Direct Translation via Google Translate. [Regnum] Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Patrushev called on the regions to quickly organize the replanting of crops affected by frost, the government’s Telegram channel reported.
“Patrushev called on the regions to quickly organize the replanting of dead crops in order to meet agrotechnological deadlines,” the message says.
When global warming heads into negative numbers…
At a meeting of the operational headquarters, Minister of Agriculture Oksana Lut said that frosts led to the destruction of crops on an area of about 830 thousand hectares. On a general scale, this is about 1% of the entire area. Specialists from the Ministry of Agriculture, together with the regions, are conducting assessments to obtain reliable data.
The meeting participants reviewed the progress of seasonal field work and the situation in a number of regions affected by return frosts, as well as issues of state support for farmers.
According to Patrushev, seasonal field work has begun in all federal districts. About 25 million hectares were sown with spring crops. As the Deputy Prime Minister clarified, this is almost half of the forecast area.
On the territory of a number of constituent entities of the Central and Volga federal districts, as well as in the Volgograd and Rostov regions, recurrent frosts were recorded in May. A state of emergency has been introduced in eight Russian regions.
As Regnum reported, on May 9, the Ministry of Agriculture promised to replant crops damaged by frost. The department noted that all the necessary resources for this are available. Then, due to frosts, a regional emergency regime was introduced in the Voronezh, Lipetsk and Tambov regions.
The weather in the first ten days of May was more typical of early April. In the center of the European part of Russia, as well as in the Volga region, the Urals and the Primorsky Federal District, air temperatures were 4-6 degrees below normal values. Frosts down to 0...-3°C struck on the night of May 4-5.
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Yes, here in Maryland May is more like our typical April. Too much rain and low temperatures. Gardens can't be planted and lawns too wet to mow. Fortunately late frost occurred after fruit blooming. So fruits are growing well. Perhaps HAARP weather control modifications.
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[Regnum] The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned a representative of the British Embassy on May 16 in connection with London's decision to expel the defense attaché of the Russian Embassy, the department said.
“In response to this decision, the defense attache at the British Embassy in Moscow, A. T. Coghill, is declared persona non grata,” the Foreign Ministry said.
Oh — it’s a tit for tat.
The British diplomat was ordered to leave Russia within a week.
The Foreign Ministry expressed a strong protest in connection with the unfriendly and groundless decision taken by the British authorities on May 8 against the Russian diplomat, defense attache at the Russian Embassy in London.
The department regarded these steps as a politically motivated action with a pronounced Russophobic character, which causes irreparable damage to bilateral relations.
As Regnum reported, Russian Ambassador to London Andrei Kelin was summoned to the British Foreign Office on May 8. The reason was the alleged collection of intelligence data by the Russian side in the UK.
On the same day, Britain announced the expulsion of Russia's military attache from the country. At the same time, the Ministry of Internal Affairs announced the introduction of new restrictions on the receipt of diplomatic visas by Russians. British authorities also removed diplomatic status from a number of Russian-owned properties.
Commenting on the decision of the British authorities, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova promised that Moscow would give an adequate response.
[DM] Russian women have been warned that fighters could return home as sexual sadists in need of violent gratification.
A training manual for military wives highlights the profound psychological changes faced by fighters deployed on the frontline.
'Changes may manifest themselves in temporary intolerance to touch and decreased sexual desire,' says the guide.
'However, they can also be expressed in increased sexual arousal, the need for frequent sexual acts, and a predisposition to aggressive forms of sex.'
Women are told to give their traumatised men a chance to 'thaw out' after returning alive from Putin's cannon fodder frontline in Ukraine where hundreds of thousands have perished.
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[LB] Also, the enemy is most active in the Kramatorsk direction, and the defenders conducted counterattack measures in the Kharkiv direction.
by Iryna Lysohor
Today, the greatest activity of the Russians is recorded in the Kramatorsk and Pokrovsk directions, but intense fighting continues almost along the entire front line.
During the current day, as of 1:30 p.m., a total of 58 combat clashes took place. This was reported in the General Staff.
From the beginning of the day in the Kharkiv direction, the enemy attacked in the direction of the village of Staritsa. Launched missile strikes on Kharkiv and Staraya Vodolaz. Vilcha, Vovchansk and Staritsa were hit by enemy aircraft. Ukrainian soldiers carried out counterattack measures in the area of the city of Vovchansk.
Since the beginning of the day, there have been three combat clashes in the Kupian direction in the areas of Synkivka, Ivanovka, and Berestovo.
On the Lymanskyi direction, two combat clashes were recorded in the Novosadovo region.
In the Seversky direction, the number of enemy attacks increased to three. Combat clashes took place near Zvanivka and Rozdolivka (as of 10:30 there was one attack).
In the Kramatorsk direction, enemy troops made ten attempts to attack the positions of Ukrainian defenders near Hryhorivka, Klishchiivka, and Andriivka. An air strike was carried out in the Druzhba area. Despite the onslaught of the enemy, our soldiers continue to confidently restrain him and, under favorable conditions, counterattack.
