[WaPo] In late January, with his mercenary forces dying by the thousands in a fight for the ruined city of Bakhmut, Wagner Group owner Yevgeniy Prigozhin made Ukraine an extraordinary offer. Even if not true, it's useful to insinuate it is
Prigozhin said that if Ukraine’s commanders withdrew their soldiers from the area around Bakhmut, he would give Kyiv information on Russian troop positions, which Ukraine could use to attack them. Prigozhin conveyed the proposal to his contacts in Ukraine’s military intelligence directorate, with whom he has maintained secret communications during the course of the war, according to previously unreported U.S. intelligence documents leaked on the group-chat platform Discord.
Prigozhin has publicly feuded with Russian military commanders, who he furiously claims have failed to equip and resupply his forces, which have provided vital support to Moscow’s war effort. But he is also an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, who might well regard Prigozhin’s offer to trade the lives of Wagner fighters for Russian soldiers as a treasonous betrayal.
The leaked document does not make clear which Russian troop positions Prigozhin offered to disclose.
Two Ukrainian officials confirmed that Prigozhin has spoken several times to the Ukrainian intelligence directorate, known as HUR. One official said that Prigozhin extended the offer regarding Bakhmut more than once, but that Kyiv rejected it because officials don’t trust Prigozhin and thought his proposals could have been disingenuous.
A U.S. official also cautioned that there are similar doubts in Washington about Prigozhin’s intentions. The Ukrainian and U.S. officials spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive information.
Other leaked documents reveal Russian Defense Ministry officials privately wondering how to respond to Prigozhin’s criticism of the military’s performance and his demands for more resources, which they apparently conceded were not illegitimate grievances. The documents also speak to a power struggle between Prigozhin and top officials, including Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu.
Against that tense backdrop, Prigohzin has carried on a secret relationship with Ukrainian intelligence that, in addition to phone calls, includes in-person meetings with HUR officers in an unspecified country in Africa, one document states. Wagner forces provide security to several governments on the continent.
The leaked U.S. intelligence shows Prigozhin bemoaning the heavy toll that fighting has taken on his own forces and urging Ukraine to strike harder against Russian troops.
The documents also suggest that Kyiv suspects, or may know, that the Kremlin is aware of Prigozhin’s communications with Ukrainian intelligence, if not his secret negotiations over Bakhmut.
One document, based on "sigint" — or intercepted communications — states that Ukraine’s military intelligence chief, Kyrylo Budanov, "expected the Russians to use details of Prigozhin’s secret talks with the HUR and his meetings with their officers in Africa to make him appear to be a Ukrainian agent." It doesn’t specify whether Budanov suspects Moscow may already know that Prigozhin is talking to HUR officers.
When informed that U.S. intelligence documents revealed Prigozhin’s communications with Ukrainian intelligence, the mercenary commander appeared to make light of the situation. "Yes of course I can confirm this information, we have nothing to hide from the foreign special services. Budanov and I are still in Africa," Prigohzin wrote on Sunday via his Telegram channel.
Prigohzin didn’t immediately respond to a question about his offer to disclose Russian troop positions in exchange for a Ukrainian pullback in Bakhmut.
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[Korrespondent] 22:37 Zelensky said that during his visit to Germany he visited a military base in the city of Aachen, where Ukrainian servicemen are trained. Together with Scholz, they talked to Ukrainian soldiers, the president presented state awards to the fighters.
22:01 Zelensky announced that he had arrived in Paris: "With each visit, Ukraine's defense and offensive capabilities are increasing. The connection with Europe is growing stronger, and the pressure on Russia is growing. I will meet with my friend Emmanuel, we will discuss the most important points of bilateral relations."
21:42 As a result of Russian shelling of Primorsky and the entire Zaporozhye region, six local residents were injured, including a young child. One of the wounded died in the hospital, another is in serious condition, said the head of the IVA, Yuri Malashko.
20:34 Russia has deployed the largest number of strategic bombers capable of carrying nuclear weapons to the border with Norway and Finland since the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine, reports The Barents Observer, citing satellite images. The bombers are based at the Olenya airbase in the Murmansk region. It is from this base that Russian strategic aviation has recently taken off for strikes against Ukraine.
19:38 Podolyak, in an interview with Bild, called the events in Bakhmut a prelude to a counteroffensive: "Ukraine has taken the initiative into its own hands. This does not mean that Bakhmut will be released tomorrow, but heavy fighting will continue. The counteroffensive is not one event that began today and will end tomorrow. It's a lot of action, dozens and hundreds of actions, some of which are already taking place. In my opinion, it will be a hot spring-summer season."
19:23 Zelensky was awarded the Charlemagne Prize in Germany, which he and the Ukrainian people were awarded for "defending freedom, democracy and European values."
18:49 Russians fired from Hurricanes Kurakhovo of Donetsk region: three people are wounded, including a minor. Five high-rise buildings and three private houses were damaged, heating networks were interrupted, Pavel Kirilenko, head of the OVA, said.
18:17 Scholz officially announced a new military aid package for Ukraine in the amount of 2.7 billion euros.
18:04 Ukrainian forces continue to move forward in the Bakhmut direction in suburban areas, Deputy Defense Minister Anna Malyar said. According to her, today it was possible to capture more than ten enemy positions in the north and south of the outskirts of Bakhmut and clear a significant area of the forest in the Ivanovo region. Captured enemy soldiers from different parts.
"Who knows the real situation and is now there, understands the severity of the situation. This is when one meter in terms of the complexity of completing tasks costs 10 km. Ours operate on the verge of superhuman capabilities. They act firmly, decisively and professionally. It is very hot in Bakhmut itself. The enemy has gathered there all forces and is trying to advance, destroying everything in its path. Fierce battles continue. As of today, the enemy cannot encircle the city and achieve a resounding victory in this direction," Malyar said.
According to her, Commander Syrsky keeps the situation under control, brigadier generals Bogomolov and Gnatov are in charge of subordinate troops next to him - they are implementing the general plan of the operation.
17:27 French media write that after Germany and Italy, Zelensky will go on a visit to France.
16:26 The Russians fired at the village of Staritsa, Chuguevsky district, Kharkiv region, two people were killed, the head of the OVA, Oleg Sinegubov, said.
