War Reports - 2024-05-26 (Everyone)
💥 Su-25 ground-attack aircraft launch unguided air-to-surface missiles at enemy strongholds and manpower in area of Tsentr Group of Forces responsibility
🔹 Russian Defence Ministry
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Report by Press Centre Chief of Zapad Group of Forces (https://t.me/mod_russia/39057)
▫️As a result of active actions, motorised rifle units of the Zapad Group of Forces improved the tactical situation, took more advantageous lines, and inflicted losses on units of the AFU 66th Mechanised Brigade, 68th Jaeger Brigade, and 112th Territorial Defence Brigade near Nadiya, Novosadovoye, and Berestovoye.
▫️Three counter-attacks launched by assault detachments of the AFU 77th Airmobile Brigade were repelled near Novosyolovskoye.
▫️The AFU losses amounted to up to 395 Ukrainian troops, 11 armoured fighting vehicles, including one U.S.-made M113 armoured fighting vehicle, two motor vehicles, one French-made 155-mm CAESAR self-propelled artillery system, one U.S.-made 155-mm M198 howitzer, one 152-mm 2A65 Msta-B howitzer, five 122-mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery systems, and one 122-mm D-30 howitzer.
🔹 Russian Defence Ministry
⚡️🇷🇺🇺🇦⚔️ Special Operation, 24 May 2024, Main⚡️
▪️ FSB Director Bortnikov said that Kiev, under pressure from the #West (https://t.me/sitrepmaps/7917), is thwarting any constructive international initiatives for a peaceful settlement and instead is replicating unworkable 'peace formulas';
▪️ With the assistance of #NATO countries, the massive transfer of terrorists from other regions of the world to #Ukraine continues, and some of them are used for further terrorist expansion in the CIS, Bortnikov said;
▪️ Kiev, having no real capabilities on the battlefield, has switched to total terror, conducting systematic shelling of civilians and civilian infrastructure in Russian regions, and also conducting sabotage attacks in the Russian borderlands, the FSB director added;
▪️ Director of the SVR Naryshkin said that Western elites are confused, realising that the strategic initiative at the front has passed to #Russia;
▪️ Ministry of Defence report: from 18-24 May, Russian troops carried out 49 group strikes, hitting the enemy’s military airfield infrastructure, storage sites for missiles, ammunition and fuel, workshops for the production of unmanned boats and drones, temporary deployment points of the AFU, foreign mercenaries and national formations, enterprises of the military-industrial complex of #Ukraine;
▪️ Within a week, Russian groups liberated #Staritsa in the #Kharkov region, as well as #Belogorovka, #Kleshcheyevka and #Andreyevka in the DPR;
▪️ In a week, Kiev lost more than 11 thousand militants, 19 tanks, 74 armoured vehicles, 8 MLRS vehicles, 178 field artillery guns, 10 field ammunition depots of the AFU;
▪️ Aviation and air defence over the week shot down 2 AFU MiG-29, cruise, anti-radar and operational-tactical missiles, 356 drones;
▪️ Bloomberg reported that #US President Biden will most likely not take part in the conference in #Switzerland because he will attend a fundraising event for his own election campaign in #California;
▪️ #Germany, together with #Denmark, supplied #Ukraine with 10 more Leopard 1 tanks, Berlin is preparing 3 HIMARS MLRS, the German Cabinet of Ministers said;
▪️ Analyst Korotchenko told RIA Novosti that this equipment will not change the situation even on a separate section of the front, and the tanks will become new trophies of the Russian troops.
rian_ru
⚡️🇷🇺🇺🇦⚔️ #Chronicle of the Special Military Operation for 24 May 2024⚡️
🔹Russian Troops continue to strike both along the front line and in rear areas. Enemy targets at the #Kanatovo Airfield in #Kirovograd, a railway depot in #Kharkov, as well as enemy positions in the #Sumy and #Zaporozhye regions were hit.
🔹On the #Karkov front, there are heavy battles along the entire frontline, in particular at the edge of #Liptsy and in #Volchansk. Systematic work continues to reduce the enemy’s combat potential.
🔹In the #Svatovo-#Kupyansk front section, Russian troops are advancing in the direction of #Stelmakhovka, and are also fighting directly in #Berestovoye.
🔹In the #Seversky sector, Russian troops retreated from several strong points northeast of #Belogorovka. At the same time, the AFU were knocked out south of the settlement, and the configuration of the front southwest of #Spornoye was also clarified.
