes in the Shevchenkovsky and Kholodnogorsky districts of Kharkov, 12 people were injured, said the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov. Three apartment buildings, two cafes, a car wash, a gas station, a service station, a store, two trams, as well as a business premises that was not in use were damaged.
In Chuguev, the first and second floors of a kindergarten burned as a result of shelling. Three apartment buildings, a kindergarten building, shop premises, an office building, and a pharmacy were damaged. Eight people were injured.
08:26 The Russian Ministry of Defense stated that air defense systems allegedly destroyed three Vilkha MLRS missiles, 32 Vampire missiles and three drones over the Belgorod region overnight.
07:49 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of May 23:
personnel - about 497,700 (+1330) people,
tanks - 7622 (+11),
armored combat vehicles - 14,748 (+27),
artillery systems - 12,860 (+40),
MLRS - 1077 (+0),
air defense systems - 813 (+1),
aircraft - 355 (+1),
helicopters - 326 (+0),
UAVs of operational-tactical level - 10 391 (+45),
cruise missiles - 2209 (+1),
ships/boats - 27 (+0),
submarines - 1 (+0),
automotive equipment and tank trucks - 17,513 (+71),
special equipment - 2094 (+4).
05:58 Partisans from the Atesh movement said that they destroyed the external telecommunications cabinet of a communication tower in the village. Stanichki near Smolensk, as a result of which the communication systems of the Russian air defense system of the 49th anti-aircraft missile brigade of the Russian Armed Forces, which were located on this tower, ceased to function. This will significantly weaken the Russian air defense system in the region, the partisans note.
04:37 DeepState analysts report that the enemy has advanced near Chasov Yar, in Kleshcheevka and Krasnohorivka, Donetsk region.
01:33 The United States does not encourage Ukraine to use Western weapons to attack Russian territory, but Kiev has the right to make its own decisions on how to wage war, Blinken said: “When it comes to authorizing and approving attacks outside of Ukraine, we did not do that, But Ukraine will have to make its own decisions, and I want to make sure that it gets the equipment it needs to effectively defend itself."
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[Korrespondent] Ukrainian defenders give a tough rebuff to the enemy.
As of 20:00, Russian troops had already carried out 79 attacks on the positions of Ukrainian units. Most of the clashes occurred in the Pokrovsky and Kupyansky directions.
The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces published operational information about the Russian invasion as of 20:00 on Thursday, May 23.
It is reported that as of 20:00, Russian troops have already carried out 79 attacks on the positions of Ukrainian units. Most of the clashes occurred in the Pokrovsky and Kupyansky directions.
“The Khar'kov region is suffering from missile and air strikes of Russian terrorists. Civilians and enterprises are suffering. The enemy continues to level the city of Volchansk and its surroundings with controlled aerial bombs. Also during the day, the areas of the settlements of Bely Kolodets, Dergachi and Veseloye suffered from UABs,” the message says.
It is noted that in the Khar'kov direction the invaders tried to move forward four times, but received a harsh rebuff. Fighting continues in the areas of the villages of Staritsa and Tikhoe. The situation is under control.
In the Kupyansk direction, the number of offensive and assault actions of the invaders has increased to 20, almost half of them are ongoing.
In the Liman direction, Ukrainian defenders repelled six enemy attacks near Torskoye and Ternov. The Russian invaders dropped two KABs in the Liman area.
In the Kramatorsk direction, the enemy tried eight times to improve the tactical situation, but the situation is under control.
Nine engagements continue in the Pokrovsky direction, and another 13 enemy attacks have already been repulsed.
“The enemy continues to conduct its operations in the direction of Kalinovoy and Novoselovka First with the support of aviation. At the same time, Ukrainian soldiers are hunting the enemy in the air - today a Russian Su-25 attack aircraft was destroyed,” the General Staff adds.
Today, 10 military clashes took place in the Kurakhovsky direction, and fighting continues in the Krasnogorovka area.
In the Gulyai-Polye direction, the invaders launched an airstrike in the Gulyai-Polye area.
In the Dnieper direction, the enemy unsuccessfully tried seven times to dislodge our soldiers from the left bank of the Dnieper.
In other areas there were no significant changes.
Since the start of the full-scale invasion, Russia has lost 355 aircraft and 326 helicopters.
