[NewsFrontInfo] 22:00 Video- Ukrainian saboteurs during the attack on the Belgorod region were preparing caches with weapons in the homes of residents. Footage appeared showing the arsenal of militants being confiscated in one of the houses in the village of Kozinka.
According to a local resident, the nationalists robbed his house, took out documents, money and other valuables. “They tore all the documents, left nothing,” he said.
The footage shows that the saboteurs tried to hide anti-tank systems and cartridges in the house. In addition, when examining the dwelling, it became clear that the DRG also used it as a firing position.
21:27 Video- The work of the tank from a closed position with the task of destroying the enemy stronghold. Correction from Mavik.
21:02 Video- Arrivals of cast iron in Berislav, Kherson region.
20:34 Video- The tankers worked well for the Ukrainian oporniks in the Zaporozhye region.
20:10 Video- Ukrainian helicopters are launching NAR from a pitch-up in the Zaporozhye region.
19:52 Audio recording- Prigozhin said that after a rest and reorganization in a couple of months, the Wagner would return to the front again.
19:37 Video- The relaxed vushnik was very unlucky.
19:23 Video- Tula paratroopers, performing the tasks of holding one of the lines in the NVO zone, showed their pet
In the field life, nowhere without furry helpers. Despite his young age, the kitten named "Gosha" is already performing the task of finding and catching mice. In calm hours, he pleases with his presence the soldiers of the Airborne Forces and cheers up the fighters.
19:02 Video- Contract service - an opportunity to defend the Motherland and test your character
The signalman of the artillery unit with the call sign "Makar" has been participating in a special military operation from the first day of its implementation. He is one of those who liberated Mariupol from Ukrainian nationalists. He joined the army in 2020 after graduating from college.
At first, Makar was called up for military service and only then signed a contract:
“I came and didn’t even know anything about the army. After just a couple of months of service in the brigade, I realized that the people here are very good, sympathetic, and I wanted to stay with them a little longer.
18:25 Video– What does the Grayvoron checkpoint look like now. Reporting from the field.
17:51 Video- Ukrainian militants fired at the checkpoint in Kozinka in the Belgorod region.
17:32 Personnel destruction of Ukrainian unmanned boats during the attack on the Ivan Khurs ship.
17:00 Summary of Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation (05/24/2023)
After the terrorist attack on September 26, 2022 at Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation are taking measures to protect such facilities. And not in vain.
Today at 5:30, the armed forces of Ukraine made an unsuccessful attempt to attack the Ivan Khurs ship of the Black Sea Fleet with three unmanned speedboats, which is performing tasks to ensure the safety of the functioning of the Turkish Stream and Blue Stream gas pipelines in the exclusive economic zone of the Republic of Turkey.
All enemy boats were destroyed by fire from the standard armament of a Russian ship 140 kilometers northeast of the Bosphorus.
The ship "Ivan Khurs" of the Black Sea Fleet continues to fulfill its tasks.
- In the Kupyansky direction, air strikes, artillery fire and active actions of units of the "Western" group of troops defeated the enemy in the areas of the settlements of Dvurechnaya, Pershotravneve, Timkovka of the Kharkov region and Stelmahovka of the Luhansk People's Republic.
- In the areas of the settlements of Sinkovka and Kislovka of the Kharkov region, the actions of two Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups were stopped.
Over 40 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, as well as 152mm D-20 and 122mm D-30 howitzers were destroyed in a day.
- In the Krasno-Limansky direction, operational-tactical aviation, artillery fire and heavy flamethrower systems of the "Center" group of forces hit enemy units in the areas of the settlements of Chervonaya Dibrova, Nevskoye of the Luhansk People's Republic, Torskoye and Grigorovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
During the day, more than 60 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, three cars, a 122mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mount, as well as a 122mm D-30 howitzer were destroyed in this direction.
- In addition, an ammunition depot of the 54th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed near the village of Verkhnekamenskoye in the Donetsk People's Republic.
