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Russian Perspective: Operation to Denazify Ukraine: Operational Brief May 14th (updated)
2023-05-15
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] 21:58 Job tankers of the 1st Guards Tank Army of the Western Military District. Crews of T-80BV tanks go on missions several times a day. According to the battalion commander, the combat vehicles proved their effectiveness during the special operation.

20:56 Almost everyone has probably seen today the most beautiful videos with almost nuclear mushrooms over Khmelnitsky.

So, at the end of the day, we managed to find out that the 649th Aviation Depot of missile weapons and ammunition (Gruzevitsa village, Khmelnytsky region) took off into the air. Joyfully.

This strike, along with the recent attack on the basic warehouses of the PCP in Pavlograd, not only disposed of a huge amount of ammo and explosives, but also caused significant losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine who were at the facility.

19:13 Self-propelled gun “Crab” amazing direct hit

The gun was discovered from a drone and covered by artillery fire.

Together with the self-propelled gun, the artillery crew was also eliminated.

18:27 Russian artillery destroyed SAU 2S4 in the Kharkiv region

17:10 Combat work of artillery units of the Airborne Forces

Artillery units of 120mm self-propelled guns 2S9 "Nona" of the Airborne Forces destroyed the firing positions of artillery crews and reserves of Ukrainian nationalists in the southern sector of the special military operation.

16:13 Combat Job calculations of 152mm self-propelled artillery installations "Acacia" ZVO

In one of the directions in the zone of the special military operation, batteries of self-propelled artillery mounts 2S3M "Acacia" from closed firing positions struck enemy strongholds, accumulations of manpower and equipment.

After striking, the ACS crews change their firing position and fire at the identified firing points of the fortified area of ​​the Armed Forces of Ukraine, remaining unnoticed by enemy artillery.

All identified targets were successfully hit.

16:13 Footage of the combat work of the crew of the 152mm howitzer "Msta-B" of the Southern Group of Forces in destruction closed firing positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donetsk direction

15:11 Artillerymen of the first Donetsk Army Corps destroy Ukrainian militants in the Avdiivka direction

Artillerymen of the first Donetsk Army Corps, with the help of a drone, detected the movement of a Ukrainian militant in the Avdiivka direction. With precise fire, corrected by the UAV operator, the militant was destroyed.

14:06 Highlights from the briefing of the RF Ministry of Defense:

🔹More than 100 Ukrainian soldiers, a 152mm D-20 howitzer, and a Rapira anti-tank gun were destroyed in the Kupyansk direction.

🔹More than 60 Ukrainian soldiers, an armored combat vehicle, as well as self-propelled guns 122mm 2S1 "Gvozdika" were destroyed in the Krasno-Limansky direction.

🔹More than 400 Ukrainian soldiers, 12 tanks, 18 infantry fighting vehicles, as well as a 152mm D-20 howitzer were destroyed in the Soledar-Artemovsky direction.

🔹In the South-Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions, over 120 Ukrainian soldiers, the 152mm Msta-B howitzer, and the null self-propelled guns were liquidated.

🔹In the Kherson direction, over 20 Ukrainian soldiers and one 122mm self-propelled gun "Gvozdika" were destroyed in a day.

🔹In the area of ​​the city of Nikolaev, an ammunition depot of the Ukrainian group of troops "Kherson" was destroyed.

🔹An ammunition depot of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed near the city of Khmelnitsky.

🔹A Su-27 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force was shot down near Novogrodovka.

🔹Air defense forces shot down 18 Ukrainian UAVs, and also intercepted six HIMARS MLRS rockets.


13:02 At the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported on the liquidation of two points of temporary deployment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Zaporozhye

They were located in the area of ​​​​the settlements of Kamenskoye and Novodanilovka.

Artillery fire destroyed an 152mm Msta-B howitzer, pickup trucks with Ukrainian soldiers, and an enemy truck. In addition, Russian forces repelled a HIMARS multiple rocket launcher attack in the Zaporozhye direction, Alexander Gordeev, head of the press center of the Vostok group of troops, said.

