[NewsFrontInfo] 00:00 Russian missiles continue to fly in the direction of Dnepropetrovsk.
23:36 Explosions are heard again in Dnepropetrovsk. Ukrainian TG channels write that air defense works.
22:39 New explosions In Dnepropetrovsk. An air raid alert roars in the city.
22:20 Dnipropetrovsk region: arrives operational information about explosions in several settlements.
Presumably, the blow was delivered by our forces from the Zaporozhye region, the Tornado-S complex.
21:56 Video– Statement by the head of the press center of the “South” group
- Aviation of the Southern Group of Forces attacked the accumulations of reserves of manpower and military equipment of the 112th Separate Brigade of the territorial defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Konstantinovka area, and the enemy ammunition depot in the Verkhnekamensky area.
In addition, an army aviation helicopter combat group destroyed an enemy tank in the Kleshcheevka area, as well as an accumulation of manpower of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Menkovka area.
- The missile unit of the Southern Group of Forces hit the temporary deployment point of the 24th Separate Assault Battalion "Aidar" in Konstantinovka. Artillery subunits of the "South" group hit the accumulation of enemy military equipment in Grigorovka and Konstantinovka.
- Radiation, chemical and biological protection units of the South group, using rockets from the Solntsepek heavy flamethrower system, attacked the strongholds of the 5th Separate Assault and 9th Separate Motorized Infantry brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Pervomaisk area.
- As part of the counterbattery fight, a 120mm mortar was destroyed in the Belogorovka area, a self-propelled artillery mount in the Maksimilyanovka area and an enemy 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS combat vehicle in the Bogdanovka area.
21:29 Video- "The man said - the man did"
The commander of the Shturm-S anti-tank squad with the call sign "Kaban" serves under a contract in the anti-tank division of one of the units of the Southern Military District and performs combat missions in the zone of the special military operation.
With the beginning of the SVO, he decided not to lie on the couch, and, like his friends, he decided to go to the military registration and enlistment office to join the ranks of the defenders of the Fatherland.
He considers the main thing that the entire military team - all his colleagues, like himself, are set only for Victory
21:02 Video– Military personnel of the Central Military District talked via teleconference with schoolchildren from the Orenburg region
In the special military operation zone, a teleconference was held between servicemen of the Central Military District performing combat missions in the Lugansk People's Republic and schoolchildren from the Orenburg region.
Students and guests were very happy to see their defenders. They performed several songs for them with a guitar and read patriotic poems.
The servicemen conveyed parting words to the participants of the teleconference and thanked them for the kind words of support.
20:36 Video- The work of the Su-25 on enemy ground targets with NARs.
20:17 Total losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the National Police, the Security Service of Ukraine, border guards and the territorial defense of Ukraine in Bakhmut amounted to 39,000 people, excluding the losses of the last week
Ukraine has lost 23,000 killed, the rest are seriously wounded or are about to see the Creator. According to preliminary data, the material and technical losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine amounted to more than $7.8 billion and about $2 billion of ammunition and fuel. PMC Wagner units shot down 23 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force and more than 2,700 UAVs of various modifications.
20:12 What is important to understand according to Artemovsk and according to environment generally
1. Artemovsk is not the end yet. Around it are the largest fortifications of the Armed Forces of Ukraine - Konstantinovka, Chasov Yar, Druzhkovka, Toretsk, Slavyansk, Kramatorsk with a group of thousands. The issue with these points on the map has yet to be resolved, so the "orchestra" will go on vacation, but, apparently, will return if necessary.
2. Now the situation with the flanks will be decided, on which the main attention will switch. The Armed Forces of Ukraine have concentrated significant forces there, but it has not yet been possible to properly dispose of them - the losses are very large. According to preliminary data, the garrison of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Khromovo was almost completely destroyed.
3. Many predicted the offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the 20th of May. Artemovsk is taken, on the calendar May 20th. The offensive plans, in principle, and in the DPR and LPR, in particular, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have not been abandoned.
These plans have been prepared, and the equipment and people that we managed to accumulate and save are being pulled up to the front line. By all indications, activation could begin in the coming days.
20:00 Video– Ukrainian soldiers fleeing from the “Airplane” area of Artemovsk (Bakhmut).
