[Bus Insider - Afrika] In its daily intelligence update, the MoD said that the Kremlin is "seeking to sponsor and develop alternative private military companies (PMCs) to eventually replace the Wagner Group in its significant combat role in Ukraine."
Military leadership "likely wants a replacement PMC that it has more control over," the MoD said. It added that private companies appeal to Russia because they are "less constrained" by poor pay and "inefficiency" that afflict Russia's formal military.
But finding someone to replace Wagner might prove difficult for Russia as the mercenary group is unique in its size and combat power, the update added.
It comes as a very public feud between Russian military leaders and the Wagner Group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin appears to have spiraled out of control.
Wagner Group mercenaries have been heavily involved in Russia's attempt to capture the embattled Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, located in the Donbas region, deploying tens of thousands of fighters there.
Prigozhin has repeatedly accused the Russian army of taking credit for victories won by his fighters in Bakhmut, which has irked its military leaders.
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Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has his own group, 'Patriot' (ЧВК «Патриот»), that he's pushing to incorporate into the festivities on a larger scale.
Would keep all that slush money within the family, don't you know.
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There are 7 or 8 PMCs currently operating on the Ukrainian front and a few others in Africa. Wagner is just the most well known and largest (like Constellis in the Western alliance)
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This is the UK intel that gave us Christopher Steele and helped the CIA to spy on Trump. Sorry, but you'll have to color me skeptical about anything they say.
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Yes. The GCHQ and OZ eyes need gouged out special.
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[LB] Chernihiv, Sumy, Mykolaiv, Kherson, Zaporizhzhya, Kharkiv, Donetsk, Luhansk and Dnipropetrovsk regions were attacked.
Yesterday, the Russians launched a Su-35 missile attack on the Chernihiv region . They hit the village of Pechenyugy, Novgorod-Siversky district. The blast wave damaged 16 structures in seven households and the Pechenyug school. One person was injured, according to the summary from the OVA.
In the Sumy region yesterday, during the day, Russians shelled three territorial communities: Bilopolska, Krasnopilska, and Seredino-Budska. One person was injured in the Krasnopil community. A commercial establishment was damaged. The Russians shelled the Bilopol community almost throughout the day: mortars fired 49 rounds, AGS fired 58 shots. The Seredino-Budsk community was shelled from the territory of the Russian Federation with mortars, as a result of which two private residential buildings and a power line were damaged.
In the Zaporizhzhia region, the occupiers carried out 104 attacks on civilian infrastructure in 19 settlements in the past day: Gulyaipole, Poltavka, Charivne, Gulyaipilske, Novodanilivka, Chervone, Zaliznychne, Orihiv, Novoandriivka, Biloghirya, Mala Tokmachka, Malynivka, Novopavlivka, Olgivske, Yehorivka, Luhivske, Kamianske, Mali Shcherbaki, Plavni. 19 reports of destruction have been received.
In Dnipropetrovsk, the Nikopol district was shelled yesterday. There were no casualties, but there is destruction. The aggressor targeted the Marganets community three times. Enemy artillery mutilated five private houses, destroyed farm buildings, and severed power lines.
In Luhansk, south of Kreminnaya, the Russians unsuccessfully tried to attack the previous day. During the day, Novoselivske, Stelmakhivka, Makiivka, Dibrova, Bilogorivka came under enemy fire. The occupiers continue to rob the civilian population, appropriating the personal homes of Ukrainian citizens. So, in Starobilsk, they use representatives of communal services to settle servicemen of the Russian occupying forces in apartments and houses temporarily left by citizens of Ukraine. This happens under the guise of preventive checks of meter readings. The situation in the region remains difficult.
In Kharkivska in the direction of Slobozhansk, the enemy shelled the settlements of Veterinarne, Strelecha, Pischane, Ohirtseve, Vovchansk, Rublene, Dvorichanske, and Topoli. In the direction of Kupyansk, Masyutivka, Kupyansk, Kamianka and Pershotravneve came under enemy fire. Yesterday afternoon, artillery shelled the village. Odnorovka of the Bogoduhiv district. Two residential buildings, a garage and a private car were damaged. As a result of shelling of the village A residential building was damaged in the foothills of the Kupyan district.
In Donetsk , the enemy fired 24 times over the past day. Affected settlements: Hirnyk, Toretsk, Krasnohorivka, Ukrainian, Avdiivka, Velyka Novosilka village, village Karlivka, village Lastochkine, the village of Pleshchiivka, the town of Ocheretine, Bakhmut, Kostyantynivka, Mykolaivka. 37 objects were damaged, of which 22 were residential buildings (including 10 multi-apartment buildings), a school, two hospitals, two shops, an outbuilding, a garage, four civilian cars, a cafe, a service station, a car wash. In a day in the region: four dead, 11 wounded.
In Mykolaivska yesterday, the enemy made artillery strikes on the water area of Ochakivska community.
In Khersonska, over the past day, the enemy carried out 50 shellings in the region, firing 299 shells. The region was under fire from Russian aircraft, tanks and artillery. Three people were injured.
It will be recalled that during the past day, the enemy launched three missile and 47 air strikes, in particular, used 17 Shahed-136 type UAVs. 14 of them were destroyed by our defenders.
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[Vesti] April 5 is the 406th day of the war between Russia and Ukraine. Briefly about the main thing that is happening in the country on this day, about the situation in the regions, the exchange of prisoners, losses, as well as all the relevant information from key departments - online Vesti.ua .
07:00 . The defenders beat off more than 60 attacks in a day . The Russian Federation continues to focus its main efforts on conducting offensive operations in the Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky and Maryinsky directions, according to the morning summary of the General Staff.
08:00 . Kherson region. During the day, the Russians shelled the region 50 times, firing 299 shells. Kherson was shelled six times. There is a hit in the residential areas of the settlements of the region, the building of a school and a private enterprise. Three people were injured.
09:00 . President Zelensky, along with the first lady, arrived in Poland as part of the first previously announced visit. Zelensky will meet with President Duda and Prime Minister Morawiecki, hold a meeting with business representatives, rescuers and volunteers, and make a speech in the evening.
Donetsk region. During the day, Russia carried out 24 attacks: residential buildings, a school, hospitals, shops, power lines, an outbuilding, a garage, civilian cars, a cafe, a service station, a car wash were damaged. 4 people died, 11 were injured.
10:00 a.m. Zaporozhye region. Over the past 24 hours, the region was attacked by UAVs seven times, four shelling from MLRS, 61 artillery attacks on the front-line territory of the Vasilyevsky and Pologovsky districts. Houses, shops, farms were damaged. People were not hurt, but animals were.
11:00 am . Kyiv. Senior Advisor to the US Helsinki Commission Paul Massaro arrived in the capital. He has already visited Kherson, Odessa, Nikolaev and Dnipro.
12:00 . Poland. Vladimir and Elena Zelensky arrived at the Royal Castle in Warsaw, where they were met by President Duda and the first lady. Members of the Ukrainian and Polish delegations are also present there.
13:00 . Poland. Volodymyr Zelensky was awarded the Order of the White Eagle for the deepening of relations between Poland and Ukraine, the struggle and sustainability in the protection of human rights.
14:00 . Donetsk region. Two people were killed, four more were injured during the shelling of Alekseevo-Druzhkovka . The Russian military got into the residential sector, previously, with cluster munitions.
Poland is transferring another four MiG-29 fighters to Ukraine, President Andrzej Duda said. They also intend to hand over 6 more MiG-29 aircraft to us in the near future.
15:30 . Zaporozhye region. In Melitopol there was a powerful explosion near the airport . The incident took place near the airfield and the locomotive depot, where Russian troops are deploying personnel and military equipment.
Kherson region. Explosions are heard in Kherson.
16:30 . Donetsk region. The situation in Bakhmut is the most difficult, the enemy does not control the city, the decision to withdraw the Defense Forces can be made if there is a threat of large losses of personnel, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. He also added that General Syrsky is in charge of the operational situation: "Certainly, for him and for me, the main thing is not to lose personnel."
