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[LB] Currently, the struggle for logistics routes continues.
by Ivanna Kapustyanska
The Russian army continues to storm the outskirts of Chasovoy Yar in the Donetsk direction. Currently, there is a great struggle between the Defense Forces and the army of the Russian Federation for the control of logistics routes.
Nazar Voloshyn, the spokesman of the Khortytsia operational-strategic troop group, said this in a comment to "Interfax-Ukraine".
"The information that the Russians broke through to the Siverskyi Donets-Donbas channel is not true," the spokesman said.
Despite unsuccessful assault actions, the enemy continues to attack the positions of the Armed Forces near Chasovoy Yar. The situation is currently under control.
"The enemy continues to destroy Chasiv Yar and the surrounding settlements with both aviation and artillery. The occupiers are trying in every way to gain these commanding heights, on which Chasiv Yar is located, in order to start a further struggle for the territories and shell Kostyantynivka, Druzhkivka, Slovyansk, Kramatorsk," Voloshyn said.
He also noted that in order to capture the settlement of Chasiv Yar and create conditions for further advancement to the Kramatorsk agglomeration, the enemy is trying to cross the Siverskyi Donets - Donbas border.
"Everything that some analysts and experts are now commenting, that the enemy has broken through to the canal, is not true. The enemy was not there this morning. He may have stormed there, but he was not there," said the spokesman of the "Khortytsia" OSUV.
Now there is a great struggle for the control of logistics routes.
"The occupiers are trying to destroy all our platoon and strongholds, and the city of Chasiv Yar itself, using the scorched earth method, so that our defenders have nowhere to defend themselves. The second line of defense has been strengthened. The defense forces are ready to fight the enemy," he added.
The Russian army is trying to bypass the outskirts of Chasovoy Yar near Bohdanivka and Ivanivskyi in order to bypass the city in a circle. Defense forces repulse enemy attacks.
Earlier it was reported that the Russian army is trying to bypass Chasiv Yar on the flanks through other settlements and has now begun to storm Andriivka and Klishchiivka, west of Bakhmut.
The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Colonel-General Oleksandr Syrskyi, stated that the higher Russian military leadership had set the task for its troops to capture Chasiv Yar by May 9.
In order to capture Chasiv Yar in Donetsk region, the Russian army began to use tactics that were used during the offensive in Avdiivka. The enemy drops aerial bombs on the city.
In order to break through the defense of the Armed Forces, the enemy used up to four brigades in this direction.
by Ivanna Kapustyanska
The Defense Forces of Ukraine are taking measures to drive out the Russian invaders from the village of Ocheretyne in the Donetsk region.
This was stated by the spokesman of the Khortytsia operational-strategic group of troops, Lt. Col. Nazar Voloshyn, writes ArmyInform.
"Regarding Ocheretino, the situation is such that the enemy managed to break through and gain a foothold in this settlement. Its part is under the control of the enemy. This part is under our fire control. The Armed Forces and the Defense Forces are taking all measures to knock the enemy out of there. Heavy fighting is currently going on there. The Armed Forces are monitoring this situation," said the spokesman of the "Khortytsia" OSU.
As the soldier noted, in order to develop tactical success in this area and break through the Ukrainian defense, the enemy deployed up to 4 brigades in this direction.
"On our side, measures are also being taken to stabilize the situation, in particular, to return counterattacks over Ocheretyn — for this purpose, additional forces and resources were introduced from the reserve," the spokesman adds.
Earlier, the spokesman of the "Khortytsia" OSU noted that the Armed Forces control two-thirds of the villages of Ocheretine and Solovyove. The Ukrainian military is blocking the enemy and working to knock out the enemy's forces from their positions.
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[Korrespondent] 22:03 Russia secretly supplies refined oil to North Korea in volumes that violate the restrictions established by the UN Security Council. This could lead to the US introducing new sanctions, the White House said.
21:20 At the Peace Summit, which will be held on June 15-16 in Switzerland, the leaders of dozens of countries should together discuss the Zelensky formula and create on its basis a clear plan for achieving peace, which will then be presented to Moscow. Read more in the material Global negotiations without Russia.
21:07 Turkey refused to comply with the US request to transfer S-400 air defense systems to Ukraine, said the country's Defense Minister Yashar Guler. “We are not going to transfer our S-400 systems to anyone,” he emphasized.
21:01 The Russians fired from Grady Memrik in the Novogrodovsk community of the Donetsk region - two people were killed, two were wounded. Among the dead is a 12-year-old child, said the head of the OVA, Vadim Filashkin. According to preliminary information, seven private houses were damaged.
20:53 The Russians shelled the village of Novoosinovo, Kupyansky district, Kharkov region, one person was killed, said the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov.
20:25 Ukraine and Switzerland have completed sending invitations to the Peace Summit, which will take place on June 15-16, Zelensky said in an evening video message. According to him, “this will be the first stage - in fact, the first real chance to begin restoring a just world.” At the same time, the president noted that Putin will try “to disrupt this work through various manipulations and the force of blows from his terrorists, and will try to weaken Ukrainian positions on the battlefield, in diplomacy, and in the information sphere.”
20:18 US Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines predicts that Putin will resort to aggressive tactics in Ukraine, given that domestic and international events are developing in his favor. Haynes noted that Russia has stepped up attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure to prevent Kyiv from moving weapons and troops, slow down defense production and force it to consider negotiations. According to Haynes, these "aggressive tactics" are likely to continue, and "the war is unlikely to end anytime soon."
19:14 Today the Russian army hit Dergachi in the Kharkov region with two UMPB D30-SN bombs, the prosecutor’s office reported. A total of nine people were injured, including eight children. One of the bombs hit the territory of the sports complex, injuring seven children who were in class at that moment. The second blow was dealt to the private residential sector.
18:52 The Russians launched the first train on the railway, which is being built in the Azov region as an alternative to the Kerch Bridge, said Advisor to the Mayor of Mariupol Pyotr Andryushchenko. The train left the port of Mariupol for the Volnovakha station.
