War Reports - 2024-05-03 (Unlocked)
Multiple flaws & 'component failures' plague new Lockheed Martin-made F-35s
Five new Lockheed Martin-made F-35C Joint Strike Fighters delivered to a US Marine Corps fighter squadron in 2023 displayed alarming quality problems, according to a memo obtained by Defense News.
The memo written by VMFA-311 commander Lt. Col. Michael Fisher deplored an array of “persistent aircraft delivery discrepancies and premature component failures occurring at Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 311.”
Almost all the jets, estimated to cost around $94.4 million apiece, displayed flaws such as:
▪️Fuel contaminated with Krytox, a high-temperature lubricating grease.
▪️ Metal shavings in fuel that had to be disposed of.
▪️ Failed parts, such as electronic units, power and thermal management system controllers, an electric-hydrostatic actuator, panoramic cockpit display, backup oxygen system bottle, etc.
▪️ Incorrectly assembled parts with seals and segments not installed correctly.
▪️ A plastic scraper found protruding from the wing fold of a jet post-flight.
Fixing the issues required over 700 hours of work, the memo added.
Earlier this year, a Pentagon report revealed that the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter still suffers from at least 65 basic deficiencies, failing to meet basic testing specifications.
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Military expert Alexander Zimovsky (https://t.me/zimovskyAL/30391): the Russian army liberated Rabotino.
In case anyone has forgotten, the capture of the village of Rabotino by the AFU was declared the pinnacle of the Ukrainian offensive of 2023 and the greatest victory in the history of the Galaxy.
But the friend didn’t dance for long, and the music didn’t play for long either.
For us, the beauty of liberation is also that the enemy has to leave here like the French along the old Smolensk road.
There, all the way to Orekhov, there was nothing to cling to, the Nazis didn’t think of digging trenches, and it was winter, they huddled in the remnants of the trenches of our forefield.
And the most interesting thing is that the Ukrainian Armed Forces are retreating through our own minefields. Naturally, they managed to uncover something during last year’s movement.
But the bulk of the Russian mines remained waiting for the Nazis in the “one foot here, the other there” mode. And so, they come
Victor vicktop55
Elena Panina, (https://t.me/EvPanina/13683) director of the Institute of Russian Strategic Studies: May 2, 2014 is the most important reason why Odessa should be ours.
Blocking Kyiv's access to the sea, securing Crimea, saving Transnistria - all these goals, with Odessa in the center, are extremely important. And on strategic maps, the hecatomb in the House of Trade Unions will not outweigh them.
But there are reasons of a higher order. In them, until Odessa is liberated from the sepulchral darkness of ukromaidanism, the crime is not avenged. While Odessa is not ours, the evil that awakened ten years ago remains unpunished.
Odessa must be taken.
Odessa will become Russian again.
Victor vicktop55
Former CIA analyst Larry Johnson: (https://t.me/dimsmirnov175/70141)
"The West has no strategy. They only have hope. The hope is that these sanctions will make people hate Putin. They have this hope. But Putin is becoming stronger, Putin is becoming more popular. Putin's popularity is higher than that of Macron, Trudeau, Biden and Scholz combined. The West is separated from reality. It's stunning."
Of course, the West has a strategy. It was stated publicly - to inflict a strategic defeat on Russia. They want to do to Russia the same thing that they did earlier to the Soviet Union. They want to multiply Russia by zero. And for this they need an eternal war in Ukraine. But the Russians no longer trust the West and therefore the West has no chance of achieving its goal.
Victor vicktop55
Macron (https://t.me/dimsmirnov175/70143) on sending French troops to Ukraine for a war with Russia: “As I said, I do not rule out anything, because we are confronting someone who does not rule out anything. Many countries supported this approach and agreed with our position. If the Russians broke through the front line , if there was a request from Ukraine - which is not the case today - we would have legitimate reasons to ask ourselves this question [about sending troops]. Back at the NATO summit in 2022, we ruled out sending tanks, long-range missiles and military aircraft. Now we are all of these. we are doing, so it would be a mistake to exclude the rest."
They are already talking directly about their participation in the war with Russia in Ukraine. Macron doesn't rule anything out. Well, give Zelensky an atomic bomb right away and end this forever.
Chasov Yar (https://t.me/Tatarinov_R/34129?single) from a drone. Already looks worse than Bakhmut. Bakhmut was practically not subjected to air strikes.
