23:14 Iran supplies Russia with Shahed drones and other ammunition in large volumes. This is evidenced by the investigation of the CNN channel. It follows that Tehran has a direct supply route to Russia for weapons, and there is little that Western states can do to stop them. More details - in the material Direct way .
21:55 The "DNR" stated that the Armed Forces of Ukraine allegedly used two Storm Shadow missiles in the Azovstal area in Mariupol.
21:28 The Russians are preparing a provocation at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, Andrei Yusov, a spokesman for the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, said in a commentary to RBC-Ukraine. According to him, they intend to imitate an attack on the station facilities with elements of leakage of nuclear materials. To this end, appropriate weapons have already been deployed on the territory of the ZNPP.
Yusov specified that immediately after that, the invaders want to use the so-called Rosatom experts to allegedly "fix" the strikes. In parallel, representatives of the IAEA will be invited. The purpose of the provocation is to accuse Ukraine of shelling the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, as well as to prevent the Armed Forces of Ukraine from liberating the occupied territories. "After that, the occupiers may demand a moratorium on military operations," the representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate explained.
21:05 The grain deal has not yet resumed full-fledged work after its suspension by Russia, the UN said. In particular, the agreement currently covers three ports, but ships are not allowed to enter the Yuzhny port.
20:37 Adviser to the mayor of Mariupol, Petr Andryushchenko, announced two powerful explosions in the Azovstal area, smoke is rising. Prior to that, "unsuccessful air defense work" was also recorded over Nikolsky, he added. In turn, the "DPR" said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired two long-range missiles in the direction of Mariupol.
20:09 Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte said that his state has not yet decided to provide Ukraine with F-16 fighter jets, but is "seriously considering" this option.
20:06 Zelensky said that the Ukrainian defenders in the Donbas "are doing incredible things, and every position recaptured from the occupiers, every height occupied by our forces are new and new arguments for the world that Ukraine can win."
20:01 Zelensky in the evening video message promised to do "everything possible and impossible to speed up the supply of more and more quality air defense systems to Ukraine - this is literally a daily issue for working with partners." The President added that this week there has been significant progress on modern aviation for Ukraine, which will become a key component of air defense. "And we are moving forward in defense modernization faster than we could have imagined six months ago," he added.
19:54 As a result of the Russian missile attack on the Dnieper, two people died, 31 were injured , 16 of them were hospitalized. Eight doctors were among the wounded, the head of the OVA, Serhiy Lysak, said. In addition to a medical institution and a veterinary clinic, a sports complex and an educational institution were damaged, as well as several high-rise buildings and a private house, 12 cars.
19:35 Several dozen Russian servicemen arrived in the occupied Novopetrikovka, Donetsk region, to carry out "counter-sabotage activities." According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, they search private houses, take away mobile phones and cars of local residents, in fact, simply robbing them.
19:19 Zelensky said that he had held a regular meeting of the Headquarters: “We examined in detail the pace of equipping offensive brigades with equipment and everything necessary. We analyzed the prospects for increasing the domestic production of scarce ammunition. We discussed the enemy’s latest air strikes on our cities and how to make defense against them more effective. We continue take very important steps."
19:03 Zelensky said that he had met with US Senator Lindsey Graham, thanked for his unwavering position and contribution to strengthening the defense capability of Ukraine.
18:51 From the settlements of the Donetsk region, where hostilities are taking place, 128 children were forcibly evacuated, the OVA reported. At the same time, eight children still remain there: four in Bakhmut, one in Avdiivka (the parents hide the child), two in Krasnogorovka and one in the village of Keramik (the parents categorically refuse to evacuate).
18:32 The permanent representatives of the EU member states have approved sanctions against Moldovan individuals involved in the destabilization of Moldova and undermining the territorial integrity of Ukraine, Radio Liberty journalist Rikard Jozwiak said. According to him, the agreed sanctions list includes two people whom the EU accuses of undermining the territorial integrity of Ukraine, and five more involved in the destabilization of Moldova. These are the first sanctioned persons under the new sanctions regime.
18:15 Russian media write about an explosion in the occupied Vasilyevka, Zaporozhye region, after the shelling of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Its power allegedly "was so great that a uprooted tree was thrown onto the roof of one of the shops."
17:58 Brazilian President Lula da Silva said that during today's telephone conversation with Putin, he confirmed his readiness to engage in dialogue with Moscow and Kiev "in search of peace." At the same time, he added that he would not be able to come to the International Economic Forum in St. Petersburg at the invitation of Putin. In turn, the Kremlin said that Putin "confirmed Russia's openness to dialogue on Ukraine, noted that it was blocked by Kiev and its Western sponsors."
17:43 At a meeting between Lavrov and Chinese special envoy Li Hui, "both sides expressed readiness to strengthen cooperation between the two countries aimed at maintaining peace," the Russian Foreign Ministry said. Lavrov reaffirmed his commitment to "the political and diplomatic resolution of the Ukrainian conflict" and noted "the obstacles created by Kiev and Western curators to the resumption of negotiations."
17:29 Partner countries, which Ukraine wants to see as guarantors of its security on the way to NATO membership, support the provision of such guarantees, Yermak said. According to him, the form of securing such guarantees is being discussed.
17:07 In Dnipro, May 27 was declared a day of mourning for those who died as a result of a Russian missile attack on a medical facility, Mayor Boris Filatov said. According to him, the missile strike destroyed a branch of one of the medical institutions where psychiatric care was provided, there were no military facilities there.
16:58 Chinese representative Li Hui visited Moscow, spent about an hour and a half in the building of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Russian media write.
16:26 The number of victims of the missile attack on the Dnieper has risen to 30, including two children. There is still no contact with three people who could be in the strike area, said the head of the OVA, Sergei Lysak. Damaged medical facility, veterinary clinic and high-rise buildings around.
16:23 The representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense Andrey Yusov denied the statement of his colleague Vadim Skibitsky in an interview with Die Welt that Ukraine allegedly has a list of Russians who it is desirable to liquidate for unleashing an aggressive war, and among them, in particular, Putin and Prigozhin. Yusov claims that Putin is a war criminal, and therefore represents "the No. 1 target for Ukraine in terms of his detention and delivery to the international tribunal in The Hague."
At the same time, Yusov expressed doubts about the expediency of using super-efforts to physically eliminate "a person who looks like Putin." "But the need to detain him as a war criminal and his henchmen and present him to an international tribunal - of course, this is a matter of fair punishment, which will certainly be implemented. The Hague is inevitable for Putin," Yusov stressed.
16:15 The EU will announce a so-called oral update on how Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia are moving towards EU membership, most likely at the end of June, Radio Liberty's Brussels correspondent Rikard Jozwiak said.
15:57 The "Governor" of the occupied Zaporozhye region Yevhen Balitsky said that 4,000 people were "evacuated" from the front line to Berdyansk, half of them are children.
15:43 China, through its special representative for Eurasia, Li Hui, proposes to give the occupied Ukrainian territories to Russia and thus end the war, writes The Wall Street Journal.