🔹In the #Avdeyevka direction, Russian assault groups completely liberated #Umanskoye, developing a further offensive in the direction of #Yasnobrodovka.
🔹In the #Ugledar direction, the RFAF carried out a successful attack, occupying several forest belts south of #Konstantinovka. West of #Novomikhaylovka, oncoming battles continue.
📜 RYBAR
Escalation in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Zone until the End of 24 May 2024⚡️
🔹In the northern #GazaStrip, IDF units are conducting a ground operation in Jabaliya, where the bodies of three Israelis who disappeared on October 7, 2023 were found in one of the Hamas tunnels.
🔹In the south of the Enclave, the Israelis are shelling the area near the Salah al-Din Gate Cargo Checkpoint, and also conducting counter-terrorism raids deep into Palestinian territory in order to eliminate Hamas infrastructure.
🔹In the West Bank, Israeli security operations are continuing as usual. Thus, major clashes broke out in Jenin, and in the vicinity of Jericho there was a conflict between Jewish settlers and local Bedouins.
🔹On the border with #Lebanon, there have been no significant changes. Hezbollah reported attacks on Israeli military targets in the border zone. In turn, the IDF bombed southern #Lebanon.
🔹In #Iraq, the media resources of the Islamic Resistance reported a kamikaze drone attack on the port of Haifa.
🔹In the Red Sea Region, #Yemen's Houthis have claimed three attacks on Israeli-linked merchant ships.
📜 RYBAR
⚡️🇺🇸🇬🇧🇾🇪 Escalation of the Conflict in the Red Sea (https://t.me/sitrepmaps/7955) - Chronicle of Events for 24 May 2024⚡️
🔴In the Red Sea Region, the Yemeni Houthis continue to carry out their previously voiced threat to attack any maritime transport that is in one way or another connected with #Israel. Today, the representative of the Ansarallah movement, General Yahya Sari, reported three attacks on civilian ships.
🔹The first victim was the Israeli container ship MSC ALEXANDRA, sailing under the flag of #Panama. It was attacked by ballistic missiles in the Arabian Sea.
🔹Secondly, an antiship missile and UAV were fired at the YANNIS cargo ship flying the Maltese flag, owned by the Greek company Eastern Mediterranean Maritime. However, according to the captain, both munitions did not hit the target, and the ship was able to continue along the previously established route.
🔹Thirdly, there are also reports of ballistic missile launches at the Israeli bulk carrier ESSEX in the Mediterranean Sea. Apparently, it was the hit that the head of the Ansarallah movement, Abdul Malik al-Houthi, reported yesterday when he once again boasted about the successful actions of the Houthis in the Mediterranean.
📌 Only one of the three attack episodes has been confirmed by third-party sources so far, and even then the attack itself was not successful. However, such statements serve the main purpose of forcing Israeli-affiliated shipping carriers to refrain from attempting to sail through the Red Sea, presenting the Houthis as one of the main supporters of #Palestine in the eyes of their own population.
📜 RYBAR
⚡️🇷🇺 (https://t.me/sitrepmaps/7920)🇺🇦⚔️Military Expert Boris Rozhin on the Situation in the #Avdeyevka Direction until 25 May 2024 at 00:27⚡️
🔻1. #Netaylovo:
🟡The village is almost under full RFAF control.
🟡The 59th AFU Brigade, defending the village, is suffering heavy losses in killed, wounded, and prisoners. The brigade command is trying to shift responsibility for failures to higher management, referring to poor equipment and a general shortage of personnel.
🟡#Karlovka has not yet been entered by Russian troops, the enemy continues measures to strengthen #Karlovka, for which fighting will soon begin.
🔻2. #Umanskoye:
🟡The RFAF have actually completed its liberation and against the background of the ongoing cleanup, they began to expand the control zone to the north and northwest of the village.
🟡South of #Umanskoye, the movement continues onto the outskirts of #Yasnobrodovka, which the enemy is still holding.
🟡The Netaylovo-Umanskoye road, passing to the east of Yasnobrodovka's outskirts of, is under full RFAF control.
🔻3. #Ocheretino:
🟡Fighting continues to the north and northeast of the outskirts of #Novopokrovskoye. So far, no significant progress.
🟡West of #Semyonovka, the pressure of the RFAF remains.
🟡West of #Ocheretino, there are battles towards #Sokol. The enemy is trying to counterattack with the forces of the 47th Mechanised Brigade, actively spending Western equipment and losing Abrams and Bradley quite regularly.
