#2
From the V Kontakte page of Igor Strelkov (Igor Girkin):
In the Belgorod region, punishers from the "Kraken" battalion and Nazi traitors from the "RDK" ("Russian Volunteer Corps", by force in an incomplete platoon) raided the border crossing with the support of tanks and artillery of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. As a result, they managed to advance several hundreds of meters deep into the territory of the "old" Russian Federation. The border guards and reinforcement units took the fight, attack aircraft (helicopters) and artillery came to the rescue. Our side had several wounded, that one also had losses. In its purely military essence,
insignificant hassle.
However, such raids were PREDICTED BY ME earlier as likely signs of an imminent enemy offensive on other fronts - in order to divert the forces and means of the RF Armed Forces to more reliable security of the "old state border". How much this attack is connected with the upcoming offensive of the enemy - time will tell. But what can be absolutely certain is that the raid has a pronounced "propaganda effect" - the enemy seeks to understand the morale of his troops and the population after the withdrawal from Bakhmut. "Cheap and cheerful" - as they say in such cases. In general, it worked. Resource costs are "kopeshny", the media effect is loud.
#3
It appears the money spent on border crossing fortifications was, shall we say, misspent:
10 billion rubles were spent on fortifications in the Belgorod region. As of this time, units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine entered the territory of the Belgorod region from the side of the Graivoron border crossing.
Moreover, they managed to advance in the direction of the villages of Kozinka, Glotovo and Gora-Podil.
In one of the settlements, the House of Culture was seized. Judging from the foregoing, either 10 billion were not allocated for the construction of fortifications, or the Belgorod administration, in simple terms, everything was honestly spiz .... - correctly mastered.
Well, how not to believe the minister of construction of the region, she certainly saw four and a half thousand builders and more than five hundred units of construction equipment. But the Armed Forces of Ukraine did not see these fortifications. Something tells me that if all this ministerial crap of the region is sent to liquidate those who did not see their fortifications for 10 lard,
They have also captured intact a truck mounted jammer/EW system. Hope it's on the way to the USA by now. They have spooked the Russians and forced them to reinforce the border with troops the Russians don't have. It's time to retreat into Ukraine.
#9
They have also captured intact a truck mounted jammer/EW system. Hope it's on the way to the USA by now.
They tried to jam the HIMARS rockets. A few tweaks to the software and they continue to rain down. The Russians can't adjust as quickly as most of it is hard coded.
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[Korrespondent] 22:23 Japan will give Ukraine 100 trucks and 30,000 dry rations. In addition, Japan will for the first time accept the wounded Ukrainian military at the Central Self-Defense Hospital, the country's Foreign Ministry said.
21:19 Biden has not yet decided whether the United States will transfer F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine from its stockpiles, or will encourage allies to do so, White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said.
21:16 Zelensky said in an evening video message, which he recorded on the plane after a visit to Japan, that there is mutual understanding with the world majority on every significant issue for Ukraine: "The world hears our position. Protection and security guarantees, the return of all our territories, all of our people, justice, the implementation of our peace formula... And together we will increase the Ukrainian potential."
20:09 The Russians launched a missile attack on the village of Tsirkuny, Kharkiv region. One of the missiles, previously S-300 air defense systems, hit the ground, another damaged a private residential building - one person was injured, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said.
19:18 Speaker of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Yuriy Ignat predicts that at first dozens of F-16 fighters may be transferred to Ukraine: "Of course, no one will transfer these aircraft individually. These aircraft will be transferred by units. Aviation units are at least a squadron. In our version, this is 12 plus aircraft. Western partners have more in the squadron - up to 18 aircraft. Thus, several dozen aircraft can be transferred to Ukraine to solve current problems."
18:11 The United States does not object to Ukraine using its weapons to strike at Crimea, Biden's national security adviser Jake Sullivan said in an interview with CNN: "We said that we would not allow Ukraine to use American and Western weapons to strike Russia. And we believe that Crimea is Ukraine.
16:22 The Russians fired aiming at a residential building in Kazachy, Kherson region, one person died, said the head of the OVA, Alexander Prokudin.
15:48 Zelensky announced that he had met with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and thanked for the invitation to take part in the G7 summit. "During the meeting, we discussed further steps to support Ukraine by the Japanese government, including with regard to strengthening the material and technical capabilities of the Ukrainian defense forces. We count on Japan's support for holding a global summit to implement the Ukrainian peace formula," the president said.
15:37 The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation filed "charges" in absentia with the prosecutor and the judge of the International Criminal Court, who sentenced Putin.
14:54 The Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to move along the flanks in the suburb of Bakhmut and are actually approaching the capture of the city in a tactical encirclement , Syrsky said. According to him, thanks to this, the Ukrainian forces will be able to control all high-rise buildings occupied by the enemy and gradually destroy them. This deprives the Russians of control over the approaches to the city and gives the Armed Forces of Ukraine certain tactical advantages.
The commander of the Ground Forces also stressed that the Armed Forces of Ukraine now control an "insignificant part" of Bakhmut, but the importance of its defense does not lose its relevance: "This gives us the opportunity to enter the city in case the situation changes. And this will certainly happen."
14:19 The transfer of additional reserves by the enemy to the Bakhmut direction indicates the failure of their offensive actions, Andriy Yusov, a spokesman for the Main Intelligence Directorate, said in a comment to Ukrinform. According to him, all the best trained reserves of the Russian army have already been used during a full-scale invasion: “Now the composition of the army is no longer fighting, which was at the beginning of the invasion. And the fact that these reserves are being transferred to the Bakhmut direction means that they will not be used in other areas of the front. And this is also one of the achievements of the Ukrainian defenders."
13:58 Biden said that he outlined to Zelensky the plans of the United States and allies to train Ukrainian pilots on Western fighters. He also said that he received assurances from Zelensky that Kyiv would not use F-16s to attack Russian territory.
In addition, Biden said that he did not expect the participation of the F-16 in the upcoming Ukrainian counteroffensive. In his opinion, these fighters would not have helped Kyiv cope with the situation in Bakhmut. The American president also noted that Russia lost about 100,000 people in Bakhmut, and "it doesn't matter if it is occupied or not, it's still a ruined city."
13:51 Zelensky clarified the situation with Bakhmut: "I clearly understand what is happening in Bakhmut and why. I cannot share the tactical views of the military, but today we see that a country that is dozens of times larger than us cannot occupy us. We understand that a little more, and we will win... The military knows how to act, how to make sure that our people are not captured.Today, the military is performing a very important task, they are in Bakhmut, and this suggests that Bakhmut is not captured by the Russian Federation."
12:12 The Russians failed to surround Bakhmut, and they lost part of the dominant heights around the city, said Deputy Defense Minister Anna Malyar. According to her, the ongoing advance of Ukrainian troops in the suburbs along the flanks makes it very difficult for the enemy to stay in Bakhmut.
"Our troops have taken the city into a semi-encirclement, which gives us the opportunity to destroy the enemy. Therefore, the enemy in the part of the city that he controls has to defend himself. Our defenders retain control over the industrial and infrastructure facilities and the private sector of Bakhmut in the Airplane area," Malyar said. .
11:57 Zelensky, during his speech at the G7 meeting, said that he would like the peace formula summit to take place in July: "Soon - 500 days of a full-scale war, it will already be in July. And this is a symbolic period of time, a good month to convene the summit peace formulas - the world majority summit. The summit of all who respect honesty and want to end this war. I invite you to join the common effort."
11:26 Italy, together with its allies, is considering the possibility of training Ukrainian pilots on Western-style aircraft, Prime Minister George Meloni said. At the same time, she added that Italy does not have F-16 fighters, so it will not be able to transfer them to Ukraine.
11:19 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) believes that the statements of the Russian Federation and Prigozhin about the alleged capture of Bakhmut are of no strategic importance, since the exhausted Russian forces will still not be able to create a springboard for further offensive operations.
11:08 Zelensky denied the information that the Russians allegedly captured Bakhmut. Russian media reported today that Zelensky allegedly admitted that Ukrainian forces had lost the city. However, presidential spokesman Sergei Nikiforov said that this was not the case: “As for the answer of the President of Ukraine to the question about Bakhmut.
Reporter's question:
- Russians said they have taken Bakhmut. (The Russians say they captured Bakhmut).
President's reply (president's answer):
– And think no. (I think no).
Thus, the president refuted the capture of Bakhmut."
10:51 Biden announced a new $375 million military aid package for Ukraine. In particular, it included additional ammunition for HIMARS, artillery shells, TOW anti-tank guided missiles, Javelin and AT-4 anti-tank systems, bridge systems, and armored medical vehicles.
10:39 Zelensky said that he met with Biden in Japan: "Great gratitude from our people for providing powerful financial assistance to Ukraine from the United States, which totals $ 37 billion, as well as for a new military aid package worth $ 375 million. We discussed further cooperation to strengthen the defense capabilities of our state, as well as the implementation of the Ukrainian formula for peace. We exchanged views on projects for the reconstruction and restoration of Ukraine."
09:53 The Russians attacked the Dnipropetrovsk region with strike drones at night - all enemy targets were shot down, the head of the OVA, Serhiy Lysak, said. The Air Force specified that four Shahed-136/131 UAVs were destroyed.