18:45 Estonian MP Kristo Ann Vaga rode a bicycle from Tallinn to Kiev to raise money for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. According to the deputy, this act should demonstrate that the war is just a bike ride away. 29,916 euros have already been donated to his initiative, and the collection continues. For this money, all-wheel drive cars and FPV drones will be purchased.
18:13 Zelensky said that he held a meeting of the Headquarters of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief. I heard a large report on the degree of readiness of fortification lines in border regions and in areas of active combat operations. Syrsky reported on the current situation at the front and the organization of rotation of units for restoration, and also discussed the pace and needs in recruiting new brigades.
Umerov reported on the schedule for the receipt of weapons from partners, he was instructed to take all possible measures to reduce the time frame. “This is especially true for the supply of air defense systems to protect human lives and energy infrastructure,” the president emphasized. Kamyshin reported on the current pace of production of drones and electronic warfare equipment and providing them to the front, as well as electronic warfare equipment to cover important objects.
18:00 The Kremlin has instructed the command of the Russian army to take Chasov Yar in the Donetsk region by May 9. Today, May 2, the head of the city’s military administration, Sergei Chaus, said that the Russians have come close and fighting is already taking place on the outskirts of the city. About whether the Russians will be able to fulfill the deadline to capture a settlement before May 9, as well as about scorched earth tactics, double assaults and battles on the outskirts - in the material Battles on the outskirts of Chasov Yar: will the city survive.
17:51 The number of children injured as a result of Russian strikes by KABs on Dergachi, Kharkov region, has increased to eight, said the head of the OBA Oleg Sinegubov.
17:36 The damage from Russian aggression in Ukraine reached about $500 billion, so the frozen assets of the Russian Federation will not cover all the needs for restoration, NBU head Andrey Pyshny said in an interview with We-Ukraine: “The amount of frozen assets is somewhere around $300 billion Today, Ukraine considers this as a source of covering the damage that this war has caused, is causing and, unfortunately, will most likely continue to cause. A quick assessment carried out by the World Bank as of the end of 2023 determined the amount of damage caused to be almost. 500 billion - this amount is not even enough to cover the damage caused. But we expect that this will be a source of appropriate funds that Ukraine will need both for resistance and for compensation."
16:59 The number of those wounded as a result of Russian strikes by KAB on Dergachi, Kharkov region, has increased to seven, of which six are children. All the victims were hospitalized, said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA.
16:33 The Russians hit civilian infrastructure in Dergachi, Kharkov region - according to preliminary information, four children were injured, said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA. The enemy also fired at the village today. Petropavlovka, Kupyansky district - one person was injured. Another person was wounded as a result of shelling in the village of Kupyansk-Uzlovoy.
16:27 Citizens who left at the beginning of the war are returning to Russia, which strengthens the military economy of the Russian Federation, writes Bloomberg. According to the publication's calculations, reverse migration likely gave Russia economic growth in 2023 of 0.7-1.2%. In general, half of those who left in 2022 have already returned to the country. In the first year of the invasion of Ukraine, about a million people left the Russian Federation abroad.
15:46 The Russians continue to storm Chasov Yar and neighboring settlements, there is a struggle for control of logistics routes, said Nazar Voloshin, spokesman for the Khortitsa military group. At the same time, he denied the information that the Russians allegedly broke through to the Seversky Donets - Donbass canal.
“The enemy has had no success. The enemy has been storming the city for a week now. The situation is controlled. The enemy continues to destroy Chasov Yar and neighboring settlements with both aviation and artillery. The occupiers are trying in every possible way to gain these commanding heights, on which Chasov Yar stands, in order to reach further fight for territory and further shell Konstantinovka, Druzhkovka, Slavyansk, Kramatorsk,” Voloshin noted.
15:09 Radio Liberty showed satellite images of the consequences of attacks on the military airfield in Dzhankoy on the night of April 30. The Planet Labs satellite recorded damage to Russian equipment at the airfield. So, judging by the photo, one of the S-300/S-400 installations was damaged by the attack, while the rest were redeployed from this territory.
14:35 There are 682 people left in Chasovoy Yar and in the entire Chasovoyar community of the Donetsk region, said the head of the city military administration, Sergei Chaus. According to him, military operations “are actually already taking place on the border of the city.”
14:04 Over the past 24 hours, May 1, the air defense of southern Ukraine destroyed a Kh-59/X-69 guided missile in the Nikolaev region, two Shahed-136/131 attack drones and a Russian reconnaissance UAV Orlan-10 in the Odessa region. On the morning of May 2, another Orlan-10 was destroyed in the Nikolaev region.
13:58 Macron, in an interview with The Economist, again did not rule out the possibility of sending the French military to Ukraine: “If the Russians had broken through the front line, if there had been a request from Ukraine - which is not the case today - we would legally have to ask ourselves this question.” He recalled that Paris had already sent military personnel to other countries, in particular to Africa, to fight terrorism.
According to the French leader, other Western countries should not reject this option “a priori”, since in the summer of 2022 they ruled out sending tanks, long-range missiles and aircraft, but now all this is being supplied to Ukraine.
13:22 During April, Russia used more than 300 missiles of various types, almost 300 suicide bombers and over 3,200 guided bombs against Ukraine, Zelensky said.
13:17 On May 1, photos and videos of a Ukrainian Armed Forces missile attack on a Russian Army training ground between the villages of Rogovo and Kuban, Novopskovsky district, Lugansk region, about 100 km from Kupyansk, appeared on Russian and Ukrainian Telegram channels. The strike was likely carried out by ATACMS ballistic missiles with cluster warheads. What is known about the losses of Russians is in the material ATACMS strike on the Russian training ground.
12:41 The Swiss government said that Russia is not invited “at this stage” to the summit, which will take place in mid-June, but “Switzerland is convinced that Russia should be involved in this process - a peace process without Russia is impossible.”