🟡To the northwest, there are battles on the outskirts of #Novoaleksandrovka. The main part of the village is still behind the enemy.
🟡North of #Ocheretino, the RFAF are fighting for the fortified area at #Kalinovo and the enemy positions covering #Rozovka.
📌 If we look at it as a whole, the enemy, having abandoned available reserves to stop the RFAF advance in the #Ocheretino area, weakened its positions south of the locality, which allowed the RFAF to quickly push through the AFU defence in #Netaylovo and #Umanskoye.
🟡This prevented the AFU from stabilising the situation. The crisis west of #Avdeyevka continues to develop, while a significant part of the remaining AFU reserves are now shackled by fighting in the north of the #Kharkov region.
🟡In the case of new front breakthroughs west of #Adveyevka, a situation may arise when it will again be necessary to withdraw troops from other directions due to their weakening, which plays into the hands of the Russian strategy of "tapping" the front to search for critical vulnerabilities.
📜 Boris Rozhin specially for the Voenkor Kotenok (https://t.me/voenkorKotenok/56517) Channel
voenkorKotenok
🇮🇱⚔🇵🇸Israel-Gaza Conflict: May 24-25 (Recap)
1️⃣ Judges at the International Court of Justice have ordered Israel to halt its attack on the southern Gaza city of Rafah, citing “immense risk” to the Palestinian population.
2️⃣ Israel has called the World Court’s order “outrageous, morally repugnant, and disgusting” and promises to continue the assault.
3️⃣ The UN Security Council has adopted a Swiss-sponsored resolution resolution calling for the protection of humanitarian workers and UN personnel in conflicts.
4️⃣ Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has agreed with his US counterpart Joe Biden to allow UN aid through the Karem Abu Salem (Kerem Shalom) crossing into Gaza.
5️⃣ The European Union is studying whether it could play a role monitoring the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt after Israel’s war with Hamas ends.
6️⃣ The UN’s emergency aid chief says Israel’s war on Gaza has been “a tragedy beyond words”, and it must “end this nightmare”.
7️⃣ Israeli tanks and troops have advanced into Rafah’s southeast and are moving towards the city’s densely populated western district.
At least 35,857 people including more than 15,000 children, have been killed and over 80,293 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
#UkraineRussiaWar
The Russian Armed Forces have improved their position in the central part of Krasnohorivka.
Military Summary Map (https://dev.militarysummary.com/)
#UkraineRussiaWar
🌐 Place: #Krasnohorivka
🕰 Date: ~25.05.2024
📌 Coordinates: 48.0021757988704,37.51268910957646
👩🚀 Squad:
📝 Description: Russian soldiers raised a flag in the central part of Krasnohorivka.
🖥 id: 25052024.0851
✉️source: https://t.me/boris_rozhin/124756
Map: Military Summary Map (https://dev.militarysummary.com/#/login)
#UkraineRussiaWar
🌐 Place: #Huliaipole
🕰 Date: ~24.05.2024
📌 Coordinates: 47.665933,36.252035
👩🚀 Squad: #11Army
📝 Description: The Russian FAB attacked the temporary deployment point of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Huliaipole.
🖥 id: 250520224.1014
✉️source: https://t.me/voin_dv/8738
#UkraineRussiaWar
The Russian Armed Forces have advanced further towards Sokol.
Military Summary Map (https://dev.militarysummary.com/)
#UkraineRussiaWar
The Russian Armed Forces have captured village Ivanovka, Kupyansk direction.
Military Summary Map (https://dev.militarysummary.com/)
The offensive at Chasov Yar, May 24.
After the paratroopers' breakthrough to the Seversky Donets-Donbass canal, the AFU began to react urgently to any movement and deployed significant mechanized forces - several dozen armored vehicles and tanks - along the canal.
However, the situation quickly got out of control and the forces scattered along the Chasovoyarsk watershed began to be hit with drones and artillery.
As a result, the AFU's first line of defense sagged for a while and allowed the paratroopers to conduct a series of counterattacks, during which they managed to expand their zone of control near the Novy microdistrict and shift westward the front line in the north of Chasov Yar.
As last time, tanks, BMPs and other enemy vehicles were destroyed by the Burevestnik UAV unit of the Volunteer Corps.
Military Chronicle (https://t.me/+VKF2CiFcHRc2OTMy)
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@Slavyangrad | Andrei 👋
The NATO military school is a child's game of toy soldiers, compared to the battles against the Russian army.