15:11 The Russians dropped the FAB-250 bomb on New York, Donetsk region: one person was injured, three high-rise buildings, a nursery, an outpatient clinic, a cinema hall and a gym were damaged, Pavel Kirilenko, head of the OVA, said.
14:46 Air Force Speaker Yuri Ignat said that the Russians probably hit the Dnieper with S-300 or S-400 anti-aircraft guided missiles.
14:38 The Netherlands is likely to transfer F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine after pilot training, Bloomberg reports, citing sources.
14:35 Recently, the Russian reconnaissance ship Ivan Khurs was attacked in the Black Sea. The strike was carried out by unknown naval drones. Preliminary damage was received by the propulsion system of the ship and the missile guidance system. Read more in the material What happened to the ship .
14:28 On the left bank of the Kherson region, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are forcing the enemy to run away to the next defensive lines, said OK Pivden speaker Natalia Gumenyuk: "We methodically force the enemy to go deeper into their next defensive lines. The Russians are looking for places deeper and deeper, moving there and the main bases are trying located as deep and as far from the front line as possible."
According to Gumenyuk, the work of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, including over the past 24 hours, made it possible to reduce the number of Russian strikes on the territory of the Kherson region.
14:05 The Ministry of Defense stated that four squadrons of F16 fighters, or 48 aircraft, would be enough for Ukraine to liberate the occupied territories.
13:57 The death toll as a result of the Russian strike on the Dnieper has risen to two - the body of the deceased was removed from under the rubble of the building of the veterinary clinic, said the head of the OVA Serhiy Lysak.
13:36 The number of people injured as a result of a missile attack on a medical facility in Dnipro has grown to 23 people , of which 21 people are hospitalized, three are in serious condition, said the head of the OVA Serhiy Lysak. One person died - it turned out to be a passerby who was walking by at the time of the impact. As of this minute, rescuers managed to localize the fire in the medical facility, the extinguishing continues.
13:01 The night attack did not lead to damage to power plants and main networks, at the same time, the situation on the front line remains difficult, Ukrenergo reported. Oblenergo networks in Donetsk, Dnepropetrovsk, Zaporozhye, Kharkiv, Kherson, Chernihiv regions have been damaged due to Russian shelling.
The export of electricity is temporarily not carried out - this is a situational decision to provide Ukrainian consumers with electricity. Import is carried out from Slovakia during daytime and evening hours.
12:58 The White House cannot confirm that the attack on the Kremlin was organized by the Ukrainian special services, John Kirby, coordinator for strategic communications at the White House National Security Council, said in an interview with CNN: "We simply cannot say which groups are conducting operations on their own, whether they are connected or not with Ukraine. And of course, we can't confirm the New York Times story about this particular attack on the Kremlin."
12:43 Among the wounded in the Dnieper are two children, three and six years old, said the head of the OVA Serhiy Lysak. Both of them are hospitalized. 11 adults were also hospitalized. After a missile attack, a fire broke out on the territory of a medical institution on an area of 1 thousand square meters. m, the three-story building is partially destroyed. The search continues for one person who may be under the rubble.
12:20 Russian troops hit the civilian sector in Gulyaipole, Zaporozhye region with artillery: residential buildings and outbuildings were destroyed, two people were injured, the head of the IVA, Yuriy Malashko, said.
Also, the Russians launched a missile airstrike on Avdiivka, Donetsk region, hit a multi-storey residential building, preliminary there were no casualties, the President's Office reported.
12:09 NATO members at the summit in July intend to offer Ukraine the status of a partner, but without granting membership in the Alliance and without preparing a roadmap for entry, writes Euroaktiv, citing sources among diplomats. In particular, the Ukraine-NATO Council will be created, which will be a step towards strengthening the political partnership between the Alliance and Kiev.
NATO Foreign Ministers are due to meet in Oslo next week to discuss the form and timing of such a council.
12:07 The governor of the Belgorod region of the Russian Federation Vyacheslav Gladkov said that the Grayvoron district, where the DRG had previously visited, had been subjected to numerous attacks over the past day, one drone and two missiles were allegedly shot down.
11:55 Russians launched a missile attack on a polyclinic in Dnipro: as of now, one person has died, 15 have been injured , Zelensky said.
11:36 Propaganda Russian media write that Ukrainian troops allegedly fired at the Kalininsky district of Donetsk, a hit was recorded in the research institute building, one person died. Telegram channels specify that the base of the Russians was located in the building of the institute.
10:57 Washington has made it clear to Kiev that it does not want to contribute to strikes on the territory of the Russian Federation, said John Kirby, spokesman for the White House National Security Council. "And we have received assurances from the Ukrainians that they will respect these wishes," he added.
10:53 Scholz said he hadn't talked to Putin in quite some time, but he intended to talk to him again "at the appropriate time." The chancellor also stressed that he does not consider a possible freezing of the conflict in Ukraine acceptable: "Russia must understand that we cannot talk about concluding a kind of cold peace, in which a new border between Russia and Ukraine will pass approximately along the front line."
According to Scholz, a just peace is possible only if Russian troops are withdrawn from Ukraine. At the same time, he evaded a direct answer to the question of whether Russian troops should also leave Crimea: "It is not for us to formulate, instead of Ukraine, what agreements it wants to reach."
10:49 The basis for the start of negotiations between Ukraine and Russia should be the topics of grain, fertilizers and the exchange of prisoners, Jean-Yves Olivier, the initiator of the mediation mission of African countries, the founder of the Brazzaville Foundation, said in an interview with the Financial Times. According to him, Putin and Zelensky agreed to meet with a delegation of the leaders of Egypt, Senegal, Congo, South Africa, Zambia and Uganda, who intend to travel to Moscow and Kyiv in June.
He emphasized that African countries have every right to mediate in the conflict, given the huge consequences for their region: "The only continent that is really suffering is Africa. I don't think the US is suffering, I don't think Europe is suffering, for except for a little inflation. But in Africa, if there is no crop next year due to lack of fertilizer, millions of people will die."
According to the ex-president of Nigeria and a member of the foundation that is preparing the mission, the US and Britain have made it clear that they consider the African settlement initiative to be premature.
10:45 Russian military publics write that the reconnaissance ship Ivan Khurs was attacked by five sea drones, three of them were destroyed, but from two he received serious damage to the hull and equipment. Now there is a threat that it will sink. Repair of the ship will take from six months to a year. It is also reported that five sailors and one officer were killed in the attack.
10:19 In Moscow, a relay cabinet caught fire at night on a railway, a version of arson is being considered, Russian media report citing emergency services.
09:48 Canada is transferring 43 AIM-9 missiles from the arsenal of its Armed Forces to Ukraine, the country's Ministry of Defense said.
09:10 In the Donetsk region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, one person was killed (in Krasnogorovka), another was injured, said the head of the OVA Pavel Kirilenko.
08:54 The Russians attacked Marefa of the Kharkiv region and Izyum with Shahed drones at night, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said. In Marefa, a civilian enterprise was damaged, a fire broke out. In Izyum, the building of an educational institution and a garage with agricultural machinery were damaged, and fires broke out. Initially, no people were hurt.