12:36 The Russians managed to break through and gain a foothold in Ocheretino in the Pokrovsky district of the Donetsk region, but the part where the enemy has gained a foothold is under the fire control of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the fighting continues, said Nazar Voloshin, spokesman for the Khortitsa group of troops, in a commentary to Interfax-Ukraine. At the same time, he assured that the situation is under the control of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and additional reserve forces and means have been introduced to stabilize the situation and return Ocheretino.
Voloshin also said that the Defense Forces managed to improve the tactical situation in the Serebryansky forestry area in the Limansky direction, while at the same time, the enemy has recently become more active in the Kupyansky direction.
12:07 The Associated Press showed what the destroyed city of Chasov Yar in the Donetsk region looks like, which Russian troops are trying to capture. In the city, which was once home to 12 thousand people, not a single intact building remains.
11:54 In Odessa, as a result of a night strike, not only the depot and department of the New Post were destroyed, but also 15.5 tons of goods - equipment, clothing, medicines, toys, etc. The depot and department together had 904 items worth almost 3 million hryvnia, the company reported. In addition, the strike destroyed the warehouse of the Agromarket store, which sells plants.
11:29 The Office of the President officially announced the holding of the first Peace Summit for Ukraine on June 15-16. The venue is Bürgenstock, located near the Swiss city of Lucerne. “The summit will be a platform for dialogue on ways to achieve a comprehensive, just and lasting peace for Ukraine in accordance with the UN Charter and international law. Respect for these principles was demonstrated by all those invited to participate in the event. The summit is dedicated to developing a framework for achieving this goal in order to stimulate the future peace process ", the message says. Heads of state and government from all continents are invited and expected to participate.
11:15 Hourly outage schedules in Kharkov and the Kharkov region today will be increased from three to five hours - this is due to emergency restoration work in the United Energy System of Ukraine, regional energy companies reported. They also warned that due to repair work, power outages could be longer than announced.
10:56 Since December 2023, the Russian military has likely executed at least 15 Ukrainian fighters attempting to surrender, and possibly six more who have surrendered or have already surrendered, Human Rights Watch has found. Human rights activists have called for these cases to be investigated as war crimes.
10:24 Kuleba said in an interview with Foreign Policy that there is no point in inviting Russia to a peace summit in Switzerland, but negotiations can take place after it: “There is no point in keeping Russia at the negotiating table if you cannot guarantee that it is acting in good faith. There is only two ways to bring Russia to a situation where it will act in good faith. The first is success on the battlefield, and the second is the presence of a coalition of countries that share the same principles and the same approaches. That is why Russia is not expected to participate in the summit. "of this summit - to unite countries that share the principles and approaches on which they will build further actions. After this, communication with Russia can take place, and Russia will be able to take part in the negotiations."
09:58 Russian strikes damaged half of Ukraine's energy capacity, Kuleba said in an interview with Foreign Policy: "Half of our energy system is damaged, and we still have to govern the country, conduct military operations and gather support from the whole world." According to the minister, Russian ballistic missiles are “the real scourge of this war.” Recently, they have been used mainly to destroy the Ukrainian energy system, the head of the Foreign Ministry added.
09:29 In the Donetsk region over the past 24 hours, four people were killed as a result of Russian shelling - two in Gornyak, one each in Kalinovo and Krasnohorivka. Eight more people in the region were injured, said the head of the OVA, Vadim Filashkin.
09:25 The number of victims as a result of yesterday's Russian attack on the village of Zolochev, Bogodukhovsky district, Kharkov region, increased to 13, two people died, said the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov. Administrative premises and the Sberbank building were damaged, and a private house was destroyed. In addition, one person was killed as a result of shelling. Liptsy, Kharkov district, another one - in the village. Lelyukovka, Kupyansky district, and one person was injured in the town of Borovaya, Izyumsky district.
09:18 Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the UN Sergei Kislitsa hinted at the destruction of the Crimean Bridge. On social network X, he published a “list of six main types of bridges for 2024”: arch bridges, cantilever bridges, cable-stayed bridges, suspension bridges, linked arch bridges, Kerch bridges. And if on five of them he published a picture depicting the corresponding type of bridge, then the picture with the inscription “Kerch Bridges” is empty.
09:11 The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense received evidence of the use of kamikaze drones by the Russians over the nuclear reactors of the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant. Intelligence releases video from an enemy FPV drone obtained through electronic intelligence. It bears the marking UT4D.TT, indicating that the drone was supplied by the Russian Ministry of Defense.
The flight path of the Russian kamikaze drone runs over the power units of the Zaporizhia NPP towards the Ukrainian-controlled Nikopol and Marganets communities of the Dnepropetrovsk region, which are constantly attacked by the enemy. The representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Moscow Region, Andrei Chernyak, said that the Russians are using the territory of the Zaporizhia NPP to launch drones, taking advantage of the fact that the Defense Forces cannot retaliate in a one and a half kilometer zone around the plant. Thus, the Russian military equipped launch pads for their UAVs right next to the sixth reactor of the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant. In addition, since the summer of 2023, the Russians began to use the territory of the seized nuclear power plant to train FPV drone pilots.
08:43 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of May 2:
personnel - about 470,870 (+1030) people,
tanks - 7332 (+20),
armored combat vehicles - 14,096 (+29),
artillery systems - 12,044 (+20),
MLRS - 1053 (+0),
air defense systems - 784 (+4),
aircraft - 348 (+0),
helicopters - 325 (+0),
UAV of operational-tactical level - 9561 (+23),
cruise missiles - 2126 (+0),
ships/boats - 26 (+0),
submarines - 1 (+0),
automotive equipment and tank trucks - 16,224 (+49),
special equipment - 1988 (+8).
