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I wouldn't consider a 2km gain over 3km a reversal. Slap in the face for Russia, yes. If it was followed up with an armored fist for a breakthrough it would be a reversal.
But, it does show the poor supply, moral and training that the Russians have currently. That could be exploited elsewhere.
I don't think the Ukrainians want to press the attack too far, unless as you say, the Russians break and run. It would distract from main attack. But this is also good practice for going on the offensive. See what works before mistakes get expensive.
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[VESTI] May 10 is the 441st day of the war between Russia and Ukraine. Briefly about the main thing that happened in the country on that day, about the situation in the regions, the exchange of prisoners, losses, as well as all the relevant information from key departments - online Vesti.ua .
07:00 . Dnepropetrovsk region. Three Shahed drones were shot down over the Dnipropetrovsk region at night.
Kharkov region. On the evening of May 9, Russia launched a missile attack on Kupyansk, previously with Iskander missiles. The buildings of the enterprise and five private houses were damaged, three people were injured.
Donetsk region. On May 9, the Russians wounded 1 person in Konstantinovka. Near Bakhmut, the Armed Forces of Ukraine defeated the 72nd Russian brigade, liberated the territory and took prisoners. As a result of the offensive actions of the 3rd Separate Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, units of the 72nd Brigade of the Russian Federation were defeated - the 6th and 8th companies were actually completely destroyed; brigade reconnaissance was broken, a significant number of armored combat vehicles were destroyed, a significant number of prisoners were captured.
The so-called 3rd assault detachment of the military-industrial complex "Wagner" suffered heavy losses. Offensive operations were carried out in a strip three km wide and two km 600 meters deep. This entire territory has been completely liberated from Russian troops, Andrey Biletsky, the founder of the Azov Regiment, said.
08:00 . Kherson region. During the day, Russia carried out 63 shelling of the Kherson region - one person was injured. A total of 354 shells from heavy artillery, Grads, tanks, LNG, UAVs and aviation were fired across the region. Kherson Russian troops fired seven times.
Nikolaevkskaya area. The Russian reconnaissance UAV "Orlan-10" was destroyed. The Russian Federation launched artillery and mortar attacks on the waters of the Ochakovo community on May 9 from 18:50 to 19:05 and on the morning of May 10 from 04:00 to 04:10. No damage or casualties.
09:00 . Zaporozhye region. During the day, May 9, Russia launched 107 strikes on the region, 19 settlements came under fire. A 34-year-old woman was seriously injured during the shelling of the house at night.
In Energodar, the Russians began "evacuating" family members of ZNPP workers to Berdyansk and Kirillovka to recreation centers and hotels. Those who agreed were taken to the Rostov region of the Russian Federation and placed in tent camps.
10:00 . RF. Two drones attacked a military facility in the Voronezh region, its governor Gusev said. According to him, one drone fell, another was shot down.
13:00 . Kharkov region. During the shelling of Volchansk, a man was killed, a woman may be under the rubble.
14:00 . Lugansk region. It is reported that they arrived in Kadievka at the Donbass Hotel, where the Russian military was probably located.
15:00 . Kherson region. In the center of Kherson, a water supply system was damaged due to Russian shelling. There will be interruptions in water supply in the central part of the city. Currently, work is underway to eliminate the consequences of shelling.
16:00 . The Russians fired at the borderlands of the Chernihiv and Sumy regions three times.
17:17 . Negotiations on a "grain deal" have started in Istanbul. This was reported by the Turkish Ministry of Defense.
18:00 . During these days, the enemy launched one missile strike with a S-300 missile on the civilian infrastructure of Konstantinovka in the Donetsk region, launched 35 air strikes and carried out 4 shelling from the MLRS on the settlements of the Kherson region. Civilians suffered, houses and other civilian infrastructure were destroyed. Operational summary of the General Staff as of 18:00.
18:33 . Pentagon Speaker General Pat Ryder confirms the downing of an X-47 Kinzhal missile using the MIM-104 Patriot air defense system by Ukrainian air defense fighters.
18:59 . At about 17:00, the occupiers fired mortars at one of the villages in the Kakhovka district. As a result of the shelling, a local resident received injuries incompatible with life. Residential houses and outbuildings were damaged.
19:25 . The eRecovery system crashed due to thousands of claims for war-damaged housing. This was reported by the Ministry of Restoration. Users are advised to log into the app later.
19:57 . Explosions are reported again in Sumy and Chernihiv regions. The information is being specified.
20:25 . The enemy continues to concentrate his main efforts on the Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky and Maryinsky directions. During the day, the enemy made more than 30 attacks on the indicated sectors of the front. The fiercest fighting continues in the cities of Bakhmut and Marinka.
20:57 . In the Limansky direction, the enemy conducted unsuccessful offensive operations in the area of Serebryansky forestry during the day. Also, in the Shakhtyorsk direction, the enemy conducted offensive operations in the Novomikhailovka area during the day, but had no success. Operational summary of the General Staff as of 18:00.
21:22 . The Czech Republic will give Ukraine 2 batteries SAM "Cube" This was stated by President Petr Pavel. According to him, the set will include "a relatively large number of missiles."
21:49 . Stopping the supply of weapons to Ukraine will not stop the war: OP adviser Mykhailo Podolyak refuted the words of Josep Borrell. According to Podolyak, the cessation of arms supplies only means an increase in the scale of the war and its transfer to other territories.
22:22 . Russian President Putin signed a decree on conscription for military training of citizens who are in the reserve. It is noted that such a decree is annual. Last year, 2022, a similar document was signed on February 18.
