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Current information on the situation on the front line on May 27 (updated)
2025-05-28
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFront] 21:22 UAV calculation of the Dnepr group of troopsstrucka stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kherson region on the right bank of the Dnieper.

FPV drone operators of the Vostok group of forces carried out pinpoint strikes on critically important enemy unmanned aircraft control facilities in the South Donetsk direction.

20:49 The village of Okhrimovka in the Volchansky district of the Khar'kov region has begun to be actively used by the Armed Forces of Ukraine as a logistics hub for the transfer of personnel and equipment to the state border.

At night Northerners contributed adjustments to their route, delivering a precise strike on the bridge over the Volchya River.

20:08 In the Krasnoarmeysk direction, a crew of the 122mm D-30 howitzer of the Southern Military District destroyed enemy UAV point, and the crew of the 152m,m 2S19 Msta-S self-propelled gun of the Center group of forces is a camouflaged command post of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

In the Zaporizhzhya direction, artillerymen of the "East" troop group destroyed a camouflaged mortar crew and a temporary deployment point of the enemy.

19:02 Russian Armed Forces advance near Ozaryanovka, –MAP.

18:42 Russian Armed Forces advance near Stroyevka, –MAP.

17:06 UAV operators of the "West" group of troops destroyed 122mm 2S1 self-propelled artillery unit "Gvozdika" of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Khar'kov region.

An FPV drone crew from the North military group hit an enemy tank in the Sumy region.

16:05 Tor-M2 SAM system crews of the Vostok group reflected attack on enemy UAVs in the South Donetsk direction.

15:51 Canadian armored vehicle of the Ukrainian Armed Forces "Rochel Senator" moved from Novoivanivka to Iskriskivshchyna in Sumy Oblast at night. FPV operators of the GV "North" in the darkamazedenemy armored fighting vehicle, and at dawn they finished it off with a well-aimed drone hit.

15:11 On frames: The Lancet UAV OK destroyed a 152mm 2S3 Akatsiya of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Rivne-Pillage area in the Zaporizhia direction.

14:22 FPV drone operators of the "Southern" group of troops continue to destroy enemy equipment. This time, the drone operators' prey was a Ukrainian Armed Forces tank near the village of Serebryanka and an enemy pickup truck near Konstantinovka.

13:31 OK Lancet UAV struck 152mm 2S3 "Acacia" of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Rivne-Pole area in the Zaporizhia direction.

12:37 Summary of Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation as of May 27, 2025

Units of the North group of forces defeated concentrations of manpower and equipment of two mechanized brigades, an assault regiment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and a territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Ryzhevka, Ugroedy, Pisarevka, Alekseyevka, Sadki, Khrapovshchina and Lekarskoye in the Sumy region, as well as Volchansk in the Khar'kov region.

📍Units of the "West" group of forces occupied more advantageous lines and positions. They defeated formations of two mechanized, airmobile brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, two territorial defense brigades and a border detachment of the Border Service of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Dvurechanskoye, Kupyansk, Glushchenkovo, Olgovka, Andreyevka, Kutkovka, Petrovpavlovka, Kamenka in the Khar'kov region and Redkodub in the Donetsk People's Republic.

As a result of active and decisive actions by units of the Southern Group of Forces, the settlement of Staraya Nikolaevka in the Donetsk People's Republic was liberated.

💥Units of the "Center" group of forces improved their position along the forward edge. They defeated formations of two mechanized, airborne assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a naval infantry brigade and a national guard brigade in the areas of the settlements of Aleksandro-Kalinovo, Vladimirovka, Rusin Yar, Novoekonomicheskoe, Nikolaevka, Ulyanovka, Artema, Alekseyevka, Novotoretskoye, Kotlyarovka and Aleksandropol of the Donetsk People's Republic.

Units of the Dnepr group of forces defeated formations of two coastal defense brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Kamenskoye, Novoandriyevka in the Zaporizhia region, Tyaginka and Sadovoe in the Kherson region.

Units of the "East" group of forces continued to advance into the depths of the enemy's defense. They defeated the manpower and equipment of two mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Komar, Bogatyr, Otradnoye, Zelenoe Pole and Novopol of the Donetsk People's Republic.

The manpower and equipment of the mechanized, assault, mountain assault and airmobile brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were damaged in the areas of the settlements of Reznikovka, Zvanovka, Seversk, Grigorovka, Serebryanka, Konstantinovka, Katerinovka, Markovo and Tikhonovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 1,475 servicemen, two tanks, eight pickups and six artillery pieces. Five electronic warfare stations, six ammunition depots, a Croatian-made RAK-SA-12 multiple launch rocket system launcher, five armored combat vehicles and 39 automobiles were destroyed.


11:18 Unmanned aircraft crews and snipers of the Ivanovo Guards Airborne Forces unit for the week destroyed more than 50 Ukrainian Armed Forces UAVs in the skies over Chasovy Yar.

10:53 Khar'kov region. The Russian Armed Forces continue to create a security zone along the border. Positions have been taken in Stroyevka –MAP

09:54 A Ukrainian Armed Forces pickup truck tried to break through to the state border: paratroopers prevented the occupiers from leaving Belopolye –VIDEO

08:04 Crew of the T-80BVM tank of the "Center" group of forces destroyed a stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.

07:31 Changes t omap over the past 24 hours:

Vladimirovka has been liberated

Advance to Rusin Yar➡️

Russian Armed Forces are clearing Popov Yar

Control zone in Mirny expanded

Russian Armed Forces entered Redkodub

Advance in the area of ​​the village of Komar➡️

Ignatovka liberated, area south of Zarya taken under control

07:05 In the period from 20:00 on May 26 to 07:00 on May 27, air defense systems on duty intercepted anddestroyed99 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:

56 UAVs were flying over the territory of the Belgorod region,
25 UAVs were flying over the territory of the Voronezh region,
Seven UAVs were flying over the territory of the Vladimir region,
Five UAVs were flying over the territory of the Kaluga region,
Four UAVs were flying over the territory of the Tula region,
One UAV was flying over the territory of the Rostov region,
One UAV was flying over the territory of the Lipetsk region.
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'Russian pig!' Ukrainians killed pensioner a week before fleeing Sudzha
2025-05-28
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
by Evgenia Dolginova

[REGNUM] The village of Gogolevka in the Sudzhansky district is located three and a half kilometers from the Russian-Ukrainian border and six kilometers from Sudzha itself. The village, by today's standards, is not small at all. It has an old church, built in 1894, the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, a school, a community center, a library. And about 80 households.

In one of them lived pensioner Alexander Stepanovich Grigoriev , a former miner from Makeyevka (Donetsk region).

In August 2024, the entire country began to follow his fate.

PLAYING "ARYANS"
He moved to the village ten years ago, already retired. Grigoriev wanted little: a quiet, smooth, calm existence, communication with his daughter and grandchildren. In 2024, he turned 74.

Last summer, his daughter Svetlana Petrenko took her father to Sudzha, away from the shelling. When the Ukrainian Armed Forces entered the Kursk region, she left the city for a short time - she took the children to Kursk and looked for housing for them. She tried to return for her father the next day, but was unable to: the military did not let her in. The Ukrainian Armed Forces were already approaching Sudzha.

And a few days later she was sent a link to a video in which she saw her father wandering along the road to Korenevo. It turned out that, left alone, he simply left the city - and, despite his sore legs, walked home to Gogolevka on foot.

And got lost.

This short video, filmed and published by a certain Ukrainian named Alexey, immediately became widely known. The scene turned out to be extremely expressive: two soldiers of the Ukrainian Armed Forces are playing Germans - soldiers of Hitler's army. They are wearing helmets to match. They are simply bursting with happiness.

"Hey, Russian Ivan! How are you?" these "Aryans" shout to the old man.

They are quite amused by the encounter with a helpless, hungry, disoriented Russian, wandering along a dusty road in his pajama bottoms. Grigoriev says that he spent the night on the side of the road and does not know where to go. And he hears in response: “All of you, ****, are lost in life, *****, you went the wrong way, the wrong way!” Then the fun begins: “Du bist ein russisches schweine. Ja! (You are a Russian pig) Go drink vodka! Ja, ja! Schnapps!”

This is a kind of humor, a short role-playing game. The Sudzhansky district was occupied by the Nazi army from October 1941 to March 1943. Apparently, they imagined themselves inside the second take - and had a lot of fun.

One of the "Nazi German invaders" was identified as 38-year-old builder Vasyl Danylyuk from a small town in the Ivano-Frankivsk region. One of the Russian senators has offered a reward of 5 million rubles for the capture of Danylyuk or his partner.

A few days later, another short video appeared, this time from the Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs. The old man, confused, says that he holds no grudge against Ukrainians and shows a Ukrainian passport. The family later clarified that the Ukrainian passport had expired, and after moving to the Kursk region, Grigoriev acquired Russian citizenship.

Every day Svetlana Petrenko tried to find out something about her father. There was no connection. There was no information. There was no way to break through to the occupied zone. "He won't survive the winter!" Svetlana said in despair.

But he survived the winter. Already in February, during the fighting, the first liberated people from Gogolevka began to appear, and they reported: Aleksandr Stepanovich is alive. His house was destroyed by a direct hit from a shell, but the Sudzhans survived in the basements.

The remains of Alexander Stepanovich Grigoriev were found at a bus stop on March 25. His daughter and son-in-law recognized him by his clothes and hands; it was already difficult to recognize him by his face. According to preliminary calculations, Grigoriev was killed about a week before his release by a shot from a large-caliber weapon; a wound the size of a large apple was found on his stomach.

Gogolevka was completely liberated on March 28.

Miner Grigoriev was buried on May 1. The family is still crying for him.

The senator's proposal remains in force. "I declare that the announced reward for the capture of these animals remains in force - alive or dead, as long as they do not return to their own!" he wrote on his Telegram channel.

Commentary from Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin:
Grandfather from Gogolevka

A grandfather who was abused by Ukrainian Nazis was found murdered in the Kursk region

Footage of Alexander Grigoriev on captured Kursk land was published on 15.08.2024 by the Ukrainian Armed Forces themselves, posing in German uniform and feigning a characteristic accent. Later, the enemy assured that it allegedly saved the life of the pensioner, who had been missing all this time. It has already become known that Grigoriev was killed by Ukrainian occupiers.

“He was in the village of Gogolevka in the Sudzhansky District the whole time, where he had lived before. [They said that they used] some kind of heavy firearm. They showed what a huge hole he had in his stomach. There was also some kind of wound,” said the daughter of the deceased.

Eternal memory to the innocent victim! And a curse forever to the Ukrainian Nazis!

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Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Current information on the situation on the front line on May 26 (updated)
2025-05-27
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFront] 21:04 Crews of 152mm 2S19 self-propelled howitzers "Msta-S" of the 20th Guards Combined Arms Army of the "West" group of forces perform fire missions to destroy various targets in the SVO zone.

20:33 Servicemen of the 92nd Engineer Regiment of the North group of forces demining unexploded ordnance of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the territories of liberated settlements in the Kursk region.

20:17 In the period from 17.00 to 20.00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed 23 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type:

Seven UAVs over the territory of the Oryol region,
Seven UAVs over the territory of the Bryansk region,
Six UAVs over the territory of the Tula region,
Three UAVs over the territory of the Kursk region.

19:19 Oskol Front. Assault groups of the Russian Armed Forces are advancing in the central part of Redkodub –MAP.

19:04 Footage released of destruction by 152mm 2S3 self-propelled gun "Akatsiya" of the Armed Forces of Ukraine using an FPV drone in the Kupyansk direction and a UAV launcher with an ammunition depot of the Armed Forces of Ukraine using artillery fire in the area of ​​the settlement of Seversk.