Also, during the past day, the enemy fired at the settlements of Kharkov, Kupyansky and Chuguevsky districts - residential buildings were damaged, people were not injured. In the village of Protopopovka, Balakliya community, Izyumsky district, two men were blown up by an unknown explosive object - one died, the second was hospitalized.
08:39 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of May 26.
personnel - about 205,720 (+460) people liquidated,
tanks - 3796 (+1),
armored combat vehicles - 7435 (+3),
artillery systems - 3384 (+25),
MLRS - 570 (+0),
air defense systems - 328 (+1),
aircraft - 310 (+1),
helicopters - 296 (+0),
UAV operational-tactical level - 2910 (+3),
cruise missiles - 1015 (+0),
ships/boats - 18 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 6161 (+13),
special equipment - 446 (+2).
08:32 At night, the Russians fired 17 missiles of various types and 31 attack drones across Ukraine. The Air Defense Forces destroyed ten X-101/X-555 air-launched cruise missiles, 23 Shahed-136/131 attack drones and two Orlan-10 operational-tactical UAVs, Merlin-VR, the Air Force Command reported.
In total, launches of ten X-101/X-555 cruise missiles from Tu-95ms aircraft from the Caspian Sea area, seven S-300/S-400 anti-aircraft guided missiles from the area of the occupied Tokmak, Zaporozhye region and 31 Shahed-136/131 strike UAVs with south and north directions. There were hits by strike drones and several S-300/S-400 missiles in the Kharkiv and Dnipropetrovsk regions.
08:27 The Russian army continues to concentrate its main efforts on the Kupyansky, Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky and Maryinsky directions - 22 military clashes have occurred over the past day, the General Staff said in the morning summary .
07:43 At night, the Russians massively attacked the Dnipropetrovsk region with missiles and drones, said the head of the OVA Serhiy Lysak. In Dnipro, a fire broke out in a private household, two houses and a car were damaged, and there was also a fire at two private enterprises. The gas station was damaged, its worker was injured. Serious damage at the transport enterprise.
In addition, the enemy attacked the Marganets community of the Nikopol region with a drone, people were not injured. According to preliminary information, five cruise missiles and six attack drones were shot down over the region at night.
07:01 The Russians attacked Kiev at night from Tu-95MS strategic bombers, from the Caspian region, probably with cruise missiles of the X-101/555 type, said the head of the KGVA Sergey Popko. According to preliminary information, all enemy targets were detected and destroyed. As a result of the fall of debris in the Obolonsky district, the roof of one of the malls was damaged, and cars in the parking lot were damaged. In the Shevchenko district, debris fell on a private house, the roof and window were damaged. People were not hurt.
06:19 In Russian Krasnodar, an explosion occurred in the city center. The authorities reported that the roof and windows of the building on Morskaya Street were damaged, and there were no casualties. Local publics write about the attack of two drones, at least one of which was shot down.
05:12 Japan has included 17 individuals and 78 organizations from Russia in the new sanctions list. In particular, sanctions were imposed against the "prosecutors" of four Ukrainian regions occupied by Russia. The list also includes several aircraft factories, a mechanical engineering design bureau, representatives of the command of the RF Armed Forces, the general director of the Almaz-Antey concern, and propagandist Skabeeva. In addition, from June 2, Japan imposes a ban on exports for 80 companies and on the provision of construction and engineering services.
04:55 Ukraine has the right and every opportunity to liberate the territories occupied by Russia, US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said: "We believe that Ukraine has the opportunity and the right - and we support Ukraine in protecting its sovereignty and territorial integrity." He clarified what he meant by the liberation of all the occupied territories of Ukraine, including Crimea.
02:58 The United States condemns the agreements between Russia and Belarus on the deployment of tactical nuclear weapons on the territory of the Republic of Belarus, State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said: "We strongly condemn these agreements. This is the latest example of Russia's irresponsible behavior since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine more than a year ago."
At the same time, he added that the United States now does not see any signs of Russia's preparation for the use of nuclear weapons and does not consider it necessary to make changes in the location of its own strategic nuclear forces.
00:25 Telegram channels report loud explosions in occupied Berdyansk, Zaporozhye region. The Berdyansk city military administration stated that as a result of the Ukrainian strike, the invaders lost several S-300 installations.
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ISW 5/26: Russian milbloggers claimed that Ukrainian forces conducted successful counterattacks near Orikhovo-Vasylivka (11km northwest of Bakhmut) and Klishchiivka (7km southwest of Bakhmut). A prominent milblogger claimed that Ukrainian counterattacks near Orikhovo-Vasylivka caused elements of the “Veterany” private military company (PMC) to retreat up to a kilometer from their previously held positions in the area. Milbloggers claimed that Ukrainian forces captured elevated positions along the E40 (Bakhmut to Slovyansk) highway near Orikhovo-Vasylivka and that fighting is ongoing in the area. A Russian milblogger claimed that Ukrainian forces advanced towards Klishchiivka and crossed the Siverskyi Donets Canal, possibly threatening to encircle the settlement and force Russian forces to retreat towards the east.
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23:24 Video – SHOT.
A powerful explosion thundered in the village of Maisky, Belgorod region. According to preliminary information from our source, there was a drone attack.
At the moment, there is no exact information about the destruction and casualties. Emergency services are on site.
22:53 Ukrainian monitoring publics write about "Geraniums" in the Nikolaev region.
22:21 RF Armed Forces inflicted blow by the Obvodnaya railway station in the Dnipropetrovsk region, which is a logistics point for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
22:20 Series of explosions fixed in the Kharkiv region.
22:07 American political journalist Jackson Hinkle: “This morning, walking two blocks to drink coffee, I passed six homeless people. Remind me again why we are wasting all our public resources on the Nazis in Ukraine?”
Every day, the crews of the 10th Separate Tank Battalion of the 1st Donetsk Army Corps destroy enemy positions in the Avdiivka direction. When the tank is operating from closed positions, fire adjustment is carried out by UAV operators, ensuring accurate destruction of the target.
22:06 Under shelling in Shchebekinsky urban district, one wounded civilian is reported.
21:01 10 tank battalion destroys positions of the Armed Forces
21:00 APU again shelled Novaya Tavolzhanka village, Belgorod region
In the footage after a series of shelling, an arrival is heard. A few seconds after that, a detonation occurs, and then another exchange of shots.
19:58 Losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have grown in the last two weeks
According to "Come and See", the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine began to grow seriously in recent weeks.
“This is due to the construction of a deep defense of the RF Armed Forces in most areas, as well as strikes by FABs with adjustment modules on ranges and locations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine,” the channel’s interlocutor said.
According to him, information comes from some directions about the absence of interruptions in the BC and the very low morale of the soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The most peaceful area remains the northern border of Ukraine, where losses did not exceed 50 people a day along the entire demarcation line. Here, the main problem for the Armed Forces of Ukraine remains the work of Russian DRGs, as well as strikes on the rear with the help of the same FABs.
18:10 “The Lancet” struck transport of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye region
17:35 Calculations 122mm BM-21 MLRS "Grad" "Brave" regularly work on the strongholds of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
16:09 Artillerymen of the Airborne Forces stopped the attack of the enemy in the Artemovsky direction
Calculations of The UAVs detected a group of infantry approaching our positions with the support of armored fighting vehicles.