The most intense and fierce battles continue in the Pokrovsky and Kurakhiv directions.
by Ivanna Kapustyanska
The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Oleksandr Syrskyi, said that intensive fighting is ongoing on the approaches to the city of Chasiv Yar and in the Ivanivsky district of Donetsk region.
The Chief of the Armed Forces spoke on Facebook about the situation in the Kharkiv and Donetsk directions .
"Intensive fighting continues in the Ivanovo area and on the approaches to Chasovoy Yar. The enemy is trying to cling to the city at any cost, uses the latest T-90M, BMP-3, BMD-4, which are usually destroyed by our anti-tank weapons and FPV by drones while advancing," reports General Syrskyi.
According to the Holovkom, the most intense and fierce battles continue in the Pokrovsky and Kurakhiv directions. The enemy is trying to break through the defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on a narrow section of the front between the settlements of Staromykhailivka - Berdychi through offensive and assault actions of the most prepared units.
"Offensive actions take place both with the use of armored vehicles and on foot, often on motorcycles and buggies," the soldier said.
Fighting continues in the Kupyansk direction . The situation is difficult in the Kislivka area, where the enemy is trying to break through our defenses and reach the Oskil River.
There is also unrest in other directions, but the number and intensity of hostilities is much less.
668 civilians still remain in the city of Chasiv Yar, Donetsk region , and it is becoming increasingly difficult to evacuate people from there and deliver humanitarian aid to them. The enemy does not stop trying to capture the city and inflicts artillery strikes.
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[KavkazUzel] Some of the 80 abducted after the arson of a car linked to Adam Kadyrov have already been released, human rights activists said. Mass kidnappings against the backdrop of high-profile resignations indicate an unstable situation in Chechnya and are explained by the desire of the security forces to show their importance, they pointed out.
As the "Caucasian Knot" wrote, at least 80 residents of Chechnya were, according to human rights activists, kidnapped after the arson of a car with a DUSTUM license plate associated with the son of the head of Chechnya, Adam Kadyrov. Volunteers were able to identify the names of some of the abducted people. In the village of Starye Atagi, Urus-Martan district, about 50 members of the family of Sayf-Islam Elmurzaev, who is suspected of setting fire to a car, were kidnapped, and about 30 people were kidnapped in the Shalinsky district, reported the Memorial Human Rights Protection Center*. Telegram channel opposition to the Chechen authorities reported on May 17 that most members of the Elmurzaev family had been released.
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[EngMilRu] The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
Units of the Sever Group of Forces continue advancing to the depth of the enemy's defences.
Losses were inflicted on manpower and hardware of the AFU 125th Mechanised Brigade and 112th Territorial Defence Brigade near Konstantinovka and Granov (Kharkov region).
Two counter-attacks launched by the enemy's assault detachments were repelled near Glubokoye and Volchansk (Kharkov region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 365 Ukrainian troops, one tank, and two armoured fighting vehicles.
In the course of counter-battery warfare, one U.S.-made 155mm M777 howitzer, one 152mm D-20 howitzer, two 122mm D-30 howitzers, and one U.S.-made 105mm M119 howitzer were neutralised.
Units of the Zapad Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and inflicted losses on formations of the AFU 14th, 21st, and 66th Mechanised brigades near Nevskoye (Lugansk People's Republic), Ivanovka, and Novosadovoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
Four counterattacks launched by the AFU assault detachments were repelled near Novovodyanoye, Belogorovka (Lugansk People's Republic), and Grigorovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 320 Ukrainian troops, two armoured personnel carriers, including one U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carrier, and two motor vehicles.
In the course of counter-battery warfare, two 152mm Msta-B howitzers, one 152mm D-20 howitzer, one 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system, one 122mm D-30 howitzer, and two 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS combat vehicles were neutralised.
As a result of active actions, units of the Yug Group of Forces liberated Andreyevka (Donetsk People's Republic), improved the tactical situation along the front line, and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 57th Mechanised Brigade, 105th, and 118th Territorial Defence brigades near Konstantinovka, Razdolovka and Chasov Yar (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to more than 490 Ukrainian troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, four motor vehicles, one U.S.-made 155mm M109 Paladin self-propelled artillery system, one 152mm Giatsint-B howitzer, four 152mm D-20 howitzers, and one UK-made 105mm L-119 howitzer.