08:17 Over the past 24 hours, 121 military clashes took place at the front, the General Staff reported in its morning report. In particular, the Defense Forces repelled 39 attacks in the Avdeevsky direction - in the areas of the settlements of Kalinovo, Arkhangelskoye, Progress, Ocheretino, Sokol, Solovyevo, Novopokrovskoye, Semenovka, Umanskoye, Yasnobrodovka, Netaylovo, Pervomaiskoye, Donetsk region. In the Novopavlovsk direction, the enemy tried 22 times to break through the defenses of Ukrainian troops in the areas of Krasnohorivka, Georgievka, Novomikhailovka, Vodyanoye and Urozhainy, Donetsk region.
In the Bakhmut direction, 20 attacks were repelled in the areas of Belogorovka, Lugansk region, as well as Verkhnekamensky, Sporny, Novy Donetsk regions; in Limansky - 14 attacks in the areas of Grekovka, Novoegorovka, Nevsky and Serebryansky forestry in the Lugansk region, as well as Ternov in the Donetsk region; in Kupyansky - 14 attacks in the areas of Petropavlovka, Ivanovka, Kislovka, Kotlyarivka, Berestovoy, Kopanok of the Kharkov region and Stelmakhovka of the Lugansk region; on Orekhovsky - two attacks in the districts of Staromayorsky, Donetsk region and Rabotino, Zaporozhye region; on Kherson - nine attacks on the left bank of the Dnieper.
07:32 The Russian Ministry of Defense announced the destruction and interception of 12 drones overnight, of which five were over the territory of the Bryansk region, one over the Kursk region, one over the Belgorod region, two over the Rostov region and three over the territory of the Krasnodar region. According to local authorities, as a result of a UAV attack in the Kursk region, power lines were damaged and there was no electricity in the village of Ponyri. In the Oryol region, the energy infrastructure was damaged; in the Glazunovsky and Sverdlovsk regions, the power supply was partially disrupted. Russian public pages also write about a drone attack on the village of Afipsky in the Krasnodar Territory - the Afipsky Oil Refinery is located 3 km from it.
01:48 The number of victims as a result of the Russian missile attack on Odessa has increased to 14, said the head of the OBA Oleg Kiper. Civil infrastructure was damaged, including postal warehouses. Firefighting continues. There are broken windows in the surrounding houses. Nova Poshta reported that as a result of the fire, about 900 parcels that were in the department’s warehouse were destroyed. The company promised to compensate the declared cost of shipments.
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[Korrespondent] In the Avdeevsky direction, the Ukrainian military repelled 31 attacks by Russian invaders, in Bakhmutsky - 19.
Over the past 24 hours, 106 military clashes have been recorded, with Russian troops attacking in seven directions. The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces announced this in an evening report on Thursday, May 2.
In total, Russian troops carried out two missile and 58 air strikes, and carried out 89 attacks from multiple launch rocket systems on positions of Ukrainian troops and populated areas.
In the Kupyansk direction, soldiers of the Ukrainian Armed Forces repelled nine attacks in the areas of the settlements of Sinkovka, Novoegorovka, Kislovka, Berestovo in the Kharkov region; Stelmakhovka, Lugansk region.
In the Limansky direction, the Defense Forces repelled 12 attacks in the Grekovka, Nevsky and Serebryansky forestry areas of the Lugansk region; settlements Terny, Yampolevka, Torskoye, Donetsk region.
In the Bakhmut direction, soldiers repelled 19 attacks in the areas of Belogorovka settlements, Lugansk region; Verkhnekamennoye, Razdolevka, Vyemka, Spornoye, Novy, Klishchievka and Ivanovskoye in the Donetsk region, where the enemy, with the support of aviation, tried to improve the tactical situation.
In the Avdeevsky direction, 31 attacks were repelled in the areas of the settlements of Arkhangelskoye, Sokol, Semenovka, Umanskoye, Kalinovoe, Yasnobrodovka, Netaylovo and Pervomaiskoye in the Donetsk region, where the enemy tried to oust Ukrainian Armed Forces units from their occupied lines.
In the Novopavlovsk direction, the Defense Forces continue to contain the enemy in the areas of the settlements of Konstantinovka and Urozhaynoye, Donetsk region, where the Russians, with the support of aviation, tried to break through the defense 13 times.
In the Orekhovsky direction, the enemy made one attack on the positions of Ukrainian defenders in the Robotinoye area of the Zaporozhye region.
In the Kherson direction, the occupiers do not abandon their intention to oust units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces from their bridgeheads on the left bank of the Dnieper. Thus, within 24 hours, three unsuccessful attacks were carried out on the positions of Ukrainian troops in the area of the village of Krynki, Kherson region.
During the day, Defense Forces aircraft carried out strikes on nine areas where personnel were concentrated and on an enemy anti-aircraft missile system. Units of the missile forces hit two ammunition depots, an artillery system and an enemy anti-aircraft missile system.
Let us remind you that over the past 24 hours, the Ukrainian Armed Forces liquidated 1,030 occupiers. Since the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Russian army has lost 470,870 soldiers.
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[EngMilRu] The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
Units of the Zapad Group of Forces improved the tactical situation along the front lines, and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 3rd Assault Brigade, 30th, 67th Mechanised brigades, 13th, and 31st Ukrainian National Guard brigades near Sinkovka, Borovaya, and Kupyansk (Kharkov region).
Five counter-attacks launched by assault detachments of the AFU 77th Airmobile Brigade, 110th Territorial Defence Brigade, and 1st Ukrainian National Guard Brigade were repelled near Novoselkovskoye, Stelmakhovka (Lugansk People's Republic), and Kislovka (Kharkov region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 150 Ukrainian troops, one tank, and five motor vehicles.
In course of counter-battery warfare, one Polish-made 155mm self-propelled artillery system, one U.S-made 155mm M777 howitzer and one U.S.-made M198 howitzer, one 152mm 2S3 Akatsiya self-propelled howitzer, one 152mm D-20 howitzer, and two 122mm D-30 howitzers were neutralised.