17:17 . Defense Minister Alexei Reznikov said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are preparing a counteroffensive. According to him, the place and time of the main strike will be chosen by the General Staff.
18:00 . During the day, the enemy launched three missile and 21 air strikes, carried out more than 35 attacks from the MLRS on the civilian infrastructure of settlements.
18:30 . The incessant sounds of explosions heard by residents of Druzhkovka in the Donetsk region.
19:04 . Ukraine will become a member of NATO after it defeats Russia. This was stated by Alliance Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.
19:44 An enemy agent who wanted to escape to Belarus was detained in the Zhytomyr region.
20:20 Vladimir Putin believes that Western intelligence agencies are involved in organizing numerous terrorist attacks that are taking place in Ukrainian territories controlled by the Russian Federation.
20:51 Explosions continue in Kherson.
21:14 In the event of a threat of encirclement of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Bakhmut, "the right decisions" will be made. This was stated by Vladimir Zelensky at a press conference in Poland.
21:43 The next, eleventh meeting of the Contact Group on the Defense of Ukraine will be held at the American Ramstein Air Base in Germany. This was announced to journalists on Wednesday by the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Oleksiy Reznikov.
22:11 "It's completely unrealistic" to talk about Ukraine's membership in NATO. This was stated by Hungarian Foreign Minister Szijjarto. According to him, Hungary will not support decisions that could lead to a direct confrontation between the Russian Federation and the Alliance.
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[Korrespondent] 23:06 Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the UN Serhiy Kislitsa said that 49 countries of the world and the EU condemned Russia for the meeting of the UN Security Council on the alleged legal grounds for the forced removal of Ukrainian children from the temporarily occupied territories.
"The Russian Federation is abusing the rights and privileges of a permanent member of the UN Security Council in order to spread disinformation about the abductions and illegal forced deportations of thousands of Ukrainian children organized by it ... that took place in the context of a full-scale invasion by the Russian Federation, which we unequivocally condemn," the statement says.
22:57 The whole world is watching the criminal prosecution of former US President Donald Trump. They are especially relevant in light of the fact that Trump is not only a former president, but also a participant in a new election race. And Ukraine's interest here is special - Donald Trump's statements about the need to end military support for Kyiv mean that the verdict of the court in Manhattan can have a direct impact on the future of our country. Read more in the material Accusations against Trump .
21:38 French President Emmanuel Macron and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will spend three days in Beijing. Paris presented the trip as a "high-stakes chance" to push China to "do more for peace in Ukraine." Read more in the material Macron's visit to China .
21:15 Stoltenberg once again urged China not to provide Russia with lethal military assistance, saying that this step would be Beijing's "historical mistake".
20:47 Zelensky traveled abroad for the third time since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Russia, and for the first time his visit was announced in advance. The President, together with the First Lady, paid an official visit to Poland. Read more in the material Friendship without borders .
20:42 Zelensky called his today's visit to Warsaw and all the negotiations "victorious".
20:26 Kiev notified the EU that, thanks to the help of Brussels and Washington, it closed the state budget deficit for 2023, the European Commission said.
20:08 Zelensky said that Kiev and Warsaw settled the dispute over the export of Ukrainian grain to the EU, which Polish farmers complained about. He added that "in the coming days or weeks we will finally resolve all issues."
19:42 Zelensky and Moravetsky signed a protocol on the supply of defense equipment to Ukraine. In particular, we are talking about Rosomak armored personnel carriers, Rak self-propelled mortars, air defense systems, in particular Piorun, MiG aircraft, etc. According to Zelensky, during his visit to Poland, they also discussed the joint production of weapons and ammunition. The President added that Polish tanks "are already on the battlefield."
In addition, the relevant ministers signed a memorandum of cooperation in the restoration of Ukraine.
19:29 The FSB border department stated that an allegedly Ukrainian light aircraft crashed in the Bryansk region of the Russian Federation, the pilot was detained.
18:47 The Russian Foreign Ministry accused Ukraine of trying to "influence Russian civilian communications satellites," which the country allegedly undertakes "with the participation of specialists from a number of foreign states." Moscow said it was "an outrageous violation of international law" and threatened to "respond appropriately."
18:35 Bakhmut, Avdiivka and Maryinka remain at the epicenter of hostilities. During the day, the Defense Forces repelled more than 40 attacks by invaders in the Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky and Maryinsky directions, the General Staff said in an evening summary.
In the occupied part of the Kherson region, the Russians are tightening the counterintelligence and police regimes. In particular, in the Kakhovka district, since March 23, raids by the RF Armed Forces have continued to check the phones of the local population for the presence of photos and videos, as well as "forbidden" content. The occupiers also conduct searches in the houses - first of all, those local residents who call Ukrainian numbers.
18:14 The Czech Republic plans to provide Ukraine with military assistance in the amount of 600 to 700 million crowns (about $30 million), Defense Minister Yana Chernokhova said. She clarified that we are talking about "military materials that are still in our warehouses and which we do not need."
17:52 Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that the "act of terrorism" in St. Petersburg and the murder of Vladlen Tatarsky will be one of the topics of discussion in the UN Security Council during Russia's presidency in April.
17:30 The Russians fired artillery at the center of Berislav in the Kherson region, one person was injured, the building of the store was damaged, the RVA reported.
17:19 Russian troops have dug about 8 km of trenches from Yevpatoria to the village of Zaozernoye, Radio Liberty reports, citing a March 16 satellite image. It shows that trenches have been dug along the coastline. On the very shore, there are also concrete "dragon's teeth" in two rows.
16:50 The Bulgarian Ministry of Defense in its report identified Russia's military aggression as the most immediate threat to global peace and stated that the Russian army is committing systematic war crimes in Ukraine.
16:31 Turkey is concerned about the preparation of Ukraine and Russia for a new offensive, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said: "In the coming period, both sides are preparing for a serious offensive in the coming spring months. We are also concerned about this, and we will continue our efforts to achieve a lasting peace through ensuring the border and territorial integrity of Ukraine and we call on you to sit down at the negotiating table as soon as possible."
16:23 The ex-head of the State Enterprise Antonov Sergey Bychkov was informed of suspicion of official negligence, which led to the destruction of the An-225 Mriya aircraft by the Russians in Gostomel, the National Police reported. The amount of damage caused to the state is estimated at more than 8.4 billion hryvnia.
During the pre-trial investigation, it was established that the plane was technically sound on the eve of the Russian invasion, a sufficient amount of fuel was stored at the airfield, the crew was ready to fly to the airport of German Leipzig. However, Bychkov did not give the appropriate order and ignored the reports and suggestions of his subordinates.
15:58 Putin said that Russia "does not have hostile intentions towards anyone" and "is open to dialogue with all countries, is not going to isolate itself." And the current war, according to him, was led by the support of color revolutions from the United States, "including in Ukraine."
15:33 Zelensky said that the situation in Bakhmut is the most difficult in Ukraine: "For me, the most important thing is not to lose our military. And, of course, if there is a moment of even hotter events and the danger that we may lose personnel due to encirclement - there will certainly be corresponding correct decisions of the general on the spot.
15:20 Poland has already handed over four MiG-29s to Ukraine, the delivery of four more fighters is in the process , Andrzej Duda said. According to him, later Poland is ready to send six more combat aircraft, for a total of 14.
14:54 Zelensky said that in the future between Ukraine and Poland "there will be no borders: political, economic and - very importantly - historical. But for this you still need to win. For this you need to go side by side a little more."
14:41 Ukraine will receive a $2.5 billion grant from the US from the World Bank trust fund. This will be the second US grant planned for 2023, totaling $9.9 billion, according to the Treasury Department. The funds will be used to ensure the efficiency of the system of state bodies, education, health care and first response services, as well as to ensure pension payments and certain state social assistance programs.
14:27 During the nine months of the existence of the UNITED24 project, the Army of Drones has contracted 3,200 UAV complexes worth more than 4 billion hryvnias. The doctrine of the use of UAVs has been completely transformed, more than 7,000 military personnel have been trained as drone operators, said Mikhail Fedorov, head of the Ministry of Digital Development.
