Various News - 2025-05-25

Kiev on Fire: Impressive Footage of the Hours-Long Attack on the Ukrainian Capital

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HUNDREDS of Russian troops return home in another massive POW swap

307 freed from Ukraine touch down in Moscow

IntelRepublic

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The US Army will no longer bring democracy to the world at gunpoint, Trump promised.

RIA Novosti.

So, when will the US leave the war with Russia in Ukraine? Or does Trump think that the US, sending hundreds of billions of dollars worth of weapons to Ukraine, providing intelligence, high-speed Internet and Starlink communications, is not participating in this war?

Victor Vicktop55

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Trump decided to give Ukraine to Russia? Well, that's the right decision.

"Trump's refusal to impose sanctions on Russia leaves Europe with no choice but to wait": Europe fears Trump will abandon Ukraine and focus on forging an economic partnership with Russia.

The mood of European leaders who heard the description of Trump's two-hour phone call with Vladimir Putin was said to range from subdued to apoplectic. As for whether Trump will follow through on his threat to hit Russia with punitive sanctions, Europeans have no choice but to wait.

Europe's nightmare - Trump's abandonment of Ukraine - appears to be approaching"

Victor Vicktop55

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‼️🇺🇦💥 Explosions in Kiev, the capital and other regions of Ukraine under massive attack

▪️Explosions in Kyiv for an hour, alarm in most regions of the country due to "Geraniums".

▪️Fires and damage in the Goloseevsky district of Kyiv after a drone attack, authorities report.

▪️Also explosions in Kherson and Zaporozhye.

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🇺🇦💥🇷🇺 The enemy continues to try to isolate the bridgehead near Tyotkino: the Ukrainian Armed Forces hit another bridge to make it difficult to transfer our reinforcements

▪️This time, the attacks targeted the bridge in Korovyakovka.

▪️In the summer of 2024, the enemy also tried to isolate part of the Kursk border area by attacking bridges in order to capture the Glushkovsky district, but was unable to achieve success.

▪️Since May 5, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have been striking bridges with missiles and have begun an offensive on Tyotkino, losing up to 40 units of military equipment and hundreds of attack aircraft.

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‼️🇺🇦🔥 Fiery hell in Kiev. The most powerful attack has been going on for almost 6 hours

Hundreds of explosions from Geraniums and air defense missiles thundered in the capital of Ukraine.

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‼️🇺🇦💥 One of the targets of the combined strike on Kyiv was the Antonov plant

▪️They produce drones there, which the enemy uses to carry out raids on Russian territory.

▪️A NASA map shows a large-scale fire at the plant.

▪️Local authorities also report arrivals in the Obolonsky, Goloseevsky, Svyatoshinsky, Solomensky, Shevchenkovsky and Dniprovsky districts of the city.

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‼️🇺🇦💥 Footage of twenty (!) landings at the Antonov plant in Kyiv

▪️Meanwhile, the official Ukrainian report states that 245 out of 250 drones were shot down.

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🇷🇺⚔🇺🇦 Russian Army Liberates (https://t.me/warriorofnorth) Loknya, Developing Offensive in Sumy Oblast

▪️Having broken the enemy's stubborn resistance, the "North" troop group liberated the village of Loknya in the Sumy border area, the Ministry of Defense reports.

▪️The enemy transferred reserves and tried to hold this settlement for a long time.

▪️The liberation of Loknya also predetermines the fate of a major logistics center of the Ukrainian Armed Forces - neighboring Yunakovka , the fighting for which is still ongoing.

▪️The creation of a safety strip in the Sumy region is in full swing.

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India vs Pakistan: War or just another Wagah... [i]

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The Odessa Moment

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‼️🇷🇺 The Russian army liberated Stupochki and Otradnoye, - the Ministry of Defense

▪️As a result of decisive actions, units of the Southern group of troops liberated the village of Stupochki near Chasov Yar in the DPR.

▪️ Also the Ministry of Defense confirms the liberation of the village of Otradnoye in the South Donetsk direction.

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‼️🇷🇺🇺🇦 Footage of the liberation of Otradny in the DPR

▪️The attack aircraft of the 29th Army of the "Vostok" group made a rapid dash for which the enemy was not prepared.

▪️Our fighters were supported by artillery and unmanned aircraft

▪️The fighters broke into the enemy positions and drove them out of the settlement, cleared about 200 buildings and unfurled Russian flags.