15:44 The Russians are shelling the Zaporozhye region: in the village of Primorskoye, one person was injured as a result of falling into a private house, four more people were injured during the shelling of the Primorskaya secondary school, the President's Office reported.
15:10 The speaker of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Yuri Ignat, said that it was Russian air defense that was involved in yesterday's fall in the Bryansk region of five Russian aircraft. According to him, it was an aviation group of planes and helicopters that planned to attack the border areas of Ukraine: “The black day of aviation. They recognized this, they even have an analysis of who is to blame, who they are going to fire for this, punish for this mess, which is happening."
14:41 Zelensky denied The Washington Post's information, citing "secret documents" from the Pentagon, that the Ukrainian president allegedly offered to transfer Ukrainian troops to the territory of the Russian Federation and occupy some Russian villages, as well as blow up the Druzhba oil pipeline. "When I want to go somewhere, I come officially and do not enter anywhere," Zelensky said and stressed that Ukraine is not attacking the territory of the Russian Federation, but is liberating its lawful lands.
14:19 Zelensky said at a joint press conference with Scholz in Berlin that Ukraine is almost ready for a counteroffensive. "A few more visits and that's it," the president said. He also noted that Germany became the second country after the United States in terms of support provided to Ukraine. According to the head of state, Germany has reserved more than 11 billion euros for this and subsequent years to continue supporting Ukraine.
Zelensky also said that one of the goals of his visit to Europe is to work on creating a coalition of fighters: "We are now working on creating a coalition of fighters, and part of my visits to the capitals of Europe are aimed precisely at this. I think that we will be successful. I Today I will appeal to the German side to support Ukraine in this coalition. This is important for us."
13:51 Russian artillery attacked a residential building in the village of Respublikanets, Kherson region, one person died, the IVA reported.
13:27 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stated that to the north and south of Bakhmut over the past day, the Armed Forces of Ukraine allegedly made massive attempts to break through the defense of Russian troops. According to Moscow, all the attacks were allegedly repulsed, but the commander of the 4th motorized rifle brigade, Colonel Vyacheslav Makarov, and the deputy commander of the army corps for military-political work, Colonel Yevgeny Brovko, were killed.
11:48 In the Kherson region, at one of the agricultural enterprises in the village of Myrolyubovka, Novovorontsov community, five people were blown up by explosives left by the Russian army - they all died, the President's Office reported.
11:03 British intelligence reports that the Russian combined group of troops in Ukraine consists of more than 200 thousand people, organized into about 70 combat regiments and brigades, divided into five groups of troops.
Analysts note that this force looked about the same at the beginning of the invasion 446 days ago, only in February 2022 they consisted of professional soldiers, were mostly equipped with fairly modern means of transportation and regularly trained, striving for complex joint operations. Now Russian forces are made up mostly of poorly trained mobilized reservists and are increasingly dependent on outdated equipment, with many of the units severely understaffed and only capable of very basic infantry operations.
Intelligence considers it unlikely that Russia will be able to create a large capable mobile reserve to respond to emerging operational problems along the 1200-kilometer front line.
10:12 In Berlin, unprecedented security measures amid Zelensky's visit, Radio Svaboda reports. The entire center of the city is blocked, there are dozens of police cars, as well as water cannons. Local journalists remind that this was not the case even during Obama's visit as president.
09:31 The countries of the G7 and the European Union within the framework of the summit in Hiroshima on May 19-21 intend to ban the export of Russian gas through pipelines through which supplies were previously suspended, reports the Financial Times.
09:26 In the Donetsk region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, seven people were killed (five in Avdiivka and two in Konstantinovka), another 16 people were injured. In the Kherson region, six wounded. Another person was injured during a massive attack on the front-line Huliaipole, Zaporozhye region, according to the IVA.
09:23 At night, the Russians launched missile strikes, previously S-300 air defense systems, in Kharkov and the village of Zolochiv, Bogodukhovsky district. In the Novobavarsky district of Kharkiv, a transport infrastructure facility, a hostel building and an apartment building were damaged. In the village of Zolochiv, two rockets hit the ground between residential buildings. Windows were broken in the houses, people were not injured, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said.
In addition, over the past day, the enemy from artillery, mortars and using aircraft fired at the settlements of the Kupyansky, Chuguevsky and Kharkov regions of the region, two people were injured.
09:14 On the night of May 14, Russia attacked Ukraine from different directions with strike drones, Caliber missiles from ships in the Black Sea, Kh-101 / Kh-555 / Kh-55 cruise missiles from Tu-95ms strategic aviation aircraft, the Air Force Command reported . APU. Three X-101/X-555/X-55 cruise missiles and 25 drones were destroyed, including 18 Shahed-136/131 strike drones, one Lancet-type attack UAV, two Orlan-10 operational-tactical UAVs and four more drones , the type of which is specified.
08:47 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of May 14.
personnel - about 198,880 (+620) people liquidated,
tanks - 3756 (+5),
armored combat vehicles - 7325 (+18),
artillery systems - 3116 (+21),
MLRS - 562 (+1),
air defense systems - 314 (+0),
aircraft - 308 (+0),
helicopters - 294 (+0),
UAV operational-tactical level - 2696 (+31),
cruise missiles - 970 (+0),
ships/boats - 18 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 6018 (+7),
special equipment - 404 (+2).
08:33 The Russian army continues to concentrate its main efforts on the Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky and Maryinsky directions. Over the past day, there have been 57 clashes in the indicated sectors of the front, Bakhmut and Marinka remain at the epicenter of hostilities, the General Staff said in a morning report .
According to the General Staff, the Russian Federation continues to make up for its losses in manpower at the expense of prisoners. Recently, about 200 such persons arrived at one of the field camps in Rogovo, Luhansk region, to undergo a four-week course in combined arms training. Up to 250 convicts are expected to arrive by the end of the month. In addition, in the area of Mozhnyakovka, Luhansk region, the invaders organized the training of up to 800 newly arrived Russian prisoners.
Meanwhile, near the settlement of Novopetrivka, Zaporozhye region, about 400 mercenaries from among the Russian prisoners recruited by PMC Wagner recently arrived at the training ground for military training. The preparation will take several weeks. In the near future, another 400 mercenaries from among the Russian convicts are expected to arrive for military training.
