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[Korrespondent] 22:17 In an evening video message, Zelensky announced an important week in the context of punishing the Russian Federation and all its war criminals: “We are preparing several important and powerful steps to consolidate partners more and give more energy to create a tribunal for the crime of Russian aggression and accelerate the defeat of the terrorist state. It is not enough for Ukraine and the world that Russia be weak, as it is already happening, it must be fully accountable for everything it has done."
The president also announced the preparation of new sanctions decisions against individuals and companies working for the Russian military-industrial complex, and against foreign entities whose supplies help the Russian Federation to prolong this aggression. These decisions will be made public soon, Zelensky promised.
21:34 In total, during the full-scale war, 45,038 Ukrainians and Ukrainian women have already been awarded state awards, Zelensky said in an evening video message.
21:19 The Russian state television channel Russia 1 showed video footage of a high-rise building destroyed by a Russian rocket in Uman and stated that this was allegedly shelling the occupied territories of the Donetsk region by the Ukrainian army.
20:45 Russia continues to produce missiles, but at a slow pace, said Yury Ignat, spokesman for the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. According to him, analysis of the remnants of missiles found after the last strikes indicates that these are new missiles - they were produced in the fall, there are also winter spare parts.
20:21 Poland intends to strengthen the protection of the border with Russia, the length of which is about 200 km, said Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki. Almost $90 million will be spent on installing several thousand poles, video cameras and laying 700 km of cables.
18:49 In the area of Marinka in the divisions of the Russian troops, cases of collective refusal to participate in hostilities have become more frequent. According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the reason for this is large losses in manpower, untimely provision of ammunition, lack of sufficient personal protective equipment and forcing the military personnel of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation to conduct assault operations without the support of heavy equipment and artillery.
Meanwhile, in Crimea, the Russian invaders have strengthened the counterintelligence and police regime on the territory of the Kerch Peninsula. So, since April 26, the occupiers have increased the number of patrols, reinforced police posts on local roads with FSB officers who carry out selective checks of the civilian population, including checking mobile phones and the presence of a Russian passport.
18:33 Prigozhin wrote a letter to Shoigu, in which he stated that if the problem with the supply of ammunition for the Wagner PMC is not resolved by April 28, then his mercenaries will leave their positions in Bakhmut and expose the front. According to Prigozhin, on the eve of the offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which, in his opinion, will begin no later than May 15, this could lead to catastrophic consequences for Russia.
17:22 The Commissioner of the Verkhovna Rada for Human Rights Dmitry Lubinets said that the Russians opened a case against the deported Ukrainian 14-year-old girl and under this "reason" they refuse to return her to Ukraine. According to him, the girl was examined by doctors without the permission of her parents, and now other Ukrainian children are not allowed to see her.
"Just think about the cynicism: a mother is in Ukraine, she is looking for her child, and the Russians, knowing this, come up with some kind of court case - only in order not to give the Ukrainian girl away," the Ombudsman said.
16:19 A rescue operation has been completed in Uman - 23 people have died, all of them have been identified. 22 people were rescued from the rubble, and another died in the hospital. Among the dead were six children. Two people are considered missing, the interior ministry said.
15:07 The Russians fired at the village of Belozerka, Kherson region. The hospital and about 30 households were damaged, one person died, three were injured, said Alexander Prokudin, head of the OVA.
14:21 An explosion at an enemy oil depot that thundered on April 29 near Cossack Bay in occupied Sevastopol destroyed more than ten tanks with oil products with a total capacity of 40,000 tons, Andrei Yusov, a spokesman for the GUR, said in a commentary. According to him, the destroyed oil products were intended for the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation.
"Bavovna" in Sevastopol - God's punishment, including for the murdered civilians in Uman, including five children. This punishment will be long-term. It is advisable for all residents of the temporarily occupied Crimea not to be near military facilities and facilities providing the aggressor's army in the near future," Yusov stressed.
He added that Ukraine is aware of the scale of the theft both at the oil depot in Sevastopol, which was struck on April 29, and at other similar Crimean facilities. As Yusov explained, these facts, of course, expand the capabilities of the security and defense forces of Ukraine.
13:52 Zelensky said that the Russians changed tactics, and the next wave of the war began: "They have already changed tactics. They are already thinking about the defense of the occupied territories. This is another wave of this war, it is not easy for us either. Their persistence on the battlefield "What was in the beginning is broken by our forces. And today they are digging in, making defensive lines, etc. It will be difficult for us, very difficult. But this is the second part in which we are going to take the initiative in this war."
12:58 In parallel with the morning attack of drones on Sevastopol, in the sky over Crimea, air defense forces allegedly shot down one UAV, and another was suppressed by electronic warfare, said the "head" of the occupied Crimea Sergey Aksyonov.
12:03 "Superfluous" information in the media is one of the reasons for postponing the counteroffensive of Ukraine, Zelensky said: "Sometimes there is information that comes out in this or that press, and this, unfortunately, is not only the Russian press. I believe that this information "It doesn't help. It won't stop us, we'll still go ahead and win for sure, but regardless of whether it's true or fake, extra information affects."
11:31 The Russians fired on Malotaranovka of the Kramatorsk community in the morning, two people were injured, the head of the Donetsk OVA Pavel Kirilenko said.
11:10 British intelligence believes that the Russians have changed the targets of missile attacks and are now trying to hit Ukrainian reserve units and military supply lines. In doing so, Russia is using an inefficient targeting process and prioritizing perceived military necessity over preventing collateral damage, including civilian deaths, analysts say.
The "density" of the rocket wave has also changed. It is noted that this time fewer rockets were fired than was practiced in winter.
10:48 Zelensky said in an interview with the Finnish edition of Yle that he believes in the success of the offensive and that Crimea will be returned to Ukraine. At the same time, he did not rule out that the war could continue "for years or even decades." According to the president, Ukraine's success largely depends on the volume and speed of deliveries of Western weapons. "It's cheaper for other countries to support Ukraine now than to increase the risks of a third world war," Zelensky added.
10:29 At the oil depot in Sevastopol, four tanks were damaged after the attack of two drones, "governor" Mikhail Razvozhaev said. The fire is almost localized, it is planned to completely extinguish it by the evening.
10:16 In the process of identifying the bodies of those killed in Uman, it turned out that five children were victims of the attack, Interior Minister Igor Klimenko said. Debris clearing continues. The death of 23 people was confirmed, of which investigators and police forensics identified 22 bodies. One person is considered missing.
09:12 In Uman, the rubble is still being cleared after a Russian missile attack on a multi-storey building. As of the morning of April 29, 23 people, including four children, had died as a result of the strike. 18 people were injured, another 17 people were saved, the State Emergency Service said. Currently, the structures are being analyzed and a search for possible dead and injured is being carried out.
09:08 In the Donetsk region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, one person was killed (in Toretsk), 11 more were injured. In the Kherson region, one person died and six more were injured, according to the IVA.