The invaders are most active in the Pokrovsky direction. Since the beginning of this day, 20 attacks have already been carried out, in particular, in the areas of Novooleksandrivka, Solovyove, Netaylove and Umanske settlements. The enemy used combat aircraft near Vovchy, Vozdvizhenka and Novooleksandrivka.
In the Kurakhiv direction, the Defense Forces successfully repelled seven enemy attacks. The invaders were active in the districts of Krasnohorivka, Novooleksandrivka, Novomykhailika and Kostyantynivka.
In the Vremivsk direction, the occupiers made six attempts to storm Ukrainian positions near Mykilskyi and Urozhainy, and near Staromayorsky, also with the support of aviation. The enemy had no success.
In the Dnieper direction, the invaders attacked five times near Krynyk, where they suffered losses. The enemy launched an airstrike in the area of the city of Kherson.
In other areas, the situation remained unchanged.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyi held a meeting of the stake in Kharkiv today. According to him, the situation is generally under control, although it is very difficult.
The defense forces focused on restraining the advance of the enemy and disrupting plans to establish full enemy control over the Donetsk and Luhansk regions and over the north of Kharkiv.
by Iryna Lysohor
During the day, 166 combat clashes took place at the front. The defense forces focused on preventing the Russians from advancing deep into the territory of Ukraine and disrupting plans to establish full enemy control over the Donetsk and Luhansk regions and over the north of Kharkiv.
In the Kharkiv direction, the Russians carried out 11 attacks during the day. Fighting took place, in particular, in the areas of the settlements of Liptsi, Slobozhanske, Staritsa, Vovchansk, the spokesman of the General Staff, Dmytro Lykhova, said on the air of the telethon.
Ukrainian troops continue to carry out defense and stabilization measures in Vovchansk and keep the situation under control.
In Kupyansk, the defenders repelled 30 attacks in the area of Sinkivka, Pischany, Berestovoy of the Kharkiv region, Stelmakhivka, Myasozharivka, Terdokhlibovoy, Noovyegorivka of the Luhansk region, where the occupiers tried to improve their tactical position.
In Lymansky, the defenders stood in the way of five attacks in the Novosadovo and Torsky districts of the Donetsk region.
In Siversk, defenders repelled eight attacks in the areas of Verkhnokamianske, Spirn, and Rozdolivka settlements of the Donetsk region.
On Kramatorsk, 19 offensive attempts were repulsed in the area of Novy, Andriivka, Klishchiivka, Kurdyumivka, south of Ivanivsk, where the enemy tried to improve the tactical position.
On Pokrovsky, the direction was "hottest". The defenders repelled 45 attacks in the districts of Kalinovo, Novooleksandrivka, Sokol, Umansky, Novoselivka Persha, Netaylovy, Solovyo, Donetsk region. The Russians, with the support of aviation, tried to dislodge the defenders.
In the Kurakhiv direction, the Defense Forces continue to restrain the occupiers in the areas of Krasnohorivka, Pobyeda, Novomykhailivka, Slvany, Vodyany, Paraskoviyvka in Donetsk region, where the Russians, with the support of aviation, tried to break through the defenses.
"Yesterday, our soldiers improved the tactical position in the Pobyeda area," said the spokesman of the General Staff.
Defenders repelled 26 attacks in the Vremivsk direction in the Kostyantynivka, Vodyanyi, Urozhayny, and Staromayorsky districts of the Donetsk region.
In Orihivskoye, the enemy attacked the defense line in the area of the robot four times. Loss of our positions is not allowed.
In the Dnieper direction, the enemy does not give up its intention to dislodge the units of the defenders from the bridgeheads on the left bank of the Dnipro River. During the day, he made seven useless attacks.
"Over the course of a day, the enemy launched four rocket and 75 air strikes, fired 118 salvo fire systems at the positions of our troops and at populated areas," the spokesman added.
Since May 10, the Russian offensive on the Kharkiv region has been ongoing. Yesterday, shooting battles took place on the northern outskirts of Vovchansk, but the city is under Ukrainian control.
In the evening of May 15, the President of Ukraine reported that the situation in the Kharkiv region was partially stabilized.
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[Korrespondent] 21:51 The New York Times writes that Ukraine has allegedly asked its NATO partners to help train 150 thousand recruits closer to the front line for faster deployment. The US said no, but the head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said the deployment of NATO trainers "seems inevitable".
21:45 Hourly power outages have resumed in Ukraine. Since March 22 alone, Russia has carried out five large-scale attacks on thermal and hydroelectric power plants in Ukraine. The destruction of infrastructure led first to restrictions in the supply of electricity to industry, and more recently to the population. Even record imports and emergency aid from the EU are not helping. Read more about the situation in the power system in the article Blackouts are back.
21:02 British intelligence warned Kiev about the impending Russian offensive in the Khar'kov region, but unprepared defensive lines, delays in the supply of weapons, and a lack of manpower prevented it from being stopped, The Guardian writes.
20:54 Russia does not have enough troops for a strategic breakthrough, Supreme Commander of NATO Allied Forces Europe Christopher Cavoli said after a meeting of the Ukraine-NATO Council. “Moreover, they do not have the skills and capabilities to do so, to operate at the scale necessary to exploit any breakthrough to gain strategic advantage,” the general added. He also believes that since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, the Russians have improved logistics, but the quality of Russian troops has deteriorated.
