[NewsFrontInfo] 22:25 Rockets flew from Crimea. Explosions are already heard in Odessa. Probably air defense, ”the Ukrainian media write. Also explosions in Nikolaev.
In many regions of Ukraine, an air raid alarm is roaring.
21:13 Servicemen of the 25th Airborne Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine got American grenade launchers M-32. This modification of the South African MGL grenade launcher, created for the US Marine Corps and Special Forces.
21:12 The UN calls on Russia and Ukraine to resume negotiations to achieve peace as soon as possible, said the representative of the UN Secretary General Stéphane Dujarric.
21:11 Residents of Kherson and Zaporozhye are unlikely to be interested in the position of the European Union, choosing to link their future with Russia, Leonid Slutsky, head of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs, believes.
"Josep Borrell said that the European Union not only does not recognize, but also condemns the issuance of Russian passports to residents of the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions. <...> The inhabitants of these regions want to determine their own destiny, to link it with Russia. And they are unlikely to ask the opinion of the European Union," Slutsky wrote in his Telegram channel.
21:10 Deputy head of the administration of the Kherson region Stremousov commented to RIA Novosti on his inclusion in the EU sanctions:
"We are not afraid of sanctions, we are Russian people… I will not suffer from these sanctions in any way. I am not going to go to the European Union, I am not going to invest money in their banks and do business with them."
21:10 While the Armed Forces of Ukraine are unsuccessfully trying to advance in the direction of Kherson, everything is unchanged in Nikolaev: the Ukrainian command continues to use the city to restore combat capabilities and deploy military facilities:
Residents of the Salt world region from time to time observe the movement of tractors with tanks along Heroiv Stalingrad Avenue. It’s easy to guess where they are being taken: an armored plant still functions in Nikolaev. There, the equipment is repaired and retrofitted with subsequent shipment to the front line.
20:02 The Russian Embassy demanded detailed explanations from the United States why Mi-17s are being transferred to Ukraine without the knowledge and consent of Russia as an exporting country, the Russian Foreign Ministry said. The new package of "military assistance" from the United States to Ukraine includes four Mi-17 helicopters, which the Russian Federation previously transferred to the United States for Afghanistan.
20:00 Russian servicemen and the Russian Emergencies Ministry delivered several tons of humanitarian aid to Izyum. Residents will be provided with food and essential goods. The distribution of humanitarian aid will be targeted: the Ukrainian regime has declared local residents enemies and is delivering targeted strikes at places where the civilian population is concentrated
18:54 "Fight" in Odessa: Kharkiv citizen attacked policemen with a grenade. The mass distribution of weapons by the Kyiv regime led to a surge in crime and tragedies. So, a resident of Kharkov and his cohabitant decided to sell grenades, a Kalashnikov assault rifle and cartridges in Odessa.
18:49 Ukrainians en masse sell weapons received from the West. The assortment includes rifles, grenades (from five pieces), pistols, body armor, etc. It is noteworthy that only one seller already has 32 successful transactions.
17:47 Independent journalist from the USA Lancaster told RIA Novosti that the Ukrainian military is firing rockets with cluster warheads at peaceful settlements in the Kherson region, as they have done for the last eight years in the Donbass
17:00 Residents of Melitopol continue filing documents for obtaining Russian citizenship. Neither the large queue nor the heat stops them. People have been waiting for this for eight years.
17:00 The EU does not recognize and condemns the issuance of Russian passports to residents of Kherson and Zaporozhye, Borrell said.
16:58 Several explosions thundered in Dnepropetrovsk. There was no air raid.
16:57 The governments of the Lugansk People's Republic and Moscow signed an agreement on trade, economic, scientific, technical and cultural cooperation.
15:47 In Kyiv and in many regions of Ukraine, an air raid alarm is roaring.
15:46 In Energodar discovered the hideout of Ukrainian terrorists. Ammunition, smoke bombs, Nazi literature, as well as the flags of the "Right Sector" were seized from the cache. Explosive objects were intended to commit terrorist acts and kill law enforcement officers and government officials in the liberated settlements of the Zaporozhye region.
14:37 The Russian military destroyed in the Nikolaev area a command post of the Ukrainian UAVs - the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
14:37 Head of the Zaporozhye Regional State Administration signed a Decree "On the nationalization of the property of the state of Ukraine in favor of the Zaporozhye region."
The Decree regulates land plots, natural resources, objects of strategic sectors of the economy, property owned by Ukraine as of February 24, 2022.
"We are talking about strategic objects: roads, railways, stations of the energy complex, land plots that belonged to the National Academy of Sciences. Everything that belonged to the state of Ukraine. This does not apply to private property. We cannot leave workers of the railroad, highway, national parks without wages. All state facilities, for the duration of the special operation, have been transferred to the administration of the Zaporozhye region since today," said the Head of the military-civilian administration of the Zaporozhye region Yevhen Balitsky.
13:52 The only chance for Ukraine is to capitulate to the Russians. General Twitty, former deputy commander of the US European Command, shared his vision of the situation in an interview with Military Watch:
"Ukrainians are doomed in this battle, the only way to stop the collapse of Ukraine is to accept Russia’s conditions as soon as possible, to capitulate to them. The Ukrainians do not have enough combat power to resist, they are not sufficiently motivated and shamelessly inferior to the Russians in aviation and technology. No help from the West will fix this."