08:46 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of April 29.
personnel - about 190,040 (+580) people liquidated, If true, that’s a really ugly number. If only half true, that’s still a really ugly number...
tanks - 3697 (+3),
armored combat vehicles - 7184 (+3),
artillery systems - 2908 (+3),
MLRS - 543 (+0),
air defense systems - 294 (+0),
aircraft - 308 (+0),
helicopters - 294 (+0),
UAV operational-tactical level - 2471 (+4),
cruise missiles - 932 (+21),
ships/boats - 18 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 5836 (+17),
special equipment - 355 (+2).
08:31 The Russian army continues to focus its main efforts on conducting offensive operations in the Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky and Maryinsky directions. Over the past day, she made 48 attacks on these sectors of the front. Bakhmut and Maryinka remain at the epicenter of hostilities, Ukrainian forces are holding the line, the General Staff said in a morning report .
In the village of Bokovo-Khrustalnoe, Lugansk region, Russian military rob the houses of local residents. And in the Kherson region, the occupiers have stepped up filtration measures. In particular, in the settlements of Maloaleksandrovka, Novonikolaevka, Skadovsk and Lazurnoye, mass searches of residential premises and phone checks are taking place. The main attention is paid to residents who have sim cards of Ukrainian operators.
07:27 In Sevastopol, a fuel tank is burning in the Cossack Bay microdistrict. According to preliminary information, the fire was caused by a UAV hit, said the "governor" of the city, Mikhail Razvozhaev. The fire area is about 1000 square meters. m, the fire was assigned the 4th class - the most difficult of all possible. People were not injured, nothing threatens civilian objects, Razvozhaev emphasized.
The head of the Ministry of Digital Development of Ukraine, Mikhail Fedorov, published a photo and video and called it "preparation for the holiday season."
04:40 A group of American Democrats is putting pressure on Biden to allow the delivery of F-16 fighter jets and long-range missiles to Ukraine, writes The Hill. The Biden administration opposes this, arguing that the US does not have extra ATACMS systems, and aircraft are not a priority for the Armed Forces. According to the publication, some US military leaders advocate the transfer of aircraft to Kyiv.
01:48 Germany intends to produce 250,000 155-mm artillery shells for Ukraine, which is a quarter of the total amount that the EU countries plan to provide, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reports. Ammunition will be produced by Rheinmetall. The company can produce 450,000 artillery shells a year. The concern reported that they plan to increase this figure to 600,000 per year.
01:19 The French Foreign Ministry condemned the next Russian missile strikes on the territory of Ukraine. Paris is convinced that the Russian Federation deliberately targeted residential buildings in Uman, which "led to heavy casualties among the civilian population, including children," the statement said. Such attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure and civilians "underline Russia's obvious desire to continue the escalation of the war of conquest in Ukraine," the agency said.
Washington also condemned the missile strikes. Deputy Head of the US Department of State Vedant Patel assured that the US will continue to support Ukraine and will do everything possible to hold Russia accountable for its war crimes, including the latest missile attack.
00:21 In the Orel region of the Russian Federation, they also decided to cancel the parade on May 9, as well as fireworks and an evening concert due to "security requirements." The head of the region Andriy Klichkov said that the procession "Immortal Regiment" will be held in an interactive format. Previously, the parades were abandoned in the Belgorod and Kursk regions, as well as in the Crimea.
00:12 In Moscow, people carried flowers to the monument to Lesya Ukrainka to honor the memory of those who died as a result of rocket attacks in Uman and the Dnieper. However, the police soon collected them and threw them away, Astra reports. One of the policemen advised the Muscovites who laid flowers at the monument to "blame Ukraine." Also, the National Guard drove up to the spontaneous memorial, some of those who came to the monument are asked for their home address.
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[RIA] In anticipation of the Ukrainian offensive in the West, they are increasingly beginning to discuss what will happen after it - negotiations on a truce with Russia. Yes, the mainstream in the United States - and partly in Europe - is practically confident in the success of the strike of the Ukrainian army prepared with their help, they argue only about its scale.
Almost no one even among the Anglo-Saxon hawks believes in the coming "liberation of the Crimea", but in any case they expect some kind of, albeit tactical, defeat of Russia. And after that, negotiations on a truce, to which, according to many Western analysts, Moscow will be forced to agree. Thus, the long-awaited Ukrainian offensive itself is seen by Western strategists as a kind of form of "forcing Russia to peace", that is, creating favorable conditions for Kyiv and the West to start negotiations.
Very indicative in this sense is the recent article by Richard Haas and Charles Kupchan "The West Needs a New Strategy in Ukraine" in Foreign Affairs. Haas is not an ordinary analyst, but the president of a key American think tank, the Council on Foreign Relations, that is, his reasoning is not abstract, but more than similar not even to a recommendation, but to an approximate plan of action for the American leadership.
The essence of the "Haas Plan" is that, although Ukraine and the West as a whole are winning, the strategy must be changed. Yes, Haas supports the demands for Kiev to be pumped with weapons, but he is sure that "the most likely outcome of the conflict is by no means a complete victory for Ukraine, but a bloody stalemate", and therefore we need to prepare to "then, when at the end of the year the peak hostilities will pass, withdraw Moscow and Kiev from the battlefield and sit down at the negotiating table. At the same time, Haas is one of those hawks who are not afraid of the escalation of the conflict - and in general "the West should in every possible way belittle Russia's nuclear ambitions."
Therefore, Ukraine can and should be pumped up with weapons, and sooner or later Moscow will abandon the military solution.
The logic is deadly in the sense that it proceeds from the possibility of forcing Russia to come to terms with Ukraine's departure to the Atlantic camp by force. And from the fact that Russia can still be forced to negotiate about it. But now it's not about that, but about why Haas nevertheless proposes to change the American strategy.
Because Kyiv will also have to be forced to a truce! That is, to refuse the promises made to him: "Peace in Ukraine cannot be a hostage to Kyiv's military goals, which, no matter how morally justified they may be, are most likely unattainable...
Even from the point of view of Ukraine, it would be unwise to persevere in achieving a complete military victory, which may turn out to be Pyrrhic ... Kyiv should not risk self-destruction in the pursuit of unattainable goals ... "
When the "season" of hostilities ends, the United States and Europe will also have a good reason to abandon their declared policy of helping Ukraine "for as long as it takes."
And even so: “For more than a year, the West has allowed Kiev to determine the success of the Ukrainian campaign and set military goals for the US and Europe. This policy, regardless of whether it made sense at the beginning of the conflict, has now exhausted itself.” What happened, why do we need new installations? It turns out that the old policy "becomes unreasonable because the goals of Ukraine are in conflict with other interests of the West," and continued large-scale support for Kyiv comes with broader strategic risks.
What are these risks? According to Haas, the West cannot supply weapons to Ukraine at the same pace, it is afraid of a direct conflict with Russia (this slightly contradicts the previous theses of the article, but we will not find fault), and the States cannot continue to be so distracted from containing China . But there is also the risk of a split in the West, and the fact that "US policy towards Ukraine may change dramatically if the Republicans win the White House in the 2024 elections."
That is, the more than globalist and Atlantic-minded Haas actually recognizes all those problems of the West that critics and opponents of the global Anglo-Saxon project talk about, and offers to refer to them when explaining to Kiev the reasons for the change in American policy and the need for a truce and negotiations. But the problem is how the Americans are now going to convince Kyiv - and what will it cost Zelensky?