Units of the Tsentr Group of Forces improved the tactical situation and inflicted losses on formations of the AFU 68th Jaeger Brigade and 24th Mechanised Brigade near Semyonovka and Novgorodskoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
Five counter-attacks launched by assault detachments of the AFU 71st Jaeger Brigade, 47th, and 110th Mechanised brigades were repelled near Ocheretino, Solovyovo, and Umanskoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 405 Ukrainian troops, four armoured fighting vehicles, including three U.S.-made MaxxPro armoured personnel carriers, and six motor vehicles.
In the course of counter-battery warfare, one U.S.-made 155mm M777 howitzer, one U.S.-made 155mm M109 Paladin self-propelled artillery system, one 152mm 2S3 Akatsiya self-propelled artillery system, one 152mm D-20 howitzer, one 152mm Msta-B howitzer, two 122mm D-30 howitzers, and two U.S.-made 105mm M102 light towed howitzers were neutralised.
Units of the Vostok Group of Forces took more advantageous lines, as well as inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 128th Territorial Defence Brigade near Makarovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 120 Ukrainian troops, two infantry fighting vehicles, six motor vehicles, one UK-made 155mm FH-70 howitzer, one 152mm Msta-B howitzer, and one 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system.
One U.S.-made AN/TPQ-50 counter-battery warfare station was destroyed.
Units of the Dnepr Group of Forces inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 37th Marines Brigade and 65th Mechanised Brigade near Veseloye (Kherson region) and Rabotino (Zaporozhye region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 40 Ukrainian troops, two motor vehicles, one 152mm Msta-B howitzer, one 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system, and one 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS combat vehicle.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces engaged AFU manpower and hardware clusters in 112 areas during the day.
Air defence units shot down 53 unmanned aerial vehicles, six U.S.-made ATACMS operational-tactical missiles, three French-made Hammer guided aerial bombs, four U.S.-made HARM anti-radiation missiles, 47 U.S.-made HIMARS, Czech-made Vampire, and Olkha MLRS projectiles.
In total, 601 airplanes and 274 helicopters, 24,551 unmanned aerial vehicles, 523 air defence missile systems, 16,134 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,310 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 9,771 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 21,935 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.
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[NewsFront] 21:03 Successfully destroyed units of the Ukrainian MT-LB in the Zaporozhye direction. 21:02 Exact hit by Russian fighters on a Ukrainian armored vehicle, followed by the detonation of the ammunition in the Donetsk direction.
19:56 Artillerymen of the “West” group of troops destroyed a column of enemy equipment transporting manpower and ammunition to forward positions.
As a result of the attack by 122mm rockets, the enemy lost three trucks and up to 20 military personnel killed and wounded.
18:50 Destruction of American howitzer "M-777" in the Khar'kov direction.
18:44 Two civilians were injured as a result of artillery attack of Avdievka by Ukrainian troops, the JCCC reported.
17:47 Soldiers of the Main Force “North” showed the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the liberated village of Strelechya, Khar'kov region –video.
17:25 Avdeevsk direction: advance of the Russian Armed Forces in the area of Berdychi and Uman. Situation as of 17.00 May 23, 2024:
At the moment, Russian troops continue to conduct an offensive along the entire front line, including at the Berdychi-Semyonovka line.
A “half-cauldron” has formed at the Solovyovo-Semyonovka line, the clearing of which will allow Russian troops to significantly reduce the distance to Novopokrovsky. Also, the assault on enemy strongholds is also coming from Sokol.
Russian troops expanded the zone of control in Umanskoye towards the western outskirts, where they established a foothold at the intersection of Sverdlova Street and the S051801 highway leading to Netailovo. At the moment, the entire northern shore of the Uman Pond is under the confident control of the Russian army. However, the enemy still holds positions in the south of the village in the area of Batula Street.
16:50 Information is received about the advance of our forces in Staromayorsky. The secondary school building came under our control in the center of the village.
16:40 At the Lyubotin station in the Khar'kov region, a train with Ukrainian Armed Forces tanks, a training base and railway junctions were hit.
16:23 In the Avdeevsky direction, Russian troops suppressed enemy firing points and disrupted the rotation.
Along the route of our assaults, aerial reconnaissance identified camouflaged enemy firing points in the forest. 2S19 Msta-S crews fired 152mm high-explosive fragmentation rounds and suppressed the firing positions and destroyed the opornik with manpower.
16:10 Consequences of artillery attack of the territory of a supermarket in the Central City district of Gorlovka, where 11 people were injured -video.