08:09 The Russians attacked the Ternopil region twice a night, the head of the UVA Vladimir Trush said. Around 5:00, cruise missile strikes on civilian targets were recorded. Two country houses were destroyed and 12 were damaged, people were not injured.
06:14 Until midnight on May 13, the Russians launched reconnaissance drones into the airspace around Kiev, according to preliminary information - to identify air defense positions, said the head of the KGVA Sergey Popko. All UAVs moving in the direction of the capital were destroyed on the distant approaches.
After midnight there was an air-raid attack, probably by cruise missiles launched from strategic bombers from the Caspian direction. But no such cruise missiles were recorded in the airspace around the capital. According to preliminary data, there were no damages or injuries in the city.
01:47 Zelensky announced that he had arrived in Berlin: "Weapons. Powerful package. Air defense. Reconstruction. EU. NATO. Security."
00:24 The Russians attacked the Ternopil region, two people were injured, the head of the Regional Military District Volodymyr Trush said. There are hits in warehouses belonging to commercial enterprises and a religious organization.
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[NewsFrontInfo] 21:58 Job tankers of the 1st Guards Tank Army of the Western Military District. Crews of T-80BV tanks go on missions several times a day. According to the battalion commander, the combat vehicles proved their effectiveness during the special operation. 20:56 Almost everyone has probably seen today the most beautiful videos with almost nuclear mushrooms over Khmelnitsky.
So, at the end of the day, we managed to find out that the 649th Aviation Depot of missile weapons and ammunition (Gruzevitsa village, Khmelnytsky region) took off into the air. Joyfully.
This strike, along with the recent attack on the basic warehouses of the PCP in Pavlograd, not only disposed of a huge amount of ammo and explosives, but also caused significant losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine who were at the facility.
19:13 Self-propelled gun “Crab” amazing direct hit
The gun was discovered from a drone and covered by artillery fire.
Together with the self-propelled gun, the artillery crew was also eliminated.
18:27 Russian artillery destroyed SAU 2S4 in the Kharkiv region
17:10 Combat work of artillery units of the Airborne Forces
Artillery units of 120mm self-propelled guns 2S9 "Nona" of the Airborne Forces destroyed the firing positions of artillery crews and reserves of Ukrainian nationalists in the southern sector of the special military operation.
In one of the directions in the zone of the special military operation, batteries of self-propelled artillery mounts 2S3M "Acacia" from closed firing positions struck enemy strongholds, accumulations of manpower and equipment.
After striking, the ACS crews change their firing position and fire at the identified firing points of the fortified area of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, remaining unnoticed by enemy artillery.
All identified targets were successfully hit.
16:13 Footage of the combat work of the crew of the 152mm howitzer "Msta-B" of the Southern Group of Forces in destruction closed firing positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donetsk direction
15:11 Artillerymen of the first Donetsk Army Corps destroy Ukrainian militants in the Avdiivka direction
Artillerymen of the first Donetsk Army Corps, with the help of a drone, detected the movement of a Ukrainian militant in the Avdiivka direction. With precise fire, corrected by the UAV operator, the militant was destroyed.
14:06 Highlights from the briefing of the RF Ministry of Defense:
🔹More than 100 Ukrainian soldiers, a 152mm D-20 howitzer, and a Rapira anti-tank gun were destroyed in the Kupyansk direction.
🔹More than 60 Ukrainian soldiers, an armored combat vehicle, as well as self-propelled guns 122mm 2S1 "Gvozdika" were destroyed in the Krasno-Limansky direction.
🔹More than 400 Ukrainian soldiers, 12 tanks, 18 infantry fighting vehicles, as well as a 152mm D-20 howitzer were destroyed in the Soledar-Artemovsky direction.
🔹In the South-Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions, over 120 Ukrainian soldiers, the 152mm Msta-B howitzer, and the null self-propelled guns were liquidated.
🔹In the Kherson direction, over 20 Ukrainian soldiers and one 122mm self-propelled gun "Gvozdika" were destroyed in a day.
🔹In the area of the city of Nikolaev, an ammunition depot of the Ukrainian group of troops "Kherson" was destroyed.
🔹An ammunition depot of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed near the city of Khmelnitsky.
🔹A Su-27 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force was shot down near Novogrodovka.
🔹Air defense forces shot down 18 Ukrainian UAVs, and also intercepted six HIMARS MLRS rockets.
13:02 At the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported on the liquidation of two points of temporary deployment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Zaporozhye
They were located in the area of the settlements of Kamenskoye and Novodanilovka.
Artillery fire destroyed an 152mm Msta-B howitzer, pickup trucks with Ukrainian soldiers, and an enemy truck. In addition, Russian forces repelled a HIMARS multiple rocket launcher attack in the Zaporozhye direction, Alexander Gordeev, head of the press center of the Vostok group of troops, said.
The RF Armed Forces carried out strikes against strongholds of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Krasnolimansky direction. As a result, the Ukrainian Fury drones were destroyed.
13:01 Soldiers of PMC "Wagner"fired upon incendiary shells of the position of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Artemovsk (Bakhmut)
11:35 Personnel point drop of a grenade from a quadrocopter at the position of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye direction
10:44 According to information from sources close to the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, yesterday in the area of the settlement Tokarevka (Kherson region) an artillery strike was carried out on the position of one of the brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as a result, a 120mm mortar crew and ammunition for it were destroyed, six servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were disposed of, two were seriously injured
09:25 Artillerymen of the first Donetsk Army Corps destroy Ukrainian militants in the Avdievka direction.
Artillerymen of the 1st Donetsk Army Corps, with the help of a drone, detected the movement of a Ukrainian militant in the Avdievka direction. With precise fire, corrected by the UAV operator, the militant was destroyed.
08:54 An air alert has been announced in the Sumy, Poltava, Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk regions of Ukraine, as well as areas of Zaporozhye and Donetsk regions controlled by Kyiv.
08:49 In Kharkiv and the city of Zolochiv (Kharkiv region), the locations of the personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were hit at night.
08:40 In the Kupyansk direction, the Russian army stopped attempts to rotate the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
This was announced by the head of the press center of the group "West" Sergei Zybinsky. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, according to him, thwarted these attempts in the areas of Kamenka and Berestovoye.
In addition, a howitzer and mortar crews were destroyed in this direction in a day. Attack and army aviation, in turn, attacked the accumulation of equipment and manpower of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and also destroyed two drones.