09:15 Zelensky said that he had met with the President of the Republic of Korea, Yun Seok Yel, thanked for the humanitarian and non-lethal assistance to Ukraine, in particular, for the provision of vehicles for demining territories and protective equipment.
08:47 In the Donetsk region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, one person was killed (in Predtechino), eight more were injured. In the Kherson region, two people were killed and two more were injured, according to the IVA.
08:36 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of May 21.
personnel - about 203,160 (+730) people liquidated,
tanks - 3783 (+2),
armored combat vehicles - 7398 (+16),
artillery systems - 3258 (+29),
MLRS - 564 (+0),
air defense systems - 327 (+2),
aircraft - 308 (+0),
helicopters - 294 (+0),
UAV operational-tactical level - 2822 (+21),
cruise missiles - 1011 (+0),
ships/boats - 18 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 6115 (+12),
special equipment - 425 (+2).
08:29 The Russian army continues to focus its main efforts on the Kupyansky, Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky and Maryinsky directions. Over the past day, there have been 53 combat 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 . The battles for Bakhmut do not stop, the General Staff stressed.
05:38 Zelensky said that he had a meeting with Indonesian President Joko Widodo: "He informed about the course of hostilities in Ukraine. He focused on the shelling of our country's civilian infrastructure. He called on to contribute to Ukraine's efforts to return illegally deported children. We discussed the implementation of the Ukrainian peace formula."
04:55 Zelensky said that he met with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Hiroshima: "We discussed further cooperation in the field of security and defense, the situation at the front, the training of Ukrainian officers as part of the Canadian UNIFIER training mission, the importance of implementing all points of the Ukrainian peace formula and Euro-Atlantic integration Ukraine".
01:13 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stated that "as a result of the offensive actions of the Wagner assault detachments with the support of artillery and aviation of the Southern Group of Forces," the capture of Bakhmut was allegedly completed. The Kremlin said Putin congratulated the Wagner group and the Russian Armed Forces on the "liberation" of the city.
00:21 Speaker of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Yuriy Ignat is convinced that Ukraine will win the war when it receives F-16 fighters. He explained that the territory of Ukraine and the length of the state border is large, and the front line, taking into account Belarus, Transnistria and the Black Sea coast, is more than 2.5 thousand kilometers. Therefore, even with systems such as NASAMS, IRIS-T, Patriot and SAMP / T, as well as air defense of the ground forces, only air defense systems will not be able to block the entire territory.
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[KavkazUzel] Participants of the rally in Cherkessk laid flowers at the monument to the victims of the Caucasian War. Actions on the occasion of the Day of Remembrance of the Circassians were also held in other regions of Karachay-Cherkessia.
The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that May 21, the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Caucasian War, is officially declared non-working in Adygea, Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay-Cherkessia, where the Circassians are the titular nation. This year, the authorities of Kabardino-Balkaria banned events on May 20 and 21 in memory of the victims of the Caucasian War, threatening to be held liable for violating the ban, Aslan Beshto, chairman of the "Coordinating Council of Adyghe Public Associations," said.
Adygs (Circassians) - the common name of a single people in Russia and abroad, divided into Kabardians, Circassians, Adyghes. May 21 is annually celebrated as the Day of Remembrance of the Circassians, according to the information of the "Caucasian Knot."
Today, a rally in memory of the victims of the Caucasian war took place in Cherkessk, said the head of Karachay-Cherkessia, Rashid Temrezov. "Dua and prayers were performed in memory of the dead," he wrote on his Telegram channel.
The rally participants honored the memory of the victims of the Caucasian War with a minute of silence and laid flowers at the monument to the victims, the publication notes.
The prime minister of the republic, Murat Argunov, spoke at the rally.
"The war, which lasted almost half a century, became one of the most tragic events that affected the fate of the Circassians, Abazins, Nogais, Russians, Cossacks, and many other mountain peoples. In the 19th century, the Caucasian peoples were drawn into a long war. […] As a result of the tragic consequences During the war, many indigenous peoples were forced to leave their small homeland. The millstones of the events of the Caucasian War ground hundreds of thousands of human lives," a fragment of his speech is cited in a publication on the website of the parliament of the republic.
The vice-president of the International Circassian Association, the chairman of the public movement "Adyghe Khase - the Circassian Parliament for the protection of the rights and interests of the Circassian people," the chairman of the council of the public movement "Abaza" and others spoke at the rally.
"The public were unanimous in their opinion that despite the heavy losses of the Caucasian peoples in this war, they all retained their identity," the publication says.
The participants laid fresh flowers at the monument to the victims of the Caucasian War. Rallies were also held in the regions of Karachay-Cherkessia, the press service of the parliament reported.
The Caucasian War, which lasted from 1763 to 1864, brought the Adyghe peoples to the brink of extinction. After the war and the mass deportation of the Circassians to the Ottoman Empire, a little over 50 thousand people remained in their homeland. The Russian authorities have not yet made a decision to recognize the genocide of the Circassians during the war.
Recall that in 2022, a procession, a rally, a theatrical performance were planned in Karachay-Cherkessia on the occasion of the Day of Remembrance of the Adyghes. In Adygea, the procession was abandoned, but they left the requiem and the rally. In the Krasnodar Territory, they refused to hold a rally, but decided to hold a procession from the monument to the victims of the war to the Tulip Tree and a prayer service.
The authorities of Kabardino-Balkaria in 2022, as well as this year, refused the initiative group to hold a funeral procession in memory of the victims of the Caucasian War. Despite the ban, on May 21, 2022, a mourning rally was held near the Tree of Life monument, and several dozen young people organized a procession in memory of the victims of the war through the streets of Nalchik. Police officers drew up a report on the violation of public order against the rider who took part in the procession. The situation during the procession was nervous , and the skirmish between the police and the riders heated it up even more, eyewitnesses said.
The refusal of the authorities of Kabardino-Balkaria to coordinate the funeral procession testifies to the desire to destroy the historical memory of the Circassians, their national self-identification, Circassian activist Adam Bogus told the "Caucasian Knot" in 2022. The procession was held for many years without excesses , said then the president of the public organization "KhaBze" Martin Kochesoko.
"We assume that the ban on the march in honor of May 21 is an initiative of quite specific and specific officials who seek to curry favor with the Moscow authorities and curators from the special services [...] We believe that such behavior is irresponsible and hostile to the people," stated in 2022 by Martin Kochesoko.
On May 21, 1864, according to the old style (June 2, according to the new one), in the mountain village of Kbaada (now Krasnaya Polyana), a solemn prayer service and a parade of Russian troops took place in honor of the victory over the mountain peoples. For the tsarist government, this day officially marked the end of the bloody Caucasian war that had dragged on for more than a century and the establishment of Russia's complete dominion in the Caucasus. For the Adyghe-Abkhazian peoples who inhabited the Western Caucasus, May 21 became a day of memory and sorrow, marking the date of the expulsion of hundreds of thousands of highlanders from their native land, forced deportation to Turkey, death, and sometimes the complete disappearance of entire peoples.
CONQUEST OF THE WESTERN CAUCASUS
The theater of operations shifted from the Eastern Caucasus to the Western after the suppression of the movement of Imam Shamil in 1859. Having coped with the center of resistance in Dagestan and Chechnya, the tsarist government, having significant military forces at its disposal, continued the offensive against the Circassians - the Adyghe-Abkhaz peoples who lived on the slopes of the Main Caucasian Range. Here, the Russian generals even more consistently pursued the very infamous policy of General Yermolov , who punished the recalcitrant highlanders - "predators and robbers" with "fire and sword." (1)
The ideological organizers and conductors of the military colonization plan adopted by Alexander II were the Caucasian governor, Prince Alexander Baryatinsky, and General Nikolai Evdokimov, appointed in 1860 as commander of the troops on the Western Front. (2)
General Evdokimov relied both on regular army units and on detachments of the Kuban Cossack army, which, instead of carrying out punitive expeditions recognized as useless, (3) were engaged in laying roads, cutting down clearings, building defensive lines and building fortresses, establishing Cossack villages in the occupied territories to consolidate the Russian presence .(4) In this way, they gradually forced the highlanders out of their native places, forcing them either to move to the plains, or to leave permanently for Turkey. (5)
"The native population, pressed from all sides, rushed into the hard-to-reach gorges of the mountains, but they could not hold out there either. The war went on with inexorable severity. Circassian auls were burned out by the hundreds. [plain] under the control of our bailiffs, while the recalcitrant went to the seashore for resettlement in Turkey, "- this is how the well-known Russian historian and Caucasian historian Yevgeny Felitsyn described this time. (6)
During the period 1860-1864, Russian troops plundered and burned at least 350 auls in its western regions and at least 150 auls in the central regions of Circassia. (7) An aul is a fortified village.
