[Express UK] RUSSIAN troops have planted explosives at Europe's biggest nuclear power station to blackmail advancing Ukrainian forces.
Kyiv wants to retake southern Ukraine and intelligence chiefs now believe the Kremlin is using a "scorched earth policy" in Zaporizhzhia. Officials fear the Russians will destroy everything in the region if they are unable to hold on to the land. And the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres yesterday warned - after Russian shelling on the nuclear power plant - that "any attack (on) a nuclear plant is a suicidal thing".
Ukrainian military intelligence chief Andriy Yusov said: "We have seen the Russian shelling of the Ukrainian nuclear power plant. "If it’s not true, the Russians can make a goodwill gesture and hand over control of the plant to an international commission and the IAEA, if not to the Ukrainian military."
He said the Russians used similar tactics at the Chernobyl nuclear plant when they occupied it. "This is a strategy of terror and scorched earth used by the Russians ahead of an inevitable Ukrainian counter-offensive in the south," he said.
Russia's major general Valery Vasiliev, who commands the garrison of the ZNPP, said "there will be either Russian land or a scorched desert."
He said: "As you know, we have planted mines in all the important facilities of the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant. And we do not hide this from the enemy. We warned them. The enemy knows that the plant will be either Russian — or no one's. We are ready for the consequences of this step. And you, warriors - liberators should understand that there is no other option. And in case of receiving the most severe order, we must fulfill it with honour!"
[Kyiv Independent] Russian occupying forces in Mariupol have started mobilizing residents, the exiled Mariupol City Council reported on May 8.
According to the city council, this news was provided by residents still in the city.
"Draft boards have started in Mariupol. The occupiers are already looking for citizens who haven't fulfilled their 'military obligations.' The enemy plans to draft men by August. Russia continues to kill peaceful Ukrainians," exiled Mayor Vadym Boichenko said, as quoted by the city council.
Public sector employees were the first to receive such notifications and one local was ordered to complete a medical examination at the Russian-installed military commissariat, the city council wrote.
[NYPOST] Yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder of the Wagner mercenary group, reversed course on a planned withdrawal from Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine, claiming that Russia’s top military brass has pledged to send his fighters “as much ammunition and weapons” as necessary.
Prigozhin shared an audio message on his Telegram channel Sunday, announcing his intention to carry on the assault on Bakhmut, which Russian forces have been trying to seize for nearly nine months.
“We have been promised as much ammunition and weapons as we need to continue further operations,” Prigozhin said. “We have been promised that everything needed to prevent the enemy from cutting us off (from supplies) will be deployed.”
In a follow-up message, the Wagner Group’s boss claimed that his units had advanced 920 feet. “We are moving forward. We are expecting to receive ammunition,” he said.
Prigozhin also shared a bizarre propaganda video showing a young boy dressed in a World War II-style Soviet uniform.
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[LB] Injured civilians.
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The Russians attacked the Kyiv region with cruise missiles. Air defense was working. No hits were recorded. Previously, one private house and farm buildings were damaged as a result of falling debris. There are no casualties. The information is being clarified, says the OVA summary as of this morning.
There were seven shellings from mortars, barrel artillery, and self-propelled guns in Chernihivska during the day. Chernihiv and Novgorod-Siversky districts were under fire. As a result of shelling, 15 settlements remain without electricity, most of them in the Novgorod-Siversky District. No victims.
In Sumynine shellings (75 explosions) were recorded at night and in the morning. Settlements of Velikopysarovska, Seredino-Budska, Esmanska, Bilopolska, Yunakivska, and Novoslobida territorial communities were shelled. An airstrike (two rockets) was carried out in the village of Romashkovo in the Seredyno-Budsk community.
Three private residential buildings and a grain warehouse of a local agricultural company were damaged. Yesterday, during the day, the Russians carried out 12 shellings. 70 explosions were recorded. Settlements of Yunakivska, Bilopolska, Znob-Novgorodska, Shalyginska, Esmanska, and Novoslobida communities came under fire. Novoslobodsk community: shelling from barrel artillery (four explosions). As a result of the shelling, two private cars, four private residential buildings, and a power line were damaged. There was also an explosion from a mortar.
According to preliminary information, the enemy attacked with two cruise missiles in the Cherkasy area. The details are being clarified. Fortunately, there were no casualties. In one of the cases, a minor fire occurred at the site of the fall. Also, the blast wave damaged the windows in the communal facility.
In Zaporizhzhia, the Russians struck 68 strikes on 19 front-line settlements. There were 65 artillery barrages, two strikes from salvo missile systems and an UAV attack. Malynivka, Ukrainka, Gulyaipilske, Orihiv, Gulyaipole, Novodanilivka, Novoandriyivka, Olhivske, Mala Tokmachka, Chervone, Poltavka, Shcherbaki, Biloghirya, Charivne, Novoivanivka, Kamianske, Stepove, Mali Shcherbaki, Plavni came under fire. 38 reports of destruction of residential buildings, cars and other private property, premises of social institutions, utility networks. A 15-year-old resident of the Matviyiv community was wounded during the shelling from the "Smerch" MLRS.
During the Dnipropetrovsk night, troops from the "East" air command shot down all eight rockets that the enemy directed at the region. Debris fell on a four-story building in Dnipro. A 32-year-old woman was injured, she is in the hospital. The roof and ceilings of several apartments were damaged in the building. The warhead of the missile was found on the third floor. The dangerous debris was neutralized.
The aggressor fired heavy artillery at Nikopol and the Marganets community. One private house was destroyed, four more were damaged. An economic building and power lines were damaged. There were no casualties. Yesterday afternoon, the Russian army hit the Pavlograd district with rockets. Two explosions rang out in the Mezhirytskyi community. Probably, the enemy was aiming with "Iskanders". There were no casualties or injuries due to the rocket attack.
In Luhansk yesterday, the enemy attacked Nevsky and Bilogorivka with air strikes. The enemy again tried to advance in the direction of Belogorivka. Novoselivske, Stelmakhivka, Makiivka and Bilogorivka were subjected to enemy artillery and mortar fire. During the day, the occupiers fired 99 rounds (475 shells). The situation in the region remains difficult.
In Kharkivskain the Slobozhansk direction, during the past day, the enemy shelled the settlements of Hoptivka, Krasne, Zelene, Staritsa, Ohirtseve, Vovchanski Khutory, Karaichne, Mala Vovcha, Mykolaivka and Nesterne with mortars and artillery. In the Kupian direction, the enemy carried out airstrikes on the areas of Zapadne and Masyutivka settlements. Kamianka, Topoli, Petro-Ivanivka, Figolivka, Novomlynsk, Zapadne, Liman Pershiy, Vilshana and Bugaivka were subjected to artillery and mortar shelling.
Yesterday evening, the enemy launched a massive rocket attack on the Kharkiv district. Rockets hit the ground in the village of Novy Korotych, one S-300 rocket hit the area between the "Zarichanka" and "Shpakivka" railway stations near Solonytsivka, Kharkiv district. Electrical wires of railway tracks were damaged, a forest plantation near the "Zarichanka" railway station was on fire . A rocket also damaged a private residential building in Tsapivka, Bogoduhiv district. Yesterday, the enemy shelled Vovchansk, Chuguyiv District, twice, damaging a private residential building. As a result of shelling, two private houses were damaged in Figolivka, Kupyan district.
In Donetsk, the enemy carried out 30 attacks, using the S-300 air defense system, the "Grad" anti-aircraft missile system, and artillery. There are 13 settlements: Kramatorsk, Kostyantynivka, Avdiivka, Bakhmut, Kurakhove, Chasiv Yar, Velika Novosilka, Karlivka, Predtechyne, Umanske, Chervone, Druzhba. 32 residential buildings were damaged (three of them multi-apartment buildings), a workshop of PrJSC "NKMZ", a furniture workshop building, a garage, a gas pipeline, two civilian cars, a power line, a heating network, an outbuilding, an Annunciation church, an outbuilding, and a police building. In a day, one person was injured in the region. The data is being verified.
In Mykolaivska yesterday, the enemy carried out an artillery bombardment of the waters of the Ochakivska community. There were no casualties.
In Khersonskaduring the day, the Russians launched 46 shellings (320 shells), of which the enemy fired one artillery shelling (two shells) at Kherson. Areas of 22 settlements of the region were affected by enemy fire. Peaceful people were injured in Antonivka. A 67-year-old woman and a 42-year-old man were injured by Russian shelling. They were hospitalized. Ten civilians were injured in the village of Stanislav.