18:07 Krasno-Limanskoe direction

The 144th Motorized Rifle Division fighters have secured a foothold in Redkodub and are gradually moving forward. There are also successes south of Lipovoye.

But in the Kolodezi area the situation is unpleasant. As a result of the counterattack the crests managed to drive ours out of Mirny and take a foothold there, cutting off our logistics along the dam.

18:07 Attack drone operators destroy enemy equipment –VIDEO.

17:27 In the period from 14:00 to 17:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed 21 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:

Six UAVs over the territory of the Oryol region,
Six UAVs over the territory of the Tula region,
Five UAVs over the territory of the Moscow region,
Three UAVs over the territory of the Kaluga region,
One UAV over the territory of the Kursk region.

16:41 Severyan scouts uncovered the advance of a Ukrainian SUV from the settlement of Novoivanovka (Sumy region) in the direction of the state border, – video.

15:29 Crew of the 152mm Giatsint-B gun of the Tula Airborne Forces unit destroyed A camouflaged Ukrainian Armed Forces weapon during counter-battery operations along the border of the Kursk region.

14:48 The Russian Armed Forces have liberated the settlement of Popov Yar and are also advancing near Zarya, Staraya Nikolaevka, Yablonovka, Malinovka and Mirolyubovka, – MAP.

14:20 A compilation of footage taken during liberation of n.p. Belovody by fighters of the 83rd Separate Guards Airborne Assault Brigade of the "North" group of forces in the Sumy direction

14:09 In the period from 12.30 to 14.00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed seven Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type:

Four UAVs over the territory of the Kursk region and
Three UAVs over the territory of the Tula region.

13:23 Attack aircraft of the "East" group of forces with the call signs "Leon" and "Shustry" spoke about liberationthe settlement of Otradnoye in the DPR.

12:53 In the period from 11:00 to 12:30 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed seven Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:

Three UAVs each – over the territories of the Oryol and Tula regions,

One UAV – over the territory of the Moscow region.

12:16 Summary of Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation as of May 26, 2025

Tonight, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation carried out a massive strike with long-range airborne precision weapons and strike unmanned aerial vehicles on targets at the Starokonstantinov airfield. The strikes' objective was achieved, all designated targets were hit.

As a result of active and decisive actions, units of the North military group liberated the settlements of Vladimirovka and Belovody in the Sumy region.

💥Concentrations of manpower and equipment of the airborne assault, two mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a territorial defense brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Yablonovka, Alekseyevka, Sadki, Pisarevka and Osoyevka in the Sumy region.

📍Units of the "West" group of troops took up more advantageous lines and positions. They defeated formations of two mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, three territorial defense brigades and a national guard brigade in the areas of the settlements of Kupyansk, Glushchenkovo, Olgovka, Andreyevka, Peschanoye in the Khar'kov region and Kirovsk in the Donetsk People's Republic.

Units of the "Southern" group of troops occupied more advantageous positions and inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of three mechanized and airmobile brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Seversk, Zakotnoye, Serebryanka, Konstantinovka and Vyemka of the Donetsk People's Republic.

Units of the "Center" group of forces improved their position along the front line. They defeated formations of three mechanized, ranger, airborne assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a naval infantry brigade and a national guard brigade in the areas of the settlements of Oktiabrskoye, Novoolenovka, Artema, Petrovskoye, Dimitrov, Novotoretskoye and Grodovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.

Units of the "East" group of forces continued to advance into the depths of the enemy's defense. They defeated the manpower and equipment of three mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Novopol, Otradnoye in the Donetsk People's Republic, Gulyaipole and Chervone in the Zaporizhia region.

Units of the Dnepr group of forces defeated formations of the mechanized brigade, the coastal defense brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Novoandriyevka, Mala Tokmachka in the Zaporizhia region and Antonovka in the Kherson region.

Operational-tactical aviation, strike unmanned aerial vehicles, missile troops and artillery of the groups of troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation inflicted damage on military airfield infrastructure facilities, ammunition depots, storage sites for strike unmanned aerial vehicles, as well as temporary deployment points of Ukrainian Armed Forces units and foreign mercenaries in 152 districts.

Air defense systems shot down seven JDAM guided aerial bombs and five US-made HIMARS multiple launch rockets, as well as 220 aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles, 139 of which were outside the special military operation zone.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 1,415 servicemen, three tanks, an armored personnel carrier, 48 vehicles, and three field artillery pieces. Seven electronic warfare stations, 22 armored combat vehicles, seven ammunition depots, five artillery pieces, two electronic warfare stations, two field ammunition depots, and a counter-battery radar station were destroyed.

11:41 In the period from 8.30 to 11.00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed 20 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:

Nine UAVs over the territory of the Oryol region,
Five UAVs over the territory of the Kursk region,
Three UAVs each over the territories of the Tula and Yaroslavl regions.

10:53 Russian Armed Forces liberated Vladimirovka in Sumy Oblast –MAP

10:27 In the period from 7.50 to 8.30 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed five Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the airplane type:

Three UAVs over the territory of the Kursk region and
One UAV each over the territories of the Tula and Oryol regions.

09:45 Yuzhno-Konstantinovskoye direction

Our attack aircraft dropped into Popov Yar and Poltavka, heavy fighting is underway for these villages. The enemy is actively using FPV and mortars.

The 33rd Motorized Rifle Regiment continues to advance, has latched onto the outskirts of Yablonovka. The other regiments barely have time to clear the flanks behind them, we are talking about the forest belts north of Alexandropol.

The cleanup of Gnatovka and Zarya is underway.

09:28 In the period from 7.20 to 7.50 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed seven Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the airplane type:

Five UAVs over the territory of the Tula region and
Two UAVs over the territory of the Kaluga region.

08:28 In the period from 20:00 Moscow time on 25.05, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 96 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:

  • 31 UAVs were flying over the Bryansk region,

  • 16 UAVs were flying over the Belgorod region,

  • 11 UAVs were flying over the Kursk region,

  • Nine UAVs were flying over the Tula region,

  • Eight UAVs were flying over the Oryol region,

  • Six UAVs were flying over the Moscow region,

  • Five UAVs were flying over the Kaluga region,

  • Four UAVs were flying over the Ivanovo region,

  • Two UAVs were flying over the Ryazan region,

  • Two UAVs were flying over the Vladimir region,

  • One UAV was flying over the Yaroslavl region,

  • One UAV was flying over the Republic of Tatarstan.

📊In total, during the raid from 10:00 Moscow time on May 25 to 8:00 Moscow time on May 26, 148 Ukrainian fixed-wing UAVs were shot down over Russian regions.

07:33 Calculation of the 122mm BM-21 MLRS "Grad" of the tank unit of the group of forces "Center" destroyed personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.

07:33 Changes to map over the past 24 hours:➡️

Advance in the Zorya-Romanovka area

Control zone in the Ozaryanovka area has been expanded

Russian Armed Forces Advance to Zarya

Control zone west of Otradny has been expanded

Liberated of np Belovody

Old Nikolaevka has been liberated

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Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Current information on the situation on the front line on May 25 (updated)
2025-05-26
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFront] 21:34 The 64th Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 35th Army struck the Ukrainian Armed Forces fortifications in the Zaporizhia region —video.

20:40 Russian Ministry of Defense

From 13:00 to 20:00 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty destroyed 51 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:

– 23 UAVs – over the territory of the Kursk region,

– 12 UAVs – over the territory of the Oryol region,

– 11 UAVs – over the territory of the Tula region,

– Six UAVs – over the territory of the Moscow region,

– One UAV – over the territory of the Kaluga region.

20:21 Radio relay platoon commander with call sign "Vakas"told, as it ensured uninterrupted communication between battalions. This was essential for coordinating the actions of units and successfully completing combat missions.

"Only communication will give the servicemen who serve in battalions and units a chance to survive. If there is no coordination of troops, there is no victory," says the serviceman.

19:59 Governor of the Belgorod Region Vyacheslav Gladkov:

Three settlements were subjected to attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. There are no preliminary casualties.

– In the Valuysky district, in the village of Sobolevka, a drone struck the territory of a farm - two cars were damaged.

– The city of Shebekino was attacked by enemy drones. One was suppressed by an electronic warfare system – an outbuilding on the territory of a private home was damaged by the detonation. Four drones attacked the territory of an enterprise.

As a result of the impacts of two of them, the roofs of the warehouse and the workshop were damaged. The detonation of two more FPV drones set two parked trucks on fire - fire crews extinguished the fire. The vehicles were damaged.

– In the village of Murom, Shebekinsky District, a fire broke out in a private house as a result of a drone attack.

19:36 Soldiers of the 77th Motorized Rifle Regiment continue to destroy the enemy!

A Ukrainian Armed Forces stronghold in a forest belt has been wiped off the face of the earth by precision artillery strikes, FPV drones and the Molniya UAV —video.

18:42 Night "arrivals" of cruise missiles in the Ternopil region —video.

17:55 A CCTV camera in Chernihiv captured the moment when Ukrainian air defense “intercepted” the Iskander OTRK —video.

17:29 The Ukrainian group, consisting of ATVs and light vehicles – infantry fighting vehicles and armored personnel carriers, was met with fire from the VKS motorized riflemen –video.

16:44 Rotary-wing aircraft destroy Ukrainian militants' air defense systems in different directions —video.

16:15 Units of the "East" group of forces destroyed a MaxxPro armored vehicle and a pickup truck with Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel in the South Donetsk direction with precision strikes —video.

15:24 During the attack of the Ukrainian Armed Forces UAV in the Tula region, the Ukrainian drone hit straight into the dome of the cathedral in Epifani.

14:30 Around 12:45 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty destroyed Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle of the airplane type over the territory of the Kursk region.

13:10 Summary of Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the Special Military Operation as of May 25, 2025

Tonight, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation carried out a massive strike with high-precision sea, air, land-based weapons and unmanned aerial vehicles on enterprises of the military-industrial complex of Ukraine that produce missile weapon components, electronics, explosives, rocket fuel and attack unmanned aerial vehicles for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as centers for electronic intelligence and satellite communications. The strike targets were achieved. All designated objects were hit.

– Units of the North group of forces inflicted damage on concentrations of manpower and equipment of the airborne assault, four mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, two territorial defense brigades and a border detachment of the Border Service of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Mogritsa, Yablonovka, Alekseyevka, Yunakovka, Pisarevka and Gritsyny in Sumy Oblast.

In the Khar'kov direction, the formations of the assault brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and two territorial defense brigades were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Granov, Komissarovo, Veterinary, Udy, Kreydyanka and Berezniki in the Khar'kov region.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 220 servicemen, two tanks, seven armored combat vehicles, 11 cars, eight field artillery pieces, an electronic warfare station, and an ammunition depot.

- Units of the "West" group of troops have taken up more advantageous lines and positions. Formations of two mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, five territorial defense brigades and a national guard brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Kupyansk, Olgovka, Peschanoye, Novosergeevka, Andreevka, Dolgenkoye, Petro-Ivanovka in the Khar'kov region, Krasny Liman and Kirovsk in the Donetsk People's Republic.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 230 servicemen, two combat armored vehicles, including a US-made M-113 armored personnel carrier, 19 vehicles, and three artillery pieces. The Quertus electronic warfare station and an ammunition depot were destroyed.

The active actions of the units of the Southern Group of Forces liberated the settlement of Romanovka in the Donetsk People's Republic.

The manpower and equipment of three mechanized and airmobile brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were damaged in the areas of the settlements of Pleshcheyevka, Seversk, Serebryanka, Konstantinovka, Shevchenko and Vyemka of the Donetsk People's Republic.