The following reminiscences of the participants of these expeditions are typical: “Before several huts from grenades and rockets flared up, the Cossacks were already behind the palisade and the massacre began. Frightened by the surprise of the attack, and, moreover, awake, the highlanders rushed about like mad, however, soon coming to their senses, fought and fought back desperately. At one o'clock everything was already over for the aul and its inhabitants." (8)
Historian Naima Neflyasheva writes: “For the Circassians, the tragedy of 1864 was the beginning of a demographic and cultural catastrophe, the number of the Circassian population in their historical homeland after the end of the Caucasian War amounted to 5-6%. life was in full swing, only toponyms speak - Dzhubga, Psezuapse, Shahe, Dzhankoy, Anapa and ... hundreds of others." (9)
In September 1861, Alexander II arrived in the Western Caucasus, to whom a delegation of Circassian elders turned, asking them to stop seizing the places where their fathers and grandfathers were born and lived. In response to their appeal, the emperor declared: "I give a month's time - they must decide: do they want to move to the Kuban ... or let them move to Turkey." (10)
In May 1862, a regulation was adopted on the settlement of the foothills of the western part of the Caucasus Range by Kuban Cossacks and other settlers from Russia. (11) By the end of 1863, almost all the Circassian peoples declared their obedience, but most of them nevertheless decided to move to Turkey.
As Kravtsov, Chief of Staff of the Caucasian Army, wrote in 1864, “not a single mountaineer remained on the northern slope of the western part of the Caucasus Mountains.
PARADE IN QBAADA
On May 19, 1864, at the Abkhaz Dzhiget village of the medozyuev Kbaada, (Gubaadvy; modern Krasnaya Polyana ) (13) in the upper reaches of the Mzymta River, three detachments of Russian troops met without encountering any resistance from the highlanders: the Malolabinsk detachment of Major General Pavel Khristoforovich Grabbe, Pskhuvsky detachment of Major General Pavel Nikolayevich Shatilov, Dakhovsky detachment of Major General Vasily Aleksandrovich Geiman. The next day, they were joined by the Akhchipskhuv detachment under the command of Lieutenant General Dmitry Ivanovich Svyatopolk-Mirsky.
We know about the circumstances of this event only from the recollections of direct participants - officers of the Russian army, Circassian evidence, if any, has not survived to our time.
By decision of the new Caucasian viceroy, Grand Duke Mikhail Nikolayevich, it was decided in Kbaada to hold a solemn prayer service and a parade of Russian troops, which marked the end of the Caucasian War.
Here is how the captain, and later General Sergei Mikhailovich Dukhovskoy (14), spoke about these events:
On May 20, in the morning, three detachments that had gathered the day before at the Kbaada tract moved to new places; they pitched their camps in such a way as to leave a spacious place in the middle for prayer and for the headquarters of the commander in chief of the army. By the evening of that day, the fourth, Akhchipskhuv detachment arrived, and, in front of it, His Imperial Highness with his retinue. Immediately upon arrival. The Grand Duke traveled around the troops of the Dakhov, Malo-Labin and Pshuv detachments.
The next day, on May 21, the remote Kbaada tract was full of life from the full morning. The troops were cleaning and dressing, preparing for the parade; adjutants and officers scurried here and there for orders: long before the appointed time, non-commissioned officers of the line converged from everywhere to the place of prayer: the day before they were indicated places, and they were afraid that they would somehow get lost. At that time, the troops, especially the Kuban region, reviews and outfits were a great curiosity.In the campaign and in business, they saw themselves at home, but here they crowded, did not know how and what to take on.
The sky was gloomy: thick gray clouds incessantly covered the snowy peaks of the huge ridges, which, like a screen, surrounded the hollow of the tract from all sides; as if it was hard for these mountains to look at the army that defeated them. From time to time a large, then a fine rain fell; only towards the end of the celebration the sun appeared, and the weather cleared up .
At eleven o'clock the battalions set off. The troops of the Dakhov detachment occupied the western face of a large square. In clean, tidy uniforms, with snow-white covers on their hats, with loose banners, they looked beautiful and slender. Northern front square; occupied the Malo-Labinsky detachment, the eastern one - Pskhuvsky, the southern one - Akhchipskhuvsky. The lectern is placed in the middle, on a high mound.
The church parade began. They struck, as usual, for prayer and the banners came forward. The battalions, hundreds of Cossacks, squads of Georgians and Mingrelians, and everything that was around, bared their heads: only in some places the teams of the native militia and the curious Dzhigets and Akhchipskhuvtsy who came to look remained in their high hats.
Several priests in robes, near the lectern, fluttering inclined banners, the Grand Duke Commander-in-Chief and five, six generals on the top of the mound, and a large crowd of officers and with them newly awarded Knights of St. George around the dais, and then on all sides slender thick columns with sparkling bayonets and uncovered heads - all this formed a heap, worthy of its appearance remaining immortal, for all eternity. They sang "We praise God to you," and shot after shot rang out in the surrounding mountains;
At the end of the service, the priests sprinkled the ranks of the battalions with holy water; the banners, with the sounds of drums and music, were taken to their places. His Highness toured the troops, thanked everyone for the "difficult and great work" done, and then the ceremonial march began. There is nothing to hide a sin: the eye, accustomed to impeccable guards parades, could stop at a lot here. No matter how much the commanders bothered, the soldiers fussed, tried and, of course, spoiled the matter. Often old, bravest warriors, known for their fearlessness, here they look somehow inquisitively and act timidly, like young ladies.
Equalization, of course, limped in places; it even happened, from excessive zeal, that they were knocked off their feet. But that was not the point. Mountains, gorges and abysses, wherever you look, were all ours, and the highlanders will not come back from a flaw in the parade, will not take back their wild slums. All battalions were awarded a loud grand ducal "thank you!" and for a long time afterwards, some soldiers boasted in front of others: they said to us, they say, "excellent" and added "well done", and you just "nice, guys." At the headquarters of the Dakhov detachment, among other ranks, this time there was an officer of the Prussian service.
- It may be strange for you, after your young and beautiful soldiers, trained to perfection, to look at our unpretentious parade? they asked him.
“On the contrary,” he answered, “I look with a particularly pleasant feeling at this gathering of troops, not ostentatious, not ceremonial. These are warriors, true Caucasian warriors, gathered to celebrate their victory together.
Already in the afternoon, the Dakhov detachment left the Kbaada tract, marching down the Mzymta to the seashore and then heading towards Sochi. The next day, other detachments of the Russian army also left Kbaada.
The parade of the tsarist troops in Kbaada was especially symbolic, since this tract was revered by the Circassians as a sacred place. In the center of a large clearing, where the camp of the Russian troops stood, grew two large sacred firs. (15) One of them can actually be seen in the 1864 photograph. Subsequently, these trees were cut down by the Greeks who settled here in order to "knock them out of them for huts." (16)
Another attraction of Kbaada was considered to be a huge beech tree, on which the Grand Duke Mikhail Nikolaevich carved his initials and the date - "May 21, 1864". In 1911, the author of a guide to these places, Sergei Dorovatovsky, noted: "The inscription is surrounded by a laurel wreath and topped with a crown. This beech has survived to this day, but the Circassian culture has died."
Kindly note that several entries in this article may have been removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.
[NewsFrontInfo] 21:27 Two explosions occurred on Sunday evening in Kharkiv. This was reported by the Ukrainian agency Ukrinform. No other details about the incidents are yet available. 20:22 Russian military crushed a unit of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which, with the support of the BMP-1, tried to carry out a counterattack in the Avdievka area.
19:44 Personnel destruction of another group of Ukrainian militants on the islands in the Dnieper Delta
18:48 Tankers STB of the Southern Military District dismantle strongholds of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye direction from closed firing positions
17:42 Russian paratroopers took stormed the stronghold of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the direction of Svatovo-Kremennaya
The enemy retreated, leaving weapons and ammunition there, as well as dead and wounded.
16:38 Work on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye direction
The armored group of the 114th Regiment, consisting of several armored personnel carriers and a tank, operating simultaneously, strikes at enemy positions.
16:36 In the Belgorod region, a UAV was shot down by an air defense system. According to preliminary data, no victims. The operational services are clarifying the consequences on the ground, Governor Gladkov reports.
15:34 Calculation of AGS-17 of the 85th Brigade of the Donetsk 2nd Army Corps accurately puts grenades in the Ukrainian trench in the Seversky direction
14:49 Night work of gunners of the Southern Military District from the 122mm BM-21 MLRS "Grad" on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye direction
13:45 The main thing from the briefing of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation:
🔹Five sabotage and reconnaissance groups were eliminated in a day in the Kupyansk direction;
🔹The losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine per day in the Kupyansk direction amounted to 85 soldiers, two armored vehicles and an Acacia self-propelled guns were destroyed;
🔹In the Krasnolimansky direction, the actions of two sabotage and reconnaissance groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were suppressed;
🔹The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation destroyed the ammunition depot of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Krasnolimansky direction;
🔹The losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Krasnolimansky direction amounted to more than 60 servicemen;
🔹In the Artyomovsk direction, up to 100 Ukrainian military and mercenaries were destroyed per day;
🔹The Russian Armed Forces destroyed more than 120 Ukrainian soldiers in a day in the Donetsk direction;
🔹In the Yuzhnodonetsk and Zaporozhye directions, the actions of three sabotage and reconnaissance groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were suppressed;
🔹Losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Yuzhnodonetsk and Zaporizhia directions for the day amounted to 50 servicemen;
🔹Russian troops destroyed the ammunition depot of the Terodefense Brigade in Kramatorsk;
🔹Air defense systems intercepted 15 HIMARS, Uragan and long-range cruise missiles Storm Shadow during the day;
🔹The Russian Armed Forces in a day defeated the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Ugledar;
🔹Russian troops destroyed an ammunition depot of a territorial defense brigade in the Kherson region;
🔹The Russian Armed Forces destroyed the ammunition depot of the 102nd Territorial Defense Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Gulyaipol, Zaporozhye region.