Among them is a 9-year-old child. The boy received mine-explosive injuries and head injuries. Now the child's life is not in danger. Doctors treated the wounded. The occupiers shelled the village of Zolot Balka of the Novoaleksandriv territorial community with barrel artillery, as a result of which the administrative building and the village dispensary were partially damaged. Fortunately, there are no victims. As a result of the artillery strike, one person was injured in the village. Kachkarivka of the Myliv territorial community. In just one day, 14 people were injured, including a child, due to Russian aggression.
We will remind, on the night of May 9, Russia attacked Ukrainians with 25 cruise missiles. At first, until midnight, the enemy hit the eastern regions with Calibers. All eight missiles were shot down . Then, around four in the morning, the enemy launched an X-type anti-aircraft missile. One of the targets was Kyiv. Two missiles fell on the territory of the Cherkasy region, the rest were shot down.
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[VESTI] May 9 is the 440th day of the war between Russia and Ukraine. Briefly about the main thing that happened in the country on that day, about the situation in the regions, the exchange of prisoners, losses, as well as all the relevant information from key departments - online Vesti.ua .
07:00 . On the night of May 9, Russia fired 25 rockets into Ukraine . On the evening of May 8, the Russians fired 8 Caliber cruise missiles from carriers in the Black Sea, which they sent to the eastern regions of the country. All of them are destroyed. In the middle of the night, 17 cruise missiles were launched from Tu-95ms aircraft. Air defense destroyed 15 of them.
Kyiv region. About 15 Russian air targets were destroyed in the airspace near Kyiv. None of the missiles fired hit the target. Previously, without casualties and serious damage. During the attack in the Goloseevsky district of the capital, a piece of a downed rocket fell on a private courtyard. The burning debris was extinguished. There were no casualties or damage.
08:00 . Dnipropetrovsk region. Fragments of a Russian rocket fell on a 4-story building in the center of the Dnieper, broke through the roof and reached the 3rd floor. The warhead of the rocket was found on the spot, it was taken out for further destruction. The roof and floors between apartments on the 3rd and 4th floors were damaged in the building. About 40 people had to be evacuated. A woman was injured and was taken to the hospital.
Kyiv region. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has arrived in Kiev .
Chronology of the war of the Russian Federation against Ukraine: Tuesday, May 9 (updated) - photo 1
Kherson region. During the day, the Russians shelled the Kherson region 46 times, firing 320 shells from heavy artillery, Grads, tanks, LNG, UAVs and aviation. Kherson was shelled 1 time. They ended up in residential areas of settlements in the region, in schools, dispensaries, boarding schools for the elderly and the premises of the village council. 14 people were injured, including 1 child.
09:00 . Cherkasy region. Russia attacked the Cherkasy region with two cruise missiles : there were no casualties, there was a minor fire at the crash site, windows in a communal institution were damaged by the blast wave.
10:00 am . Donetsk region. Late at night, 2 explosions thundered in Kramatorsk - Russian missiles fell on the territory of an industrial enterprise. No casualties. As a result of shelling in Kurakhovo, 14 private houses, 7 high-rise buildings, 2 administrative buildings and an industrial enterprise were damaged. 2 houses were damaged in Toretsk, 4 in Nikiforovka and 3 in Vasyukovka. Houses and non-residential premises were damaged in Clock Yar.
11:00 am . Kherson region. The Russians are heavily shelling the Kherson region to prevent a counteroffensive, they say in OK "South". "They are hitting the coastal settlements very powerfully. The Kherson and Berislav regions, the city of Berislav, Kherson, and Kizomys are constantly under attack. They are trying to hit with guided aerial bombs in order to psychologically put pressure on people and put pressure on our units as well. Allegedly their power is so great that it’s not even worth trying to move forward,” said Natalya Gumenyuk, head of the joint press center of OK Yug.
12:00 . Zaporozhye region. Russia inflicted 68 strikes on 19 front-line settlements in the Zaporozhye region : 65 shelling, 2 strikes with MLRS and one drone attack. A 15-year-old resident of the Matveevskaya community was wounded.
13:00 . The EU is ready to provide Ukraine with 1 million artillery shells, President Volodymyr Zelensky said at a briefing with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.
The 11th package of European Union sanctions will consist of adding imported products and intensifying the fight against circumventing restrictions against Russia through imports to third countries or shadow structures, Ursula von der Leyen said during a joint briefing with Zelensky in Kiev.
14:00 . The European Parliament voted to extend duty-free trade in agricultural products with Ukraine for another year in order to support the Ukrainian economy during the war.
17:33 . The US Department of Defense has announced a new $1.2 billion aid package for Ukraine. It is aimed at strengthening air defense and meeting the needs of Ukraine in artillery ammunition. This was reported by the press service of the Pentagon. The assistance package is provided under the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI).
18:08 . During the day, the enemy launched 20 missile and 30 air strikes, made about 30 attacks from the MLRS on settlements. For missile strikes, the enemy used 17 air-launched cruise missiles, 15 of which were destroyed by our defenders, and 3 more S-300 missiles at Kramatorsk and Konstantinovka. Operational summary of the General Staff as of 18:00.
18:45 . Russian artillery continues to attack Kizomis of the Belozersky community. As a result of another shelling in the village, the paramedic's station was destroyed. Fortunately, civilians were not hurt.
19:19 . At night, a serviceman of the National Guard of Ukraine shot down an Kh-55 cruise missile with an Igla MANPADS near Kiev.
19:44 . Belozersky/Berislavsky districts (Kherson region) the threat of shelling UAB (guided aerial bomb).
20:15 . In the Kupyansky district of the Kharkiv region, a private house, a garage and an outbuilding burned down due to shelling. The photo was published by the regional department of the State Emergency Service. The shelling of the village of Petropavlovka took place this afternoon. People were not hurt.
20:44 . Agence France-Presse reported the death of its journalist Armand Solden in the Bakhmut region. According to the agency, which refers to its employees, the journalist died as a result of shelling on the outskirts of the city of Chasov Yar. As noted, the deceased journalist served as the agency's video coordinator in Ukraine.
21:01 . The purchase of food for the army will become transparent. This was stated by the Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmygal.
21:32 . Aviation of the Defense Forces in 24 hours delivered 4 strikes on enemy personnel and military equipment concentration areas, as well as 2 strikes on its air defense systems. And the units of the missile forces and artillery hit 2 areas of concentration of manpower and the station of the RES of the Russian Federation.
22:00 . The enemy continues to concentrate his main efforts on the Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky and Maryinsky directions. During the day, the enemy made about 30 attacks on the indicated sectors of the front. The fiercest fighting continues in the cities of Bakhmut and Marinka. In the Liman direction, the enemy conducted unsuccessful offensive operations in the area of Belogorovka during the day. In the Bakhmut direction, the enemy conducted unsuccessful offensive operations in Bakhmut, as well as in the direction of the settlements of Ivanovskoye and Stupochki. Operational summary of the General Staff as of 18:00.
Explosions are reported in Sumy and Chernihiv regions . The information is being specified.
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There is a good chance DooDahMan. Russia purchased 30 T-34s from Laos a few years ago to spiff up monuments and parade duties.
The symbolism of the lone T-34 is "Oh Shit! What have we got ourselves into?" or "The government is doing its duty by sending all they have to support the front."
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[Korrespondent] 22:09 Zelensky announced "another good news" from partners in an evening video message: "From what we can say publicly, there is a new defense package from the United States... We are also working with other partners on additional defense packages - we are adding new opportunities for our warriors."
Separately, the President thanked the French Parliament for the decision to recognize Wagner as a terrorist PMC: "This is something that must be accepted by the whole world - every manifestation of terrorism must be destroyed, and every terrorist must be condemned."
21:40 The French Parliament voted to recognize PMC Wagner as a terrorist organization. The lawmakers, in their resolution, call on the French government to use diplomatic channels to designate Prigozhin's mercenaries as a terrorist organization at the EU level.
21:33 Blinken said that Ukraine has all the necessary resources, including weapons, to retake its territories seized by Russia since February 24. At a joint press conference with British Foreign Secretary James Cleverley, he stressed that it was not only about weapons, but also about the training of the military.
Cleverly said he expected the success of Ukraine's planned counter-offensive, but at the same time warned that he might fall short: "We must admit that there may not be a simple, quick and decisive breakthrough ... We must be realistic. This real world. This is not a Hollywood movie." The British minister added that Putin will continue to escalate against the background of the Ukrainian counter-offensive, and the world should be ready for this.
