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Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: May 28th, 2023
2023-05-29
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.

22:41 The "DPR" said that Ukrainian troops fired two Storm Shadow missiles at Yuryevka.

21:28 State Secretary of the Security Council of Belarus Alexander Volfovich said that the deployment of tactical nuclear weapons on the territory of the country is "a step to contain the West so that it does not cross the last red line."

20:50 Adviser to the mayor of Mariupol, Petr Andryushchenko, reports a series of attacks on the location of the Russian military. In particular, there were explosions in Yalta, Yurievka, Nikolsky and Stary Krym. Social networks also report explosions in Berdyansk.

20:17 Reznikov said that 100% of the launches of long-range Storm Shadow missiles that Ukraine received from the UK were successful: absolutely all missiles hit targets specified by the General Staff.

19:19 In Lisichansk, Luhansk region, about 80 people from the Storm-Z unit of the Russian troops deserted. According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, they arbitrarily left their combat positions. In the Bakhmut area, about 30 people from the Wagner PMC deserted, also arbitrarily leaving their combat positions and stealing military equipment.

19:03 The General Staff clarified that at night the Russians fired 59 Shahed Iranian attack UAVs on the territory of Ukraine, of which 58 were destroyed.

16:18 With the help of strike drones, Russia is trying to map the location of potential targets for the next attack, Natalya Gumenyuk, speaker of OK Pivden, said. In addition, according to her, the Russians have recently stepped up the use of reconnaissance drones. Gumenyuk suggested that the Russian Federation carried out an air attack on the night of May 28 exclusively with kamikaze drones, since it received another batch of Iranian UAVs, while it is “quite tight” with missiles.

13:59 During the night attack of the Russians, aviation was involved in the downing of Shahedin, Yuriy Ignat, spokesman for the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said: "The aviation that we involve in the downing, in particular UAVs, is not as effective as we would like it to be. If only we had the F-16, of course, this aircraft with its powerful radar and weapons could 100% fulfill its tasks in the sky."

According to him, the pilots are at all operational airfields in Ukraine, at the same time, aviation can be used in areas where there are fewer air defense systems. “Air defense works in one place, and mobile groups work in another. In those areas where there are fewer air defense systems, fighter jets can operate. They can quickly take off, quickly respond and destroy UAVs,” Ignat explained.

13:23 The authorities of the Krasnodar Territory of the Russian Federation announced a drone attack on an oil refinery. Drones allegedly tried to approach the territory of the Ilsky Oil Refinery, there was no damage to the infrastructure, but there was smoke.

12:45 Zelensky submitted to the Rada a draft resolution on the imposition of sanctions against Iran for a period of 50 years. In particular, the president proposes to completely ban trade operations with Iran, stop the transit of resources, stop flights and transportation, prohibit the transfer of technology, rights to objects of intellectual property rights, etc.

10:52 Austria will give Ukraine demining equipment worth 2 million euros, the country's government has announced.

10:26 As a result of a missile attack on the Dnieper on May 26, four people were killed - the fate of three missing people became known, all of them died, said the head of the OVA Serhiy Lysak.

10:11 The head of the Zhytomyr OVA, Vitaliy Bunechko, specified that during the night attack, the Russians attacked one of the region's infrastructure facilities. According to preliminary data, there are no victims or injured.

09:58 The night attack by the Russians did not cause new damage to the energy infrastructure of the main networks, Ukrenergo reported. At the same time, on the evening of May 27 from 21:00 to 22:00, to cover the evening peak of consumption, the energy system of Ukraine received emergency assistance from the energy system of Romania due to the insufficiency of the total capacity of Ukrainian power plants.

In general, there is enough electricity to cover the needs of consumers, but in the evening hours Ukrainians are asked to consume electricity sparingly. Exports are not carried out, imports will continue from Slovakia almost all day, however, during the evening peak of consumption, its volume is negligible.

09:26 In Zhytomyr, there is damage as a result of a drone attack, Mayor Sergei Sukhomlin said, without specifying details. People were not hurt.

09:19 In the Donetsk region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, one person was killed (in Konstantinovka), three more were injured. In the Kharkiv region, two people were killed as a result of shelling in the Kupyansky district, three were injured. In Kherson region, one person was injured, and in Zaporozhye, four civilians received mine-explosive injuries, according to the IVA.

08:47 The General Staff corrected some positions of the enemy's total losses and announced new approximate losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of May 28.

personnel - about 206,600 (+400) people liquidated,
tanks - 3797 (+3),
armored combat vehicles - 7456 (+7),
artillery systems - 3425 (+11),
MLRS - 574 (+0),
air defense systems - 329 (+0),
aircraft - 313 (+0),
helicopters - 298 (+0),
UAV operational-tactical level - 2993 (+3),
cruise missiles - 1056 (+0),
ships/boats - 18 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 192 (+9),
special equipment - 451 (+2).
08:35 The Russian army continues to focus its main efforts on attempts to completely capture the Luhansk and Donetsk regions. Over the past day, units of the defense forces repelled 21 enemy attacks, the General Staff said in the morning summary.

07:59 On the night of May 28, the enemy attacked Ukraine with a record number of Shahed-136/131 Iranian attack drones: launches of 54 UAVs were recorded, of which 52 were destroyed, the Air Force command reported. Drones were launched from the north (Bryansk region) and south (Krasnodar region).

The Russians were aiming at military facilities and critical infrastructure in the central regions of the country, in particular, in the Kyiv region.

07:28 Russians during today's attack on Ukraine with strike drones used non-traditional routes, Natalya Gumenyuk, speaker of OK Pivden, said: "They tried to bypass the southern air defense as much as possible, so they bypassed mainly the temporarily occupied territories and then dispersed across Ukraine. What they are trying bypassing the south is a search for a new tactic, they gravitate towards the river bed to hide the directions of the movement of the "shaheeds".

06:46 At night, the Russians attacked Kiev with Shahed drones. Previously, it was the most massive drone attack on the capital since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, the air raid lasted more than five hours, said the head of the KGVA Sergey Popko.

According to preliminary data, more than 40 drones were destroyed in the airspace of Kyiv. As a result of the fall of debris in the Goloseevsky district, a seven-story non-residential building was damaged, one person died, one was injured. Fires broke out on the roof of one of the malls, on the construction site, as well as on the territory of the enterprise - warehouses of finished products caught fire, one person was injured. In the Pechersky district, the roof of the house caught fire, in the Darnitsky district, windows were broken in one of the shops and the doors were damaged.

00:20 Putin instructed the border service to provide "reliable cover for the borders" near the combat zone and the passage of military and civilian cargo to the occupied territories of Ukraine. According to him, the Russian border guards will "use all means to protect the country's sovereignty."

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