14:16 Governor of the Bryansk region of the Russian Federation Alexander Bogomaz announced the attack of an allegedly Ukrainian drone with explosives in the Suzemsky district, one person was injured, there was no damage.
13:47 The Russians fired at Alekseev-Druzhkovka, Donetsk region - two people were killed, four were injured, said the head of the OVA Pavel Kirilenko. According to preliminary data, the shelling of the housing sector was carried out with cluster munitions.
13:28 Chinese Ambassador to the EU Fu Kong claims that the statement about "boundless friendship" between Beijing and Moscow is "nothing more than rhetoric." According to him, China does not take the side of the Russian Federation, and the relations between the two countries were "deliberately misinterpreted." Fu Kong also assured that Beijing has not and will not transfer military assistance to Russia, and did not condemn the full-scale invasion, because "understands Russia's statements about a defensive war against NATO encroachments" and believes that "the root causes are more complex" than Western leaders say .
According to the Chinese diplomat, Xi Jinping has not yet had a conversation with Zelensky because he is “very busy”, it does not matter “of great importance”, and the countries are in contact at a lower level.
12:51 Andrzej Duda presented Zelensky with the Order of the White Eagle, Poland's highest award.
12:39 The Russians fired from the tanks of the village of Velyka Novoselka, Donetsk region, hit the locals. It is known about one dead and two injured, the President's Office reported.
12:27 The head of the IAEA, Rafael Grossi, said that he had met with Russian representatives in Kaliningrad, and continued efforts to protect the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant.
12:23 In Lviv, the community of St. George's Cathedral of the Lviv diocese of the UOC-MP voted for joining the temple to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine. After the vote, the dean of the Lviv diocese of the OCU, Oleg Drevnyak, held divine services in Ukrainian in the cathedral. On the eve of the mayor of Lvov Andriy Sadovyi said that the religious community of this temple renounces the Moscow Patriarchate.
12:12 The SBU and the SBI released new evidence of cooperation between the former head of the SBU department in Crimea, Oleg Kulinich, and the FSB. On the recording, Kulinich, who had the pseudonym "Kotigoroshko", talks with his curator - former deputy secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Vladimir Sivkovich, who is hiding in Russia. On the instructions of Sivkovich, Kulinich placed "his" people in positions, in particular, he was interested in the regional divisions of the SBU in Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv and other border regions.
12:05 Macron and Biden, in a telephone conversation on the eve of the visit of the French president to China, agreed to make efforts to involve Beijing in accelerating the end of the war in Ukraine, the Elysee Palace said. Macron is visiting China April 5-7.
11:41 British intelligence notes that Russia is looking for ways to cover the budget deficit by planning a long war against Ukraine. In particular, one of these methods is the issuance of a part of the sovereign debt of the Russian Federation in foreign currency, as reported by Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin. This suggests that Russia is counting on external financial support from "friendly" states. After the implementation of the plan, investors from other countries will be able to buy Russia's sovereign debt and thus finance the future deficit of the Russian budget. Analysts emphasize that such investors will indirectly finance Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
11:32 The Kiev city military administration draws attention to the fact that the curfew for Easter is not canceled and will operate as always - from 00.00 to 05.00.
11:07 Spain will send six Leopard tanks to Ukraine in the second half of April, the country's Ministry of Defense reported. Also in Madrid, they are working on the preparation and possible transfer of four more tanks, writes Reuters.
10:43 In the Kherson region, it was forbidden to visit cemeteries and burial places, as well as to hold services in churches during the curfew and crowds during the Easter holidays, the OVA reported. Such measures are associated with a mine hazard and a high risk of enemy strikes. In addition, for security reasons, families with children were banned from entering a number of localities.
10:18 The EU plans to discuss the 11th package of sanctions against Russia immediately after the Catholic Easter, which is celebrated on April 9, writes Politico. The package should include measures to prevent circumvention of previously imposed sanctions.
10:02 Kazakhstan will not arrest Putin if he visits the country. Deputy Foreign Minister Ermukhambet Konuspayev explained that Kazakhstan did not sign the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, so the document does not apply to the republic.
09:35 Zelensky arrived on an official visit to Poland , Presidential Speaker Sergei Nikiforov said. At 18:00, a joint performance by Duda and Zelensky is scheduled.
09:07 In the Donetsk region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, four people were killed (three in Lastochkino and one in Krasnogorovka), 11 more were injured. There are three wounded in the Kherson region, according to the IVA.
08:44 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) believes that yesterday's statements by Shoigu about the deployment of tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus were part of an information operation and coincided with Finland's accession to NATO and a new package of assistance to Ukraine from the United States.
Analysts say the risk of nuclear escalation remains extremely low, and Russia's deployment of tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus is unlikely to affect the course of hostilities in Ukraine. Russia is trying to use nuclear threats to deter Western military assistance to Ukraine ahead of a UAF counteroffensive, the ISW said.
08:37 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of April 5.
personnel - about 176,240 (+550) people liquidated,
tanks - 3629 (+2),
armored combat vehicles - 7005 (+6),
artillery systems - 2707 (+10),
MLRS - 532 (+4),
air defense systems - 280 (+0),
aircraft - 306 (+0),
helicopters - 291 (+0),
UAV operational-tactical level - 2283 (+6),
cruise missiles - 911 (+0),
ships/boats - 18 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 5573 (+11),
special equipment - 299 (+1).
08:14 The Russian army continues to focus its main efforts on conducting offensive operations in the Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky and Maryinsky directions - more than 60 enemy attacks were repulsed in a day. Bakhmut and Marinka remain at the epicenter of hostilities, the General Staff said in a morning report .
In Melitopol, Zaporozhye region, Russian invaders are distributing leaflets about the evacuation of local residents to Russia - they are frightening people with the future offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. And in Velyka Kardashinka, Kherson region, due to the movement of heavy equipment of the occupiers in the vicinity of the settlement, the entry and exit of all local residents is almost completely restricted, people are forbidden to leave their homes. Strengthened verification of documents and mobile phones.
06:26 The British representative to the UN blocked the virtual participation in the meeting of the Security Council of the Russian Commissioner for Children's Rights Maria Lvova-Belova, who was put on the wanted list together with Putin by the International Criminal Court. "She can't be given a UN platform to spread disinformation. If she wants to answer for her actions, she can do it in The Hague," a spokesman for the British mission to the UN told Reuters.
The meeting of the UN Security Council is to be held on Wednesday, April 5. It will focus on "the evacuation of children from the conflict zone." The Russian delegation chairing the Security Council in April said that Lvova-Belova would attend virtually. To do this, all 15 members of the Security Council must give their consent.
05:57 Erdogan called for an urgent "inclusive and comprehensive" reform of the UN Security Council, since the order that limits the fate of mankind to five countries is not sustainable.
Speaking about the war in Ukraine, Erdogan expressed confidence in the possibility of "preserving a just peace that will allow both sides to get a decent exit and lead our region out of the whirlpool into which it was drawn."
02:22 Former US President Bill Clinton regrets that he convinced Ukraine to give up nuclear weapons in the 1990s: "I feel personally involved because I made them agree to give up nuclear weapons. And none of them believe that Russia would go for it if Ukraine still had its weapons."
00:50 Stoltenberg said after a meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Commission in Brussels that Zelensky was invited to the alliance's summit, which will be held on July 11 in Vilnius. "A strong independent Ukraine is vital to the stability of the Euro-Atlantic region, and we look forward to meeting President Zelensky at our summit in Vilnius in July," he said.
Kindly note that several entries in this article may have been removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.
[NewsFrontInfo] 19:30 Video— Snipers of the 132nd brigade destroy the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Snipers from the 132nd Brigade of the 1st Donetsk Army Corps (formerly the 3rd NM Brigade of the DPR) monitor the front line around the clock and destroy the identified Ukrainian Nazis.