An American mercenary, fighting on the side of Kiev, who had previously gone through Iraq, admitted this.
“I constantly see guys who go to Ukraine, and they see it almost as a vacation, they don’t particularly expect to die <...> In the Middle East, where if you are on the base, then you are relatively safe. In Ukraine everything is completely different,” he says.
According to the “soldier of fortune,” due to the active use of UAVs, artillery and long-range weapons, there are simply no safe places there. The "damn rocket" could even land "fucking miles from the fucking front line," he complains.
@ukr_leaks_eng
#Summary for the Morning of 25 May 2024: 08:02⚡️
🇺🇦 By PETRENKO ✙ REPORTS
🔴 #Kharkov region:
🟡 In the area of #Liptsy, positional fighting continues. The situation remains unchanged.
🟡 In the #Volchansk section, a high rate of fighting remains in the area of #Staritsa and shooting battles continue in the northern part of #Volchansk. The situation has not changed significantly.
🔴 On the #Kupyansk-#Svatovo front section,
🟡 In #Berestovoye's eastern part, the AFU attacked the position and field ammo depot of the enemy:
📍 49.539632, 37.900290
➡️ The enemy infantry advanced along Tsentralnaya Street up to 550 m. ⭐️Map 1
💬 Reported (https://t.me/petrenko_IHS/5124) on 24 May at 23:50
🟡 The area of #Kislovka and #Berestovoye remains at a high rate of fighting. The situation remains unchanged.
🔴 In the #Seversk direction, there are no changes
🔴 In the #ChasovYar direction, on the eastern outskirts of #ChasovyYar, in the area of #Ivanovskoye and #Kleshcheyevka, a high rate of fighting remains.
➡️ In the latter, Russian troops gained a foothold in the central and southern parts to a depth of 950 m. ⭐️Map 2
🔴 In the #Pokrovskoye direction, a high rate of fighting remains in the area of #Arkhangelskoye, east of #Novopokrovskoye, in the area of #Umanskoye and near #Netaylovo.
🔴 On the #Kurakhovo direction, in #Krasnogorovka, shooting battles are continuing. The situation has not changed significantly.
🔴 In the #SouthDonetsk, #Velikonovosyolka, #Orekhov and #Kherson Directions, without significant changes.
petrenko_IHS
📋🇷🇺🇺🇦⚔️ Two Majors #Summary for the Morning of 25 May 2024; pub. 08:32📍
🔹In the #Kharkov direction, fierce fighting continues for the town of #Volchansk. According to reports from the North Wind (https://t.me/warriorofnorth/577), the RFAF destroyed the enemy at the Medical College defence node and advanced by 150 m. Our assault units are knocking the enemy out of #Tikhoye village, having liberated half of the settlement. Advancement in depth of more than 300 m. At night, the pontoon crossing over the Volchya River near Bochkovo, where the enemy tried to secretly transfer reserves was destroyed. In the #Liptsy section, there are battles for the settlement of #Severny.
🔹West of #Svatovo, the RFAF intensified offensive actions in #Berestovoye and in the area of #Stelmakhovka. This region remained unchanged for a long time.
🔹In the direction to #ChasovYar, our troops are reporting successes in #Kleshcheyevka. The village is a ruin, the AFU hold the heights to the west. In #Ivanovskoye (#Krasnoye) fallen groups of enemy infantry are present on the western outskirts. The complete liberation of the settlement is inevitable. It is stressed from the field that the Stupki-Golubovskiye-2 Reserve south of the #ChasovYar "Kanal Microdistrict" is under full control of our troops, up to the Seversky Donets-Donbass water canal. Along the eastern part of #ChasovYar, RFAF assault groups are entrenched and the town is being assaulted. Battles for the #Kalinovka village.
🔹In the #Pokrovskoye direction (west of #Avdeyevka), the pace of fighting remains high on the #Ocheretino ledge in the Ocheretinsky bulge near #Arkhangelskoye, east of #Novopokrovskoye, in the area of the liberated #Umanskoye and south of #Netaylovo.
🔹In the #Kherson direction, an important element of the situation was the information about the enemy's discharge of water from the #Dnieper HPP upstream. Regardless of the reasons for such actions, a slow rise in the water level was noted in the island zone. Although it does not threaten settlements on our coast, it may impede the actions of our units on the islands. Mutual strikes continue, the AFU is hitting civilians: drones attacked a private house in the settlement of #Dnepryany in the Novokakhovsky urban district.