In the Donetsk direction, as a result of the active actions of units, air strikes and artillery fire of the "Southern" group of forces, up to 150 Ukrainian military personnel, one tank, two armored personnel carriers, two armored combat vehicles, and three cars were destroyed per day.
In addition, ammunition depots of the 10th Mountain Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the 112th Territorial Defense Brigade were destroyed near the settlements of Slavyansk and Grigorovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
- In the South-Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions, air strikes and artillery fire from the Vostok group of troops defeated enemy units in the areas of the settlements of Vuhledar, Shevchenko of the Donetsk People's Republic, Malaya Tokmachka, Marfopol and Kamenskoe of the Zaporozhye region.
Enemy losses in these directions amounted to 125 Ukrainian servicemen killed and wounded, three vehicles, and the 152mm Msta-B howitzer.
- In the Kherson direction, during the fire engagement of the enemy over the past day, up to 25 Ukrainian servicemen, a 152mm Msta-B howitzer and two vehicles were destroyed.
- Operational-tactical and army aviation, artillery of groups of troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation hit 93 Artillery unit of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in firing positions, manpower and military equipment in 107 districts.
- In the area of the settlement of Avdievka of the Donetsk People's Republic, the command and observation post of the unit of the 110th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was hit.
A MiG-29 fighter jet of the Ukrainian Air Force was shot down by means of air defense in the area of the village of Grigorovka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
- During the day, 16 rockets of the HIMARS multiple launch rocket system were intercepted.
In addition, 20 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed in the areas of the settlements of Pokrovskoye, Terny, Kirillovka, Krapivnitskoye of the Donetsk People's Republic, Zolotarevka, Chervonaya Dibrova, Novokrasnyanka, Zmievka of the Luhansk People's Republic, Tsvetkovoe of the Zaporizhia Region and Rubanovka of the Kherson Region.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 429 aircraft, 235 helicopters, 4,293 unmanned aerial vehicles, 424 anti-aircraft missile systems, 9,295 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,100 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 4,893 field artillery pieces and mortars, as well as 1,0433 units of special military vehicles.
16:30 Along Bakhmutskyi direction
My source in Konstantinovka said that the movement of the military has intensified through the settlement over the past few days:
- Georgians (I think they mean mercenaries) with equipment are being transferred in the direction of Bakhmut himself
- more personnel and equipment arrive and are located in the vicinity of Konstantinovka
- At the same time, about five days ago, a source wrote to me that the military, on the contrary, was leaving the city. Moreover, the quote, "faster than usual."
There are three options here: the enemy began to actively prepare for defense, or vice versa, he wants to increase pressure on Bakhmut's flanks, or it's just a rotation. In general, all options are equally likely.
But the main thing is that the enemy, apparently, does not intend to freeze the front in this direction. Although so far all combat activity has been reduced mainly to artillery duels.
16:14 Video- "The enemy is suppressed, the enemy is afraid": the Russian landing force holds the lines.
The fighters of the parachute company of the Tula formation of the Airborne Forces are constantly monitoring one of the most important areas of combat contact with the enemy.
15:50 Photo– The consequences of the night artillery attack of Avdievka DPR.
15:33 Video- Arrivals of FABs to Ukrainian positions.
14:54 Soldiers of the 200th Brigade of the Russian Armed Forces advanced in the area of the Berkhovsky reservoir northwest of Artemovsk.
They report a counter-offensive of the Russian Army in the Artemovsk area (near the Berkhovsky reservoir). As a result, two previously abandoned strongholds were recaptured.
14:42 Having taken Masyutovka, the Russian Army continues offensive, breaking through the defenses of the enemy in the Kharkiv region
- Assault detachments of the 6th combined arms army in the area of the settlement. Masyutovka and Molchanovo of the Kharkiv region, an observation post, five dugouts and up to a platoon of militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from the 14th Brigade and the 105th Brigade of TerOborona were destroyed, the West group of troops reported.