19:23 Video- Development of local products by Wagners in Artemovsk (Bakhmut) - it is now possible and necessary to uncork locally produced sparkling wine.
18:42 Audio recording– We are publishing an addendum to Yevgeny Prigozhin’s address.
18:20 Liberation of Bakhmut condition as of May 20, 2023
After the flight of the 60th and 93rd Separate Mechanized Brigades, as well as 241 brigades of the defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from the southwestern outskirts of Bakhmut, the assault detachments of the Wagner PMC completely liberated the city. Until May 25, the territories will be cleaned from the presence of Ukrainian formations.
- Despite the long-awaited success, the situation at the front is only approaching the active phase. The Armed Forces of Ukraine lost tens of thousands of people during the defense of Artemovsk (Bakhmut) and Soledar, but parts of the strategic reserve were not involved.
- New formations from the 9th and 10th Army Corps are in the rear areas and are preparing for an attack. The radio interceptions of the members of the Armed Forces of Ukraine indicated the third week of May as a possible start of the offensive.
In recent weeks, artillery units have been preparing guns for intensive shelling, and ammunition has been brought to warehouses. And at the tactical level, combat orders have already been sent out.
- Artemovsk (Bakhmut) was liberated, and this victory will go down in history as one of the largest battles. And it is precisely its fall that can become a catalyst for the start of the long-awaited offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Taking into account the flank attacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Bakhmut, the accumulation of formations in the Zaporozhye and South-Donetsk directions, as well as in the Kupyansko-Svatovsky direction, it is there that the main attacks of the enemy should be expected.
17:50 Video- Minus the Polish Crab from the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Seversk DPR.
17:26 Video- Another Ukrainian combat vehicle caught a Krasnopol artillery round.
16:47 Video- Army aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces in the area of the special operation.
16:29 From May 25, Wagner PMC will pull back their units from Bakhmut (Artemovsk) for rest and retraining, Prigozhin said.
During this time, defense lines will be created, then the city will be transferred to the Ministry of Defense. The PMC will return when the Russian Federation needs help.
16:17 Video– Statement by the head of the press center of the Zapad group
- In the course of hostilities in the Kupyansk direction, artillery crews of the Zapad group of troops destroyed two enemy mortar crews in the area of the settlements of Seroyarskoye and Novoselovskoye with fire from 152mm Msta-S and Msta-B howitzers.
- In addition, a special-purpose unit using Lancet loitering ammunition destroyed the P-18 air defense radar near the Seroyarskoye settlement and the electronic warfare mobile station near the Prikolotnoye settlement.
- Three attempts to rotate enemy units in the area of the settlements of Dvurechnaya, Sinkovka, Novoselovskoye were thwarted.
- The group's aviation carried out strikes on the concentration of personnel, weapons and military equipment of the 14th Separate Mechanized Brigade and units of the TerO.
16:00 Video- We are publishing a statement by E. Prigozhin about the capture of the settlement of Bakhmut by the forces of PMC "Wagner".
The full video of the hoisting of the flags, due to the limited possibilities of the Internet, will be shown from 18:00 to 20:00.
15:33 According to the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for May 20 toconditionat 15:30 additional information was received about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:
n.p. Alexandrovka:
- on st. Chelyuskintsev, 94 wounded teenage boy born in 2005 #ChildrenNotTarget and a man born in 1975
Information was received about damage as a result of artillery attack of the VFU cities of the Republic:
n.p. Alexandrovka:
- st. Shevchenko, 236 - a private residential building, a utility building was also damaged.
Information has been received about the discovery of PFM “Petal” in the following locations:
Donetsk (Petrovsky district):
- on st. Lokhtina, Lesya Ukrainka were discovered by PFM “Lepestok”.
Information about the consequences of artillery attack and remote mining of the cities of the Republic continues to come.
15:18 Photo– Approximate situation in Artemovsk. Statements by Ukrainian soldiers about the surrender of Bakhmut, the videos of which appeared last night, come from those who were able to escape from the western high-rise buildings and fled through the fields to Khromovo. Since Bakhmut really ended there, it is quite natural that they declare the fall of the city.
In the southwest, the fighting is still going on in the city, so the capture of the city is not announced. As soon as the surviving Armed Forces of Ukraine crawl away from there to Krasnoe, then that's really all.