22:47 . Aviation of the Defense Forces in 24 hours delivered three strikes on areas of concentration of enemy personnel and equipment, units of missile forces and artillery hit one air defense system, 2 areas of concentration of manpower, one fuel and lubricants depot, as well as an enemy electronic warfare station. Operational summary of the General Staff as of 18:00.
23:23 . Ukraine did not plan to attack Moscow on May 9th. This was stated by the representative of the GUR Andrey Yusov.
“I think that if Ukraine wanted to do something in Moscow on May 9, then we would certainly see this effect. More than once there were statements from public figures and the military-political leadership that our goal is military facilities. As far as propaganda activities are concerned, it is of little interest."
23:37 . The International Fund for Ukraine, founded by Britain and the EU, and engaged in the purchase of weapons, called on manufacturers of long-range weapons with a range of up to 300 kilometers to report whether they are interested in selling such weapons for the Armed Forces of Ukraine
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[Korrespondent] 22:43 US Attorney General Merrick Garland authorized the first transfer of confiscated Russian assets to Ukraine for the purpose of recovery. We are talking about the funds of the Russian oligarch Konstantin Malofeev, confiscated by the US court due to accusations of sanctions evasion. They can be transferred to Ukraine in accordance with the budget amendment adopted in December 2022. "Although this is the first transfer by the United States of confiscated Russian funds for the reconstruction of Ukraine, it will not be the last," the US Attorney General stressed.
22:31 Zelensky said in an evening video message that "the international bloc is very actively working in detail with partners for new defense packages for Ukraine. New solutions are already at the working level. More protection for our skies, more opportunities for our defense and movement on earth... Today I held several meetings where we discussed all this. And we are expecting reciprocal steps from partners in the near future."
22:15 The ex-president of Motor Sich Vyacheslav Boguslaev asked to be included in the list for an exchange with Russia - this is stated in a letter of application signed by him addressed to the head of the Office of the President Andrey Yermak, which is at the disposal of Radio Liberty.
20:56 Bundeswehr inspector Karsten Breuer, after a visit to Ukraine, said that there are no conditions for a full-scale offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine yet, but preparations for it are underway: "The land is still swampy and wet. In some places there are still large lakes in the fields. In recent weeks there were no conditions yet for a full-scale offensive."
19:51 The FSB of the Russian Federation announced that it had detained a native of Ukraine in Samara on suspicion of preparing a "terrorist attack" during the "international anti-fascist festival."
19:27 Commander of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrsky confirmed that in certain sectors of the front the enemy could not withstand the pressure of the Ukrainian defenders and retreated to a distance of up to 2 km. He clarified that the competent conduct of the defense operation had exhausted the trained forces of the Wagner PMC and forced them to be replaced in certain directions by less trained units of the regular Russian troops, who were defeated and retreated.
"Despite a significant concentration of troops and loud statements by Russian war criminals about their intention to take Bakhmut before May 9, the enemy has not been able to capture the Ukrainian city. Our defense forces securely hold the front and do not allow the enemy to move forward. The battle for Bakhmut continues," he stressed. Syrsky.
18:48 The Russians fired mortars at one of the villages of the Kakhovka district of the Kherson region, one person died, the regional prosecutor's office said.
18:09 In December last year, a Russian missile violated the airspace of Poland and fell on the territory of the country. As it turned out, the Polish military did not inform the prosecutor's office about the incident, although they were obliged to do so. Journalists suggest that the military wanted to hide this incident. For more details, see the article The fall of a Russian missile on NATO territory: new data .
17:54 The Czech Republic will give Ukraine two Soviet-made anti-aircraft missile systems Cube of Soviet production and missiles for them, said President Petr Pavel. According to him, Ukraine can start using these systems immediately, since it has fighters trained for this type of equipment.
17:26 Bild reporter Paul Ronzheimer showed fragments of the Dagger missile, which Ukrainian soldiers shot down over Kiev from the Patriot air defense system.
17:18 The head of the KGB of Belarus, Ivan Tertel, told the details about the allegedly prevented terrorist attack on May 9. According to him, "the traces of the mastermind behind the attacks lead to Ukraine." "We detained a certain number of people who were preparing to commit terrorist attacks. And we know that the special services are behind this. These were attempts to organize terrorist attacks on our territory. And we believe that this was tied specifically to Victory Day," Tertel said.
He said that the explosive devices were allegedly disguised as household appliances that arrived in Belarus from abroad. Parcels were received by different people with the task "to pick up and not ask unnecessary questions." At the right time, the parcels were allegedly supposed to be activated "in order to provoke victims, stir up the situation in the country."
16:47 In Kherson and the Kherson region, during a long curfew from May 5 to May 8, two spotters of artillery fire were detained and a cache of weapons was found, said the head of the OVA Alexander Prokudin. According to him, a total of nine criminal proceedings have been registered during this time.
16:26 Kuleba said in an interview with Bild that the counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine may not be the last: “Because we don’t know what will come of it. And if we manage to liberate our territories with this counteroffensive, then in the end you will say that it was the last, and if not, then you need to prepare for the next counteroffensive.
16:00 Speaker of the Eastern Group of Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Sergey Cherevaty said that in Bakhmut the 72nd separate motorized rifle brigade of the Russian army really suffered significant losses, but was not completely destroyed. He also confirmed that the Armed Forces of Ukraine managed to advance to a depth of 2 km. According to Cherevaty, as part of the defense operation, Ukrainian defenders from time to time carry out counter-offensive actions, "as it was this time - on the southern flank."