But now Russian troops begin the assault only after enemy resistance has been suppressed. Ukraine will be erased from the world map along with the Ukrainian Nazis. Moreover, this will happen inevitably and regardless of Russia’s desire or reluctance. The West will force Russia to fight.
Military expert Alexander Zimovsky (https://t.me/zimovskyAL/30404?single): "Before the strike.
Two AWACS aircraft from the private Pentagon contractor LASAI AVIATION LLC are working on the task of uncovering targets in the Crimea and revealing the cover of these targets by the air defense forces of the Russian army and the Black Sea Fleet.
The aircraft operate from the airspace over Eastern Romania using the Artemis multi-component aerial reconnaissance and target detection system.
Typically, such activity precedes each combined missile strike by the Ukrainian-fascists against targets in the depths of defense and in the operational rear areas of the troops of the entire Russian grouping in Ukraine."
How long will Russia fight with NATO “according to the rules” that it has established for itself? It's time to turn this chessboard over.
Victor vicktop55
#UkraineRussiaWar
🌐 Place: #Kizomys
🕰 Date: ~01.05.2024
📌 Coordinates: 46.562388,32.354600
46.562791,32.355069
👩🚀 Squad:
📝 Description: Russian FABs are burning out the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Kizomys.
🖥 id: 02052024.0602
✉️source: https://t.me/russian_airborne/5446
Map: Military Summary Map (https://dev.militarysummary.com/#/login)
#UkraineRussiaWar
🌐 Place: #Lukiantsi
🕰 Date: ~01.05.2024
📌 Coordinates: 50.248284,36.540090
50.241580,36.548106
👩🚀 Squad:
📝 Description: Russian FABs bomb positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Lukiantsi.
🖥 id: 02052024.0605
✉️source: https://t.me/dva_majors/41371
Map: Military Summary Map (https://dev.militarysummary.com/#/login)
#UkraineRussiaWar
🌐 Place: #Kyslivka
🕰 Date: ~01.05.2024
📌 Coordinates: 49.649584,37.890844
👩🚀 Squad:
📝 Description: Russian RBK 500 strikes Ukrainian Armed Forces positions near Kyslivka.
🖥 id: 02052024.0610
✉️source: https://t.me/RVvoenkor/67207
Map: Military Summary Map (https://dev.militarysummary.com/#/login)
#UkraineRussiaWar
🌐 Place: #Leliukivka
🕰 Date: ~01.05.2024
📌 Coordinates: 49.782564, 37.133931
49.782873, 37.127915
👩🚀 Squad:
📝 Description: A Russian MLRS destroyed the Himars system of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Leliukivka.
🖥 id: 02052024.0520
✉️source: https://t.me/warriorofnorth/135
Map: Military Summary Map (https://dev.militarysummary.com/#/login)
INTERVIEW: Israel will invade Rafah because no one will stop them: Scott Ritter
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#UkraineRussiaWar
🌐 Place: #Odesa
🕰 Date: ~01.05.2024
📌 Coordinates: 46.390786, 30.709779
👩🚀 Squad:
📝 Description: Russian missile attack caused a large fire in Odesa.
🖥 id: 02052024.0824
✉️source: https://t.me/eyes_partizan/3696
Map: Military Summary Map (https://dev.militarysummary.com/#/login)
#UkraineRussiaWar
🌐 Place: #Spirne
🕰 Date: ~01.05.2024
📌 Coordinates: 48.805080,38.235400
👩🚀 Squad:
📝 Description: Russian RBK 500 destroys Ukrainian Armed Forces positions near Spirne.
🖥 id: 02052024.0529
✉️source: https://t.me/frontline_pvt/1206
Map: Military Summary Map (https://dev.militarysummary.com/#/login)
#UkraineRussiaWar
🌐 Place: #Tarasivka
🕰 Date: ~02.05.2024
📌 Coordinates: 48.343156,37.554872
👩🚀 Squad:
📝 Description: Russian artillery destroyed the Ukrainian Armed Forces' ammunition depot in Tarasivka.
🖥 id: 02052024.1356
✉️source: https://t.me/The_Wrong_Side/15782
Map: Military Summary Map (https://dev.militarysummary.com/#/login)
#UkraineRussiaWar
🌐 Place: #Hirnyk
🕰 Date: ~02.05.2024
📌 Coordinates: 48.048645,37.377672
48.050029,37.371089
48.054713,37.360068
👩🚀 Squad:
📝 Description: Russian FABs bomb positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Hirnyk.