14:59 Video- Artyomovsk (Bakhmut). Cleansing the private sector from the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
14:32 Video- Burning armored personnel carriers BTR-4E of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the village of Ivanovskoye near Artemovsk (Bakhmut).
14:12 Video- A large report by RIA Novosti about the battles in Artemovsk (Bakhmut).
13:47 Video– Statement by the head of the press center of the Center group
- In the Krasno-Limansky direction, ground attack and army aviation of the "Center" group of forces attacked the areas of concentration of manpower and firepower of the enemy in the areas of the settlements of Kremennaya, Chervonaya Dibrova.
- Bomber aircraft of the Russian grouping attacked the points of temporary deployment and strongholds of the nationalists in the areas of the settlements of Torskoye and Terny.
Crews of Verba portable anti-aircraft missile systems destroyed unmanned aerial vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of Yampolovka and Kremennaya.
- On the Torsky site and in the area of Serebryansky forestry, forces and means of reconnaissance of the "Center" group revealed the movement of personnel on vehicles of the 81st Airmobile Brigade, 58th Motorized Infantry Brigade and 25th Airborne Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
As a result of the fire impact of the artillery units of the "Center" grouping, the enemy suffered.
13:32 Video- A fighter of the 93rd Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine showed the destroyed T-72AV of his brothers near Artemovsk (Bakhmut).
13:16 Video- In the meantime, videos with firing from the 122mm D-30 began to appear in commercial quantities. There were no rounds for them for a very long time - the old ones disappeared, and there were very few new ones. Now, apparently, mass production of these ammunition has also been established.
13:00 Summary of Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation (05/20/2023)
- In the Kupyansky direction, air strikes and artillery fire from the "Western" group of forces hit enemy units in the areas of the settlements of Pershotravneve, Kharkiv Region, and Stelmakhivka, Luhansk People's Republic. In the area of ????the settlement of Kislovka, Kharkiv region, the activities of the Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group were stopped.
During the day, up to 55 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, three vehicles, as well as a 122mm D-20 howitzer were destroyed in this direction.
- In the Krasno-Limansky direction, operational-tactical and army aviation, artillery fire of the "Center" group of forces defeated units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Ploshchanka and Kuzmino of the Luhansk People's Republic. In addition, two Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups were liquidated in the areas of the settlements of Torskoye in the Donetsk People's Republic and Kremennaya in the Lugansk People's Republic.
The losses of the enemy amounted to more than 60 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, two pickup trucks, a Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mount, and a 122mm D-30 howitzer.
- On the Artemovsky tactical direction, assault detachments continued fighting to liberate the western part of the city. Covering and containment of the enemy on the flanks is provided by units of the "Southern" group of troops. The strikes of operational-tactical and army aviation, artillery fire inflicted defeat on enemy units in the areas of the settlements of Bogdanovka and Yagodnoe of the Donetsk People's Republic.
Over the past day, six sorties were made by aviation in this area. Artillery of the group completed 73 fire missions. During the hostilities, more than 95 Ukrainian servicemen and mercenaries, one tank, an armored personnel carrier, three pickup trucks and a Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mount were destroyed.
- In the Donetsk direction, as a result of artillery fire and active actions of units of the "Southern" group of forces, up to 210 Ukrainian military personnel, one tank, five vehicles, a Polish-made Krab self-propelled artillery mount, and a 152mm D-20 howitzer were destroyed during the day. In addition, two depots of ammunition and rocket and artillery weapons of the 110th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed near the settlement of Avdievka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
- In the South-Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions, units of the Vostok group of troops defeated the enemy in the area of the settlement of Ugledar of the Donetsk People's Republic.
During the day, up to 85 Ukrainian servicemen, two vehicles and one 152mm Msta-B howitzer were destroyed.
- In the Kherson direction, as a result of fire damage over the past day, more than 30 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored combat vehicles and three cars were destroyed.
- Operational-tactical and army aviation, artillery of groups of troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation during the day hit 72 artillery units in firing positions, manpower and military equipment in 89 regions. In the area of the settlement of Kopanki, Kharkiv region, a US-made AN/TPQ-50 counter-battery radar was destroyed.
- During the day, air defense systems intercepted twelve HIMARS multiple rocket launchers and Storm Shadow long-range cruise missiles, as well as one US-made GBU-32 guided aerial bomb.