The RF Armed Forces carried out strikes against strongholds of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Krasnolimansky direction. As a result, the Ukrainian Fury drones were destroyed.

13:01 Soldiers of PMC "Wagner"fired upon incendiary shells of the position of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Artemovsk (Bakhmut)

11:35 Personnel point drop of a grenade from a quadrocopter at the position of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye direction

10:44 According to information from sources close to the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, yesterday in the area of ​​the settlement Tokarevka (Kherson region) an artillery strike was carried out on the position of one of the brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as a result, a 120mm mortar crew and ammunition for it were destroyed, six servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were disposed of, two were seriously injured

09:25 Artillerymen of the first Donetsk Army Corps destroy Ukrainian militants in the Avdievka direction.

Artillerymen of the 1st Donetsk Army Corps, with the help of a drone, detected the movement of a Ukrainian militant in the Avdievka direction. With precise fire, corrected by the UAV operator, the militant was destroyed.

08:54 An air alert has been announced in the Sumy, Poltava, Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk regions of Ukraine, as well as areas of Zaporozhye and Donetsk regions controlled by Kyiv.

08:49 In Kharkiv and the city of Zolochiv (Kharkiv region), the locations of the personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were hit at night.

08:40 In the Kupyansk direction, the Russian army stopped attempts to rotate the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

This was announced by the head of the press center of the group "West" Sergei Zybinsky. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, according to him, thwarted these attempts in the areas of Kamenka and Berestovoye.

In addition, a howitzer and mortar crews were destroyed in this direction in a day. Attack and army aviation, in turn, attacked the accumulation of equipment and manpower of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and also destroyed two drones.

08:18 "Lancets" of the 88th Brigade of the Southern Military District in the Seversk direction liquidate personnel and equipment of the enemy.

05:38 Explosions thundered in the Ternopil region in western Ukraine. This was reported by the Ukrainian agency TSN.

UPD: The air raid alert announced throughout Ukraine has been cancelled. This is evidenced by the data of the official resource for alerting citizens.

The sirens sounded at 03:42 Moscow time, the air raid alert lasted about 2 hours.

05:04 Calculations of batteries of 152mm self-propelled artillery mounts 2S3M “Acacia” inflicted strike on strongholds, accumulation of manpower and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. This was reported in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

“In one of the directions in the zone of the special military operation, during the artillery escort of the offensive of the units of the Western Military District at the position of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, batteries of self-propelled artillery mounts 2S3M Akatsia from closed firing positions struck strong points, accumulation of enemy manpower and equipment,” — the department said.

03:58 An air raid alert has been announced in all regions of Ukraine. This is evidenced by the data of the official resource for alerting citizens.

UPD: Explosions thundered in the Sumy region. This was reported by the Ukrainian agency TSN.

0:22 Powerful explosions in Kharkov. According to eyewitnesses, the strikes in Kharkiv targeted an industrial zone in the KhTZ area.

0:20 Ukrainian drone attacked the enterprise "Konservsushprod" in the city of Starodub, Bryansk region, said the governor of the region Alexander Bogomaz.

“A Ukrainian drone attacked the Konservsushprod enterprise in Starodub. No one was injured, ”the message published on the Governor’s Telegram channel says.

0:12 A series of explosions thundered in Ternopil, and in the vicinity of Kyiv, they report on the work of air defense forces after the announcement of an air alert in most regions of the country.

“According to preliminary data, there is an arrival in the industrial area of ​​​​Ternopil,” the Ukrinform agency quotes the head of the Ternopil Regional Council, Mikhail Golovko.

Footage of massive explosions and a fire in the city appeared on Ukrainian social networks, while local authorities urged not to publish such materials.

0:07 Kharkiv authorities report a threat of rocket fire, there have been no reports of explosions yet

Posted by:badanov

#1   Not safe in Ukraine if you are there without an invite. Death and suffering to all Russians in Ukraine and all Russians supporting the genocide:

https://twitter.com/EuromaidanPR/status/1658102682610204672
Posted by: Flater Forkbeard8651   2023-05-15 18:22  

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