15:54 During the week, the Russian side has thrown three messages about the alleged liquidation of Ukrainian commanders. In particular, rumors about the alleged death of Zaluzhny began to spread today. Deputy Defense Minister Anna Malyar stressed that they are all alive, and such messages are usually distributed with the aim of psychologically influencing the person himself, demoralizing the Ukrainian troops or short-term hype on the topic to raise the spirit of their own troops. "This is just a minor public episode, from which you can understand the conditions under which our command is fighting," Maliar added.
15:41 Vatican Secretary of State Pietro Parolin confirmed the existence of the Vatican's peace mission and was surprised that officials in Russia and Ukraine allegedly do not know anything about it: "They know about it, but due to bureaucratic obstacles, the messages to be delivered may were not delivered. This is just my interpretation, but I know both parties were informed."
15:27 Explosions at military facilities in Russia are the consequences of armed aggression against Ukraine, Andrey Yusov, representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate, said in an interview with the Orestocracy project. "We will probably get the names of all those who do this after the victory. I will say this: these are forces that are aware of the danger of the Putin regime, including on the territory of the Russian Federation itself," he specified.
According to Yusov, these forces know information about the routes and objects of military logistics of the Russian Federation, therefore, the demilitarization of the country will continue until "until Russia withdraws its troops from Ukraine completely - beyond the borders of 1991, does not extradite war criminals and reimburses all losses."
The representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense also expressed the opinion that against the backdrop of military failures, the likelihood of a "bombing of Voronezh", when Russian special services can commit provocations against their own population, will grow.
14:59 China does not intend to benefit from Russia's war against Ukraine and hopes for further discussions of its peace plan, Foreign Minister Qin Gang said. He also noted that China's special envoy to Europe would soon visit Ukraine again. "We will not add fuel to the fire," the Chinese diplomat promised.
In addition, he dismissed reports that Chinese firms were supplying critical components to the Russian arms industry and noted that China maintains "normal" trade relations with Russia.
14:38 Russia today canceled visas for citizens of Georgia and decided to resume air traffic, which it itself unilaterally suspended in 2019. Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili called these decisions a provocation: "Another Russian provocation. The resumption of direct flights and the lifting of visa restrictions with Georgia is unacceptable as long as Russia continues its aggression against Ukraine and the occupation of our territory." Meanwhile, the ruling party of Georgia actively supports the resumption of flights with the Russian Federation.
14:20 The Defense Forces will create new mobile air defense groups, said the commander of the Joint Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Sergey Naev. According to him, he has already handed over a new batch of vehicles to the defenders to create mobile fireteams. "We are trying to find the most effective methods to counter air threats ... These groups will protect the sky on the outskirts of Kyiv, as well as the airspace over other settlements in the north and north-west of Ukraine," Naev added.
13:53 The Russians fired artillery at Volchansk, Kharkiv region, one person died, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said. According to preliminary information, one person may still be under the rubble, and emergency services are working on the spot.
13:50 Japan is negotiating the opening of the first Asian office of NATO because of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi said. According to him, what is happening in Eastern Europe directly affects the situation in the Pacific region.
13:39 The Technical Institute of the Polish Air Force has previously established that the rocket fragments found near the city of Bydgoszcz belong to the Russian X-55. According to the findings, the X-55 cruise missile hit Poland through the eastern border. If the conclusion is officially confirmed, this would mean that the missile was fired from a Russian aircraft during a massive shelling of Ukrainian territory in mid-December.
13:08 Poland's land army will become the strongest in Europe in two years, Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak said. According to him, the goal of Warsaw is to create such a strong army that Russia would not dare to attack the country.
12:59 Putin made a decision according to which Russia completely withdraws from the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe, signed with NATO countries in 1990. This treaty limited the number of weapons and military equipment for the participating countries. The final withdrawal from the treaty must be approved by the Russian parliament.
12:23 Radio Liberty journalists have created an interactive map of Crimea with 223 Russian military installations with geolocations. The map shows active, temporary and mothballed military installations. Thus, the journalists decided to warn local residents living near these objects about the danger.
11:49 In Dії, you can apply for the repair of damaged housing. єVіdnovlennya is monetary assistance from the state for the repair of housing damaged due to hostilities. The maximum amount is 200 thousand hryvnia. Cash is awarded if the housing was damaged due to a Russian attack after February 24, 2022; recoverable; placed in a non-occupied territory and has not been fully repaired independently. The payment can be spent on construction materials or services of contractors who are participants in the Renovation program.
11:35 Russians are preparing for the "evacuation" of about 3,100 people from Energodar, including 2,700 station workers who signed a contract with the fake Zaporozhye NPP Operating Organization JSC or another Rosatom enterprise, and their families, Energoatom reports. At the same time, the Russians banned the ZNPP workers from leaving the city almost from the very beginning of the occupation.
11:18 Zaluzhny refused to participate in today's meeting of the NATO military committee, even via videoconference, due to the tense operational situation in Ukraine, said the head of the committee, British Admiral Rob Bauer. According to him, the military representative of Ukraine in Brussels will inform representatives of the NATO countries about the upcoming Ukrainian counter-offensive.
11:13 In the Bryansk region, the Druzhba oil pipeline, located 150 km from the border, was again attacked. According to Baza, in the early morning of May 10, an oil pipeline loading station in the village of Sven came under fire. The strikes hit three empty storage tanks for oil products, no leaks or fires occurred, and no one was injured. It is not yet known what kind of ammunition was fired at Druzhba.
10:54 As part of the mandatory evacuation from the Donetsk region, since August 2022, about 70 thousand people have moved to safe regions, including more than 8,000 children and more than 3,000 people with limited mobility, the Ministry of Reintegration reported.