12:36 Moment of defeat of the positions of the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with incendiary rockets from the Grad MLRS in one of the directions
12:35 Soldiers of the 1st Tank Army worked out on the transport of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from the militant inside
The car rotated in the Kupyansk direction, but they did not manage to reach their positions.
11:59 Poltava administration announces denazification after Yulian Matviychuk, leader of the Poltava cell of the Svoboda movement, was wounded
The Azov veteran was involved in the genocide of the population, robberies, looting and killings of civilians in the Donbass.
In Poltava, the nationalist was considered one of the main initiators of the demolition of Soviet monuments.
10:38 According to information from a source from the close circle of the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, yesterday in the area of the settlement. Kozatskoye (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, three military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were disposed of, four were seriously injured
09:47 Wagner PMC informs on the liquidation of at least six Azov fighters during the battles for Bakhmut the day before. It is noted that this time the Nazi unit suffered heavy losses, including the wounded.
08:19 Russian Armed Forces destroyed using high-precision ammunition "Krasnopol" artillery ammunition depot of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near the village of Tishchenkovka in the Kupyansk direction, said the head of the press center of the group "West" Serhiy Zybinsky.
04:47 An air raid alert has been announced in the Nikolaev region of Ukraine - the authorities.
01:45 As a result of the shelling of the city of Shebekino, a solid waste landfill caught fire - Governor of the Belgorod Region. Governor Gladkov also added that there were no casualties. Firefighters are on the scene now.
0:29 Explosions are heard in the Shebekinsky district of the Belgorod region. Local Telegram channels write about this.
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[NewsFrontInfo] 21:51 Ukrainian troops fired seven rounds of 155mm caliber at Yasinovataya, reported representation DPR at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC). 20:58 Ukrainian troops fired 23 “NATO” caliber 155mm rounds in Donetsk and the settlement of Makeevka in 40 minutes, reported representation Donetsk People's Republic in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC).
19:53 Explosions are reported in Nova Kakhovka, Kherson region.
19:51 Under fire from Ukrainian militants, the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk. According to the DPR JCCC, five rounds with a caliber of 155mm were fired.
19:40 The Armed Forces of Ukraine once again opened fire on the civilian population of Alyoshek -video.
“We are in Aleshki, the former Tsyuripinsk. Behind me are the consequences of the arrival from the APU. There are no casualties and victims, thank God. The houses have been destroyed,” reports a News Front correspondent.
19:35 Under fire from Ukrainian militants Makeevka and Donetsk. According to the DPR JCCC, 12 rounds with a caliber of 155mm were fired.
19:26 Consequences of artillery attack of the Polog by militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
During the artillery attack of the city of Pologi, Zaporozhye region, one apartment building and two private residential buildings on Shkolnaya and Magistralnaya streets were seriously damaged. Rescuers of the Ministry of Emergency Situations rescued people from the rubble of a house destroyed by Nazi shelling.
Electrical substation damaged. As a result of the morning shelling, the city of Pologi and the Pologovsky district remained partially de-energized for an hour and a half. Information about the victims is being specified.
19:15 The summary of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine does not say a word about the loss of Bakhmut (Artemovsk) by Kiev.
Ukrainian General Staff today gave out another report with "overcomes" and "offensives," although "forgetting" to indicate one "unimportant" event - the loss of the "fortress" Bakhmut (Artemovsk) by Kiev.
Thus, the Ukrainian authorities continue to pretend that nothing happened. It is obvious that, as in the case of Soledar, the Zelensky regime will deny the obvious to the end, and then quietly admit the surrender of the city.
By the way, the leader of the Square himself let slip about the loss of Bakhmut by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. True, this recognition was almost immediately disavowed by his press secretary, saying that Zelensky was misunderstood and, in fact, the leader of the Kyiv regime announced the "non-capture" of the city by Russian troops.
19:02 On the operational lines of the JCCC DPR for May 21, as of 19:00, additional information was received about the damage as a result of the artillery attack of the Ukrainian cities of the Republic:
Donetsk:
Kuibyshevsky district:
- st. Grekova, 14 - a private residential building, power lines were also damaged.
Petrovsky district:
- st. Karnavalnaya, 37, 47, 64 - private residential buildings;
- st. Karnavalnaya, 35 - a private residential building, completely destroyed;
- st. Pilots, 30 - a private residential building, the gas pipeline was also damaged.
18:37 Military expert Boris Rozhin on the situation in the Artemovsk direction on May 21, 2023:
By May 21, the territory of the city of Artemovsk was completely liberated. The legal renaming of the city in accordance with Pushilin's decree on the rollback of all Ukrainian renaming to the state of May 2014 came into force. Since May 20, we have the Russian city of Artemovsk - de jure and de facto.
In the city itself, the cleansing of the western outskirts continues. A serious demining process is ahead, which will be activated after the APU is driven away from the western outskirts of the city, because. now the enemy continues to shell our positions in the city with artillery and mortars. There is a lot of dirty work associated with cleaning up corpses, incl. from under the ruins of high-rise buildings. There will be many of them.
The fighting in the Artemovsk direction does not stop. The units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine that retreated from Artemovsk are trying to stay in the area of the settlement. Khromovo and Krasny.
Khromovo is not yet directly stormed, but covered with artillery. The position of the enemy there is difficult, and as our troops consolidate on the western outskirts of the city, the situation for the remnants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Khromovo will worsen even more. With Krasny it is more difficult - the enemy has a fairly serious fortified area there, which is reinforced by those forces that were able to retreat from Artemovsk.
The withdrawal at Kleshcheevka removed the semi-coverage from Krasnoy, which would somewhat complicate the subsequent operations of the RF Armed Forces to liberate Krasnoy.
The roads to Artemovsk through Chasov Yar and Khromovo lost their former significance. Almost all bridges on them are destroyed. Today, the RF Armed Forces destroyed the bridge near Krasnoe. On the roads and fields to the west of Artemovsk, there are still dozens of skeletons of destroyed wheeled and tracked vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The accumulation of enemy forces in Konstantinovka, Chasov Yar and Kramatorsk continue to be subjected to rocket and bomb attacks. It can be expected that soon the artillery impact in the direction of Chasov Yar and Konstantinovka will increase.
Information about the withdrawal of the enemy from Bogdanovka, Stupok, Orekhovo-Vasilyevka, etc. to the line Ray-Aleksandrovka - Chasov Yar is not true. At best, we could talk about the passage through these settlements of the remnants of the enemy forces from Artemovsk, which were assigned for rest and replenishment.
The enemy intends to defend these settlements. In the meantime, he did not give up hope of achieving something more in his counterattacks to the northwest and southwest of Artemovsk.
It is possible that attempts will still be made to capture Sacco and Vanzetti, Kurdyumovka, Kleshcheevka, in order to somehow justify the high costs of the “counteroffensive” near Artemovsk, which so far has not even led to the capture of one seedy village against the backdrop of the loss of one of the key cities of Donbass.
The enemy has not yet used up the operational reserves to the end, but the strategic reserves, which were intended for offensives in the Svatovsky and Zaporozhye directions, were not brought into action here, and we will see them again in the coming months. However, the Artemovskaya group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (initially up to 80,000 bayonets) suffered huge losses and could not hold the city, which should not have been taken.
At the end of the month, a rotation will take place in Artemovsk - the RF Armed Forces will replace the Wagner PMC, which goes to the rear for rest and replenishment after a successful operation to liberate Artemovsk.
18:26 Under fire from Ukrainian militants Petrovsky, Kirovsky and Kuibyshevsky districts of Donetsk. According to the DPR JCCC, 16 rounds with a caliber of 155mm were fired.
18:16 Situation on the islands of the mouth of the Dnieper River:
Islands (sand spits, floodplains, etc.) under the control of units of the RF Armed Forces.
The enemy is constantly trying to show the presence (landing of the DRG, photo, video), which is accompanied by information stuffing on the Internet under the slogan - "This island is under the control of the Armed Forces of Ukraine!"
Such attempts take place for a very short time, since the planned artillery targets were appointed a long time ago and a fire defeat is inflicted on the identified enemy.
Irretrievable and sanitary losses of the enemy are very high, but now wander through the floodplains, reeds and swamps, count the corpses in / sl. APU no one will.
The units of the RF Armed Forces are constantly monitoring the actions of the enemy; for some time, quite successful use of air bombs with UMPC modules by aviation has been noted.
17:46 Under fire from Ukrainian militants Yasinovataya, Donetsk and Yelenovka. According to the DPR JCCC, 27 rounds with a caliber of 155mm and 152mm were fired.