Haas admits that "convincing Kyiv to accept a ceasefire and vague diplomatic solutions can be no less difficult than getting Moscow to agree to it."
The states, of course, will do their best to force Kyiv to negotiate, but the main Ukrainian problem of the West now is that it is simply impossible for Zelensky to refuse the demand to return to the "1991 borders". And if it happens, then the supporters of the war will demolish it to the bitter end. In an interview with Anatol Lieven (a British analyst who recently returned from Ukraine) published recently, this is stated directly.
What happens? The current American strategy on Ukraine proceeds from the fact that it is necessary to help the Armed Forces of Ukraine inflict at least a relative defeat on Russia, and then enter into negotiations and fix a freeze, the status quo: Russia is leaving what it already controls, and the rest of Ukraine actually becomes an unofficial member of NATO.
Russia thus suffers a geopolitical defeat - it wanted to prevent the atlantization of Ukraine, but instead was forced to settle for a land corridor to Crimea, resigned to Ukraine's withdrawal to the West.
But within the framework of this strategy, the West constantly publicly spoke about supporting the plans to "liberate" the entire territory of Ukraine, while Zelensky built everything on this.
If now, even without any hint of Russia’s readiness to abandon its goals, we start convincing Kyiv that we need to accept the cessation of hostilities and actually give up the lost territories, this will lead to Zelensky’s political suicide. Well, if the West puts forward such proposals to Kiev after the Ukrainian offensive, then, as they say, there is a fork in the road - if it suddenly achieves some success, Zelensky will not agree, counting on more (and the army will be against it). And if it fails, then he will not be able to even hint at a ceasefire without the risk of being overthrown.
And it's not about Zelensky. And the fact that the American approach is initially based on the erroneous belief that in the end they will be able to take Ukraine for themselves, and nothing can be fixed here by changing tactics and even strategy.
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[NewsFrontInfo] 22:06 An air alert has been declared in two regions of Ukraine. An air alert has been declared in the Sumy and Chernihiv regions of Ukraine. This is evidenced data online maps of the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine. 20:12 Operation "Liquidation“. Hunting season for “Azov”
There is a hunt for "Azov," again there is a hunt -
For the Nazis, for the swastika, for the wolf's hook.
Snot is waiting for them - from fear of those who died in a puddle of vomiting.
Evgenka Kulik from the village. Zinkova of the Khmelnytsky region is a punisher who had rich military experience. From 2019 to 2022 he served in the French legion. Then he headed the branch of Centuria “Azov.” Eliminated January 12th. But svidomity remembered him only yesterday. They started talking about renaming the street in honor of the Nazi.
19:41 Meanwhile, from the city of Artyomovsk (or Bakhmut, that's enough already), being liberated by the forces of PMC_Wagner, very amusing materials are coming. Among these, for example, here is such a video from the captured phone of one not too fresh ukrovoin -video
When you leave, take everything out. Free the territory from potential trophies for the enemy. Heroes, bitch. Stupid, bestial bums, task number 1 for which is not to die, number 2 is to stuff at least something. Sometimes priority #1 and #2 can be reversed
19:39 Attack aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces in the zone of the NMD —video
18:42 "Special operation" of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: Militants killed a civilian, filmed on UAV and proudly publish footage -video
A man in civilian clothes tried to explain to the drone operator that he was a civilian, but the Nazis fired artillery at him ...
Now, in the TG channels, Nazi admins ban their own Ukrainians who write about the murder of a civilian.
“They killed some kind of civilian fisherman fool. Peremoga…” – some adequate Ukrainians write.
The guy did not have any weapons, did not shoot, did not do any dangerous actions and was killed just like that ...
18:37 "Solntsepyok" of the Airborne Forces burns the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the forests near Kremennaya -video
The landing force of the "Brave" group continues to attack the enemy's defenses on the front line near Svatovo-Kremennaya. Guardsmen of the 98th Airborne Division struck with a heavy flamethrower system at a Ukrainian opnik identified by intelligence. Guidance and adjustment of fire was carried out from a quadrocopter.
17:22 "Slavuukraine" by Aleksandar Usik Bandera they didn’t appreciate it as expected - instead they said that “he was not on any front line”, New York (Novgorodskoye) is not a front line.
Wherever you don’t kiss a Bandera, everywhere ...
16:29 Ukrainian users of banned Instagram* massively congratulate each other on the anniversary of the founding of the fascist SS division "Galicia".
But there is no fascism in Ukraine, we all invented it ...
16:28 UkroSMI reports that the Kharkiv Teroboronists began to undermine their own mines, installed in the border areas with the Belgorod region.
From the village of Cossack Lopan, where the explosion occurred, they comment that the zahisniki who settled in the village mined all the bridges around and forbade the remaining residents to go outside the adjacent territories.
For reference:
In the village (2 km from the border), Russian mobile communications catch and any information about mining sites and locations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from the Russian military often turns out to be faster than from the command of the Kharkov Terodefense.
15:34 Another minus two vehicles of the Ukrainian army destroyed in the zone of the NVO -video
15:32 Artillery of the RF Armed Forces continuously continues its work to identify and destroy the positions of the Ukronazis -video
15:28 Operation "Liquidation“. Scavenger hunting season "Azov"
Almost every day there is information about the liquidated Nazis "Azov". As if someone lifted the previously existing ban.
For example, today they all of a sudden remembered Yurka Korotov (called “Phil”), from Dnepropetrovsk, who was liquidated near Artyomovsk on January 17, 2023.
Pay attention to the chevron in the photo that the twins chose for the obituary. Korotov is a fan of the 3rd SS Panzer Division "Dead Head". Now his head is dead.
14:45 Highlights of the briefing of Ministry of Defense:
The total losses of the enemy in the Donetsk direction amounted to more than 575 Ukrainian servicemen and mercenaries;
The RF Armed Forces delivered a strike with sea-based high-precision weapons on the command staff of the Kherson grouping of the Armed Forces of Ukraine;
Assault detachments continue active operations to destroy the enemy on the western outskirts of Artemovsk;
Russian troops destroyed over 85 military units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Yuzhno-Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions;
The losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kupyansk direction amounted to more than 70 military;
The air defense of the Russian Federation in the LPR destroyed a Ukrainian Mi-8 helicopter, intercepted four shells of the HIMARS system and 14 drones per day;
Russian troops destroyed the ammunition depots of the 72nd Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the 110th Terodefense Brigade in the DPR;
The RF Armed Forces destroyed up to 75 soldiers and two howitzers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Krasnoliman direction in a day.
In the area of Shakhtyorskoye and Uspenovka, the DPR forces destroyed the ammunition depots of the 72nd Mechanized Brigade and the 110th Brigade of the enemy’s territorial defense.
14:35 Sniper work of our fighters -video
The 132nd Brigade (the former 3rd Brigade of the NM of the DPR), minus the fascist at a distance of 1205 from the Orsis T-5000 rifle in .338 LM caliber.