Units of the Yug Group of Forces captured more advantageous lines and inflicted losses on mercenaries of the Foreign Legion units, 79th, 92nd Air Assault brigades, 46th, 81st Airmobile brigades, 28th, 93rd Mechanised brigades, 107th, and 112th Territorial Defence brigades near Belogorovka, Grigorovka, Maksimilyanovka, Konstantinovka, Krasnogorovka, and Paraskoviyevka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 270 Ukrainian troops, one tank, and four motor vehicles.
In the course of counter-battery warfare, one 152mm Msta-B howitzer, one 152mm D-20 howitzer, one 122mm D-30 howitzer, one Nota electronic warfare station, and three field ammunition depots were destroyed.
Units of Tsentr Group of Forces liberated Berdichi (Donetsk People's Republic), improved the tactical situation, and inflicted losses on units of the AFU 59th Motorised Infantry Brigade, 42nd, 47th Mechanised brigades, and 109th Territorial Defence Brigade near Vozdvizhenka, Kalinovo, Sokol, Novopokrovskoye, and Progress (Donetsk People's Republic).
10 counter-attacks launched by assault detachments of the AFU 78th Separate Air Assault Regiment, 68th Jaeger Brigade, 142nd Infantry Brigade, 23rd, 24th, 100th, 115th Mechanised brigades were repelled near Leninskoye, Novokalinovo, Ocheretino, Solovyevo, Semyonovka, Netaylovo (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 380 Ukrainian troops, five armoured fighting vehicles, eight motor vehicles, one German-made PzH 2000 self-propelled artillery system, and one 155mm U.S.-made M777 howitzer.
Units of the Vostok Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and inflicted losses on units of the AFU 58th Motorised Infantry Brigade and 72nd Mechanised Brigade near Urozhaynoye, Makarovka, and Vodyanoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
One counter-attack launched by an assault detachment of the AFU 128th Territorial Defence Brigade was repelled near Staromayorskoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted up to 100 Ukrainian troops, two U.S.-made 155mm M777 howitzers, and one U.S.-made M198 howitzer.
Units of the Dnepr Group of Forces delivered strikes on manpower clusters of the AFU 35th, 37th Naval Infantry brigades, 121st, and 126th Territorial Defence brigades near Orekhov (Zaporozhye region), Mikhailovka, Ivanovka, and Tyaginka (Kherson region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 30 Ukrainian troops, two motor vehicles, and one U.S.-made 105mm M119 howitzer.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Groups of Forces of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation destroyed two U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS combat vehicles, one missile and ammunition production plant, one AFU missile and tube artillery weaponry depot, as well as engaged AFU manpower and hardware in 117 areas.
Over the past 24 hours, air defence units shot down 25 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles, two French-made Hammer guided aerial bombs, as well as three U.S.-made HIMARS and Uragan MLRS projectiles.
In total, 593 airplanes, 270 helicopters, 23,673 unmanned aerial vehicles, 509 air-to-air missile systems, 15,898 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,277 MLRS combat vehicles, 9,246 field artillery guns and mortars, and 21,441 special military vehicles have been neutralised since the beginning of the special military operation.
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[NewsFront] 23:59 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 05/02/2024 to 00:00 05/03/2024.
A toyal of 29 facts of armed attacks by the UFU were recorded by the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC over the past 24 hours.
There were no reports of civilian casualties.
DAMAGED:
Two cars.
Three residential buildings.
One civil infrastructure facility.
A total of 12 artillery attacks in the Donetsk direction.
A total of 17 artillery attacks in the Gorlovka direction.
A total of 86 units of various ammunition were fired.
21:50 Sumy region
A new series of strikes by the Russian Aerospace Forces. Tactical aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forcesrevealsenemy positions for high-precision strikes.
20:51 Statements by representatives of the “West”, “South”, “Center”, “East” and “Dnepr” groups on the progress of the special military operation (as of May 2, 2024) –video.
19:43 Telegram channel “Fisherman":
Vrem'yevsky direction: the offensive of the Russian Armed Forces on Urozhaynoye.
Over the past months, Russian troops have been trying to regain the initiative in the Urozhaynoe-Staromayorskoye sector. Last week, massive strikes were carried out on the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, which provided the Russian Armed Forces with the opportunity to make a leap forward.
Assault groups of the Russian Armed Forces advanced several hundred meters, occupying the territory of a former farm and hangars for agricultural machinery in Urozhainy. The village was lost last summer during the counter-offensive of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
According to the latest data, Russian troops have gained a foothold on the southern outskirts of the village. Artillery and aviation operate in its central and northern parts, suppressing enemy firing points and strongholds. All that remains of the settlements themselves are their names. Most of the buildings were destroyed by regular attacks.
The assault on the farm territory is important due to its location on a small hill: the rest of Urozhaynoye (as well as Staromayorskoye) are located in a lowland near the river. But relying on the occupied positions, it will be possible to develop success in the direction of heights and landings to the east, which will make it possible to align the front along the Urozhaynoye - Novodonetskoye line.
18:20 Special military operation. Situation on May 2 –map.
17:41 Kherson direction.
Reported, that this afternoon the aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces worked on identified enemy positions on the right bank.
Our UVAB-250 and UVAB-500 smashed enemy fortified positions to pieces.
16:32 Krivoy Rog. Explosion.
Single powerful explosion thundered at a military industrial enterprise in the suburbs of Krivoy Rog. The strike was carried out by our Iskander OTRK missile. Local public pages write about a bright flash.
15:22 Around 14.50 Moscow time suppressed another attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack using aircraft-type UAVs against targets on the territory of the Russian Federation.
Duty air defense systems destroyed a Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle over the territory of the Belgorod region.
14:24 Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported on the liberation of the village of Berdychi. The clearing of the village has been completed.
13:10 Opponent acknowledges the loss of the southern outskirts of Urozhainy (Vrem'evsky ledge), where Russian attack aircraft had already gained a foothold, as well as half of Arkhangelsk (Ocheretinsky breakthrough).