17:11 RIA Novosti correspondent witnessed sweeps of the last capital building in Artemovsk before the liberation of the city from Ukrainian militants.
Now Kyiv militants, driven out of the city, are firing mortars, trying to hit the Russian flag over one of the high-rise buildings.
17:07 The leg of a boy wounded in Donetsk is being amputated; he left with his mother to the hospital. About this correspondent "Stars" informed victim's sister.
With difficulty holding back tears, she said that the blow of the nationalists not only made her brother disabled, but also practically destroyed their house.
16:47 The situation on the Artyomovskoye direction on May 21 at 16:15:
From the interceptions of the fleeing militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, it is seen that everyone is furious with Zelensky's stupid order to keep Bakhmut, with such space losses.
front birdnotes that over the entire period of holding the Armed Forces of Artyomovsk, losses in manpower amounted to 35,000-40,000 people and about 2,000 units of various enemy equipment.
16:46 The RF Armed Forces destroyed an observation post of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the right bank of the Dnieper, from which artillery was adjusted during artillery attack of the left bank of the Kherson region.
An anti-tank guided missile strike destroyed up to six military units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a spokesman for the region's emergency services said.
16:45 Exclusive from the front line. This frames from the sector of the front in the Vodianoe-Opytnoe (DPR) area - it is extremely important to hold it in order to prevent the Armed Forces of Ukraine from coming closer to Donetsk and intensifying its shelling.
“The very first barrier to the city. If Vodyanoye is given away, [the enemy] will come closer and will already be artillery attack [harder] not only the Kiev region, but also the center of Donetsk. There are peaceful people there, you can’t give away Vodyanoye,” one of the soldiers notes.
In a conversation with RT military correspondent Vlad Andritsa, he added that Ukrainian machine gunners, snipers and UAV operators can occupy positions in the same house in the village and, if the artillery is correctly adjusted, it is possible to "knock out a strike."
16:35 According to the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for May 21, as of 16:30, additional information was received about damage as a result of artillery attack of the VFU cities of the Republic:
n.p. Makeevka (Chervonogvardeisky district): - st. Altaiskaya, 51 "a" - a direct hit in a private residential building.
16:35 Installation of the flag of PMC “Wagner” at the highest point of Artyomovsk –video.
16:30 Statement of head of the press center of the Vostok group:
In the South Donetsk direction, units of the Vostok group thwarted an attempt by the enemy to deliver ammunition and rotate personnel at the forward positions of the 79th Air Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Novomikhailovka area. Artillery fire destroyed three trucks and enemy manpower.
Also, the rotation of militants in positions was disrupted in the Vodiane area, a car and manpower were destroyed.
Calculations of 240mm self-propelled mortars "Tulip" destroyed the point of temporary deployment of militants in Velikaya Novoselka.
During the counterbattery fight, two 152mm Msta-B enemy howitzers were destroyed in the Novoukrainka and Burlatsky areas.
The crews of the Osa-AKM and Strela-10 anti-aircraft missile systems shot down two Valkyrie unmanned aerial vehicles.
In the Zaporozhye direction, during aerial reconnaissance, a mortar crew and an all-terrain vehicle in the Novodanilovka area, a mortar crew in the Dorozhnyanka area, vehicles with militants in the Malinovka and Shcherbakov areas, an ammunition depot in the Poltavka area, as well as an accumulation of manpower were identified and destroyed by artillery fire enemy in Kamenskoye.
Loitering ammunition "Lancet" destroyed an enemy howitzer in the area of Stepnogorsk.
Air defense and electronic warfare equipment shot down two aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles and one kamikaze UAV.
16:25 Donetsk and Aleksandrovka are under fire from Ukrainian militants. According to the DPR JCCC, 14 rounds with a caliber of 155mm were fired.
16:08 Kyiv district of Donetsk under Nazi fire -video.
15:50 Fixation of consequences of the artillery attack of the Kievsky district of Donetsk on May 21, 2023
Specialists of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC confirmed the artillery attack of the Kievsky district, and also specified the direction of firing. The enemy fired from their positions located in the area of the settlement. The desired Second, from artillery with a caliber of 155mm French-made rounds.
15:10 Ukrainian security forces fired on the village of Kalinovo-Borshchevatoe from the HIMARS multiple launch rocket system. There are casualties among the civilian population -video.
15:01 Under fire from Ukrainian militants Makeevka. According to the DPR JCCC, five rounds with a caliber of 155mm were fired.
14:50 RIA Novosti correspondent was the first journalist to visit the Samolet district in Artemovsk, the last place where Kyiv forces remained until the liberation of the city -video.
14:40 According to the latest data, as a result of the artillery attack of Tokmak, one citizen was killed and three more were injured of varying severity.
14:39 For what purposes works Russian artillery after the capture of Artemovsk: analysis of the military chronicle:
On May 20, the capture of Artyomovsk was officially announced. While the advanced groups are clearing the area and inspecting the last areas, the artillerymen of the Eastern Military District continue to keep the Armed Forces of Ukraine under constant fire.
Where did the APU retreat? Most likely, the Armed Forces of Ukraine were preparing in advance for a retreat from Artyomovsk to the west, since a defensive line and new positions were created in advance in Krasnoe. From the very beginning of the “Bakhmut meat grinder”, the artillery of the Eastern Military District of the RF Armed Forces fired at this area in parallel with the destruction of objects inside the city.
A significant part of the Ukrainian units retreated very close: the advanced positions in Krasnoye (Ivanovsky) were equipped only 2.5 km from the western regions of Artyomovsk and the fortified area "Airplane" left by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
What is the state of the Armed Forces of Ukraine after the retreat from Artyomovsk? After the destruction of the bridge between Krasny and Chasovy Yar, which is strategically important for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, it is not easy to supply the garrison in this area. Most of the Ukrainian units that withdrew from Artyomovsk had many wounded and killed, the formations were dismantled and suffered heavy losses, and the control of the battle was disrupted.
In order to transfer reserves from Chasov Yar to Krasnoye (Ivanovskoye), the Armed Forces of Ukraine need to use the roads, which are still under the fire control of the artillery of the Eastern Military District.
What are the plans of the Armed Forces of Ukraine after the retreat from Artyomovsk? The most important task after the capture of the city may be to clean up the flanks, to which the Armed Forces of Ukraine withdrew significant reserves from Chasov Yar and Konstantinovka in the hope of quickly penetrating the defense. A significant part of these reserves has already been destroyed by artillery: while the enemy infantry was moving into position, Russian artillerymen shot down trenches, dugouts and access roads.
14:17 Ukrainian Nazis made shelling civil infrastructure n.p. Kalinovo-Borshchevatoe LPR.
The Nazis fired with the use of MLRS HIMARS (type M30A1 GMLRS), two civilians born in 1952 and 1970 were killed, five people were injured, and 14 one-story residential buildings were damaged. Investigators of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation recorded the consequences of the criminal actions of the Nazis.
14:06 About blows of Storm Shadow in Mariupol and Berdyansk:
The Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to strike at the rear of Russian new territories with British Storm Shadow cruise missiles. Over the past two days, objects on the territory of the airfields of Mariupol and Berdyansk have been hit by fire.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine have been tasked with thinning out Russian aviation, hence the choice of targets. In the cities located on the coast of the Sea of Azov, the objects of the Russian Aerospace Forces became targets. Yes, the enemy did not succeed in inflicting an effective fire defeat - in the same Berdyansk in the dining room at the time of the impact, the mass meal had already ended ..
But this speaks, first of all, of the approach: the curators (the consumption of Storm Shadow on targets is under strict control by the British) set out to reduce the flight capabilities of the RF Armed Forces. If we take into account the data on the current number of aircraft in the Air Force and the rapid delivery of Western aircraft, then we can conclude that one of the goals of the Armed Forces of Ukraine will be to gain air supremacy this year.
13:51 Gorlovka, Yasinovataya and Donetsk are under fire from Ukrainian militants. According to the DPR JCCC, 26 rounds with a caliber of 155mm and 152mm were fired.
13:42 As a result of the artillery attack of the Kievsky district of Donetsk, a shell destroyed residential building, but the worst thing is that two children were injured.
A 12-year-old child is currently undergoing surgery. He is in serious condition, most likely he is threatened with amputation of the lower limb. Investigators of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation are working on the spot.
13:20 Kherson direction 21.05 at 12:30:
Over the past day, the situation hasn't changed. The enemy continues to try to cross the Dnieper in small groups in fast boats. By armament, militant. The Armed Forces of Ukraine usually have small arms, grenades and light grenade launchers. Russian servicemen are working on the enemy with both small arms and mortars, MLRS and artillery.
13:15 The liberation of Artemovsk has been completed, the Russian Defense Ministry reported. This was achieved as a result of the offensive actions of the Wagner assault detachments with the support of artillery and aviation of the Southern Group of Forces.
13:01 During the artillery attack of Tokmak by militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a civilian was killed. It is reported that arrivals to the distribution zone, the substation behind the school were recorded.