20:09 On Friday, May 17, hourly shutdown schedules for household and industrial consumers will be in effect from 00:00 to 8:00 and from 19:00 to 24:00, Ukrenergo reported.
19:40 As of today, military operations in urban areas continue in Volchansk, but in general the active advance of the enemy has been stopped. The enemy is trying to take positions in the Lipetsk direction, but to no avail, said the head of the Khar'kov OVA Oleg Sinegubov. According to him, the Russians are forced to increase their reserves, but are suffering significant losses. The Defense Forces are currently working to stabilize the front line and reduce the gray zone.
18:38 Austria has created a special fund for 500 million euros, which will support exports and investments in Ukraine, the government announced.
18:19 Number of wounded as a result of Russian shelling. The Bugaevka community of the Volchanskaya community in the Khar'kov region has increased to six, said the head of the OBA Oleg Sinegubov. Among the injured are the head of the Volchanskaya GVA, two doctors, two drivers and one civilian.
18:14 One of the goals of the Russian Federation now is gas infrastructure in western Ukraine, Zelensky said during a telephone conversation with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk. He called on us to find a way to counteract this together. “Russia’s success there will jeopardize Europe’s energy security,” the president emphasized. The teams were also instructed to immediately begin work on the text of a bilateral security agreement. “Between historical partners, it should be as ambitious as possible,” Zelensky added.
18:10 The Danish government announced a new package of military assistance for Ukraine worth 750 million euros. Almost half of the funds are aimed at strengthening air defense. In addition, the package includes additional funding for the transfer of F-16 aircraft to Ukraine, maintenance of artillery installations and funds for the transfer of additional artillery installations, shells and anti-tank mines.
17:41 The European Union is massively importing Russian oil through Turkey, hidden by other markings, writes Politico. Russian oil is legally imported into the EU as “mixed” fuel, labeled as non-Russian. Thanks to deliveries from three ports alone, Russia thus earned up to 3 billion euros in a year. Greece is also actively importing Russian oil, which has assured that it is complying with sanctions and does not accept cargo with Russian markings. Probably, the labeling is simply changing, the publication notes.
17:12 On the afternoon of May 15, the Russian Aerospace Forces dropped three FAB-500s on the Belgorod region. One of the bombs fell right next to the water park, reports the opposition Russian publication Astra. Thus, over the past three months, the Russian Aerospace Forces have dropped at least 38 FABs and one unidentified munition on Russian and occupied Ukrainian regions.
16:36 From 16:00, shutdown schedules will be applied again in Kiev, Kiev, Dnepropetrovsk, Donetsk and Odessa regions, DTEK reported.
15:55 The situation in the energy system may improve next week, but it will not be possible to completely avoid outages either in the summer or in the fall, said Vladimir Kudrytsky, Chairman of the Board of Ukrenergo. In turn, Advisor to the Prime Minister of Ukraine, member of the supervisory board of Ukrenergo Yuriy Boyko predicts that restrictions on energy supply for consumers may continue until August. Also, deficits in the energy system will persist in winter, even at high temperatures.
“If we talk about the restrictions that began a day ago, then we will have to live in these conditions, according to my estimates, until August. In August-September, I expect a slight improvement due to a different set of factors,” Boyko noted. He explained that during this period, nuclear generation will exit the active phase of repairs, and there will still be a large amount of solar generation in the energy system. In addition, the load on the energy system will be reduced due to the still warm, but no longer hot weather.
15:43 The Russian military carried out cluster munition attacks on the village of Volchanskaya community in the Khar'kov region, said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA. Five people were injured: two doctors, two drivers and the head of the Volchansk city military administration.
15:17 Zelensky said in an interview with ABC News that “Russia will not be able to capture Khar'kov if we have two Patriot systems.” The president also said that the American money allocated to Kyiv does not go to Ukraine, but immediately goes to the US economy: “This money is not transferred to Ukraine. This is money spent on American factories, the creation of American jobs... And we are not only fighting for our freedom. If it weren't for Ukraine, it would be a different country."
14:44 From the beginning of the day, in the Khar'kov direction, the Russian army attacked in the direction of the village of Staritsa. In turn, the Defense Forces carried out counterattack operations in the Volchansk area, the General Staff reported.
14:26 The Russians carried out an airstrike on the village of Vysokoye, Berislavsky district, Kherson region - one person was killed, four were wounded, said the head of the OVA Alexander Prokudin. A store building and two private houses were damaged.
14:20 The delegation of Ukrainian deputies in the United States is seeking, among other things, an invitation to NATO at the next Alliance summit in July, People’s Deputy Yegor Chernev said: “One of the points that we are now promoting here in Washington, so that we still receive a clear a signal regarding our NATO membership in Washington already in July of this year at the summit. We understand that after the invitation there will be no membership the next day. But we can have some specific clear framework. I think that 2028 is absolutely realistic. framework".
13:48 In the morning, the Russians attacked the territory of one of the state coal mining enterprises in the Donetsk region, six miners were injured. The building of the administrative and amenity complex of the enterprise was also damaged by shelling, the Ministry of Energy reported.