💥#Belgorod region continues to suffer from enemy terrorist strikes. A UAV dropped an explosive device in the #Krasnoye village of the Shebekinsky urban district. Another UAV attacked the #Murom village, and a power transmission line was damaged. An FPV drone hit a car in the #Malinovka village in the Belgorod district. #Popovka village of Krasnoyaruzhsky district came under AFU shelling. The village of Novaya Tavolzhanka, Shebekinsky urban district, was attacked by the AFU using an FPV drone. Yesterday morning, 25 MLRS shells were fired at Novaya Tavolzhanka.
💥In #Kursk region this morning from the side of #Ukraine shelled the #Korovyakovka village of Glushkovsky district. Yesterday the Sudzha Checkpoint, the settlements of #Oleshnya, #Gueyvo and #Gornal of the Sudzha district, #Yelizavetovka and #Tyotkino of the Glushkovsky district, the settlement of #Korenevo and #Troitskoye of the Korenevsky district, Staraya Nikolayevka of the Rylsky district were shelled. The AFU launched drops from copters on #Sergeyevka, Glushkov district, the Sudzha Checkpoint and the #Oleshnya settlement, and the Krasny Pakhar farms, Rylsk district. In #Yelizavetovka, an AFU drone attacked equipment carrying out agricultural work.
🛡Electronic warfare suppressed UAVs near the settlement of #Khomutovka and the village of #Bogoslovki, Khomutovka district, the Sudzha Checkpoint, #Volfino village, Glushkovsky district, Krupets Station, Rylsky district, #Gornal and Nikolayevo-Daryino villages, Sudzhansky district, and #Gordeyevka, Korenevsky district.
💥In #Donetsk (#DPR), four civilians were wounded as a result of AFU strikes using 155 mm artillery, US M-864 shells with cluster warheads (M-42 cumulative and M-46 fragmentation cartridges).
2 MAJORS
Frontline #Summary for the Morning of 25 May 2024; pub. 10:09⚡️
🔴On the #Zaporozhye Front. northwest of #Verbovoye and in the area of #Rabotino fighting continues with the use of long range weapons on both sides. The line of contact is without significant changes. (Fig. 1)
🔴On the #Donetsk Front, the RFAF assaults continue in #Paraskoviyevka, there are small advances.
🟡In #Krasnogorovka, urban fighting also continues, with no special changes in the frontline, but the initiative still belongs to the Russian forces. In the area of #Netaylovo, the outskirts of the settlement are being cleared of the remnants of the Ukrainian garrison, which has already started to withdraw to #Karlovka and prepare for further defence.
🟡In #Umanskoye, the situation is similar, where Russian troops are also clearing the settlement.
🟡In #Novoalexandrovka, fighting has begun at the edge of the settlement. (Fig. 2)
🔴In the #ChasovYar Direction, fighting continues in the area of #Kleshcheevka and on the eastern outskirts of #ChasovYar. (Fig. 3)
🔴 On the #Kharkov Front, without changes.
🟡 In the centre of #Volchansk, fierce fighting continues.
🟡 In Liptsy, the situation is similar, where Russian troops are engaged in heavy fighting at the the edge of the settlement. (Fig. 4)
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◾A recently leaked image of Gaza detainees in Israeli detention camps shows Palestinians confined in cages, with their hands tied and blindfolded at all times.
◾According to a source, "The prisoners are detained in a sort of cage, all blindfolded and handcuffed. If someone speaks or moves, they are immediately silenced, or they are forced to stand with their hands raised above their head and handcuffed for up to one hour. If they are unable to keep their hands raised, the soldiers attach the handcuffs to the bars of the cage," reported an Israeli whistleblower.
European_dissident
◾Director of the Ukrainian Jewish Committee, Eduard Dolinsky, about renaming streets and erecting monuments to Nazis in Ukraine:
- Ukrainian civil society is not only silent, but on the contrary, it encourages all this horror.
◾Are there no Nazis in Ukraine?
European_dissident
During a trip to the border defense line, Zelensky was shown a demonstration object instead of unfinished fortifications - Verkhovna Rada deputy Bondar
According to the parliamentarian, the Ukrainian president was brought to the same site that had been shown to other officials before him.
At the same time, the remaining fortifications on the border with Russia in the Kharkov and Sumy regions were done in haste or were absent altogether.