21:24 French journalist Arman Soldin died in eastern Ukraine, the AFP news agency reported.
20:42 The Russians launched a missile attack on Kupyansk, Kharkiv region, hit a civilian industry facility. At least five private residential buildings were also damaged, according to preliminary information, three people were injured, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said.
20:13 Ukrainian defenders managed to recapture positions in the south of Bakhmut and the territory near the Bakhmut-Konstantinovka highway from the invaders. Read more in the material Successful counterattack .
19:55 The final plans for the counteroffensive have not yet been approved, said NSDC Secretary Alexei Danilov: "When someone starts talking about something, even from respected institutions in the West, believe me: there are no people who know exactly all our plans today. Because the final plans have not yet been approved." According to him, several options for a counteroffensive are being worked out at once.
19:43 The European Parliament decided to urgently start developing a bill to increase the production of ammunition and missiles in the EU. It is expected that the bill will be voted on at the next plenary session on May 31 - June 1. This will be followed by negotiations with the EU Council to reach a political agreement, which MPs will then vote on in the plenary session in July.
The bill aims to immediately supply ammunition and missiles to Ukraine and help member states replenish their stockpiles. Introducing targeted measures, including funding of 500 million euros, the document provides for "increasing the production capacity of the EU and addressing the current shortage of ammunition, missiles and their components."
19:37 All NATO countries support Ukraine's entry into the alliance, the only question is the timing, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said in an interview with The Washington Post: "First of all, all NATO allies agree that Ukraine will become a member of the alliance. All allies agree with that Ukraine has the right to choose its own path, that the decision is made not by Moscow but by Kiev, and thirdly, all allies agree that the doors of NATO remain open. I can't tell you."
18:56 The leaders of 37 countries participating in the coalition (Core Group) to create a Special Tribunal on the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine held a meeting, following which, in a joint statement, they confirmed support for the idea of creating such a mechanism. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said that the EU supports the creation of a Special Tribunal: "As a first step towards this, we collect, store and analyze evidence. For this, an International Center for the Investigation of the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine is being created."
18:34 Shmyhal said that Ukraine should be ready to join the European Union in two years: "We set ambitious goals: to be ready to join the European Union in two years. The task is complex and complex. Now we are analyzing 29,000 EU legal documents that should become part of our legislation." According to the prime minister, Kyiv already this year expects to receive a political decision from the EU on the start of accession negotiations.
18:32 The head of the KGB of Belarus, Ivan Tertel, announced the alleged suppression of attempts to commit terrorist acts on the eve of May 9, he promised details tomorrow. He added that there are detainees in the case.
18:27 The German concern Rheinmetall plans to produce tanks, air defense systems and ammunition in Ukraine in the future, said the company's CEO Armin Papperger. According to him, the concern plans to conclude a number of agreements on cooperation and creation of joint ventures with Ukrainian companies in the coming weeks. At the same time, Papperger specified that investments in future plants would come from the Ukrainian state.
In particular, it is planned to produce Panther main battle tanks in Ukraine. According to Rheinmetall's plans, up to 400 such machines can be produced per year.
17:51 The Russians launched an airstrike on the city of Orekhov, Zaporozhye region - ten private houses were destroyed, another 20 were damaged. According to preliminary information, people were not injured, the State Emergency Service said.
17:42 Russian occupiers feel the approach of the counter-offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine best of all. For several days now, they have been massively exporting their documentation and all the loot from the temporarily occupied cities of the Zaporozhye region. More details - in the material Panic of the occupiers .
17:36 Zelensky spoke at the summit on the creation of a special tribunal for the crime of aggression against Ukraine: "We must prove that the aggressor was wrong in everything. Not only in his military calculations, not only in how he assessed our leadership, our state and economic system. But also in how he assessed our attitude to justice. Our values are real for us, and we will defend them. And therefore, we will do everything possible to ensure that the main culprit of this aggression and all his accomplices are held accountable for everything they do, without exception."
17:18 British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said that Putin is the only person responsible for starting a full-scale war against Ukraine: "There is only one person who is responsible for the illegal and unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, and that is President Putin. The crimes committed are terrible. The suffering that the Ukrainian people are experiencing are terrible." He added that London will continue to support Ukraine in countering Russian aggression.
16:39 Inspections of ships as part of the Black Sea Grain Initiative have resumed, the Turkish TRT TV channel reported, citing sources in the country's Ministry of Defense. They specified that the checks were resumed "thanks to the initiatives of Turkey."
16:28 The Biden administration announced the provision of a new $1.2 billion military aid package to Ukraine. It will include, in particular, additional air defense systems and ammunition; equipment for the integration of Western air defense launchers, missiles and radars with Ukrainian air defense systems; ammunition to counter drones; 155 mm artillery shells.
15:59 Scholz believes that an institutional reform is overdue in the EU, providing for the need to make decisions not unanimously, but by a qualified majority: "We need to make more Council decisions by a qualified majority in matters of international and tax policy ... I want to tell skeptics that not unanimity or one hundred percent the approval of all decisions creates the greatest possible democratic legitimacy.On the contrary, it is the search for and struggle for majority alliances that characterize us as democrats."
15:20 The Russian Ministry of Defense announced that the goals of the night strike on Ukraine were achieved: the points of temporary deployment of reserves and ammunition depots were allegedly hit.
15:12 Ukraine considers the participation in the parade in Moscow of the Prime Minister of Armenia, the presidents of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan as "an immoral and unfriendly step, a manifestation of disdain for the Ukrainian people who are fighting for their survival and freedom," the Foreign Ministry said.
"The peoples of Central Asia and the Caucasus made an invaluable contribution to the victory over Nazism 78 years ago. They do not deserve the fate of being used by the Kremlin now to participate in a fake action that has nothing to do with the feat of the victors over Nazism," the statement says.
15:04 Zelensky connects the increase in the number of attacks on the territory of Ukraine by the Russian Federation with Moscow's desire to "sell" at least some victory to its society: "In my opinion, now the Russian Federation, its military-political leadership needs, as they say, to "sell" something "to their society. Because there are no victories, but there is an insatiable society. We see how they support radical actions, or the number of deaths. They always rejoice at this as a fact. Bakhmut did not succeed in "selling" because it was their last such important operation is to have time to do it before May 9. "
14:57 The Russians took out from Energodar equipment from the medical and sanitary unit, computer equipment, documentation, a passport office, which they placed in the premises of the TsNAP. The city does not have fixed Internet, grocery stores and pharmacies are closed, gas stations and ATMs are also empty, so there is a rush for certain categories of products and essentials, Mayor Dmitry Orlov told Radio Liberty.
14:28 The work of the grain corridor is actually blocked by 90% due to the actions of the Russian side, said Minister of Agrarian Policy Nikolai Solsky: "Now it is legally working, but in fact the Russian Federation is trying to block any issue and any passage of courts. There, work is paralyzed on 90% of what could have been and what happened there a few months or six months ago."
According to the minister, now Ukraine and international partners are working to ensure that the grain agreement was extended after May 18. At the same time, he added that if this does not happen, the ministry has a backup plan.
14:22 On the night of May 9, one of the enemy Kh-55 cruise missiles was shot down by a serviceman of the National Guard from the Igla MANPADS, the press service of the NSU reported.
13:43 In Moscow on May 9, a military parade of shame was held. The expected drone strikes or emergencies did not occur during the procession. But something unexpected happened - not a single tank passed through Red Square, with the exception of the museum T-34. For more details, see Without aircraft and tanks: how the parade in Moscow went .
13:24 On Europe Day, the European Commission raised the flag of Ukraine next to the EU flags. "Unwavering unity and solidarity in support of Ukraine. Europe stood by Ukraine when Russia launched a full-scale invasion in February 2022. We are there today. And we will be there for as long as necessary," the EC said in a statement.
13:09 Now there is no chance for peace between Russia and Ukraine, UN Secretary General António Guterres said in an interview with El País: "Unfortunately, I do not think that peace negotiations are possible at the moment. Both sides are convinced that they can win. It was Russian invasion that was contrary to international law and the UN Charter, but I don't see Russia being ready to withdraw from the territories it currently occupies, and I think Ukraine is looking forward to getting them back."