08:18 "Lancets" of the 88th Brigade of the Southern Military District in the Seversk direction liquidate personnel and equipment of the enemy.
05:38 Explosions thundered in the Ternopil region in western Ukraine. This was reported by the Ukrainian agency TSN.
UPD: The air raid alert announced throughout Ukraine has been cancelled. This is evidenced by the data of the official resource for alerting citizens.
The sirens sounded at 03:42 Moscow time, the air raid alert lasted about 2 hours.
05:04 Calculations of batteries of 152mm self-propelled artillery mounts 2S3M “Acacia” inflicted strike on strongholds, accumulation of manpower and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. This was reported in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
“In one of the directions in the zone of the special military operation, during the artillery escort of the offensive of the units of the Western Military District at the position of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, batteries of self-propelled artillery mounts 2S3M Akatsia from closed firing positions struck strong points, accumulation of enemy manpower and equipment,” — the department said.
03:58 An air raid alert has been announced in all regions of Ukraine. This is evidenced by the data of the official resource for alerting citizens.
UPD: Explosions thundered in the Sumy region. This was reported by the Ukrainian agency TSN.
0:22 Powerful explosions in Kharkov. According to eyewitnesses, the strikes in Kharkiv targeted an industrial zone in the KhTZ area.
0:20 Ukrainian drone attacked the enterprise "Konservsushprod" in the city of Starodub, Bryansk region, said the governor of the region Alexander Bogomaz.
“A Ukrainian drone attacked the Konservsushprod enterprise in Starodub. No one was injured, ”the message published on the Governor’s Telegram channel says.
0:12 A series of explosions thundered in Ternopil, and in the vicinity of Kyiv, they report on the work of air defense forces after the announcement of an air alert in most regions of the country.
“According to preliminary data, there is an arrival in the industrial area of Ternopil,” the Ukrinform agency quotes the head of the Ternopil Regional Council, Mikhail Golovko.
Footage of massive explosions and a fire in the city appeared on Ukrainian social networks, while local authorities urged not to publish such materials.
0:07 Kharkiv authorities report a threat of rocket fire, there have been no reports of explosions yet
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[NewsFrontInfo] 23:40 Ukrainian troops fired at the settlement of Thin and the city of Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky and Kyiv regions), firing five rounds with a caliber of 152mm, reportsrepresentation DPR at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC). 23:30 Ukrainian troops shelled the Nikitinsky district of Gorlovka, firing six rounds with a caliber of 152mm.
Also, Ukrainian troops fired at the settlement of Tonenkoye and the city of Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky and Kyiv regions), firing five rounds of 155mm caliber at them, reportsrepresentation DPR at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC).
23:20 Ukrainian troops fired at the settlement of Thin and the city of Donetsk, firing five rounds with a caliber of 155mm, reportsrepresentation DPR at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC).
22:10 Ukrainian troops fired at two settlements Dzerzhinsk and Gorlovka, firing a total of seven rounds with a caliber of 152mm, reportsrepresentation DPR at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC).
21:42 Summary of artillery attack of the Donetsk People's Republic for May 13, 2023
-- Settlements of the DPR that came under shelling:
-- recorded damage to the building of the Hercules Trading House on the street. Artem;
-- recorded damage to the building of the City Hospital No. 20 in Donetsk on the street. Artem;
-- on st. Artem's roadbed was damaged, TTU lines were also damaged.
-- 37 Partizansky Ave. “b” – a direct hit in an apartment building;
-- Partizansky Ave., 37, 37 "a", 39, 41 - multi-apartment residential buildings.
--- Kuibyshevsky district:
-- damage to the building of the MBOU “School No. 51 in Donetsk” was recorded on the street. Kuibyshev;
-- st. Agrarian, 14 \ 2 - a direct hit in a private residential building;
-- st. Agrarian, 14 \ 1 - a private residential building;
-- st. Ershova, 62 - a private residential building;
-- on st. Friendship, 71 - a child-boy born in 2019 died. #ChildrenNotTarget, and a woman born in 1979, a man born in 1986 was wounded, a direct hit in a private residential building followed by fire, the house was completely destroyed;
-- on st. Friendship, 72 - wounded man born in 1963;
-- on st. Khimikov, 44 - a man born in 1957 was wounded, a direct hit in an apartment building;
-- st. Griboedova, 5 - a direct hit in a private residential building with subsequent ignition;
-- st. Griboedova, 3 - a private residential building, a fire was recorded;
-- st. Griboedova, 4 - a private residential building;
-- st. Shchedrin, 2 - a private residential building;
-- st. Velichkina, 55 - a private residential building;
-- st. Kuznechnaya, 26 - a private residential building;
-- st. Griboedova, 26, 28 - private residential buildings;
-- st. X-ray, 24 - a private residential building;
-- born in 1976, an apartment building was damaged;
-- st. Shvernika, 46, 89 - private residential buildings;
-- st. Engels, 37 - a private residential building.
-- st. Kovalko, 14 - a private residential building, an outbuilding also burned down.
--- Kyiv district:
-- st. R. Ibarruri, 102 injured teenage boy born in 2007
-- n.p. Makeevka:
--- Chervonogvardei district:
--damage to the building of MBDOU “Nursery-garden No. 127 of the general developing type in Makeevka” was recorded.
--- n.p. Yasinovataya:
-- according to Mr. Central, 112 wounded man born in 1939;
-- in the Central district, 10, a woman born in 1954 was wounded.
--- n.p. Gorlovka:
-- Nikitovsky district:
-- on st. 40 years of October, 19 wounded man born in 1953
--- Central City District:
-- on st. Gagarin, 51 "a" a man born in 1950 was wounded;
-- sq. Sobornaya - a man born in 1980 was wounded, damage to the Epiphany Cathedral was recorded;
-- direct hit in the transformer substation on the street. Kirov;
-- st. Gagarina, 51 "a", 53 "a" - multi-apartment residential buildings;
-- Pobeda Ave. - damage was recorded to the administration building, as well as to the premises of the bank built into a residential building;
-- st. Sverdlova, 32 - apartment building;
--recorded damage to the building of the RP "Energy of Donbass" on the street. Komsomolskaya.