18:59 Ukrainian soldiers are forced to leave their positions on foot, because the mechanical water. motorcyclists were afraid to go to a dangerous area and did not want to evacuate them -video
18:51 Chubaty is not particularly willing to go into battle without a thermal imager. This is a clear example of real cases in the Armed Forces of Ukraine -video
18:29 Russian artillerymen continue to fire on the positions of the Ukrainian fascists without leaving them the slightest chance -video
17:26 Neo-Nazis commit crimes not only in new territories, but also in other regions - Putin
17:25 Ukraine has lost the most motivated part of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which was liquidated over the past year of the special operation, political scientist Vadim Karasev said -video
According to Karasev, the Armed Forces of Ukraine urgently need at least some victories in order to regain motivation.
17:23 Snipers of the OBTF DPR "Kaskad" with accurate shooting eliminate the enemy on the front line -video
16:55 Commanders of the Armed Forces of Ukraine forbid their subordinates to take the bodies of those killed on the battlefield so that they are listed as missing and not to pay money to relatives -video
16:54 "Solntsepyok" burn Ukrainian Nazis in the Komarovka area in Bakhmut -video
The Komarovka area is a 10-minute walk northeast of the city center, there are fierce battles.
15:12 291st Artillery Brigade of the Southern Military District in the Zaporozhye direction covers the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, not giving them the opportunity to even think about the offensive -video
15:08 Ukrainian Nazis and "radical patriarchy" beat up Orthodox and seize churches -video
Today, the schismatics of the OCU seized several churches. On the video - Zadubrovka, Chernivtsi region, where the Nazis brought the body of the murdered Ukrainian Armed Forces together with the pseudo-priests of the OCU and began to seize the temple.
The demoniac militant, screaming, tore off the tablet from the church...
After the clash, the rector of the church was taken to the hospital.
The police did not intervene in the conflict and arrived after the parishioners had been expelled from the temple.
14:52 New Briefing of the Russian Ministry of Defense:
Russian troops thwarted a UAF counterattack near Seversk in the DPR;
The losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine for the day amounted to over 410 military and mercenaries in the Donetsk direction;
Russian troops destroyed more than 80 military units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Krasnolimansky direction;
The Russian Armed Forces destroyed two ammunition depots of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the DPR and the Zaporozhye region;
The RF Armed Forces stopped the activities of 5 Ukrainian DRGs in the Kupyansk direction;
The RF Armed Forces hit the command and observation posts of the battalions of two brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine;
The Russian Armed Forces stopped the activities of three groups of Ukrainian saboteurs in the Yuzhno-Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions;
Russian air defense destroyed 13 HIMARS, a HARM missile and 22 APU drones in a day;
Aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces in the DPR shot down a Ukrainian MiG-29 fighter;
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation destroyed up to 20 military units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the 152mm Akatsiya howitzer in a day in the Kherson direction.
13:55 Near Artyomovsk (Bakhmut) eliminated Nazi from the group "Gonor" Nazariy Griban with the call sign Producer (on the first photo).
This was stated by the leader of the movement Sergei Filimonov. Yesterday, he announced the elimination of another militant in the Artyomovsk region - Daniil Kondel with the call sign Viking (on the second photo).
At the end of March, it became known about the death in the same area of a member of the group Valery Ginda with the call sign Aladin.
13:01 Andrey Mekhryakov, call sign Mekh, 23 years old, Kherson, member of the Nazi Centuria Azov liquidated yesterday in Artemovsk, Bakhmut.
Before CBO, Mekhryakov was an Apache DJ. He liked the number 88.
Today in the dungeons of Bandera there will be a concert with DJ Apache 88
12:57 Challenger 2 tanks —rival challenging
Before I had time to publish a video of the first French heavy armored vehicles - AMX-10RC wheeled tanks supplied by the Macron regime to the Zelensky regime, as a gang of drug addicts and Nazis are already showing off the Challenger 2 tanks that arrived from Britain.
In total, the Sunak regime is transferring 28 Challenger 2 tanks to the Zelensky regime to keep this drug-addicted British intelligence agent in power.
The photo is striking that the equipment without dynamic protection.
The tank is equipped with a 120mm L30A1 rifled gun, the only rifled gun of this caliber in service with NATO.
The effective firing range of armor-piercing high-explosive shells is 8 km.
The Anglo-Saxons are doing everything possible to ensure that as many people as possible die in the process of liberating the South Russian lands as part of the implementation of the "War to the last Ukrainian" formula.
It is time for us to help Northern Ireland and Scotland gain their independence from English occupation.
12:51 Hospitals in Konstantinovka are overcrowded. Nazisbringthere the wounded from the Bakhmut direction.
According to the reporter Rudenko, there are so many wounded that one in five dies without even receiving an elementary examination from doctors. Basically, eyewitnesses say, they bring the rank and file (mobilized). No one has seen the officers for a long time - they are all in the rear.
12:33 Zelensky's website spammed petitions for the glorification of the Nazi Lyashuk
While Ukrainians are experiencing a shortage of ideas, what else can you ask the President of Ukraine, Zelensky’s website was subjected to a DDoS attack by neo-Nazi bots, who filed petitions for the title of Hero of Ukraine to be awarded the title of Hero of Ukraine to a neo-Nazi of Chechen-Ukrainian origin, a native of Belarus Daniil "Mujahid" Lyashuk.
Previously, the "hero" was tried for violence against civilians in Donbass, but received a pardon from Zelensky to participate in hostilities.
11:47 Destroyed as a result of a counterbattery fight, the Ukrainian 122mm MLRS "Grad" -video
11:46 The crew of the Mi-24 helicopter of the Aerospace Forces of the Russian Federation demonstrates piloting skills to the residents of Donbass, passing along the highway at an extremely low altitude -video
11:44 Another Polish scrap metal for Ukrainian heroes… —video
10:14 The Nazis show a burnt column of armored vehicles, almost all of which consists of Western models. Our artillery destroys this evil many times more. Unfortunately, we learn about this from Ukrainians on the Internet. And there are dozens of such defeats per day and there are shootings of these destroyed columns, but they are lost somewhere -video
Until now, apparently, responsible people have not understood that information is everything in this war, and those who manage it better are the winner. Ukrainians understand this, and therefore they opened the hunt for those few who fight in this field.
10:12 The result of the defeat of the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine by the detonating charge of the UR-77 demining installation in one of the directions of the NMD -video
10:10 The road of death of Ukrainians and mercenaries, leading to Artemovsk (Bakhmut) -video
09:48 In Artemovsk eliminated:
1. Georgian mercenary Mikhail Mazanashvili.
2. Fighter of the Kharkov separate reconnaissance and sabotage special forces of the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine "Kraken" Vyacheslav Shakhov
09:12 Russian Aerospace Forces destroy enemy fortified areas in Vugledar -video
Combat aircraft of the [V] group bombing enemy targets in the city and the surrounding area.
Powerful blows are corrected by aircraft controllers with quadrocopters.
09:10 Burnt "Grad": During the artillery duels, the Russian armydestroysrocket artillery of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
09:07 Air raid alert announced in the Dnipropetrovsk region of Ukraine and in the parts of the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions controlled by Kyiv.
08:24 During a missile strike at night, a Ukrainian military facility in Konstantinovka of the DPR (under the control of the Armed Forces of Ukraine) was hit. There was a fire on the spotvideo
08:20 Interesting news from Ternopil. The city council of Ternopil responded to the NACP: information about additional charges to the mayor of the city Serhiy Nadal is false.
The mayor's office says that this information is not true, and the NACP is thus putting pressure on local government.
The fact that Zelensky is cracking down on the regional authorities in Ukraine, removing people who are not under his control, is a well-known fact. It seems that we are facing another example of Ukrainian legal lawlessness
08:11 Animal with the call sign "Madyar" UAV company commander showed that from drones they see the city of Donetsk, at a glance. More precisely, part of the city.
And just the part where the Nazis constantly strike from artillery of various calibers, including MLRS, which killed dozens of civilians, including children. This is a Nazi confession that they deliberately kill civilians.
08:04 Our fighters from the 5th Army of Group V are destroying the Nazis with the help of AGS-17 on the Zaporozhye Front -video
The fire was corrected using a UAV with a thermal imager, bought with public money. Video filmed on it.
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I don't underestimate them, I am well aware Russian men are willful slaves and will die due to corrupt men like Vladimir Putin asking them to.