The enemy tried to counterattack in Arkhangelsk in order to stabilize the situation, but the enemy counterattack was successfully repulsed.
12:22 According to Arkhangelsk. RF Armed Forces advanced approximately to the center of the village. The enemy still remains in the northern and northwestern parts of Arkhangelsk. The main line of defense is already west of Arkhangelsk. The transition of the village to the control of the RF Armed Forces took a relatively short time.
12:05 Information is received from Arkhangelsk about the alignment of the flanks from the Keramik side. They took the so-called pocket.
11:51 Su-25 attack aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forcesripped offrotation of enemy units and destroyed hangars with Ukrainian Armed Forces equipment in the area of responsibility of the Vostok group of troops. The strike was carried out by unguided aircraft missiles at given coordinates.
11:28 Situation on Chasov Yar:
The 98th Airborne Division of the Airborne Forces managed to push through the defenses south of the “Canal” microdistrict and reach the “Seversky Donets-Donbass” canal. The forest south of the railway is completely controlled by paratroopers.
Paratroopers are enveloping the eastern microdistrict from the south, while the Deciduous Forest north of the railway is in the gray zone where enemy forces are actively working, and to the south the forest is under the control of paratroopers.
10:40 Summary on the morning of May 2, 2024
In the first half of the night, the Russian Armed Forces launched missile attacks on targets in Odessa and Kharkov. As a result of the strike on the target in Odessa, a powerful fire broke out, the enemy announced the defeat of the sorting depot of the New Post, which is used to solve the logistics problems of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Russian regions repelled a raid by enemy UAVs. In the Smolensk region, the governor reported an attack on a civilian energy infrastructure facility. In the Rostov region, in the area of ??Novoshakhtinsk and Kamensk-Shakhtinsky, two UAVs were destroyed. In the Bryansk region, three drones were destroyed over the Starodubsky municipal district and the Pogarsky district. In the Oryol region, in the Glazunovsky and Sverdlovsk districts, energy infrastructure facilities were damaged. In the Kursk region, a Ukrainian UAV was shot down over the Oboyansky district, and power lines were damaged in the village of Ponyri.
There are no changes in the Kherson direction. The enemy is increasing attacks with cluster artillery munitions in the Krynok area and is actively using drones along the entire front. It sets fire to forest areas on our coast with incendiary ammunition.
On the Zaporozhye Front, despite statements from a number of respected sources and military reports about the capture of Rabotino, heavy fighting continues for the populated area. The Ministry of Defense also did not report the liberation of the village. There are battles going on northwest of Verbovoy, the enemy is actively mining the area, slowing down the advance of our troops.
In the Vrem'evsky direction they report the advance of the Russian Armed Forces in the Urozhainy area. Our advanced units are consolidating in the southern part of the village. FAB and UMPC strikes are carried out on the enemy rear in the Makarovka area.
Despite the battles west of Novomikhailovka in the South Donetsk direction, our information about the occupation of Paraskovievka by the Russian Armed Forces so far also turned out to be hasty. In the morning, during a clash on the approaches, our units failed to advance and gain a foothold. The enemy is defending himself with FPV drones. In Krasnogorovka, fighting continues in the central part of the village near the fireproof plant.
In the south of the Pokrovsky direction, the Russian Armed Forces are advancing to Netailovo and cutting off the front bulge along the Pervomaiskoye-Nevelskoye line. On the Ocheretinsky ledge yesterday, the Russian Armed Forces rushed into Arkhangelskoye, the zone of control at Solovyevo and to the north-west of Ocheretino is expanding.
In the direction to Chasov Yar, the eastern microdistrict is being covered from the south, the Russian Armed Forces have reached the Seversky Donets - Donbass water channel.
Artillery attack of the Belgorod region continues. The village of Krasnoye, Shebekinsky urban district, the village of Yasnye Zori, Belgorod district, and the village of Voznesenovka, Shebekinsky urban district, were attacked by the Ukrainian Armed Forces using kamikaze drones. The village of Stary Khutor, Valuysky urban district, came under fire from the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
In the Kursk region, Elizavetovka in the Glushkovsky district, the Krupets checkpoint and Kozino in the Rylsky district were shelled. None of the residents were injured. During the day, drones were neutralized by electronic warfare equipment near the villages of Gordeevka, Korenevsky district, Gornal, Sudzhansky district, Begoshcha and the village of Staraya Nikolaevka, Rylsky district. Several more UAVs were destroyed in Tyotkino.
The enemy fired 131 rounds of ammunition at the civilian population of the DPR; a civilian was wounded in Gorlovka.
09:45 Criminal Kyiv regime continues to fire at the civilian infrastructure of settlements on the left bank of the Kherson region, yesterday during the day the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired from cannon artillery:
-- n.p. Novaya Kakhovka seven rounds;
-- to n.p. Chulakovka four rounds;
-- n.p. Prince-Grigoryevka three rounds;
-- n.p. Alyosha five rounds;
-- n.p. Kakhovka four rounds.
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the village. Proletarka, n.p. Novaya Mayachka, n.p. Korsunka, n.p. Aleshki, n.p. Kakhovka firing a total of 17 rounds from cannon artillery.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being determined.
09:26 Telegram channel “WarGonzo":
Frontline report for the morning 05/02/2024
- Zaporozhye Front. In Rabotino, the Armed Forces of Ukraine abandoned some of their positions, retreating to more advantageous positions for defense, since, apparently, it is becoming simply impossible to remain in a village that has been completely razed to the ground. For the same reason, part of Rabotino is a gray area. There is virtually nowhere for our troops to gain a foothold there. In any case, even though Ukrainian troops are retreating further north, it is too early to talk about complete control over the populated area.
– Donetsk front. Encounter fighting continues in Netailovo and in the Umansky area. No significant progress. In the area of ??Semyonovka and Berdychi, the Russian Armed Forces continue to gradually move west. In the Solovyovo area, Russian troops are developing an offensive in the direction of the village of Sokol.