13:04 Russian Ambassador to Poland Sergei Andreev was again prevented from laying flowers at the memorial cemetery in Warsaw on the occasion of May 9. According to Russian media, he was forced to leave. The protesters blocked the passage to the ambassador and chanted "fascists - rashists."
12:47 In Novosibirsk, on the morning of May 8, on the territory of the aviation plant of the Sukhoi company, unknown partisans destroyed a SU-24 combat aircraft. The aircraft was at the site of aviation equipment intended for repair and modernization, the Legion of Freedom of Russia said. According to traffic information, the plane burned down completely.
12:25 Vessels plying under the grain agreement have not been checked for two days, the Office of the Coordinator of the UN Black Sea Grain Initiative said. Earlier, the Ukrainian side reported that Russia once again refused to register the ships and conduct their inspections, which actually suspended the work of the grain initiative.
11:58 Prigozhin said that the units of the Russian army abandoned part of their positions on the flanks and fled, exposing 2 km of the front. According to him, the situation is threatening, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are "tearing the flanks" near Bakhmut, "and a counteroffensive will begin in the near future."
He also said that yesterday he received a combat order from the General Staff, which says that the withdrawal of PMC Wagner from positions will be considered treason. But, according to Prigozhin, his mercenaries will still withdraw from their positions if they do not receive ammunition. He added that now "conferences" are being held in Moscow on this matter.
11:48 The President's Office clarified the consequences of today's missile strike. So, in Kyiv, fragments of a downed rocket fell on a personal plot in Goloseevsky and Shevchenkovsky districts. In the Buchansky district of the Kyiv region, in the village of Mirotskoe, a downed rocket (X-55SM) fell into the courtyard of a private house, the roof was damaged by debris. Another rocket was found in a field in the village of Tarasovka, Boyarskaya TO, Fastovsky District. According to the characteristics, it also looks similar in appearance to the Kh-55SM cruise missile.
In the Cherkasy region, in a forest near the village of Orshanets, the remains of a rocket were found, according to preliminary conclusions, X-101. The explosion caused a fire, which has already been extinguished. The blast wave damaged 47 windows of the building of the municipal institution Cherkasy Regional TB Dispensary. 47 patients were evacuated to the undamaged part of the building. In the Zvenigorod region, the site of the fall of the second rocket was found without consequences. In all cases, there were no casualties.
11:13 A high-level meeting in a quadripartite format on a grain deal will be held May 10-11 in Istanbul, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Vershinin said.
11:09 Prigozhin said that his mercenaries would not leave Bakhmut for a few more days - "we will butt heads, and then we will figure it out."
11:07 The air part of the parade in Moscow was canceled, and modern tanks were also not presented - only the museum T-34. But they showed Yarsy - strategic missile systems with intercontinental ballistic missiles.
10:46 Russian missile attacks this evening and this morning did not damage power plants and transmission lines, Ukrenergo reported. At the same time, due to shelling, there are damages in the distribution networks of the border and front-line Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Donetsk, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions.
Electricity production fully covers consumption. The export of electricity to Moldova and Poland continues, there is no import to Ukraine.
10:31 SBU detained Russian agents in the Zaporozhye region who were preparing terrorist attacks against the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and special forces of the Security Service. One of the members of the group was a former military man, the second was the personal driver of a local high-ranking official. The agents, in particular, collected information about the places of temporary deployment and routes of movement of Ukrainian defenders and passed it on to the FSB.
10:27 Putin, in his speech at the parade, once again stated that a war was allegedly unleashed against Russia, the West provokes conflicts and coups, "destroys traditional values in order to continue to dictate its own rules, and in fact - a system of robbery and violence." Putin compared the "Western globalist elites" with the leaders of Nazi Germany and added that they want to "achieve the collapse and destruction" of Russia. Kyiv, he said, has become "a hostage of a coup d'état and a bargaining chip in the hands of the West." At the same time, he promised to "protect the inhabitants of Donbass and ensure their own security."
10:16 A "victory parade" has begun in Moscow. This year, the event was attended by the presidents of six countries - Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Belarus, as well as the Prime Minister of Armenia.
The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) believes that Putin is trying to use the parade in Moscow to demonstrate his influence in Central Asia.
09:42 For the past day Russians fired at 19 frontline settlements of the Zaporozhye region. 38 residential buildings, premises of social institutions, utility networks were damaged, a 15-year-old resident of the Matveevskaya community was injured, said the head of the OVA, Yuri Malashko.
09:14 In the morning, the Russians attacked the Cherkasy region - according to preliminary information, with two cruise missiles. People were not hurt. A minor fire broke out at the crash site, windows in a communal facility were damaged by the blast, Igor Taburets, head of the OVA, said.
08:47 President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen arrived in Kyiv on a visit. She noted that she was pleased to return to the capital of Ukraine, where values dear to Europeans are upheld every day: "Therefore, this is a very suitable place to celebrate Europe Day. I welcome the decision of President Volodymyr Zelensky to make May 9 Europe Day also here in Ukraine."
08:29 In the Kherson region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, 14 people were injured, including one child. In the Donetsk region, one wounded (in Bakhmut), according to the IVA.
08:20 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of May 9.
personnel - about 195,620 (+650) people liquidated,
tanks - 3734 (+4),
armored combat vehicles - 7258 (+4),
artillery systems - 3031 (+13),
MLRS - 554 (+0),
air defense systems - 307 (+1),
aircraft - 308 (+0),
helicopters - 294 (+0),
UAV operational-tactical level - 2618 (+4),
cruise missiles - 955 (+8),
ships/boats - 18 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 5969 (+11),
special equipment - 388 (+4).
08:16 The Russian army continues to focus its main efforts on the Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky and Maryinsky directions. There are heavy battles for Bakhmut and Marinka. Over the past day, 42 enemy attacks were repelled in the indicated sectors of the front, the General Staff said in the morning report .
Meanwhile, in the occupied territory of the Zaporozhye region, Russians continue to rob local residents, businesses and government agencies. To take out the loot from the settlements located near the line of combat, the occupiers attract drivers and truck owners from among local collaborators. All this is being transported in the direction of the Crimea.
08:09 In the Dnipropetrovsk region at night, the military shot down all eight missiles that the enemy fired in the region. Debris fell on a four-story house in Dnipro, one person was injured, said the head of the OVA Serhiy Lysak. A missile warhead was found on the third floor - several dozen residents were evacuated, the wreckage was removed, they will be destroyed.
The enemy also fired heavy artillery at Nikopol and the Marganets community - private houses were damaged, people were not injured.
08:02 On the evening of May 8, the enemy launched a massive missile attack on the Kharkiv region. Six S-300 missiles hit the ground in the area with. New Korotich, there were no casualties and no damage, said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA. Another S-300 missile hit near the village of Solonitsevka, Kharkiv region - the transport infrastructure was damaged, a fire started in a forest plantation. In with. Tsapovka, one S-300 missile damaged a private residential building.
In addition, during the day, the enemy fired artillery and mortars at the settlements of the Chuguevsky and Kupyansky districts - private houses were damaged, people were not injured.
07:29 On the night of May 9, Russia attacked the territory of Ukraine with sea and air-based cruise missiles, 23 out of 25 were destroyed , Zaluzhny said. In particular, at about 22:00 on May 8, the enemy launched eight Caliber cruise missiles from carriers in the Black Sea in the eastern regions, all of them were destroyed.
And closer to 4:00 on May 9, the Russians fired 17 Kh-101/Kh-555 air-launched cruise missiles from strategic aircraft - four Tu-95ms (Caspian region). Of these, 15 missiles were destroyed.
06:44 The Russians attacked Kiev again - this time with missiles from four Tu-95MS strategic bombers from the Caspian Sea region, said Sergey Popko, head of the KGVA. He recalled that the day before, the enemy deliberately deployed a record number of Shahed drones in order to identify and deplete air defenses as much as possible. According to preliminary information, about 15 enemy missiles, probably of the X-101 (X-555) type, were detected and destroyed in the airspace around Kyiv.
There were no hits, people were not injured. Serious damage as a result of falling debris was also not recorded. In the Goloseevsky district, as a result of falling debris into the courtyard of a private house, a fire broke out, and in the Shevchenkovsky district, debris was found on the roadway.
06:37 Support for Ukraine will be one of the main topics of the G7 summit, which will begin on May 19 in the Japanese city of Hiroshima, said Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. Also, the G7 countries will discuss China, North Korea and nuclear disarmament. Kishida said he was keen to use the meeting as an opportunity to reaffirm the G7's unwavering solidarity with Ukraine in its opposition to the Russian invasion.