That does not mean Russia is not collapsing because it is and the non Rus parts are going to be emboldened because Vladimir Putin is destroying it's military on the petard named Ukraine.
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Kindly note that several entries in this article may have been removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.
[NewsFrontInfo] 23:57 Over the past day Representationreportedabout 8 facts of firing by the VFU.
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy made 5 attacks from the MLRS, artillery 155mm and 122mm.
On Gorlovsky two artillery attacks from 155mm artillery.
On Volnovakhsky one artillery attack from 155mm artillery. By releasing 34 units of various ammunition.
Under enemy fire were the areas of three settlements of the Republic: Gorlovka, the capital city of Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Petrovsky districts), Vladimirovka.
Over the past day, information was received about the wounding of a civilian - a woman, in the previously liberated Vladimirovka.
Damage to residential buildings and civil infrastructure facilities was not recorded.
Previously, 23 artillery attacks were recorded from the VFU side in 24 hours.
22:00 Video– Hurricanes of Donbass continue the show Evening Vladlen especially for the Armed Forces of Ukraine
21:26 Video- Interview with the pilot of the downed civil aircraft. They found a bulletproof vest and a machine gun on him. He says he flew for a fee to photograph something.
20:26 Video- Broken equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the road to Artemovsk through Krasnoye (Ivanovskoye).
20:00 Video- Soldiers of the 1st Corps avenge the death of Vladlen Tatarsky
UAV crews of the 101st Regiment of the 1st Donetsk Army Corps, using a captured attack copter, not in words, but in deeds, force Ukrainian terrorists to answer for the death of their friend and brother.
19:30 Video- Vladimir is a Nenets mobilized from Yamal. All his life he lived on the territory of permafrost. You can get to his homeland, where it is winter for 10 months a year, only by helicopter or all-terrain vehicle, and in summer - by water. He is hardened by the harsh northern conditions and in the special operation zone he only cares about how his body will survive the heat.
19:00 Video- Copters and anti-tank systems of the Sparta 1AK battalion work according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine
18:40 Video- During partial mobilization, Grigory himself went to the military enlistment office and asked for service. Now, being a tank commander, he beats the enemy in the Donetsk direction.
The serviceman says that he understands why he is fighting: “It dawned on me deep down why we are here. I saw how people live, and I realized that without us - in any way. Grigory notes that Ukrainian nationalism has strongly manifested itself here and is perplexed: “Why are they repeating the same story - already from the side of fascism? We are fraternal peoples, all Slavs, as they say, Slavic people. Why are they doing this?”
18:16 Video- ZVO scouts shot down a Ukrainian Mavic from a machine gun, which was trying to attack with VOG grenade drops
17:30 Video- What is the principle of anti-drone warfare A fighter from BARS-23 revealed to the @wargonzo project the technical features of anti-drone warfare. How the guys from the anti-drone unit work, we saw directly in the fields near Ugledar.
16:58 Video- The consequences of the arrivals of Russian JDAM on Ukrainian positions in the Ugledar direction
16:30 Video- The use of "Solntsepeka" during urban battles in Artemovsk.
As before, the high efficiency of the system is noted with the support of assault operations.
15:58 Video— Powerful artillery attack of Druzhkovka. The city is used to accommodate the reserves of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which are used in the Artemovsky direction. In recent days, the RF Armed Forces have intensified strikes against the Slavyansk-Kramatorsk agglomeration.
New arrivals were noted this morning in the region of Kramatorsk, Chasov Yar, Konstantinovka.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to transfer reserves here from other directions, which are thrown into the furnace of the Artemovsky battle.
15:35 Video- Attacks on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the residential area of Artemovsk. The fighting in recent days has shifted to the western quarters of the city, where the enemy is still holding the line.
15:10 Video- A T-72 of the RF Armed Forces is shooting at a trench with Ukrainian soldiers almost point-blank in the forest near Kremennaya.
14:50 Summary of Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation (04/05/2023)
- In the Kupyansky direction, strikes by operational-tactical and army aviation, artillery fire of the "Western" group of troops defeated the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Gryanikovka, Timkovka, Kharkiv region and Stelmakhivka, Luhansk People's Republic.
In addition, the actions of five Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups were stopped in the areas of the settlements of Novoselovskoe, Rozovka, Artemovka of the Lugansk People's Republic, Masyutovka and Pershotravneve of the Kharkiv region.
During the day, up to 40 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored combat vehicles and two pickup trucks were destroyed in this direction.
- In the Krasno-Limansky direction, artillery fire and heavy flamethrower systems of the "Center" grouping of troops disrupted the enemy's counterattack in the area of the settlement of Seversk of the Donetsk People's Republic, and also hit units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Nevskoye and Chervonaya Dibrova of the Luhansk People's Republic.
Over 80 Ukrainian servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, two vehicles and a 122mm D-30 howitzer were destroyed.
- In the Donetsk direction, as a result of the active actions of the units of the "Southern" group of forces, strikes by operational-tactical aviation and artillery fire, two armored personnel carriers, one tank, four armored combat vehicles, two vehicles and a 122mm D-30 howitzer were destroyed.
The loss of enemy manpower per day in this direction amounted to over 410 Ukrainian servicemen and mercenaries.
- In the South-Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions, air strikes and artillery fire from the Vostok group of troops defeated the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Nikolskoye and Novopol of the Donetsk People's Republic. In addition, the activities of three sabotage and reconnaissance groups in the areas of the settlements of Vladimirovka, Mirnoye and Nikolskoye were stopped.
During the day, up to 30 Ukrainian servicemen, one armored car, two pickup trucks, as well as two ammunition depots of the Armed Forces of Ukraine units in the areas of the settlements of Novomikhailovka of the Donetsk People's Republic and Gulyaipole of the Zaporozhye region were destroyed in these areas.
- In the Kherson direction, up to 20 Ukrainian servicemen, two cars and an Akatsiya self-propelled howitzer were destroyed during a fire attack.
- Operational-tactical and army aviation, missile forces and artillery of groups of troops (forces) of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation over the past day defeated 89 artillery units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at firing positions, manpower and equipment in 112 districts.
In the areas of the settlements of Lastochkino and Novomikhailovka of the Donetsk People's Republic, the command and observation posts of the battalions of the 110th Mechanized and 95th Airborne brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were hit.
Fighter aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces shot down a MiG-29 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force near the village of Selydovo in the Donetsk People's Republic.
- Air defense systems intercepted 13 rockets of the HIMARS multiple launch rocket system and one HARM anti-radar missile during the day. Also, during the day, 22 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed in the areas of the settlements of Novoselovka, Petrivske, Vesele of the Donetsk People's Republic, Mirne, Shcherbaki, Chubarevka of the Zaporozhye region, Velyka Lepetikha of the Kherson region, Veliky Vyselok of the Kharkov region, Kremennaya, Varvarovka and Kudryashovka of the Luhansk People's Republic .
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 406 aircraft, 228 helicopters, 3,673 unmanned aerial vehicles, 415 anti-aircraft missile systems, 8,545 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,078 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 4,504 field artillery and mortar guns, as well as 9,302 units of special military vehicles.
14:23 Video- The enemy went on the attack on the front near Kremennaya, but was met by the fire of the "brave"
- On the Chervonodibrovsky section 15, the regiment of the National Guard of Ukraine went on the attack. As a result of the artillery fire of the "Center" group, it suffered losses and fled through the forest.
- In the Krasno-Limansky direction, the crews of the bombers of the Central Military District attacked observation posts and points of temporary deployment of the enemy, using high-explosive bombs. Unguided air missiles hit artillery and militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
- In the Torsky sector, scouts discovered the concentration of forces of the 81st Airmobile Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. During the fire defeat by artillery, the enemy suffered losses in manpower
14:00 Video- Fighting in Bakhmut: APU under heavy fire, militants are hiding in the apartment
13:43 Ukr. source confirms advance of PMC Wagner to the center of Bakhmut.