In addition, the evacuation from the de-occupied territories continues, which began last fall. More than 25,000 citizens left the Kharkiv region in eight months, and more than 23,000 people were evacuated from the recently liberated territories of the Kherson region in six months.
10:50 Commander of the 3rd assault brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Andrey Biletsky announced the return of strategically important positions in the vicinity of Bakhmut and the defeat of units of the 72nd brigade of the Russian army.
10:44 Governor of the Voronezh region Alexander Gusev confirmed the attack of drones on a military facility. Allegedly, one UAV "as a result of measures of influence" deviated from the course and fell, the second was destroyed by fire damage. He did not report any casualties.
10:18 90% of the population returned to the Nikolaev area - more than 460 thousand people now live there in comparison with 486 thousand before the beginning of full-scale war, the head of OVA Vitaly Kim reported. He specified that about 30 thousand people from Kherson have now moved to Nikolaev.
10:11 FSB announced the prevention of an assassination attempt on the "police chief" of the village of Kirillovka, Zaporozhye region.
09:47 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reported that the Ukrainian military managed to advance 7 km from Avdiivka in the Donetsk region as a result of a successful counterattack.
09:24 British military intelligence believes that Moscow could show more armored vehicles at the May 9 parade, but the authorities were afraid of criticism from within the country due to the priority of parades over hostilities.
08:56 Drones attacked a military training ground in the Voronezh region at night, the Baza telegram channel reports. According to him, two drones filled with explosives flew up to the training ground and exploded as they fell. About 14 servicemen were injured, according to preliminary data, there were no deaths.
08:49 At night, the Russians fired three Shahed attack drones in the Dnipropetrovsk region, they were all shot down, the head of the OVA, Serhiy Lysak, said.
08:35 The United States does not plan to transfer long-range missiles to Ukraine, since the UK will do it, Politico writes, citing sources. On the eve of The Washington Post assumed that we are talking about Storm Shadow air-launched cruise missiles. At the same time, Washington will continue to provide air defenses, ammunition and armored vehicles.
08:18 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of May 10.
personnel - about 196,310 (+690) people liquidated,
tanks - 3736 (+2),
armored combat vehicles - 7275 (+18),
artillery systems - 3039 (+8),
MLRS - 555 (+1),
air defense systems - 308 (+1),
aircraft - 308 (+0),
helicopters - 294 (+0),
UAV operational-tactical level - 2624 (+6),
cruise missiles - 970 (+15),
ships/boats - 18 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 5974 (+5),
special equipment - 389 (+1).
08:13 The Russian army is concentrating its main efforts on the Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky and Maryinsky directions - it has made 46 attacks. The most fierce fighting continues for Bakhmut and Marinka, the General Staff reported in the morning report .
In Energodar, the occupiers organized the so-called "evacuation" for family members of the employees of the Zaporizhzhya NPP, while the employees of the power plant themselves are prohibited from leaving the city. People are taken to Berdyansk and Kirillovka to recreation centers and hotels. However, those who agreed were taken to the Rostov region and placed in tent camps. And from Velikaya Belozerka, most of the collaborators left last week in their own vehicles in the direction of Crimea.
07:37 Governor of the Kursk region Roman Starovoit said that the air defense forces allegedly shot down a Ukrainian drone near Kursk, no one was injured.
00:24 Pentagon Speaker Pat Ryder confirmed that Ukraine shot down a Russian hypersonic Kinzhal missile using the Patriot air defense system.
00:11 In Latvia, 17 people were detained for laying flowers and displaying prohibited symbols on May 9, 23 administrative and four criminal cases were initiated, the police said.
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[NewsFrontInfo] 21:23 In Bakhmut, a Ukrainian militant Taras Dmitrirenko, an operator of the Stugna-P ATGM, who was trained in the UK, was liquidated. 20:11 Work howitzers 152mm Msta-S on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
20:10 Russian paratroopers stormed the stronghold of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the direction of Svatovo-Kremennaya
Personnel published by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
The enemy retreated, leaving weapons and ammunition there, as well as dead and wounded.
19:35 Artillerymen of the Southern Military District work out on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye direction.
This time, some Nazis managed to escape.
19:34 PMC "Wagner" will continue the offensive in Artemovsk (Bakhmut) - Prigozhin
Wagner operators will continue the offensive in Artemovsk, said Yevgeny Prigozhin. There will be no abandonment of the city - Wagner PMC is left to occupy the western part of Artemovsk (Bakhmut).
The PMC is also awaiting a final decision on the issuance of the necessary ammunition and weapons, which have already begun to arrive.
18:54 Destroyed Ukrainian truck "KRAZ" in the Donetsk direction
18:54 A man was injured due to the shelling of the Armed Forces of the Kursk region, he was shell-shocked due to the explosion
Governor Roman Starovoit said that near the village of Guevo, the Ukrainian military fired on a protective facility under construction. One of the builders was shell-shocked because of the explosion. Now he is in the hospital.
“At the same time, the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired on the village of Krasnooktyabrsky in the Glushkovsky district. Recorded six arrivals. The roof of the outbuilding was damaged. Fortunately, there were no casualties,” the governor added.
17:14 Loitering ammunition "Lancet" of the Southern group hits the 122mm 2S1 self-propelled guns "Carnation" of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
17:14 Movement of the 122mm BM-21 “Grad” convoy of the RF Armed Forces to their positions in the zone of the special operation
16:01 Undercover: joint combat work crews of gun-howitzers 152mm D-20 and SAM "Strela-10"
Crews of 152-mm D-20 towed howitzer guns destroyed manpower and nationalist fortifications camouflaged in dense forest. Shooting was carried out at enemy fire targets from closed firing positions with high-explosive fragmentation shells at a distance of up to 15 km.