- Also in the Kupyansk direction, the aviation of the Western Military District carried out missile and bomb strikes against concentrations of forces, weapons and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
- The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine recognizes that the situation in the Masyutovka area is difficult, Russian troops are conducting offensive operations.
Also in the Kupyansk direction, the Aerospace Forces are conducting airstrikes near Kislovka and Kotlyarovka. The positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlement are subjected to artillery and mortar shelling. Kamenka, Poplars, Red First, Novomlinsk, Dvurechnaya, Masyutovka, Malaya Shapkovka, Kondrashovka, Kupyansk, Tabaevka and Berestovo of the Kharkov region and Stelmahovka - Lugansk
14:30 Video- The First Slavic Brigade strikes at the enemy positions near Avdievka
Structures, bunkers and dugouts, the strengthening of which all of Ukraine has been working for eight years, are now dismantling the crews of the 122mm self-propelled guns 2S1 “Gvozdika” of the 1st Slavic brigade near Avdievka. High accuracy of fire is achieved by well-coordinated work of calculations, as well as by adjusting fire with the help of UAVs
14:12 An attempt to strike at the reconnaissance ship "Ivan Khurs" of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Navy was, in principle, expected. The Ukrainian authorities have repeatedly demonstrated disregard attitude to any kind of agreement, over and over again attacking Russian facilities and hiding behind a “grain deal”.
As a result of the recently renewed agreement, the Russian authorities have stated that access to the port of Yuzhny will not be renewed until the export of Russian ammonia through the pipeline begins. Ukrainian representatives demand the inclusion of the ports of Olvia and Nikolaev in exchange, which was logically denied in Moscow.
This incident, although it took place outside the corridor zone, once again demonstrates the futility of any agreements with the sponsors of Ukraine: any hint of movement towards a “peace process” is a manifestation of the naivety used by the enemy.
Apparently, with this strike by naval drones, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are trying to force out favorable conditions for themselves in the hope of allowing ships to enter the harbors in the Dnieper-Bug Estuary, in which they are actively assisted by UN representatives. Therefore, it is unlikely that today's attack in the Black Sea zone will be the last.
13:59 APU againconcentratein Velikaya Pisarevka on the border with Russia. Several times during the day there was artillery attack of the Graivoron checkpoint and the village of Kozinka (which for some reason is allowed to return to civilians).
13:42 Video “Sometimes the Lancet is also used to destroy personal vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
13:25 Gorlovka under shelling Ukrainian Nazis
The photographs show the consequences of the artillery attack of Panteleymonovka from the positions of Ukrainian neo-Nazis.
According to updated data, Ukrainian punishers fired more than 10 rounds from the 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS into the residential areas of the village.
As a result of the artillery attack of the Panteleymonovka village by the Ukrainian Nazis, a house at the address: st. Grape, 9.
Under the aimed fire of Ukrainian terrorists, the urban-type settlement of Panteleymonovka. According to preliminary information, at the address: st. Grape, 24 damaged cars, a fire broke out.
13:17 Video– Maryinka DPR
The work of our tankers to destroy enemy strongholds
12:57 Video– Statement by the head of the press center of the Vostok group
- In the South-Donetsk direction, the units of the Vostok group opened and, with the support of artillery, destroyed two enemy reconnaissance groups.
The fire of the Giacint artillery installations destroyed the American-made ANT/PQ-36 counterbattery system in the Ugledar region and a car with militants in the Velika Novelska region.
- Crews of 152mm self-propelled artillery mounts "Acacia" and 240mm self-propelled mortars "Tulip" destroyed the points of temporary deployment of militants in the areas of Novopol and Velikaya Novoselka.
- As part of the counter-battery fight, an enemy 152mm Msta-B howitzer in the Skudnoye area and a mortar crew in the Prechistovka area were destroyed.