13:15 Video- The commander of the airborne assault squad of the guard, Sergeant Timur Shamsutdinov, was awarded the medal "For Courage". He talks about how the crew of his BMD-4 took the fight during the offensive of the Ukrainian nationalists.
A guided missile was loaded in his combat vehicle, in the expectation that a Ukrainian tank would be the first to attack. But first, two infantry fighting vehicles had to be destroyed. The task was completed!
13:00 New Tavolzhanka after the new shellingfrom Ukrainian territory. There is destruction.
12:34 Video- The atmosphere in the areas of Artemovsk still controlled by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The video caught the arrival in the immediate vicinity of the Ukrainian position. In this case, the Ukrainians were lucky.
12:07 Video- Footage of the combat work of the crew of the 152mm towed gun "Hyacinth-B" to destroy armored vehicles and fortified positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the special operation zone.
11:30 Video- Classes for the training of drone operators of the Western Military District before performing tasks in the special operation zone.
10:30 Video- The situation in Bakhmut.
09:38 Chronicle of strikes and mutual artillery attack in the NVO zone during the night of April 4-5, 2023 —video
In the Sumy region, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation hit the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Volfino and Zapselya, as well as in Leonovka, Chernihiv region.
Russian forces launched strikes against enemy concentrations in the Veterinary and Strelechya Kharkiv regions.
In the Starobelsky direction, cannon and rocket artillery of the Russian Armed Forces worked out at the places of concentration of Ukrainian units in Masyutovka, Kamenka and Pervomaisky.
In the Bakhmut (Artyomovsky) direction, Russian forces attacked the concentrations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Bakhmut, Grigorovka and Minkovka.
In the Donetsk direction, the RF Armed Forces hit the forces of Ukrainian formations in Novobakhmutovka, Avdievka and on the western outskirts of Maryinka.
There were no strikes on the settlements of the Donetsk agglomeration.
In the Yuzhnodonetsk direction, Russian artillerymen are striking at the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Ugledar and Novodanilovka.
In the Zaporozhye region, Russian forces hit enemy concentrations and depots in Orekhovo, Shcherbakov and Novodanilovka.
Ukrainian strike UAV fell in the immediate vicinity of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant.
On the southern sector of the front, objects of Ukrainian formations in Kherson, Ivanovka and Kachkarovka were subjected to strikes by the RF Armed Forces.
09:15 Representation of the DPR in the JCCCinformsabout 23 facts of firing by the VFU per day
The enemy fired from MLRS, 155mm and 122mm artillery, firing 136 units of various ammunition across the territory of the DPR.
Under the fire of the VFU were: Panteleimonovka, Yasinovataya, Donetsk, Makeevka, Yelenovka, Nikolskoye.
Over the past day, information was received about the wounding of two civilians.
09:13 The work of the military railway workers of the Central Military District in the zone of the special military operation -video
The Courageous carry out work to restore damaged railway sections of tracks to improve the logistics of cargo transportation in the region.
In the course of the work, servicemen of engineering and sapper units, using the latest Korshun mine detectors and unmanned aerial vehicles, conduct engineering reconnaissance of sections of the restored railway track.
After reconnaissance, the military railway workers begin to restore the damaged section of the track. During the restoration, if necessary, the rail grid is replaced, the railway tracks are straightened and ballasted, as well as the installation of dead ends and the restoration of turnouts.
09:11 Night hunting: the landing party is a nightmare for the Armed Forces of Ukraine with Mavic 3T drones with a thermal imager -video
On the southern front, the confrontation across the Dnieper does not stop. Our fighters are bombing Ukrainian fighters and their equipment from drones.
09:08 Kyiv regime continues terror of the civilian infrastructure of the left bank of the Kherson region - emergency services
Yesterday, the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired 88 rounds from cannon artillery at the settlements: Krynki, Kardashinka, Alyoshki, Peschanovka, Podlesnoye, Staraya Zburyevka, Korsunka, Dnepryany, Pokrovskoye and Golaya Pristan.
The artillery attack did not stop at night - the Ukrainians fired 42 rounds from cannon artillery at Novaya Kakhovka and Kakhovka, Novaya Zburyevka, Aleshki and Vasilyevka.
08:27 Summary on the morning of April 5, 2023
PMC "Wagner" with heavy fighting continue to advance in the center of Artemovsk (Bakhmut). North-west of the city, our forces began fighting already on the outskirts of the settlement. Bogdanovka. In the rear of the enemy defense of the Artyomovsky direction, the enemy received additional difficulties in the form of a breakthrough in the dam in Kramatorsk, where he concentrated his forces. Equipment, dugouts and warehouses were flooded.
To the south of Kreminnaya, fighting is underway in Serebryansky forestry, enemy strongholds are being gradually destroyed, and special forces raids are being carried out on enemy outposts.
In the Kherson direction, they reported about enemy equipment moving along the Nikolaev-Kherson highway. The end point of the route is unknown. Separate M777 howitzers were allegedly delivered to the Berislav region, but the information needs to be verified: the enemy is trying to misinform our intelligence, building false positions and installing models of weapons and equipment.
Artillery duels in the Ugledar direction. The enemy uses self-propelled guns and tanks. From the latter, fire is carried out by a hinged trajectory to increase the firing range.
On the Avdeevsky and Maryinsky directions - without changing the passage of the line of contact, despite the heavy fighting and offensive actions of the Russian Armed Forces.
In the Bryansk region, the settlement was shelled. Aleshkovichi, Suzemsky district.
In the Belgorod region, the Shebekinsky urban district came under fire from the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In Novaya Tavolzhanka, two explosive devices were dropped from a UAV.
The enemy fired 136 rounds of ammunition at the civilian population of the DPR. Panteleimonovka, Yasinovataya, Donetsk, Makeevka, Yelenovka, Nikolskoe were under fire. Four civilians injured.
08:26 Ukrainian strike UAV fell in the immediate vicinity of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant -video
"The location of the wreckage of the device may indicate that the target of the attack was the ZNPP infrastructure," said the commander of the Russian Armed Forces unit that ensures the security of the facility.
08:15 Frontline summary on the morning of 04/05/2023
In the Zaporozhye direction, the Russian Armed Forces, after massive artillery and air strikes, attacked in the Gulyaipole area from Dorozhnyanka and managed to advance along the highway to the city. The positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Kamenskoye, Novodanilovka, Malaya Tokmachka, Belogorye, Charovny and Olgovsky are under shelling.
On the Donetsk front, the Armed Forces of Ukraine counterattacked in the Pobeda area and managed to recapture the previously lost positions. Russian troops, supported by artillery, conducted assault operations in the western part of Maryinka, on the outskirts of the city of Krasnogorovka and near Pervomaisky.
In the area of the last of the named settlements there is a promotion. After massive shelling, the RF Armed Forces continued their attack on Severnoye. The fortified area of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Avdievka was attacked by Russian troops from the southwest.
Artillery and aviation worked in the city itself. In these areas, the front line has not changed. The ground attack of the Russian army near Keramik did not bring success either. Under the blows of the position of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Novomikhailovka, Georgievka, Netaylov, New York, Zhelezny and Toretsk. The Ukrainian army shelled Donetsk and Panteleymonovka.
To the south-west of Bakhmut, the Wagner PMC, supported by artillery, again conducted offensive operations in the direction of Ivanovsky. There is no advance. And in the city itself, after massive artillery and air strikes from the south, Wagner operators pushed through the defenses of the Ukrainian garrison in the central and eastern parts of the city.
Assault operations in the northern quarters did not bring them significant success. With the support of artillery, the "musicians" resumed their offensive against Orekhovo-Vasilyevka. But no result. The RF Armed Forces fired at Aleksandro-Shultin, Chasov Yar, Novomarkovo, Bogdanovka, Vasyukovka, Rozdolovka, Zvanovka, Vesyoly and Controversial.
In the Lugansk direction, the RF Armed Forces tried to advance from the direction of Shipilovka in the Serebryansky forest area and near Torsky. With the support of artillery, they attacked in the region of Ternov, Nevsky and Makeevka. Success has not been achieved.