Accurate shots of the 122mm D-30 howitzer of the Airborne Forces artillery inflicted a fire defeat on the enemy.
Having suffered losses, the nationalists retreated to their original positions.
15:07 According to intelligence bodies of the "Dnepr" grouping of troops, the group's reconnaissance and fire control center completed the task of destroying military equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The video shows the exact hit of the Lancet loitering ammunition on the enemy's Osa-AKM air defense system.
15:07 Work pairs of Su-25s on the positions of militants in the Ugledar direction
15:07 Highlights from the briefing of the RF Ministry of Defense:
🔹In the Kupyansk direction, up to 35 Ukrainian soldiers were destroyed per day, as well as the 152mm Msta-B howitzer.
🔹In the Krasno-Limansky direction, more than 60 Ukrainian military personnel, 152mm self-propelled guns "Akatsiya", as well as D-20 and D-30 howitzers were liquidated.
🔹Up to 190 Ukrainian soldiers, a D-30 howitzer, and an ammunition depot were destroyed in the Donetsk direction.
🔹In the South-Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions, the enemy lost over 120 Ukrainian soldiers.
🔹In the Kherson direction, up to 30 Ukrainian soldiers, a 122mm D-30 howitzer, and an Acacia self-propelled gun were hit.
🔹Air defense intercepted: a Grom-2 missile, ten HIMARS MLRS rockets, as well as two Storm Shadow long-range cruise missiles.
🔹During the day, 20 Ukrainian UAVs were shot down.
14:05 Armed Forces of Ukraine forbid taking out the bodies of their fighters from the front
According to "Come AND See", in the Ukrainian army there is a ban on the export of more than 150 bodies of the dead from one direction per day.
“Most of all, such a restriction concerns the Bakhmut direction - the only one where assault operations have continued over the past months,” the source of the channel said.
But we are talking not only about Artemovsk. According to the interlocutor of the channel, on the Zaporozhye front, Ukraine is forced to keep the bodies of the dead in refrigerators, waiting for quotas for individual units.
This practice is associated with the prevention of panic among the population. At the same time, the Armed Forces of Ukraine themselves do not have information about the real number of those killed.
“In the Ukrainian headquarters there are reports with tens of thousands of names of “missing”, “prisoners” and “deserted”. Obviously, the approximate losses can only be estimated after the end of hostilities,” the source said.
14:05 Aviation of the RF Armed Forces destroys APU BC warehouse in the Orekhovsky direction.
12:56 The fire occurred at an enterprise in the city of Merefa in the Kharkiv region of Ukraine,reported Oleg Sinegubov, head of the regional military administration.
“A civilian enterprise was damaged in Merefa, a fire broke out,” Sinegubov wrote on his Telegram channel.
He clarified that it happened at night. According to the Ukrainian edition “Page.ua“, burns a mini oil refinery.
12:56 Another Belarusian Nazi, the founder of the White Legion, Miroslav Lazovsky, was killed in the NMD zone. As one ofTG channels the character was eliminated during the well-known arrival of a group of Belarusian Nazis in Artemovsk.
11:23 Russian Armed Forces attacked an oil refinery near Kharkov
As a result of a nighttime missile strike by the Russian army, a fire broke out at the Utkovsky oil refinery near Merefa. Local authorities have already confirmed the damage, but kept silent about the fact that the fuel infrastructure facility was damaged.
11:22 RF Armed Forces dealt another blow to Dnepropetrovsk
Presumably, the blow fell on an infrastructure facility. The missile arrived so quickly that the airborne alarm was turned on only after arrival.
10:16 Kharkiv, n.p. Merefa. After the strikes of the Russian Aerospace Forces lit up Utkovsky refinery. The daily production of oil products at the refinery was 30 tons.
10:16 Video strictly 18+
The commander of the Armed Forces of Ukraine shot his battalion commander after refusing to go to the front line.
09:28 RF Armed Forces are continuously working on the accumulation of manpower of Ukronazis in a constant mode, not allowing them to raise their heads -video
09:27 Investigators of the Investigative Committee of Russia will investigate facts of shelling by Ukrainian nationalists of the territory of the DPR
As a result of the shelling of the Ukrainian Armed Forces of the settlement of Gorlovka, at least seven civilians were injured, including two minors.
The Investigative Committee will give a legal assessment of all these facts and establish the circle of persons involved in the commission of crimes.
08:08 In Donbass eliminated militant of the 28th Separate Mechanized Brigade and former militant of the national regiment "Azov" Igor Mysyak, call sign "Medic".
A native in the Lviv region.
08:05 Nationalist funded by VO “Svoboda”,brought to the border Volchansk (Kharkiv region) humanitarian aid, but the administration forbade distributing humanitarian aid.
In the comments, the dissatisfied electorate believes that the reason is related to the head of the administration (appointed from the Servant of the People party), who prevents competitors from earning political points.
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39 Former prisoners escaped from Russian army units in the Luhansk region Cases of desertion in the Russian invasion forces have been reported. 39 deserters, former prisoners, escaped from the Russian-occupied Lysychansk in the Luhansk region. The online publication “Kholod” reported on this with reference to pro-government Russian media. They are currently wanted in the Rostov region of the Russian Federation.
During the escape, which, according to Telegram channels, took place on May 24, the deserters killed a Russian serviceman.
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Gonna see a lot more of that stuff, this war is ridiculous and wise Russians know it is. They interviewed a few dudes in St Pete, all of them laughed at the war and those behind it.
Here's a laugher, Kirill's website got hacked and it has him "blessing the Ukraine counter offensive"
22:20 Series of explosions fixed in the Zaporozhye region.
21:30 The Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked Mariupol with long-range missiles. This was reported to TASS by a representative of the power structures of the DPR. 20:11 The artillery attack of the center of Donetsk by Ukrainian troops on Friday was carried out from the American MLRS M142 HIMARS, clarified representation Donetsk People's Republic in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire Regime (JCCC).
19:02 Ukrainian troops fired 10 rockets from the MLRS in the Kuibyshev and Kyiv regions of Donetsk - DPR representative office in the JCCC
17:30 Pologovsky district under fire militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
At 14.06, the Ukrainian Nazis fired at the agricultural enterprise "40 years of Agro" in the village of Smirnovo, Pologovsky district. Presumably, the fire was fired from the MLRS HIMARS.
According to preliminary information, there are no victims or injured.
17:26 How Somalia entered Mariupol -video
Clearly, using a map and strong words, the commander of the assault battalion "Somalia" will show and tell about the combat path of the unit through the neo-Nazi fortifications to the shores of the Sea of Azov. Somalia is a Donetsk tank battalion, once commanded by the Russian commander "Givi" (Mikail Tolstoy)
Watch tonight Semyon Pegov's full interview with the commander of the assault battalion "Somalia" - "Baykot", who will tell about the most interesting events of those days.