--- n.p. Republic:
-- st. Lenin - a direct hit in the building of the Rural House of Culture;
-- st. Lenin - the village administration, the power line was also damaged;
-- st. School - rural school;
-- st. Lenin - shopping facilities and cars.
Over the past 24 hours, 58 cases of firing were recorded from the side of the VFU in the Donetsk direction, firing 368 units of various ammunition.
20:25 Ukrainian troops from 18.15 to 19.30 fired at several districts of Donetsk and the settlement of Horlivka, firing a total of 53 rounds, reports representation DPR at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC).
19:37 Donetsk and Gorlovka are under fire from Ukrainian militants. According to the DPR JCCC, 30 rounds with a caliber of 155mm and 152mm were fired.
19:15 Militants of the Kyiv regime attacked residential areas in the north of Donetsk -video.
Kyiv terrorists continue to strike at the residential areas of Donetsk. Thus, as a result of the artillery attack of the Kuibyshev region, the houses of civilians were damaged and several cars burned down in the village of Oktyabrsky along Artyomovskaya Street.
19:02 According to the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for May 14, as of 19:00, additional information was received about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:
d. Donetsk (Kuybyshevsky district): - on the street Artemovskoy, 130 wounded men born in 1966
Additional information has been received about the damage caused by the artillery attack of the Ukrainian cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district):
- st. Artemovskaya, 110, 130 - private residential buildings, two cars were also damaged;
- st. Bogatyrskaya, 4 - a private residential building;
- st. Krasnoznamennaya, 15 - a private residential building.
18:49 Donetsk, Gorlovka and Zaitsevo are under fire from Ukrainian militants. According to the DPR JCCC, 36 rounds with a caliber of 155mm and 152mm were fired.
18:35 The consequences of the artillery attack of the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk by Ukrainian militants -photo.
18:25 The Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed a private house in Donetsk.
Today, after another terrorist attack by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a private house was destroyed in the Kievsky district of Donetsk. A man living next door is injured. Nearby equipment was also damaged.videoYou can see two burnt cars.
18:07 Militants of the Kyiv regime fired 10 rockets from the MLRS in the Kievsky district of Donetsk - DPR JCCC.
17:38 Donetsk, Gorlovka and Aleksandrovka are under fire from Ukrainian militants. According to the DPR JCCC, 17 rounds with a caliber of 155mm and 152mm were fired.
17:19 The fire and rescue department in Donetsk came under fire, two pieces of equipment were damaged, the employees had various injuries, according to the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the DPR.
“In the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk, on Stepnaya Street, during the execution of tasks for their intended purpose, a fire and rescue department and a staff car were fired upon by the VFU (armed formations of Ukraine). Damage was received by two units of equipment, ”the ministry said in a telegram channel.
It is noted that upon arrival at the unit, 11 people complained of a deterioration in their health, after which they were taken to a medical facility.
“Employees were diagnosed with mine-explosive injury, barotrauma, and at the moment they are undergoing all the necessary examinations,” the Ministry of Emergency Situations points out.
17:06 APU fired upon civilian residents of Donetsk with the help of MLRS and artillery - one person died.
Ukrainian militants shelled the Kuibyshevsky and Kyiv districts of Donetsk with the help of 155mm artillery and MLRS. Now it is known about one killed man and wounded woman. Thick smoke rises over the Kievsky district of the city. Windows were shattered in other houses in the area. Horlivka was also shelled, where three people were wounded.
17:02 Statement head of the press center of the Vostok group:
In the South-Donetsk direction, the advanced units of the Vostok group opened and, with the support of artillery, destroyed an enemy reconnaissance group south of Prichistovka.
Loitering ammunition "Lancet" destroyed an American-made M-777 howitzer in the Shakhtyorskoye area.
The crew of the Osa-AKM air defense system shot down the Furia UAV.
In the Zaporozhye direction, a missile strike from the Haimars MLRS was repelled, three missiles were shot down by the calculations of the Buk air defense system.
Artillery fire destroyed two points of the enemy’s temporary distance near the settlements of Kamenskoye and Novodanilovka, discovered during aerial reconnaissance, the 152mm Msta-B howitzer in the Timirovka area, pickup trucks with militants in the area of Malaya Tokmachka and Kamenskoye, and a truck in the Charivnoye area.
Air defense systems shot down UAVs "Puma" and "Leleka".
16:56 Militants of the Kyiv regime fired 11 rockets from the MLRS in the Kievsky district of Donetsk - DPR JCCC.
16:41 From the front line they report that the RF Armed Forces are currently control the first line of defense along the railway between Novoselovka and Kuzemovka. Kuzemovka is under the steady control of Russian troops.
16:30 According to the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for May 14, as of 16:30, additional information was received about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district): - st. Stepnoy, 50, a man born in 1954 died, a woman born in 1978 was injured.
Additional information has been received about the damage caused by the artillery attack of the Ukrainian cities of the Republic:
n.p. Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district): - the village of the mine named after. Gagarin.
16:10 Svatovsky sector of the front and battles for Kuzemovkasettingas of 16.00 May 14, 2023:
On the Svatovsky sector of the front, sluggish hostilities have been going on for a long time in the area of Novoselovsky and Kuzemovka.
The first settlement was abandoned by the Russian troops, because it turned into ruins that are unprofitable to control. The defense of the division of the 1st tank army was taken up in forest plantations to the east of the railway.
All day yesterday, Ukrainian formations tried to push our units out of the defensive line west of Kuzemovka. And they allegedly succeeded in part. At the headquarters of the western grouping of troops, nothing is known about leaving the settlement, so we can only assume that in fact it is not about leaving the village, but about moving to reserve defense lines.
If we analyze the map of this section of the front, then from the terrain we can conclude that in the event of a breakthrough or a threat to the defending units, it is necessary to retreat not to Kuzemovka itself, but to nearby heights.
Kuzemovka is located in a lowland, and from the east it completely turns into a swamp. The news about the “abandonment” of Kuzemovka can only mean that the defense of the Taman division was occupied on the surrounding heights, while maintaining fire control over Kuzemovka itself and the corridor to the settlement.
Probably, the first line of defense along the railway tracks could be abandoned, and then the enemy was hit by fire during an attempt to enter the settlement, which, as it was in the gray zone, continues to remain a no man's land.