- The crew of the TOS-1 "Solntsepyok" flamethrower system hit the stronghold of the nationalists in the Novomikhailovka area.
The crews of anti-aircraft missile systems "OSA-AKM" shot down three unmanned aerial vehicles "Valkyrie".
- In the Zaporozhye direction, artillery fire destroyed a pickup truck with militants in Lugovskoye, enemy manpower in the Kamenskoye area, and a mortar crew in the Novodanilovka area.
Loitering ammunition "Lancet" destroyed two pickup trucks with militants in the Chervonoye area.
12:22 Video– Statement by the head of the press center of the Center group
- In the Krasno-Limansky direction, the crews of the Ka-52 and Mi-35 helicopters of the Russian group launched air strikes on enemy manpower and lightly armored vehicles.
- Crews of anti-aircraft missile systems "Tor-M1" destroyed unmanned aerial vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas: Zhitlovka, Chervonaya Dibrova. Loitering ammunition "Lancet" hit the 122mm self-propelled artillery installation "Carnation" of the nationalists.
- In the Torsky area and in the area of Serebryansky forestry, intelligence forces and means revealed the movement of personnel on the equipment of the 81st Airmobile Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the 5th Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine.
As a result of the fire impact of artillery units, the enemy suffered significant losses in personnel and equipment.
11:41 Main statements Denis Pushilin, acting head of the DPR:
- There are no concerns in the Maryinsky and Avdeevsky directions. There are Donetsk guys from the First Army Corps. They will stand until the end.
- In the Uludar direction, in addition to other army units, there are servicemen of the OBTF "Kaskad". The situation remains tense but controlled.
- The situation on the flanks in the vicinity of Artemovsk is stabilizing, the peak of anxiety has been passed.
- When we liberate even the whole of Ukraine, our task is to do everything so that future generations objectively understand the picture of what is happening and know exactly what was happening.
11:25 PMC "Wagner" lost results of battles for Bakhmut 20,000 people were killed, said the founder of PMC Yevgeny Prigozhin.
At the time of the beginning of the siege of Bakhmut, there were 35,000 fighters in the ranks of PMCs, at the best moments - 50,000, Prigogine said in an interview with political strategist Konstantin Dolgov. The Ukrainian forces have 82,000. The "Wagnerites" advanced in a numerical minority, while, according to the laws of military science, the attackers should have at least a threefold advantage.
According to Prigozhin, Wagner lost 10,000 full-time soldiers killed. The same losses were experienced by convicts recruited by PMCs under a contract. Since the beginning of the SVO, about 50,000 prisoners have been recruited, of which one in five died, that is, also 10 thousand.
The loss of Ukrainian forces in Artemivsk amounted to about 50 thousand people killed and 50,000-70,000 wounded, Prigozhin said. The goal was not in Artemovsk itself, but in the Bakhmut meat grinder, and the Wagner in it “destroyed those whom it was supposed to destroy,” Prigozhin noted.
And now remember Biden's statements, where he spoke about Russia's loss of 100,000, it just meant the loss of the dead and wounded. And for each dead, there are usually 4-5 wounded, which comes out to 100,000 in 224 days of the battle for Bakhmut.
11:13 Video- Russian anti-aircraft gunners on the banks of the Kakhovka reservoir are ready for work and defense.
11:00 Video– Statement by the head of the press center of the Zapad group
- In the course of hostilities in the Kupyansky direction, by air defense means of the West group of troops, fire from the Igla MANPADS in the area of the settlement. Lozovaya shot down an enemy Mi-8 helicopter.
In addition, the calculation of ZRPK "Pantsir-S" destroyed in the area of the settlement. Solomino aircraft-type UAV.
- Assault detachments of the 6th Combined Arms Army in the area of the settlement. Masyutovka, Molchanovo destroyed an observation post, five dugouts and up to a platoon of enemy servicemen from the 14 Separate Mechanized Brigade and 105 TerO brigade.