@Slavyangrad
🇺🇸🇮🇱🇵🇸 The US is unwilling to pressure Israel to stop operations in Gaza, Russia’s UN mission says
"The main problem is that the United States, which is the only country that is able to press Israel for anything, is not willing to do so," Russian Deputy Ambassador to the UN Dmitry Polyanskiy told Sputnik. "It's quite clear that they are covering [up] Israel. We are seeing that due to this, Washington's position has become more vulnerable and uncomfortable."
Polyanskiy cited pro-Palestinian student protests sweeping through the West.
"But they [the US] are trying to win the time [for Israel to proceed with their operations]," the diplomat said.
Sputnik Africa
🇷🇺🇺🇦 What is happening near Kharkov and why don’t Russian troops move on?
On May 17, we already examined (https://t.me/rybar/60138) the harm of jingoistic statements about “Kharkov is ours” and explained what dictated the current delay in the offensive of the Russian Armed Forces. A week later the picture has not changed.
▪️The main attention in the Slobozhansky direction is directed (https://t.me/rybar/60324) towards Volchansk: Russian troops are conducting assault operations in high-rise buildings in the square of Korolenko - Sobornaya - Kolokoltseva - Olesya Dosvitnogo streets. The enemy is transferring more and more forces into this meat grinder, supported by Russian artillery units, tank troops, aviation and UAV operators.
▪️Promotion near Liptsy is complicated by the fact that Liptsy, Borshchevaya, Russian and Cherkasy Tishki (the northern approaches to Kharkov) themselves are located in the lowlands. To the southeast of Liptsy there is a height of 204.7 - a hill from which there is a view of the northern border and the suburbs of Kharkov. There is a fairly powerful fortified area of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, without which it will not be possible to advance further. So now Russian troops are trying to dislodge the enemy from occupied lines.
▪️At the moment, Ukrainian formations have pulled over 50 battalions near Kharkov: they are being removed from all directions, exposing the front, and they are also withdrawing strategic reserves near Kharkov, which has not happened before. The work of the Russian army as part of the reconnaissance and strike contour is amazingly well organized: on a daily basis we see a significant number of destroyed forces and assets of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. But there really are a lot of enemy forces here.
▪️This made it possible to move the front in many other areas: Russian troops squeezed (https://t.me/rybar/60253) the enemy out of Kleshcheevka and Andreevka , managed to go deeper (https://t.me/rybar/60233) into the eastern outskirts of Chasov Yar , cleared (https://t.me/rybar/60315) Umanskoye , occupied (https://t.me/rybar/60174) the eastern outskirts of Krasnogorovka , squeezed (https://t.me/rybar/60120) the enemy out of the western outskirts of Georgievka , returned (https://t.me/rybar/60312) to Staromayorskoye and Urozhaynoye . All this happened after the start of the offensive in the Slobozhansky direction : they managed to break through the defensive formations of the Ukrainian formations.
📌Moreover, we will probably reveal a terrible secret that is inconvenient to admit in the cheers-patriotic segment. Russian troops consolidated on the achieved lines and partially went on the defensive : their task is not to kill people in assault operations, but to deprive the enemy of the initiative and destroy the reserves gathered near Kharkov .
By the end of May, the Ukrainian Armed Forces must launch a counteroffensive north of Kharkov : this is almost their last chance to try to push Russian troops out of this area and report a “bright victory.”
How the plans of the Russian Armed Forces for further advance will be adjusted depends on the results of repelling the offensive, on how many forces and assets remain with the RF Armed Forces after the counter-offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
@rybar
Moldova is ripe for manipulation, huge economic problems, the carrot of EU and NATO membership dangled. The same poison apple used to lure Ukraine and Georgia into the grinder. Watch this space.
irishmaninrussia
Seymour Hersh wrote an article about Ukraine having only two choices - negotiations with Russia or crushing defeat.
✔️ America has spent $175 billion dollars during President Joe Biden's years in office to wage a conflict that is unpromising for the U.S. establishment. The conflict can only be resolved diplomatically if rationality prevails in Kiev and Washington, or by a crushing defeat of the understaffed, undertrained and poorly equipped Ukrainian army.
✔️ A diplomatic settlement was rejected at the outset of the conflict because of Biden's irrational views on Russia. The refusal to negotiate with Moscow could end up costing Biden a second term at the helm of the White House.