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[REGNUM] For a foreign intelligence officer, you are not a friend, relative or ally. Even if he competently creates such an impression in you, claps on the shoulder and expresses admiration for your courageous choice. People need encouragement, recognition, a sense of fighting brotherhood, especially if they are doing something dangerous and morally dubious. They readily accept a pat on the back as a display of the most cordial camaraderie. For an officer of a foreign state, you are a resource.
Daria Trepova, who, using a figurine stuffed with explosives, killed military commander Maxim Fomin (Vladlen Tatarsky) and wounded about forty people (many of them seriously), now says that she did not know about explosives. From the outside it is difficult to understand whether this is true.
We do not know if Trepova's employers kept her in the dark about her role in the attack. Finding out the details is a matter of investigation and court.
But hardly anyone doubts that using it in the dark is not only possible, but also quite common.
There is a crude joke about rabbits who thought it was love, but they were just bred. There is an even grosser reality. People think that they are fighters for the idea, but they are simply used.
They see what is happening through a bright emotional light filter, perceive themselves as underground heroes who are loved, respected and ardently supported by "all the honest people of the planet."
But foreign intelligence officers see them in a completely different way.
One of the classics of military science is the ancient Chinese theorist Sun Tzu , with his famous work The Art of War. His most frequently quoted maxim is "war is a way of deceit."
Sun Tzu opposed the heroic culture of his era from the standpoint of rationality and pragmatism, for example, he does not advise starting a war in anger. We are angry for a while, but we die forever.
Some of the techniques he describes are repulsively immoral and dishonorable.
The commander in ancient treatises deceives not only the enemy, but also his own subordinates and allies. He lies to his officers to avoid a leak.
He entrusts terrible secrets to his agent in the expectation that he will be captured by enemies and, under torture, will reveal secrets that are in fact cleverly crafted disinformation. This is the so-called "dead agent" (or "doomed spy"), because the enemies will surely kill him, convinced of the falsity of his information.
If we began to reproach these people for the extreme meanness of their methods, they would explain that in a situation of armed conflict between states, when the commander is responsible for the lives of many of his subordinates and for the outcome of the war, he can and must do things that in another context are blatantly immoral.
If you betrayed those who trusted in your personal interests, you are a scoundrel and a Judas, and if in the interests of the state, you pulled off a successful operation.
The famous Italian Renaissance political scientist Niccolò Machiavelli says the same thing.
"It should be understood that a sovereign, especially a new one, cannot do everything for which people are considered good, since in order to preserve the state, he is often forced to go against his word, against mercy, kindness and piety."
Of course, people already in his time resented such immoralism, and today the word "Machiavellianism" is used in the sense of extreme deceit and shamelessness.
But Machiavelli explained that he does not write about how people should behave, but about how they actually behave.
Whether we like it or not, the activities of states and especially their intelligence agencies are nothing like heroic fantasy.
For a foreign intelligence officer, you are not a friend, relative or ally.
Even if he competently creates such an impression in you, claps on the shoulder and expresses admiration for your courageous choice. People need encouragement, recognition, a sense of fighting brotherhood, especially if they are doing something dangerous and morally dubious. They readily accept a pat on the back as a display of the most cordial camaraderie.
For an officer of a foreign state, you are a resource. Pawn on the board. He solves the tasks facing him, and your life and well-being are not at all included in these tasks. It has nothing to do with anyone's personal moral character, likes or dislikes. He's just doing his job.
Here you can’t even say that he is betraying you - a person can betray someone with whom he had relationships and obligations. In relation to you, he never had any obligations. You are not even a citizen of his country.
You can complain later that you were shamelessly deceived and used, but it is much better to understand from the very beginning who you should not do business with.
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[REGNUM] In the tranche of weapons that the Pentagon is transferring to Ukraine, there are no expected fighters and howitzers, but there is what is needed now for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. These are fuel tankers, bridge layers, tractors and other cargo and engineering equipment. The goal is to deal with the logistics crisis in the rear as soon as possible. The new equipment will go to the newly created units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which are now preparing for a future offensive, experts are sure. But American aid to Kyiv could turn out to be a disservice.
The US Department of Defense published on its website a list of weapons that will be transferred to the Armed Forces of Ukraine as part of the next package of military assistance. Their cost is estimated at 2.6 billion dollars. Contrary to expectations, the new package did not include aircraft, armored vehicles and artillery.
The plan for deliveries to Ukraine includes ammunition of all calibers used by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, both Soviet and Western. In addition, the Ukrainian Air Force will be given JDAM planning bombs (which were previously described in detail by REGNUM news agency ). Air bombs, presumably, will be installed on aircraft transferred to Kyiv from Poland and Slovakia.
But the main focus of the Pentagon was on the supply of cargo and engineering equipment.
The Ukrainian army will receive 18 evacuation vehicles for the repair of armored vehicles, 10 tractors for transporting heavy armored vehicles, four logistics support vehicles, eight heavy fuel trucks and about 170 conventional ones, as well as bridge layers based on heavy tanks.
The supply of engineering equipment was promised against the backdrop of recent statements about the impending offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which is being announced in both Kyiv and Washington. Earlier it became known that modern Western-made armored vehicles were already arriving in Ukraine, including tanks - German Leopard 2 and British Challenger - and infantry fighting vehicles - German Marder and American Bradley.
We are witnessing the next step in reformatting the Ukrainian army in a Western manner, military expert, reserve officer Alexander Mikhailovsky told REGNUM . According to him, the Armed Forces of Ukraine had previously experienced serious problems with trucks intended for the transport of personnel and ammunition. This forced the command of the Ukrainian army to put into operation any available civilian equipment.
"Last summer, in the Kherson direction, the enemy went on the attack on ZIL-130 trucks, which were requisitioned from the local population and in former collective farms.
The problem is that KrAZ, the only plant in Ukraine capable of producing and repairing trucks in large quantities, was put out of action as a result of missile strikes," the expert recalled.
This created a logistical crisis behind enemy lines, which, in fact, was solved only by volunteers. Now Western countries have taken up this issue, which have fulfilled the plan for the supply of armored vehicles, artillery and air defense systems.
“Of course, all new equipment will go to units that are now preparing for a future offensive,” Mikhailovsky is sure.
WHAT KYIV HAS PREPARED TO BREAK THROUGH THE FRONT
Earlier it became known that under the new offensive, Ukraine is creating a number of new units, some of them are being formed and trained in Poland, Great Britain and other NATO countries.
Among the newly formed formations are six brigades of the so-called Offensive Guard , which is part of the National Guard of Ukraine, as well as one brigade each from the police, the border service and the territorial defense forces.
As part of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, according to data from open sources, 11 mechanized brigades are being created, one of which is called Jaeger, and the other is rifle. Two more brigades are formed as part of the marines (37th and 38th), landing troops, and two more - in artillery (48th and 49th). In total - 19 brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and 9 brigades of the National Guard and other departments.
All these formations, to one degree or another, must be armed with equipment that the West has been actively transferring to Kyiv in recent months. According to Reuters , the assault units will include at least 40,000 people.
But the question arises: will the logistical assistance that the United States is now providing be enough to supply such (and most likely more) numbers of soldiers.
"In the US Army, logistics always plays a key role, and they know how to solve this issue. So there should be no illusions here," Mikhailovsky notes. - In total, the same tankers are planned to be delivered in the region of 200 pieces. There will be fewer tanks in a brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine than in the same brigade of the US Army, which means that they will need less fuel.”
ACHILLES' HEEL IN OFFENSIVE STRATEGY
At the same time, Western assistance, designed to create the basis for the Ukrainian offensive, may turn out to be a disservice. In terms of logistics, the Ukrainian army will now, as in many other aspects, depend on foreign supplies, Mikhailovsky states.
"Their tankers, apparently, have run out," the military expert points out. "If new deliveries are successfully knocked out, there will be nothing to advance further. Not only because of the lack of tanks, but also because there will be nothing to fill them with."
In offensive operations, logistics begins to play an increasingly important role as the advancing troops move forward. And it is the supply columns that often become a priority target for the enemy. In the event of a possible Ukrainian offensive, Mikhailovsky believes, it is on supply columns that kamikaze drones and attack aircraft should work out.