Calculations of the 152mm self-propelled guns "Msta-S" in the area of the settlement. Zapadnoe destroyed the AN/TPQ-50 counterbattery radar.
- Attack and army aviation carried out rocket and bomb strikes on accumulations of manpower, weapons and military equipment of the 14th Separate Mechanized Brigade and TerO units.
10:48 Video- "During the battle, one and a half drops of water goes down a sip." Senior Lieutenant Gennady Ignatenko - commander of a motorized rifle platoon. As part of his formation, he held the lines occupied by the RF Armed Forces along strategically important federal highways and transport hubs.
“For four months, the enemy tried to drive us out of there, but he didn’t succeed,” Gennady tells about the combat work for which he was awarded the Order of Courage. Let the whole Altai Territory be proud of its fellow countryman!
10:34 Our aerial reconnaissance has been actively working since early morning. Birdies reveal location and shelter of the enemy on the right bank.
When targets are identified, we instantly deliver accurate strikes from artillery and mortars.
As a rule, the enemy uses residential buildings and summer cottages as shelters.
There is evidence of the defeat of enemy manpower.
We will present a video with the defeat of the enemy from artillery in the very near future.
10:25 Video - Statement by the head of the press center of the group "South"
- In the Lisichansk direction, the aviation of the "Southern" group of forces carried out two sortie aircraft, struck at the strongholds of Ukrainian units.
- The calculation of the 240mm mortar "Tulip" of the artillery brigade of the Southern Military District destroyed the enemy's ammunition depot near the settlement of Zvanovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
As part of the counter-battery fight, the artillery units of the group destroyed two self-propelled artillery mounts, an armored personnel carrier, a 120mm mortar and an anti-tank missile system with a crew.
- A volley of rockets from the Solntsepek heavy flamethrower system inflicted a defeat on the platoon stronghold of the 57th separate motorized infantry brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
In the area of the settlement of Peski, an unmanned aerial vehicle of the Fury type was shot down by the calculation of the Osa-AKM anti-aircraft missile system.
- During the day, the units of the group thwarted three attacks by assault units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Avdeevsko, Aleksandro-Kalinovsky and Maryinsky directions. The loss of their own combat positions is not allowed.
The enemy suffered significant losses in manpower and armored vehicles.
10:17 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. Solontsy fired five rounds;
-- Seven rounds were fired at the village of Korsunka;
-- Alyoshki fired nine rounds at the settlement;
-- n.p. Peschanovka fired six rounds;
-- n.p. Golaya Pristan fired 12 rounds;
-- n.p. Kardashinka fired nine rounds.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure to be confirmed
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the settlement. Novaya Kakhovka, n.p. Kakhovka, settlement Sagi, settlement Olgino, n.p. Cairo, Sergeevka, firing a total of 36 rounds from cannon artillery.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure to be confirmed
- At night in the area of n. p. Muzykovka (Kherson region), an artillery strike destroyed the 9K35 Strela-10 air defense system with a crew of three people and ammunition
- Yesterday in the area of n. p. Udarnik (Kherson region) an artillery strike destroyed a 155mm M777 howitzer with ammunition, and a unit of the Armed Forces of Ukraine suffered losses: 5 military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine died, 3 were injured of varying severity.
10:02 Video- Under the cover of anti-aircraft gunners
In the Luhansk direction, anti-aircraft gunners reliably cover the positions of Russian artillery from massive and single air strikes. The commander of one of the calculations of the Strela air defense system spoke about this combat work.
"The radar reconnaissance post detected a Fury-type UAV at an altitude of 1,100 meters. The distance from us was three and a half kilometers. The guys left, worked out - the UAV was hit from the first missile," the soldier said.
The anti-aircraft gunner notes that thanks to the reliability of military equipment, his crew successfully operates in difficult weather conditions both day and night: “We always stand guard and cover the sky - we are fulfilling our functional task.”