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🇷🇺🔥🇺🇸 Fierce fighting near Pokrovsk: "🅾️brave" troops massively burn NATO equipment, infantry and artillery of the enemy

▪️A selection of combat work by fighters of the Center group of forces on May 23 to destroy military equipment, weapons, infantry and positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces during active combat operations in the Pokrovsky direction.

▪️The footage shows NATO combat armored vehicles, firing points, mortars, infantry, enemy positions and transport being burned.

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🇷🇺⚔️🇺🇦 The Russian army advances on a broad front towards Konstantinovka , storming Romanovka, Staraya Nikolaevka and Popov Yar

▪️Russian troops continue to develop the offensive in the Konstantinovsky direction.

▪️An active assault and cleansing of Romanovka is underway, most of the village has been liberated.

➖"The Russians have consolidated their positions in the central part of Romanovka and are storming both the remaining part of the settlement and the positions further south in the western direction," Ukrainian military analysts belatedly admit.

▪️The assault on Old Nikolaevka continues, the southern part is under our control.

▪️After the liberation of Alexandropol, the Russian Armed Forces are confidently advancing north and south.

▪️After the liberation of Novaya Poltavka, our units advanced up to 3 km into the enemy’s defenses to the north and west.

▪️The 150th Motorized Rifle Division is developing an offensive on Popov Yar , fighting on the outskirts.

▪️In the direction of the village of Shevchenko Pervoye, the Russian army is storming one stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces after another.

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‼️🇷🇺🇺🇦 "Russia is trying to defeat Ukraine in war": in the fourth year of hostilities, Russophobic analyst Röpke realized:

➖"In the fourth year of the war, it is becoming clear: Russia is pursuing a clear goal - to win the war against Ukraine - and is consistently setting its entire economy to achieve this goal," he writes.

▪️Russia can now deploy around 1,000 advanced fiber-optic drones every day, in addition to conventional weapons — all produced in Russian weapons factories. The trend is accelerating: up to 2,000 drones per day are expected in the coming months.

▪️The number of "Geraniums" also continues to grow. About 150 of these drones are used daily. Within a year, this number could increase to 500.

▪️Russia manages to surpass all of Europe in terms of weapons and military power.

➖"There is a lack of political will - not only in Washington, but especially in Berlin, Paris, London and most other European capitals," complains Röpke.

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‼️🇷🇺🏴‍☠️ Battles at Tyotkino: Crimean landing forces repel enemy attacks on Kursk region - part 2

▪️ The 56th Airborne Regiment, while repelling the offensive of Ukrainian militants on Tyotkino, destroyed numerous infantry and equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Sumy-Kursk border area.

▪️ The footage shows paratrooper operator Vangog tracking down and attacking equipment and occupiers.

▪️The paratroopers of the Crimean 56th Airborne Regiment continue to destroy the Ukrainian Armed Forces en masse in the Sumy region and drive the enemy away from the border deep into their territory.

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‼️🇷🇺"🅾️brave" are advancing, having almost come close to the Dnipropetrovsk region

▪️The fighters of the 35th brigade had previously liberated Kotlyarovka and have now advanced beyond the village and closer to the administrative border of the Dnepropetrovsk region.

▪️Also to the north, fighters of the Center group of forces are advancing from Nadeyevka to Novonikolayevka, which is located on the very border of the Dnipropetrovsk region.

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‼️🇷🇺🔥103rd Regiment Advances to Konstantinovka , Burning Ukrainian Armed Forces Infantry Along with Positions

▪️Fighters of the 103rd regiment continue their offensive in the Konstantinovsky direction, destroying bases with Ukrainian infantry and ammunition depots.

▪️During the offensive, enemy concentrations and BCs are destroyed by precise strikes from FPV drones.

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🇷🇺⚔🇺🇦 Russian Army Continues Breakthrough to Konstantinovka, Breaking into Yablonovka and Popov Yar

▪️"The Russians have made significant progress in the Popov Yar area and have gained a foothold in the southern part of Yablonovka," Ukrainian military analysts also admit.

▪️Russian troops are also finishing off the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Romanovka, controlling most of the village

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🇷🇺💥🇺🇦 An attack was carried out on an enemy facility in Odessa

There is a fire at the landing site in the airport area and a large column of smoke is rising.

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Fwd from @dva_majors

Daily Summary for May 24, 2025

▪️ After three days of relentless UAF drone attacks (over 1,000 enemy UAVs shot down), the Russian Foreign Ministry issued a statement that Moscow reserves the right to respond harshly, with military targets chosen exclusively. Last night, more than 40 "Geraniums" struck Kyiv, and explosions were also heard in Izyum (presumably a missile strike), Dnipro, Odesa, Pokrovsk. Unlikely these were the retaliatory strikes the Foreign Ministry referred to - in scale, it was comparable to routine strikes on designated targets, although the concentrated attack on the enemy capital had a media effect.