🖥 id: 02052024.1417
✉️source: https://t.me/yuzhny_front_ZOV/5811
Map: Military Summary Map (https://dev.militarysummary.com/#/login)
#UkraineRussiaWar
🌐 Place: #Kurylivka
🕰 Date: ~02.05.2024
📌 Coordinates: 49.66555, 37.73972
👩🚀 Squad:
📝 Description: Russian military suppresses Ukrainian Armed Forces artillery firing positions near Kurylivka.
🖥 id: 02052024.1424
✉️source: https://t.me/creamy_caprice/5320
Map: Military Summary Map (https://dev.militarysummary.com/#/login)
Special Operation, 1 May 2024, Main; pub. 20:01⚡️
▪️ Shoygu held a meeting at the headquarters of the Joint Group of Forces, heard reports on the situation in the SMO zone;
▪️ Shoygu said that in order to maintain the pace of the offensive and increase the composition of troop groups, it is necessary to increase the volume and quality of supplied weapons, targeted work is being carried out,
▪️ The head of the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) drew attention to increasing the efficiency of repair and restoration units and instructed to take measures to reduce repair time;
▪️ The RFAF hit the headquarters of the operational command of the AFU "South", the losses of Kiev over the day amounted to 970 militants, MoD said;
▪️ An exhibition of trophies captured during the SMO opened on Poklonnaya Hill in #Moscow, including Abrams and Leopard tanks, the one-of-a-kind Ukrainian T-72AG, and the Azovets AFV;
▪️ A representative of the AFU Air Force said that Kiev is waiting for F-16 fighters after Easter, even faulty ones will be needed.
rian_ru
RFAF Advance on #Urozhaynoye in #Vremyevka Sector of #Ugledar Direction⚡️
🇷🇺 The RFAF advanced further on broad front (ca. 3,5 km) at the southern outskirts of #Urozhaynoye.
🇺🇦 The advance is already confirmed (https://t.me/petrenko_IHS/4965)!
📌 The RFAF did not enter the village's boundaries, even it seems so on the map. Thus, I added the rough southern border in green to the map. This advance supports the already existing wedge.
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Military Expert Boris Rozhin on the Situation in the #Avdeyevka Direction on 1 May 2024 at 22:11⚡️
🔻1. #Netaylovo:
🟡Fighting in the eastern part of the village.
🔻2. #Umanskoye:
🟡Without changes. Fighting at the southeastern outskirts.
🔻3. #Solovyevo:
🟡The RFAF are expanding the control zone to the southwest and to the west.
🔻4.#Ocheretino:
🟡The RFAF continue to sweep the northern outskirts of the village and are advancing westward towards #Novoaleksandrovka and #Sokol.
🟡Both localities are less than a kilometer away.
🔻5. #Arkhangelskoye:
🟡The fighting took place on the near approaches.
🟡By the evening the RFAF entered the village itself.
🔻6. #Keramic & #Novokalinovo:
🟡In fact, both localities have come under the control of Russian troops, and the cleanup continues there.
🔻7. #Berdychi:
🟡After the withdrawal of the enemy from #Berdychi, there is an advance to the west, as well as from #Semyonovka.
🟡The front has moved slightly away from the settlements.
⭐️Note: according to my data, #Semyonovka is still not fully taken within its boundaries. There are fields in the west. And outside, the AFU still in the landings, I assume. Still awaiting confirmation of the takeover.
📜 Boris Rozhin specially for the Voenkor Kotenok (https://t.me/voenkorKotenok/55932) Channel
voenkorKotenok
The.Labour Day on difficult Frontiers - Situation in the #ChasovYar Direction at the End of 1 May 2024⚡️
🔴Spring and Labour Day, a favorite holiday for many, is celebrated at the front, as on other days of the calendar, with difficult frontline work.
🔵 In the area of #ChasovYar, positional battles continue, both within the town limits and on the approaches. Russian troops are successfully taking actions to expand the zone of control and improve their own positions.
🟡In particular, ours continue to clear forest belts along the Seversky Donets-Donbass canal south of the Kanal Microdistrict.
🔵Probably, the purpose of this step is to create the preconditions for an attack on the Canal from the south, in view of the fact that the AFU garrison of the town and auxiliary forces there are diverted to the other edge of the defence, the northeastern one, where Russian stormtroopers have already dug in and are not giving the enemy rest.
readovkanews
🇮🇱⚔🇵🇸Israel-Gaza Conflict: May 1-2 (Recap)
1️⃣ Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told US Secretary of State Blinken that he will not accept a ceasefire deal with Hamas that includes ending the war on Gaza, according to Israeli media reports.