- In addition, eighteen Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed in the areas of the settlements of Verkhnetoretskoye, Novoandreevka, Sladkoe of the Donetsk People's Republic, Kremennaya, Ploschanka and Novodruzhesk of the Luhansk People's Republic.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 428 aircraft, 234 helicopters, 4,236 unmanned aerial vehicles, 423 anti-aircraft missile systems, 9,236 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,100 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 4,859 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 10,322 units of special military vehicles.
12:35 Video- Arrival of the Lancet on a disguised M777 in the Kremennaya area.
12:26 Today the enemy againundertookan attempt to land militants on dachas on the left bank opposite Kherson.
Two boats with personnel were destroyed on the way, no one had time to land.
12:01 Video- Vushniki are sad, they say "Bakhmut fell." Of course, not yet, but the “morale” of the Ukrainians is clearly visible.
11:37 Video- Wagner never ceases to please the Armed Forces of Ukraine with spectacular artillery attack in Artemovsk (Bakhmut).
11:13 Video- The platoon commander of the battery of anti-tank guided missiles, Senior Lieutenant Ivan Stepanov, was awarded the Order of Courage. During the breakthrough of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in one of the tank-dangerous directions, Ivan personally destroyed the tank with a shot from an RPG. And in total, the unit under his leadership that day “mowed down” three enemy tanks, two armored personnel carriers and six infantry fighting vehicles.
10:49 Video– Statement by the head of the press center of the Vostok group
- In the South-Donetsk direction, an attempt by the enemy to conduct reconnaissance in force of the advanced positions of the units of the Vostok group in the Novoselka area was thwarted. Calculations of the 152mm self-propelled guns "Acacia" destroyed one unit of automotive equipment and manpower. During aerial reconnaissance, a cluster of militants and equipment was discovered in the area of the settlement of Dobrovolye. Rocket artillery fire destroyed three infantry fighting vehicles, an armored personnel carrier, a combat reconnaissance and patrol vehicle and enemy manpower.
Calculations of the 122mm BM-21 MLRS "Grad" destroyed a car and militants in the area of Zelenoye Pole, 240mm self-propelled mortars "Tulip" - the manpower of the enemy in the area of Velika Novoselka.
- Calculations of the Tor, Osa-AKM and Strela-10 air defense systems shot down two Leleka UAVs and one each - Fury and Valkyrie.
In the Zaporozhye direction, as part of a counterbattery fight, self-propelled guns in the Stepnogorsk region and two mortar crews in the Lugovskoye and Belogorye areas were destroyed by artillery fire.
10:31 Video– Grateful to fate for reliable comrades
The commander of a motorized rifle platoon with the call sign "Meller" continues the glorious traditions of his family. He is from a dynasty of professional military men - his father served in the Armed Forces, and his grandfather fought on the fronts of the Great Patriotic War.
Speaking about his participation in a special military operation, the serviceman notes that he is grateful to fate for giving him a chance to find reliable comrades and true friends, as well as to get hardened and unique experience that only the Ground Forces can give.
In one of the battles with Ukrainian nationalists, Meller was wounded. After being cured in the hospital, he had no doubts about returning to duty: "I swore an oath, and in any case, I must stand up for my people, lead my comrades into battle."
Most of the Meller platoon are mobilized, but there are both volunteers and full-time contract soldiers. “I appreciate that they are ready to perform tasks and draw knowledge, adapt, adapt and bring the SVO closer to victory,” says the unit commander.
“The primary task of the platoon commander is to save the lives of personnel. The second task is to complete a combat mission. Everything is simple. I am fighting for truth, for victory, so that the people can breathe easy and live without war, without violence, without killings, without genocide,” the soldier says.
10:15 Official summary Representative offices of the DPR in the JCCC from 00:00 05/19/2023 to 00:00 05/20/2023
Over the past day, the Representation reported 48 facts of firing by the AFU.
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy made 13 attacks from MLRS, MFOM AT2 missiles, and 155mm artillery.
On Gorlovsky 31 artillery attacks from 152mm artillery.
On Volnovakhsky three artillery attacks from MLRS, artillery 155mm.
In the Mariupol direction, one artillery attack from long-range missiles.
Having fired 171 units of various ammunition.