16:04 Personnel point drop of a grenade from a quadrocopter at the position of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye direction.
15:49 In the Avdeevka direction, there is an advance of our troops in the Pervomaisky area. The Armed Forces of Ukraine also recognize that a very difficult situation is developing for them in the area of the village of Nevelskoye.
15:11 Under the fire of the VFU, the Gorlovsky village of the mine named after. Gagarin.
15:10 Statement head of the press center of the group "Center":
In the Krasno-Limansky direction, aviation of the "Center" grouping of forces inflicted defeat on the areas of concentration of manpower and firepower, as well as enemy strongholds.
Air defense systems destroyed an unmanned aerial vehicle of the Armed Forces of Ukraine of the "Fury" type in the area of the settlement of Terny.
On the Torsky site and in the area of Serebryansky forestry, forces and means of intelligence of the Center group revealed the movement of personnel and equipment of 81 Airmobile Brigade, 58 Motorized Infantry Brigade and 5th Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine.
As a result of the fire destruction of the artillery of the "Center" grouping, the enemy suffered losses in personnel and equipment.
15:00 In Donetsk and the rear cities of the DPR, air defense crews worked -photo.
14:57 Donetsk and Gorlovka are under fire from Ukrainian militants. According to the DPR JCCC, 28 rounds with a caliber of 155mm and 152mm were fired. 240mm "Tulips" 14:27 Distribution of in Artyomovsk. Operates the Eastern Military District -video.
The main tasks of heavy artillery participating in the battles in the Artyomovsk direction are to support assault groups operating in the city, and also to prevent the enemy from freely importing reserves, ammunition and weapons to Artyomovsk.
The 240mm 2S4 Tyulpan self-propelled mortar is a serious weapon, and the ammunition for it is no less serious. The accuracy of the corrected mine "Daredevil" allows you to throw a gift to the Veseushniks almost through the window. It was in the Artyomovsky direction that this mine was widely used.
On the account of the Far East, there are many hit targets: infrastructure elements, strongholds, equipment and manpower of the enemy.
13:46 Golmovsky and Donetsk are under fire from Ukrainian militants. According to the DPR JCCC, 23 rounds with a caliber of 155mm and 152mm were fired.
13:33 According to the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for May 14, as of 13:30, additional information was received about damage as a result of artillery attack of the VFU cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district):
- st. Stepnaya, 133 - a fire was recorded in a private residential building, a gas pipeline was also damaged;
- st. Stepnaya, 1 - a private residential building.
13:08 In the Artemovsk area, attempts were made to break through the defense south and north of the city during the day, all attacks were repelled - Russian Defense Ministry
The Military Department reported on enemy pressure north and south of Artemovsk DPR. All attempts to break through were repulsed, airborne units support the actions of assault detachments in the western quarters of the city.
12:51 Under fire from Ukrainian militants Petrovsky and Kirovsky districts of Donetsk. According to the DPR JCCC, 10 rounds with a caliber of 155mm were fired.
12:30 Statement head of the press center of the group "South":
Missile units of the Southern Group of Forces delivered strikes at the temporary deployment point of the 54th Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kramatorsk region, as well as at the firing positions of enemy large-caliber artillery in the area of the settlement of Memrik.
The aircraft of the “South” group hit the accumulations of manpower of the Ukrainian army units in the areas of the settlements of Grigorovka and Avdievka.
In addition, in Grigorovka, as well as in Belogorovka, artillery strikes from the Southern Group of Forces destroyed accumulations of enemy vehicles intended for the transport of ammunition and personnel.
Artillery and motorized rifle subunits of the formation of the Southern Military District in the Marinka area thwarted an enemy attempt to conduct reconnaissance in force.
12:16 Militants of the Kyiv regime continue artillery attack of the Kyiv and Kuibyshevsky regions of Donetsk. According to the DPR JCCC, 19 rounds with a caliber of 155mm were fired.
11:45 Under fire from Ukrainian militants Kiev and Kuibyshevsky districts of Donetsk. According to the DPR JCCC, 33 rounds with a caliber of 155mm were fired.
10:55 Frontline summary on the morning of 14.05.2023:
Russian artillery was actively working in the Zaporozhye direction. Kamenskoe, Malye Shcherbaki, Novoandreevka, Novopavlovka, Novodanilovka, Gulyaipole, Krasnoe and Malinovka were under shelling.
On the Donetsk front, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, with the support of artillery, conducted assault operations in Maryinka. Ukrainian garrison holds positions. Russian troops attacked Pobeda, Georgievka, Maksimilyanovka, Ostrom, Pervomaisky, Netaylov, Avdeevka, Stepnoy, New York, Yuzhny, Toretsk, Severny (a settlement northwest of Gorlovka) and Druzhba. The Armed Forces of Ukraine were hit in Donetsk, Vodiane and Horlivka.
To the south-west of Bakhmut, the Russian Armed Forces, after shelling, again attacked in the direction of Stupochki, and Wagner PMCs conducted assault operations in the western and northern parts of the city. Khromovoy has fierce oncoming fights. Russian troops tried to counterattack in the Grigorovka area. With the support of artillery, they conducted assault operations near Orekhovo-Vasilyevka.
In these areas without results. As a result of a counterattack near Donetsk Belogorovka, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation partially regained their previously lost positions. With the support of artillery, they managed to advance slightly in the area of Spornoye. Under shelling, the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Konstantinovka, Ivanovsky, Chasovoy Yar, Bogdanovka, Fedorovka II, Vasyukovka and Verkhnekamensky. The Ukrainian army hit the positions of Wagner PMC in Bakhmut.
In the Luhansk direction, Russian troops attacked near Masyutovka. Unsuccessfully. Artillery of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation fired at the local Belogorovka, Serebryanka, Makeyevka, Stelmakhovka, Tabaevka, Kislovka, Zapadny, Dvurechnaya, Novomlynsk, Figolevka, Krasny Pervoi, Mitrofanovka and Kamenka. The Ukrainian army launched a missile attack on Lugansk.
10:51 In Kherson, our gunners worked all night along the coast. Several places of enemy deployment in the Dnieper region were hit. They also worked on the positions of nomadic artillery crews.
Mortar strikes, corrected by our UAVs, were also carried out against the enemy’s enemy in the dacha area.