▪️ In Bryansk Region, a civilian was killed in the village of Saranchino, Sevsk District, by an FPV drone strike on a moving civilian vehicle.

▪️ On the Kursk section of the border, the enemy tried to break through three times in the Tyotkino direction. Near Ryzhevka-Tyotkino, Aidar neo-Nazi assault troops tried to break through twice, they were destroyed. Also, a group of enemy infantry advancing from the vicinity of Iskriskovshchina, the assault group of the 225th OSB of the AFU, was dispersed by fire. In the previous area of AFU incursion into the Kursk region, near Vladimirovka and also on Ukrainian territory south of the village of Gornal, individual enemy sabotage and reconnaissance groups were destroyed. In the Sumy direction, there are battles near the village of Belovody, for the advance of our units towards Yunakivka.

▪️ In the Kharkiv direction, the Operational Group "North" reports some activation of our offensive actions: our assault groups advanced 150 meters in Volchansk, and also cleared the forest belt in the direction of the village of Volchanski Khutory.

▪️ In Belgorod Region, in the village of Novaya Tavolzhanka, Shebekino district, a man was injured by an FPV drone strike on a cargo vehicle. Shebekino, Urazovo, Sobolevka, Glotovo, Bochkovka, Lozovoe, Volchiy-Pervyi were under attack.

▪️ In the Kupiansk direction, the settlement of Radkivka in the Kharkiv region, located on the right bank of the Oskol River, a couple of kilometers from the northern outskirts of Kupiansk, was liberated. It has not yet been possible to find objective control footage from the scene, but the importance of Radkivka is due to its proximity to the road to Kupiansk - it will become even more difficult for the enemy to supply the garrison.

▪️ In the Konstantinovka direction, the advance of the Russian Armed Forces continues south of Popovyi Yar and towards Poltavka, located east of Popovyi Yar.

▪️ In the South Donetsk direction, the Operational Group "East" reported the liberation of the settlement of Otradnoye (https://t.me/dva_majors/71824), located in the direction of the settlement of Bogatyr (recently liberated) - the settlement of Komar. The enemy is throwing NATO-armored infantry into counterattacks, but in vain. The advance towards Komar continues. The assault on Zelene Pole and Novopole continues. Fierce battles are underway.

▪️ In Kherson Region, a 60-year-old man was wounded in the village of Staraya Zburyevka by a UAF strike. The enemy also shelled Oleshky, Kakhovka, Nova Kakhovka, Velyka Lepetykha, Dnepryany, Korsu Original msg (https://t.me/dva_majors/71842)

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📝How Palestinians from Syria were driven out📝

The Agence France-Presse publication writes that leaders of Palestinian factions previously supported by the government of Bashar al-Assad were forced to surrender their weapons and leave Syria under pressure from the country's new "authorities" and the United States.

This refers to Khalid Jibril from the "Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command" (PFLP-GC), the leader of the "Palestinian Popular Struggle Front" Khalid Abdel Majid, and the secretary-general of "FATAH al-Intifada" Ziyad al-Sahghir.

📌 According to AFP, this happened after a meeting (https://t.me/rybar/70384) between Abu Muhammad al-Julani and the US President in Saudi Arabia: at it, Trump, among other things, demanded in exchange for the lifting of sanctions "to deport Palestinian terrorists".

🖍What is happening is generally related to the recent actions of the "government" in Damascus regarding the presence of foreign militants of Palestinian origin. They began to detain (https://t.me/rybar/70446) them for making too loud threats to Israel.

🚩For their own citizens, these actions will be justified by the fact that some of the detained Palestinians are supporters of Assad and the bloody "shabbiha", and the rest are thus trying to protect them from agents of the Israeli Mossad.

❗️However, the stars have aligned too well: Palestinians in Syria are beginning to be persecuted just after the publication of posts about the negotiations of Syrians with Israelis and Americans. Is there a coincidence here - a rhetorical question.

And one can also recall the words (https://t.me/rybar/67481) of Al-Julani himself, that Syria will not become a springboard for attacks on Israel, and that in the absence of "Iranian militias" on the territory of the country, Israelis have nothing to fear.

#Palestine #Syria #terrorism

⭐️@rybar

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Brief report from the front, May 24, 2025

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Is “Balkanization” Back In The Cards For Syria?

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Analysis: Russian 'Triple Chokehold' Tactic, + Offensive Season Outlook

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