The second video is a sniper pair of shooters with the call sign V and an observer-spotter with the call sign P, 132 Brigade (former 3rd brigade of the NM DPR) close the Nazi at a distance of 1622 m, ammunition consumption 1 cartridge, caliber .338 LM. Rifle PGW LRT-3 .50BMG (12.7×99)
13:12 Destroyed and disabled vehicles of the Ukrainian army in Artemovsk (Bakhmut) —video
13:11 Destroying the wandering enemies in all the known forest -video
12:20 Finnbar Cafferky —liquidated mercenary of the "International Legion" from Ireland
Yesterday, the Irish press confirmed the death in Ukraine of the second mercenary of the "International Legion" named Finnbar Kafferki.
Kafferki was born and lived on Achill Island to "an influential and respected family". He served in the Irish Defense Forces as a young man, after which he worked as a systems analyst and project manager in the construction business.
In 2017-2018, Kafferki fought in the ranks of the Kurdistan People's Protection Units (YPG) against ISIS militants, and took part in the battles for Raqqa. Among the Kurds, he was known under the pseudonym Chiya Demhat.
In recent years, the Irishman has worked in Denmark and also helped Arab refugees in Greece and Macedonia. In 2022, he decided to test his combat experience in Ukraine, where he joined the International Legion.
On April 27, the fact of his liquidation was confirmed by the family of the mercenary, as well as by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ireland.
12:11 Artillery nightmares another opornik -video
12:06 Today, another Nazi, the so-called “hero” Konstantin Filippov, call sign “Berlin”, will be buried in Kyiv. He died on April 24 in Artemovsk.
This character has been a member of the Nazi movement “Misanthropic Division” since 2015.
In Ukraine, the heroes of the Great Patriotic War are no longer remembered. For them, the heroes are Nazis killing Russians.
11:07 In Odessa, the recruitment of crews for Leopard tanks continues -video
Representatives of the military registration and enlistment office continue to catch the male population of Nezalezhnaya
These lads were lucky, the woman defended the future defenders from moGilization in front of representatives of the military registration and enlistment office
11:05 Yesterday, artillery fire near the village of Veletenske destroyed 122mm self-propelled guns 2S1 "Gvozdika" with a crew of five people and ammunition - a source in emergency services
10:16 No luck, no luck -video
Mykolka from the city of Chernivtsi wanted to avoid participating in the counteroffensive, but still had to participate.
No wonder that 60,000 body bags were ordered in Nezalezhnaya.
10:14 Destruction of the location of the Armed Forces of Ukraine by aviation of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in the settlement. Zaliznichnoe in the Zaporozhye direction -video
10:12 In Ukrainian public again started post a patriotic “icon”. “At the Last Judgment, Bandera and Shukhevych are trying all representatives of the “Russian world,” writes Miroslava Berdnik.
And along with Hitler and Pilsudski!
09:54 The situation in Artemovsk (Bakhmut) through the eyes of the enemy: Wagner operators continue to hit positions and fight against the Nazis hiding in the city —video
09:51 Stampede of Ukrainian Nazis from Artyomovsk —video
To the accompaniment of shells exploding nearby and their own hysterical squeals, the warriors leave a city that is alien to them. Wait, lads, but what about the “fortress”?!
08:15 Evil tongues say that liquidated a lieutenant colonel from the 14th Brigade was killed not by subordinate personnel, but by a visit to the local history museum
08:14 During the NWO eliminated battalion commander of the 14th Mechanized Brigade (Volyn region), Lieutenant Colonel Sergei Gasparyan.
In a biographical note published in December by the UKROPSKY FRESH telegram channel, the following was reported about this officer:
participant of the ATO, accused by the DPR of genocide of the population, looting and other war crimes, commanding 20 OSB, promised to shoot the fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. For this, he was awarded the Order of Bohdan Khmeltsky, II degree, commanding a battalion of the 14th Separate Mechanized Brigade, appropriated the food and property of the fighters, denied them rotation and left them without weapons in positions
There are suggestions that subordinate personnel could be involved in the liquidation of the lieutenant colonel.
08:10 Russian artillery destroyed a stronghold of Ukrainian troops near Ugledar in the DPR, Alexander Gordeev, head of the press center of the Vostok group, told RIA Novosti -video
In addition, two enemy strongholds were destroyed near the village of Prechistovka (also in the DPR) - they were hit by Russian “Solntsepeks”.
In the Zaporozhye region - in the Marfopol region - in the meantime, Russian forces liquidated a Ukrainian intelligence group.
08:05 “Ministry of Culture” of Ukrainedevelopedposter for your victory day. Bandera continue to fight the traditional celebration of May 9th by promoting their “advertising for Kotex pads”, also known as the “bullet hole”, in every possible way.
Kindly note that several entries in this article may have been removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.
[NewsFrontInfo] 23:55 Over the past day Representationreportedabout 48 facts of firing by the VFU.
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy made 19 attacks from the Himars MLRS, 155mm artillery.
On Gorlovsky eight artillery attacks from artillery 155mm and 152mm.
On Yasinovatsky 12 artillery attack from MLRS, artillery 155mm, 152mm, 122mm.
On Volnovakhskoye, nine artillery attacks from artillery of 155mm and 152mm. Having fired 237 units of various ammunition.
Under enemy fire were areas of twelve settlements of the Republic: Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district), Verkhnetoretskoye, Krasny Partizan, Yasinovataya, Yakovlevka, Vasilievka, the capital city of Donetsk (Leninsky, Kiev, Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Petrovsky districts), Aleksandrovka, Yegorovka, Nikolskoye, Vladimirovka. Nikolskoye.
Over the past day, information was received about the death of two civilians in Yasinovataya.
Wounds of varying severity were received by 12 civilians in the Petrovsky and Leninsky districts of Donetsk, Yasinovataya.
A total of 40 residential buildings were damaged in Petrovsky and Leninsky districts of Donetsk, Yasynuvata, as well as two civil infrastructure facilities.
A previous 47 artillery attacks were recorded from the VFU side in 24 hours.
22:03 Video- A successful shot by a Russian sniper near Maryinka.
21:44 Video– Arrival of the FPV drone on the Ukrainian defensive midfielder.
21:32 Video– Ukrainian terrorists installed containers with unidentified chemicals.
In the west of Bakhmut, enemy specialists in full chemical protection and gas masks installed bookmarks (containers) with unidentified chemicals in front of the front edge.
This group was completely destroyed.
21:17 Video– Attack in the Kremennaya forest: armored groups of the Airborne Forces are supported by assault units.
- A reconnaissance group of paratroopers with the help of a UAV discovered a platoon stronghold of the Ukronazis in the forest.
- The crews of the vehicles, having made a march on the BMD, approached the enemy and opened heavy fire on him.
- After completing the assigned task, the armored group promptly retreated to a safe area.
20:54 Video- OBTF "Kaskad" once again showed the effectiveness of kamikaze drones "Lancet".
Ukrainians went to shoot from the 122mm BM-21 hail near Ugledar. Were seen and destroyed.
20:36 – “Octopus-SDM1” wasnoticedtoday in Volgograd.
20:15 Video- A report on the work of the calculation of the Tor-S2 air defense system in the zone of the special operation.
20:11 Video- Near Makiivka, LPR, a Russian armored personnel carrier got stuck in soft ground.