2️⃣ UNICEF chief Catherine Russell said 600,000 Palestinian children are “crammed into Rafah” and an Israeli ground invasion would bring “catastrophe on top of catastrophe”.
3️⃣ UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says Israel “impeded” and “denied” a significant number of aid missions to north Gaza in April, and that despite the opening of new aid crossing, six months of starvation cannot be ended without a consistent supply of aid.
4️⃣ The Beit Hanoon (Erez) crossing, the Gaza Strip’s northern border crossing with Israel, has been opened for the first time since October 7, admitting a convoy of 31 aid trucks from Jordan.
5️⃣ AP reports that Muslim organisations in the US and students at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) have blasted university officials and police for failing to intervene and protect them from pro-Israeli attackers.
6️⃣ A senior Hamas official has said the group will issue a clear response to Israel’s ceasefire proposal “within a very short period”.
7️⃣ The US House of Representatives has passed a bill broadening the definition of anti-Semitism to include the “targeting of the State of Israel, conceived as a Jewish collectivity”.
At least 34,568 people including more than 15,000 children, have been killed and over 77,765 injured in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7. The death toll from the October 7 attack in Israel stands at 1,139.
The Islander
Ukrainian Drone Strikes In Russian Rear Regions On May 1, 2024 (Map Update)
https://southfront.press/ukrainian-drone-strikes-in-russian-rear-regions-on-may-1-2024-map-update/
Two Majors #Report for the Morning of 2 May 2024; pub. 07:03📍
🎯 The RFAF launched missile strikes on targets in #Odessa and #Kharkov in the first half of the night. As a result of the strike on the target in #Odessa, a powerful fire broke out (https://t.me/two_majors/23261), the enemy claimed the hit on the Novaya Posta sorting depot, which is used for logistics tasks of the AFU.
🛡Russian regions repelled a raid by enemy UAVs. In the #Smolensk region, the governor reported an attack on a civilian energy infrastructure facility. In the #Rostov region, in the area of #Novoshakhtinsk and Kamensk-Shakhtinsky, two UAVs were destroyed. In the #Bryansk region, three drones were destroyed over the Starodubsky municipal district and the Pogarsky district. In the #Oryol region, in the Glazunovsky and Sverdlovsk districts, energy infrastructure facilities were damaged. In the #Kursk region, an Ukrainian UAV was shot down over the Oboyansky district, and power lines were damaged in the village of #Ponyri.
🔹In the #Kherson direction, there are no changes. The enemy is stepping up strikes with cluster artillery ammunition in the #Krynki area, actively using drones along the entire frontline. Incendiary munitions set fire to forests on our coast.
🔹On the #Zaporozhye front, despite statements by a number of respected sources and reports on the capture of #Rabotino, heavy fighting continues for the settlement. The Defence Ministry also did not report the liberation of the village. There is fighting northwest of #Verbovoye, the enemy is actively mining the terrain, slowing down the advance of our troops.
🔹In the #Vremyyevka direction, the RFAF are reported to be advancing in the area of #Urozhaynoye. Our advanced units are entrenched in the southern part of the village (⭐️Note: which is unfortunately not within its boundaries (https://t.me/sitreports/26938), even it seems so). The enemy's rear in the #Makarovka area is being hit by FAB strikes with UMPC.
🔹In the #SouthDonetsk direction, despite the fighting to the west of #Novomikhaylovka, our information about the RFAF occupying #Paraskoviyevka has so far also proved to be hasty. In the morning, during a clash on the approaches, our units failed to advance and gain a foothold. The enemy is defending himself with FPV drones. In #Krasnogorovka, fighting continues in the central part of the town on the Refractory Plant.
🔹In the south of the #Pokrovskoye (⭐️ formerly #Avdeyevka) direction, the RFAF are advancing into #Netaylovo and cutting the front edge along the #Pervomayskoye-#Nevelskoye line. On the #Ocheretino ledge (⭐️ in the north of the direction), yesterday the RFAF rushed into #Arkhangelskoye and is expanding their zone of control near #Solovyevo and northwest of #Ocheretino.
🔹In the direction of #ChasovYar, the eastern neighbourhood is being covered from the south, and the RFAF have reached the Seversky Donets-Donbass water canal.