The enemy lost up to 260 servicemen, two infantry fighting vehicles, two armored combat vehicles, six cars and a field artillery gun. Five electronic warfare stations, three counter-battery radar stations and four ammunition and material depots were destroyed.

- Units of the "Center" group of forces have improved their position along the front line. Formations of five mechanized, a ranger, an airborne assault brigades, an assault regiment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a naval infantry brigade, a special forces brigade "Azov*" and a national guard brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Rusin Yar, Oktiabrskoye, Novotoretskoye, Artema, Petrovskoye, Grodovka, Novoolenovka and Dimitrov of the Donetsk People's Republic.

The enemy's losses amounted to 435 servicemen, two infantry fighting vehicles, nine armored combat vehicles, 10 cars and three artillery pieces.

- Units of the "East" group of forces continued to advance into the depths of the enemy's defense. The manpower and equipment of two mechanized, ranger brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and two territorial defense brigades were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Otradnoye, Zelenoye Pole, Novopil of the Donetsk People's Republic, Gulyaipole and Chervone of the Zaporizhia region.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 165 servicemen, two combat armored vehicles, 10 cars, five field artillery pieces and a Grad multiple launch rocket system combat vehicle. Two electronic warfare stations were destroyed.

– Units of the Dnepr group of forces defeated formations of a mechanized, mountain assault brigade, three coastal defense brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Novoandriyevka, Mala Tokmachka in the Zaporizhia region, Kazatskoe, Antonovka, Tokarevka and Veletskoe in the Kherson region.

Up to 90 servicemen, five vehicles, four electronic warfare stations, and five ammunition and material depots were destroyed.

Operational-tactical aviation, strike unmanned aerial vehicles, missile troops and artillery of the groups of troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation inflicted damage on infrastructure facilities of military airfields, ammunition depots, production workshops, storage sites and preparation sites for the launch of strike unmanned aerial vehicles, as well as temporary deployment points of units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and foreign mercenaries in 142 districts.

Air defense systems shot down four JDAM guided aerial bombs and four US-made HIMARS multiple launch rockets, as well as 274 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles, including 194 outside the Special Military Operation zone.

12:41 Tonight the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation inflicted a massive strike with high-precision sea, air, land-based weapons and unmanned aerial vehicles against enterprises of the military-industrial complex of Ukraine that produce components of missile weapons, electronics, explosives, rocket fuel and attack unmanned aerial vehicles for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as centers for electronic intelligence and satellite communications.

The strike targets have been achieved. All designated objects have been hit.

12:15 May 25 from the territory controlled by the Kyiv regime returned another 303 Russian servicemen.

In exchange, 303 prisoners of war of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were transferred.

Currently, Russian military personnel are on the territory of the Republic of Belarus, where they are receiving the necessary psychological and medical assistance.

All Russian military personnel and civilians will be transported to the Russian Federation for treatment and rehabilitation in medical institutions of the Russian Ministry of Defense.

Thus, in accordance with the Russian-Ukrainian agreements reached on May 16 in Istanbul, during the period from May 23 to 25, the Russian and Ukrainian sides carried out an exchange according to the formula of 1,000 for 1,000 people.

11:27 Head of the press center of the North group of forces Yaroslav Yakimkin:

After liberation from the enemy of the Kursk region, units of the Russian group of troops are carrying out a combat mission to create a security zone along the state border of the Russian Federation.

In the last week alone, the following settlements have been liberated: Maryino and Loknya in the Sumy region, and significant progress has been made in the area of ​​the city of Vovchansk in the Khar'kov region.

At present, the troops continue to advance forward every day, pushing the enemy away from the state border to create a “sanitary zone” and ensure the safety of the civilian population of the Russian border regions.

10:52 Criminal Kyiv regime continues shelling civilian infrastructure of populated areas of the left bank of the Kherson region

Yesterday, during the day, the Ukrainian Armed Forces released:

– Four rounds to the settlement of Tavriysk;

– Five rounds in the village of Novaya Kakhovka;

– Three rounds to the settlement of Kairy;

– Four rounds to the village of Bolshie Kopani;

– Five rounds to the village of Aleshki;

- According to n.p. Kakhovka three rounds.

Five people were injured as a result of shelling by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Kakhovka.During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the settlements of Proletarka, Novaya Mayachka, Novaya Kakhovka, Aleshky, Kakhovka, and Korsunka, firing a total of 16 rounds from barrel artillery. Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being clarified.

10:08 RF Armed Forces inflicted a massive combined strike against enemy targets throughout Ukraine

The strikes hit the Kyiv, Khmelnytsky, Khar'kov, Odessa, Ternopil, Sumy and Zhitomir regions. Damage was reported at industrial facilities in Ternopil and Sumy region.

9:35 "Geranium" installed absolute altitude record of 4,900 meters — Ukrainian military expert

According to Kovalenko, Russian drones have recently been attacking from ever higher altitudes, making it virtually impossible for mobile fire teams to shoot them down.

8:31 Operators of the FPV drones "Prince Vandal Novgorodsky", controlled via fiber optic cables, of the Ussuriysk Separate Guards Airborne Assault unit destroyed an 82mm mortar of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

8:20 During the night of May 25 from 0:00 to 7:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed and intercepted 110 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:

– 16 UAVs – over the territory of the Tula region,

– 14 UAVs each – over the territories of the Bryansk and Kaluga regions,

– 13 UAVs each – over the territories of the Moscow region and the Tver region,

– Ten UAVs each – over the territories of the Belgorod and Kursk regions,

- Eight UAVs - over the territory of the Oryol region,

- Seven UAVs - over the territory of the Republic of Crimea,

- Two UAVs - over the territory of the Smolensk region,

– One UAV each – over the territories of Lipetsk, Nizhny Novgorod and Novgorod regions.

8:00 Su-25 attack aircraft destroyed armored vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of ​​responsibility of the Center group of forces.

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Soviet Army in Nazi Germany: On the facts of violation of the regime on the line of contact with the allied troops
2025-05-26
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.

Text taken from a post in the Russian/Soviet history site istmat.org

Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin is in italics.

[ColonelCassad] Document signed by Zhukov on violations on the line of contact with the Allied troops in Germany. The other side of the "spirit of the Elbe".

ORDER OF THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE GROUP OF SOVIET OCCUPATION FORCES IN GERMANY.
AUGUST 29, 1945 No. 090 POTSDAM
On the facts of violations of the regime on the line of contact with the Allied troops and the unworthy behavior of a number of officers in the performance of their official duties.

Recently, numerous cases of violation of military discipline and border regulations on the line of contact with the Allied forces have reached threatening proportions.

Servicemen and especially officers cross the border without permission, meet and establish contact with English and American soldiers and officers on Allied territory. They organize joint drinks with them, take photographs, conduct official conversations, and also travel around the cities of Western Germany and France, visit theaters, museums, brothels, and as a result of laxness and chatter, divulge military secrets.

On July 22 of this year, the assistant chief of the intelligence department of the 27th Guards Division headquarters, Captain Ivanov, together with the commander of the 3rd battalion of the 76th Guards Regiment, Major Chernousov, while checking the security service, entered into a conversation with an American sentry and demanded that he call American officers for negotiations.

Captain Ivanov, together with a sentry, went to the American outpost, brought back four officers and 20 liters of wine and organized a drinking party with the Americans right at the border. The head of the medical service of the 27th Guards Rifle Division, Major of the Medical Service Katalkin, the senior doctor of the 76th Guards Rifle Regiment, Captain Satanovsky and Major Chernousov also took part in the drinking party.

Having drunk the brought wine, the drunken company went to continue drinking in a restaurant.

In the evening, a film was shown to the American officers at the location of the 7th Rifle Division of the 76th Guards Rifle Regiment.

During the drinking party, the officers held conversations regarding the numbering and deployment areas of the units. Captain Ivanov willingly answered the questions of the American officers.

On July 23 of this year, Captain Ivanov and Major of the Medical Service Katalkin with the driver Butovsky traveled in a passenger car to the side of the American troops, where they again met with American officers. Subsequently, the driver Butovsky deserted from his unit.

The commander of the 1st battalion of the 712th Rifle Regiment of the 139th Rifle Division (47th army), Major Slepnikov, and his deputy for political affairs, Captain Lagutsky, repeatedly sent their orderlies to the side of the allied forces for alcoholic beverages.

On July 5 and 7 of this year, the outpost chief of the 1281st Rifle Regiment of the 60th rifle division (47th army), Lieutenant Atayev, and on July 29, the deputy battalion commander of the 316th Guards Rifle Regiment of the 102nd Guards Rifle Division (2nd Infantry Division), Lieutenant Yankovchuk, went without permission to the British side, from where they brought alcoholic beverages and other things.

Privates Moguyev (286th Rifle Regiment of the 90th Rifle Division), Kolobanov, Zaikov (316th Guards Rifle Regiment of the 102nd Guards Rifle Division), trying to desert, went over to the side of the British troops, changed into civilian clothes and drank for several days. The deserters were detained. Officers and privates of the allied armies are also going over to our side, taking advantage of the assistance of our military personnel.

On July 14 of this year, four American soldiers detained at the border presented a pass for the right to cross the line of contact, issued by the deputy commander of the 3rd battalion of the 712th Regiment, Captain Lushin.

These American soldiers were in our unit, where they drank alcoholic beverages together with Captain Lushin and Lieutenant Kapustinsky. On July 16, the aforementioned soldiers, already in a Willis, heading "to visit" Captain Lushin, were again detained at the border. Captain Lushin, who arrived at the place of detention, ordered the release of the detainees at gunpoint. As it turned out, Lushin received two cans of gasoline from the American soldiers, 20 liters each.

On July 23, an American car with three unknown persons detained at the border was released by the senior officer of the post, Junior Sergeant Andreyev (712th Rifle Regiment of the 47th Army), and Andreyev received a bottle of vodka for this.

Individual servicemen of our troops, sent by the command to the zone of occupation of the allied forces with special assignments, without any need for it, travel around the cities of other foreign countries, where they meet, talk and take pictures with servicemen of these countries.

On July 13 of this year, officers of the intelligence department of the headquarters of the 8th Guards Army - Major Simonyan and translator Altaeva, sent to the city of MUNICH to accompany pilots of the 14th Squadron of the 9th Air Fleet of the American army, organized a meeting with American officers and "traveled" with them for a long time in the zone of their occupation.

On July 28, Simonyan, Altaeva and driver Pavlov were again sent on an assignment to the city of FRANKFURT am MAIN, and the deputy. chief of the intelligence department of the headquarters of the 8th Guards Army - Lieutenant Colonel Matusov to the area of ​​the city of MUNICH.

On July 29, Matusov traveled from MUNICH to FRANKFURT am MAIN without permission, where he met with Simonyan. That same day, all of the above-mentioned individuals, on their own initiative, left for PARIS, and also visited many other cities in France and Germany, where they visited theaters, museums, brothels, and interacted with foreign servicemen. While in PARIS, Matusov and Simonyan exchanged occupation marks for francs at banks, for which they purchased various items for personal use.

A number of servicemen, while guarding the western border of the Soviet occupation zone, illegally allowed Germans to cross to our side, as well as to the side of the allied forces.

On July 28, at the 2nd battalion of the 951st Rifle Regiment of the 265th Rifle Division (3rd Infantry Division), sentry sergeant Mamedov allowed 15 Germans to cross the contact line, having received from them a bribe of 5 watches.

On August 5 and 8, the commander of the 2nd battalion of the 151st Guards Regiment of the 52nd Guards Division (3rd Infantry Division) — Lieutenant Kulakov and the sergeant major of the same company Arshinov allowed 4 Germans to cross to the Allied side and back.