16:50 Work of the 10th Separate Tank Battalion of the 1st Donetsk Army Corps from closed firing positions —video
16:41 Artillerymen of the Airborne Forces stopped the attack of the enemy in the Artemovsky direction -video
UAV crews detected a group of infantry approaching our positions with the support of armored fighting vehicles.
Accurate shots of the 122mm D-30 howitzer of the Airborne Forces artillery inflicted a fire defeat on the enemy.
Having suffered losses, the nationalists retreated to their original positions.
15:16 Report of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress holding special military operation (05/26/2023)
Tonight, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation carried out a group strike with long-range high-precision air-launched weapons at the ammunition storage sites of the Ukrainian troops. The target has been reached. All assigned objects are hit.
In the Kupyansk direction, artillery fire from the "Western" group of troops hit units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Dvurechnaya and Kislovka, Kharkiv region.
In addition, in the areas of the settlements of Masyutovka and Ivanovka of the Kharkiv region, the actions of two Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups were stopped.
The losses of the enemy amounted to 35 Ukrainian servicemen, three vehicles, as well as the 152mm Msta-B howitzer.
In the Krasno-Limansky direction, army aviation and artillery fire of the "Center" group of troops defeated enemy units in the areas of the settlements of Kuzmino of the Luhansk People's Republic and Yampolovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
During the day, more than 60 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, two pickup trucks, an Akatsiya self-propelled artillery mount, as well as 152mm D-20 and 122mm D-30 howitzers were destroyed.
In the Donetsk direction, as a result of strikes by operational-tactical and army aviation, active operations of units and artillery fire of the “Southern” group of forces, up to 190 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, three pickup trucks, and a 122mm D-30 howitzer were destroyed during the day.
An ammunition depot of the 54th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed near the village of Verkhnekamenskoye in the Donetsk People's Republic.
In the South-Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions, air strikes and artillery fire from the Vostok group of forces inflicted defeat on enemy units in the areas of the settlements of Orekhov, Malaya Tokmachka, Zaporozhye Region, and Novoselok, Luhansk People's Republic.
During the day, in these directions, the enemy’s losses amounted to more than 120 Ukrainian servicemen killed and wounded, as well as four cars.
In the Kherson direction, as a result of fire damage, up to 30 Ukrainian servicemen, five vehicles, a 122mm D-30 howitzer, and an Akatsiya self-propelled artillery mount were destroyed during the day.
Operational-tactical and army aviation, artillery of groups of troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation over the past day hit 78 artillery units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in firing positions, manpower and military equipment in 92 districts.
In the area of the settlement of Novonikolaevka, Mykolaiv region, a Ukrainian radar station for detecting and tracking low-altitude targets "ST-68UM" was destroyed.
The air defense intercepted: the Grom-2 operational tactical missile, ten HIMARS multiple rocket launchers, and two Storm Shadow long-range cruise missiles.
In addition, twenty Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed during the day in the areas of the settlements of Olshana, Kharkiv region, Zolotarevka, Mykolaivka, Luhansk people's republic, Artemovsk, Donetsk people's republic, Holaya Pristan, Velyka Lepetikha, Kherson region, Komsomolskoe and Tokmak, Zaporozhye region.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 429 aircraft, 235 helicopters, 4,341 unmanned aerial vehicles, 424 anti-aircraft missile systems, 9,302 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,100 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 4,908 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 10,464 units of special military vehicles.
15:14 made the first flight of drone repeater "Extension" from the complex "Ghoul".
The range of application has increased significantly, the stability of the control signal and video communication is really pleasing.
14:37 Campaign "Grad": servicemen of the Central Military District throw on the position of the Armed Forces of Ukraine leaflets with calls to surrender.
14:24 Another military train with tanks of the RF Armed Forces on the way to help the brothers -video
13:50 Three fighters of the Russian Guard were released from Ukrainian captivity as a result of a set of special events. The servicemen were held by the enemy for more than eight months -video
Scouts from North Ossetia and the Stavropol Territory were captured after one of the battles. Having used up all the ammunition, they tried to go out to their own, while one of the fighters could not walk on his own due to the wound. After passing seven days, they fell into an enemy ambush - this was the beginning of their long stay in captivity.
Tonight, the board with the released servicemen arrived in Moscow.
All three fighters returned from captivity expressed a desire to continue their service.
13:47 Another tank column of the Russian Armed Forces in the zone of the Special Military Operation -video
12:30 Consequences of shelling in Voroshilovsky district of Donetsk by Ukrainian militants
12:28 The Federal Security Service of Russia in the Kherson region found out the location of the cache of militants of the so-called Crimean Tatar Volunteer Battalion. Noman Chelebidzhikhan" -video
Together with the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Kherson region in the forest belt on the territory of the Genichesk district, grenades, 5.45mm caliber cartridges and a foreign-made grenade launcher were seized from the cache.
Specialists recognized the ammunition as unsuitable for transportation, and therefore they were destroyed by an overhead charge at the place of discovery.
11:42 Consequences of shelling in Kalininsky district of Donetsk by Ukrainian militants
11:41 Briefing by Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, Chief of the Radiation, Chemical and Biological Defense Forces of the RF Armed Forces, on the analysis of documents related to the US military biological activities —video
10:16 Fascist non-humans struck from the MLRS at the research institutes and the peaceful area of ??Donetsk, a person was killed, - the mayor -video
“According to the information received, the fascist non-humans fired 6 rockets from the MLRS into the peaceful quarters of the Kalininsky district of our city. According to preliminary information, as a result of the shelling, a direct hit was recorded on the building of the Scientific Research Institute in the area of the Pokrovsky market. One person died,” said A. Kulemzin.
10:13 Kherson direction
At night, artillery fire in the area of the settlement. Olgovka was destroyed by 152mm self-propelled guns 2S3 "Acacia" with a crew of 5 people and ammunition.
During the day, artillery fire in the area of the settlement. Kamyshy was destroyed by 122mm self-propelled guns 2S1 "Gvozdika" with a crew of five people and ammunition.
09:23 Frontline summary on the morning of 05/26/2023
In the Zaporozhye direction, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation fired on Kamensky, Omelnik, Malaya Tokmachka, Novoselovka, Belogorye, Gulyaipolsky, Gulyaypole, Malinovka and Olgovsky. APU launched a missile attack on Melitopol.
On the Donetsk front, Russian troops, supported by artillery, attacked in the city limits of Marinka, on the southwestern approaches to Avdiivka and near Novokalinov. Everywhere without success. Under shelling, positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Novomikhailovka, Pobeda, Georgievka, the city of Krasnogorovka, Karlovka, Netaylov, Pervomaisky, Stepnoy, New York, Yuzhny, Toretsk and Severny (a settlement northwest of Gorlovka). The Ukrainian army hit Donetsk, Vodyany and Gorlovka.
To the south-west of Bakhmut, the Armed Forces of Ukraine, after artillery strikes, advanced towards Kleshcheevka from the side of Stupochek, forcing the Seversky Donets-Donbass canal. It is possible that, due to the threat of encirclement, units of Russian troops will withdraw to the heights to the east.