💥Continued shelling of the #Belgorod region. The village of #Krasnoye in the Shebekinsky urban district, the village of Yasnye Zori in the Belgorod district and the village of #Voznesenovka in the Shebekinsky urban district were attacked by the AFU using kamikaze drones. The village of Stary Khutor in Valuysk urban district came under AFU shelling.
💥In the #Kursk region, #Yelizavetovka in the Glushkovsky district, the #Krupets checkpoint and #Kozino in the Rylsky district were shelled. None of the residents were injured. In the afternoon, drones were neutralised near the villages of #Gordeyevka in the Korenevka district, #Gornal in the Suzhansky district, #Begoshcha and the village of Staraya Nikolayevka in the Rylsk district. Several more UAVs were destroyed in #Tyotkino.
💥On the peaceful population of the #DPR, the enemy fired 131 rounds of ammunition, and a civilian was wounded in #Gorlovka.
🎬 #Odessa - multiple missile strikes have been launched. Fires are reported from the area.
2 MAJORS
Summary for the Morn of 2 May; 08:02⚡️
🇺🇦 By PETRENKO ✙ REPORTS
🔴 In the #Kupyansk-#Svatovo front section, a high rate of fighting remains in #Kislovka, east of #Terny, east of #Yampolovka and in the #Serebryanskoye Forest. The situation remains unchanged.
🔴 In the #ChasovYar direction, the enemy continues to press in the area of the Stupki-Golubovskiye-2 Nature Reserve in the direction of the Seversky Donets-Donbass canal and in the area of Deciduous Forest in the direction of Zelenaya Street, garage cooperative and dachas in the northern part of the Kanal district.
🔴 In #Pokrovskoye direction, Russian troops, after taking #Novokalinovo and #Keramik, advanced to the central part of #Arkhangelskoye, occupying a section up to 3.85 km wide to a depth of 2 km. (⭐️ Map 1)
🟡 East of #Novoaleksandrovka, the enemy has partial success along 3 forest belts in an area up to 1.58 km wide and up to 520 m deep.
🟡 West of #Solovyevo, the enemy has advanced to a depth of 400 m and attacks towards #Sokol village.
🟡 Southwest of #Solovyevo, the enemy, with support of armoured vehicles, attacks along the forest belt south of HQs. The AFU inflicted a fire defeat on enemy infantry on the northeastern outskirts of the HQs and destroyed an enemy IFV with fire from a Bradley IFV. (⭐️ Map 2; this part is from a previous Report (https://t.me/petrenko_IHS/4971) of 1 May at 23:42)
🟡 South of #Pervomayskoye, the enemy occupied the territory of abandoned orchards and advanced to the Domakha Beam in a section up to 1.41 km wide to a depth of 1.45 km.
🔴 In #Urozhaynoye, the enemy managed to gain a foothold in the southern part of the village, occupying the territories of the farm and the "yard of agricultural machinery" on a plot up to 1.22 km wide to a depth of 600 m. Active fighting is ongoing. (⭐️ Map 3; this part is from a later Report (https://t.me/petrenko_IHS/4974) of 2 May at 08:21 - AND it is not within the village's 👉 boundaries (https://t.me/sitrepmaps/7340))
⚠️ My comments are marked with ⭐️
petrenko_IHS
Frontline #Summary for the Morning of 2 May 2024; pub. 09:07⚡️
🔵On the #Zaporozhye Front, in #Rabotino, the AFU abandoned part of their positions, moving to more favourable defensive lines, as it seems impossible to stay in the village, which has been razed to the ground. For the same reason, part of it is grey zone. There is virtually nowhere for our troops to entrench.
📌 In any case, although the Ukrainian troops are withdrawing to the north, it is too early to talk about full control over the village. (Fig. 1)
🔵On the #Donetsk Front, in #Netaylovo and in the area of #Umanskoye, oncoming battles. No significant advances.
🟡In the area of #Semyonovka and #Berdychi, the RFAF continue to move westwards little by little.