Lieutenant Kulakov and sergeant major Arshinov were tried by the Military Tribunal. Sergeant Mamedov was sentenced to 2.5 years in a labor camp.

The listed facts testify to the lack of discipline on the border of the Soviet occupation zone and are the result of low demands and weak control of superiors over subordinates and direct violation of official duty on the part of a number of military personnel and officers, mainly.

I ORDER:

1. Army commanders, commanders of formations and units to establish a strict border regime and categorically prohibit unauthorized meetings and communications of military personnel of all categories with military personnel of the allied armies, both on the territory of our zone and on the territory of the allied occupation zone.

2. Official meetings to resolve official issues, as well as business trips with special assignments to the territory of the allies, are to be carried out only with the permission of the Military Council of the Group.

3. Servicemen of all categories shall be removed from their posts and brought to trial by a Military Tribunal for dissoluteness, unauthorized crossing into territory occupied by the allies, communication with servicemen of the allied armies, illegal issuance of passes for crossing into our territory and into the territory of the allies, and violation of their official duties while guarding the border.

4. For violation of their official duties and unworthy behavior in the performance of their official duties, the assistant chief of the intelligence department of the headquarters of the 27th Guards Rifle Division, Captain Ivanov, shall be removed from his post and brought to trial by a Military Tribunal.

Privates of the 286th Rifle Regiment of the 90th Rifle Division, the 316th Guards Rifle Regiment of the 102nd Guards Rifle Division, shall be brought to trial by a Military Tribunal as deserters.

To remove from office - the commander of the 3rd battalion of the 76th Guards Rifle Regiment, Major Chernousov,

The head of the medical service of the 27th Guards Rifle Division, and

The commander of the 102nd Guards Rifle Division, Major Ivanov.

Major Katalkin, deputy. commander of the 3rd rifle battalion of the 712th Rifle Regiment,

Captain Lushin, head of the 2nd section of the reconnaissance department of the 8th Guards.

Major Simonyan, senior doctor of the 76th Guards Rifle Regiment -

Captain Satanovsky, company commander of the 1281st Rifle Regiment -

Lieutenant Atayev, deputy. battalion commander of the 316th Guards Rifle Regiment

Lieutenant Yankovchuk and appoint all with a demotion of 1 - 2 categories.

Junior sergeant Andreev (712th Rifle Regiment 47th Army) - demote to private.
Ouch!
Commander of the 1st rifle battalion of the 712th Rifle Regiment - Major Slepkov, deputy, commander of the 1st rifle battalion of the 712th Rifle Regiment

Captain Lagutsky, commander of the medium 712th Rifle Regiment -

Lieutenant Kapustinsky and an interpreter of the reconnaissance department of the headquarters of the 8th Guards. A - To Altayev, the army commanders, to punish by their authority and report to me.

The order is to be announced in front of the formation to the entire officer corps up to and including the platoon commander. The sergeants and privates are to explain the essence of the order.

Commander-in-Chief of the Group of Soviet Occupation Forces in Germany Marshal of the Soviet Union G. Zhukov

Member of the Military Council of the Group of Soviet Occupation Forces in Germany Lieutenant General Telegin

Chief of Staff of the Group Colonel General Malinin

Archives of the Central Archives of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. F. 1227. Op. 1. D. 41. L. 415-416ob

And so, along with the wine fumes, the notorious "spirit of the Elbe" gradually evaporated.

By the way, I found something interesting here It turns out that they punished not only for rape, but even for the simple fact of cohabitation with German women in the territory controlled by Germany.

Guards Senior Lieutenant Stepanov was dismissed from the ranks of the Red Army for the revealed facts of cohabitation with German women, drunkenness and looting as morally corrupt. And several other officers along with him.

The order on them was read out in all units of the Red Army group in Germany.


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Current information on the situation on the front line on May 23 (updated)
2025-05-24
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFront] 20:44 FPV drones of the "Southern" group of troops destroyed UAV control point and ammunition depot of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kramatorsk-Druzhkivske direction.

Drone operators of the "East" group of forces hit command and communication facilities of Ukrainian formations in the area of ​​the settlement of Otradnoye in the South Donetsk direction.

20:35 Around 19:30 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty destroyed two Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the airplane type over the territory of the Belgorod region.

19:48 The Russian Armed Forces have expanded control in the Otradny area, –MAP.

18:01 Novopavlovskoye direction

Units of the 36th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade of the Group of Forces "Vostok" drove the enemy out of the village of Otradnoye and continue their offensive in the direction of the village of Komar.

17:44 Published frames of combat work of fighters of the "Center" group of forces on May 22 to destroy military equipment, weapons, infantry and positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces during active combat operations in the Pokrovsky direction.

16:56 The 36th Separate Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 29th Army liberated the settlement of Otradnoye in the South Donetsk direction –MAP

16:31 UAV crews of the GuardsTula paratroopers of the "North" group continue to carry out the task of creating a security strip in the Sumy region.

On video: Archival footage of the destruction of a Ukrainian vehicle on the Yunakovka-Sudzha "death highway", which is already filled with burned-out enemy equipment on Ukrainian territory.

14:37 Some of the combat groups of the Ukrainian Armed Forces are camouflaging their equipment in forest belts in order to move into position at night. The enemy transport that was detected was destroyed by FPV drone operators of the 6th Combined Arms Army.

13:46 Three Ukrainian aircraft were destroyed by a missile strike.

Three light aircraft of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, used to combat Russian drones, were parked in a cluster at the airfield,video.

13:24 Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation from May 17 to 23, 2025

From May 17 to 23, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation carried out 12 group strikes with high-precision weapons and attack unmanned aerial vehicles, which resulted in the destruction of enterprises of the military-industrial complex of Ukraine, the infrastructure of military airfields, weapons and ammunition depots, production and storage sites for attack unmanned aerial vehicles, as well as temporary deployment points of Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries.

Over the course of a week, units of the North military group liberated the settlement of Maryino in Sumy Oblast during active offensive operations.

Air strikes, unmanned aerial vehicles and artillery fire damaged the manpower and equipment of a tank, five mechanized, two airborne assault brigades, two assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and four territorial defense brigades.

Over the course of a week, in the area of ​​responsibility of the North group of forces, the enemy's losses amounted to over 1,180 servicemen, five tanks, 14 combat armored vehicles and 67 automobiles. 34 field artillery guns were destroyed, including three 155mm M-777 guns made in the USA, three electronic warfare stations and three ammunition depots.

As a result of decisive actions by units of the "West" military group, the settlement of Radkovka in the Khar'kov region was liberated.

The manpower and equipment of three mechanized, mountain assault, airmobile, assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a territorial defense brigade and two national guard brigades were damaged.

The enemy lost over 1,585 servicemen, three tanks, 13 armored combat vehicles, including two US-made M113 armored personnel carriers, 65 vehicles, 11 field artillery pieces, including six made by NATO countries, seven electronic warfare stations, and 15 ammunition depots.

Units of the "Southern" group of troops occupied more advantageous lines and positions, and defeated the formations of six mechanized, assault, motorized infantry, airmobile brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a territorial defense brigade.

Over the past week, the Ukrainian armed forces have lost more than 1,665 servicemen, two tanks, 24 combat armored vehicles, including two HMMWV armored vehicles and three US-made M113 armored personnel carriers. 29 vehicles, 16 field artillery pieces, including five Western-made ones, 13 electronic warfare stations, and 15 ammunition depots have been destroyed.

As a result of decisive actions by units of the Center group of forces, the settlements of Alexandropol, Novoolenovka and Novaya Poltavka of the Donetsk People's Republic were liberated.

The manpower and equipment of six mechanized, assault, airmobile, and ranger brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade, a territorial defense brigade, and three national guard brigades were damaged.

The enemy's losses amounted to over 2,875 servicemen, a tank, 42 ​​armored combat vehicles, 39 cars and 11 field artillery pieces.

Over the past week, units of the "East" military grouping have liberated the settlement of Bogatyr in the Donetsk People's Republic as a result of active operations.

Defeat was inflicted on the formations of three mechanized brigades, an airborne assault brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a naval infantry brigade, a territorial defense brigade and a national guard brigade.

The enemy lost more than 1,185 servicemen, two tanks and 21 combat armored vehicles. 36 vehicles, 12 field artillery guns, including four produced by NATO countries, as well as five electronic warfare stations were destroyed.

Units of the Dnepr group of forces inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of the mechanized, mountain assault brigades, two coastal defense brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and four territorial defense brigades.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 415 servicemen, a tank, five combat armored vehicles and 30 cars. Four field artillery guns, six electronic warfare stations and 10 ammunition depots were destroyed. Between May 17 and 23, 46 Ukrainian servicemen surrendered.

Over the course of a week, air defense systems shot down 30 JDAM guided aerial bombs and 12 HIMARS multiple launch rockets made in the United States, as well as 1,548 aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles.

During the repelling of a massive attack by enemy drones (from 8 p.m. on May 20 to 8 a.m. on May 23), 1,177 aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed, including 788 UAVs shot down by air defense systems outside the special military operation zone.

In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 662 aircraft have been destroyed,

283 helicopters,

58,984 unmanned aerial vehicles,

607 anti-aircraft missile systems,

23,487 tanks and other armored combat vehicles,

1,563 multiple launch rocket systems, 25,195 field artillery pieces and mortars,

35,831 units of special military vehicles.

13:22 During the repelling of a massive attack by enemy drones (from 20:00 on May 20 to 08:00 on May 23) destroyed 1,177 aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles, including 788 UAVs shot down by air defense systems outside the special military operation zone.

13:14 From May 17 to 23, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation inflicted 12 group strikes with high-precision weapons and attack drones, which resulted in the destruction of enterprises of the military-industrial complex of Ukraine, the infrastructure of military airfields, weapons and ammunition depots, production and storage sites of attack drones, as well as temporary deployment points of Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries.

12:25 From the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in the interests of the Russian Ministry of Defense implemented launch of the Soyuz-2.1b launch vehicle with a spacecraft on board.

12:11 Servicemen of the motorized rifle regiment of the North group of forces during the assault captured four Ukrainian Armed Forces militants.

The Ukrainian servicemen tried to put up fierce resistance, but realizing the hopelessness of their situation, they decided to surrender.

The fighters of the "North" military group disarmed the enemy and delivered him to the rear area, providing the necessary medical assistance.

10:46 FPV drone calculations at Rubicon Center struck manpower, armored vehicles, communication systems, UAVs and firing positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

09:54 Footage released of destruction of enemy heavy copters in the Khar'kov region.

09:22 Russian Armed Forces advance near Dvurechnaya and Kamenka –MAP.

08:55 Russian Armed Forces advance near Yunakovka –MAP.

07:35 From 20:00 on May 22 of this year, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed and 112 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:

24 UAVs – over the territory of the Moscow region,

22 UAVs – over the territory of the Republic of Crimea,

18 UAVs – over the territory of the Tula region,

11 UAVs – over the territory of the Kursk region,

Eight UAVs – over the territory of the Oryol region,

Eight UAVs – over the territory of the Bryansk region,

Six UAVs – over the territory of the Ryazan region,

Five UAVs – over the territory of the Kaluga region,

Three UAVs - over the territory of the Belgorod region,

Three UAVs - over the territory of the Ivanovo region,

Two UAVs – over the territory of the Vladimir region,

One UAV – over the territory of the Voronezh region,

One UAV – over the territory of the Lipetsk region.

07:31 Changes to map over the past 24 hours:

Advance in Volchansk

Russian Armed Forces consolidated their position in Otradnoye

Advance in Otradnoye➡️

Correction of the control zone in the Novaya Poltavka area in favor of our troops.

