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2023-05-25 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
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Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: May 24th, 2023
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Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Korrespondent] 22:35 The US State Department has approved a deal to sell one NASAMS system and related equipment to Ukraine in the amount of $285 million, the Pentagon said.
22:14 The Ukrainian air defense system will become full-fledged only with powerful aircraft, Zelensky said in an evening video message. On the other hand, according to him, "the very first Ukrainian F-16 will become one of the strongest signals from the world that Russia will only lose because of its own aggression - it will become weaker, become even more isolated."
The President noted that now Russia is increasingly resorting to the so-called combined strikes - different types of missiles and drones. "If we take, for example, only one instrument of Russian terror - the Iranian "Shaheds", then today our soldiers have accounted for almost 900 of these downed drones. In total, about 1,160 "Shaheds" were used against Ukraine. Most of them are shot down. And constantly we are looking for tools to make the number of downed Iranian drones complete," the head of state stressed.
20:53 Norway will support the training of Ukrainian pilots and personnel on F-16 fighter jets, Defense Minister Bjorn Arild Gramm said. "Norway will consider different ways to promote the education and training of Ukrainian personnel on F-16 fighter jets," he said.
20:25 The United States is investigating information that American equipment was allegedly used during the "invasion" of the territory of the Belgorod region, said White House national security adviser John Kirby. He added that Washington does not approve of the use of American weapons for attacks on the territory of the Russian Federation and informed Ukraine about this.
20:14 Ukraine's accession to NATO will not happen while the war is going on, but the path to membership in the future is open, Stoltenberg said: "Joining the Alliance in the midst of a war is not on the agenda. The question is what will happen when the war is over." According to the Secretary General, there are different views within the Alliance regarding Ukraine's potential membership, but all members agree that Ukraine will join NATO in the future.
19:49 The Legion of Freedom of Russia announced that during a joint operation with the RDC in the Belgorod region, their total losses amounted to two people dead and ten wounded.
19:35 In early May, the Russians took military documentation from Crimea to Russia, as well as encryption equipment from the military command and control bodies of the RF Armed Forces, the Center for National Resistance under the MTR of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported.
19:24 At the July NATO summit in Vilnius, possible security guarantees for Ukraine will be discussed, but so far no specific decisions are expected, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said. According to him, during the meeting in Vilnius, the Alliance allies will discuss assistance to Ukraine, strengthening its defense and deterrence capabilities, transition and compatibility with NATO standards.
18:56 During the day, there is a decrease in the intensity of fighting on the flanks in the suburbs of Bakhmut, said Deputy Defense Minister Anna Malyar. "But this does not mean that the enemy is weakening. On the contrary, the enemy is trying to strengthen on the flanks and relies on artillery fire, making constant shelling," she specified.
At the same time, according to Malyar, the Ukrainian troops manage to gradually advance. In Bakhmut, the number of enemy assault actions has been reduced, the enemy is replacing units. Ukrainian defenders control part of the Samolet district in the southwestern part of the city.
18:38 The Russian volunteer corps and the Legion of Freedom of Russia entered the Belgorod region 42 km deep, the active phase of their actions is over, but the operation continues, said the commander of the RDK Denis White Rex. "Once again, when we cross the border of the Russian Federation, we see that the military-political leadership is not ready for this. They told a lot that they are strengthening the line, spending billions - dragon's teeth, posts, some kind of super surveillance. When it comes down to it, all this is pouring in. The more powerful we go, the more time they need to make decisions," he said.
At the same time, the RDK commander emphasized that so far his formation does not have the resources to occupy and fully control certain Russian territories, but this time they have trophies - armored vehicles and weapons, they also managed to destroy a certain amount of equipment on the territory of the Russian Federation.
As for the photo of American equipment that the Russian military allegedly knocked out, the commander urged not to believe Russian propaganda. He recalled that there is American equipment that the Russians managed to get in battles - for example, near Bakhmut. The commander also assured that the volunteer formations that entered the Belgorod region this week had no losses during the clashes.