🟡In the area of #Solovyevo, Russian troops are developing their offensive towards the #Sokol village. Also, the RFAF were able to levelling the northern flank by cutting a part of the pocket that was formed between #Solovyevo and #Ocheretino. There are also advances northwest towards #Novoalexandrovka and northeast in its vicinity, where Russian troops were able to enter and consolidate on the territory of #Arkhangelskoye. In the same direction, the RFAF also try to develop an offensive from the direction of #Novokalinovo and #Keramik. (Fig. 2)
🔵In #ChasovYar Direction, the AFU positions continue to be destroyed by long range strikes. On the eastern outskirts, oncoming battles continue, without much progress. But from the southern flank of the Kanal Microdistrict, Russian troops managed to expand the zone of control. If we take into account the parallel advance from #Bogdanovka, it turns out that the eastern outskirts of #ChasovYar soon run the risk of being in "Pincers". Ukrainian troops continue to transfer reserves to this front sector. (Fig. 3)
wargonzo
📌Main world events by the morning of May 2:
➖ Since March, a total of 181 people have died as a result of flooding and landslides in the country, and hundreds of thousands have also left their homes, according to statements from the Kenyan government and the Red Cross;
➖ Mozambique will facilitate a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and is ready to develop a resolution to support such efforts if negotiations fail, said the Permanent Representative of Mozambique to the UN;
➖ Russian Air Defense Forces intercepted and destroyed 12 Ukrainian UAVs over Russia's five regions overnight, country's MoD reported;
➖ Today marks exactly ten years since the Odessa tragedy when Ukrainian nationalists and supporters of the state coup set fire to the Trade Unions House, in which representatives of the "anti-Maidan" sheltered. According to official data, the victims of those events amounted to 48 people, with more than 200 injured;
➖ Following the special military operation, a large tribunal will be necessary, where all the crimes of the Kiev regime will be gathered, and one of the central cases should be the presentation of charges for the crime of May 2, 2014, in Odessa, the Chairwoman of the Russian Upper House Valentina Matvienko said;
➖ US Congress members have adopted a bill aimed against pro-Palestinian protest actions;
➖ The UN Security Council has become a hostage of the US Middle East policy, Russia's Permanent Representative to the UN Vasily Nebenzya said;
➖ Seven police officers were injured during two days of protests in Georgia's city of Tbilisi, one underwent surgery, country's Interior Ministry reported;
➖ Columbia would sever relations with Israel on May 2 due to the genocide in Gaza, the President of Colombia, Gustavo Petro stated.
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Marines eliminate AFU sabotage and reconnaissance group occupying island in Kherson region
The Northern Fleet Marines of the Dnepr Group of Forces eliminated up to 10 servicemen of the AFU sabotage and reconnaissance group during a sweep-up of an island on the Dnepr River delta.
The island is captured by Russian units, concealed firing points and command posts were set up.
🔹 Russian Defence Ministry (https://t.me/mod_russia_en)
💥Russian Aerospace Forces Su-25 ground-attack aircraft thwart rotation of enemy units and wipe out hangars with AFU hardware in Vostok Group of Forces area of responsibility. Strikes were delivered by unguided air-to-surface missile at the coordinates.
🔹 Russian Defence Ministry (https://t.me/mod_russia_en)
⚡️ Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation
(2 May 2024)
Part I
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
▫️Units of the Zapad Group of Forces improved the tactical situation along the front lines, and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 3rd Assault Brigade, 30th, 67th mechanised brigades, 13th, and 31st Ukrainian national guard brigades near Sinkovka, Borovaya, and Kupyansk (Kharkov region).
Five counter-attacks launched by assault detachments of the AFU 77th Airmobile Brigade, 110th Territorial Defence Brigade, and 1st Ukrainian National Guard Brigade were repelled near Novoselkovskoye, Stelmakhovka (Lugansk People's Republic), and Kislovka (Kharkov region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 150 Ukrainian troops, one tank, and five motor vehicles.
In course of counter-battery warfare, one Polish-made 155-mm self-propelled artillery system, one U.S-made 155-mm M777 howitzer and one U.S.-made M198 howitzer, one 152-mm Akatsiya self-propelled howitzer, one 152-mm D-20 howitzer, and two 122-mm D-30 howitzers were neutralised.
▫️Units of the Yug Group of Forces captured more advantageous lines and inflicted losses on mercenaries of the Foreign Legion units, 79th, 92nd air assault brigades, 46th, 81st airmobile brigades, 28th, 93rd mechanised brigades, 107th, and 112th territorial defence brigades near Belogorovka, Grigorovka, Maksimilyanovka, Konstantinovka, Krasnogorovka, and Paraskoviyevka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 270 Ukrainian troops, one tank, and four motor vehicles.
In the course of counter-battery warfare, one 152-mm Msta-B howitzer, one 152-mm D-20 howitzer, one 122-mm D-30 howitzer, one Nota electronic warfare station, and three field ammunition depots were destroyed.