05:43 The UK is ready to transfer long-range missiles to Ukraine, which the US has so far refused to provide, writes The Washington Post. The report from the British Ministry of Defense mentions the possibility of providing ammunition capable of striking at a range of up to 300 km, but a final decision has not yet been made.
03:21 On Tuesday, May 9, the United States will allocate another $1.2 billion to Ukraine for long-term security assistance, Associated Press reports. In particular, the funds are intended to further strengthen air defenses in response to Russian attacks. The money will be provided as part of the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative.
The initiative will fund the acquisition of HAWK air defense systems, munitions and air defense drones. It will also include artillery, missiles, assistance in obtaining satellite images and funding for ongoing maintenance and spare parts for various systems.
Together with this package, the US has given Ukraine nearly $37 billion in military aid overall since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion.
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[NewsFrontInfo] 20:22 Video- Scouts of the 503rd Regiment, together with a mortar battery, continue to nightmare the strongholds of the soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye direction. 19:37 Video- The work of tankers of the 1st Slavic Brigade on enemy armored vehicles in the Avdeevsky direction.
19:02 Video- Artillerymen of the Southern Military District with an accurate blow destroy the air defense forces of the personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye direction.
18:32 Video- The Russian army destroyed the unit of the "Germans" near Gorlovka. Our guys at the front call the Ukrainian Nazis Germans. On the footage, soldiers of the 132nd brigade cover the enemy near Majorsk. The 132nd Brigade of the RF Armed Forces is the former 3rd Brigade of the NM DN.
17:29 Video- Whoever walks together in a row is our pig detachment.
The story of how the DRGs were eliminated from the Kornet ATGM
16:46 Video- A sniper of the OBTF DPR “Cascade” disposed of a spotter of the armed formations of Ukraine and left the enemy’s artillery without “eyes”.
16:21 Video- Drone-kamikaze "Lancet" destroyed another American howitzer M777 VSUshnikov.
15:38 At the site of the HIMARS strike on the Wagner PMC facility with Ukrainian prisoners, “everything that remains” of the leader of the Nazi special forces was found.
Evgeny Prigozhin showed a chevron and told:
What was left of the leader of the Nazi special forces "Da Vinci Wolves" Dmitry Kotsyubaylo, when the guys from the PMC "Wagner" destroyed him.
This ideological Nazi, a member of the “Right Sector” * and the commander of a special unit of the 67th Special Forces Brigade, was eliminated in early March near Bakhmut.
14:48 Complete immersion in historical reality: the crew commander of the PzH2000 self-propelled howitzer, transferred to the Armed Forces of Ukraine from Germany, the Netherlands or Italy, gives the command to open fire in German -video.
14:20 An official from the Office of the President of Ukraine has been eliminated, head of the Presidential Office Andriy Yermak said.
During the battles for the Donbass, Russian servicemen killed Aleksey Titarenko, who worked as the chief consultant of the Directorate for Domestic and Humanitarian Policy. There is no other information yet.
14:04 The result of the use of FAB-500 by the aviation of the Western grouping with planning and correction modules for the accumulation of personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine -video.
13:25 Aviation Aerospace Forces of the Russian Federation inflicts air strikes on enemy positions.
Aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces, with well-aimed and crushing air strikes, inflicted fire damage on enemy positions in the Avdeevsky direction. As a result of the work, the positions and manpower of the enemy were hit.
13:15 Despite the “Europe Day” announced by Zelensky, May 9 is the most popular query in Ukrainian Google became "Victory Day".
13:03 The Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to lose their Hummers. Russian fighters destroyed American Humvee and other NATO equipment with precise fire photo.
12:39 For six days, Ukrainian formations have been shelling the border areas of the Belgorod region.
In the Grayvoron urban district, the village of Spodaryushino again came under attack: two private houses were destroyed, a fire broke out at the place of arrival. Civilians were not hurt.
During yesterday's day, the enemy shelled at least eight settlements, damaging residential buildings and infrastructure. According to the latest data, five people were injured - all residents of the city of Shebekino.
In the Bryansk region early in the morning, the village of Kurkovichi came under fire from the Armed Forces of Ukraine: one of the shells exploded a few meters from the kindergarten, there were problems with the electricity supply in the village.
12:20 The result of the fire damage to the place of shelter of the UAF militants in one of the direction of the NMD -video. 18+ on the frames there is profanity.
11:55 Kyiv, May 9, 2023 –photo.
Veterans and citizens bring flowers to the Eternal Flame in the Park of Glory. Unlike public holidays, the memory is not overwritten by presidential decrees.
11:23 Explosions sounded in the Kupyansky district (Kharkiv region). It's been very loud since early morning. They write that arrivals were visible in the area of the village of Kucherovka.
10:50 Putin said that Russia is proud of the participants of the NWO -video.
10:26 Yesterday's missile attack was one of the largest in recent times.
According to preliminary data, 15 X-101/X-555 cruise missiles were fired at military targets in Kyiv alone. The total number of missiles in a salvo is estimated at 50-80 units. The vast majority of missiles, including the R-500 of the Iskander-K complex, flew to military facilities in the Dnipropetrovsk and Kharkov regions, where Ukrainian army reserves are being drawn up for the announced counteroffensive. In addition to cruise missiles, about 40 Geran-2 drones were also used against the facilities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
09:58 In the Belogorovka area, artillery of the 4th Brigade of the Southern Group of Forces destroyed manpower of the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
09:18 There is a large-scale fire in Kyiv: a column of black smoke is visible in many parts of the city. Personnel published by local media. What and where is burning is still unknown.
08:56 Today at 5.30 AFU shelled the village of Kurkovichi, Bryansk region, one of the shells exploded a few meters from the kindergarten - Governor Bogomaz
08:20 On the Kupyansky direction destroyed two sabotage and reconnaissance groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
And also thwarted three attempts to change units of the Ukrainian army. This was announced by the head of the press center of the group "West" of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Sergei Zybinsky.
In addition, according to him, 122mm D-30 artillery weapons were destroyed in the Volchansk region, and a Ukrainian aircraft-type drone was eliminated in the area of the Dobroye Pole settlement.
07:55 Russian aviation inflicted strikes on a pontoon crossing of Ukrainian troops, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
07:20 In Kyiv, explosions occurred at least three times a night - Ukrainian Telegram channels.
05:22 Again explosions in the Kyiv region. Ukrainian sources report on the work of air defense.
04:46 Air raid throughout Ukraine.
04:39 Ukrainian sources report explosions in the Kyiv region.
05:05 Russian army destroyed the owner of the Ukrainian "Iron Cross" - the deputy commander of the 91st Anti-tank Battalion of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Captain V. Bondarenko with the call sign “Phoenix” was liquidated in the battles in Donbas.
0:56 Ukrainian Telegram channels report explosions in the Kramatorsk region (DPR, temporarily occupied by the Armed Forces of Ukraine)
0:49 Governor of the Belgorod region Gladkov reports another shelling of Shebekino:⠀
According to preliminary information, there were no casualties. The shell fell between two apartment buildings - windows, balconies and facades of both houses were damaged. Also six cars were hit. Operational and emergency services are on site, continue door-to-door bypass.
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[NewsFrontInfo] 23:33 About 30 minutes ago was arrival in the Kharkov region. Fire at the site of impact. 23:29 Report about "Geraniums" in Zaporozhye.
23:28 Messages about explosions in Zaporozhye (occupied by the Armed Forces of Ukraine).
23:26 Ukrainian TG channels report about explosions in the Dnepropetrovsk region.
22:42 Explosions in several Ukrainian regions. The alarm has been declared so far only in the part of the Zaporozhye region controlled by Kyiv -reports RT.
22:00 Video– The calculation of the anti-tank systems of the “Kalmius” Brigade destroyed the firing point that fired at civilians on May 9
The calculation of the ATGM of the 14th Guards Artillery Brigade "Kalmius" destroyed the enemy's firing point in the Maryinsky direction, which was firing at residential areas. The well-coordinated actions of the calculation made it possible to hit the target with a well-aimed hit from the first shot.
21:25 Video- Russian servicemen celebrated Victory Day with fireworks.
20:41 Video– Fortitude, heroism, comradeship, unity are values that are passed down from generation to generation.
Our guys have accepted the legacy of their fathers with dignity and continue to perform feats.