It was difficult to evacuate him, because the Ukrainian artillery opens fire, and quite accurately. But tankers came to the rescue and the car was evacuated. No harm done.
19:53 Video- The Ukrainian military in Bakhmut is kind of sad. Fighting and gunfire can be heard in the background.
19:35 Video- Zelensky said that he walks with a gun to shoot himself in case of a risk of being captured by the Muscovites.
Stop, is it so that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are overpowering that Zelya is afraid of captivity?
19:26 Again under shelling Ukrainian armed formations living quarters of the Republic - at the moment, 11 victims are known in Yasinovataya, Makeevka, Petrovsky and Leninsky districts of Donetsk. In Yasinovataya, a man was killed during artillery attack at a bus stop.
Kindergarten No. 369 and a residential apartment building in the Petrovsky district were damaged, as well as private residential buildings in the Leninsky district, which were shelled from the HIMARS MLRS.
The wounded were delivered to medical institutions with mine-explosive injuries and shrapnel wounds, they are provided with all the necessary assistance.
19:23 Video- BMP Marder at a training ground somewhere on the territory of Ukraine.
19:13 Video- Such a picture is now all over Ukraine.
Because of Zelensky's criminal orders, Ukrainian cemeteries are replenished every day with fresh graves of those who refused to lay down their arms and raise their hands.
18:55 Summary of artillery attacks of the Donetsk People's Republic on April 28, 2023
The enemy fired at the DPR from the following directions:
n.p. Gorlovka: Nikitovsky district (10:05 a.m. six rounds of 155mm caliber were fired):
along the lane. Poltavsky, a man born in 1991 was wounded.
st. Rubizhnaya, 15 - apartment building;
st. Stozhka, 139 - an apartment building.
artillery attack 17:10 Five rounds of 155mm caliber were fired.
st. Plekhanov, 33 - a private residential building, the gas pipeline and power lines were also damaged.
n.p. Donetsk:
Voroshilovsky district (11:00 two rockets were fired from the MLRS):
st. Gorky, 13, 15, 17,18,19,20 - private residential buildings.
LLC "Sanprofdisinfection" on the street. Gorky;
st. Chelyuskintsev, 13, 16, 17, 18, 23, 26 - private residential buildings, power lines were also damaged;
st. Gorky, 15 - a private residential building was destroyed.
18:47 Video- We found a cluster in the enemy's trench, but the 2S4 "Tulip" product, a self-propelled mortar of 240mm caliber, leaves no chance to live. On the frames you can see fragments of a person.
18:31 Video- The work of anti-aircraft installation with correction from the air.
18:12 The German Bild writes that the Leopard tanks will put the Russians to flight in the near future. Is it really?
If a German tank with a hastily trained Ukrainian crew does not break down on the road (and the vehicles are by no means new!), does not blow up on a mine, does not get hit by aircraft, is not burned by an ATGM, then ... It will still have an unpleasant surprise. Russian tank T-90M "Breakthrough".
Of course, today it is impossible to imagine such battles during the Second World War. But tank duels are fine. And here our T-90M has a fairly high chance of winning the fight with a German cat.
According to the main characteristics, the T-90M is in no way inferior to its German competitor, but the Leopard is almost a meter taller, which means it is more visible and vulnerable. And if the main caliber of the machines is approximately the same, then the armor is significantly different. Unlike the “naked” Leopard, the T-90M is equipped with the third-generation Relict modular protection, and in the near future our tanks will also receive the Arena-M active protection complex.
In total, the Armed Forces of Ukraine promised to transfer about 150 leopards, including tanks of older versions of the A4. They promised to promise, but they are reluctantly handed over and in small batches. In the Russian army of T-90M tanks, according to open sources, there are already at least a hundred, and factories continue to produce them non-stop. And these are only the Breakthroughs, and we also have many T-90s of earlier versions.
Of course, no one promised that it would be easy. But the fact that the Russians will run away from the mere sight of the Leopard is an outright lie of Western propagandists. We have something to meet this menagerie. And since childhood, our tankers have heard the stories of their grandfathers that tanks with crosses, although they look menacing, are on fire like everyone else.
17:49 Video– Russian artillery is working on Ukrainian positions near Seversk.
17:28 Video- A Russian fighter attacked a group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine alone, got a burst in the head, survived and returned to the pillbox.
During the battle in the trenches, an enemy drone filmed a moment of close combat during the assault on positions. As a result of the battle, the assault group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine withdrew, having suffered losses in the dead and wounded.
17:09 Video- Attack aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces in the zone of the NWO.
16:56 Photo- Consequences of the artillery attack of the Leninsky district of Donetsk by Ukrainian militants.
16:42 Video- Strike TOS "Solntsepek" on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye direction.
In the area near Gulyaipol, Russian troops inflict fire damage on enemy strongholds, including using heavy flamethrower systems TOS-1A Solntsepek. The other day they struck at the shelter of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near the cemetery of the village of Dorozhnyanka.
16:29 Battle for Avdievka settingas of April 29, 2023
- To the north of Avdievka, positional battles continue in the area from the H20 highway near Novobakhmutovka and to the railway near Avdiivka itself. To strengthen the position at Novokalinovo, the Ukrainian command deployed units of the Marines of the 35th Infantry Regiment.
To the south, assault detachments of the 1st battalion of the 53rd Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine over the past few days have twice tried to attack the positions of the Russian army near Vodyany. First, a platoon of the 53rd Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine tried to recapture the lost territories north-east of the settlement, from which they were driven out a couple of days ago by the fighters of the RF Armed Forces. Russian troops repelled the attack again.
- Later, the strike group on several tanks and infantry fighting vehicles tried to break through the defenses northwest of Vodyany, but the military personnel of the RF Armed Forces successfully repelled the attack and launched a counterattack.
As a result, units of the Russian Armed Forces destroyed two infantry fighting vehicles and one tank of the 53rd Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, four people were injured. The remnants of the Ukrainian assault group retreated to their original lines.
16:18 Video- Tankers of the 40th Separate Brigade of the Russian naval infantry worked on the Armed Forces armored personnel carrier.
16:01 Video- Military luck is clear, the soldiers of the 9th Brigade revealed a mortar in the Avdievsky direction, and also covered the enemy’s loaf.
15:48 Video– Founder of Wagner PMC Yevgeny Prigozhin turned to Shoigu
In an interview with Russian military commander Semyonov Pegov, he stated that he wrote a letter to Shoigu, in which he told what would happen if the problem with the supply of ammunition for the Wagner PMC was not resolved.
15:31 Video and photo The consequences of the artillery attack of Ukrainian terrorists. Leninsky district of Donetsk
As a result of the artillery attack by Ukrainian terrorists of the Leninsky district, a residential building was destroyed.
One person injured in artillery attack of Petrovsky district of Donetsk - Ministry of Health of the DPR
According to preliminary data, as a result of the artillery attack of the Leninsky district, there are victims on the street. Yasnogorskaya. Information about the destruction is specified.
15:16 Video- Artillerymen of the “Kalmius” Brigade destroyed the artillery, vehicles and ammunition of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with guided 152mm projectiles “Krasnopol”.
15:09 Video- The best reconnaissance and attack helicopter of Russia (and maybe the world) Ka-52 at low level flight in the combat zone.