▫️Units of Tsentr Group of Forces liberated Berdichi (Donetsk People's Republic), improved the tactical situation, and inflicted losses on units of the AFU 59th Motorised Infantry Brigade, 42nd, 47th mechanised brigades, and 109th Territorial Defence Brigade near Vozdvizhenka, Kalinovo, Sokol, Novopokrovskoye, and Progress (Donetsk People's Republic).
10 counter-attacks launched by assault detachments of the AFU 78th Separate Air Assault Regiment, 68th Jaeger Brigade, 142nd Infantry Brigade, 23rd, 24th, 100th, 115th mechanised brigades were repelled near Leninskoye, Novokalinovo, Ocheretino, Solovyevo, Semyonovka, Netaylovo (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 380 Ukrainian troops, five armoured fighting vehicles, eight motor vehicles, one German-made PzH 2000 self-propelled artillery system, and one 155-mm U.S.-made M777 howitzer.
🔹 Russian Defence Ministry (https://t.me/mod_russia_en)
⚡️ Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation
(2 May 2024)
Part II
▫️Units of the Vostok Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and inflicted losses on units of the AFU 58th Motorised Infantry Brigade and 72nd Mechanised Brigade near Urozhaynoye, Makarovka, and Vodyanoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
One counter-attack launched by an assault detachment of the AFU 128th Territorial Defence Brigade was repelled near Staromayorskoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted up to 100 Ukrainian troops, two U.S.-made 155-mm M777 howitzers, and one U.S.-made M198 howitzer.
▫️Units of the Dnepr Group of Forces delivered strikes on manpower clusters of the AFU 35th, 37th marines brigades, 121st, and 126th territorial defence brigades near Orekhov (Zaporozhye region), Mikhailovka, Ivanovka, and Tyaginka (Kherson region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 30 Ukrainian troops, two motor vehicles, and one U.S.-made 105-mm M119 howitzer.
▫️Operational-Tactical Aviation, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Groups of Forces of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation destroyed two U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS combat vehicles, one missile and ammunition production plant, one AFU missile and tube artillery weaponry depot, as well as engaged AFU manpower and hardware in 117 areas.
▫️Over the past 24 hours, air defence units shot down 25 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles, two French-made Hammer guided aerial bombs, as well as three U.S.-made HIMARS and Uragan MLRS projectiles.
📊In total, 593 airplanes, 270 helicopters, 23,673 unmanned aerial vehicles, 509 air-to-air missile systems, 15,898 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,277 MLRS combat vehicles, 9,246 field artillery guns and mortars, and 21,441 special military vehicles have been neutralised since the beginning of the special military operation.
🔹 Russian Defence Ministry (https://t.me/mod_russia_en)
MoD Russia, [5/2/2024 4:04 AM]
⚡️ Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation
(2 May 2024)
Part II (see Part I (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/13685))
▫️Units of the Vostok Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and inflicted losses on units of the AFU 58th Motorised Infantry Brigade and 72nd Mechanised Brigade near Urozhaynoye, Makarovka, and Vodyanoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
One counter-attack launched by an assault detachment of the AFU 128th Territorial Defence Brigade was repelled near Staromayorskoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted up to 100 Ukrainian troops, two U.S.-made 155-mm M777 howitzers, and one U.S.-made M198 howitzer.
▫️Units of the Dnepr Group of Forces delivered strikes on manpower clusters of the AFU 35th, 37th marines brigades, 121st, and 126th territorial defence brigades near Orekhov (Zaporozhye region), Mikhailovka, Ivanovka, and Tyaginka (Kherson region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 30 Ukrainian troops, two motor vehicles, and one U.S.-made 105-mm M119 howitzer.
▫️Operational-Tactical Aviation, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Groups of Forces of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation destroyed two U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS combat vehicles, one missile and ammunition production plant, one AFU missile and tube artillery weaponry depot, as well as engaged AFU manpower and hardware in 117 areas.
▫️Over the past 24 hours, air defence units shot down 25 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles, two French-made Hammer guided aerial bombs, as well as three U.S.-made HIMARS and Uragan MLRS projectiles.
📊In total, 593 airplanes, 270 helicopters, 23,673 unmanned aerial vehicles, 509 air-to-air missile systems, 15,898 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,277 MLRS combat vehicles, 9,246 field artillery guns and mortars, and 21,441 special military vehicles have been neutralised since the beginning of the special military operation.
