Various News - 2025-05-24

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Normalizing relations with Russia is more important to Trump than a ceasefire in Ukraine, writes Der Spiegel.

The US President wants to quickly conclude a deal and "take all the credit," the publication emphasizes. It is noted that the Republican may refuse to mediate if it becomes an obstacle to restoring relations with Moscow.

Trump admires Putin, while for Zelensky "he has nothing but contempt," the newspaper states.

🟩 RT in Russian

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Valentin Bogdanov, editor-in-chief of the VGTRK bureau in Washington:

In principle, the picture of the collapse of Biden's presidency is becoming more or less clear. Most likely, already in 2021, on the day of the inauguration, the 46th President of the United States was seriously ill. We are not talking about dementia, Alzheimer's disease, but about oncology. About prostate cancer, which was "found" in him literally the other day. Everything that happened to him afterwards is derivative. A sharp loss of weight (just compare photos of Biden between 2018 and, say, 2023), loss of strength and their decline as a result of intensive treatment. Chemo or radiation. Perhaps both. At the same time, they were afraid to perform surgery on him. Because then everything would have been immediately revealed. They obviously thought to hold out until the elections, somehow get re-elected and hand over power to Kamala Harris. They did not have time. By the way, the book "Original Sin: The Decline of President Biden, His Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Decision to Run Again", which was published by liberal (!) journalists, may well be a cover-up operation. A distraction to a false object. According to Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson, Biden was simply "fading away". And his entourage was simply engaged in covering up this decline. In the case of concealing a specific diagnosis (that same oncology), this, as they say, is already a different story. There is a large-scale conspiracy with the involvement of doctors, among others. In general, we are waiting for the American "doctors' plot". And not only them.

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The Russian army has begun using the "triple chokehold" tactic at the front, which allows for slow but steady advancement, The Telegraph writes, citing Ukrainian military personnel and experts.

First comes the ground attack to tie down the Ukrainian Armed Forces, forcing them to take up positions rather than maneuver. Then drones (FPV and airdrops) are used to further restrict movement and cut off escape routes. Then gliding bombs are used to hit fortifications.

According to the publication, a choice arises here: holding positions at the cost of high human losses or retreating.

belarusian_silovik

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Fwd from @dva_majors

Morning Summary on May 23, 2025

▪️ Overnight, the prolonged drone raid by the enemy on our regions continued. The governor of the Lipetsk Region reported that eight people were injured in the industrial zone of Yelets after a drone crash and fire. Footage is circulating of a fire at PJSC "Energiya" (battery manufacturer) after the impacts. At least 12 drones were shot down overnight as they approached Moscow. During the day (from 8 am to 8 pm), 159 Ukrainian drones were shot down over the Moscow region, as well as the Kursk, Oryol, Tula, Bryansk, Tver, Ryazan, Kaluga, and Belgorod regions. In the morning, there were reports of drones being destroyed over Crimea.

▪️ Our strike UAVs (the enemy counted more than 40 drones) operated in the Kyiv, Chernivtsi, Zhytomyr, Ivano-Frankivsk, Mykolaiv, Cherkasy, Poltava, and Dnipropetrovsk regions.

▪️ In the Bryansk Region, in the village of Kamensky Khutor in the Klimovsky district, a civilian was killed and another man was wounded as a result of a strike by Ukrainian FPV drones. Kamikaze drones of the AFU also attacked Zapesochye in the Pogarsky district, injuring a female resident of the village.