09:44 Video– Military personnel of the Western Military District spoke about the destruction of unmanned aerial vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
To combat enemy UAVs, military personnel of the Western Military District actively use anti-drone guns. Some fighters shoot down the "flying birds" of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with the help of small arms.
09:29 FPV kamikaze drones destroy UAF militants near Avdiivka —video
Combat kamikaze UAVs of the 9th Brigade of the 1st Donetsk Army Corps are destroying Ukrainian Nazis thanks to the well-coordinated work of operators of combat and reconnaissance drones. The enemy daily suffers losses from strikes by such drones.
09:26 Representation of the DPR in the JCCC informs about 20 facts of firing by the VFU per day
The enemy fired from MLRS, 155mm and 152mm artillery, firing 104 units of various ammunition across the territory of the DPR.
Under the fire of the VFU were: Gorlovka, Yasinovataya, Donetsk, Makeevka.
Over the past day, information was received about the wounding of eight civilians, including two children born in 2010 and 2006.
08:29 Summary on the morning of May 24, 2023
In the Belgorod region, our troops yesterday completely drove the enemy out of the borders of Russia. As a result of two-day battles, the enemy, retreating, suffered losses in personnel and equipment, while the main "media" militants from the enemy "Russian Volunteer Corps" managed to escape, having stolen one unit of our equipment from the Grayvoron checkpoint.
At night, the enemy in Belgorod dropped an explosive device from a UAV onto a civilian car, another drone was shot down by our air defense system.
The Russian Armed Forces attacked targets in the Kupyansky district of the Kharkov region and the right-bank part of the Kherson region at night. The enemy's air defense worked in the Chernihiv and Sumy regions. Guided air bombs hit targets in Orekhovo and Pologovsky district of the Zaporozhye region, where the enemy is concentrating forces for the expected offensive.
The enemy continues to draw forces to the Zaporozhye and Kherson sectors of the front. The arrival of landing delivery vehicles is celebrated in the Berislav region.
The enemy fired 104 rounds of ammunition into the DPR. Gorlovka, Yasinovataya, Donetsk, Makeevka were under fire. 8 civilians were wounded.
08:19 Maximum camouflage and fortifications: this is how Akhmat-Vostok special forces soldiers set up a hidden position on the western sector of the front in Kreminnaya -video
“The artillery will not cover, the soldiers are hidden, the forest is visible,” said the commander of the unit with the call sign Iran to the RT military commander Vlad Andritsa, who visited their oporniks.
08:05 Frontline summary on the morning of 24/05/2023
In the Zaporizhia direction, Russian artillery attacked Maly Shcherbak, Novoandreevka, Novodanilovka, Malaya Tokmachka, Belogorye, Gulyaipol, Malinovka and Olgovskoe.
On the Donetsk front, the Armed Forces, after artillery strikes, conducted assault operations in Maryinka and in the Pervomaisky region. Also, Russian troops tried to advance to the North (a settlement west of Avdiivka). In addition, with the support of artillery, they attacked the positions of the Ukrainian army in Novokalinovo.
All areas without success. Under artillery attack of the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Pobeda, Karlovka, Avdiivka, Berdychi, New York, Yuzhny, Toretsk and Severny (a settlement north-west of Gorlovka). Ukrainian troops attacked Donetsk and Vodyany.
There were no active hostilities on the ground in the Bakhmut direction. Russian artillery attacked Belaya Gora, Stupochki, Ivanovsky, Grigorovka, Markov, Orekhovo-Vasilyevka, Vasyukovka, Veseloy, Spornoye and Verkhnekamensky.
In the Lugansk direction, Russian troops attacked in the Belogorovka area after artillery strikes. They also again tried to expand the zone of control near Masyutovka. In both cases, no result. The positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Torsky, Nevsky, Stelmakhovka, Berestovoye, Tabaevka, Kislovka, Kupyansk, Zapadny, Dvurechnaya, Novomlynsk, Figolevka and Kamenka are under fire. APU was hit by Orlyanka.