14:55 Video– Petrovsky district of Donetsk now. Tin.
"Help!" – a woman was blocked in her apartment after a direct hit by a shell of Ukrainian terrorists
As a result of the artillery attack of the Petrovsky district by Ukrainian terrorists on the street. Shuisky, a man born in 1989 was wounded. A woman was also wounded, personal details are being specified.
14:47 Video- A regiment of mobilized from Siberia destroys the enemy at the front near Avdievka. Artillerymen of the 1454th Regiment, while adjusting with the help of UAVs, destroyed the enemy’s temporary deployment point and pickup truck, inflicting significant losses on him.
14:30 Summary of Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation (04/29/2023)
- On the evening of April 28, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation delivered a group strike with sea-based long-range high-precision weapons at the location of the command staff of the Kherson united group of troops of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The target has been reached.
- In the Kupyansk direction, strikes by operational-tactical and army aviation, artillery fire from the "Western" group of troops hit enemy units in the areas of the settlements of Kamenka, Kislovka, Kharkov Region and Stelmahovka, Luhansk People's Republic.
- In the areas of the settlements of Artemovka, Timkovka, Sinkovka and Kotlyarovka, the actions of four Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups were stopped.
Enemy losses amounted to more than 70 Ukrainian servicemen, five armored combat vehicles, an ammunition vehicle, two pickup trucks, and one 152mm D-20 howitzer.
- In the Krasno-Limansky direction, operational-tactical aviation strikes and artillery fire of the "Center" group of troops defeated enemy units in the areas of the settlements of Ostrovskoye of the Luhansk People's Republic, Terny, Torskoye, Serebryanka and Grigorovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
Up to 75 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, three vehicles, as well as two 152mm D-20 and 122mm D-30 howitzers were destroyed.
- In the Donetsk direction, assault detachments continued active operations to destroy the enemy on the western outskirts of the city of Artemovsk. Airborne units supported the assault troops from the flanks.
- The strikes of operational-tactical and army aviation, artillery fire and heavy flamethrower systems of the "Southern" group of troops prevented the enemy's attempts to counterattack from the areas of the settlements of Chasov Yar, Kalinin and Krasnoe of the Donetsk People's Republic.
- Over the past day, seven sorties were made in this area by aviation. The artillery of the "Southern" group of troops completed 58 fire missions.
The total losses of the enemy in this direction amounted to more than 575 Ukrainian servicemen and mercenaries, two tanks, three infantry fighting vehicles, two armored combat vehicles, twelve vehicles, two 152mm Akatsia and 122mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mounts, one 122mm D-30 howitzer, as well as two US-made AN/TPQ-50 counter-battery radars.
- In the South-Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions, air strikes and artillery fire from the Vostok group of troops defeated the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Ugledar, Novopol and Uspenovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
- In the area of the settlement of Novomayorskoye of the Donetsk People's Republic, the actions of a Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group were stopped.
During the day, the enemy’s losses amounted to more than 85 Ukrainian servicemen, one tank, two armored combat vehicles, three pickup trucks, as well as two 1`52mm D-20 and 122mm D-30 howitzers.
– In addition, ammunition depots of the 72nd Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the 110th Territorial Defense Brigade were destroyed in the area of the settlements of Shakhterskoye and Uspenovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
In the Kherson direction, as a result of fire damage, up to 20 Ukrainian servicemen, two cars, and a 122mm D-30 howitzer were destroyed in a day.
- Operational-tactical and army aviation, missile forces and artillery of groups of troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation during the day hit 92 enemy artillery units in firing positions, manpower and equipment in 126 regions.
A Mi-8 helicopter of the Ukrainian Air Force was destroyed by means of air defense in the area of the village of Raygorodok in the Luhansk People's Republic. During the day, four rockets of the HIMARS multiple launch rocket system were intercepted.
– In addition, 14 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed in the areas of the settlements of Kotlyarovka, Tokarevka of the Kharkiv region, Kremennaya, Novodruzhesk, Oborotnovka of the Luhansk People's Republic, Kirillovka and Glorious of the Donetsk People's Republic.
Since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 413 aircraft, 230 helicopters, 3,901 unmanned aerial vehicles, 421 anti-aircraft missile systems, 8,904 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,095 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 4,688 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 9,843 units of special military vehicles.
14:12 Video– “We analyze all the nuances”: military personnel of the Central Military District are mastering modern means of communication
Under the guidance of experienced instructors, students master modern means of communication and their features, as well as the procedure for conducting radio exchange.
In the course of training in the rear zone of the special operation, future specialists practice the techniques and methods of negotiating, the algorithm for switching to spare frequencies.
Particular attention is paid to the methods of laying field communication lines and the use of a field switch.
13:51 Video- This action took place at one of the locations of Khokhlostana!! Our birds were doing well! It was November or December! Aviation often worked hard on enemy positions !!
“The spectacle is terribly exciting, I tell you. Well, for Ukrainians, it was probably just a terrible sight.”
13:46 Evgeny Prigozhin thinks that the Armed Forces of Ukraine 100% will begin the offensive before May 15th. At the same time, he added that on May 9, the Armed Forces of Ukraine “will give Russia a break.”
13:29 Photo- The result of a direct hit by a 152mm projectile on the turret of the T-64BV tank of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The tank was destroyed, the fate of the crew is unknown.
13:16 Video- In the meantime, the fighters of the special forces of the Southern Group did in the field what had to be done at the stage of creating the ATGM itself - namely, a remote control module for the Kornet ATGM.
Russian engineers from one of the defense research institutes helped the fighters with a monitor and joysticks. That is, they made a certain analogue of the Ukrainian “Stugna”. And this is good. This should be put on stream so that our armored fighters (and not only) do not risk the fact that they can fly into them.
13:02 Video- The armored group of the Immortal Stalingrad assault detachment always finds time to improve its skills and combat training in between battles..
12:49 Video- Incendiary Saturday in the trenches of the enemy.
12:36 Video- Sergeant Dmitry Eslev distinguished himself in his first serious battle. His self-propelled demining machine becomes a formidable weapon in combat. He shoots a demining charge - it's a cable stuffed with explosives. When a cable is blown up, minefields are destroyed and routes for the passage of troops are made. What it looks like, you will see in this video.
The crew of Dmitry Eslev came from the flank and hit such a charge directly into the enemy stronghold, which helped the offensive of our infantry.
12:25 Dozens of killed UAF soldiers after the battle with Wagner PMC near Artemovsk. Video from a drone. I wouldn't be surprised if most of the bodies in the video are declared "missing."
12:17 Last day militants of the Kyiv regimereleasedon the civil infrastructure of settlements on the left bank of the Kherson region 60 cannon artillery rounds. Including during the day - 25 rounds, of which for settlements:
During the night, the Kiev regime continued artillery attack civilian infrastructure in the cities of Novaya Kakhovka, Kakhovka and Alyoshki, firing a total of 35 barrel artillery rounds.
12:06 According to updated information, as a result shelling In the center of Donetsk, nine people were killed, including an eight-year-old girl.
A total of 16 people received injuries of varying severity.