Also, the Russian Armed Forces were able to level the northern flank, cutting off part of the pocket that formed between Solovyovo and Ocheretino. In the area of ??this settlement there are also advances to the northwest towards Novoaleksandrovka and to the northeast, where Russian troops were able to fight and gain a foothold on the territory of Arkhangelsk. In the same direction, the Russian Armed Forces are trying to develop an offensive from Novokalinovo and Keramika.
– Chasovoyarsk direction. The destruction of positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces continues through strikes using long-range weapons. On the eastern outskirts, oncoming battles continue, without much progress. But from the southern flank of the Kanal microdistrict, Russian troops managed to expand the zone of control. If we take into account the parallel advance from Bogdanovka, it turns out that the eastern outskirts of Chasov Yar will soon risk ending up in “Kleschi”. Ukrainian troops continue to transfer reserves to this section of the front.
08:46 During last night suppressed another attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a series of terrorist attacks using aircraft-type UAVs against targets on the territory of the Russian Federation.
Duty air defense systems destroyed and intercepted 12 Ukrainian UAVs, of which: five over the territory of the Bryansk region, one over the territory of the Kursk region, one over the territory of the Belgorod region, two over the territory of the Rostov region and three over the territory of the Krasnodar region.
08:02 Official summary Representative offices of the DPR in the JCCC
A total 36 facts of armed attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces were recorded by the DPR representative office in the JCCC.
Information was received about a civilian being injured.
Damaged:
Three residential buildings,
One car destroyed
One civil infrastructure facility.
Five attacks from the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Donetsk direction.
A total 31 attacks from the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Gorlovka direction.
In total, the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired 131 units of various ammunition.
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[Regnum] The official representative of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Maria Zakharova, called on London to prepare for the fact that the Kiev regime, like terrorists, will strike with British weapons on the territory of the United Kingdom. She wrote about this in her Telegram channel.
Thus, she commented on the material published by Reuters, according to which British Foreign Minister David Cameron, during a visit to Kiev, said that Ukraine allegedly has the right to strike the territory of the Russian Federation with British weapons.
“London must prepare for the fact that the Kiev regime will carry out strikes with British weapons on British territory in the same way, as the terrorists of Al-Qaeda (a terrorist organization whose activities are prohibited in the Russian Federation) did in their time,” the diplomat pointed out. Makes sense. Nonsense
Two hours after Cameron's words were published, Reuters retracted the article, citing the need to reconsider some of the details presented in the material. As Zakharova pointed out, the British politician’s statement disseminated by the media caused a resonance that prompted London to “sacrifice Reuters.”
As Regnum reported, earlier Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov said that Washington’s decision to transfer long-range ATACMS missiles to Ukraine cannot be justified, since the Kiev regime violated cynical promises about not using missiles to strike Russian territory. At the beginning of the year, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the need to expand the demilitarized zone in Ukraine in order to ensure the safety of peaceful cities from shelling. The head of state emphasized that the width of the buffer zone depends on the types of weapons provided to Kyiv by Western allies.
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[Regnum] The tragedy that occurred on May 2, 2014 in the House of Trade Unions in Odessa was the result of a collective crime committed against the peoples of Ukraine and Russia. The main organizer was the acting President of Ukraine, Alexander Turchynov. He himself and everyone else who was involved in this atrocity must answer for what they did.
Political scientist and public figure Dmitry Perlin shared this assessment with a Regnum correspondent, commenting on the statement of the head of the “Other Ukraine” movement (former head of the “Opposition Platform - For Life” party banned in Ukraine) Viktor Medvedchuk, who named the key organizers of the massacre in Odessa, which occurred on 10 years ago.
“The tragedy of May 2, and this is a real tragedy for both Russia and Ukraine, is kept silent in today’s Ukraine. More precisely, she was slandered and distorted. In the public information space of Ukraine as a kind of act of victory over the Russian world. That is, the burning of dozens of people in the Ukrainian information space, starting in 2014, is presented in an upside-down form. But in the House of Trade Unions there were ordinary activists who had different views. They simply burned people there for their views. This is a public tragedy,” the expert commented.
The interlocutor of IA Regnum recalled that after the mass murder of people who did not agree with the nationalist course of the people who came to power during the coup, dishes and cocktails with cannibalistic names appeared in catering establishments in Ukraine, containing ridicule of those killed in Odessa.
“That is, they not only rejoiced at this act of death, but also elevated it to the culture of public consciousness. In fact, May 2 is a demonstration that it is normal for Ukraine to destroy “non-believers,” even using some medieval methods. And now, ten years after the tragedy, they continue to be happy that they burned people,” the political scientist noted.
The source of hatred that became the basis for the monstrous crime, according to the expert, was not even banal Russophobia, but extreme misanthropy, bordering on the justification of cannibalism, which has been intensively cultivated in Ukrainian society for years.
At the same time, none of the prominent Ukrainian politicians, except for Viktor Medvedchuk, as the expert pointed out, openly condemned the crime that occurred in Odessa.
“None of the representatives of the Ukrainian power “crowd” - all these Poroshenkos and Zelenskys - ever lit a lamp and called the incident a tragedy. On the contrary, the parents of the victims are prohibited from bringing flowers to the site of the tragedy. Peaceful protests have been banned many times. They are forbidden to simply remember their relatives. The Ukrainian authorities demonstrate that they do not recognize this tragedy, for them this is a victory,” Perlin said.
He agreed with Medvedchuk’s statement that the key organizer of the massacre in the House of Trade Unions was the then acting President of Ukraine, Alexander Turchynov. But he is not alone. This is practically the entire ruling elite that came to power in Kyiv after the 2014 coup. These are also the most odious representatives of the Ukrainian oligarchy, the main figure among whom was “the boss of the Maidan party” - oligarch Igor Kolomoisky (an individual included in Russia’s list of terrorists and extremists).