15:49 On frames: The destruction of a Ukrainian Armed Forces mortar, as well as two enemy howitzers, is presented.
15:37 The Armed Forces of Ukraine left Krynki (Kherson region), - Ukrainian Telegram channels.
14:49 Consequences of artillery attack of the Central City district of Gorlovka by the Ukrainian Federal Unitary Forces -photo.
14:42 Destroyed Ukrainian launch-loading installation 9A39M1 of the 9K37M1 Buk-M1 (Buk) complex in the Khar'kov region.
14:30 Army aviation carried out strikes on the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Staromayorsky -video.
14:25 Explosions occurred in the suburb of Khar'kov - the city of Dergachi. A bomb attack was also carried out on enemy targets within the boundaries of Khar'kov.
14:05 A new explosion occurred in Khar'kov, reported the Ukrainian publication “Public. News".
13:34 A civilian was killed and 11 more were injured during massive artillery attack of the center of Gorlovka by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, said the head of the DPR Denis Pushilin.
13:12 The main thing from the new briefing of the Russian Ministry of Defense:
The North group of troops repelled two counterattacks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of Glubokoe and Volchansk, Khar'kov region;
Units of the Center group repelled five counterattacks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces;
The “North” group continues to advance into the depths of the enemy’s defense, the losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces per day amounted to 365 military personnel;
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 405 military personnel in the area of responsibility of the Central Group of the Russian Armed Forces;
The Vostok group of troops occupied more advantageous positions, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 120 military personnel;
During the day, Russian air defense shot down 53 UAVs, 6 ATACMS missiles, three Hammer bombs and 47 MLRS rounds;
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost more than 490 military personnel in the area of responsibility of the Russian group “South” per day;
Units of the “West” group repelled four counterattacks by Ukrainian Armed Forces assault groups, the enemy lost up to 320 soldiers.
13:07 The Russian Ministry of Defense reported the liberation of the village of Andreevka south of Kleshcheevka, from where the enemy was forced to retreat a little earlier.
13:01 Russian intelligence officers "opened "enemy temporary deployment points and locations of weapons and military equipment.
12:45 Russian fighters struck one more Abrams, advancing behind Avdievka. In the area of the village Sokol, outside Ocheretino, artillerymen of the 27th Motorized Rifle Division of the “Center” group of troops tracked down and “covered” another American tank. He was hit by accurate fire from a 122mm D-30 howitzer.
12:14 Paratroopers from Buryatia destroyed a tracked robot of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Chasov Yar area -video.
12:10 Explosions are reported in Dnepropetrovsk.
11:50 Units of the North group of troops as a result of active actions advanced into the depths of the enemy’s defense and defeated the manpower and equipment of units of the 3rd tank, 57th Motorized Infantry brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Volchanskie Khutora, Bely Kolodez and Petropavlovka in the Khar'kov region.
Three counterattacks of enemy assault groups were repelled in the areas of the settlements of Volchansk and Liptsy, Khar'kov region. The Ukrainian Armed Forces' losses per day amounted to up to 255 military personnel and seven vehicles, a 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS combat vehicle, a 152mm 2S3 Akatsiya self-propelled artillery mount, a 155mm US-made M777 howitzer, a 105mm US-made M119 gun, 100mm Rapier anti-tank gun, as well as two US-made AN/TPQ-50 counter-battery stations.
11:10 After “arrivals” in different places of Khar'kov rises smoke, local groups write. There have already been about ten explosions in the city, said Mayor Terekhov.
10:48 Artillery crews of the 64th Separate Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 35th Army struck field ammunition depot and parked Ukrainian Armed Forces vehicle.
10:28 Explosions in Khar'kov.
10:04 The Ukrainian army shelled Gorlovka, a civilian died as a result of fire in the interior of his car, the mayor of the city of Prikhodko said.
09:47 Artillerymen of the “Center” group of troops supported advance of motorized riflemen in the Avdeevsky direction.
Having received the target coordinates from the reconnaissance units, the crews of the 2S19 Msta-S self-propelled guns arrived at the firing position and, with shots of 152mm high-explosive fragmentation ammunition, suppressed the firing points camouflaged in the forest belt along the offensive route of the assault troops.
Next, the artillerymen defeated the enemy personnel who took up defense at the strong point. Fire adjustments and control of target destruction were carried out by crews of the Orlan-30 UAV.