20:21 Video- "I came here to overcome the shortcomings of fascism"
Our military man with the call sign Technician told Zvezda how his grandfather fought against the Nazi invaders.
“My grandfather was drafted in 1942, he became a tank destroyer. He died while crossing the Seversky Donets River. My father was born two days before the war, he was given information about his father. History cannot be rewritten. We have defeated a monstrous enemy. They welcomed nationalism,” Technik said.
19:37 Photo- Arrival at st. Crystal, 7 in the Kievsky district of Donetsk a few minutes ago.
19:22 Video– In Lugansk, military signalmen of the Central Military District congratulated veterans of the Great Patriotic War on Victory Day
The servicemen visited the front-line soldiers in the military uniform of the 1943 model and organized individual festive concerts for them, at which, together with the Yunarmiya members, they read military poems and performed famous musical works from the Great Patriotic War.
The signalers also handed over to the veterans congratulatory letters, letters and gifts from the command of the Central Military District, and the Yunarmiya gave hand-drawn postcards.
18:43 Video– Statement by the head of the press center of the Vostok group
- In the South-Donetsk direction, during aerial reconnaissance in the area of the settlement of Zolotaya Niva, an enemy combat reconnaissance and patrol vehicle was discovered. The BRDM was destroyed by fire from the tank.
- Launches of anti-tank guided missiles destroyed enemy armored vehicles in the areas of Prechistovka and the Oktyabr state farm.
- The crew of the TOS-1 heavy flamethrower system destroyed a stronghold with enemy manpower west of Prechistovka.
- The crew of the Strela-10 anti-aircraft missile system shot down the Valkyrie unmanned aerial vehicle.
18:23 Video– Statement by the head of the press center of the “South” group
- In the Lisichansk operational direction, aviation of the Southern Group of Forces attacked the positions of the 54th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Also, the helicopters of the army aviation of the group hit the strongholds of the 54th Brigade of the enemy in the area of the settlement Vesyoloye.
- The attack and army aviation of the South grouping made eight sorties with the combat use of standard weapons against the strongholds of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Bakhmut area.
- Artillery units of the Southern Group destroyed the ammunition delivery vehicle in the Verkhnekamensk area, as part of the counter-battery fight - an enemy infantry fighting vehicle in Belogorovka, a 120mm mortar at a firing position in the village of Ivano-Daryevka and a lightly armored small tractor in the Novokalinovo area.
17:55 Video- The memory of generations is an integral part of our life.
Being in the area of responsibility, before the county, they ran to the task to lay flowers and honor the memory.
17:12 Video– Report from the place of the UAF missile attack on its own prisoners of war
They were at the facility of Wagner PMC.
There were four arrivals of HIMARS. To the disappointment of the Ukrainian leadership, none of the prisoners died.
The Armed Forces themselves are shocked by what happened and do not understand why their own people wanted to kill them. They say "we are not needed" and "cannon fodder." It's hard to argue with them after what happened.
16:44 Putin signed Decree on conferring the honorary title "Guards" to the 291st Guards Artillery Brigade
Also for mass heroism and courage, fortitude and courage shown by personnel in combat operations, the honorary title "Guards" was awarded to the 55th Separate Helicopter Sevastopol Order of Kutuzov Regiment.
16:26 Video “Wait for me and I'll be back… The penetrating poems of Konstantin Simonov, written during the Great Patriotic War, are read by soldiers who today, like their grandfathers, are again fighting fascism.
15:44 Video- Such a picture is now all over the Outskirts
Because of the criminal orders of Zelensky, every day the cemeteries of the outskirts are replenished with fresh graves of those who refused to lay down their arms and rise up.
15:23 On Victory Day, our anti-aircraft gunners destroyed Ukrainian Su-27 in the Izyum area. The plane was in the sky with anti-radar missiles and conducted ambush operations, the purpose of which was to destroy our air defense systems.
15:00 Video- Road to hell.
A bunch of battered equipment and torn taras.
Welcome to Bakhmut!
14:23 Yevgeny Prigozhin examined the impact site of HIMARS missiles. According to him, preliminary, all the prisoners survived: “At first glance, all Ukrainian prisoners are safe.”
14:14 The Russian military stopped an attempt to land an enemy DRG on seven boats near the left bank of the Dnieper, near Kherson.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine did not take active actions, they continued to exert fire on our positions. 13 attacks on Russian positions were carried out in the Pogolovsky direction: seven mortar, five barrel, one MLRS.
In the Orekhovskoye direction, three artillery attacks,two mortars, one cannon artillery. There are no losses or wounded.
14:05 Video, where you can see how the Armed Forces of Ukraine hit the HIMARS missiles at the facility, which housed the captured Ukrainian soldiers who remained with the Wagner PMC for exchange.
13:22 Yelenovka is under fire from Ukrainian militants. According to the DPR JCCC, two rounds with a caliber of 152mm were fired.
13:19 Ukraine hit the premises where PMC "Wagner" kept captured militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine - Prigozhin.
Prigozhin said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked the premises where captured militants were kept. According to him, preliminary, everything indicates that the strike was delivered from HIMARS. It is not yet known exactly how many prisoners died.
An investigation team has already been called to the scene, and in the near future they will establish the exact weapon from which the blow was struck, and from which side.
12:51 Crew attack helicopter Ka-52 "Alligator" of the Russian Aerospace Forces in the sky of Donbass
12:32 Under fire from Ukrainian militants Petrovsky district of Donetsk. According to the DPR JCCC, three rounds with a caliber of 155mm were fired.
12:19 Promotion of Wagner attack aircraft in Artemovsk (Bakhmut) continues -video. 18+ on the frames there is profanity.
11:43 Vladimirovka is under fire from Ukrainian militants. According to the DPR JCCC, 11 rounds with a caliber of 152mm were fired.
11:19 AFU recaptured three square kilometers in the Bakhmut direction, - Prigozhin.
11:00 Russian aviation inflicted blows on the oporniki of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of Artemovsk (Bakhmut).
Also in the Lisichansk direction, the aircraft of the group of troops "South" struck the 54th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and the helicopters hit the oporniks in the area of Vesely.
In addition, artillery units destroyed an ammunition transport vehicle in the Verkhnekamensk area, an infantry fighting vehicle, a mortar and an armored small tractor near Novokalinovo.
10:31 Scouts of the 503rd Regiment, together with a mortar battery, continue to strike at enemy positions in the Zaporozhye direction -video.
10:20 According to the operational lines of the JCCC DPR for May 9, as of 10:00, information was received about damage as a result of artillery attack of the VFU of the cities of the Republic:
n.p. Ozeryanovka:
- Damage was recorded to the building of the MBOU “School No. 58 in Gorlovka” on the street. Glebov;
- per. Teplichny, 2 - a private residential building;
- st. Pokryshkina, 9 - a private residential building, a utility building was also damaged.
10:06 Ukrainian militants fired 10 rockets from the MLRS in the Kyiv and Kuibyshevsky districts of Donetsk - DPR JCCC
10:05 Front-line summary for the morning of 05/09/2023:
In the Uludar sector, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, in addition to the city itself, fired at Bolshaya Novosyolka, Zolotaya Niva, Shakhtyorskoe, Prechistovka and Novoukrainka. The Armed Forces of Ukraine carried out strikes on Pavlovka.
On the Donetsk front, Russian troops again tried to advance in Maryinka. They failed. With artillery support, they also attacked in the direction of Pervomaisky and on the southwestern approaches to Avdiivka. No success.
Under fire, the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Novomikhailovka, Yekaterinovka, Elizavetovka, Pobeda, Georgievka, Kurakhove, Ostroy, the city of Krasnogorovka, Nevelskoye, Karlovka, Netailov, Berdychi, Ocheretin, Keramika, Novokalinovo, New York and Leonidovka. The Ukrainian army hit Donetsk, Vodyany and Gorlovka.
Southwest of Bakhmut, Russian troops, supported by artillery, attacked in the direction of Stupochek and Chasov Yar. No result.
PMC "Wagner" after artillery and air strikes conducted assault operations near Ivanovsky, in the southern, western and northern parts of Bakhmut. Again, a slight advance only on the last section.
Also, Wagner operators tried to break through to Khromovoy. Failed. The armed forces of the Russian Federation, after artillery strikes, attacked in the area of Spornoye. Success has not been achieved. Russian artillery hit Aleksandro-Shultin, Bogdanovka, Markov, Novomarkov and Orekhovo-Vasilyevka. The Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked the positions of Wagner PMC in Bakhmut, as well as Kurdyumovka, Zheleznyansky, Belogorovka Donetsk and Berestovoye.