Also, the operational services reported that arrivals were recorded in the territory between Kutuzovka and Molochansk. According to preliminary data, the cable of a high-voltage power line was damaged.
12:49 Consequences of artillery attack of the Kievsky district of Donetsk by Ukrainian militants.
12:40 Statement of head of the press center of the group "Center":
In the Krasno-Limansky direction, the crew of the Smerch multiple launch rocket system of the Center group of troops hit the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Artillery units of the Russian group during the counterbattery fight opened and suppressed the positions of cannon artillery and enemy mortar crews.
Aviation of the "Center" grouping attacked ammunition depots, strongholds and points of temporary deployment of Ukrainian troops in the area of the settlements of Yampolovka, Kremennaya, Chervonaya Dibrova.
On the Nevsky site and in the area of Serebryansky forestry, forces and means of intelligence of the Center group revealed the movement of personnel on vehicles of the 66th mechanized brigade, the 58th Motorized Infantry Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the 15th Regiment of the National Guard of Ukraine. As a result of the fire impact of the artillery units of the "Center" grouping, the enemy suffered significant losses in personnel and equipment.
12:34 Consequences of artillery attack of Tokmak by militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine:
The Nazis attacked Tokmak with heavy weapons. As a result, two substations were put out of action. There is no electricity in the city. Information about the destruction and casualties is being specified.
12:22 Under fire from Ukrainian militants, the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka. According to the DPR JCCC, 12 rounds with a caliber of 152mm were fired.
12:10 According to the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for May 21, as of 12:00, information was received about victims among civilians in the cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Kiev district): - on the street. Quiet, 51 wounded child - a boy born in 2010
n.p. Yasinovataya: - on the street. Ordzhonikidze, 150 wounded man born in 1974
Information was received about damage as a result of artillery attack of the VFU cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Kiev region): - st. Quiet, 51 - a direct hit in a private residential building, followed by fire.
11:47 Consequences of artillery attack by armed formations of Ukraine with. Kalinovo-Borshchevatoe (LPR).
According to updated information, as a result of the artillery attack of the settlement. Kalinovo-Borshchevatoe (LPR) using HIMARS MLRS (the enemy fired one missile of the M30A1 GMLRS type) killed two civilians born in 1952 and 1970, injured five people, and also damaged 14 one-story residential buildings and a tractor.
11:30 Statement head of the press center of the group "South":
Helicopters of the army aviation of the "Southern" group of troops launched missile strikes on a hangar with weapons and a cluster of military equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Predtechino districts.
Rocket rounds of the Solntsepek heavy flamethrower system destroyed a stronghold and an infantry group in the shelter of the 68th Separate Motorized Rifle battalion of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Avdiivka area. Artillery in the area also destroyed two enemy vehicles.
Large-caliber artillery inflicted a defeat on the accumulation of enemy manpower in the Artemovsk area, as well as on the point of temporary deployment of the 24th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Dzerzhinsky area. The ammunition depots of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Belogorovka and Aleksandro-Shultino, two self-propelled gun mounts "Crab" in the Novomarkovo area, and a 122mm D-30 howitzer in Karlovka were destroyed.
The calculation of the Tor-M2 anti-aircraft missile system in the Novomikhailovka area shot down a Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle of the Fury type.
On the Alexander-Kalinovskoye operational direction, the calculation of the Buk-M3 air defense system of the 8th Army of the Southern Military District shot down a missile of the American MLRS "Haymars".
11:05 Video of artillery attack of Donetsk near the railway station. The information is being specified.
11:00 Nazis struck in Berdyansk with British Storm Shadow missiles. This was announced by the chairman of the movement "We are together with Russia" Vladimir Rogov.
“In the early hours of this morning, the UAF militants tried to launch a missile attack on Berdyansk. According to preliminary information, seven missiles were fired in total, four of which were Storm Shadow and three decoys - decoys to drown our air defense, ”Rogov wrote in his Telegram channel.
Six missiles were intercepted. One fell on the outskirts of the city, destroying the canteen.
10:50 Militants of the Kyiv regime dropped twp ammunition from a UAV - DPR JCCC
10:40 Under fire from Ukrainian militants Donetsk. According to the DPR JCCC, 16 rounds with a caliber of 155 mm were fired.
10:20 "Ratibor" hoisting the flags of the Russian Federation and PMC "Wagner" on the last high-rise building on the outskirts of Artemovsk - further fields are visible going to the Slavic-Kramatorsk agglomeration -video.
10:02 Frontline summary on the morning of May 21, 2023:
On the Donetsk front, Russian troops have stepped up ground offensive operations in many areas. With the support of artillery and aviation, they attacked near Novomikhailovka, in the western and northern part of Maryinka, in the direction of Pervomaisky, on the southern, southwestern and eastern approaches to Avdiivka, near Stepnoy and in the Novokalinovo area.
However, there is progress only in the last of these areas. But this allowed the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation to establish control over an important road. Russian troops shelled Yekaterinovka, Georgievka, Kurakhov, the cities of Krasnogorovka, Nevelskoye, Karlovka, Thin, Severny (a settlement northwest of Gorlovka) and Druzhba. The Armed Forces of Ukraine carried out strikes on Donetsk and Horlivka.
To the south-west of Bakhmut, units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, after artillery strikes, carried out offensive operations in the area of Belaya Gora and tried to counterattack in the direction of Ivanovsky. No success.
In the city itself, with the support of artillery, the Wagner PMC conducted assault operations in the last quarter controlled by the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the southwestern outskirts. Wagner PMC announced the establishment of full control over Bakhmut. Russian troops shelled Predtechin, Stupochek, Chasov Yar, Khromovoy, Bogdanovka, Grigorovka, Orekhovo-Vasilyevka, Vasyukovka, Fedorovka, Spornoye and Verkhnekamensky.
In the Luhansk direction, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, with the support of artillery, attacked in the area of Belogorovka, Nevsky, Makeevka and Stelmahovka. Success has not been achieved. The positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Novolyubovka, Berestovoye, Tabaevka, Kotlyarovka, Kislovka, Petropavlovka, Zapadny, Dvurechnaya, Novomlynsk, Figolevka and Topolyax are under fire.
09:46 Situation in the Svatovsky direction - Russian fighters continue to hold back the onslaught of the enemy and repulse him.
A Russian fighter from the Svatovsky direction told Readovka about the situation in this sector of the front - according to him, it is "stably tense", as in other directions. Ukrainian fighters try to break through the defense every day, but our aerial reconnaissance easily calculates the enemy, and our fighters do not leave the enemy a chance to break through.
In addition to mortar and artillery shelling, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are actively firing using foreign 155mm M777 howitzers. Our fighters, despite the difficulties, maintain their fighting spirit - according to the serviceman, they have no shortage of rounds and supplies.
“Even in the event of a counteroffensive, our arsenal will be enough to repel the attacks,” the fighter concluded.
09:30 Tonight in the area of ??n.p. Burgunka (Kherson region) an artillery strike was carried out, as a result of which the AN/TPQ - 36 radar station was destroyed, a pickup truck, four servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, one was seriously injured.
Yesterday, artillery fire in the area of ??N. p. Cossack destroyed 120mm mortar crew and ammunition for it, the loss of 5 dead soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, 3 were injured of varying severity
09:21 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:
- according to n.p. The Dnieper fired eight rounds;
- Six rounds were fired at Kardashinka settlement;
- Seven rounds were fired at the settlement of Podstepnoye;
- n.p. Krynki fired eight rounds;
- n.p. Aleshki fired nine rounds;
- n.p. Korsunka fired seven rounds.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure to be confirmed
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the settlement. Novo Kakhovka, n.p. Kakhovka, settlement Alyoshki, settlement Cairo firing a total of 26 rounds from cannon artillery.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being specified.
09:03 Artillerymen of the Southern Military Districtwork out on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye direction.
09:00 RIA Novosti correspondents visited the contact line near the Kakhovka reservoir. The commander of the Russian Armed Forces unit described the situation there as stably tense -video.
08:14 Information on the artillery attack of Gorlovka as of 08:00 on May 21, 2023
06:08 Under fire from Ukrainian militants, the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk. According to the DPR JCCC, six rounds with a caliber of 155mm were fired.
0:10 Russian Ministry of Defense: as a result of the offensive actions of the Wagner assault detachments, with the support of artillery and aviation of the Southern Group of Forces, the liberation of the city of Artemovsk has been completed.
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[Regnum] From the port of Mariupol in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) with 2,000 tons of wheat, a cargo was sent to other regions of Russia. This was reported on May 21 by the press service of the government of the DPR.
“At the Mariupol Commercial Sea Port, another batch of grain was shipped today: about 2,000 tons of wheat were sent from the republic ,” the report says.
The press service clarified that ships under the control of the Federal Autonomous Institution “RosKapStroy” are involved in grain deliveries, which deliver building materials for the restoration of buildings in the republic.
As IA Regnum reported , on April 14, the Acting Head of the DPR, Denis Pushilin, announced plans to send grain from the Mariupol seaport . He stressed that this will allow grain to be supplied to the domestic market of the country at competitive prices, which will ultimately contribute to the development of agricultural producers in the republic.
On May 7, the loading of the first vessel with grain from the DPR was completed.