🔹 Russian Defence Ministry (https://t.me/mod_russia_en)
MoD Russia, [5/2/2024 4:35 AM]
💥Two U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS destroyed
🔹 Russian Defence Ministry (https://t.me/mod_russia_en)
💥 By direct fire: tank units of 68th Army Corps destroy AFU platoon stronghold
The Vostok Group of Forces Army Corps Motorised Rifle Brigade T-72B3 tank units continue to wipe AFU strongholds and hardware in South Donetsk direction.
🔹 Russian Defence Ministry (https://t.me/mod_russia_en)
💥 Russian Aerospace Forces neutralise IRIS-T air defence system by missile strike near Ostroverkhovka
🔹 Russian Defence Ministry (https://t.me/mod_russia_en)
#UkraineRussiaWar
Russian Forces Began Encircling Ukrainian Units in Fields Between Pervomaiske And Netailovke. There is High Possibility that Ukrainian units left this artillery pocket already.
Military Summary Map (https://dev.militarysummary.com/)
#UkraineRussiaWar
🌐 Place: #Krasnohorivka
🕰 Date: ~02.05.2024
📌 Coordinates: 48.032703,37.485559
👩🚀 Squad: #238ArtBrigade
📝 Description: Russian artillery destroyed a Ukrainian Armed Forces Howitzer near Krasnohorivka.
🖥 id: 02052024.1457
Map: Military Summary Map (https://dev.militarysummary.com/#/login)
#UkraineRussiaWar
🌐 Place: #ChasivYar
🕰 Date: ~02.05.2024
📌 Coordinates: 48.598403,37.884877
👩🚀 Squad: #VDD98
📝 Description: Russian TOS bombs a Ukrainian Armed Forces stronghold in Chasiv Yar.
🖥 id: 02052024.1517
✉️source: https://t.me/vdd98/3309
Map: Military Summary Map (https://dev.militarysummary.com/#/login)
#UkraineRussiaWar
🌐 Place: #Sokil
🕰 Date: ~02.05.2024
📌 Coordinates: 48.251039,37.560607
👩🚀 Squad:
📝 Description: Russian artillery destroys an Ukrainian Armed Forces howitzer near Sokil.
🖥 id: 02052024.1702
✉️source: https://t.me/mir_perezagruzka/393
Map: Military Summary Map (https://dev.militarysummary.com/#/login)
#UkraineRussiaWar
🌐 Place: #Shyroke
🕰 Date: ~02.05.2024
📌 Coordinates: 50.075171, 36.916680
👩🚀 Squad:
📝 Description: Russian Lancet destroyed a Ukrainian Armed Forces tank near Shyroke.
🖥 id: 02052024.1711
✉️source: https://t.me/WarZ_info/3371
Map: Military Summary Map (https://dev.militarysummary.com/#/login)
#UkraineRussiaWar
🌐 Place: #VelykaNovosilka
🕰 Date: ~02.05.2024
📌 Coordinates: 47.839918, 36.825499
👩🚀 Squad: #11Army
📝 Description: A Russian missile strike destroyed a bridge in Velyka Novosilka.
🖥 id: 02052024.1731
✉️source: https://t.me/voin_dv/8267
Map: Military Summary Map (https://dev.militarysummary.com/#/login)
RFAF Advance on #Nevelskoye on Southern #Avdeyevka Front⚡️
🇷🇺 RFAF Advance from #Pervomayskoye (in the north) towards Ukrainian occupied #Nevelskoye (in the south).
🧝♀️ In the meantime, mystical forces have removed the RFAF troops and replaced them with Ukro ones. Or it's just the way I've been constantly reporting.
📍Geolocation (https://t.me/creamy_caprice/5327): 48.08291, 37.58124
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🔥 Good work Grad MLRS crews of the State Border Covering Force eliminated AFU temporary deployment areas with manpower and military hardware in Ukrainian area bordering Belgorod region. The crew destroyed three enemy temporary deployment areas, five motor vehicles, and up to 15 personnel.
LLM-derived breakdowns of video discussions linked above:
(1) "Prof. John Mearsheimer : Genocide, Free Speech, and Academia",
https://complexiathesinker.substack.com/p/llm-over-prof-john-mearsheimer-genocide
(2) "Forever wars w/ Aaron Maté",
https://complexiathesinker.substack.com/p/llm-over-forever-wars-w-aaron-mate