18:19 Despite the end of the heating season and summer weather, there is a shortage of electricity in Ukraine. To cover the needs of consumers, today Ukrenergo was forced to temporarily stop exporting electricity abroad. Moreover, oblenergos have updated the schedules of hourly power outages and again urged Ukrainians to save electricity during peak hours. More details - in the material We get generators .
17:40 Ukraine has an approximate list of Russians who it is desirable to liquidate for unleashing an aggressive war, Vadym Skibitsky, a spokesman for the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, said in an interview with Die Welt. In particular, according to him, Prigozhin is on this list, as well as Putin, "because he coordinates and decides everything." "But, in the end, everyone will have to answer for their actions. Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov and Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu planned the attack and now they cannot go back," the GUR representative added.
Skibitsky also mentioned Kadyrov, who "was everywhere" in the first months of a full-scale war, but now he realized that Russia had already lost strategically. The conditional list also includes Sergei Surovikin and other commanders who entered Ukraine.
Answering the question where the border of this list is and whether the possibility of liquidating civilians, such as oligarchs or propagandists, is being considered, Skibitsky said: “We are at war, these are our enemies. If an important figure produces and finances weapons for them, then his liquidation would save the lives of many civilians... According to international conventions, this is a legitimate target."
17:16 IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi met in Beijing with the head of Rosatom, Alexei Likhachev, to discuss security at the occupied Zaporozhye nuclear power plant.
16:57 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stated that this morning the Armed Forces of Ukraine allegedly unsuccessfully tried to attack the ship Ivan Khurs of the Black Sea Fleet with three unmanned boats, performing tasks to ensure the security of the Turkish Stream and Blue Stream gas pipelines in the economic zone of Turkey. All boats are allegedly destroyed, the ship continues to perform tasks.
16:38 Japan has handed over to Ukraine about 100 military vehicles, including trucks and SUVs, as well as 30,000 dry rations.
16:04 Reznikov, during a briefing with his British counterpart Ben Wallace, confirmed that Ukraine is successfully using Storm Shadow missiles: "We had the opportunity to shake hands with pilots who were trained in the UK and successfully use weapons called Storm Shadow."
The Ukrainian minister also presented his British colleague with a postcard depicting a Ukrainian Su-24 bomber with a Storm Shadow missile on a suspension.
15:48 Import and export of electricity is currently not carried out. The suspension of exports from Ukraine is due to the need to cover domestic needs throughout the day and provide reserves for the evening hours of maximum consumption, Ukrenergo reported. In this regard, citizens are asked to carefully and rationally consume electricity in the evening hours - from 19:00 to 22:00.
15:26 Representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate Andrei Chernyak, in a commentary to the Financial Times, admitted that the Ukrainian military provides information to the Russian Volunteer Corps and the Legion of Freedom of Russia: "Of course, we communicate with them. Of course, we share certain information. And, one might even say, we cooperate." At the same time, he denied information from the Russian side that the partisans allegedly received American equipment from Ukraine.
15:05 The representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense Andrei Yusov denied the information of Russian propaganda about the allegedly large losses among the fighters of the Russian Volunteer Corps in the Belgorod Region: "As for the losses, no, this information is not confirmed. These are hastily made propaganda fakes and nothing more. There were a lot of funny things, in particular, the general personally "leading the liberation of the street" and other funny moments.
According to Yusov, after the events in the Belgorod region, Russian propaganda "broke down" because it cannot properly explain key points even to an internal audience.
Yusov also added that Ukrainian intelligence has information about the intentions of the Russian Federation to transfer its units from the occupied territories to the border regions, but this process will not be quick and requires preparation, so the GUR is monitoring the situation.
14:59 Russia excludes the expansion of the list of goods and the number of ports for their export as part of the grain deal, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.
14:47 Ukraine will soon receive 110 Leopard 1A5 tanks, Ambassador to Germany Aleksey Makeev said.
14:44 International donors will provide Ukraine with 17 million euros for housing loans for internally displaced persons, the Ministry of Reintegration reported. More than 650 IDPs have already received a loan at a rate of 3% per annum for a total of UAH 892.6 million. This grant program is implemented by the State Youth with funding from the German government through the KfW Credit Institution.