The counterattack of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation with the support of artillery in the Ivanovsky area was unsuccessful. A little north of Orekhovo-Vasilyevka, Ukrainian troops took a number of positions on the dominant heights and advanced to a section of the M-03 highway. Russian artillery hit Belaya Gora, Stupochki, Grigorovka, Markov, Orekhovo-Vasilyevka, Vasyukovka and Spornoye. APU fired at Bakhmut.
In the Luhansk direction, Russian troops again conducted assault operations from Masyutovka. And again unsuccessfully. Artillery of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation fired on Belogorovka, Torskoy, Nevsky, Raigorodka, Stelmahovka, Berestovoye, Tabaevka, Kislovka, Zapadny, Dvurechnaya, Redkodub, Krasny Pervoi, Kamenka and Stroevka.
09:21 A day from Ukrainian artillery attack in the DPR suffered seven people, including two children.
It is reported by the JCCC DNR.
Over the past 24 hours, the Armed Forces of Ukraine opened fire on the cities of the republic 46 times, using 277 units of ammunition.
08:15 A doctor is a vocation: doctors told what made them voluntarily go to the special operation zone -video
Military doctors and medical staff of the Western Military District continue to provide the necessary medical assistance to servicemen and injured civilians in the NVO zone.
When a special military operation began, the traumatologist with the call sign "Abramych" could not remain indifferent and came to the NVO zone as a volunteer.
A civilian colleague also works with him. Eugene is a general practitioner. He rescues wounded soldiers and helps civilians who are suffering from the artillery attack of the nationalists.
Doctors do not divide patients into friends and foes. They treat both civilians and military personnel who are fighting on the front line.
08:11 Summaryon the morning of May 26, 2023
The Russian Armed Forces at night, using the Geran UAV and missile weapons, attacked targets in Ukraine. Explosions sounded in Dnepropetrovsk, Kharkiv, Kherson, Kyiv, Cherkasy, Zaporozhye regions
From Artemovsk (Bakhmut) PMC "Wagner" withdraws its units from Bakhmut. Until June 1, the main part will be relocated to the rear camps. Positions are transferred to the military, including BC and dry rations.
In the Zaporozhye region, the enemy attacked peaceful cities, explosions were heard in Berdyansk, Tokmak and Vasilyevka. The activation of enemy radio networks is fixed. Our troops attacked the objects of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Orekhovo using corrected air bombs and the Lancet UAV.
In the Belgorod region, the Graivoronsky, Shebekinsky, Belgorodsky, Volokonovsky districts and districts were under fire.
In Krasnodar, an enemy UAV exploded in the morning, damaging the building on the street. Nautical. There were no casualties. It is reported that another drone could have been shot down in the air.
In the Rostov region, the enemy tried to attack the military airfield in Morozovsk. The target was shot down by air defense.
The enemy fired 277 rounds of ammunition into the DPR. Gorlovka, Panteleimonovka, Donetsk, Aleksandrovka, Blagodatnoe were under fire. 7 civilians were wounded, incl. children born in 2013 and 2017
The defense ministers of Russia and Belarus yesterday signed a document on the deployment of Russian tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus.
Kiev , May 25, 2023, 18:07 - IA Regnum. A video with Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny was published by Anatoliy Shtefan, an employee of the press service of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. This was reported on May 25 by the Politics of the Country Telegram channel.
An employee of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine published a video with the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Zaluzhny
In the video, Stefan says that the video was recorded on May 25, 2023, after which Zaluzhny appears in the frame.
As IA Regnum reported, the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has stopped appearing in public since the beginning of May, which provoked a series of rumors about his death. They began with the General's suspicious refusal to meet with the Chiefs of the General Staff of NATO member countries .
However, Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine Anna Malyar, amid reports of his disappearance, said that Zaluzhny continues to fulfill his duties.
On May 21, the hacker group “Joker DNR”, citing agents in the Ukrainian troops, reported that the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was seriously wounded during a missile attack on the headquarters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in early May, which could cause him to leave his post. After that, old photos of Zaluzhny began to appear on the Web , which they tried to pass off as relevant.
Moscow , May 26, 2023, 13:55 - IA Regnum. The Chukavin sniper rifle, created to replace the Dragunov sniper rifle (SVD), has been adopted by the Russian army. This was announced to journalists on May 26 by the president of the Kalashnikov concern, Alan Lushnikov.
According to him, the concern's specialists are already receiving positive feedback from the military operating the new rifle.
"Although, of course, any weapon requires high-quality testing after it is put into production, because a million questions come up in operation," he added.
As IA Regnum reported , in February, Lushnikov at the IDEX 2023 exhibition in Abu Dhabi announced the start of mass production of the Chukavin sniper rifle.
The SVCh is a semi-automatic sniper rifle designed to use 7.62x54mm and 7.62x51mm (308 Win) cartridges, and in the first caliber it is compatible with SVD magazines, which should eventually be replaced.
MOSCOW, May 26 - RIA Novosti. The reconnaissance ship Ivan Khurs, which repulsed the attack of Ukrainian naval drones, has arrived in Sevastopol, the Defense Ministry said.
"The crew of the Ivan Khurs air defense missile system of the Black Sea Fleet completed the planned transition from the task area to the Sevastopol permanent deployment point," the ministry's Telegram channel said.
In Sevastopol, the ship will replenish material reserves, after which it will continue to perform tasks.
Since the end of April, Ivan Khurs has ensured the safety of the Turkish Stream and Blue Stream gas pipelines in the exclusive economic zone of Turkey, and also monitored the surface situation in the southwestern part of the Black Sea for shipping as part of a grain deal.
On Wednesday, 140 kilometers northeast of the Bosphorus , the ship was attacked by three Ukrainian unmanned speedboats. The reconnaissance crew destroyed them from standard 14.5 mm machine gun turrets.
"Ivan Khurs" is a Project 18280 medium reconnaissance ship. It is designed to provide communications and fleet control, conduct electronic intelligence, and conduct electronic warfare. It has a displacement of about four thousand tons, a length of about 100 meters. The cruising range is over 8,000 nautical miles. Admitted to the Black Sea Fleet in 2018.
[The Drive] New video has emerged on socialist media showing what's purported to be another view of the uncrewed surface vessel (USV) attack on the Project 18280 Yuriy Ivanov class intelligence ship Ivan Khurs in the Black Sea Wednesday about 90 miles northeast of Turkey's Bosphorus Strait.
This video - along with one published yesterday showing a USV view of it approaching the Ivan Khurs - indicates a possible hit on the ship contrary to official Russian claims of it being unscathed. However, several videos and images have also emerged on social media claiming to show the vessel sailing into its home port of Sevastopol today with no apparent signs of damage.
"In the conditions of the [special military operation], our telegram channel... never publishes fresh photos of Black Sea Fleet ships. But in light of the ... hysteria, let's make an exception," the Black Sea Fleet Telegram channel said in a post that included several photos it claimed to be of the vessel entering Sevastopol. "The medium reconnaissance ship 'Ivan Khurs' returns to Sevastopol..."
The new grainy video of the USV attack, provided today by "military sources" to the Ukrainian Pravda media outlet, is a view from the starboard side of the Ivan Khurs and appears to show the results of an explosion on the port side. That explosion is followed seconds later by another apparent explosion that appears to be a short distance away from the vessel.