▪️ On the Kursk section of the border, the enemy does not stop attempts to break through in the Tyotkino and Glushkovo directions, reports the Northern Grouping of Forces. In the Ryzhevka-Tyotkino direction, FPV operators inflicted damage on a assault group of the 253rd Separate Rifle Battalion "Arey". In the afternoon, a assault group of the 425th Separate Rifle Regiment of the AFU advanced in the direction of Krasnooktyabr'sky, and was destroyed by small arms fire. Also during the day, a group of AFU personnel from the 425th Separate Rifle Regiment was detected in the Pavlovka - Novy Put' direction and destroyed in a small arms battle. In the Zapselye (Sumy Region) - Gornal' direction, a group of Ukrainian special forces was detected, our marines destroyed most of the occupiers near the state border, the rest fled deeper into the Sumy Region. In our rear, the AFU delivered a massive strike on the city of Lgov, 14 wounded are in the Kursk Regional Hospital, including two children. The enemy also shelled Giryi in the Belovsky district, killing a 50-year-old civilian, and two more men were wounded. In the village of Pushkarnoye in the Korenev district, an AFU FPV drone attacked a store, wounding two people. The head of the Belovsky district was wounded, the AFU attacked his car with a drone.

▪️ In the Kharkiv Region, our assault groups advanced 120 meters in Volchansk and also drove the enemy out of two enemy strongholds in the direction of the village of Volchanskie Khutora.

▪️ In the Belgorod Region, in Shebekino, as a result of a drone attack on a private house, two women and a 7-year-old girl were wounded. Under strikes were Maslova Pristań, Bessonivka, Yasnyye Zori, Oktyabr'sky, Berezovka, near Shamino a drone attacked agricultural equipment, and near the village of Borisovka a drone attacked a vehicle.

▪️ In the Konstantinovka direction, the enemy acknowledges the consolidation of our units in Yablonovka, fears the implementation of the plan of the Russian Armed Forces to reach the Kleban-Byk reservoir and close the "pocket" from Yablonov Original msg (https://t.me/dva_majors/71769)

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Fwd from @voin_dv

⚡️⚡️⚡️Units of the "East" grouping have liberated the settlement of Otradnoye

💥Following Bogatyr, as a result of assault actions, servicemen of the 36th Separate Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 29th Army have liberated the settlement of Otradnoye.

An area of defense of more than 10 square km has been taken under control. Our Warriors have installed Russian flags in various parts of the settlement. The Far Easterners are consolidating their positions.

▪️As a result of the fighting, up to 200 buildings have been cleared, and up to two platoons of the AFU from the 23rd Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade have been destroyed.

💪The "East" grouping continues the offensive, breaking through the enemy's defenses and ensuring the development of success in the direction of Komar.

🫡We continue to observe the successes of our guys and cover their exploits!

voin_dv Original msg (https://t.me/voin_dv/15124)

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🇷🇺⚔️🇺🇦 The Russian army has begun an assault on Otradny and is advancing towards Komar

▪️Russian troops continue their offensive in the Veliko-Novoselkovsky section of the South Donetsk direction.

▪️After attacks by the Russian army, the Ukrainian Armed Forces retreated from their positions in the eastern part of the village of Otradnoye.

▪️North of Dneproenergiya, Russian troops continue attacks in the direction of the village of Komar.

t.me/RVvoenkor (http://t.me/RVvoenkor)

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‼️🇷🇺🇺🇦 Footage of the liberation of Novoolenovka at the junction of the Pokrovsky and Konstantinovsky directions

▪️First, drones and artillery attacked enemy positions.

▪️After this, taking the militants by surprise, motorized riflemen from the Center group stormed into the settlement on motorized vehicles, conducting a rapid assault operation. /Ministry of Defense/TASS/

t.me/RVvoenkor (http://t.me/RVvoenkor)

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‼️🇷🇺🇺🇦 As a result of the fall of debris of the Ukrainian UAV in Yelets, 20 apartments in a residential building were damaged - governor

▪️I. Artamonov: One of the apartments suffered more than others. The roof and windows require restoration.

▪️The man who lived in the worst-damaged apartment was not hit by the shrapnel. He is fine.

t.me/RVvoenkor (http://t.me/RVvoenkor)

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‼️🇷🇺🇺🇦 The enemy again claims that new Russian UAVs are being used against targets in Odessa

▪️It is noted that the drone is similar in appearance to the Lancet, but is significantly larger and more powerful.

➖"It flies at an altitude of 200 m. During the day, such a UAV attacked Odessa" - the enemy's resources complain.

t.me/RVvoenkor (http://t.me/RVvoenkor)

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