13:49 Against the background of the political catastrophe of Kyiv in Mariupol and military failures in the Donbass by the Kyiv regime with the financial support of the UK organized shooting "spiritual" videos for Western and Ukrainian audiences.
In particular, on May 28, in the area of the settlement of Meshkovka, Mykolaiv region, staged video materials were filmed about the allegedly “high efficiency” of the use of Western weapons by Ukrainian nationalists. To give the future picture more drama, at the insistence of the British curators, a "reconstruction" of the never-existing "battle" of the Ukrainian Nazis with the outnumbered "Russian servicemen" was created on the set.
The roles of the “opponents” of the Ukrainian Nazis in the staged short film were played by members of the local territorial defense unit wearing red armbands. Due to the lack of captured Russian equipment, the “mock enemy” appears in the frame on Ukrainian armored personnel carriers and armored vehicles.
13:48 Russia leads stopping the enemy offensive in the Kherson region. Russian artillery destroys the advancing Armed Forces of Ukraine near the village of Davydov Brod. The Armed Forces of Ukraine on the eve indirectly admitted that the offensive ended in failure.
13:47 So far, there is no understanding about the time frame for a possible referendum in the DPR, LPR, Kherson and Zaporozhye regions on joining Russia - Peskov.
13:47 The special operation to protect the Donbass will continue until all the intended goals are achieved - the Kremlin.
12:47 Full-scale hostilities returned to the Kharkiv region. "Come and See" made an actual map specifically. To date, it can be stated that the Ukrainian offensive in the north of the Kharkiv region has completely bogged down. Fights go for Shestakovo and Stary Saltov.
According to Go and See sources, Russian DRGs may already be operating in Tsirkuny. In other words, the RF Armed Forces are gradually taking away the settlements recaptured by the Ukrainians as a result of the recent counter-offensive. However, the complete blocking and assault of Kharkov itself will become possible only after the liberation of Donbass.
12:46 Ukrainian POW Lieutenant Shuvaldin Alexander Valeryevich told journalists about how fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine independently learn the basics of handling weapons through the Internet, as well as about propaganda against Russia.
12:46 Presumably, the first French mercenary was killed in Ukraine during a special operation of the Russian Armed Forces near Kharkov, Radio Europe-1 reports. According to him, the young man died a few days ago, having received a "mortal wound during artillery shelling."
He was in the ranks of the so-called International Legion of Territorial Defense of Ukraine and participated in hostilities against Russian military personnel. As the radio station clarifies, in total, about 150 mercenaries from France operate in Ukraine on the side of Kyiv.
11:57 Kyiv, with the financial support of the UK, is making films about the supposedly high effectiveness of Western weapons in Ukraine.
11:57 Russian aviation destroyed 13 Ukrainian tanks and infantry fighting vehicles, the Osa-AKM anti-aircraft missile system, two Grad MLRS installations.
11:57 During the day, three Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed by means of air defense of the Russian Federation, three missiles of the Uragan MLRS were intercepted.
11:57 Rocketeers and artillerymen hit 26 command posts of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in a day.
11:56 Since the beginning of the special operation, the RF Armed Forces have destroyed 1,087 UAVs and 3,386 armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
11:55 Kyiv makes fake videos about the "high efficiency" of Western weapons.
11:55 The Russian Armed Forces hit 21 areas of concentration of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in a day with high-precision weapons.
11:53 Ukrainian militants stole humanitarian aid intended for civilians. Another evidence that the inhabitants of Donbass are second-class people for Kyiv. At one of the bases of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Krasny Liman, huge stocks of humanitarian aid were found, which they kept for themselves and did not transfer to civilians.
11:25 To Kupyansk (Kharkiv region)arrived Russian humanitarian aid. More than 20 tons of food were delivered to the city. The cargo included: cereals, butter, canned food, pasta.
11:24 Military APU told how Russian military personnel treat prisoners. Ukrainian media claim that Russian soldiers abuse captured soldiers. Lieutenant Alexander Shuvaldin noted that information is being disseminated on the territory of Ukraine that is directly opposite to what actually exists.
“No one inflicted bodily blows, a normal attitude. There are many inconsistencies from Ukrainian propaganda. The most elementary thing is that in Russia everyone is a "thug". In fact, here I am in captivity for three days, Russians normally treat me like a person. If you ask for water or cigarettes, they all give. The food is good," said the lieutenant.
10:55 Refusal to negotiate threatens Ukraine with loss of national sovereignty -Medvedev.
10:48 Russian flag now fluttering over Novokonstantinovka. The “Warrior” unit, together with the residents of Novokonstantinovka, the Priazovsky district of Melitopol, raised the Russian flag.
8:26 In the Kharkiv direction, the RF Armed Forces are conducting a counteroffensive. The Armed Forces of Ukraine are moving additional tank units to Udy. The RF Armed Forces are fighting for Fedorovka and Shestakovo. In the Khotomli area, the Armed Forces of Ukraine built a pontoon crossing.
8:15 Another batch of humanitarian aid weighing 1,500 tons has been delivered to Ukraine and the Donbass, the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation reported.