14:35 In the Belgorod region of the Russian Federation, the border with Ukraine is guarded by conscripts, the journalists of the 7x7 edition found out. Thus, they are not formally in the combat zone, although at least seven Russian conscripts have died on the border since the beginning of the war.
Relatives of the soldiers said that they were being sent to the territory on the border 200-300 meters from Ukraine. According to them, Russian conscripts are “the very first” on the border and even see Ukrainian soldiers, while border guards and the National Guard who patrol the perimeter are already behind them. The command of the Western Military District, in response to complaints, stated that the conscripts "perform tasks aimed at strengthening and protecting the state border" on the territory of the Russian Federation and are not involved in the war.
13:52 Shoigu said that Russian troops "will continue to respond promptly and extremely harshly to "terrorist actions of Ukrainian militants" similar to the attack in the Belgorod region.
13:48 The Russians use the territory of power units No. 1, 2, 4 of the Zaporizhzhya NPP as a logistics and military base, the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reports. Personnel, armored vehicles and trucks are permanently located at these sites. Moreover, the number of vehicles and military personnel is constantly changing, the rotation is hidden during the curfew. All trucks are heavily tented - there is information that they may contain ammunition and explosives.
Employees on duty shifts, who must inspect power units at least 1-2 times a week, are not allowed into the controlled area. Those who tried to conduct check rounds were beaten and tortured. Several of the injured are in hospital in critical condition.
13:37 British analysts at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) have published a report on the change in tactics and the state of the Russian occupation forces in the second year of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Among other things, the authors of the report came to the conclusion that the widely spread opinion about the weakness of the Russian army and the incompetence of the Russian military does not fully correspond to reality. Read more in the material Learn from mistakes.
13:06 Ukraine is investigating the likely role of Belarus in the kidnapping of Ukrainian children from the occupied territories, Reuters was told in the Office of the Prosecutor General. The statement was made after the Belarusian opposition reported that 2,150 Ukrainian children, including orphans aged 6 to 15, were taken to so-called health camps and sanatoriums on the territory of Belarus. From the Russian-controlled territories of Ukraine, the children were taken by bus to the Russian Federation, and then by train to Belarus.
The opposition emphasizes that Lukashenka personally ordered the transfer of orphans to Belarus and facilitated their arrival with financial and organizational support. Lukashenka's office did not respond to a request from journalists.
12:39 Zelensky announced that he had held a regular meeting of the Headquarters of the Supreme Commander. In particular, according to the president, work has begun on a comprehensive concept for the development of Ukrainian aviation, taking into account the transition to new types of aircraft: a new organizational structure, training of pilots and personnel, the necessary infrastructure, and logistics.
The participants of the meeting also discussed the state of provision of advanced units and reserves with ammunition, analyzed existing and potential contracts for the supply and the dynamics of increasing their own production.
12:32 The Netherlands allocates 260 million euros for the joint purchase of ammunition for Ukraine, the country's Ministry of Defense reported. The total military assistance of the Netherlands to Ukraine has reached 1.2 billion euros.
12:26 The Russians hanged a man in the Svatov region, said the head of the Luhansk OVA Artem Lysogor. A resident of Nizhnyaya Duvanka had a clear pro-Ukrainian position and did not change it, despite constant interrogations.
11:54 Crimean public publish photos with smoke in the area of the Crimean bridge.
11:33 British Defense Minister Ben Wallace visited Ukraine and met with Reznikov. According to the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, the parties discussed the NATO perspective of Ukraine in the context of the upcoming NATO summit in Vilnius, weapons priorities, "especially in relation to weapons that allow you to defeat the enemy at long distances, such as Storm Shadow."
11:22 Chinese Government Special Representative for Eurasia Li Hui visited Paris, where he discussed the political settlement of the "Ukrainian crisis" with French Foreign Ministry Director General for Policy and Security Frederic Mondoloni. The Chinese diplomat noted that there are "many consensuses on the Ukrainian issue" between China and France.
Beijing is ready to "strengthen dialogue and exchanges with all parties and continue to expand the common basis for a political resolution of the crisis and efforts to end hostilities," he said. According to the Chinese special envoy, lately "a consensus has been reached and the foundation has been laid" for such a settlement.