13:37 Several weeks before the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russia launched the Cosmos-2553 satellite into space, carrying components of an anti-satellite nuclear weapons system, The Wall Street Journal writes. The satellite is designed to test components of a potential anti-satellite weapon that could carry a nuclear device, U.S. officials say.
The satellite itself does not carry nuclear weapons, but US officials say it carries non-nuclear components of Russia's new weapons system. This weapon, if deployed, would allow Moscow to destroy hundreds of satellites in low Earth orbit with a nuclear explosion “in a part of space dominated by the apparatus of the US government and SpaceX,” the publication writes.
12:51 On the night of May 16, GUR drones attacked the production facilities of the state-owned enterprise of the Russian defense complex Basalt in Tula, Ukrainian media reported, citing intelligence sources.
12:46 In the northern part of Volchansk, where active hostilities are taking place, the Russian military is taking local residents prisoner and forbidding them to evacuate. People began to be kidnapped and driven into basements, said the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Igor Klimenko. According to him, the first executions of civilians by the Russian military are already known. In particular, one of the residents of Volchansk tried to escape on foot, refused to follow the Russians’ commands, and was killed. Evacuation groups of the National Police continue to work in Volchansk, despite intense military clashes, and are trying to ensure further evacuation of people.
12:43 Zelensky said that he was in Khar'kov and held a meeting of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief Headquarters. Heard a detailed report from Commander-in-Chief Alexander Syrsky, commanders of the OSGV Khortitsa Yuri Sodol and the commanders of the OSGV Khar'kov Mikhail Drapatoy. “As of today, the situation in the Khar'kov region is generally under control, our soldiers are inflicting significant losses on the occupier. But the direction remains extremely difficult - we are strengthening our units,” the president said.
12:32 Ukraine “chronically lacks” generation and imports for the current level of electricity consumption, Yasno CEO Sergei Kovalenko said. “The situation at night and in the morning turned out to be more complicated than our colleagues expected. Last night, Ukrenergo increased the volume of limits that would allow us to work on schedule, but then at night and in the morning these volumes of restrictions were adjusted several more times. In the morning we hopelessly fell out of the limits, so emergency shutdowns were used “We really hope that this will not happen in the evening, and we will be able to pass the next peak calmly, at least according to the schedule,” Kovalenko explained.
12:25 The joint statement after the talks between Putin and Xi Jinping spoke of the need to stop “any steps that could lead to prolongation of hostilities and further escalation” of the war in Ukraine. The document also says that Russia positively assesses China’s position on the Ukrainian issue. Russia and China will continue to “deepen trust and cooperation in the military field and expand the scope of joint exercises.”
12:07 There remains a significant shortage of electricity in the energy system for most of the day; in all regions of Ukraine, hourly outage schedules are in effect throughout the day, Ukrenergo reported.
11:34 In the Khar'kov direction, since the beginning of the enemy’s offensive operations on May 10, the Defense Forces forced the Russians to significantly reduce their activity. The enemy’s plans to penetrate as deep as possible into the urban development of Volchansk and gain a foothold there were thwarted, the General Staff reported. Since the beginning of the current day, Ukrainian units have continued to carry out combat missions within the urban areas of Volchansk in the northern part of the city. The situation is under control. In the Kupyansky direction, the Defense Forces improved the tactical position and pushed back the enemy in the area north of Kislovka.
11:05 Putin and Xi Jinping signed an agreement to deepen the bilateral strategic partnership. According to Putin, the Russian Federation and China have formed a portfolio of 80 large joint investment projects in various fields. Xi Jinping noted that Chinese-Russian cooperation is “the standard of relations between great states and neighboring countries.” He also emphasized that China always intends to be good neighbors with Russia.
10:53 The German defense concern Rheinmetall plans to create another joint venture in the field of air defense in Ukraine, said CEO Armin Papperger. He also noted that the promised 40 Marder 1A3 infantry fighting vehicles will be delivered to Ukraine from May to September.
10:36 As a result of a massive missile attack on Crimea on the night of May 14-15, an air defense system-S-400, two MiG-31 aircraft and a warehouse of fuel and lubricants were hit, reports the opposition Russian publication Astra. As sources in the emergency services told reporters, the attack was first carried out on the Belbek military airfield in Sevastopol, where two MiG-31 interceptor fighters were destroyed, and a warehouse of fuels and lubricants was also burned down. 11 Russian servicemen were injured. A little later, closer to the morning of May 15, a missile hit the S-400 Triumph air defense system already in the area of the village of Vishnevoye. After the attack, the air defense system caught fire, two servicemen were killed and two were injured.
09:58 On May 15, two people were killed in the Donetsk region as a result of Russian shelling - in Karlivka, said the head of the OBA Vadim Filashkin.
09:22 In the Khar'kov region over the past 24 hours, 13 people were injured as a result of Russian shelling, said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA. Thus, two people were wounded in Khar'kov, one in the village. Boguslavka, two - in the city of Chuguev, one - in the village. Grafskoye, Chuguevsky district, one - in Volchansk, one - in the village. Kolesnikovka, Kupyansky district, one in a field in the Dergachiv community and four more doctors in the village. Malaya Danilovka. In Kupyansk, one person died as a result of an ammunition explosion.