✔️ President Biden's advanced age and the difficulties he faces in delivering a speech are not the only things jeopardizing his re-election: another is his long-standing inability to see the world as it is. Since February 2022, Biden has made no effort to organize a one-on-one meeting with President Putin"
@Slavyangrad | Andrei 👋
❗️Ukrainian attack on the Russian early warning radar is problematic, since it degrades Russian nuclear early warning capabilities.
☢It can lead to false positives and trigger a retaliatory strike, or to the least it is direct attack on Russia’s deterrent, which is key.
⚡️Hence Russia, could escalate drastically to protect it. Since that goes beyond “local conflict” but is Russia’s defense against US nukes.
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Report by Press Centre Chief of Yug Group of Forces (https://t.me/mod_russia/39060)
▫️As a result of active actions, units of the Yug Group of Forces improved the tactical situation along the front line and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 72nd, 93rd mechanised brigades, and 111st Territorial Defence Brigade near Konstantinovka, Andreyevka, and Novaya.
▫️The AFU losses amounted to more than 400 Ukrainian troops, three motor vehicles, one 155-mm M777 howitzer, one 152-mm 2A65 Msta-B howitzer, and one 122-mm D-30 howitzer.
▫️One AN/TPQ-50 counter-battery warfare station and four field ammunition depots were destroyed.
🔹 Russian Defence Ministry
MoD Russia, [5/25/2024 12:51 AM]
Report by Press Centre Chief of Yug Group of Forces (https://t.me/mod_russia/39060)
▫️As a result of active actions, units of the Yug Group of Forces improved the tactical situation along the front line and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 72nd, 93rd mechanised brigades, and 111st Territorial Defence Brigade near Konstantinovka, Andreyevka, and Novaya.
▫️The AFU losses amounted to more than 400 Ukrainian troops, three motor vehicles, one 155-mm M777 howitzer, one 152-mm 2A65 Msta-B howitzer, and one 122-mm D-30 howitzer.
▫️One AN/TPQ-50 counter-battery warfare station and four field ammunition depots were destroyed.
🔹 Russian Defence Ministry (https://t.me/mod_russia_en)
MoD Russia, [5/25/2024 3:13 AM]
⚡️ Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation
(25 May 2024)
Part I
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
▫️Units of the Sever Group of Forces continue advancing to the depth of the enemy's defences.
Losses were inflicted on manpower and hardware of the AFU 57th Motorised Infantry Brigade and 82nd Air Assault Brigade near Yurchenkovo and Bashkeyevka (Kharkov region).
Two counter-attacks of the enemy were repelled near Volchansk and Glubokoye (Kharkov region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 220 Ukrainian troops and three motor vehicles.
In the course of counter-battery warfare, one German-made 155-mm Panzerhaubitze 2000 self-propelled artillery system, two 152-mm D-20 howitzers, one 122-mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system, two 122-mm D-30 howitzers, one 100-mm MT-12 Rapira anti-tank gun, as well as one Czech-made Vampire MLRS and one Grad MLRS were neutralised.
▫️Units of the Zapad Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and inflicted losses on formations of the AFU 241st Territorial Defence Brigade near Stepovaya Novosyolovka (Kharkov region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 210 Ukrainian troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, and three motor vehicles.
In the course of counter-battery warfare, one 152-mm D-20 howitzer, one 122-mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system, and one 122-mm D-30 howitzer were neutralised.
▫️Units of the Yug Group of Forces improved the tactical situation along the front line and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 79th Air Assault Brigade and 116th Territorial Defence Brigade near Ostroye and Konstantinovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to more than 475 Ukrainian troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, and five motor vehicles.
In the course of counter-battery warfare, one UK-made 155-mm FH-70 towed howitzer, one 152-mm D-20 howitzer, two 152-mm Msta-B howitzers, one 122-mm D-30 howitzer, and one U.S.-made 105-mm M119 howitzer were neutralised.
Two AFU ammunition depots were destroyed.
▫️As a result of active actions, units of the Tsentr Group of Forces liberated Arkhangelskoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
Losses were inflicted on formations of the AFU 24th, 100th mechanised brigades, 25th Airborne Brigade, and 241st Territorial Defence Brigade near Novosyolovka Pervaya, Yasnoborodovka, Zelyonoye Pole, Toretsk, and Konstantinovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
Three counter-attacks launched by assault detachments of the AFU 142th, 144th infantry brigades, and 47th Mechanised Brigade were repelled near Schumy, Netaylovo, and Solovyovo (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 410 Ukrainian troops, three armoured fighting vehicles, and two motor vehicles.