In the Luhansk direction, the Ukrainian army, supported by artillery, attacked in the Olshan area. There is a promotion. Russian troops shelled Lugansk Belogorovka, Torskoy, Nevsky, Makeyevka, Stelmakhovka, Novoselovsky, Liman First, Western, Novomlynsk, Figolevka, Krasny Perviy and Stroevka.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine beat on Gryanikovka. Taking into account the attack on Olshany, located a little southeast, an attempt to encircle the units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in Gorobyevka, Tavolzhanka and Dvurechny is not ruled out.
09:53 Gorlovka and Vladimirovka are under fire from Ukrainian militants. According to the DPR JCCC, 11 rounds with a caliber of 152mm were fired.
09:34 During the day, the DPR representative office in the JCCC recorded 39 facts of firing from the AFU, 214 different ammunition was fired. The enemy fired at Donetsk, Gorlovka, Shirokaya Balka, Yakovlevka, Yasinovataya, Aleksandrovka, Yelenovka.
Over the past day, information was received about the wounding of two civilians in Donetsk and Gorlovka. 18 residential buildings and two civil infrastructure facilities were damaged in the Kievsky and Petrovsky districts of Donetsk and the Nikitovsky district of Horlivka.
09:18 RF Armed Forces destroyed an enemy artillery mount and 122mm B-21 MLRS "Grad" in the Kherson region
Yesterday, in the Burgunka area, artillery fire destroyed the BM-21 Grad MLRS and ammunition for it - three militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were liquidated.
In addition, at night, in the area of Sadovoe, artillery fire destroyed the 152mm 2S3 "Acacia" self-propelled guns and ammunition for it - five militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were liquidated.
09:08 The criminal Kiev regime continues to shell the civilian infrastructure of the settlements on the left bank of the Kherson region, yesterday during the day the Armed Forces of Ukraine were fired from barrel artillery:
- n.p. Kakhovka fired 10 rounds;
- Eight rounds were fired at the settlement of Tavriysk;
- 12 rounds were fired at the village of Korsunka;
- n.p. Kardashinka fired six rounds;
- n.p. The Dnieper fired six rounds;
- n.p. Aleshki fired eight rounds.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure to be confirmed
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the settlement. New Kakhovka, n.p. Kakhovka, settlement Vasilievka, settlement Rybalche, n.p. Gornostaevka, firing a total of 26 rounds from cannon artillery.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being specified.
08:53 Kyiv militants are artillery attack the Petrovsky district of Donetsk. The JCCC DPR recorded four rounds with a caliber of 155mm.
08:15 Under fire of the Ukrainian fighters Kuybyshevsky and Kirovsky areas of Donetsk. According to the DPR JCCC, five rounds with a caliber of 155mm were fired.
08:12 Information on the artillery attack of Gorlovka as of 08:00 on May 9, 2023
08:10 The Armed Forces of Ukraine hold on to the last districts on the outskirts of Artemovsk (Bakhmut) and “bite” every house.
One of the fighters told RT military correspondent Murad Gazdiev that the enemy is losing ground. The Ukrainian Armed Forces leave behind traps and mines - this is done by the team of the 73rd Naval Special Operations Center, which is deliberately not sent into battle.
With the fighting spirit of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, everything is deplorable. Mobilized often have to be rotated due to shell shock, otherwise they begin to behave inappropriately.
“We observed how two servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine changed into women's clothing halfway there, took multi-colored suitcases. They took pets ... ” recalls one of the fighters.
08:05 In Artemovsk (Bakhmut) destroyed Orthodox Holy Annunciation Church. Presumably, the Armed Forces of Ukraine blew it up before retreating.
The temple is located in the western part of Artemovsk near Yubileinaya Street, where fierce battles are taking place. From the frames from the network it is clear that the ashes remained from the temple.
07:56 At night the Ukrainian fighters fired at Donetsk, Gorlovka and Ozeryanovka. According to the DPR JCCC, 19 rounds with a caliber of 155mm and 152mm were fired.
07:50 Combat footage of work calculations of 152mm towed guns "Hyacinth-B" ZVO.
Reconnaissance with the help of UAVs recorded: enemy armored vehicles are moving in the rear. The exact coordinates were handed over to our gunners. They immediately ran to the gun, loaded it and fired a shot.
The fire is corrected using an unmanned aerial vehicle, its camera records the hit.
Combat missions as part of the battery of 152mm guns "Hyacinth-B" are performed by military personnel who were called up as part of partial mobilization. Today, these are already experienced military men who are in no way inferior to regular military personnel.
07:00 Summary of the LPR Representation in the JCCC for the past day, May 8:
From the side of the armed formations of Ukraine, one artillery attack was recorded at the settlement. Youth with the use of MLRS HIMARS (one rocket).
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[REGNUM] Military correspondent Kotenok announced Ukraine's readiness for a breakthrough in several directions at once
Ukraine is ready for a breakthrough in several directions at once, war correspondent Yuriy Kotenok wrote in his Telegram channel.
“Priority is the southern (Azov) front. Already accumulated. In principle, there is clarity where and by what means they will go,” the military commander said.
According to him, the likelihood of such a breakthrough is high. The Armed Forces of Ukraine can go on the attack within the next day or hours.
Earlier, the Telegram channel “Operation Z: Military Correspondents of the Russian Spring” reported that there were reports that on May 9 the Armed Forces of Ukraine allegedly would not launch the announced counteroffensive .
Meanwhile, the fighters of the Wagner group, with renewed vigor, stormed the last stronghold of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Artyomovsk. Military correspondents cited data from Ukrainian military analysts who assessed the situation in this city. Russian fighters are deploying additional assault groups along Tolbukhin, Chernyakhovsky and Irina Levchenko streets, they are moving forward under the fire of the artillery of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
As REGNUM reported , on May 7, the American newspaper The Washington Post wrote that Kiev is seeking to reduce the expectations of Western countries from a possible counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as it is afraid of not justifying the hopes placed on it.
Telegraph observers believe that Russian planning bombs have forced the Ukrainian leadership to reconsider their plans for a counteroffensive .
American military experts cannot understand how Russia was able to suppress HIMARS multiple launch rocket systems, which were transferred to the Ukrainian army as part of military assistance. On May 9, Military Watch Magazine writes about this.
According to the publication, the HIMARS installations, widely used by the Armed Forces, have recently become less and less effective in terms of accuracy. At the same time, Russian air defense systems (air defense) began to increasingly shoot down missiles fired from this complex.
“It remains unclear how the Russian Armed Forces could so reduce the effectiveness of these systems,” the material says.
It is emphasized that in a full-scale war, HIMARS and similar means will be much more vulnerable, as strikes will be made on American satellites coordinating launches.
The authors of the publication noted that in the limited conflict in Ukraine, Russia has so far refrained from shooting down NATO satellites, despite the expansion of its anti-satellite capabilities.
As REGNUM reported earlier, military commander Dmitry Steshin said that Russian troops have learned to jam HIMARS guidance systems using electronic warfare (EW) systems.
He noted that the Armed Forces of Ukraine have become less likely to use American rocket artillery, announced in the West as a "superweapon". According to him, the Russian Armed Forces are gradually destroying this type of weapon in Ukraine, so no arrivals from them are recorded.
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[REGNUM] Vessel inspections under the grain deal resumed on May 9. This was stated during the briefing by Deputy Representative of the Secretary General of the United Nations (UN) Farhan Haq .
“Inspections resumed today,” he said. According to him, two checks were carried out.
Earlier, the Turkish Ministry of Defense reported that the work of the “grain corridor” in Turkey had been resumed , and the inspection of ships was being carried out again.
As REGNUM reported, bilateral and multilateral meetings with Ukraine, Russia and the UN organized by Turkey will be held in Istanbul on May 10 and 11 . During the meetings, the issues of extending the grain deal will be discussed, as well as the preparation of a detailed and safe evacuation plan for the return of Turkish merchant ships and their crews, which are stuck in the ports of Ukraine as a result of the conflict.
According to Turkish presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin , there are chances for an extension of the grain deal , which expires on May 18, exists.
The UN, Ukraine and Türkiye are waiting for Russia's consent to extend the grain deal. Russia, for its part, demands the fulfillment of a number of conditions that are contained in the text of the agreement signed in 2022 and relate, among other things, to the unblocking of grain exports, as well as some other issues.