09:11 Shoigu said that his main task as Secretary of the Russian Security Council remains the war in Ukraine. According to him, the Russian armed forces are advancing in all directions, “the necessary reserves of people and equipment have been created for a further offensive.”
08:35 Putin arrived in China to meet with Xi Jinping. The White House announced a tough position regarding the actions of Beijing, which provides support for the Russian military-industrial complex. “We find it unacceptable that Chinese companies are helping Putin wage this war against Ukraine,” White House Speaker Karine Jean-Pierre said.
08:03 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of May 16:
personnel - about 488,460 (+1520) people,
tanks - 7529 (+19),
armored combat vehicles - 14,538 (+30),
artillery systems - 12,565 (+27),
MLRS - 1070 (+0),
air defense systems - 798 (+0),
aircraft - 351 (+0),
helicopters - 325 (+0),
UAV of operational-tactical level - 10 028 (+13),
cruise missiles - 2200 (+1),
ships/boats - 26 (+0),
submarines - 1 (+0),
automotive equipment and tank trucks - 17,048 (+93),
special equipment - 2062 (+1).
07:09 As a result of yesterday's Russian attack on Nikolaev, a fire occurred at a civilian infrastructure facility, which was promptly extinguished by employees of the State Emergency Service. The blast wave also damaged a multi-story building, a store, and car dealerships. Six people were injured, said the head of the OIA, Vitaly Kim.
06:38 The Belbek airfield in Crimea was hit again, public reports report that the fuel depot is on fire. The Russian Ministry of Defense claims that five ATACMS missiles were allegedly shot down over Crimea.
04:57 The US Helsinki Commission stated that Washington should allow Ukraine to strike the Russian Armed Forces in the border areas of Russia. These forces support the offensive operation in the Khar'kov region. This resolution was also supported by the Institute for the Study of War (ISW). Analysts emphasize that the US restriction of Ukraine’s ability to strike military targets in Russia has created shelters in the border areas of the Russian Federation, from where Russian aircraft can launch planned bombing and missile attacks on Ukrainian positions and populated areas. Also, Russian forces freely accumulate in these shelters before being transferred to the territory of Ukraine.
04:24 The United States is working on another package of “urgently needed assistance to Ukraine,” White House Speaker Karine Jean-Pierre said. At the same time, she did not specify what exactly would be included in the new package.
00:16 Zelensky said that he had a conversation with Portuguese Prime Minister Luis Montenegro, informed him about the situation at the front and Russia’s attempts to expand the war. According to the president, all attention is now focused on ongoing defense operations and contacts with the military, which has necessitated the postponement of all foreign visits. Montenegro confirmed Portugal's participation in the Peace Summit.
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[Korrespondent] The Ukrainian Armed Forces hold the defense.
In the Pokrovsky direction the number of military clashes increased to 35, and in the Khar'kov direction - to 10.
The main hostilities continue in the areas of Liptsy and Volchansk. The Russians, with the support of aviation, are trying to put pressure on the defense. The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reported this on the evening of May 16.
It is noted that the occupiers carried out 32 air strikes using 38 KABs and carried out 181 artillery shelling.
In the Kupyansk direction, Russian occupation forces continue to attack in the areas of Sinkovka, Ivanovka and Berestovoy. Another military clash was added near Myasozharovka.
In the Liman direction, the invaders tried eight times to break through the defenses of our defenders.
In the Seversky direction, the Russians launched an air strike near Sporny.
The situation in the Pokrovsky direction remains the hottest at present. There, the number of military clashes increased to 35. At the same time, Ukrainian soldiers, with their decisive actions, continue to inflict losses on the occupation forces in manpower and equipment and restrain the enemy.
In the Kurakhovsky direction, the Defense Forces successfully repelled 12 enemy attacks. The occupiers are concentrating their efforts in the areas of Georgievka, Novomikhailovka and Krasnogorovka. Elizavetovka came under attack from enemy aircraft.
In the Vremiv direction, since the beginning of the current day, the enemy has increased the number of military clashes to eight. In particular, battles took place near Staromayorsky, Nikolsky and Urozhayny.
In the Dnieper direction, the Russian Federation also attacked Ukrainian defenders eight times near Krynoki today. It was not successful; information about the losses of the occupiers is being clarified.
There were no significant changes in the situation in the Kramatorsk, Toretsky, Gulyai-Polye and Orekhovsky directions.
During the day, aviation and missile forces of the Defense Forces inflicted defeat on 12 areas where personnel were concentrated, two control points, two artillery weapons, and a UAV control point of the Russian occupiers.
Let us remind you that Ukrainian fighters continue to defend Volchansk, Khar'kov region, from the Russian offensive. They clear the city of enemy soldiers.
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[EngMilRu] The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
Units of the Sever Group of Forces advanced to the depth of the enemy's defences and inflicted losses on units of the Kraken nationalist formation and the International Legion, as well as manpower and hardware of the AFU 125th Territorial Defence Brigade and 15th Border Guard Detachment near Dergachi, Liptsy, and Volchansk (Khar'kov region).