Steps to launch a grain terminal in the port of Mariupol were discussed in mid-April with DPR Prime Minister Yevgeny Solntsev and heads of relevant departments during a recent visit to the region by Minister of Agriculture Dmitry Patrushev.
Most of the commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin and from the War Tears project.
[ColonelCassad] According to War Tears, the Armed Forces of Ukraine lost 55,000 killed near Artemovsk
According to the War Tears project, during the battle for Artemovsk, participation in the hostilities of 221 enemy units and subunits was recorded. A complete list of marked units and the methodology for collecting information can be found here.
This is about 1/5 of all losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine since February 22. According to War Tears, as of May 18, the Armed Forces of Ukraine lost 264,432 killed.
ABOUT THE CURRENT SITUATION.
Regarding the front and who "covers" whom.
1. At the moment, on the evening of May 21, 2023, the Artemovskaya grouping of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, knocked out of Artemovsk, occupies a kind of ledge, on the flanks of which there are Russian troops in the Kleshcheevka-Kurdyumovka area and in the Berkhovka-Yagodny area, etc.
2. Attempts by the Armed Forces of Ukraine to advance from May 10 in the north-west and south-west of Artemovsk were supposed to not only cut off the penetration of Russian troops, but also lead to stabilization and leveling of the front near Artemovsk. The enemy was able to push our troops back from Bogdanovka and Krasnoe, taking several landings and positions, and also tried to advance at Sacco and Vanzetti, but had no serious success there.
3. Upon the fact of the offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, from May 10 to May 21, at the cost of heavy losses, the Armed Forces of Ukraine advanced on the flanks, but could not fundamentally change the situation with the continued coverage of the main forces west of Artemovsk, and also could not capture a single settlement, even seedy Sacco and Vanzetti.
4. In order to seriously talk about the capture of Artemovsk, the enemy must take Kleshcheevka, Andreevka, Zelenopolye, Kurdyumovka from the south, in order to then advance to Otradovka - this is what is called the capture of Artemovsk from the south.
To capture Artemovsk from the north, the enemy must at least take Sacco and Vanzetti, Dubovo-Vasilyevka, Berkhovka, Yagodnoye, Krasnaya Gora - this can be called the capture of Artemovsk from the north. At the moment, the enemy was not able to implement this.
5. Therefore, on May 21, the enemy not only lost Artemovsk, but against the background of stories about the capture of Artemovsk, he himself sits in a semi-coverage to the west of the city.
GENERAL SITUATION.
1. By May 21, the territory of the city of Artemovsk is completely liberated. The legal renaming of the city in accordance with Pushilin's decree on the rollback of all Ukrainian renaming to the state of May 2014 came into force. Since May 20, we have the Russian city of Artemovsk - de jure and de facto.
In the city itself, the cleansing of the western outskirts continues.
A serious demining process is ahead, which will be activated after the APU is driven away from the western outskirts of the city, because. now the enemy continues to shell our positions in the city with artillery and mortars.
There is a lot of dirty work associated with cleaning up corpses, incl. from under the ruins of high-rise buildings. There will be many of them.
2. The fighting in the Artemovsk direction does not stop. The units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine that retreated from Artemovsk are trying to stay in the area of the settlement. Chrome and Red.
Khromovo is not yet directly stormed, but covered with artillery. The position of the enemy there is difficult, and as our troops consolidate on the western outskirts of the city, the situation for the remnants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Khromovo will worsen even more. With Krasny it is more difficult - the enemy has a fairly serious fortified area there, which is reinforced by those forces that were able to retreat from Artemovsk.
The withdrawal at Kleshcheevka removed the semi-coverage from Krasnoy, which would somewhat complicate the subsequent operations of the RF Armed Forces to liberate Krasnoy.
3. The roads to Artemovsk through Chasov Yar and Khromovo lost their former significance. Almost all bridges on them are destroyed. Today, the RF Armed Forces destroyed the bridge near Krasnoe. On the roads and fields to the west of Artemovsk, there are still dozens of skeletons of destroyed wheeled and tracked vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The accumulation of enemy forces in Konstantinovka, Chasov Yar and Kramatorsk continue to be subjected to rocket and bomb attacks. It can be expected that soon the artillery impact in the direction of Chasov Yar and Konstantinovka will increase.
4. Information about the withdrawal of the enemy from Bogdanovka, Stupok, Orekhovo-Vasilyevka, etc. to the line Rai-Aleksandrovka - Chasov Yar is not true. At best, we could talk about the passage through these settlements of the remnants of the enemy forces from Artemovsk, which were assigned for rest and replenishment. The enemy intends to defend these settlements. In the meantime, he did not give up hope of achieving something more in his counterattacks to the northwest and southwest of Artemovsk.
Perhaps, attempts will still be made to capture Sacco and Vanzetti, Kurdyumovka, Kleshcheevka, in order to somehow justify the high costs of the "counteroffensive" near Artemovsk, which has not even led to the capture of one seedy village against the backdrop of the loss of one of the key cities of Donbass.
5. The enemy has not yet completely used up the operational reserves, but the strategic reserves, which were intended for offensives in the Svatovsky and Zaporozhye directions, were not brought into action here, and we will see them again in the coming months. However, the Artyomovskaya grouping of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (initially up to 80,000 bayonets) suffered huge losses and could not hold the city, which should not have been taken.
6. At the end of the month, a rotation will take place in Artemovsk - the RF Armed Forces will replace the Wagner PMC, which goes to the rear for rest and replenishment after a successful operation to liberate Artemovsk.
I am sure that if the hardware conflicts between Prigozhin and the leadership of the Ministry of Defense do not interfere, we will again see the Wagner in one of the key sectors of the NWO, where his experience and skill will be required.
PS. Prigozhin announced by night that from the end of May to the end of June, Wagner PMCs would not appear on vacation and at the front. They will rest and accept replenishment after 14 months of continuous fighting.
The commanders of PMC "Wagner" who took Artemovsk. All Heroes of Russia and holders of various state and PMC awards.
Remark by Dmitry Yudin taken from remarks on the V Kontakte page of Military Informant.
Bakhmut. Brief results of the losses on the part of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
A lot has been said about the volume of Ukrainian forces that were ground by the “Bahmut meat grinder”. Now - to dry numbers
- 21 brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were defeated;
- 10 brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have completely lost their combat capability;
- 57,000 AFU servicemen killed and more than 85,000 wounded;
- more than 10,000 pieces of equipment and weapons of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed;
- more than 50 aircraft and helicopters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were shot down in the sky over Bakhmut;
- more than 6,500 thousand foreign mercenaries destroyed;
— more than 35,000 units. weapons were captured by PMC Wagner during the battles for Soledar and Bakhmut.
#3
In the absence of nuke usage, chapo, Dresden is the closest you can legitimately claim.
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#4
/\ "To robbery, slaughter, plunder, they give the lying name of empire; they make a solitude and call it peace." --Calcagus, according to Tacitus.
The Chinese oligarchs are shaking their heads at the Russian lack of skill. The CCP wants Taiwan but they want to milk its resources like they did Hong Kong -- not rebuild a smoking rubble pile.
#5
Can we call it Artemovsk now that the battle has concluded?
ELI5: How is it possible? I thought Wagner was done in Bakhmut. That Wagner were pulling out. Poorly trained Conscripts were to replace them. I thought they ran out of ammo, and only had shovels. What about the UKR Counter-Offensive that was so successful that the next the day the city fell.
So are UKR troops so incompetent that Russian conscripts with shovels liberated the city.
American Propaganda and the Traction it gets makes me want to slit my wrists. Deep State would be so lucky.
"Bakhmut... as President Zelensky compares ruins of Ukrainian city to Hiroshima"
Yet Zelensky still sent young UKR men with wives and children to die in the Meat Grinder - despite it being a lost cause. For the optics.
#6
I'd like to see that video again where the Ukrainian fascists burned those ethnic Russians alive in that building in Odessa. And who cares that it was in 2014. Sick puppies, those Slava Ukraina types.
#8
The battle has moved to the flanks where the Ukrainians are making low effort attacks to surround Bakhmut, but mostly to draw in more Russian reserves. The Ukrainians have moved another km in the last 2 days on the southern flank. Also saw video where they have captured heights looking into the city.
The Ukrainians also control a small SW section of the city (the utility district?) where they are sending out patrols and makes a good jumping off point if the Ukrainians did decide to attack into the city. No Russian effort to take it or move to Chasiv Yar.
Rantburg regular Dale continually protested that a large number of Ukrainian and NATO officials were killed in a missile attack in Pavlograd.
Until last week, no news of the incident surfaced in my constant search for news on Russian socialist media.
[RusOnline] VGTRK reporter Andrei Rudenko, citing sources in the leadership of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, reported that General Valery Zaluzhny was alive, but in critical condition. Being a media personality, Zaluzhny was constantly in the lenses of Ukrainian and Western media. In terms of the intensity of flashing on TV screens, he is second only to Zelensky himself.