Unmanned aerial vehicle crews were involved in adjusting fire and controlling targets.
Covering the positions of artillery installations from the action of reconnaissance and strike UAVs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was carried out by the calculations of the Strela-10 anti-aircraft missile system.
14:38 New briefing by the RF Ministry of Defense. Main:
🔹Assault detachments continue offensive operations on the northwestern and western outskirts of the city of Artemovsk.
🔹The units of the Russian Airborne Forces tie down the actions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the flanks during the battles for Artemovsk.
🔹The RF Armed Forces hit units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Krasnoe and Stupochki in the DPR, as well as the western outskirts of the city of Artemovsk.
🔹The RF Armed Forces hit the point of repair, restoration of weapons and military equipment of the 65th mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye region.
🔹Russian troops stopped the actions of five Ukrainian DRGs in the Kupyansk direction.
🔹The RF Armed Forces destroyed up to 80 military units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in a day in the Kherson direction.
🔹Over the past day, Russian air defense systems shot down a Ukrainian Su-27 aircraft in the Kharkiv region.
🔹Russian troops destroyed up to 60 soldiers and self-propelled guns "Acacia" of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Krasnolimansky direction in a day.
🔹The command post of the 107th Territorial Defense Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was hit in the DPR.
🔹The Armed Forces of Ukraine lost more than 240 military and foreign mercenaries in the Donetsk direction.
🔹The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation destroyed the warehouse of rocket and artillery weapons of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Belokuzminovka region in the DPR.
🔹The Russian Armed Forces destroyed up to 70 military units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the 152mm Msta-B howitzer in a day in the Yuzhnodonetsk and Zaporozhye directions.
13:49 Airborne troops recaptured enemy attack
The paratroopers discovered an armed group of militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine approaching the positions of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.
With aimed fire from small arms and grenade launchers, the fighters of the "winged infantry" inflicted a fire defeat on the enemy unit, preventing it from approaching the strongholds of the Russian troops.
13:12 Yesterday, in the area of Chasov Yar, as a result of another shelling, Aleksey Titarenko, the chief consultant of the Directorate for Domestic and Humanitarian Policy of the OP, was killed.
12:59 An air alert was announced on Wednesday in the eastern part of Ukraine. This is evidenced by the data of the official resource for alerting the population.
Sirens sound in Dnipropetrovsk, Poltava, Sumy and Kharkiv regions, as well as in Ukrainian-controlled areas of the DPR and Zaporozhye region.
11:51 Assault aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces continue to successfully fulfill tasks for the destruction of manpower and equipment of Ukrainians.
11:51 Circumstance in Artemovsk (Bakhmut) through the eyes of the enemy.
Assault units and gunners of PMC “Wagner” continue to hit positions and fight against the Nazis who had taken refuge in the city
10:39 Personnel destruction of a hangar with APU equipment (BMP-1, armored vehicles Dingo ATF, armored personnel carrier YPR-765, Kozak-7) on the right bank of the Kherson region
09:27 Combat work of crews of Kornet anti-tank missile systems of the Western Military District during a special operation -video.
09:01 Calculations of anti-tank systems and mortars Donetsk 1st Donetsk Army Corps effectively destroy enemy.
Crews of anti-tank missile systems and mortars of the 1st Donetsk Army Corps destroyed a detachment of Ukrainian nationalists moving along the line of contact.
08:20 Ideological neo-Nazi and member of the “Right Sector” – Victor Panaskodestroyedin the Bakhmut meat grinder.
Panasko was a member of the so-called “first sortie” of Yarosh’s militants against Russian militias in Slovyansk in 2014.
08:07 Russian artillery plucked three attempts by Ukrainian troops to rotate units, the Defense Ministry said.
07:55 Early in the morning, air defense forces shot down an enemy drone near Kursk, the governor said -photo.
07:30 Calculation of anti-tank systems of the “Kalmius” brigadedestroyeda firing point that fired at civilians on May 9.
The calculation of the ATGM of the 14th Guards Artillery Brigade "Kalmius" destroyed the enemy's firing point in the Maryinsky direction, which was firing at residential areas. The well-coordinated actions of the calculation made it possible to hit the target with a well-aimed hit from the first shot.
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[NewsFrontInfo] 23:08 Work"Gerani" in the Zaporozhye region. 22:50 Fixed shelling from the VFU.
22:33 A series of the most powerful arrivals in the Chernihiv region.
22:25 Report about explosions in the Zaporozhye district of the Zaporozhye region (occupied by the Armed Forces of Ukraine).
22:00 Powerful in Kherson explosions.
22:00 Fixed shelling from the VFU.
21:59 In Chernihiv region explosions.
21:11 Unexploded ordnance of the MLRS HIMARS was found while clearing the rubble of a house in the city of Stakhanov in the Lugansk People's Republic, which was attacked by Ukrainian troops on Wednesday.
19:07 Consequences of artillery attack of the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk, in which a pensioner received shrapnel wounds.
18:50 Statement of head of the press center of the Vostok group:
In the South-Donetsk direction, the advanced units of the Vostok group, supported by a mortar battery, destroyed an enemy reconnaissance group.
The crew of the TOS-1 heavy flamethrower system destroyed an enemy platoon stronghold southeast of Vodyany. The calculation of the 240mm self-propelled mortar "Tulip" destroyed the point of temporary deployment of the enemy in the area of the settlement of Velikaya Novosyolka.
In the Zaporozhye direction, artillery and MLRS fire destroyed a temporary deployment point in the Malinovka area and a cluster of militants in the Zelyony Pole area, identified during aerial reconnaissance.
