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Russian Perspective: Operation to Denazify Ukraine: Operational Brief May 18th (updated)
2023-05-19
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] 21:40 Personnel combat work of crews of 152mm self-propelled artillery mounts "Hyacinth-S" of the Western Military District, destroying the firing positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the special operation zone.

21:39 An air raid alert has been announced in all regions of Ukraine. This is evidenced by the data of the official resource for alerting the population.

The first sirens sounded in Kyiv, then within two minutes the red zone spread throughout the country.

20:28 Two people were killed, one was injured in the shelling of a village in the Belgorod region by the Armed Forces of Ukraine - governor

19:30 Nazis killed civilians in the Belgorod region

“Two people died in the village of Nizhneye Berezovo, Shebekinsky District, and another one is being taken to the hospital in serious condition. The Ukrainian Armed Forces killed civilians when they were in the garden planting potatoes,” the governor said.

18:56 On Seversky direction Russian drone discovered tightening reserves of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

Having revealed their position, the artillery powerfully and confidently declared itself.

17:27 Personnel work of the ATGM calculation of the 1st Army Corps for personnel, and the observation post of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

The point was located in the landing area of ​​Krasnogorovka, north of Avdeevka.

16:35 A group of Ukrainian militants was destroyed by Kursk border guards

The Armed Forces of Ukraine turned a residential building in the Sumy region into an ammunition depot. During the patrol, the Russians noticed them in the village of Gorki, Sumy region. These geniuses waddled ammunition and fuel and lubricants into a residential building.

Russian border guards opened fire and completely destroyed the newly-made BP and fuel depot with an ATGM strike. At least three Ukrainian militants have been eliminated.

16:35 240mm of the first tank army destroyed identified control point of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kupyansky direction.

15:25 Highlights from the briefing of the RF Ministry of Defense:

🔹Tonight, the RF Armed Forces carried out strikes with high-precision weapons on large warehouses of foreign-made weapons and equipment, as well as on enemy reserves. The target has been reached. All assigned objects are hit.

🔹Up to 60 Ukrainian soldiers and a 152mm D-20 howitzer were destroyed in the Kupyansk direction.

🔹More than 75 Ukrainian soldiers, one tank, as well as a 122mm D-30 howitzer were destroyed in the Krasnolimansky direction in a day.

🔹In the Donetsk direction, up to 200 Ukrainian military and mercenaries, one tank and two 122mm Gvozdika self-propelled guns were liquidated.

🔹In the South-Donetsk and Zaporizhia directions, the enemy lost up to 150 military personnel, a Strela-10 air defense system, an FH70 howitzer, and a US-made M777 artillery system in a day.

🔹More than 35 Ukrainian soldiers were killed in the Kherson direction in a day.

🔹Fighter aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces shot down a Su-24 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force.

🔹Air defense forces shot down one Mi-8 helicopter, intercepted four HIMARS and Uragan multiple rocket launchers, as well as 11 UAVs.


15:24 Details about the losses among the Belarusian nationalists near Bakhmut have become known - they fell on the Volat battalion of the Kalinouski regiment

“One soldier has died. Four more are currently considered missing, but definitely not in captivity, ”the press service of the regiment said.

Several more militants were injured of varying severity, now their lives are not in danger. The identities of the militants and the details of the operation have not yet been disclosed for security reasons.

14:21 A traitor, a native of the Volgograd region Dmitry Avdeev, who joined the Ukrainian militants, was eliminated in the NMD zone.

As reported, "Avdey" fought as part of a detachment of the 28th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He was a member of the nationalist group "South", the so-called. Ukrainian Volunteer Army is one of the creations of the Right Sector.

14:20 Ukrainian nationalists are preparing equipment for battle with an identification mark in the form of a Nazi iron cross -photo

13:35 In Belgorod, border guards detained a traitor who wanted to join the terrorist Legion "Freedom of Russia".

A 23-year-old guy from St. Petersburg, after the start of the SVO, watched videos on Ukrainian resources and one day went to the bot of the Legion of Freedom of Russia channel, through which he entered into correspondence with the curator.

13:34 In the Kharkiv region, two strikes were carried out at night on the positions of the Nazis of the "right sector" (67 Separate Mechanized Brigade) in the village of Tsirkuny.

13:34 Information has been received that in the fortified point "DOMINO" in Bakhmut there are militants from the 93rd Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, who were allegedly withdrawn earlier due to high losses.

Now they cannot leave this area because it is under heavy enemy fire. With them is another battalion of militants "Carpathian Sich" attached to the brigade.