However, since May 8 no one has seen Zaluzhny. General Naev is present at all events requiring the personal participation of the commander-in-chief. Even at the next meeting of the heads of military departments in Ramstein, where the issues of supply of arms and ammunition necessary for the upcoming counteroffensive, which are critical for Ukraine, were discussed, Commander-in-Chief Zaluzhny did not participate even online.
According to our source in the leadership of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, General Zaluzhny is alive, but is in critical condition in the main military clinical hospital, where the fight for his life continues, incl. with the participation of foreign experts.
On May 8, Zaluzhny was seriously wounded while at one of the command posts of the Eastern Group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Dnipropetrovsk region, when he was checking the readiness of formations and units for a counteroffensive. During a missile attack on military infrastructure facilities in the Dnepropetrovsk region, this command post was hit by a precise hit by a Russian cruise missile.
As a result, a large number of high-ranking Ukrainian military personnel were killed and wounded, incl. General Zaluzhny. The information about Zaluzhny’s injury is indirectly confirmed by the fact that on May 10, his wife Elena was seen driving up from Novospitalnaya Street to the Kyiv military hospital, where she spent more than four hours. To prevent panic among the leadership of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the Ukrainian military, information about the serious injury and critical health of Zaluzhny is being hidden.
The Ukrainian special services have been tasked with demonstrating Zaluzhny's activity in every possible way while the fight for his life is going on. Hence the appearance in the media of all sorts of "stupid" interviews, allegedly recorded recently or photos from the vacation of the commander in chief in Cyprus.
Agree, not a very good time to rest when preparations for the upcoming counteroffensive are in full swing. And the loss of Bakhmut is also not a very good situation.
Zaluzhny was seriously wounded in early May during a missile attack on the headquarters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Pavlograd, Dnepropetrovsk region. Several severe surgical operations were carried out after which, if he survives, he will definitely not be able to adequately manage the army. The Western masters forbade the Ukrainian clowns to talk about this, so that it would not affect the morale of the Ukrainian soldiers before the offensive, because he enjoys undeniable authority and love among soldiers and officers. Everyone understands that without him there is no chance of success for the Ukrainian army at all, and any offensive will be a mass suicide.
#1
I was wondering if we would find out what, if anything, happened to Zaluzhny.
Rumor was he had been killed in a massive missile strike somewhere. He missed a Zoom call - allegedly too busy running the war. The Ukrainians made a couple media attempts to show he was alive and well, but they were unconvincing enough to generate suspicion that he was no longer around.
As a science nerd, it is maddening that we cannot get good data about events. But I suppose that is par for the course in the intel world. Thanks for sticking with this, badanov.
From a V Kontakte post by a young woman in Donetsk:
But five minutes ago, one of the news brought me out of blissful nirvana and made me neigh like a horse. Zaluzhny was found. In hospital. Complications he has severe after surgery for dildos. Yes. Wounded in the causal place.
#3
"no news of the incident surfaced in my constant search"
Did you stay silo'd in American Search Engines to search Russian Sites?
Increasingly that's a problem if you are looking for a wider perspective on things. Otherwise American Search Engine results are curated to give you a particular narrative.
#4
tl;dr: There was a big missile strike, some people of various import got killed. Deaders included General Zaluzhny who, as it turns out, was only mostly dead. So Dale was mostly right. Credit where credit is due.
Text from the V Kontakte page of Igor Strelkov
I already briefly expressed my opinion on the completion of the assault on Bakhmut in the "cart." But, reading the strained and joyful comments on VKontakte, I thought that it would be necessary here, too, to calmly and in detail go through this operation, which is now (in order to stick "victorious laurels" on the bald head of "Cook") in every possible way inflate. "Cook" is a reference to Wagner PMC head Evgeney Prigozhin
So, in a nutshell.
1. After the humiliating and almost catastrophic autumn defeats in the Kharkiv region, first the reduction of the Kherson bridgehead under the onslaught of the enemy, and then its complete abandonment, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, having carried out a partial "under-mobilization" (since its legal status turned out to be completely incomprehensible and it was limited only by conscripting 250-300 thousand men into the army and nothing more), they tried during the winter campaign (gradually turning into spring) to "take revenge" on the Donbass front.
Precisely and only in the Donbass (Donetsk-Lugansk). Because even earlier (in the spring of last year - after the "de-escalation"), the Kremlin adopted (and remains unchanged to this day) a course towards "freezing the conflict through a compromise agreement with partners." And as part of "achieving this agreement" no offensive deep into the so-called. "Ukraines" are not considered at all - no matter what strategic prospects they promise.
Therefore, only "fight in the battle of attrition" in the position of the enemy in the Donbass in the hope that "sooner or later the partners will mature."
The cretinism of this concept and its stillbirth are exceptional. But it is being implemented with the same gloomy-idiotic stubbornness with which they have been trying to implement exactly the same "non-alternative Minsk agreements" for eight years.
Starting from the end of April last year, all offensive operations of the RF Armed Forces were carried out ONLY in the Donbass. Even having occupied part of the Kharkov region along the line of the Seversky Donets - they were not going to advance west of it - they were exclusively driven to the south - to the most heavily fortified Slavic-Kramatorsk agglomeration. With the corresponding result... n. "Ukraines" are not considered at all - no matter what strategic prospects they promise.
2. That is, starting an offensive in the Donbass in the late autumn of last year, our "military strategists" again tried to solve for the political leadership the task that our elderly cretins "drew" in their heads: "Completely liberate the Donbass and transgress to bargaining with Kiev and dear Western partners in order to impose on them the "status quo": Crimea, Donbass and the Corridor to Crimea are behind us, we do not pretend to be more."
As we can see, this task has not been solved even to a small extent in seven months of bloody battles (in many areas - near Avdeevka and Maryinka, for example, almost continuous).
And the fact that "Wagner" - supplied and replenished until the middle of winter this year. "by the category of luxury" - after all (at the cost of almost complete loss of their own infantry), during the months-long meat grinder, they managed to "squeeze out" two towns - Soledar and Bakhmut - this is the only tactical victory. And in connection with the complete failure of the strategic task - the capture of Bakhmut is presented as "the crown of military leadership" and "an epoch-making battle of world-historical significance."
3. Meanwhile - as already noted above - on the whole, the operation ended in a strategic failure of our troops. The enemy has NOT been ousted from the Donbass in all the main directions, in most directions - not moved at all.
During the offensive, the RF Armed Forces used up a lot of trained manpower, exhausted almost to the bottom the stocks of weapons, equipment and ammunition necessary for further offensive operations.
Therefore, Bakhmut's "squeezing" has been given increased attention over the past two months - it was necessary to achieve at least some result "for propaganda" in order to "take a breather" later ... So, like, they won ... And yesterday they stopped immediately at the outskirts of Bakhmut, as soon as they crawled to it - there are no forces to go further ...
4. Now we should wait for the "return move" from the enemy. Similar to the one that was made by the enemy in September, right after our valiant generals "tormented" the tiny town of Peski on the outskirts of Donetsk in a month.
Why do I think the enemy will attack soon? - Yes, precisely because now he has the best chance of success. - The best strike units of the RF Armed Forces are exhausted by many months of battles. The stock of ammunition is minimal. If, for example, the enemy chooses the Donetsk front for attack (for example, in the Mariupol direction), then he will be met by units and subunits badly battered and "thinned" by the transfer of reserves to Bakhmut. And if he decides to attack on the Zaporozhye front, then he may not worry about the stability of his defense in the Slavic-Kramatorsk direction and near Avdievka.
5. And therefore - I consider the victory near Bakhmut:
a) Initially unnecessary ("distraction to an unusable object", I wrote about this many times);
b) Pyrrhic.
Commentary by Vyacheslav Volodin. Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin is in italics.
[ColonelCassad] Volodin walked around Poland and promised to close the transit of Polish trucks through Russia. Volodin is Chairman of the Russian State Duma Vyacheslav Viktorovich Volodin
She forgot that her liberation from the fascist invaders was given to the Soviet people at a high price.
A third of the current Polish territories - areas with developed infrastructure, industrial enterprises, as well as rich in natural resources - became part of it after the Second World War only thanks to our country.
In the post-war period, the Soviet people, tearing themselves away from themselves, spent more than 750 billion dollars on the restoration and development of Poland, according to today's estimates (more than 800 industrial, energy, and transport facilities have been built).
Poland exists as a state only thanks to our country.
One understands why they think so, after almost a century of propaganda, and why Poland strongly disagrees.
The Poles act vilely:
1. Demolish monuments to the Soviet soldier-liberator.
2. Close Russian schools.
3. They steal Russian property.
They behave in a rude manner.
Having abandoned the common history, desecrated the memory of our soldiers and officers, Poland must return the territories acquired as a result of the Second World War and reimburse our country for the funds spent on it in the war and post-war years.
In addition, it would be right to forbid Poland to cash in on Russia today: to stop the passage of Polish trucks through the territory of our country.
Let the goods be loaded onto Russian trucks.
Our citizens will earn on transportation.
Poland's costs in this case may amount to about 8.5 billion euros. According to experts, as a result of this, about 2,000 Polish transport companies, which employ more than 20,000 drivers, will suffer or go bankrupt.
The question will be considered at the Council of the Duma on Monday.
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Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
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