Two enemy counterattacks were repelled near Staritsa and Glubokoye (Khar'kov region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 205 Ukrainian troops, three tanks, two armoured fighting vehicles, eight motor vehicles, one Polish-made 155mm Krab self-propelled artillery system, one 122mm D-30 howitzer, and one 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS combat vehicle.
Units of the Zapad Group of Forces improved the tactical situation along the front lines and inflicted losses on formations of the AFU 21st Mechanised Brigade near Krasny Liman (Donetsk People's Republic).
Two counter-attacks launched by units of the AFU 44th Mechanised Brigade and 1st National Guard Brigade were repelled near Berestovoye (Khar'kov region) and Stelmakhovka (Lugansk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 40 Ukrainian troops, three motor vehicles, and two 152mm D-20 howitzers.
Units of the Yug Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 5th Assault Brigade and 116th Mechanised Brigade near Chasov Yar and Antonovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 520 Ukrainian troops, four armoured fighting vehicles, four motor vehicles, one U.S.-made 155mm M777 howitzer, and one 152mm 2S3 Akatsiya self-propelled artillery system.
Units of the Tsentr Group of Forces improved the tactical situation and inflicted losses on formations of the AFU 47th and 100th Mechanised brigades near Novoaleksandrovka and Yevgenovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
Eight counter-attacks launched by assault detachments of the AFU 71st Jaeger Brigade, 92nd Assault Brigade, 23rd, 24th Mechanised brigades, and 142nd Infantry Brigade were repelled near Arkhangelskoye, Solovyovo, Umanskoye, Netaylovo, and Novoselovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 390 Ukrainian troops, two tanks, three infantry fighting vehicles, two armoured fighting vehicles, three motor vehicles, one U.S.-made 155mm M777 howitzer, one U.S.-made 155mm M109 Paladin self-propelled artillery system, one 152mm D-20 howitzer, and one 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system.
Units of the Vostok Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 58th Motorised Infantry Brigade and 128th Territorial Defence Brigade near Velikaya Novosyolka and Urozhaynoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 125 Ukrainian troops, two infantry fighting vehicles, three motor vehicles, one Polish-made 155mm Krab self-propelled artillery system, and one 152mm Giatsint-B howitzer.
Units of the Dnepr Group of Forces inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 65th Mechanised Brigade and 128th Mountain Assault Brigade near Nesteryanka and Pyatikhatki (Zaporozhye region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 40 Ukrainian troops and four motor vehicles.
?Operational-Tactical Aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, and Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces wiped out one uncrewed surface vehicle depot.
In addition, strikes were delivered at one temporary deployment area of the Sonechko nationalist formation of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of the Defence of Ukraine and foreign mercenaries, as well as the enemy's manpower and hardware clusters were engaged in 113 areas.
Air defence units shot down three MiG-29 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force.
Moreover, 25 unmanned aerial vehicles, seven U.S.-made ATACMS and Tochka-U operational-tactical missiles, five U.S.-made HIMARS and Olkha MLRS projectiles, five French-made Hammer guided aerial bombs, and four U.S.-made HARM anti-radiation missiles were destroyed.
In total, 600 airplanes and 274 helicopters, 24,111 unmanned aerial vehicles, 521 air defence missile systems, 16,053 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,300 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 9,607 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 21,753 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.
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[NewsFront] 21:03 Crews of 100mm MT-12 “Rapier” anti-tank guns of the Tula paratroopersdestroyedan infantry group of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and an ammunition depot in the Seversky direction. 19:49 Personnel burning Volchansk - after the start of fighting in the city center, “more advantageous positions” are burning, to which the Ukrainian Armed Forces militants have retreated.
19:26 Ukraine continues to terrorize the civilian population of the DPR.
“Today, as a result of artillery attack of Donetsk by the VFU, two civilians were killed, three more people were injured of varying degrees of severity,” –wrote in the Telegram channel, the head of the DPR Denis Pushilin.
During the artillery attack of the School No. 106 stop in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, a mother and daughter came under fire - unfortunately, the mother was born in 1986. died on the spot, girl born in 2018. received moderate injuries. The second woman, born in 1980, who was wounded in this shelling, died on the operating table. A man born in 1987 was also slightly injured.
In addition, three residential buildings in the Chervonogvardeisky district of Makeyevka were damaged by enemy shelling.
19:06 Explosions occurred again in Khar'kov in eastern Ukraine, Zerkalo Nedeli reported.
18:47 Artillerymen of the “Center” group of troops provided fire support for motorized rifles during the offensive in the Avdeevsky direction.
18:30 Crew of the Iskander OTRK in the Khar'kov region destroyed command post of the 302nd Anti-aircraft Missile Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a warehouse with ammunition and about 50 Ukrainian military personnel.
18:05 Situation in the village Krynki, Kherson direction: on frames the completely destroyed area of the so-called bridgehead, which the Ukrainian Armed Forces were never able to expand.
17:55 Calculations of the Tor-M2 air defense system successfully hit Western-made cruise missiles in the South Donetsk direction.
Crews of the Tor-M2 anti-aircraft missile systems of the Vostok group of troops from the Trans-Baikal Territory protect the first echelon troops and civilian objects in the front-line zone from enemy air attacks in the South Donetsk direction of a special military operation.