06:38 Crews of T-90M "Proryv" tanks of Ivanovo and Kostroma paratroopers destroyed strongholds with Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel in the Chasov Yar area in the DPR.

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Aidar command has begun withdrawing its main forces from the DPR
2025-05-24
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] The main forces of the Ukrainian group "Aidar" (a terrorist organization whose activities are banned in the Russian Federation) are withdrawing from the DPR on the orders of the command. This was reported to TASS by Russian security agencies

According to the agency's interlocutors, only recruits who were recently transferred here remain in the southern Donetsk direction, but there are not many of them. These newly mobilized youth were instructed to hold settlements on the border.

"Aidar" is withdrawing its main forces from the southern Donetsk direction deep into the Dnipropetrovsk region. The reasons are huge losses," the security forces explained.

As reported by the Regnum news agency, the Aidar militants, despite very heavy losses, have set up field crematoriums in populated areas on the border of the DPR and the Dnipropetrovsk region. According to Russian security forces, they are taking bodies from the front line in whatever they can, including ordinary plastic bags.

Conflicts have begun within the group between veterans and new recruits who oppose the secret cremation of the dead. Young fighters are said to be demoralized and depressed.

On May 18, it became known that up to 15 Aidar militants had been destroyed as a result of the use of three high-explosive aerial bombs by the Russian military near the settlement of Novoukrainka on the border of the DPR and Dnipropetrovsk region. Another 20 militants were wounded.

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Aidar militants deploy field crematoriums on the border of the DPR and Ukraine

Militants of the Ukrainian nationalist battalion "Aidar" (an extremist and terrorist organization whose activities are banned in the Russian Federation) have deployed field crematoria in populated areas on the border of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) and the Dnipropetrovsk region. This was reported by Russian security agencies.

"They take away bodies and fragments from the front line in whatever they can, even ordinary supermarket bags. The militants themselves call them field boiler rooms," TASS quoted a representative of the security forces as saying.

The source added that the Ukrainian Armed Forces are suffering very heavy losses. According to him, field crematoria are being created primarily to hide the significant number of victims.

The security forces also reported that conflicts between veterans and new recruits have begun within the Aidar unit. Young fighters are against the secret cremation of the dead, but continue to arrive at the border to hold positions. At the same time, it is noted that the new recruits are in a depressed and demoralized state.

As reported by the Regnum news agency, in November last year the Kiev regime opened a new crematorium in Nikolaev. According to the coordinator of the Nikolaev underground, Sergei Lebedev, the main "clients" are soldiers who died in the Kherson direction. Sealed bags are also brought here, in which, according to doctors, there are corpses without organs. He explained that there are no more burial places in the city cemeteries.

Captured Ukrainian border guard Ivan Kuts said that the bodies of numerous Ukrainian soldiers are being burned to avoid paying compensation to the families of the dead. According to him, the stationary crematorium in Kharkiv cannot cope, so mobile crematoriums were brought in and people are being burned to avoid paying compensation to the families of the dead. Foreign mercenaries are also being burned to hide their presence in Ukraine. Kuts admitted that the number of wounded is very high, but the number of killed is even higher.

According to the Russian Defense Ministry as of early April, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have lost over 138,000 people since the beginning of 2025. In the border areas of the Kursk region alone, since August 2024, the losses of the Ukrainian army have exceeded 71,420 soldiers, 403 tanks, and 329 infantry fighting vehicles.

At the end of February, the head of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, Sergei Rudskoy, reported that the number of killed and wounded Ukrainian soldiers in the previous year alone was 590 thousand. In total, since the beginning of the special operation, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have lost 1 million people, he emphasized.
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Aidar 04/23/2025 New attack. Russia wants to invade Dnipropetrovsk region
Aidar 03/30/2025 Current information on the situation on the front line on March 29 (updated)
Aidar 03/29/2025 Russian Perspective: Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation (28 March 2025)

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Ukrainian General Staff: 101 combat clashes at the front since the beginning of the day
2025-05-23
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Korrespondent] The General Staff assesses the situation at the front.

The enemy continues to exert the greatest pressure in the Pokrovsky direction, where 32 combat clashes occurred in 24 hours.


Since the beginning of the day on May 22, there have been more than 100 battles on the front. Russian troops dropped 78 guided bombs, used more than 1,300 kamikaze drones and carried out 4,183 attacks. The enemy's greatest activity is still recorded in the Pokrovsky direction. This was reported in the evening report of the General Staff on Thursday, May 22.

In the Kharkov direction, the enemy tried six times to break through the defensive lines of our defenders in the area of ​​the settlement of Vovchansk and in the direction of Dolgenky. At the same time, the enemy launched an air strike on the area of ​​the settlement of Rublenoe.

Three attacks were repelled by Ukrainian defenders in the Kupyansk direction, in the areas of Petrovpavlovka, Kolesnikovka, Kindrashevka, Novaya Kruglyakovka and in the direction of Peschanoye. Two more clashes are still ongoing.

Twelve attacks by the invaders were stopped by Ukrainian soldiers in the areas of the settlements of Grekovka, Novy Mir, Torskoye, Lipovoye and Ridkodub in the Liman direction.

In the Seversky direction, the enemy carried out two offensive actions in the areas of Grigoryevka and Belogorovka.

In the Kramatorsk direction, our defenders stopped three attempts by the invaders to advance in the areas of Chasovy Yar and Belaya Gora. One clash continues to this day.

In the Toretsk direction, the occupiers today stormed the positions of our defenders six times in the areas of Romanovka, Toretsk and Dilievka. The defense forces are steadfastly holding back the onslaught and have repelled four enemy assaults, two combat clashes are still ongoing.

In the Pokrovsk direction, the enemy carried out 32 offensive actions. The activity of the Russian occupiers is near the settlements of Elizavetovka, Lisovka, Malinovka, Zvirovo, Kotlyarovka, Dachenskoye, Udachnoye, Troitskoye, Andreyevka, as well as in the directions of the settlements of Promen, Shevchenko Pervoye, Mirolyubovka. Five combat clashes are still ongoing. The enemy also carried out air strikes on the areas of the settlements of Pokrovsk, Stepanovka, Novotoretskoye, Gnatovka.

According to estimates, our soldiers eliminated 83 occupiers in this direction and wounded another 70. One self-propelled artillery unit "2S1", 11 cars, eight motorcycles, an antenna for controlling unmanned aerial vehicles, a long-range visual observation complex "Murom-M", 13 unmanned aerial vehicles of various types, two satellite communication terminals and a mortar of the enemy were neutralized. A car, an ATV and an artillery system of the Russian occupiers were also significantly damaged.

In the Novopavlovskoye direction, Ukrainian units stopped 11 attacks by the occupiers near Constantinople and in the direction of Shevchenko and Novopol. One combat clash is currently ongoing. At the same time, the enemy carried out air strikes on the settlements of Komar, Novoukrainka and Novodarovka.

In the Gulyai-Polye direction, the Defense Forces successfully stopped one attempt by the invaders to advance near the settlement of Vysokoye. The settlements of Gulyai-Polye and Vysokoye were subjected to air strikes.

In the Orekhov direction, the enemy carried out two offensive actions today in the direction of Novodanilovka. At the same time, air strikes were carried out on the settlements of Kamenskoye, Novodanilovka and Stepnogorsk.

The enemy did not conduct offensive operations in the Dnieper direction.

There were 20 combat clashes in the Kursk direction today. The enemy carried out 12 air strikes, dropping 16 guided bombs on populated areas and Defense Forces positions. In addition, it carried out 191 artillery attacks, including three from multiple launch rocket systems.

In other areas, there were no significant changes in the situation.

The General Staff noted the soldiers of the 65th separate mechanized brigade "Velikiy Lug", the 406th separate artillery brigade named after General-Khorunzhy Alexei Almazov, the 1st separate territorial defense brigade named after Ivan Bohun, who are effectively repelling the enemy.

Earlier, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine made a statement regarding the fighting in the Kursk region of Russia .

Let us recall that on May 21, Russia lost almost 900 fighters killed and wounded in 24 hours. The total number of Russian losses will soon exceed the psychological threshold of 1 million people.

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Strong pressure and battle. How the Russians defended Bakhmut for the first time - Artemovsk
2025-05-21
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
by Yaroslav Karpikov

[REGNUM] Two years ago, on May 20, 2023, the longest and most difficult battle since the beginning of the Central Military District ended with a victory for Russian weapons - the 9-month battle for Artemovsk.

In the Kyiv information field, the city was long called nothing other than “fortress” (borrowed from Latin via Polish for a fortress). The city itself was renamed in 2016 from Artemovsk to Bakhmut — which was part of the Ukrainians’ struggle with the “heavy colonial” Russian and Soviet legacy. But by changing the Soviet name Artemovsk to the historical name Bakhmut, Ukrainian nationalists — without intending to — emphasized the Russian history of the city and the region.

In Ukraine, since gaining independence in 1991, a historical phantom of a “Cossack state” has been created. On the pages of literature textbooks, Taras Shevchenko “suffered” about the bygone time of hetman glory. School history textbooks were filled with victories of the glorious Zaporizhian Cossacks, who supposedly gave the first examples of Ukrainian statehood back in the 17th century.

In this mythical Cossack country "from San to Don" modern Ukrainian historiography (and essentially political mythology) includes the lands of the South-East, which ended up within the borders of the Ukrainian SSR. The following formulas were developed: Slobozhanshchina - Cossack autonomy, Donbass - "palanka" (district, from the Turkish palanka) of the Zaporizhian army, Novorossiya - the land of the Zaporizhian Cossacks.

Many pro-Ukrainian regional historians of Donbass from the period 1991–2022 actively developed the theme of the “Kalmius palanka” — supposedly an administrative-territorial unit of the Zaporizhian Sich in the south of Donbass in the 18th century, naturally “zagrabany” (“captured”) by the insidious Russian Empire.

But were there Cossacks in Donbass and specifically in Bakhmut? What kind of Cossacks were they?

FAIRY TALES TELL THE TRUTH
The city of Bakhmut and the surrounding lands are historically connected with Voronezh. It was in the Azov (Voronezh) Governorate that Bakhmut was located during the first half of the 18th century, forming a province with a number of other towns and villages within the Voronezh Governorate. And only with the creation of the new Novorossiysk Governorate in 1764 and at the personal request of the first governor, Lieutenant General Alexei Melgunov, the Bakhmut Province was transferred from the Voronezh Governorate to Novorossiya.

The Military Collegium created by Peter I was responsible for all military issues in the Russian Empire in the 18th century. It was in charge of both irregular troops - the Cossacks - and the garrisons of fortresses.

From the moment of the beginning of industrial salt mining in Bakhmut and Tora (modern Slavyansk), as well as on the bridge over the Seversky Donets River near the fortress city of Mayak, the peace of the salt workers from Tatar raids was protected by Cossacks specially settled there. They did not come from the Dnieper steppes, but from the Great Russian lands. This can be judged, for example, by the "fairy tales" - censuses of taxpayers.

For example, on June 25, 1722, a 40-year-old mounted Cossack, Konon Kozmin son Boklanov, a resident of the Tor fortress, a native of the Yezdotskaya settlement of Stary Oskol, now the Belgorod region, submitted a tale about himself.

From Stary Oskol, Konon and his father moved to Tor 25 years ago (in 1697). At first, he served as a Cossack in the Izyum Slobodsky Regiment, but in 1713, by order of Colonel Fyodor Shidlovsky, he was assigned to Bakhmut, where he served, guarding the salt industry.