13:34 The Russian military eliminated the chief of staff of the 10th Mountain Assault Brigade "Edelweiss". Colonel Mykola Holovatyuk, a resident of Ivano-Frankivsk, was killed in Artemovsk.

12:33 According to information from a source from the close circle of the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, yesterday in the area of ​​the settlement. Nikolaevka (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

12:33 Shoigu checked the organization of training of contract soldiers at the training grounds of the Western Military District - Russian Defense Ministry

11:40 The Ministry of Energy of Ukraine reported recorded hits on energy infrastructure facilities

More than 20 settlements were left without electricity.

11:39 Restoration work is already underway at the site of the undermining of the railway track in Crimea.

It is planned to restore the railway tracks near Simferopol and open traffic by evening this evening, the Crimean Minister of Transport said.

10:41 RF Armed Forces destroyed two accumulations of APU manpower near Artemovsk (Bakhmut) and Avdiivka

The Russian Aerospace Forces in the Lisichansk and Soledaro-Artemovsk directions attacked strongholds of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Russian missilemen hit the points of temporary deployment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, including units of the Ukrainian SOF in the area of ​​​​Konstantinovka and Kramatorsk.

Artillery fire covered the point of temporary deployment of militants, as well as their ammunition depots in the direction. In the counter-battery fight, a Ukrainian howitzer and mortar were destroyed, and a blow was struck from the TOS "Solntsepek" on the manpower of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of ​​​​Stupochek and Krasnoe.

09:20 In the Belogorovsk direction, servicemen of the 88th Brigade of the Southern Group of Forces are destroying the positions of the Nazis -video.

09:17 At the forefront of the Ukrainian troops, there are practically no officers of the VFU, a military expert, retired Lieutenant Colonel of the People's Militia of the LPR Andrei Marochko said in his Telegram channel.

In order to preserve the command staff, Ukrainian mid- and senior-level officers are prohibited from being in the so-called "red zone". Visiting the advanced is allowed only in exceptional cases, and by agreement of the higher management.

09:18 Consequences evening arrivals in Odessa for one of the objects. Ukrainian air defense systems at that moment went about their business.

09:02 In the Kharkiv region, two strikes were carried out at night on the positions of the Nazis of the “Right Sector” by the 67th Brigade in the village of Tsirkuny. The strikes were inflicted in the area of ​​the hospital, where the militants occupied empty houses. In April, the local mayor forbade the Nazis to move into the school, club and church.

08:51 APU dropped an explosive device on a sports and recreation complex in the village of Glushkovo, Kursk region. According to preliminary information, two residents were injured. Details are being specified.

08:50 Gauleiter of the Khmelnytsky region announced the defeat of an infrastructure facility in the region by Russian missiles.

In the Kharkov region, north of Kharkov, two locations of one of the brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed.

08:15 Ukrainian officer Valeriy Shtipula was liquidated in Donbas. born 1972 A native of the Ternopil region.

07:40 Destruction of nationalists in the Artemovsk region through the eyes of Ka-52 pilots: Russian crews hit targets with guided and unguided missiles.

The navigator-operator noted that the enemy's equipment was "fat" - it is easy to see it in a thermal imager. All targets were successfully destroyed.

05:35 The house, on which the Ukrainian media reported about the fall of rocket fragments, turned out to be a garage cooperative. First, no casualties.

05:29 Explosions in the Darnitsky and Dneprovsky districts of Kyiv were confirmed by the mayor of the Ukrainian capital Klitschko.

05:26 Ukrainian media report that fragments of a rocket fell on a house in Kyiv. "PPO practice".

05:14 Kirovograd region - Russian missiles clearly hit the target: at least 10 arrivals, detonating ammunition in military depots.

05:06 Ukrainian media reported explosions in Kyiv, as well as in the Zhytomyr and Khmelnytsky regions.

04:54 Explosions are reported in Khmelnitsky, Vinnitsa and Zhytomyr regions.

Earlier, Ukrainian TG channels reported a powerful arrival in Krivoy Rog.

04:05 An air raid alert has been declared throughout Ukraine.

03:18 An air alert was announced in Kiev, as well as in Kiev, Zhytomyr, Vinnitsa, Odessa, Chernihiv, Cherkasy, Kirovograd, Poltava, Sumy, Nikolaev, Kharkiv and Dnepropetrovsk regions of Ukraine.

01:40 Ukrainian sources report explosions in the areas of Kramatorsk and Pokrovsk of the DPR, which are under the control of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

0:17 Ukrainian media reported explosions in Kharkiv and Kharkiv region.

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