11:38 Video– How soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine feel in Artyomovsk
Spoiler - it's extremely bad, at least lying in a pile of garbage under fire does not seem to be a particularly pleasant experience.
11:22 Video- Cutting of the combat work of the Orchestra snipers.
11:09 Video- Artillerymen of the "Kalmius" brigade support the infantry.
Soldiers of the 14th Guards Artillery Brigade “Kalmius” support the infantry at the forefront with fire at the coordinates received from reconnaissance.
The crew of the 152mm 2A65 “Msta-B” howitzer works quickly and smoothly, realizing that the advancement of assault groups depends on its effectiveness in the Avdeevka direction.
10:57 Video- "Lifter" - mobilized from the Krasnodar Territory.
By the call sign, you can guess what his profession was in civilian life. And now he's a tank driver.
He chose this specialty for himself. The family is waiting for the fighter at home: wife, son, parents. "Lifter" intends to do everything possible to end the hostilities as soon as possible, and all our guys return home together.
10:41 Video- “They work both day and night” - the call sign “Pioneer” about the situation in the Zaporozhye direction
A mobilized serviceman from North Ossetia with the call sign "Pioneer" performs combat missions to cover the advancing Russian troops in the Zaporozhye direction.
“Feelings?.. Work is work,” Pioneer says. - We work on manpower and armored vehicles. We get goals and work. And day and night ... Speaking about the participation of his unit in the NWO, he notes: “We will be until victory - until the very end! When they say home, we'll go home. Victory will be, and it is not far off!”
10:34 Soldiers of PMC "Wagner" achieved new significant successes in the western regions of Artemovsk
The situation in Bakhmut on the morning of April 29, 2023. Less than a day later, the assault detachments of the Wagner PMC achieved new significant successes in the western districts of the city:
- under the control of the Wagner operators completely passed the military unit in the western regions of Bakhmut, for which there were fierce battles;
- there is an advancement of our attack aircraft along the streets of Pobeda and Levanevsky;
- Wagner operators knocked out the enemy from Polevaya Street and took up a number of positions on Tchaikovsky Street
10:22 Kyiv regime continues terror of civil infrastructure of the left bank of the Kherson region - emergency services
Yesterday, fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired 25 rounds from cannon artillery at the settlements: Aleshki, Peschanovka, Korsunka, Krynki, Staraya Zburyevka.
The artillery attack did not stop at night - the Ukrainians fired 35 rounds from cannon artillery at Novaya Kakhovka, Kakhovka and Aleshki.
10:14 Video– Naval Infantry of the Pacific Fleet rescued a woman in Donetsk.
On Friday, naval infantry of the Pacific Fleet, while in Donetsk on official business, rescued a woman who had been hit by enemy artillery fire, and also helped firefighters put out a house on fire.
Having come under fire in the city, the naval infantry saw the injured woman. Having tactical first aid kits with them, our guys quickly stopped the bleeding, applied an anesthetic drug and evacuated the victim to the hospital.
Seeing the house on fire, the naval infantry were the first to put out the fire, and upon the arrival of firefighters, they helped them. Several private houses were saved due to the rapid localization of the fire.
10:01 Video- Personnel of the combat work of the armored group of the Airborne Forces.
First, the reconnaissance group of the Airborne Forces from a drone discovered the opnik of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and then BMD-2K-AU with an airborne assault unit were sent to assault.
09:40 Official summary of Representative offices of the DPR in the JCCC from 00:00 04/28/2023 to 00:00 04/29/2023
Over the past day, the Representation reported 47 facts of firing by the AFU.
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy made 16 attacks from the MLRS, artillery 155mm and 152mm.
On Gorlovsky 21 artillery attack from 155mm artillery.
On Yasinovatsky five artillery attacks from artillery 155mm, 152mm, 122mm.
On Volnovakhskoe five artillery attacks from artillery 155mm, 152mm and 122mm.
Having fired 259 units of various ammunition.
Under enemy fire were areas of eleven settlements of the Republic: Gorlovka (Kalininsky, Nikitovsky districts), Novoselovka Second, Krasny Partizan, Vasilyevka, Yakovlevka, the capital city of Donetsk (Voroshilovsky, Kiev, Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Petrovsky districts), Yelenovka, Petrovskoye, Yegorovka , Vladimirovka, Nikolskoye.
Over the past day, information was received about the death of nine civilians, incl. child-girl, in the Kievsky district of Donetsk.
A total of 17 civilians were injured of varying severity in the Kievsky district of Donetsk and the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka.
31 residential buildings were damaged in the Voroshilovsky and Kievsky districts of Donetsk, the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka, as well as 12 civilian infrastructure facilities.
In the previous day, 35 artillery attacks were recorded from the side of the VFU.
09:36 Chronicle of blows and mutualshellingin the NWO zone for the night from 28 to 29 April 2023
At night, Ukrainian drones made a massive raid on Sevastopol: they managed to shoot down part of the UAV, the rest attacked the oil depot. A fire broke out at the facility, the area of ??ignition is about a thousand square meters.
The RF Armed Forces worked on targets in the areas of the settlements of Semyonovka, Gremyach and Kostobobrov in the Chernihiv region. In the Sumy region, concentrations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Romashkovo and Volnaya Sloboda were affected.
In the Kharkiv region, Russian cannon and rocket artillery destroyed the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of Morokhovets, Gatishch and Volokhovka.
In the Starobelsk direction, the RF Armed Forces opened fire on enemy personnel and equipment in the area of Krasny Pervy, Dvurechnaya and Zapadny.
In turn, Ukrainian formations fired rockets from HIMARS at civilian targets in Bryanka in the Luhansk People's Republic.
In the Bakhmut (Artemovsky) direction, Russian forces fired on Khromov, Chasov Yar and the western quarters of Bakhmut
In the Donetsk direction, Russian artillery worked against the enemy in Maryinka, Avdeevka and on the outskirts of Vodiane.
In turn, the Ukrainian forces randomly shelled Verkhnetoretske, Vladimirovka, Yakovlevka and other settlements of the Donetsk agglomeration.
In the Yuzhnodonets direction, artillery fire hit enemy forces in Ugledar, Shakhtyorsky and Prechistovka.
In the Zaporizhia region, the RF Armed Forces worked on concentrations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Malinovka, Malaya Tokmachka and on the northern outskirts of Kamensky
On the southern sector of the front, the Russian army hit targets in Republican, Tomarino, Yantarny and Kherson
Ukrainian formations fired at residential buildings in Nova Kakhovka, Kakhovka and Aleshki.
08:26 We'll be back with victory. Necessarily!
People come to the professional army in different ways: for some, this is the embodiment of a childhood dream, for others it is the continuation of a family dynasty, well, and someone decided to make a career or was impressed by social guarantees.
However, today there are many among contract servicemen who came to the decision to conclude a contract with the Russian Ministry of Defense with the start of a special military operation. One of them is from Krasnodar with the call sign "Krylov".
Guards private serves in the assault unit. Currently, together with his colleagues, he is honing his professional skills in the rear area of the NWO.
Soldiers shoot a lot from different types of weapons, study engineering and military medicine, and practice various tactics. Moreover, with reference to the area where they have to act on the line of contact.
