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Russian Perspective: Operation to Denazify Ukraine: Operational Brief May 6th (updated)
2023-05-07
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.

Kindly note that several entries in this article may have been removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.

[NewsFrontInfo] 23:05 A large-scale air alert has been announced throughout Ukraine. This was reported on May 6 by the online publication KostaNews.ru, referring to Ukrainian Telegram channels.

According to the publication, the alarm is connected with the alleged takeoff from Russian airfields of six Tu-22M3 missile carriers.

22:17 The Ukrainian media reported about the explosion in Dnepropetrovsk, on May 6, the Suspilne (Public) publication reported.

According to the publication, an explosion was heard in Dnepropetrovsk. “The sound of an explosion was heard in the Dnieper,” the publication wrote on its Telegram channel. It is also noted that an air raid alert is now sounding in the Dnepropetrovsk region.

21:27 Tank crews destroy enemy in the forward positions

On one of the directions in the NMD zone, in order to advance our motorized rifle units, the crews of T-72B3 tanks advanced to the front line of the enemy’s defense and delivered a powerful fire strike.

20:45 Eyewitness filmed on the phone, as representatives of the military registration and enlistment office “pack” another “volunteer” who wants to serve in the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

20:42 Personnel destruction of objects of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye direction

19:44 AFU fired at Glushkovsky district of Kursk region

“A total of 10 arrivals were recorded in the village of Krasnooktyabrsky. There were no injuries, windows were broken in one house. Also recorded eight arrivals in the village of Tetkino. There were no casualties, no damage,” said the head of the region, Roman Starovoit.

18:43 Russian drone arranged" explosive" meeting with the Ukrainian MLRS

The UAV found a hidden combat vehicle in field shelters. The militants did not try hard to disguise it, so they managed to successfully fly right into the enemy’s ammunition rack.

17:19 In Ukraine, mass burial of APU soldier

The policy of the West to “fight to the last Ukrainian” is being steadily implemented

Unfortunately, the realization of the “stupefaction” of the population by the leadership of Ukraine comes to the Ukrainian resident only with the loss of his loved ones

17:18 Result of fire damage to the place of shelter of the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in one of the directions of the NMD

16:03 Street fighting in Artemovsk continue

Russian volunteers from the Wagner Group storm the Nest fortified area, which has become one of the main pillars of the defense of the Kyiv regime forces on the western outskirts of Artemovsk (Bakhmut).

15:01 Highlights from the briefing of the RF Ministry of Defense:

🔹The losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kupyansk direction amounted to 50 people, tywo armored vehicles and Acacia self-propelled guns;

🔹The Russian Armed Forces destroyed about 90 military units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in a day in the South-Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions;

🔹The RF Armed Forces inflicted a defeat on the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Chasov Yar and Bogdanovka in the DPR;

🔹In the Donetsk direction, at least 185 Ukrainian military and foreign mercenaries were destroyed per day;

🔹The Russian Armed Forces destroyed up to 60 military units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in a day in the Krasnolimansky direction;

🔹More than 9,000 Ukrainian tanks and other armored fighting vehicles have been destroyed by the Russian army since the beginning of the special operation;

🔹The Russian Armed Forces destroyed an ammunition depot of the 35th marine battalion of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near the settlement of Velikaya Novoselka;

🔹Russian air defense systems shot down 32 Ukrainian drones in a day.


13:40 Tank crews of the ZVO destroy enemy in the forward positions

On one of the directions in the NMD zone, in order to advance our motorized rifle units, the crews of T-72B3 tanks advanced to the front line of the enemy’s defense and delivered a powerful fire strike.

"This is a bit beyond understanding for an ordinary person, but for us it is now an ordinary life, an ordinary job," said the gunner-operator of the T-72B3 tank with the call sign “Sniper”.

Tankers talk modestly about their battles. But every day, doing their “normal work”, they perform feats that will surely go down in history.

13:39 Air reconnaissance: combatworkcrews of UAVs of the Airborne Troops in the NVO zone

The crew of the UAV is monitoring the strongholds of Ukrainian militants. A fortified line of defense was erected along the line of contact between the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Additional equipment of positions is carried out at night, but, despite this, UAV units open all strong points with their subsequent destruction.

Artillery fire correction is the main area of ​​work for UAV operators. Having detected movement, the coordinates are immediately transmitted to the command post, and then the gunners strike.

12:23 Russian artillery demilitarized in Artemovsk (Bakhmut), another Humvee armored car, American-made

12:23 Every day more and more wounded Ukrainians evacuatefrom the front.

Footage from the front line

11:36 Russian artillerymen destroyed APU equipment

The Ukrainian vehicle, created on the basis of the MT-LB tractor, was hit by a Krasnopol guided missile in the Zaporozhye region. Fire correction was carried out using the Orlan UAV.

Presumably, we are talking about the Strela-10 anti-aircraft missile system.

10:38 Krivoy Rog - a series of explosions.

Ukrainian social networks report active air defense work.

Previously, one object in the city was hit.

10:38 A group of saboteurs tried to enter the territory of the Belgorod region tonight, writes Shot.

The DRG approached the village of Novaya Tavolzhanka from Volchansk, but the border guards repulsed the attack. Everything is calm now.

09:20 “An Australian was killed, an American was wounded…”: the incredible adventures of the APU mercenaries in the war zone –saw.

09:17 Explosions are reported in the Dnepropetrovsk region.

09:11 Crews of Ka-52 and Mi-28 helicopters inflicted blows on Ukrainian militants in the Kupyansk direction.

Also, in the Kupyansk direction, military personnel of the Zapad group of troops opened and destroyed four Ukrainian DRGs in a day. Two attempts to rotate the Armed Forces of Ukraine at the forefront in the area of ​​​​Novomlynsk and Novoselovsky were thwarted.

In addition, artillery fire destroyed an enemy ammunition depot in the Bochkovo area, and two enemy mortar crews near Ogurtsovo and Ivanovka.

09:09 In the area of ​​Ugledar, Russian troops maintain fire control of all roads. When an enemy is detected, a projectile immediately flies there. Oncadresdestruction of positions, equipment and manpower of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

08:58 Crimean publics report explosions in Dzhankoy. According to the Crimean authorities, the air defense went off, there were no casualties or damage.

08:16 In the NWO zone eliminated SBU Colonel Mikhail Yartsev. Messages about his death appeared the day before on the page of the Nerubaysky village council of the Odessa region, where Yartsev was from. Details about the liquidation of the Ukrainian commander are not given, it is only known that Yartsev was destroyed on May 2.

08:07 ZVO tank crews destroy enemy in the forward positions.

On one of the directions in the NMD zone, in order to advance our motorized rifle units, the crews of T-72B3 tanks advanced to the front line of the enemy’s defense and delivered a powerful fire strike.

“This is a bit beyond comprehension for an ordinary person, but for us it is now an ordinary life, an ordinary job,” said the gunner-operator of the T-72B3 tank with the call sign “Sniper”.

Tankers talk modestly about their battles. But every day, doing their “normal work”, they perform feats that will surely go down in history.

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