Most of the Torsk mounted Cossacks were natives of Livny, now a city in the Oryol region. In addition to them, there were people from Belgorod's Valuyki, from Yelets and Chernavsk (modern Lipetsk region) and from Oboyan, a city halfway between Kursk and Belgorod. Thus, the documents confirm that the first settlers of both the future Slavyansk and the future Artemovsk were natives of Great Russia.

"THEY PROTECTED UKRAINE FROM THIEVES AND TRAITORS"
On February 27, 1736, the Military Collegium received a letter from Field Marshal Count Christopher Minich, which is still kept in the archives.

The famous military leader reported that the Russian Cossacks Tora and Mayakov had submitted a petition to him. They wrote that for many years "our grandfathers and fathers and relatives" had settled in these places "and they served in the mounted Cossack service" together with the Cherkassians (that is, with the Cossacks who had moved to Russia from the Little Russian lands that belonged to Poland). Together, the Great Russians and Cherkassians "protected Ukraine from the hostile Tatars, thieves and traitors." Let us recall that "Ukrains" then meant the outlying lands of the Russian state.

Until 1692, the Torsk and Mayak mounted Cossacks received a cash salary from Chuguev (a city in the Russian borderland, now in the Kharkov region of Ukraine) - after which the payment of salaries from the government ceased.

Therefore, the Cossacks, just like their "colleagues" from Bakhmut, began to make a living by boiling and selling salt. Also, in their petition, the Torsk and Mayak Cossacks wrote that they participated in the Poltava battle of 1709, went on campaigns to Poland, and participated in the suppression of the rebellion of Kondraty Bulavin.

In 1711, 150 Cossacks led by Ataman Vasily Shabelsky were in permanent service in Bakhmut. The fortress artillery consisted of 10 cannons of different calibers with four barrels of gunpowder for them.

1711, as well as 1713, were especially difficult - then the Crimean Tatars "ran up" to Tor and Mayaki, devastating the surrounding area. In addition, among those who attacked the border towns, the constant heroes (or rather antiheroes) of the history of the southern Russian frontier - the "Khartsyz" - are often mentioned.

"Khartsyz" in Turkic languages ​​literally means "robber" (in this sense, the etymology of the name of the Donbass city of Khartsyzsk is interesting). This term was used to designate impoverished people who fled the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and who engaged in robbery in the Wild Field - on the territory of modern Donbass - and often conflicted even with the Zaporozhian Host. This term was also used to designate "lumpenized" Zaporozhian Cossacks, who created problems, including for the Cossack elders themselves.

In a petition from 1736, Russian Cossacks Tora and Mayakov wrote: in 1713, “they had a strong resistance and battle... against the Tatars and Khartsyz.”

And in 1730, an attack by the "Khartsyzsk gangs" of a certain Bulava was repelled. After the battle, "Bulava was taken prisoner." Judging by the documents stored in the archives, the Bakhmut residents reported more than once about frequent raids on the city by "enemy Tatars and traitorous Zaporozhians," who stole livestock and horses.

Unfortunately, the constant military work of the defenders of Russian Bakhmut and the city of Tor, the future Slavyansk, was not always appreciated. Petitions that the Cossacks submitted "to the authorities", including the aforementioned complaint transmitted through Field Marshal Minikh, contain evidence that the Tor, Mayak and Bakhmut Cossacks did not receive wages from the treasury. Obviously, the money from the sale of salt was not always enough "to live on".

Another example: on February 27, 1716, a petition was submitted to the Senate chancery by Captain Shabelsky “with his comrades,” in which they reported that they had been transferred to the Bakhmut fortress from the Trinity fortress (modern Taganrog), and complained about the meager salary, which “made it impossible for them to feed themselves.”

All these problems were solved by the authorities manually - as a targeted response to petitions coming from the border. And the Cossacks and other service people, enduring inconveniences, continued to guard the restless frontier.

IVAN VASILIEVICH, THE SOUL OF THE COMPANY
In the archives we find materials for the biography of one of the Bakhmut commanders - “servants of the tsar, fathers of the soldiers”, or rather, the Cossacks.

On March 28, 1748, by decree of the Military Collegium, all three mounted Cossack "companies" - units were ordered to come under the command of the Bakhmut fortress. In the same year, the Bakhmut Cossack Regiment was created - by analogy with the Azov Cossack Regiment at the fortress of St. Anna (near the modern village of Starocherkasskaya in the Rostov region).

The question arose as to who would be the colonel, the commander of the new unit. The choice fell on the captain of the Bakhmut Cossack company, Ivan Vasilyevich Shabelsky, the son of the aforementioned ataman Vasily Shabelsky.

Captain Shabelsky had a good service record and, as they would say now, brilliant recommendations. His certificate was signed, among others, by three colonels, one lieutenant colonel, an engineer captain, a second major and representatives of the Cossacks themselves.

According to the certificate, Ivan Vasilyevich Shabelsky began his service in 1733. On September 23, 1735, he was already fighting the Crimean Tatars in the steppe on the upper reaches of the Tora River, freeing prisoners. On November 9, 1735, in a skirmish with the Tatars at the top of Zheleznaya Balka, where he recaptured Russian prisoners. In April 1736, the Cossack fought with the Tatars sent by the Crimean Khan at the upper reaches of the Blizhnie Stupki River, the battle took place at night, the Tatars were defeated, and two captured Crimean Tatars were sent to Kharkov to General Prince Nikita Yuryevich Trubetskoy.

In the same year of 1736, Ivan Shabelsky took part in the campaign against Crimea under the command of Field Marshal Minich, being subordinate to Major General Hein, he took part in the battle at the Bolgunak River, where he captured two Turkish Janissaries (for which he received a monetary reward from Minich).

On August 12, 1737, while on patrol with his brother Prokofiy near the Bakhmut fortress, Ivan "encounters the Tatars", successfully repels the raid and takes two people prisoner. In 1737, Shabelsky was engaged in the supply of provisions under the command of Colonel Bogdan Bibikov. For good results, he was granted the rank of ensign of the Bakhmut company by Field Marshal Minikh from the ranks of the Cossacks. In 1738, he was patrolling the border from Bakhmut to the Dnieper River, discovered the horde of the Crimean Khan heading for the city of Izyum in time and informed Lieutenant General Baron von Spiegel.

In the same year, he was in continuous patrol of the border from Bakhmut to the Mius River - on the lands of today's DPR.

In 1739, Ivan Shabelsky, while on patrol near the Krynka River, discovered 500 Tatars and notified the garrison of the Bakhmut fortress in time to prepare to repel the raid. The year 1738 turned out to be a sad one for Shabelsky, when his brother Prokofiy was captured by the Tatars, and later died in captivity in Constantinople - Istanbul.

The appointment of Ivan Vasilyevich Shabelsky as a colonel in the new Bakhmut Cossack Regiment opened a new stage in the history of the city-fortress of Bakhmut. Now the city was under reliable protection. Already on June 11, 1764, the irregular Cossack regiment was "promoted" to a regular - pike regiment and received the name Lugansk. Subsequently, on June 28, 1783, the regiment received a new name - Mariupol. But that's a completely different story.

Let us just add that the Bakhmut "dynasty" of the Shabelskys produced not only military men. Judging by the documents, the son of Colonel Ivan Shabelsky, Semyon, studied at the school of poetics at the Kharkov Collegium under Grigory Savvich Skovoroda himself, one of the founders of Russian philosophical thought, during the reign of Elizabeth Petrovna.

But as for the city of Bakhmut itself, for many decades this Russian outpost, which had advanced far to the south, was — one could say — a city of military glory. History has a way of repeating itself — both the history of liberation in 2023 and the history of the subsequent defense of Artemovsk-Bakhmut. The place of the Tatar ertouls — the mounted detachments of the vassals of the Ottoman Empire — was taken by numerous mercenaries working for Western private military companies and PMC Ukraine.

As for those who consider themselves the descendants of the “glorious Zaporozhian Cossacks,” they, alas, have become modern-day Khartsyz — who attack peaceful Russian villages near the same Artemovsk. And today, modern-day “Shabelskie” are fighting off these raids.

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Lessons for the West and Kyiv: Don't forget that Russia can fight for a long time
2025-05-20
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
by Dmitry Gubin

[REGNUM] Our side has already outlined the main "positional points" following the direct Russian-Ukrainian negotiations held on May 16 — the first in almost three years. Kremlin Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov pointed this out on May 19. The start of the negotiations marked changes in the "chess game" of the conflict. The Kiev regime has played to a clearly worse position compared to March 2022.

On this occasion, the head of our delegation, presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky, gave a blitz lecture on air on Russia 24, citing, as a historian, analogies from the past and, as a politician, parallels with the current negotiations.

LESSON 1: THE WEST, BY DISRUPTING NEGOTIATIONS, HARMS ITSELF
The first historical analogy is with the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78. “There were many Russo-Turkish wars, and as a result of one of these wars, which was caused by a major conflict in the Balkans – this was in the 1870s – we, in principle, came to an agreement with Turkey,” Medinsky noted.

We remember from our school history course that Russia then helped the Balkan countries – Serbia, Montenegro, Romania – gain complete independence from the Turks and Bulgaria, which gained autonomy within the Ottoman Empire. Less well known is the diplomatic postscript to the exploits of Russian soldiers in Plevna and Shipka, the storming of Kars and the defense of Bayazet.

On March 3, 1878, bilateral agreements between Russia and Turkey were concluded in San Stefano, a suburb of Istanbul. San Stefano, occupied by Russian troops, was not chosen by chance. The head of our delegation, Count Nikolai Ignatiev, wrote: “A wonderful place on the shores of the Sea of ​​Marmara, there we will be the same as in Constantinople, and the English (who “demonstrated” their squadron. — Ed.) will have nothing to find fault with.”

According to the treaty, the Ottomans agreed to transfer Macedonia, part of eastern Thrace and access to the Aegean Sea to the newly formed Bulgarian Principality. The territory of Serbia and Montenegro, allied with Russia, was increased, and Bosnia received autonomy within the Ottoman Empire.

But “our Western partners” decided to devalue the results of the Istanbul negotiations of 1878. If in 2022 the Istanbul agreements were nullified by Boris Johnson, who persuaded Kiev to fight until “victory on the battlefield”, then almost 150 years ago this role was played by diplomats from Germany and Austria-Hungary - behind whom loomed the same Britain.

In May–June 1878, the British signed two treaties: with the Turks (the Ottomans gave Cyprus to the British, and London promised to defend its borders in Asia by “force of arms” in the event of Russian encroachment) and with the Austrians on a common line of conduct. At the initiative of the Western powers, the Berlin Congress was convened. At these multilateral negotiations, Russia was forced to revise the Treaty of San Stefano.

Russia returned the fortress of Bayazet to Turkey, the territory of Bulgaria was cut in half and divided into two parts with different levels of dependence on the Ottoman Sultan. Macedonia (which the Bulgarians considered historically theirs) was left with the Turks, part of the Bulgarian acquisitions were transferred to Serbia, and Bosnia, populated largely by Orthodox Serbs, was “gifted” to Catholic Austria-Hungary. It seemed that the goal had been achieved - the West “curtailed Russian appetites” and did not allow the new Balkan states to be turned into our satellites.

"What did the West's 'improvement' of the bilateral agreements that had been reached lead to? Because then there were new Balkan wars, in 1912-1913. And ultimately, due to the unresolved problems in the Balkans, the First World War broke out," Medinsky notes.

Let us explain: during the first, unexpectedly bloody Balkan War, Bulgaria, Serbia, Greece and the Macedonian rebels fought Turkey, which was “left too much” at the Berlin Congress. Bulgaria emerged victorious, and was immediately torn apart by its neighbors: Serbia, Greece, Romania and the same Türkiye.