The location of that second apparent explosion could be a view of what the Russian MoD on Wednesday said was one of three attacking USVs being destroyed by the Ivan Khurs’ deck-mounted 14.5mm machine guns.
If this video is real, it appears to lend partial credence to some of the information being provided by both sides in this conflict.
The ship appears to be hit, or at least a blast occurred very close to it, which backs up Ukraine's contention, while at least one of the USVs attacking appears to have been destroyed without getting very near the ship's hull, as Russia has claimed.
Other than a snarky tweet issued yesterday by the Ukrainian Defense Ministry, showing the supposed USV view of it attacking the Ivan Khurs released by Ukrainian sources, Kyiv has not officially said anything about this incident.
The Russian Defense Ministry (MoD) on Friday noted the ship's return to Sevastopol under its own power.
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No prob. Wondered if it got lost in the aether.
And on second thought, that stern explosion may have been full power. It looks small because the Khurs is a large ship (a frigate hull, 100m, 4000 tons). It has to be at least 20m high. The other 2 explosions look so large due to them being closer to the camera drone. So how is the Khurs pictured entering port w/o even scorched paint? Getting Weirder.
Видео взрыва у левого борта российского разведывательного корабля «Иван Хурс», который не привел к серьезным повреждениям. Вероятно дрон был уничтожен огнем с корабля на самом подходе.
If US intel helped Ukraine’s drones target the Russian ship, NATO member Turkey won’t be mollified easily.
If you should think this looks a little like the case of the Nordstream pipeline, you would not be wrong. The difference is that this was aimed as a political attack on Turkey and Hungary – not to sell US LNG to either, as was the case with Germany.
The Ivan Khurs is equipped with specialized sensors and communications gear. If it should detect a threat to the pipeline it would call in Russian air strikes against the intruder.
The Ukrainians carried out this operation in the Bosporus, around 80 miles from the Turkish mainland. It is reasonable to say that this attack wasn’t just on the Russians, but it was the first part of an attack on a NATO ally, Turkey and other gas consumers, especially Hungary – also a NATO ally.
The long distance from Ukraine proper suggests that Ukraine would have needed real-time intelligence to locate the Russian ship and target it.
Here comes the disturbing part. Reportedly there was a US RQ-4 remotely piloted surveillance aircraft in the vicinity of this incident. The RQ-4 could have provided real-time targeting information and also could have relayed the same information to the Ukrainian unmanned naval drone. While there is no hard evidence that the RQ-4 played any role, how else could Ukraine have managed this operation?
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tl;dr: The ship we all saw not get blown up somehow made it back to port under its own power with no signs of damage.
Personally, I would have expected some scorch marks.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin
The Western press writes about some aspects of the "Chinese peace plan", which is being promoted by the DPRK Foreign Ministry in the course of diplomatic contacts.
1. Immediate ceasefire.
2. Preservation of the DPR, LPR, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions for the Russian Federation.
3. Strengthening the strategic autonomy of the European Union.
4. Restoration and strengthening of trust between Russia and Ukraine.
5. Restoring and strengthening confidence between Russia and the EU.
If everything is as they write, then the United States will certainly reject it.
It is also worth noting that today Medvedev said that there could be no negotiations with the Zelensky regime.
So the prospects for this Chinese initiative look, to put it mildly, vague.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin
Rozhin discusses complaints about the music accompanying military videos posted on his Live Journal blob, Colonel Cassad.
Since this question arises again, it is necessary to repeat the old.
1. The vast majority of videos on the channel are not shot by me. If I filmed them, I edited them and I also overlay the music, then there would probably be a different musical accompaniment in accordance with my musical tastes (some kind of symphonic metal, industrial, etc.)
2. Music in accordance with my musical tastes are imposed by the military, press officers of armies and corps, journalists and bloggers filming these videos.
3. People have different musical tastes. Someone will say that "Russian rap is shit," and someone will begin to impose it on the cleaning of trenches from the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Someone wants "Lancets" under Mozart, and someone under "Pig cutter" or "Fuck .... Nazis". The options "And I want to dismantle the fortifications under the collective farm punk" will obviously not work. At best, the fighters will say - shoot, edit and upload it yourself. This is if it's censored.
4. The choice of content for placement on the channel is determined by the content of the video, and not by the quality and genre of music. I'm interested in what happens on the video, and not whether the music is bleeding from the ears or not. This is a secondary issue. It is better when it does not flow, who argues. But sometimes it leaks. Happens.
When excellent video quality is matched with good editing and cool upbeat music, these videos are by far the most popular. There is a difference between an ordinary handicraft product and unconditional creative masterpieces.
5. Therefore, with the presence of music in military videos that you personally do not like, all that remains is to put up with it, because nothing will change 100% in this matter until the end of the war. What the authors of the video will like from the music, they will overlay.
Text taken from the V Kontakte channel of Reports from the militia of Novorossiya
“What is important to understand about the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Artemovsk: Analysis of the Military Chronicle
On May 20, the end of the battle for Artemovsk was announced. The city came under the control of Wagner PMC units, and the Armed Forces of Ukraine withdrew from all fortified areas to the suburbs in the Artyomovsky direction. During the 224 days of the battle for Artyomovsk, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have lost a significant part of their units, which cannot be restored at the moment. What forces did the Armed Forces of Ukraine have before the start of the Bakhmut meat grinder?
Before the active phase of hostilities in the Artyomovsky direction, the garrison of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the city consisted of several dozen units. The brigades and battalions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine that survived the battles retreated after the defeat near Severodonetsk, Lisichansk, Popasnaya and Svetlodarsk.
The total number of all units around Artyomovsk and in the nearest settlements by the end of July - beginning of August 2022 was approximately 35,000-40,000 people, and after the retreat from Soledar and the transfer of reserves, the grouping increased, presumably, more than twice, to 85,000- 97,000.
What influenced the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Artyomovsk?
The main reason for the heavy losses of the Ukrainian armed formations was the forced tactical situation, when the mass of heterogeneous units were forced to fight for a long time in a limited space. As a result, they were unable to maneuver freely or covertly, and their supply routes were stretched out and subjected to surveillance and fire.
Also, the increase in losses was affected by the numerical superiority in artillery and means of RER and EW among the units of the Wagner PMC and the RF Armed Forces. According to the Military Chronicle, the intensity and density of fire from the artillery of the PMC "Wagner" and the forces of the Eastern Military District in some sectors of the front in the Artyomovsk region were 20-40 times higher than in other directions.
Which units suffered the most losses?
According to the Military Chronicle, the 30th, 62nd, 53rd, 92nd and 93rd Mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine suffered the greatest losses in the battle for Artyomovsk. In most units of these formations, the level of irretrievable losses (killed + seriously wounded) exceeds 50%.
However, the territorial defense units suffered the biggest losses. After the retreat from Artyomovsk to the area of Krasny (Ivanovsky) and Chasov Yar, the irretrievable losses (killed and seriously wounded) in the 112, 116, 119, 122 and 241st troop brigades are estimated at 63-66%.