09:24 Ukrainian resources confirm the advance of the Russian Army in the east of Chasov Yar and in the northern part of Kleshcheevka.
09:10 In the Svatovsko-Kremensky sector, our units have improved their position. This was reported by a military expert, retired LPR lieutenant colonel Andrei Marochko.
“In the area of the settlement of Makeyevka (LPR), during active hostilities, our units managed to knock out the enemy from their positions located in a forest belt. This fact allowed us to advance in this area to a distance of about 500 meters,” Marochko wrote in the Telegram channel.
08:22 Units of the Vostok group of troopsripped offattempts of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to strengthen forward positions in the areas of the settlements of Dorozhnyanki, Charivnoye and Lugovskoye. This was reported by the head of the group’s press center, Alexander Gordeev.
08:19 Report for the morning of May 23 from Two Majors:
Due to the offensive actions of the Russian Armed Forces, the enemy is forced to transfer reinforcements from other directions to the Khar'kov direction. Thus, the 36th Separate Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Marine Corps from the Kherson region arrived at the front, hastily staffed at the Shirokiy Lan training ground in the Nikolaev region. In addition, they report that enemy forces have been withdrawn from the Kupyansky direction.
In the Liptsovsky direction, the group’s assault units advanced to a depth of 200 to 400 meters, repelling two counterattacks. The 415th Separate Rifle Battalion of the Ukrainian Armed Forces was withdrawn from the front for replenishment;
In Chasov Yar, units of the Russian Armed Forces, with heavy fighting, occupied several positions in the high-rise buildings of the eastern microdistrict of the city. From the south, the zone of control of our troops in the forest is expanding, they report on the successes of the Russian Army in Kleshcheevka;
In the Pokrovsky direction (west of Avdievka), the Russian Armed Forces are conducting offensive operations south of the Ocheretinsky salient, near Novopokrovsky. The zone of control of our troops is being expanded to the south from the recently occupied Netailovo;
In the South Donetsk direction there are battles in Krasnogorovka, the Russian Armed Forces have occupied a building to the west of the refractory plant. The enemy is holding in high-rise buildings in the northern part of the village;
In the Vrem'evsky direction, fighting continues in Urozhainy and Staromayorsky, reports of the advance of our troops.
08:15 Special mining battalion “Phoenix” of the engineering brigade of the “South” group of troops using drones mines enemy strongholds, delivering “mines-gifts” of the Ukrainian Armed Forces to the entrance to the dugouts on the Artemovsky sector of the front.
08:14 Destruction of AGS Mk 19, American production in the Zaporozhye direction.
08:10 Another “Leopard” was destroyed in the Donetsk direction in the Mar'inka area.
08:04 Ussuri paratroopers by storm mastered a stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of Andreevka and Kurdyumovka on Artemovsky in the DPR. Having demoralized the enemy with precise attacks from grenade launchers and suppressing fire weapons, the paratroopers, under the cover of darkness, entered the enemy stronghold.
08:01 Crew of the Strela-10 air defense system of the Northern Fleet Marine CorpsdestroyedUAV of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kherson direction.
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[REGNUM] The first of three planned stages of exercises of non-strategic nuclear forces has started in the Southern Military District of Russia. The Ministry of Defense published a video showing the MiG-31I Dagger carrier and the Tu-22M3 missile carrier. The military department reported that the missilemen receive special ammunition for the Iskander operational-tactical missile system (OTRK), equip the launch vehicles with it, and then move to the designated area for launches. At the same time, the Aerospace Forces equip missiles, including the hypersonic Kinzhals, with special warheads, and then the fighters fly to patrol areas.
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[Regnum] Ukrainian militants launched a missile attack on the territory of Crimea on the evening of May 23, killing two people. This was announced by the head of the republic Sergei Aksyonov.
“As a result of a missile attack by the enemy on the territory of the peninsula in the Simferopol region, two bystanders were killed,” Aksyonov wrote in the Telegram channel.
The head of Crimea expressed condolences to the families and friends of the victims.
In addition, hits were recorded in the Alushta area; the strikes hit an empty commercial facility. Employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations are working at the scene of the incident, Aksyonov summarized.
As Regnum reported, on May 22, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that Ukraine will decide for itself whether it should launch strikes deep into Russian territory. He emphasized that with regard to providing support for attacks outside of Ukraine, the State Department was not involved in this. At the same time, Blinken expressed a desire to ensure that Kiev receives the necessary equipment.
Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the US House of Representatives Michael McCaul also on May 22 demonstrated a map of Russia and the zone that ATACMS operational-tactical missiles transferred to the Kiev regime can reach.
State Duma deputy from Crimea, member of the Security Committee Mikhail Sheremet (United Russia) reminded the United States of Russia’s ability to destroy any aggressor. According to him, in the US Congress, madness took precedence over the sense of self-preservation. He advised sensible Americans to remove from power politicians who are trying to plunge the world into the chaos of war.
The Ates movement suggests that "there was significant damage to equipment and many occupiers were killed."
The communications center of the Russian invaders was hit on the night of Friday, May 24, in the city of Alushta in the temporarily occupied Crimea. The Atesh partisan movement announced this on its Telegram channel.
According to the partisans, military unit No. 28735, an important communication and control point for the invaders in Crimea, came under attack.
Previously, it was a Ukrainian military unit, but after the occupation the Russians began to use it.
“It seems that significant damage was caused to the equipment and many occupiers were killed. It was probably also possible to destroy the control center of this center. We are waiting for official confirmation from the JMA,” the partisans added.
Let us recall that earlier Crimean public pages reported the sounds of explosions in Simferopol, Dzhankoy, Yevpatoriya, Alushta and Partenit.
The unofficial word on the multitude of bribery cases involving top Russian Ministry of Defense officials is that a separate wing of the Lubyanka -- the notorious NKVD/KGB prison -- in Moskva is being built to house all the detainees involved.
As you will see below, the investigations involving bribery have been ongoing since last year, so there is little indication of when the investigations will be complete. An employee of the Russian Defense Ministry department for state defense procurement was detained in Moscow
[Regnum] In Moscow, Vladimir Verteletsky, head of the Department of the Ministry of Defense for Providing Defense Orders, was detainedon suspicion of taking a bribe. Izvestia writes about this with reference to sources.
According to the publication, Verteletsky helped the businessman obtain a government order and received a house and a car as a bribe.
As Regnum reported, on the same day it became known that the Deputy Chief of the General Staff, Head of the Main Communications Directorate of the Russian Armed Forces, General Vadim Shamarin, had been arrested for two months. He is accused of receiving a bribe on an especially large scale (Part 6 of Article 290 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). The accused faces up to 15 years in prison.
On May 14, it became known that a criminal case was opened against the head of the main personnel department of the Russian Ministry of Defense, Lieutenant General Yuri Kuznetsov, under the article of receiving a bribe on an especially large scale (Part 6 of Article 290 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). He was arrested. During the searches, about 100 million rubles, jewelry and a collection of watches were found on Kuznetsov. The defense appealed the arrest. Later it became known that, according to the investigation, Kuznetsov received a bribe in the form of a cottage on Griboyedov Street in Krasnodar worth about 30 million rubles.
On April 24, the court arrested Russian Deputy Defense Minister Timur Ivanov on charges of receiving a bribe on an especially large scale. According to the investigation, Ivanov, having entered into a criminal conspiracy, received property benefits from contracting and subcontracting work for the needs of the military department. The Deputy Minister of Defense did not admit his guilt in committing the crime.
Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov at a briefing on May 23 called the fight against corruption a consistent work of law enforcement agencies.
The Main Military Investigation Department of the Russian Investigative Committee believes that Popov, suspected of fraud, can have his preventive measure changed. This is due to the characteristics of the person involved and other circumstances established during the investigation.
“According to the investigation, Popov was involved in the theft in 2023 of more than 1,700 tons of rolled metal products purchased by the military-civil administration of the Zaporozhye region as part of the provision of humanitarian aid,” Petrenko is quoted as saying on the department’s Telegram channel.
She added that the metal structures were intended for the construction of defensive fortifications. Their cost exceeds 130 million rubles.
As Regnum reported, on May 21 the court arrested General Popov for two months. The criminal case is being investigated under the article of fraud committed by an organized group on an especially large scale.
Ivan Popov’s father, in a conversation with the agency, stated that his son was not guilty of anything. Popov Sr. is convinced that ill-wishers deliberately “digged” for the general. He called the current situation a “set-up.”
Popov’s colleagues also do not believe in the version of the security forces. The soldiers are convinced that the general could not steal from his own people. According to them, he “jumped into the trenches with ordinary privates.”