Examples of such a strategy have been demonstrated during a number of military conflicts in recent years.
"In fact, the big question is how exactly they want to attack, without any serious complexes covering troops on the march. I mean short-range and medium-range air defense systems," Mikhailovsky asks.
For comparison, during the Second Karabakh War, it was the drones that the Azerbaijani army had that caused the heaviest damage to the Armenian forces, and they worked on trucks and supply columns, which played a role in the end. “They used Bayraktars and Israeli Harop kamikaze drones. We have "Lancets" and "Geraniums", which show themselves very successfully , ”the source notes.
Those deliveries of cargo vehicles, which were announced at the Pentagon, in theory should be enough to solve the problems that are set for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Mikhailovsky sums up. But the tasks of protecting the operational rear have not been resolved.
"There is another important point to consider. Since the operation is planned by the Pentagon, the issue of logistics is put at the forefront. That is, the rate of advance of the advancing troops is calculated taking into account how quickly the troops will refuel, receive ammunition and reinforcements. If the logistics are covered, the whole plan can be considered a failure. So logistics is their strong and weak point at the same time, and it must be hit in the first place," the expert sums up.
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[REGNUM] Putin: the potential of third countries is involved in the preparation of terrorist attacks in Russia by Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the potential of third countries is involved in the preparation of sabotage and terrorist attacks in the country. The head of state announced this on April 5 during a meeting of the Security Council.
"There is every reason to assert that the potential of third countries, Western intelligence services is involved in the preparation of sabotage carried out by the Kiev authorities in Russia," Putin said.
According to the president, neo-Nazis and their accomplices operate not only on the territory of new Russian subjects, but also commit crimes in other regions of Russia.
The head of state added that Kyiv regularly arranges terrorist attacks against civilians in new regions.
"The Kiev regime spares no one," Putin stressed.
On April 5, the president also called for the integration of new Russian regions into the legal space of the country as soon as possible . The meeting of the Security Council is dedicated to security in new regions - the DPR, LPR, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions. The heads of the new entities are personally present at the meeting.
Commentary by Russian military blogger Andrey Chervonets is in italics: (Not certain of the provenance of the rest of the text)
Here they promised "wolf packs of drones" that would even replace aviation, but so far the revolution has not happened. The person turned out to be weak and flawed - he is not able to make more than 2-3 sorties a day in viar glasses for a total of 40-50 minutes!
The danger of these cheap pieces of iron should not be underestimated, countermeasures and protection measures must be taken, but loitering military UAVs of the Lancet type, taking into account the deployment of electronic warfare against commercial drones, rule in the near future.
Units of the 66th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Svatov region encountered unforeseen difficulties caused by the use of high-speed drones with first-person control. Some UAV operators of this type, who were captured during the assault on strongholds, complained of a sharp deterioration in health after the continuous use of devices for combat operations.
How is an FPV drone different from a regular one?
An ordinary commercial quadcopter is used for flights over short distances - about 5 km in range and 4 km in height. At the same time, its speed does not exceed 30-40 km / h. FPV drones fly much faster: they accelerate to 100 km/h in a couple of seconds and can reach speeds of 140 km/h.
In this case, the drone is controlled through special glasses. It is at this stage that the problems of using such drones in combat conditions appear.
What can and what can't an FPV drone operator do?
Controlling such a device in a serious battle is almost impossible. The operator needs a safe hiding place and a stable communication channel. This is easy to achieve on the training ground, but not in a real battle. The flight range of most high-speed FPV drones does not exceed 2-2.5 km. This forces the operators to be positioned as close as possible to the line of combat, while at least two guards are required per UAV operator using goggles and focused on piloting.
The closer the operators are to the front line, the higher the likelihood that they will be detected and destroyed by the enemy.
At the moment, there is no technical solution for managing a group (swarm) of FPV drones: one operator is required per device. Thus, a swarm of 150 drones will require at least 150 operators.
What problems are operators experiencing?
The key difficulty in piloting an FPV drone is getting it right. At high flight speeds, the slightest deviation from the target due to too much pressure on the remote control, a gust of wind, or a sudden loss of communication between the device and the remote control - and the drone can crash, then you have to prepare another one. It is impossible to use a swarm of drones in an active attack against ten different targets to defeat them.
Synchronous use is possible only with the most coordinated work of hundreds of operators or setting up a special program, but neither the first nor the second in the conditions of hostilities in Ukraine has yet to be found. Self-targeting combat elements (SPBE) are an alternative, but their use in FPV drones will lead to a significant increase in the cost of drones.
How does flying FPV drones harm the health of operators?
The organs of vision and the vestibular apparatus suffer the most from the use of FPV goggles. With daily use of more than 30 minutes, operators are forced to pilot drones exclusively while sitting, so as not to suffer from a fall. In some cases, the flickering image causes epileptic seizures, disorientation, less often spasms of the vessels of the temporal and frontal lobes of the brain, which puts the operator in a state close to concussion. Headache, nausea, disorientation and fainting in some cases occurred after 40-50 minutes of daily use.
Captured Ukrainian soldiers in good health complain that after two flights with active maneuvering per day (when using FPV goggles), the operator as a combat unit is useless on the battlefield: his reaction slows down, his ability to solve complex problems decreases, his perception is dulled any, even vital, information.
About 30-40 minutes of piloting an FPV drone in terms of psychophysiological state is equivalent to 5-7 hours of driving a car. Such consequences are not observed for operators of reconnaissance UAVs, whose flight speed is lower, and the image on the control panels is more static.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin:
On the role of trenches and field fortification in modern warfare. After the intensification of the war in Ukraine, the topic became very topical and relevant.
Colleagues from the channel Rybar told about the campaign that Ukrainian media technologists use to discredit Russian bloggers. The technology is quite simple, but this does not prevent media personalities from consistently getting hooked.
Under the false name of a certain authoritative person or well-known company, it is proposed to conduct an advertising campaign. Some time after the agreed publication (photo and link in the post), it is revealed that the promoted brands support the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Perhaps it was in this way that they framed the other day Valery Rytvina, head of the Council of Bloggers. A scandal erupted on the Web: information appeared that Russian bloggers were advertising the Ukrainian clothing brand Stoneedge, which sells merchandise of neo-Nazi groups and transfers funds to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Previously, it was called SvaStone Perun Company, but only the name has changed - the essence remains the same.
The company was founded back in 2010 by Arseniy Klimachev, the lead singer of the cult group Sokyra Peruna among Ukrainian neo-Nazis, known under the pseudonym Bilodub.
Klimachev has officially supported the nationalist Right Sector since 2014 and has been quite photographed with the terrorists. His company was already producing T-shirts with Azov and Right Sector fighters depicted on them, and the proceeds are still being transferred to the fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
This is not surprising: Klimachev himself was a member of the leadership of the Right Sector party and at the founding congress of the party on March 22, 2014, he sat on the same presidium together with Alexander Muzychko (Sashko Bilym), who fought in 1990s in Chechnya for the Dudaevites. In the party, Bilodub was called "an example of a true right-wing sectorist."
SvaStone Perun Company clothes were sold in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Rostov-on-Don, Yekaterinburg, Perm and Krasnodar back in 2018. Without hiding it at all, the products were sold through the Vyshegor chain of stores, one of whose branches was located on Tsvetnoy Boulevard in Moscow. All these were not anonymous offices, not underground kiosks, but almost boutiques in the center of the Russian capital.
After a quiet scandal, the business died down, but a few years later we were again overtaken by fashion photos of metropolitan bloggers flaunting Orcs must die T-shirts (Orcs must die).
🖇Colleagues rightly write that behind another attempt to attract young bloggers to "patriotic" initiatives is their simple desire to earn more. At the same time, they are not particularly interested in real deeds for the benefit of a young audience, or they do not understand anything about it.
Previously, Rytvina offered to unblock Instagram. However, the site, for example, openly advertises clothes from Ukrainian brands with the inscriptions “kill Russians”. For some reason, such content is not censored by the site. Now Russian bloggers, without knowing it, are advertising almost similar products.
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