The crew of the tank destroyed the enemy's stronghold in the area of the settlement of Novoselka. The calculation of the 122mm BM-21 MLRS "Grad" destroyed an American-made armored personnel carrier M-113 in the area of the settlement of Primorskoye.
18:35 Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation recorded the consequences of artillery attack by the Ukrainian Nazis of the city of Stakhanov LPR -video.
18:20 Ukrainian militants shelled residential quarters in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk.
Civilians of Donetsk were again under attack by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. This time, rounds from Ukrainian fighters hit an apartment building in the Petrovsky district, its windows were broken, and the roof was damaged. Thick smoke rises in some areas of Donetsk, emergency power outages occur. The casualties are currently unknown.
18:12 Artillerymen of the Southern Military District are working on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye direction -video.
17:40 According to updated data, in the village of Plodorodnoye, Mikhailovsky district, Zaporozhye region, the AFU militants were inflicted strike with the Tochka-U tactical missile system.
As a result of the strike, a peaceful woman was killed, and local residents, including a little girl, were also injured.
17:36 Colors continue in the western part of Artemovsk, the fighters of the Wagner PMC are squeezing the Armed Forces of Ukraine out of the block of high-rise buildings turned into a fortress to the outskirts of the city.
17:22 Under fire from Ukrainian militants, the Kirovsky and Petrovsky districts of Donetsk. According to the DPR JCCC, six rounds with a caliber of 155mm were fired.
17:10 According to the operational lines of the JCCC DPR for May 10, as of 17:00, information was received about damage as a result of artillery attack of the AFU of the cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Petrovsky district): - st. Kosareva, 65 - apartment building.
n.p. Shirokaya Balka: 5 transformer substations are de-energized, 226 subscribers are without power supply.
16:50 Reportfrom the liberated Kamenka in the Avdeevsky direction.
During fierce fighting, the village of Kamenka was liberated by soldiers of the 6th battalion of the 9th Brigade of the 1st Donetsk Army Corps (formerly the 6th battalion of the NM DPR), under the command of the legendary battalion commander Hero of the DPR "Evil".
Today, our military correspondent, together with the fighters, managed to get into the village and prepare a report on the situation there - at the moment the village has been completely cleared and the enemy has been driven back a considerable distance to the west, many bodies of destroyed Ukrainian militants and wrecked equipment remain on the territory of the settlement.
16:10 Russian aviation is reported to be working again on the right bank of Kherson
According to preliminary data, FAB-500 high-explosive bombs with planning and correction modules, as well as KAB-1500LG-F high-explosive bombs, are actively used.
Presumably, it flies through the Belozersky district on the right bank of the Dnieper, where the training bases and boat stations of the 73rd Marine Special Operations Center of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the 37th Naval Infantry Brigade are located. From there, Ukrainian troops are trying to cross to the left bank, controlled by the Russian army.
16:00 Consequences artillery attack of the city of Stakhanov. There are dead and wounded civilians.
15:50 As a result of the artillery attack of the settlement. Stakhanov using HIMARS MLRS (the enemy fired three M31 GMLRS missiles), a civilian born in 1952 was killed, three women (born in 1944, 1947, 1953) were injured, an apartment building was partially destroyed, two apartment buildings were damaged, power line, four cars. 288 residents were left without gas supply.
15:38 Fixation of consequences of artillery attack of the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk 05/09/2023
15:15 Under the aimed fire of Ukrainian terrorists, the village of Ozeryanovka (Central City district of Gorlovka).
15:00 Assault detachments continued offensive operations to capture quarters on the northwestern and western outskirts of the city of Artemovsk - RF Ministry of Defense
14:34 Under fire from Ukrainian militants, the Kirovsky and Petrovsky districts of Donetsk. According to the DPR JCCC, nine rounds with a caliber of 155mm were fired.
14:18 Russian Armed Forces hit the point of repair, restoration of weapons and military equipment of the 65th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye region - Russian Defense Ministry
13:55 More than 5,000 people have died from the actions of Ukrainian armed forces in the Donbass since 2014, Alexander Bastrykin, Chairman of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, said, speaking at the plenary session of the youth St. Petersburg International Legal Forum.
13:21 Ukrainian Nazis produced artillery artillery attack of the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk.
VFU shelled residential private houses in the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk using NATO-style artillery. As a result of an artillery strike, one shell hit a residential building in which there was an elderly woman. There were no casualties.
13:13 According to the representative office of the LPR in the JCCC, Ukrainian troops fired three rockets at Stakhanov from the HIMARS MLRS. As a result of the impact of a multi-storey building received damage. According to preliminary information, there are casualties among the civilian population as a result of the strike.
12:55 In Kherson, for the second day, the most powerful strikes on the storage facilities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Apparently, several large formations of the Ukrainian army were left without transport. In addition, on the morning of May 10, 17 ships with Caliber missiles were launched into the Black Sea.
12:53 Vladimirovka and Blagodatnoe are under fire from Ukrainian militants. According to the DPR JCCC, 10 rounds with a caliber of 155mm and 152mm were fired.
12:34 Statement of head of the press center of the group "South":
In the Lisichansk operational direction, the artillery of the Southern Group of Forces attacked an ammunition depot in the area of the settlement of Belogorovka, as part of the counter-battery fight, a 152mm MSTA-B artillery gun was destroyed.
In the Soledaro-Bakhmut operational direction, the missile unit of the “South” grouping attacked the point of temporary deployment of the battalion of the 60th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the ammunition depot of the 80th mountain Assault Brigade in the Kramatorsk region.