10:59 The Crimean bridge is closed due to the "exercises" being held in the area, said the "head" of Crimea Sergey Aksyonov. Traffic is expected to be restored "in a few hours." Meanwhile, Russian military telegram channels write that the Russian reconnaissance ship Ivan Khurs was attacked early this morning by drones in the Black Sea after passing through the Bosphorus Strait. According to them, the sailors allegedly managed to successfully repel the attack, the ship was not damaged.
10:33 Prigozhin claims that his PMC Wagner in the battles for Bakhmut lost 20,000 soldiers killed, 10,000 of them were recruited prisoners.
10:25 The Crimean "parliament" today "nationalizes" the property of the "Ukrainian oligarchs", including the property of the Zelensky family in Livadia, Aksyonov said.
10:16 In the Brovarsky district of the Kiev region, on May 24 and 25, enhanced filtration measures will be carried out: citizens and vehicles will be checked while crossing checkpoints, the city council said.
09:50 British intelligence drew attention to the problems with discipline in the Russian army, which worsened after the start of forced mobilization. Reliable research by independent Russian journalists shows that between January and May 2023, Russian military courts heard 1,053 cases of unauthorized excommunication of military personnel, more than in all of 2022. At the same time, most of those found guilty receive suspended sentences, which means that they can be transferred to the “special operation” zone.
09:27 The US military will begin training Ukrainians to operate M1A1 Abrams tanks "within the next week or so," Pentagon spokesman Pat Ryder told Voice of America. According to the publication, about 250 Ukrainian troops will arrive in Germany this week to participate in the exercises. The training in Germany is expected to last about ten weeks.
Pentagon officials also say that another batch of armored vehicles in the amount of 31 M1A1 Abrams tanks is undergoing repairs in the United States and will be delivered to Ukraine by autumn.
09:21 The West is ready to support Ukraine for years, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said. He stressed that the Russian strategy of "waiting" to make the West "tired and bored" would not work. "Now we are talking with allies about what kind of long-term multilateral and bilateral security agreements we can conclude with Ukraine," the British prime minister added.
08:50 In the Kherson region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, two people were killed, three more were injured. In the Donetsk region, 11 civilians were injured, in Kharkiv - two, in Mykolaiv - one, according to the IVA.
08:28 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of May 24. Among other things, over the past day, Ukrainian defenders have destroyed an enemy Ka-52 attack helicopter.
- personnel - about 204,760 (+400) people liquidated,
- tanks - 3792 (+3),
- armored combat vehicles - 7424 (+5),
- artillery systems - 3339 (+21),
- MLRS - 570 (+5),
- air defense systems - 327 (+0),
- aircraft - 309 (+0),
- helicopters - 296 (+1),
- UAV operational-tactical level - 2871 (+7),
- cruise missiles - 1015 (+0),
- ships/boats - 18 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tankers - 6146 (+7),
- special equipment - 440 (+7).
08:12 The Russian army continues to concentrate its main efforts on the Kupyansky, Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky and Maryinsky directions - there were 26 military clashes. Bakhmut and Marinka remain at the epicenter of hostilities, the General Staff said in a morning report .
04:30 The next meeting in the Ramstein format will be devoted to Ukraine's urgent needs - in particular, strengthening its air defense, supplying ammunition, preparing to receive the F-16, Pentagon spokesman Pat Ryder said. The online meeting will take place on May 25.
00:59 The units of the Legion of Freedom of Russia and the Russian Volunteer Corps, consisting purely of Russians, allegedly suffered minor losses during the operation in the Belgorod region, but this did not affect their combat capability, writes The New York Times with reference to an "anonymous Ukrainian official."
The interlocutor of the publication claims that not a single Ukrainian fighter entered the territory of Russia, and "the Ukrainian military plays a predominantly auxiliary role, protecting the Ukrainian border in this area in case of a Russian counterattack."
00:41 Governor of the Belgorod region of the Russian Federation Vyacheslav Gladkov said that in Belgorod an explosive device was dropped onto the roadway from a UAV, and a car was damaged. Also, an UAV was shot down by the air defense system over the Belgorod region, there were no casualties.
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