The authorities of the United States of America and Great Britain believe that the term of the grain deal should be immediately extended. This was stated on May 9 by US Foreign Minister Anthony Blinken during a joint press conference with British Foreign Secretary James Cleverley.
“We also spoke about the urgent need to extend and expand the Black Sea Grain Initiative,” the US Secretary of State said.
The diplomat made the statement that "Moscow again began to prevent ships from entering the ports of Ukraine to load grain." In his opinion, recently there has been a "reduction in the supply of food to world markets and people in Africa, the Middle East and around the world."
Blinken also expressed his gratitude to UN Secretary General António Guterres and the Turkish side for their "tireless efforts to break the deadlock."
As REGNUM reported, bilateral and multilateral meetings with Ukraine, Russia and the UN organized by Turkey will be held in Istanbul on May 10 and 11 . During the meetings, the issues of extending the grain deal will be discussed, as well as the preparation of a detailed and safe evacuation plan for the return of Turkish merchant ships and their crews, which are stuck in the ports of Ukraine as a result of the conflict.
According to Turkish presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin , there are chances for an extension of the grain deal , which expires on May 18, exists.
The UN, Ukraine and Türkiye are waiting for Russia's consent to extend the grain deal. Russia, for its part, demands the fulfillment of a number of conditions that are contained in the text of the agreement signed in 2022 and relate, among other things, to the unblocking of grain exports, as well as some other issues.
Commentary by Russian military blogger Andrey Chervonets
The Supreme Commander instructed to issue shells, but it has not yet been carried out ...
“We were promised on the 7th that they would give us ammunition, on the 8th at 2 o’clock in the morning a combat order was received in which it was written “to give everything.” Today was the ninth, on the
8th there was a meeting at which they gave 10% of the requested. let's leave Artemovsk, we'll fight for a few more days.
"If all tasks are carried out in order to deceive the Supreme Commander, either the Supreme Commander will tear your ass, or the Russian people."
"This morning the chief of the General Staff personally reduced the amount of ammunition issued to us."
“The shells lie in warehouses, they rest in warehouses. And why are shells in warehouses? they accumulate, accumulate these reserves. Industry plans such shells, and instead of giving them to the troops, they accumulate them in some warehouses. For what - no one knows. And instead of wasting a shell, kill the enemy and save the life of our soldier are killing our soldier."
On the flanks, according to Prigozhin, the troops of the Defense Ministry, which are supposed to cover these flanks, are withdrawing in separate areas, exposing the front. The 72nd Brigade (I quote) "drapanula", "lost @ in" strategically important three square kilometers, for which the Wagenrovites gave 500 lives.
The Gazprom PMC "Blue Torch" does not want to fight and does not come to the position.
P.S.
If Shoigu believes that it is possible to fight and win without shells, then let him prove it by personal example.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin
[ColonelCassad] After the parade.
1. Was the first time. Impressions of course somewhat different than on TV. I have long been accustomed to the local Sevastopol parades - land and sea - and they have not been surprising for a long time. And here is something new, although it seems to be familiar for a long time. At the Moscow parades in our family, only my grandfather was before. On November 7, 1941, just from Red Square, he went to the front to defend Moscow.
2. Security was taken very seriously - the passport was checked four times, personal belongings two times. Already at the finish line in front of the stands, the FSO officer found fault with a slightly torn page of the passport, but the senior clarified that it was necessary to take pictures and take control if the page was torn by about half. On the rooftops, snipers and drone hunters could be observed.
Also, men with drone strikers were noted on the way to the square. And in general, there were a lot of guards, starting from the Lubyanka on the rise to Red Square. Something was deliberately and defiantly in plain sight, something hidden from the eyes of passers-by. By the way, to the question of the notorious bandage "Shaman". Exactly the same bandage was used on the square by the FSO officers, who were engaged in directing the flow of people and checking documents according to some kind of their program. Apparently. and "Shaman" bandage
3. There were no traces of the arrival of the drone on the dome of the Senate Palace - everything has already been replaced.
Of course, after that, drone flights were also banned and the tactical air defense of the capital was strengthened. How effective we will see during the next terrorist attacks. Our special services are certainly preparing for such attempts.
4. Of the complaints, as usual, two old questions - the Mausoleum hidden behind cardboard boxes (absurd historical hide-and-seek continues) and the procedure for taking out the flag of the Russian Federation and the Banner of Victory. Everything else is at a high organizational level. However, Lenin was present at the parade, about 12 flags with Lenin carried parade boxes.
5. Seven leaders of the CIS countries came to the parade. The very ones that Boris Filatov aka. "we will hang later" called "faggots". However, the tantrums of the Ukrainian Nazis were expected, especially since yesterday they flew in Dnepropetrovsk and Filatov's fart was on fire since yesterday. Boris Filatov an Ukrainian politician and is current Mayor of Dnipro.
The picture of foreign policy isolation of the Russian Federation did not work out. And in general, there were many foreigners from Asia, Africa, South America. The Americans were not invited, but, nevertheless, in the speech, Putin noted the contribution of the soldiers of the anti-Hitler coalition from the United States and Britain to the defeat of Nazism.
6. Putin's key message is that the war is not against Ukraine, but against the Nazi occupation of Ukraine, and we act as liberators of Ukraine from Nazism. Still, it would be great not to negotiate with him on grain and ammonia. Otherwise, the emphasis was on the need to achieve victory in the NMD and that it is there that the future of Russia is decided, therefore the military is now of paramount importance for the fate of the country.
You can't argue with that. It is also worth noting that, unlike in other years, this time it is about "victims of the Gulag" and so on. didn't even remember. Such are the times. On the contrary, the ghost of SMERSH roams the country.
7. Shoigu and Salyukov taxied in the parade. Shoigu traditionally crossed himself before leaving for the front boxes. The parade scheme itself was standard. The parade was held according to a somewhat abbreviated scheme without an air parade and a small mechanized column without tanks at all. Tanks are now needed at the front. So this parade could hardly cause serious damage to the NMD in the format in which it was held.
However, it is quite clear that the task was to hold the parade without excessive pathos and it was successfully solved. The main parade of the main holiday of the country is an axiomatic thing. "Yars" close up is of course a powerful thing. Well, looking at the three finishing Boomerangs, I would like 300 at the front as well.
8. A total of 530 participants of the NWO participated in the parade. Of the familiar faces, I saw Abkhaz and several Chechen officers (I don’t remember their names), whom I saw from the video from the LPR. Plus, from familiar faces, I saw Admin with Akim Apachev. On the way back from Red Square, I also met Solovyov. Well, Konashenkov on the square. Russian General Konashenkov is the Russian ministry of defense Golden Throat.
9. Already after the parade, next to the podium where he was sitting, Putin passed, gathered around him the generals and officers who headed the parade boxes and talked to them about something there. Then he waved his hand and went to the rest of the presidents of the CIS, who were going to lay flowers at the tomb of the Unknown Soldier. From the podium they shouted "Thank you."
10. In general, quite interesting impressions. Apparently because the first. In fact, from a serious negative, only the Mausoleum covered with cardboard, but this old story and under Putin, apparently nothing will change in this matter. Comrade Periscope correctly noticed this a couple of years ago. Otherwise, it is a rather bright event underlying one of the few real ideological bonds in the country. We are waiting for another Victory Parade after the victory in the NWO. So that not only past victories can be remembered and can be seen in the front boxes of modern front-line soldiers with captured Nazi banners.
On the title photo Konashenkov. He already knows what will be in the daily summary.
There are more photos in Telegram https://t.me/boris_rozhin
Rogov: there was no heavy military equipment at the Victory parade in Moscow, as it is needed at the front
Heavy military equipment did not take part in the Victory Parade on Red Square in Moscow, as it is currently used at the front and in military units. This assumption RIA Novosti was expressed by the head of the movement "We are together with Russia" Vladimir Rogov.
He noted that the decision to hold a parade on Red Square was “absolutely correct” - this showed that “no one is afraid of anything, that we will go to the end.”
The absence of heavy military equipment, which is currently more needed at the front, did not affect the parade, as the legendary T-34 tank, the S-400 anti-aircraft missile system, and the Yars strategic missile system took part in it.
As REGNUM reported, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the West does not want peace and seeks to destroy the Russian state at any cost during his speech at the Victory Parade in Moscow. Readers of the British edition of the Daily Mail supported his words.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
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Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
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