Having managed to serve in the NVO zone, the serviceman does not question the correctness of his choice.
“When a special military operation began, I decided to conclude a contract with the Russian Ministry of Defense in order to protect those who are at home, because no one else will do it except us. The commanders train us well.
We work in any weather, day and night. I wanted to say hello to everyone. And, first of all, to his wife, children, mother. We will return soon with a victory - for sure, ”says the Krylov guards.
08:24 City cemetery in Khmelnytsky: hundreds of fresh graves of the murdered Ukrainian Armed Forces —video
Ukrainian flags are hoisted over the graves of servicemen.
Similar large-scale fresh burials and new cemeteries are now all over Ukraine.
08:13 Frontline summary on the morning of 04/29/2023
The dense work of Russian artillery was noted in the Uludarsky section. Under artillery attack Novopol, Volnoe Pole, Bolshaya Novosyolka, Zolotaya Niva, Prechistovka, Novoukrainka, Bogoyavlenka and the city itself.
On the Donetsk front, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, with the support of artillery, conducted assault operations in the western part of Maryinka, near the city of Krasnogorovka, in the direction of Pervomaisky, Severny (a settlement north of Opytny) and on the southwestern approaches to Avdievka.
All areas without success. Russian troops attacked Novomikhailovka, Paraskovievka, Georgievka, Lastochkin, Stepnoy, Berdychi, Novokalinovo, New York, Nelipovka, Yuzhny and Severny (a settlement northwest of Gorlovka). Ukrainian Armed Forces shelled Donetsk and Gorlovka.
PMC "Wagner" with the support of artillery and aviation continues assault operations in the southern, western and northern parts of Bakhmut. A small but important progress is only on the first of the listed sections. The band members managed to get to another section of the highway that connects the city with Konstantinovka.
Wagner operators also led the attack on Bogdanovka. Ukrainian troops repulsed the attack. Russian artillery shelled Konstantinovka, Predtechino, Chasov Yar, Ivanovskoye, Khromovoye, Grigorovka, Orekhovo-Vasilyevka, Vasyukovka, Disputed and Verkhnekamenskoye.
In the Lugansk direction, units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation attacked in the Serebryansky forest from Shipilovka and Kuzmin. With the support of artillery, they tried to advance in the region of Ternov and Nevsky. Everywhere to no avail. Russian troops fired on Novoselovsky, Berestovoye, Liman First, Zapadny, Doroshovka, Dvurechnaya, Novomlynsk, Figolevka, Krasny First, Kolodeznoy, Dvurechensky and Kamenka.
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[REGNUM] Poland, like the rest of the countries of our region, has entered an era of cardinal geopolitical changes. This dictates the demand for leaders who are able to think unconventionally, abandon patterns and doctrinairism, and go for hitherto unthinkable combinations and alliances. General Andrzejczak is quite suitable for this role.
The Chief of the General Staff of the Polish Army, General Raimund Andrzejczak, during a debate organized by the National Security Bureau under the President of Poland, called the country's security situation "very bad and very dangerous." This was said in the context of the Ukrainian conflict.
According to Andrzejczak, “there is no sign that Russia has no money for the war”, while “Ukraine is in huge financial problems” and “there is no sign that the Ukrainians who fled the war will soon return home and begin to rebuild own country".
At the same time, when asked whether Western leaders understand that the Kiev regime is very far from “winning the war with Russia”, the general replied that “the prospect of assessing the threat without embellishment is still a surprise for most, still shocking.”
The assessments given by the chief of the general staff will not come as a surprise in Russia, but are unconventional for the Polish mainstream. After all, only “Russian footcloths” can not believe in the “victory of Ukraine”, according to the Warsaw salon. So why does Andrzejczak go against the dominant narrative?
The thing is that he thinks like a politician.
“War is not a military affair, there was war, there is, and there are no signs that it will be different. This is politics, it has a fundamental set of economic factors: finance, infrastructure issues, social issues, technology, food, and a whole host of other issues that need to be considered comprehensively in order to understand war,” says Andrzejczak.
His position is connected not only with the Ukrainian conflict.
“When Polish President Andrzej Duda appointed me chief of the General Staff in July 2018, the 100th anniversary of Poland’s independence was approaching,” the general said in a conversation with Slawomir Dembski, director of the government’s Polish Institute of International Relations (PISM). “And in this role and social function, I had to answer not so much the question of how to regain freedom, but above all, how not to lose it.”
In the recent history of Poland, only Marshal Jozef Pilsudski and General Wojciech Jaruzelski had such broad thinking. And both of them competed with politicians.
Piłsudski in May 1926 moved the civilians away from the government of the country, going on a military coup. Jaruzelski's legacy haunted the Polish "democrats" who came to power in the early 1990s, who feared a repeat military coup.
Of course, with regard to Andrzejczak, there is no reason to believe that he is able to go beyond the legal field. However, the question remains whether he has a political future.
After the former head of the NATO Military Committee, General Petr Pavel, won the Czech presidential election earlier this year, there was a rather lively discussion on Polish social networks about who could become the “Polish Pavel”. But, as one of the Polish publications noted, "few of its participants dared to name a specific candidate."
This is due, among other things, to the fact that in modern Poland, retired generals either “sit in the garden” or earn extra money as commentators in the media. And even the latter often irritates Polish politicians.
“Let’s not attach much importance to the slanderous speeches in the press of former military leaders who turned into aggressive politicians, pursuing a line that harms Poland,” Polish civilian defense minister Mariusz Blaszczak boomed in 2019.
What can we say about a situation where such "former military leaders" would receive a parliamentary or presidential rostrum.
In quiet times, the entry of retired Polish generals into politics looked impossible. However, now Poland, like the rest of the countries of our region, has entered an era of cardinal geopolitical changes. This dictates the demand for leaders who are able to think unconventionally, abandon patterns and doctrinairism, and go for hitherto unthinkable combinations and alliances.
So, answering the question of who could become the "Polish Pavel", it should be recognized that General Andrzejczak is quite suitable for this role.
The current president of Poland, Andrzej Duda, will leave his post in 2025 and will no longer be able to be elected. Polish society is already discussing today who might be his successor, but the names are mainly current politicians from the ruling coalition and opposition parties.
The problem is that the current Polish political elites are too ossified in their "romanticism", in many cases they have ceased to adequately assess Poland's place in the international alignments. Poland needs a person who would give a strong impetus to the country, based on its real potential, not fantasy.
Judging by the statements and assessments given by the Chief of the Polish General Staff, he is capable of making a breakthrough.
It seems that he is able to take part in the development of a new geopolitical configuration in which Warsaw will find a modus vivendi with Moscow without daydreaming about the expulsion of Russians from Europe or the collapse of Russia. After all, unlike the Polish politicians, violently brandishing sabers and declaring "war with Russia", General Andrzejczak knows what a catastrophe such a scenario can lead Poland to.
According to several Polish Mil-Bloggers something very murky happened last winter. It is still not confirmed but we have some indicators worth talking about.
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I might add'Although Moscow was invited into Syria by Damascus and the US has repeatedly been asked to leave, the Americans are treating Syrian territory as if it is their own.'
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dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