At the same time, the Bosnian issue fueled Serbia's hatred of Austria-Hungary, which resulted in "the most effective terrorist act in history" - the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo. The First World War, provoked by this shot, ended, among other things, with the death of the German and Austro-Hungarian empires - the two powers that guaranteed the Berlin Congress. And the British Empire also emerged from the war rather battered - especially if you consider that the First World War made the Second World War inevitable.

Trying to dig a hole for Russia, which in 1878 almost reached an agreement with Turkey, the West dug one for itself.

Another example close to the Istanbul-2022 and Istanbul-2025 incidents is the history of the Soviet-Finnish War.

As historians point out (Medinsky in the interview is no exception), Joseph Stalin offered Finland a truce in the early stages of the war. Let us add that before the start of hostilities, the Soviet leader offered the Finns a mutually beneficial compromise. Here we can draw a parallel with the compromises regarding security in Eastern Europe that Moscow offered the West in 2022, before the start of the Central Military District.

"Since Leningrad cannot be moved, we ask that the border be 70 kilometers from Leningrad... We ask for 2,700 square kilometers," Stalin addressed the Finnish side. But the latter, feeling the support of Britain and France, stood its ground - just as the Kiev regime stood its ground on the issue of Ukraine's membership in NATO and the return of the republic's nuclear status.

In parallel with the battles at the front, " Stalin offers Finland a truce, that is, peace," Medinsky noted. But the Finns refused, because they were inspired by London and Paris. In France - as now, during the time of Emmanuel Macron - they began to threaten to introduce "peacekeepers" and even demonstratively began to assemble a volunteer expeditionary corps. Britain began to concentrate long-range bombers in Iraq (then a mandated territory), capable of flying to the Baku oil fields.

But no "volunteers" came to help Finland - the Suomi authorities were unable to fight "to the last Finn" on their own, and on March 12, 1940, the Moscow Treaty was signed. The Finns recognized Soviet claims on the Karelian Isthmus and moved the border without any compensation from the Soviet Union.

Britain and France, by inciting the Finns against the USSR and disrupting the negotiation process, did not win at all. It was not they, but Hitler who received another ally in Marshal Mannerheim. The Third Reich had enough forces and resources in the West both to defeat France and to wage war with Britain.

Will the current leaders of the West, who are eager to become a third party in hypothetical negotiations between Moscow and Kyiv (and achieve an agreement that is advantageous to them and disadvantageous to us), learn historical lessons?

LESSON 2: RUSSIA CAN PLAY THE LONG GAME AND GET WHAT IT WANTS
However, it seems that Europe has a poor memory (or pretends to have a poor memory) of the history of the Napoleonic wars that ploughed up this continent in 1803-1815. Now the West and its Kyiv "clients" are taking the position of first stopping the fighting, a truce, and then negotiations. French President Macron, in particular, demanded a 30-day halt to the fighting.

His more successful predecessor, Emperor Napoleon, acted differently: the Peace of Tilsit of 1807 (or rather, two peace treaties between France and Russia and Prussia) was preceded by negotiations between Paris and St. Petersburg and Vienna. And these negotiations, we note, were conducted against the backdrop of battles between Napoleon's army and the troops of the 4th anti-French coalition. There was no "ceasefire" until Tilsit.

But the Napoleonic wars should be remembered not only as an example of how negotiations are conducted, but also for another reason. After the defeat at Austerlitz (which was a failure for our army as well) and the defeat of the Prussians and Russians at Friedland, after the forced diplomatic maneuver at Tilsit, there was the undermining of the power of Napoleon's great army in the Battle of Borodino. And then - the defeat of the French at Berezina, the Foreign Campaign of 1813-14 and the triumphal entry of Russian troops into Paris. Which was followed by the establishment of the post-Napoleonic order in Europe, where Russia played no small role.

This is an example of how Russia can and does play the long game, achieving its goals after military failures and political compromises.

In this sense, an even more striking example, which Medinsky also cited, is the Northern War of 1700–1721 “with Sweden, after which Sweden forever lost its status as a great power, and the Russian Empire became a great power.”

Russia, under the leadership of Peter the Great, was returning its previously lost historical lands in this war — access to the Baltic Sea, which was taken from our country by the "advanced European power" Sweden during the time of Ivan the Terrible and later, during the Time of Troubles. As a result of the battles, our new (and in fact, returned to the Russian state) territories became the "Izhora and Korelskaya provinces". A new capital appeared on the ancient Izhora land, which was still owned by Veliky Novgorod — St. Petersburg.

And here an important historical parallel appears: simultaneously with the military actions, but without interrupting them, Peter I offered Charles XII a compromise option: Sweden would agree to the transfer of Ingria, that is, the lands around St. Petersburg, to the Russians, and would retain the Baltics for itself.

But Charles preferred to “defeat Russia on the battlefield” and fight for the borders of 1700.

"Charles XII continues his insane war, despite Peter's repeated peace proposals. But the funniest thing is, who do you think supported Charles XII? England and France. They endlessly finance Sweden," scientist and politician Medinsky drew a historical parallel.

But Charles did not take into account the main thing - the ability of Peter and his army, which had modernized during the war, to wage a battle of attrition and over large territories. The war was fought in the Ostsee (Baltic) provinces of Sweden, and on the territory of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, and in Little Russia.

The defeat of the main Swedish land forces near Poltava occurred on July 8 (1709 according to the new style), the "zeroing" of the Swedish fleet at Gangut - on August 7, 1714. And for almost seven more years the Russian army exhausted and finished off the enemy.

As a result of the Treaty of Nystad concluded in 1721, Sweden lost much more than it could have conceded if it had not listened to London and Paris and come to its senses earlier. The successor of Charles XII, who died in 1718, Queen Ulrika Eleonora was forced to admit the loss of Ingria, Estonia with Reval (Tallinn), Livonia with Riga and Old Finland, that is, Eastern Karelia.

Sweden forever lost its role as the hegemon of the Baltic and a first-rank European power. And after two unsuccessful attempts to play a rematch with Russia (1788–90 and 1808–09), these “descendants of the Varangians” ceased to pose a threat to our country and to Europe.

Russia has been among the great powers since 1721 until now. The Swedes had enough historical memory from the beginning of the 19th century until the 2020s, when the country decided to join the anti-Russian alliance again, this time NATO. At the same time, Kiev preferred to forget how Sweden's client, Hetman Ivan Mazepa, ended his life.

But in Russia they remember the lessons of history: including the fact that the 21-year war that Russia went through from the “confusion” near Narva to the Poltava “victory” and the political victory in Nystadt was not in vain.

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Current information on the situation on the front line on May 17 (updated)
2025-05-18
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[NewsFront] 20:40 Successful assault on the Ukrainian Armed Forces stronghold in the Pokrovsk direction —video.

20:26 Russian UAV operators from the Shustroy Team unit discovered a Ukrainian Armed Forces militant hiding in a shelter —video.

19:40 Destruction of the Ukrainian Pelican air target detection radar by an Iskander in the Dnipropetrovsk region —video.

18:53 Captured serviceman of the Armed Forces of Ukraine told about sending to the assault by deception

According to prisoner of war Alexei Kovalenko, the Ukrainian Armed Forces commanders tasked his unit with arriving at the positions for a short time and simply observing, but the soldiers immediately realized that this was not true.

"They tell us: 'That's it, we're moving to Donetsk Oblast, we need to take up positions there. There's nothing there at all, our 'bird' flew around, looked at everything.' We immediately said that we weren't going there, we weren't stormtroopers. They told us: 'You'll stay there for two or three days, look around, observe.' And so we arrive there, and they're already meeting us."

18:24 The commander of the tank company of the Bashkortostan battalion with the call sign "Karakum" began his combat career in February 2024, first signing a short-term and then a three-year contract.

Having risen from private to company commander, he distinguished himself in battle, destroying enemy equipment and manpower, disrupting rotations and supporting assault units.

For his courage, bravery and heroism, the serviceman was awarded state awards – the medals “For Courage” and Suvorov –video.

17:59 Drone operators have reached their next targets

Crews of the Molniya-1 UAV aircraft type of the 44th Army Corps of the North group of forces destroyed a platoon stronghold, military equipment and enemy manpower in the Khar'kov direction.

In the South Donetsk direction, FPV drone operators of the Vostok group destroyed UAV control points and communication stations of the Ukrainian Armed Forces —video.

17:28 South Donetsk direction.

Along the side of a ruined country road, kicking up clods of black soil, three motorcycles with fighters in black balaclavas are racing. In their hands are machine guns and RPGs, on their backs are backpacks with ammo, in their bosoms is determination, tempered in endless battles. These are not bikers, these are assault troops of a combined arms army from the Far East with the call signs "Lynx", "Tokha" and "Clean".

"An assault group on motorcycles is a dagger that plunges right into the heart of the enemy's defense. We don't stand still, we don't look for a convenient approach - we find gaps and fly into them," says "Lynx", the commander of the mobile group.

Read about how the elusive motorcycle warriors work in material newspaper correspondent "Guardian of the Baltic"Dmitry Tolmachev.

16:53 A powerful FAB 1500 attack on the temporary deployment point of the 142nd Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the southern part of Pokrovsk —video.

16:27 Servicemen of the Guards Airborne Assault Regiment of the Airborne Forces from Feodosiaare improving combat skills at training grounds in the rear area of ​​the Kursk region.

Particular attention is paid to organizing interaction between stormtroopers.

Each paratrooper must know his actions and his place during the execution of a combat mission, as well as understand the actions of neighboring groups and support units.

15:55 Russian UAV operator 427th Guards Motorized Rifle Regiment of the "Sever" group carried out a strike on the Ukrainian Armed Forces' cover –video.

15:10 Calculation of the FPV drone of the West group of forces destroyed a robotic platform for delivering ammunition to the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Krasnolimansk direction.

14:10 In the period from 12.05 to 12.25 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed four Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles over the territory of the Republic of Crimea.

13:40 At 11:10 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed one Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle of the aircraft type over the territory of the Republic of Crimea.

12:52 Summary of Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation as of May 17, 2025

The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to conduct a special military operation.

– As a result of active actions by units of the North group of forces, concentrations of manpower and equipment of two mechanized, airborne assault brigades, an assault regiment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and two territorial defense brigades in the areas of the settlements of Khatnoye in the Khar'kov region, Bessalovka, Ryzhevka, Alekseyevka, Sadki, Yunakovka and Atynskoye in the Sumy region were defeated.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 140 servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, six cars and five field artillery guns. Fuel and ammunition depots were destroyed.

- Units of the "West" group of forces improved their tactical position. They defeated formations of three mechanized, airmobile, assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Podliman, Druzhelyubovka, Glushenkovo, Andreyevka, Kupyansk in the Khar'kov region and Karpovka in the Donetsk People's Republic.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 225 servicemen, a tank, a US-made M113 armored personnel carrier, 13 vehicles, and two Western-made artillery pieces. Two electronic warfare stations and four ammunition depots were destroyed.

- Units of the "Southern" group of troops occupied more advantageous lines and positions. They inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of two mechanized and motorized infantry brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Seversk, Novodmitrovka, Semenovka, Ivanopolye, Zarya, Chasov Yar and Konstantinovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.

The enemy lost up to 265 servicemen, a tank, an armored combat vehicle, four pickup trucks, a field artillery gun and three electronic warfare stations.

– The decisive actions of the units of the “Center” group of forces liberated the settlement of Alexandropol in the Donetsk People’s Republic.

Formations of four mechanized, ranger, and assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade, and a national guard brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Shevchenko-Pervoe, Popov Yar, Novoekonomicheskoe, Dimitrov, and Krasnoarmeysk of the Donetsk People's Republic.