In the Alexander-Kalinovsky operational direction, the reactive brigade of the Southern Military District, using the Tornado-S multiple launch rocket system, hit the enemy’s temporary deployment point in a tent camp near the settlement of Novaya Poltavka. The artillery of the "South" group carried out a fire attack on the point of temporary deployment of the battalion of the 24th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Dzerzhinsk region.
Also, a group raid by artillery of the Southern Group of Forces hit the point of temporary deployment of the 2nd Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine in Krasnohorivka in the Maryinsky direction. As part of the counter-battery fight in the area of the settlement of Pobeda, an enemy 122mm howitzer "D-30" was destroyed.
12:29 Russian paratroopers accepted battle in the Kremensk direction. The servicemen noticed the approaching detachments of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, took up positions and opened aimed fire at the enemy, repelling the attack.
12:13 Ukrainian troops fired on Stakhanov. Information about the destruction and damage is being specified - the mayor's office of the city.
11:59 Airborne troops recaptured enemy attack.
The paratroopers discovered an armed group of militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine approaching the positions of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.
With aimed fire from small arms and grenade launchers, the fighters of the "winged infantry" inflicted a fire defeat on the enemy unit, preventing it from approaching the strongholds of the Russian troops.
11:06 Kyiv militants fired at Vladimirovka. The DPR JCCC reported that the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired six rounds with a caliber of 152mm.
10:48 Blagodatnoe is under fire from Ukrainian militants. According to the DPR JCCC, seven rounds with a caliber of 155mm were fired.
10:30 Under the fire of VFU, the village of the mine named after. N. A. Izotova (Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka).
10:26 As a result of the Ukrainian armed aggression, the village of Shirokaya Balka (the Central City district of Gorlovka) has been partially de-energized.
10:21 Personnel destruction of a hangar with APU equipment (BMP-1, Dingo ATF armored vehicles, YPR-765 armored personnel carrier, Kozak-7) on the right bank of the Kherson region.
10:05 Colorson the Zaporozhye front: the Russian army destroys the oporniki and militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
On the eve of the expected offensive of the enemy, the fighting in the Zaporozhye direction of the southern front is still positional in nature, our intelligence is searching for targets, and artillery is destroying enemy positions, equipment and Nazis.
09:59 Combat work Artillery of the 1st Donetsk Army Corps. Fire is corrected with the help of UAVs.
09:27 At night, artillery fire in the area of ??N. p. Engineering in the Kherson direction destroyed 122mm SAU 2S1 "Gvozdika" with a crew of five people and ammunition
Yesterday, artillery fire in the area of N. p. Ponyatovka Kherson region destroyed 120mm mortar crew and ammunition for it, the loss of five dead soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, three were injured of varying severity
09:05 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. New Kakhovka fired 12 rounds;
- Aleshki fired nine rounds;
- 9 rounds were fired at the settlement of Naked Pristan;
- n.p. Sagas fired five projectiles;
- n.p. Cossack camps fired seven rounds;
- n.p. The Dnieper fired four rounds;
- n.p. Korsunka fired six rounds;
- n.p. Peschanovka 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 Korsunka, settlement Alyoshki, n.p. Tavriysk, firing a total of 28 rounds from cannon artillery.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure to be confirmed
09:01 Yesterday, the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine inflictedblowat the school in New Kakhovka. Even on the day of the Great Victory, Novaya Kakhovka was shelled by Ukrainian militants - the arrival was recorded in the school yard.
08:57 The DPR representative office in the JCCC reports 45 facts of firing from the AFU per day. The enemy fired from MLRS, 155mm and 152mm artillery, firing 208 units of various ammunition across the territory of the DPR.
Under the fire of the VFU were: Gorlovka, Ozeryanovka, Shirokaya Balka, Yasinovataya, Donetsk, Makeevka, Aleksandrovka, Yelenovka, Novopetrikovka, Oktyabrskoye, Vladimirovka.
Over the past day, information was received about the wounding of a civilian in the previously liberated Oktyabrsky.
08:17 Information on the artillery attack of Gorlovka as of 08:00 on May 10, 2023
08:12 Calculations of 152mm self-propelled guns 2S19 "Msta-S" of the Central Military District of the Russian Armed Forces daily support the assault operations of the Russian Armed Forces, artillery attack enemy strongholds in the Krasno-Limansky direction -video.
08:02 Frontline summary on the morning of 10.05.2023:
In the Zaporozhye direction, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation fired on Kamensky, Novodanilovka, Malaya Tokmachka, Belogorye, Gulyaipolsky, Zheleznodorozhny, Gulyaipol and Olgovsky.
On the Donetsk front, with the support of artillery, Russian troops conducted assault operations in Maryinka, in the direction of Pervomaisky and on the southwestern approaches to Avdiivka. On all sites without progress. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation carried out strikes on Novomikhailovka, Paraskovievka, Pobeda, Georgievka, Netaylov, Severny (a settlement west of Avdeevka), Lastochkin, Berdychi, Novokalinovo, Yuzhny, Zhelezny and Severny (a settlement northwest of Gorlovka). The Armed Forces of Ukraine were hit in Donetsk, Vodiane and Horlivka.
Southwest of Bakhmut, Russian troops, supported by artillery and aircraft, attacked in the direction of Chasov Yar, and the Wagner PMC near Ivanovskoye, as well as in the southern, western and northern parts of the city itself. Also, units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation tried to advance from Donetsk Belogorovka. Ukrainian positions in Aleksandro-Shultin, Predtechin, Stupochki, Bogdanovka, Novomarkovo, Orekhovo-Vasilyevka, Vasyukovka, Disputable and Verkhnekamensky are under fire.