17:46 Units of the Russian Armed Forces work on foreign technology in the Artemovsk direction
Thanks to aerial reconnaissance in the village. Chasov Yar, fighters discovered the movement of an American-made Ukrainian Humvee armored vehicle. Having tracked it to its base point, an accurate artillery strike was launched at the received coordinates.
17:20 In the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, one person was killed and two more were wounded as a result of artillery attack at a bus stop, the mayor of the city of Kulemzin said.
16:58 Personnel assault on a forest plantation in the Kupyansky direction near the village of Stelmakhovka (LPR).
16:50 Consequences of artillery attack of the Chervonogvardeisky district of Makeevka by the Ukrainian Armed Forces -photo.
15:57 Destruction of an enemy naval drone in the Black Sea -video.
15:25 Powerful explosions occurred in a nearby suburb north of Khar'kov.
14:50 The situation in Chasov Yar, where the Russian military is fighting at its approaches in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), combat work in this zone is carried out 24/7 -video.
14:37 Assault actions and the capture of strongholds in the village of Rabotino were accompanied by precise strikes by FPV drones and artillery.
After the complete liberation of the settlement, the attack aircraft of the motorized rifle division hoisted the Russian flag on one of the surviving buildings, thereby indicating complete control on this section of the front.
13:51 Explosions occurred in Mirgorod, Poltava region, where a military airfield is located. A missile strike was carried out on enemy targets.
13:27 The main thing from the new briefing of the Russian Ministry of Defense:
Since the beginning of the special operation, the Russian Armed Forces have destroyed 600 Ukrainian aircraft and 1,300 MLRS vehicles;
Russian troops destroyed a storage warehouse for unmanned boats of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the temporary deployment point of the Sonechko formation of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine was hit;
Russian air defense systems shot down three Ukrainian MiG-29 fighters in one day;
Over the course of 24 hours, the Russian Armed Forces group “West” improved the situation along the front line and repelled 2 counterattacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine;
The Vostok group of troops occupied more advantageous positions, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 125 soldiers per day;
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 390 military personnel, two tanks, three infantry fighting vehicles, two armored vehicles per day as a result of the actions of the Center group in the DPR;
Units of the Southern Group of the Russian Armed Forces occupied more advantageous positions, the Armed Forces of Ukraine lost more than 520 people;
Russian air defense shot down 25 UAVs, 11 missiles and five guided bombs in one day.
13:14 Ukrainian resources confirm that the Russian Armed Forces improved the situation in the Ivanovka area and entered the village of Berestovoe (northern outskirts).
13:07 In the LPR, servicemen of the Russian Guards neutralized aircraft-type reconnaissance and strike UAV with foreign ammunition.
12:45 On video destruction of bridges and crossings for the supply of ammunition and manpower with Ukrainian Armed Forces equipment in the Khar'kov direction. As well as the defeat of dugouts and military personnel with manpower of Ukrainian militants.
12:05 Active measures are underway in the Khar'kov direction destruction NATO equipment. IX drivers destroyed an American MaxxPro armored vehicle in Volchansk, Khar'kov region, using X-52 Lancet loitering ammunition.
11:54 Khar'kov direction. Soldiers of the “North” group say “hello” from Volchansk. The battles for the settlement continue, Russian soldiers are pushing the Ukrainian Armed Forces out of the city -video.
11:41 Ukrainian troops fired two 155mm rounds at the Chervonogvardeisky district of Makeyevka, the DPR JCCC reported.
10:45 APU planned to blow up a dam in the Khar'kov region to stop the advance of the Russian Armed Forces in the area of the settlement of Pylnaya. But our fighters were able to quickly occupy the territory and subsequently clear the water communications. An attack aircraft with the call sign “Vin” spoke about this.
“If it had been blown up, we wouldn’t have been able to come here. That is, the enemy would remain here, and the artillery attack of nearby villages in the Belgorod region would also continue. Our sappers successfully prevented the flooding of this village, and cleared everything,” said “Vin”.
09:48 In the Kupyansk direction, our troops have tactical success. This was reported by a military expert, retired LPR lieutenant colonel Andrei Marochko.
“Recently, in the area of the settlements Sin'kovka, Petropavlovka, Stelmakhovka, Myasozharovka, Peschanoye, Berestovoe, Nadiya, significant problems have been noted with the enemy. The low level of moral and psychological state among military personnel, lack of material and technical means and other problems led to the collapse of the AFU front, and the tactical successes of our troops. The Russian Armed Forces are occupying new frontiers and positions, and also acquiring new operational and tactical capabilities,” Marochko wrote in the Telegram channel.
09:40 As a result of active actions of the unit of the “Southern” group of forces occupied more advantageous lines, defeated the manpower and equipment of the 10th Mountain Assault, 59 Motorized Infantry, 79 Air Assault, 22, 33, 54, 57 Mechanized brigades, 106 Territorial Defense brigade in the areas of Belogorovka, Kalinin, Razdolovka, Kleshcheevka, Nevel'skoy, Krasnogorovka and Georgievka.
The enemy in the Donetsk direction lost more than 510 military personnel wounded and killed.