In the morning, "homeless" (Ukronazi militants) were seen on the right bank of the Dnieper under the Antonovsky bridge.
10:37 Gorlovka and Donetsk are under fire from Ukrainian militants. According to the DPR JCCC, 16 rounds with a caliber of 155mm and 152mm were fired.
10:15 In the center of Gorlovka, another civilian from Gorlovka was wounded by the artillery attack of Ukrainian terrorists.
10:13 At night, artillery fire near the settlement Sukhanovo in the Kherson region destroyed self-propelled guns 152mm 2S3 "Acacia" with a crew of 5 people and ammunition
Yesterday, artillery fire in the area of N. p. Tokarevka destroyed 120mm mortar crew and ammunition for it, the loss of six dead soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, two were injured of varying severity
09:59 The number of civilians wounded as a result of the artillery attack of the center of Horlivka by the AFU has increased to two. On Victory Avenue, 126, a woman was wounded.
09:55 As a result of the artillery attack of the center of Gorlovka from the side of the VFU, a civilian from Gorlovka was wounded at the address: Pobedy Avenue, 126.
09:21 Under the aimed fire of Ukrainian neo-Nazis, the center of Gorlovka and the village of the mine named after. Gagarin (Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka).
09:18 Under fire from Ukrainian militants Donetsk. According to the DPR JCCC, 21 rounds with a caliber of 155mm were fired.
09:16 The criminal Kiev regime continues to shell the civilian infrastructure of the settlements on the left bank of the Kherson region, yesterday during the day the Armed Forces of Ukraine were fired from barrel artillery:
- n.p. Krynki fired nine rounds;
- on the settlement Kazachi Largery fired seven rounds;
- six rounds were fired at the village of Radensk;
- n.p. The Dnieper fired eight rounds;
- n.p. Podlesnoye fired nine rounds;
- n.p. Podstepnoye fired seven rounds;
- n.p. Peschanovka fired five rounds;
- n.p. Korsunka fired five rounds.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure to be confirmed
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the settlement. New Kakhovka, n.p. Kakhovka, settlement Alyoshki, settlement Krynki firing a total of 28 rounds from cannon artillery.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure to be confirmed
08:50 Combat work calculations of 152mm self-propelled artillery installations "Acacia" ZVO
In one of the directions in the zone of the special military operation, batteries of self-propelled artillery mounts 2S3M "Acacia" from closed firing positions struck enemy strongholds, accumulations of manpower and equipment.
After striking, the ACS crews change their firing position and fire at the identified firing points of the fortified area of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, remaining unnoticed by enemy artillery.
08:25 Information on the artillery attack of Gorlovka as of 08:00 on May 14, 2023
08:12 During the night, Ukrainian militants fired at Donetsk and Yasinovataya. According to the DPR JCCC, 37 rounds with a caliber of 155mm were fired.
07:00 Summary of the LPR Representation in the JCCC for the past day, May 13
From the side of the armed formations of Ukraine, one artillery attack was recorded at the village of Yubileiny in Luhansk (LPR) using a Storm Shadow cruise missile (1 missile).
As a result of the shelling, a civilian born in 1943 was injured, the glazing of seven apartment buildings, 25 garages, 15 cars and a power line were damaged.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin is in italics.
[ColonelCassad] The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation about the battles north and south of Artemovsk (in the city itself, "Wagner" continues to storm the fortified area "Nest" on the western outskirts) During the reflection of enemy attacks, the commander of the 4th Brigade and the deputy commander of the corps were killed.
The RF Armed Forces repelled the attacks of the battalion tactical group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine south of the village of Krasnoe in the DPR
As a result of the attack, the nationalists lost about 200 troops killed and wounded;
The commander of the 4th Motorized Rifle Brigade, Colonel Vyacheslav Makarov, being at the forefront, personally led the battle;
Two enemy attacks were repelled. The servicemen of the brigade destroyed three tanks, four infantry fighting vehicles and two armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine;
During the reflection of the third attack, the brigade commander was seriously wounded and died during the evacuation from the battlefield;
Colonel Yevgeny Brovko, deputy commander of the army corps for military-political work, led the actions of the personnel, being in another sector of repelling enemy attacks;
During the battle to repel one of the attacks, Colonel Yevgeny Brovko died heroically, having received multiple shrapnel wounds.
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Motorized riflemen of the 3rd battalion of the 200th Motorized Rifle Brigade repelled six attacks east of Bogdanovka of the DPR The attacks involved assault groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine numbering more than 100 people, seven tanks, 14 infantry fighting vehicles, as well as other military and special equipment;
Seven tanks, 11 infantry fighting vehicles and more than 50 Ukrainian servicemen were destroyed;
In the zone of responsibility of the 6th division, an attack by enemy assault groups was repelled with the support of three tanks and four infantry fighting vehicles;
Enemy losses amounted to over 30 Ukrainian servicemen, two tanks and three infantry fighting vehicles.
(c) Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
The enemy has been saying in the morning that he continues to attack north and south of the city, along the way declaring that the situation for the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the city itself is difficult. The tech graveyard to the west of town continues to grow.
[NYPOST] Two Russian military commanders were killed in eastern Ukraine, Moscow’s Ministry of Defense said Sunday as Kyiv vowed its long-anticipated counteroffensive will free Russian-occupied parts of Ukraine.
The ministry said the commanders were fighting Ukrainian attempts to break through the frontline in Bakhmut.
Commander Vyacheslav Makarov of the 4th Motorized Rifle Brigade was maimed during the fighting and died while being evacuated off the battlefield, the ministry said.
Another high-ranking official — Col. Yevgeny Brovko, deputy commander of the Army Corps for Military-Political Work — died "heroically, suffering multiple shrapnel wounds," the ministry said.
According to the ministry, Ukrainian troops have waged attacks in the north and south of Bakhmut over the last day, but haven’t broken through Russian defenses.
"All attacks by units of Ukraine’s armed forces have been repelled," it said in a statement.
Video is in Russian but translatable.
[ColonelCassad] What do the dungeons of the Mariupol Azovstal plant hide a year after the massive siege? We went down to the bunker, where no one had gone down after the shelling, except for the sappers. Both the Ukrainian military and civilians were there during the fighting. In one of the basements, we saw completely burnt-out rooms. What and why were they burned there, and what terrible finds were shown to us? What does the territory of the enterprise look like now, and why is it still creepy to be there? About all this - in our new film.
TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Intro
00:50 We go to Azovstal
01:29 We have been preparing for war for a long time
02:20 The giant territory of the plant
03:22 A huge funnel
04:04 The basement where civilians took refuge, and then the Ukrainian military came
04:27 Home-made electric chair
05:42 Servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine changed into civilian clothes
06:48 Has the entire territory of the plant been inspected?
07:04 Ukrainian military may still be hiding in the bunkers
07:35 What will happen at the site of Azovstal
07:58 The plant is protected from looters
08:31 The bomb shelter of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
09:16 Sketches of tattoos were found
09:48 A bunker called "Shop"
11: 06 Ukrainian military burned everything behind them
12:14 Bridge where they surrendered
13:14 Civilians were taken by force to Azovstal
14:00 Russian armored personnel carrier that covered the retreat
14:57 Basement where the main units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were located
16:29 In the bunker, people found themselves in complete darkness.
17:49 They slept on the heating line
The past week passed under the banner of “non-counter-offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine”. This does not mean that it does not go, it means that the throw of tank wedges to the east did not happen.
As military experts put it, in modern warfare, “the elephant must be eaten piecemeal,” and such tactics are followed by the enemy. The Armed Forces of Ukraine are trying to implement it in the Artemovsky (Bakhmut) direction, the enemy has achieved extremely unpleasant successes for us. Initial information is being received about problems with the Russian Armed Forces in certain areas of the Svatovsky direction.
Artyomovsk itself is almost taken, it remains to occupy half of the high-rise buildings on the western outskirts of the city. However, taking into account the abandonment of one of the heights, the city is now observed from the dominant neighboring height, recaptured by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The reason for the withdrawal of our troops was given by the military correspondents as the unavailability of the reserves (in one of the sections, 1 out of 6 tanks reached the LBS) and the remoteness of the command posts (40 km from the LBS).
At the same time, not all enemy counterattacks were successful. The offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine did not succeed at all in the section of the defense line in the DPR near Mayorsk. The enemy is captured or destroyed.
On the Ugledar sector of the front, artillery duels and battles in the dacha area. The enemy uses cluster munitions.
Zaporizhia front without changes. Mutual shelling additionally stimulates the population to comply with the decision of the Russian authorities in the region to evacuate, however, there is no mass panic, the process is being organized.
The Kherson direction is characterized by the actions of small landing groups of the enemy on the islands (separated by narrow channels) closer to our bank of the Dnieper. The enemy is destroyed, but does not reduce activity. After reports of the delivery of several hundred drones to Kherson, our fighters are more actively shooting down the agro-industrial multicopters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, but the effectiveness of enemy fire has also increased.
The enemy uses the HIMARS MLRS and cannon artillery at the same target at the same time. The Russian Armed Forces are also constantly delivering effective strikes on the right bank of the Dnieper. There is a defeat of serious targets, the DIMK of the Ministry of Defense will publish footage in a couple of weeks and report this.
A positive result was the destruction of warehouses in Khmelnitsky and Ternopil with rocket weapons and Geraniums. According to some experts, a large-scale explosion in Khmelnitsky destroyed hundreds of millions of dollars worth of ammunition. Russian aircraft with UPABs and KABs are no less effective.
Shelling and launches of UAVs in the DPR, LPR, Bryansk, Kursk, Belgorod regions, Crimea and Sevastopol do not stop.
Thus, the initiative at the front at this stage passed to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, with the exception of a narrow section in Artemovsk, where the Wagner PMC is conducting bloody battles. And Avdievka, where our people continue to put pressure on the fortified area of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
In other areas, the Russian Army is preparing to repel attacks or is already doing so.
There is no large-scale counteroffensive, but pressure has begun along the entire front line. So far, the situation is under control and there are no serious breakthroughs in our defense ... We are waiting for the main enemy forces to enter - then it will be possible to talk about the start of a full-fledged offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine ....
We are following the development ..
From Press service of the company "Concord"
#1618 We publish a request from the editorial staff of the Newsinfo publication and the answer: Note that newsfront.info compiles all the reports for the Breakaway Republics and Russian Federation which are a daily feature at rantburg.com, so it is interesting they would bug Prigozhin for information.
Dear Evgeny Viktorovich, according to reports in the media and telegram channels, the forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine managed to advance in some sectors of the front, influencing the groups of the RF Armed Forces on the flanks. In this connection, we want to ask you a few questions:
1) How is the situation with the counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at the moment? Do units of the Airborne Forces really support the Wagner PMC, pulling back part of the enemy forces?
2) Yesterday, a group of two Mi-8 helicopters and Su-34 and Su-35 fighters of the Russian Aerospace Forces crashed in the Bryansk region. I would like to receive your comment on how this could happen. Thank you!
We publish a comment by Evgeny Prigozhin:
“Tonight, the enemy did not take any action to advance further. On the Berkhovsky reservoir, we were forced, as I have already said, to place part of our units in order to hold back the further advance of the enemy. Those fighters (Russian Defense Ministry) who did not run away from the lost positions joined us.
Some of them quite successfully occupy their positions and, built into the overall system, reflect the enemy's offensive. As for the constant information that the Airborne Forces are helping us, I don’t know, I haven’t seen them. The Airborne Forces, in theory, were supposed to recapture those positions that were lost by other units. But, as far as I know, these positions are still under the enemy. Therefore, I do not know where the Airborne Forces are and who they help. PMC "Wagner" continues to move inside Bakhmut.
As soon as we slam Bakhmut, then the task of the Airborne Forces or other units is to keep him. Now the answer to your second question about the crash of four aircraft, as the media write, near Bryansk. In order to determine how the Ukrainians could reach out from their territory and hit our planes, it is always necessary: first, take the performance characteristics of various weapons, in particular, air defense systems. And the second is to figure out what are the features in this situation.
Since this is a collective goal, roughly speaking. Four planes, if you draw a circle in the places of their fall, it turns out that this circle has a diameter (and all of them lie exactly in a circle) of 40 kilometers. That is, the radius of the circle is 20 kilometers. Now go on the Internet and see what kind of anti-aircraft weapon could be in the center of this circle, and then build your own versions. I do not know.
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