In the course of counter-battery warfare, one 155-mm M777 howitzer, one 152-mm Giatsint-B howitzer, one 152-mm Akatsiya self-propelled artillery system, one 152-mm D-20 howitzer, one 152-mm Msta-B howitzer, three 122-mm D-30 howitzers, and one U.S.-made 105-mm M102 howitzer were neutralised.
🔹 Russian Defence Ministry
MoD Russia, [5/25/2024 12:51 AM]
Report by Press Centre Chief of Yug Group of Forces (https://t.me/mod_russia/39060)
▫️As a result of active actions, units of the Yug Group of Forces improved the tactical situation along the front line and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 72nd, 93rd mechanised brigades, and 111st Territorial Defence Brigade near Konstantinovka, Andreyevka, and Novaya.
▫️The AFU losses amounted to more than 400 Ukrainian troops, three motor vehicles, one 155-mm M777 howitzer, one 152-mm 2A65 Msta-B howitzer, and one 122-mm D-30 howitzer.
▫️One AN/TPQ-50 counter-battery warfare station and four field ammunition depots were destroyed.
🔹 Russian Defence Ministry (https://t.me/mod_russia_en)
MoD Russia, [5/25/2024 3:13 AM]
⚡️ Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation
(25 May 2024)
Part II
▫️Units of the Vostok Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 116th Mechanised Brigade, 102nd, and 128th territorial defence brigades near Antonovka, Vodyanoye, Storozhevoye (Donetsk People's Republic), and Gulai Pole (Zaporozhye region).
One counter-attack launched by an assault detachment of the AFU 72nd Mechanised Brigade was repelled near Vladimirovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 120 Ukrainian troops, five motor vehicles, two 122-mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery systems, one U.S.-made 105-mm M119 howitzer, and one Bukovel-AD electronic warfare station.
▫️Units of the Dnepr Group of Forces inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 35th Marines Brigade and 123rd Territorial Defence Brigade near Tyaginka (Kherson region) and the Borshevoy island.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 50 Ukrainian troops, three motor vehicles, one U.S.-made 155-mm M777 howitzer, and one 152-mm D-20 howitzer.
▫️Operational-Tactical Aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces wiped out one temporary deployment area of foreign mercenaries, as well as engaged manpower and hardware clusters in 113 areas during the day.
Air defence units shot down 25 unmanned aerial vehicles, one French-made Hammer guided aerial bomb, and three U.S.-made HARM anti-radiation missiles.
📊 In total, 603 airplanes and 274 helicopters, 24,615 unmanned aerial vehicles, 524 air defence missile systems, 16,156 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,313 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 9,832 field artillery cannons and mortars, as well as 21,987 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.
🔹 Russian Defence Ministry
D-30 howitzer crews eliminate AFU hardware, fortified positions, and motor boats on right bank of Dnepr River
📍 Kherson direction
Artillerymen conduct round-the-clock combat work hitting targets at ranges of more than 15 kilometres. The rate of aimed fire is up to eight shells per minute.
🔹 Russian Defence Ministry
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▫️As a result of active actions, units of the Tsentr Group of Forces liberated (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/14092) Arkhangelskoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
▫️Units of the Vostok Group of Forces took (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/14093) more advantageous lines and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 116th Mechanised Brigade, 102nd, and 128th territorial defence brigades near Antonovka, Vodyanoye, Storozhevoye (Donetsk People's Republic), and Gulai Pole (Zaporozhye region).
▫️The Russian Defence Ministry shows Su-25 (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/14087) ground-attack aircraft, Tor-M2 (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/14089) air defence system crews, EOD (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/14091) specialists of the Sever Group of Forces, artillerymen (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/14094) of Tsentr Group of Forces, D-30 (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/14096) howitzer crews in action during the special military operation.
▫️Scouts of Tigr volunteer detachment try out (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/14095) new Russian-made UAV.
▫️In Kherson direction, servicemen of the Sever Group of Forces took (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/14098) prisoner more servicemen of Ukrainian border service.
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Tactical shift on the battlefield: the Russians deprived the Ukrainian Armed Forces of a key means of communication Russian troops have learned to disrupt the operation of Starlink devices in Ukraine, writes The New York Times. (https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/24/technology/ukraine-russia-starlink.html) If the Russians are able to build on this success, there will be a tactical shift on the battlefield. Soldiers of the Ukrainian Armed Forces already have to use old radios, and the transmission of information has slowed down significantly.