The specific perpetrators were radicals - Ukrainian nationalists, the political scientist specified. One of the most active among them were the numerous football fans who arrived in Odessa from different regions of Ukraine, who traditionally represented the most aggressive striking force of the nationalist movement.
“Now we cannot take them all by the skin and punish them. But we must remember what happened. We must maintain the memory of this in every possible way. Remind society of this tragedy. Of course, I wanted some kind of memorial to appear later. This is a tragedy for Russia, frankly speaking. After all, the Nazis in the House of Trade Unions burned the Russian idea, burned, as they said, Russophiles. The second of May was a demonstration of how they intend to act with dissidents, including in Crimea and Donbass. And, of course, it will be necessary to punish those responsible for this crime,” the political scientist commented.
The main organizer of the tragedy in Odessa on May 2, 2014, when 48 people died in a fire in the House of Trade Unions, was Alexander Turchynov, who was acting as the president of Ukraine at that time, Viktor Medvedchuk pointed out.
According to him, a few days before the tragedy, Turchynov held a meeting, which was also attended by the then Minister of Internal Affairs Arsen Avakov (an individual included in the list of terrorists and extremists in Russia), the head of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) Valentin Nalyvaichenko (an individual included in Russia’s list of terrorists and extremists) and Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) Andrei Parubiy (put on the wanted list by the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs). Igor Kolomoisky, who then headed the Dnepropetrovsk regional state administration, also participated in organizing the crime.
Directly on the spot, the “operation” was led by Igor Palitsa, who was later appointed head of the Odessa region. Avakov, Kolomoisky and Parubiy organized the delivery of direct executors to Odessa.
“They all must bear severe responsibility. The atrocities of these fascist degenerates should not have a statute of limitations,” the TASS agency quoted Medvedchuk as saying.
Fair retribution will overtake the perpetrators and inspirers of this barbaric crime, which has no statute of limitations, assured on May 2, the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova. She also expressed confidence that Odessa will once again become a truly free city, where people of different nationalities will live in peace and harmony.
Zakharova added that the investigation into the case on May 2, 2014, launched by the Kyiv regime under pressure from international organizations, turned into a farce, which was accompanied by gross interference from nationalist groups.
The events of May 2, 2014 in Odessa became a bloody denouement in a confrontation that lasted several months. It was attended by supporters of the Russian Spring movement, anti-fascists and Anti-Maidan activists, who were opposed by Ukrainian nationalists, including militants of the Right Sector (a terrorist organization recognized as extremist and banned in Russia). The site of constant rallies of opponents of the Maidan became Kulikovo Pole Square, where the House of Trade Unions is located.
On the afternoon of May 2, fights began between the warring parties. The townspeople took refuge from the attacking nationalists in the House of Trade Unions, but they surrounded and set fire to the building. According to official data alone, 48 people died. They burned alive, suffered carbon monoxide poisoning, or died from mutilation. More than 240 were injured.
The tragic events that occurred in the House of Trade Unions in Odessa on May 2, 2014, when almost 50 people died and several hundred were injured, will remain a shameful page in the history of Ukraine. Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov stated this on the tenth anniversary of the tragedy. He assured that the memory of everyone who tragically died then is preserved, and those who are behind this crime, which has no statute of limitations, must be punished.
Chairman of the Federation Council of Russia Valentina Matvienko said that as a result of the special operation, a large tribunal should be held, the central episode in which would be the accusations of the Kiev regime in the tragedy in the House of Trade Unions in Odessa. She also emphasized that this crime will not have a statute of limitations.
Russian war correspondent, special correspondent for Komsomolskaya Pravda Alexander Kots - about why by the evening of May 2, 2014, the fate of Ukraine was a foregone conclusion.
“After the deaths of people in Odessa, I simply couldn’t sit at home anymore,” this is the most common answer to the question why you decided to join the militia.
I asked it hundreds of times in 2014 in Donbass. And the burning of people alive in the House of Trade Unions was one of the main impetuses for the formation of Russian armed resistance.
On May 2, 2014, Ukraine, drunk on the blood of the Maidan, crossed the line separating man from ghoul. And the “civilized world” obediently agreed with this.
There were no decisive convictions, no high-profile investigations, the victims were put in pre-trial detention centers, and the murderers were elevated to the rank of national heroes. The death of the Russian people remained unavenged.
This is precisely why the passionaries joined the militia - for fair punishment for those who staged Khatyn in the center of Europe in the 21st century. She shyly looked away, letting the cannibals feel their impunity. As a result, appetites grow, and the corpse-eating state mutates to such an extent that its proximity becomes simply dangerous.
And that means we need to move forward. Go to Odessa. Not for the sake of Crimea and Transnistria. And for the sake of fair revenge for those who died defending their right to remain human.
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Emmanuel Macron has said he would be prepared to send troops to Ukraine if Vladimir Putin's forces break through the front lines - further raising the risk of NATO forces clashing with Russia's armies.
In an interview published today, the French president said the issue of sending troops would 'legitimately' arise if Kyiv and president Volodymyr Zelensky made such a request.
The Economist said Macron gave the interview after delivering a keynote speech last week where he declared that Europe is 'mortal' and could 'die' partly due to the threat posed by Russian aggression after its February 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
It also came as Russia claimed its forces had taken another town in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, with Moscow's armies continuing to push against Kyiv's defences.
Russia is rushing to advance against struggling Ukrainian forces ahead of the long-awaited arrival of the bulk of US weapons to the front for Kyiv's outgunned troops.
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Saw a video yesterday of a Ukrainian 8 person assault unit storm a Russian trench. The Russians quickly surrendered as the assault appeared to catch them by surprise. The Ukrainian soldier commanding (shouting orders) during the blitzkrieg was a woman.
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[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Emmanuel Macron has said he would be prepared to send troops to Ukraine if Vladimir Putin's forces break through the front lines - further raising the risk of NATO forces clashing with Russia's armies.