In the Luhansk direction, after artillery strikes, the Armed Forces of Ukraine continued offensive operations near Olshan. Russian troops hit the local Belogorovka, Yampolevka, Nevsky, Makeevka, Stelmakhovka, Novoselovsky, Liman Perviy, Masyutovka, Zapadny, Novomlynsk, Figolevka, Petro-Ivanovka, Kamenka and Poplars.
08:00 Situation in Artemovsk: units of PMC "Wagner" continue to break into two large strongholds of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Samolet area and Yubileynaya Street;
The Ukrainian Armed Forces deliberately destroyed the Church of the Annunciation and St. Alexis;
On the flanks, the enemy undertook counterattacking actions, as a result of which, according to Yevgeny Prigozhin, units of the 72nd Brigade of the Russian Defense Ministry left their positions southwest of the city.
Best of luck with that.
[REGNUM] Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov said that the Kremlin deliberately does not give interviews to Western media for a long time - this will become possible after foreign journalists stop distorting the meaning and will "show interest in the truth." He expressed the official opinion of the Kremlin in an interview with the Serbian television channel ATV on May 10.
"In the last year, we do not communicate with Western media. We just don’t give interviews," said Dmitry Peskov.
He explained that such a decision was made after it became clear that "they will not tell the truth," there were several cases when the foreign media "twisted everything, said it in the wrong way."
"Until I see that the Western media are showing at least some interest in the truth, we will not communicate with them," Peskov concluded.
As REGNUM reported , Dmitry Peskov called “ridiculous” the attempts of Ukrainian and United States officials to disown involvement in the attack of unmanned aerial vehicles on the Kremlin on the night of May 3.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[REGNUM] The President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky does not have many opportunities to “save face” against the backdrop of events in the war zone, and therefore he can negotiate with Russia, possibly through the mediation of China, Joseph Bosco, a columnist for the American edition of The Hill, wrote in his article.
"Zelensky may fear the failure of the counteroffensive due to long delays in the supply of Western tanks and because of the refusal of President [US Joseph] Biden to provide longer-range fighters and weapons systems. Zelensky may want to make the best deal possible now," the author believes.
If such negotiations really begin, then Russia will retain part of the territories that were previously part of Ukraine, Bosco said.
Earlier, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said that Western countries have fulfilled 98% of Ukraine's wishes regarding the supply of weapons and ammunition for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as training in working with modern military equipment. Kiev has everything it needs for a successful counteroffensive , he said. Ukrainian politicians, in turn, in April-May 2023 began to talk much more cautiously than before about the counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
In particular, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmitry Kuleba admitted that the counteroffensive would be unsuccessful and then another one would be carried out. Adviser to the head of the office of the President of Ukraine Mykhailo Podolyak, in turn, urged not to treat the counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine “like a Hollywood movie”, noting that, unlike cinema, there will be no “one decisive battle”.
Direct Translation via Google Translate Edited.
[REGNUM] The Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe is hopelessly outdated, and after the filing of applications for the entry of Sweden and Finland into NATO and the decision on the possible deployment of American troops in Finland, it completely lost its relevance, Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia Sergey Ryabkov said on May 10.
As previously reported, on May 10, Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed to submit to the State Duma a draft law on the denunciation of the CFE Treaty . The document was submitted to Parliament on the same day. The head of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs, LDPR leader Leonid Slutsky told reporters that the bill is likely to be considered at a plenary session of the lower house of parliament on May 16.
"The treaty, signed in 1990 and entered into force in 1992, is hopelessly outdated. The agreement on its adaptation, developed at the insistence of Russia and signed in 1999, never entered into force due to the destructive position of the United States and other NATO countries. The members of the alliance actually bypassed the provisions of the CFE Treaty in the process of its expansion to the east. Therefore, in 2007 we were forced to suspend the agreement. At the same time, they left the door open, giving the Western countries an opportunity to come to their senses and show common sense. Even then, it was in acute shortage there, so the situation did not improve," Ryabkov said.
The submission by Sweden and Finland of applications for membership in NATO, the already agreed admission of Finland to the alliance, the conclusion by this country of an agreement with the United States allowing the deployment of American military forces there - all this "significantly worsened the military-political situation in Europe", and the CFE Treaty through the fault of the West finally became a relic of the past, added the deputy minister.
The Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe was signed in 1990 and updated in 1999. The treaty was ratified only by Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Ukraine.
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[REGNUM] At the talks on the grain deal in Turkey, the possibility of extending it for two months is being discussed. The Turkish authorities hope that this result will be achieved, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told reporters on May 10.
"I hope that the negotiations will lead to a positive outcome. At the end point, negotiations between President [Turkish Recep Tayyip Erdogan] and respected [Russian President Vladimir] Putin are possible. We are counting on the result in the form of an extension of the deal for at least two months," Cavusoglu said.
As previously reported, on May 10 and 11 , multilateral negotiations are being held in Istanbul with the participation of representatives of Russia, Ukraine, the UN and Turkey , during which issues of extending the grain deal will be considered.
The UN, Ukraine and Turkey expect Moscow to agree to an extension of the deal. Russia, for its part, demands the full fulfillment of the conditions contained in the text of the agreement signed in 2022 and relate, among other things, to the unblocking of grain exports, as well as other issues. Russia's demands are systematically ignored, the Kremlin and the Russian Foreign Ministry noted earlier.
On May 10, the press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov, in response to a request to comment on the progress of the negotiations , urged to wait for their results , noting that Russia's demands are known to everyone and that Moscow's position is quite consistent.
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