According to the source, an apartment in Rostov-on-Don worth from 3.5 million to 6.2 million rubles was registered in the name of the arrested major general. Popov also registered two cars - a 2013 Mitsubishi Outlander (average price 1.5 million rubles) and a Cruze Chevrolet (approximate cost 500 thousand rubles). In 2020, Popov’s salary was 75 thousand rubles.
Popov commanded the 58th Combined Arms Army in 2023. Previously, he was the chief of staff of the 22nd Army Corps of the Russian Armed Forces in Crimea and the chief of staff of the 11th Army Corps of the Russian Armed Forces in the Kaliningrad region.
Even more from regnum.ru Those involved in the case of General Shamarin have been under arrest since the summer of 2023
The defendants in the criminal case of bribery of the Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, General Vadim Shamarin, General Director of the Perm Telephone Plant Telta OJSC Alexey Vysokov and the chief accountant of this enterprise Elena Grishina have been under arrest since the summer of 2023 on charges of fraud, it follows from the case materials.
“By the resolution of the Khamovnichesky District Court of Moscow dated March 14, 2024, Grishina E.V. and Vysokov A.P. extended the period of detention for 2 months 13 days, and in total up to 10 months 13 days, that is, until June 2, 2024 ", the court ruling says.
According to investigators, from April 2016 to October 2023, Shamarin received a bribe from Vysokov and Grishina in the amount of 36 million rubles for increasing the volume of products supplied under government contracts for the needs of the Ministry of Defense and general patronage. Shamarin used the funds received at his own discretion, the Investigative Committee added.
As reported by IA Regnum, the detention of 52-year-old Shamarin became known on May 23. On the same day, he was arrested for two months by a military court in the case of receiving a bribe on an especially large scale. Searches were carried out in his apartment.
The Kremlin explained the lieutenant general’s detention as a “fight against corruption”; the details of the case have not yet been disclosed. Shamarin could face up to 15 years in prison.
According to Vadim Shamarin’s official declaration, from 2011 to 2018, he earned from 1,975,264 to 3,119,610 rubles per year. His wife's official income ranged from 133,977 to 872,882 rubles per year. The serviceman's wife, according to official data, owned a 2013 Toyota RAV-4.
The police are also checking Shamarin for involvement in similar crimes. The investigation continues to actively collect evidence in the case of receiving a bribe on an especially large scale.
Yet more, again from regnum.ru The court left the chief personnel officer of the Ministry of Defense Yuri Kuznetsov under arrest
The head of the main personnel department of the Russian Ministry of Defense, Lieutenant General Yuri Kuznetsov, accused of receiving a bribe on an especially large scale, will remain under arrest. This decision was made on May 23 by the Second Western District Military Court, Izvestia writes.
The court left the decision of the first instance regarding the preventive measure against Kuznetsov unchanged. Previously, he was placed in custody for two months.
Lawyer Sergei Shcheglov asked that Kuznetsov be under house arrest in a house in the Istra district of the Moscow region. One of the owners of this home is the general’s wife.
Kuznetsov also asked to be released from custody. He said that he undermined his health when he eliminated the consequences of the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.
The material says that Tambiev is accused of ten counts of receiving bribes in the amount of more than one and a half million dollars and 2,718 bitcoins (about 7.3 billion rubles). Moreover, according to investigators, Tambiev also tried to enrich himself by another 1.3 million dollars (about 117 million rubles).
At the same time, according to investigators, senior lieutenant Lyakhovenko acted as an accomplice of Tambiev. She is accused of receiving a bribe, abuse of power, and falsifying evidence in a criminal case.
It is noted that the Balashikha court will consider the criminal case. The publication explains that initially the trial was supposed to take place in Moscow, but the Prosecutor General’s Office petitioned the Supreme Court to change the territorial jurisdiction, justifying this by the fact that Tambiev “has acquired connections in the judiciary of Moscow.” The Supreme Court granted the request of the Prosecutor General.
As Regnum reported, in June last year the Nikulinsky Court of Moscow seized more than a thousand bitcoins from Tambiev.
In 2022, Tambiev received a bribe from the hacker group Infraud Organization. The hackers did this with the aim of stopping the case against some of them that was pending.
The alleged bribe was discovered during a search of the investigator’s apartment, where they also found a laptop, which was only hacked several months later. In it, investigators saw a folder called “Pension”, which contained a photo of a sheet of paper with codes that allowed Tambiev to gain access to 932.1 and 100 bitcoins.
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