Artillery fire and loitering ammunition hit five armored combat vehicles, 10 vehicles, the Kasta radar station, and three field ammunition depots.
During the counterbattery fight, an American-made 155mm M777 howitzer and a 155mm M-198 howitzer, a 155mm German towed howitzer FH-70, a 152mm Giatsint-S cannon, two 152mm D-20 howitzers, and two 122mm D-30 howitzers, a 105mm L119 gun made in Great Britain.
09:21 The Khar'kov region is right now under fire from KABs.
09:05 Our scouts destroyed a Ukrainian tank near the village of Kupyansk-Uzlovoy (Khar'kov region) -video.
08:22 Unit of the “Center” group of troopsimprovedtactical situation and eliminated up to 175 Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel
The Russian army improved the tactical position and defeated the formation of the 68th Jaeger, 24th, 100th Mechanized brigades and two brigades of the Ukrainian National Guard in the areas of Novgorod, Mayorsky, Semenovka and Umansky. Soldiers of the Russian Armed Forces repelled six counterattacks in the areas of Solovyevo, Netailovo and Keramika.
Enemy losses amounted to up to 175 military personnel, four armored fighting vehicles, including the Marder combat vehicle, five vehicles, an M-777 howitzer, a T-30 howitzer, an M-119 gun and a US-made M-102 light howitzer.
08:19 Combat Job of attack aircraft and FPV drone operators in Rabotino. Assault groups of the 42nd motorized rifle division of the Dnepr group of troops, in cooperation with operators of attack drones, liberated this settlement in the Zaporozhye region.
08:17 Summary as of May 16, 2024 from military correspondent Evgeny Lisitsyn:
Khar'kov direction: active hostilities in the area of the settlement. Liptsy and the garden plots of “Glubokoe”, where the Russian Armed Forces are attacking and clearing the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Zaporozhye direction: fighting continues on the northern outskirts of Rabotino. Fighting continues northwest of Verbovoy;
South Donetsk direction: intense fighting is taking place in Staromayorsky and Krasnogorovka, the Russian Armed Forces are advancing to the southern outskirts of the cities. There are also battles in Georgievka and Nevelskoye;
Avdeevsky direction: heavy fighting west of Ocheretino and in the vicinity of Umansky. The Russian Armed Forces are trying to expand the zone of control from Ocheretino to Novoandreevka and further to the west;
Artemovsk direction: fierce battles in the area of ??Chasov Yar and the surrounding area, with counterattacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in attempts to avoid encirclement;
Kupyansk direction: breakthrough of the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ defense south of Kislovka, our troops entrenched themselves in Berestovo.
08:14 Artillery of the “North” group applied massive attacks on positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, as a result of which assault units are advancing in the Khar'kov region.
08:09 Fights for Chasov Yar. The crews of the TOS-1A Solntsepek heavy flamethrower systems from the 98th Guards Airborne Division make the night brighter for the enemy.
08:04 Military personnel of the North group of troops told about the situation in the liberated settlements of the Khar'kov region
A serviceman with the call sign “Ruda” noted that the enemy offered virtually no combat resistance, thanks to preliminary preparations and the work of our artillery in this direction.
“There are no military facilities of the Ukrainian Armed Forces here. Our patrols are already entering the villages, they are providing control. We are expanding the posts. The enemy is trying to find us by shelling, artillery attack and shooting at roads, houses and streets, the entire village. The enemy works with tanks, throws cassettes, and FPV drones work. The Ukrainian Armed Forces militants know that civilians live here,” says “Ruda”
Soldiers of the North group of troops keep part of the Khar'kov-Liptsy highway under fire control, constantly artillery attack the enemy heading from Khar'kov.
According to “Ruda”, the supply of ammunition, changing personnel and bringing up reserves from the enemy is difficult due to the current situation:
08:00 During the day, Ukrainian troops fired at the DPR 9 times, firing 22 rounds of ammunition, the republic’s representative office in the JCCC reported.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] Ukrainian soldiers began to surrender en masse in Volchansk, Khar'kov region. This was reported by the Telegram channel “Military Correspondents of the Russian Spring”.
“Ukrainian militants are surrendering in droves in Volchansk. The next portion of prisoners from the Khar'kov direction from the 7th border detachment and the 116th defense brigade surrendered to the fighters of the North group of forces,” the report says.
It is noted that near Volchansk, the Russian military defeated enemy units. After this, the surviving Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers requested from their command the evacuation of the wounded and an order to withdraw, but were refused. As a result, they all surrendered.
As Regnum reported, on May 14, the head of the military-civil administration of the Khar'kov region, Vitaly Ganchev, said that the Russian military had captured more than 60 militants of the Kraken (an extremist organization whose activities are prohibited in the Russian Federation).
A group of fighters from the Ukrainian formation “Brotherhood” (an extremist organization whose activities are banned in the Russian Federation) surrendered during the battles near Khar'kov when one of them caused an explosion in a dugout. One of the captured militants reported that after this they laid down their weapons and raised their hands up.
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[Regnum] Ukrainian soldiers began to surrender en masse in Volchansk, Khar'kov region. This was reported by the Telegram channel “Military Correspondents of the Russian Spring”.