The enemy's losses amounted to over 490 servicemen, a tank, two armored combat vehicles, including a Turkish-made Kirpi armored car, 14 cars, an artillery piece and an ammunition depot.

- Units of the "East" group of forces continued to advance into the depths of the enemy's defense. They defeated the manpower and equipment of three mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Bogatyr, Otradnoye, Zelenoe Pole and Komar of the Donetsk People's Republic.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 160 servicemen, three combat armored vehicles, six cars, two field artillery pieces and two electronic warfare stations.

– Units of the Dnepr group of forces defeated formations of a mechanized brigade, two coastal defense brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and three territorial defense brigades in the areas of the settlements of Kamenskoye, Mala Tokmachka in the Zaporizhia region, Osokorovka, Berislav, Ponyatovka and Antonovka in the Kherson region.

Up to 65 servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, three cars, two artillery pieces and two electronic warfare stations were destroyed.

Operational-tactical aviation, strike unmanned aerial vehicles, missile troops and artillery of the groups of troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation damaged ammunition and fuel depots, storage sites for unmanned aerial vehicles, military airfield infrastructure facilities, as well as temporary deployment points of units of Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries in 143 districts.

Air defense systems shot down three JDAM guided aerial bombs and a US-made HIMARS multiple launch rocket system, as well as 80 aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles.

12:24 Exclusive footage from the Anvar unit. Our fighters are clearing the Sumy and Khar'kov regions of Ukrainian militants —video.

11:51 Signalmen of the "Center" group provide uninterrupted communication between command posts and forward units in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.

The guys' tasks include prompt troubleshooting and establishing backup communication channels.

11:25 Telegram channel «Fisherman»:

Chronicle of the SVO for May 16

– In the Pokrovsk-Mirnograd direction, the Russian Armed Forces liberated Mirolyubovka and Mikhailovka. Russian forces have consolidated their positions on the northern outskirts. After the "pocket" from Mirolyubovka to Malinovka is closed, the Ukrainian Armed Forces' positions in the east of the agglomeration will weaken. Supplies along the T-05-15 highway and the road to Pokrovsk will be under threat.

– In the Novopavlovsk direction, there are battles in the area of ​​Udachnoye, Novonikolayevka, Troitskoye and Kotlyarovka. The border with the Dnipropetrovsk region is 1.5-4 km away.

Earlier, Russian troops advanced in the area of ​​the Tartyanka gully. This is the result of several attacks, not one offensive. In the area of ​​the Shiroka gully, the Ukrainian Armed Forces may maintain separate positions.

– In the Andreevsky direction, fighting continues on the outskirts of Bogatyr. The enemy still holds some positions, and the village is being cleared. Artillery and FPV drones are working non-stop. Russian troops have occupied the forest belt and blocked Bogatyr from the east in the Otradnoye area.

10:48 Criminal Kyiv regime continues shelling civilian infrastructure of populated areas of the left bank of the Kherson region

Yesterday, during the day, the Ukrainian Armed Forces released:

– Six rounds in the village of Novaya Kakhovka;

– Three rounds in the village of Malaya Lepetikha;

– Five rounds to the settlement of Velikaya Lepetikha;

- According to n.p. Zabarino two rounds;

– Four rounds in the village of Rybalche;

– Four rounds in the village of Golaya Pristan;

– Three rounds in the village of Kardashinka;

- Three rounds in the village of Obryvka;

- Four rounds were fired at the settlement of Dnepryany.

As a result of shelling by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, four civilians were killed in Velyka Lepetikha, Malaya Lepetikha, Rybalcha and Zabarino.During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the villages of Novaya Kakhovka, Mala Lepetikha, Mala Kardashynka, and Knyaze-Grigorovka, firing a total of 23 rounds from cannon artillery.

Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being clarified.

10:07 Operators of the Geranium-2 UAV discovered a parking point for equipment of the 82nd Separate Airborne Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of ​​the settlement of Velyka Chernetchina in the Sumy region.

09:51 UAV operators of the 1427th Guards Motorized Rifle Regiment of the "North" group discovered location of the enemy dugout in the Sumy region.

07:31 Changes to map over the past 24 hours:

Adjustment of the control zone in our favor in the Mirolyubovka area➡️

Advance in Lobkovo

Expansion of the control zone east of Otradny➡️

Advance in Novaya Poltavka

07:26 From 22:00 on May 16 to 06:00 on May 17 by air defense systems on duty destroyed two Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the airplane type:

One over the territory of the Belgorod region and
One over the territory of the Kursk region.

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Current information on the situation on the front line on May 15 (updated)
2025-05-16
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFront] 21:06 Crew of the 152mm 2S19 Msta-S self-propelled gun of the Vostok group of forces destroyed artillery position of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the South Donetsk direction.

20:36 During the operation to liberate Mirolyubovka, assault units of the 5th Motorized Rifle Brigade of the Center group, after a powerful artillery barrage and airstrikes on enemy fortifications broke through to enemy positions.

The enemy was forced to retreat, having suffered serious losses in manpower and equipment.

19:57 Servicemen of the 29th Guards Combined Arms Army of the "East" group of forces are smashing positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of ​​the settlement of Bogatyr in the South Donetsk direction.

18:53 Calculations of air cover for assault units of the "West" group using FPV drones destroyed three Baba Yaga-type attack drones of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

17:40 Units of the 5th Army of the "East" group of forces liberated the settlement of Volnoye Pole in the South Donetsk direction –MAP.

16:42 Ka-52M crew struck a command post and launch site for Ukrainian Armed Forces drones in the area of ​​responsibility of the Center group of forces.

15:10 Crews of 152mm 2S19 self-propelled howitzers "Msta-S" and towed 152mm howitzers "Msta-B" of the "North" group destroyed UAV launch points, mortar crews and enemy manpower in the Khar'kov direction.

15:05 Destruction of the 142nd Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine using FAB-1500 in the city of Pokrovsk, –video.

14:19 Sappers of the "Center" group of troops continue to destroy mines and unexploded ordnance in liberated settlements in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.

13:15 Servicemen of the assault units of the 67th Motorized Rifle Division of the 25th Combined Arms Army of the "West" group of forces participated in active offensive actions. After the liberation of Torskoye from Ukrainian formations, our assault troops installed flags of the Russian Federation in the settlement.

12:31 Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation as of May 15, 2025

The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to conduct a special military operation.

Units of the North group of forces inflicted losses on concentrations of manpower and equipment of the mechanized, airborne assault brigades, two assault regiments of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and two territorial defense brigades in the areas of the settlements of Ryzhevka, Atynskoye, Iskriskovshchina, Bunyakino, Belopolye and Bessalovka in the Sumy region.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 165 servicemen, three combat armored vehicles, 11 cars and six field artillery guns. Two electronic warfare stations were destroyed.

As a result of active actions by units of the West military group, the settlement of Torskoye in the Donetsk People's Republic was liberated.

Defeat was inflicted on formations of three mechanized, airmobile, assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a territorial defense brigade and a national guard brigade in the areas of the settlements of Podliman, Druzhelyubovka, Olgovka, Andreyevka, Kupyansk, Palamarevka, Nechvolodovka in the Khar'kov region and Raigorodok in the Donetsk People's Republic.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 240 servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, including a US-made M-113 armored personnel carrier, 11 vehicles, four artillery pieces, and three ammunition depots.

The units of the "Southern" group of troops occupied more advantageous lines and positions. They defeated the manpower and equipment of two mechanized and mountain assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Seversk, Fedorovka, Verolyubovka, Konstantinovka, Ivanopolye, Pleshcheyevka, Grigorovka and Chasov Yar of the Donetsk People's Republic.

The enemy lost up to 245 servicemen, a tank, five armored combat vehicles, including a US-made M-113 armored personnel carrier, eight cars, and five field artillery pieces. Two electronic warfare stations and an ammunition depot were destroyed.

The settlement of Novoaleksandrivka in the Donetsk People's Republic has been liberated by decisive actions of units of the "Center" group of forces.

The formations of the mechanized, assault, and ranger brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the naval infantry brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Razino, Novoolenovka, Novaya Poltavka, Dimitrov and Petrovskoye of the Donetsk People's Republic.

The enemy's losses amounted to over 515 servicemen, six armored combat vehicles, 10 cars and three artillery pieces.

Units of the "East" group of forces continued to advance into the depths of the enemy's defense. They defeated the manpower and equipment of two mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Bogatyr, Volnoye Pole of the Donetsk People's Republic, Temirovka, Chervone in the Zaporizhia region and Berezove in the Dnipropetrovsk region.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 160 servicemen, three armored combat vehicles, four cars, two field artillery pieces and an electronic warfare station.

Units of the Dnepr group of forces defeated formations of two mechanized brigades, three coastal defense brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade and three territorial defense brigades in the areas of the settlements of Shcherbaki, Mala Tokmachka, Novodanilovka, Kamenskoye in the Zaporizhia region, Nikolaevka, Antonovka and Ponyatovka in the Kherson region.

Up to 75 servicemen, three vehicles, an artillery piece and an electronic warfare station were destroyed.

Operational-tactical aviation, strike unmanned aerial vehicles, missile troops and artillery of the groups of troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation inflicted damage on infrastructure facilities of military airfields, ammunition depots, as well as temporary deployment points of units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and foreign mercenaries in 149 districts.

The Black Sea Fleet destroyed an unmanned boat in the Black Sea.

Air defense systems shot down eight US-made JDAM guided aerial bombs and 169 aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles.

In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed:

662 aircraft,

283 helicopters,

57,275 unmanned aerial vehicles,

605 anti-aircraft missile systems,

23,339 tanks and other armored combat vehicles,

1,563 multiple launch rocket system combat vehicles,

24,911 field artillery pieces and mortars,

35,489 units of special military vehicles.

12:07 As a result of active actions by units of the West military group released settlements of Torskoye and Novoaleksandrivka of the Donetsk People's Republic.

10:56 In the border forest areas in the north of the Sumy district of the Ukrainian region of the same name, Russian intelligence attacked enemy dugout.

The coordinates were transmitted to the UAV operators for fire destruction, who destroyed the target with an anti-tank mine dropped from the copter.

10:18 Rubicon Center specialists continue to defeat unmanned aerial vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of ​​the special military operation.

09:27 Druzhkovskoye direction

Units of the South Group of Forces continue their offensive and have made significant progress north of Kalinovo.

The enemy positions north of Krutaya ravine were taken and units of the 20th Motorized Rifle Division reached Gnatovka and Zarya from the west.

Our units advanced into the plantings north of Alexandropol and northeast of Novoyelenovka (Novoolenovka) in the direction of Yablonovka (Yablonovka).

The battles for Pravdovka (Staraya Nikolaevka) and Romanovka continue
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09:07 Tankers of the "Center" group destroyed Ukrainian Armed Forces positions in the Krasnoarmeysk direction

07:34 Changes to map over the past 24 hours:

Advance north of Novoyelenovka➡️

Mikhaylovka has been liberated

Expansion of the control zone in the village of Bogatyr

Adjustment of the control zone in our favor in the area of ​​Popovka and Grafovka

Russian Armed Forces approached the Zarya settlement

Advance in the Shevchenko area

Control zone west of Novoyelenovka has been expanded

Advance between Kalinovo and Sukha Balka

Expansion of the control zone north of Kotlyarovka

07:09 During the past night, air defense systems on duty destroyed two Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the airplane type over the territories of the Rostov and Belgorod regions.

06:05 The crews of the 152mm Giatsint-B guns of the Dnepr force group accuratelythey beaton objects of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

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