Under enemy fire were areas of six settlements of the Republic: Gorlovka (Central City, Nikitovsky districts), the capital city of Donetsk (Voroshilovsky, Kiev, Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Petrovsky districts), Makeevka (Chervonogvardeysky district), Volnovakha, Vladimirovka, Mariupol.
Over the past day, two civilians received injuries of varying severity in the Voroshilovsky and Petrovsky districts of Donetsk.
A total of 13 residential buildings were damaged in Voroshilovsky and Petrovsky districts of Donetsk, Nikitovsky and Central City districts of Gorlovka, as well as four civil infrastructure facilities.
In the previous day, 59 artillery attacks were recorded from the side of the VFU.
10:00 Front summary on the morning of 05/20/2023
In the Zaporozhye direction, Ukrainian troops attacked in the Dorozhnyanka area after artillery strikes and managed to take some positions. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation fired on Plavnya, Kamensky, Stepnoy, Novoandreevka, Novodanilovka, Malaya Tokmachka, Charovnoye and Olgovsky.
On the Donetsk front, Russian troops attacked near Novomikhailovka. With the support of artillery, they continued their assault operations in Marinka and resumed at Pervomaisky. Also, from Vodyany, they tried to advance to Severny (a settlement west of Avdeevka) ). The Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked Donetsk, Vodiane, Yasinovataya and Horlivka.
To the south of Bakhmut, Ukrainian troops continued their attack on Kleshcheevka from Stupochek. Less than two kilometers separate them from the settlement. There are battles for heights of great operational importance. Russian units hold positions.
And to the north-west of Kleshcheevka, the RF Armed Forces, after artillery strikes, counterattacked in the direction of Ivanovsky. They were not able to regain the previously lost positions. In Bakhmut itself, PMC "Wagner" and the Armed Forces of Ukraine, with the mutual support of artillery, are oncoming on the outskirts of the city. The Ukrainian army is pulling up reserves. The RF Armed Forces shelled Belaya Gora, Predtechin, Chasov Yar, Bogdanovka, Grigorovka, Orekhovo-Vasilyevka, Vasyukovka, Spronoye and Verkhnekamensky.
In the Luhansk direction, units of the RF Armed Forces attacked in the Serebryansky forest area and managed to advance towards Grigorovka (not to be confused with the settlement of the same name northwest of Bakhmut). Armed Forces positions in Belogorovka, Makeevka, Stelmakhivka, Berestovoye, Tabaevka, Zapadny, Dvurechnaya, Novomlynsk, Figolevka, Kamenka and Kolodeznoy are under fire.
09:33 At night, artillery fire in the area of ??N. p. Verovka was destroyed by 122mm self-propelled guns 2S1 "Gvozdika" with a crew of five people and ammunition. Kachkarovka destroyed a 120mm mortar crew and ammunition for it, the loss of five dead soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, three were injured of varying severity
09:31 Kherson direction
The criminal Kiev regime continues to shell the civilian infrastructure of the settlements on the left bank of the Kherson region, yesterday during the day the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired from barrel artillery:
-- n.p. New Kakhovka fired seven rounds;
-- Five rounds were fired at the village of Kardashinka;
-- the settlement Kazachi Lagery fired 8 rounds;
-- n.p. Korsunka fired five rounds;
-- n.p. Solontsy fired six rounds;
-- n.p. Golaya Pristan fired 19 rounds.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being specified.
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the settlement Novaya Kakhovka, n.p. Kakhovka, n. p. Tavriysk, firing a total of 29 rounds from cannon artillery.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure to be confirmed
09:30 Kyiv regime continues terror of the civilian infrastructure of the left bank of the Kherson region - emergency services
Yesterday, militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired 50 rounds from cannon artillery and mortars at the settlements: Novaya Kakhovka, Kardashinka, Kazachi Lagery, Korsunka, Solontsy, Golaya Pristan.
At night, the artillery attack did not stop - the Ukrainians fired 29 rounds from cannon artillery at Novaya Kakhovka, Kakhovka, Tavriysk, Golaya Pristan.
08:10 Over the sea near Mariupol worked Air defense - enemy drones or missiles were shot down.
On May 20, 2022, Mariupol was liberated from the Ukrainian Nazis. Apparently, the rabid Kiev regime decided to spoil the Mariupol holiday. Didn't work out