The total number of Ukrainian troops deployed against Wagner PMC in Artyomovsk is 34 brigades. Three artillery, 12 mechanized and motorized infantry brigades, four airmobile brigades, six assault brigades and nine territorial defense brigades.
What are the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Artyomovsk in numbers?
Preliminary figures for the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are 50,000-55,000 killed and about 70,000 wounded. However, most likely, these data will be revised for several reasons.
Firstly, for nine months in a limited space there was a classic artillery war in the spirit of the First World War and the Great Patriotic War. The experience of two world wars shows that the ratio of irretrievable losses to sanitary (killed to wounded) almost always ranges from one to three to one to five.
With 50,000 killed, the number of wounded of the Armed Forces of Ukraine should be in the range from 130,000 to 150,000. At the same time, some of the wounded will not be able to return to duty due to the severity of injuries, injuries and other reasons. Also, a number of the wounded subsequently died in hospitals.
It is noteworthy that a significant part of the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed in the battle for Artyomovsk are well-trained and equipped formations. Many formations, such as the 30th Separate Mechanized Brigade, have regularly participated in battles and international missions since 2014 and have had serious combat experience that cannot be restored by simple mobilization.”
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[RusOnline] An active discussion of the motives of Ukrainian saboteurs who attacked the Belgorod region continues on the Web. The authorities and the expert community are in solidarity that the terrorist attack is designed to "kill" the theme of the success of the Russian military in Artemovsk - Kyiv presents such attacks by the DRG to the Ukrainian audience as significant military successes. How should Russia counter these military and information attacks by Ukraine?
By Tuesday evening, it became known that the regime of the counter-terrorist operation (CTO) in the Belgorod region was cancelled. This was announced by the governor Vyacheslav Gladkov, having published the corresponding document of the regional operational headquarters. As noted in the operational headquarters, the CTO regime has been canceled "in connection with the elimination of the threat to the security of citizens." Earlier, the Russian Defense Ministry reported blocking and defeating terrorists with the help of air strikes and other active actions. During the operation, more than 70 Ukrainian terrorists, four armored combat vehicles and five pickup trucks were destroyed.
The remnants of the nationalists were driven back to the territory of Ukraine. The statement of the Ministry of Defense also emphasizes that "the Kiev regime, having suffered a defeat in the city of Artemovsk, has moved to the implementation of terrorist actions against the civilian population." At the same time, the Ukrainian side reacted ambivalently to this situation.
So, the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Kirill Budanov, urged Russian soldiers to surrender. At the same time, one of the speakers in the office of Vladimir Zelensky, Mikhail Podolyak, attributed the terrorist attack to "internal contradictions in Russia."
It is also noteworthy that the United States did not refute the participation of Ukraine in the preparation of the mentioned sortie, because "it is up to the Ukrainians to decide how they want to conduct their military operations."
At the same time, inside Ukraine, the topic of the Belgorod Oblast attack overshadowed the defeat of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Artemivsk, as evidenced by the “main” pages of local media, social networks and search results in Google Trends.
"With absolute certainty, we can say that the leadership of Ukraine, resorting to a sortie of saboteurs in the Belgorod region, first of all tried to influence the local audience, and not the Russian one. This PR product is aimed at easing the pain of losing Artemovsk," said Alexander Asafov, a political scientist and member of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation.
"A number of other events also fit in here. For example, they tried to play a card with the recruitment of a mentally unstable young man who was asked to burn the Koran in Volgograd, thereby causing a large information wave. But it didn’t work, then extras-saboteurs, reinforced qualitatively and quantitatively, went into action," the expert notes.
As a result, the Ukrainian audience discusses the situation in the Belgorod region and temporarily forgot Zelensky’s words that the Armed Forces of Ukraine would never surrender Artemovsk. A similar point of view is shared by the Kiev political scientist Alexei Nechaev.
“Since 2014, our adversary has been riding an emotional swing between “zrada” and “overcome”. Therefore, for every real defeat, he has to respond with at least some, but with a victory, diligently inflated in the media,” the analyst said. He recalled that in early May, the Russian military brightly destroyed the objects of the military-industrial complex of Ukraine in Pavlograd, thereby disrupting the enemy's "counterattack."
But two days later everyone forgot about it, because the saboteurs attacked the dome of the Kremlin. Then there was a new series of achievements: the victory of the "Dagger" in a duel with the "Patriots", the destruction of warehouses with depleted uranium near Khmelnitsky and the capture of Artemovsk. “And what do we see a few days later? That's right: a sharp change in mood, as if someone switched the toggle switch, changing one set of emotions to another.
The breakthrough of saboteurs is undoubtedly an unpleasant thing. But is this a reason to ride on the emotional swing of our opponent? It seems not. Let him ride until he falls down,” Nechaev believes. Special attention deserves the reaction to the situation of representatives of the Russian non-systemic opposition and foreign agents, who mainly support the Armed Forces of Ukraine, but are trying to distance themselves from the “Russian partisans”.
"I am firmly aware of one thing: the military who attacked objects on the territory of the Belgorod region are fighting on the side of Ukraine and acting in its interests, regardless of their ethnic composition," Sergey Parkhomenko, a foreign agent and ex-journalist for Ekho Moscow.
Another foreign agent - Marat Gelman - described what was happening as the birth of a "new Russian-Ukrainian-Belarusian-Georgian friendship."
"In fact, they do not want to accept the Ukrainian version that the attack was carried out by Russian saboteurs or not only by them. Nobody wants to stand in solidarity with the Nazis, so it’s easier for them to think that this is the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and not outcasts who think about the same way as they do," Asafov explained.
At the same time, Alexander Malkevich, a journalist and member of the RF OP, believes that "Ukraine is killing not one “zrada”, but three at once: the loss of Artemovsk, the disappearance of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny, and the explosion of warehouses in Khmelnitsky, where shells with depleted uranium were allegedly stored."
"Now these topics have faded into the background in the minds of the Ukrainian audience," Malkevich added. "However, the enemy managed to achieve his goals, because, alas, the traditional panic began in our social networks. The events in the Belgorod region are discussed in the context of those narratives that are beneficial to Ukraine. And this requires on our part better work in the information space," the expert believes.
"I think that the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, under the leadership of Budanov, will continue to carry out such operations and replicate information about them in social networks. This is a well-known approach, its approbation and rehearsals have been going on for several years. Moreover, in this way they hone their “skill” on the eve of another important event - the so-called counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine," Asafov predicts.
"And there are two problems here. On the one hand, they need to create panic in our ranks. On the other hand, Ukrainian nationalists have extremely high expectations from the “counterattack”. These expectations will have to be lowered, including by statements that "this is not the last fight." But Russia will still have to repulse their information attacks, as well as military ones. It is important for us to cover such events very widely, in detail and promptly," the expert believes.
"In fact, people often find themselves in a news vacuum. They know about the existence of any situation, but official and reliable sources are idle, silent and agree on an acceptable position on this or that issue. Because of this, citizens begin to dig on the Internet and social networks, where they are likely to stumble upon messages from Ukrainian bots. Therefore, here we must work extremely quickly," Asafov summed up.
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