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[Regnum] The Supreme Court of the Donetsk People's Republic sentenced 24-year-old commander of the National Guard of Ukraine Yuri Shevchuk to 24 years in prison for the murder of a civilian in Mariupol. This was reported by the press service of the prosecutor's office of the Donetsk People's Republic.
“He was found guilty under paragraphs. “g”, “l” part 2 tbsp. 105 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (murder committed by an organized group, motivated by political, ideological hatred), Part 1 of Art. 356 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (cruel treatment of civilians in occupied territory),” the department’s press service said.
According to the investigation, on March 14, 2022, Shevchuk, together with a serviceman, shot a civilian with a machine gun in the building of one of the stores in Mariupol. His colleague then stabbed the victim in the neck with a knife. As a result, the man died on the spot.
It is noted that Shevchuk was sentenced to 24 years in prison to be served in a maximum security penal colony. In relation to his colleague, the criminal case has been separated into separate proceedings.
As Regnum reported, in May, four Ukrainian soldiers were sentenced to life imprisonment in the DPR. According to the investigation, in the spring of 2022, three fighters, following the order of the fourth defendant, shot three men walking near the combat positions with machine guns. Everything happened on the territory of the Mariupol Metallurgical Plant named after Ilyich. As a result of his injuries, one man died, two managed to escape. They were all civilians.
In April, the Supreme Court of the DPR sentenced two militants of the Ukrainian formation “Azov” (a terrorist organization whose activities are prohibited in the Russian Federation), who killed a civilian resident of Mariupol, to prison terms of at least 25 years. On April 5, 2022, in Mariupol, one of the culprits, being the deputy commander of the Azov company, gave the second an order to shoot a detained civilian with a machine gun, which he did.
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[NewsFront] 23:57 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 05/27/2024 to 00:00 05/28/2024.
A total of 26 facts of armed attacks by the UFU were recorded by the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC over the past 24 hours.
Two civilians were reported injured.
Four employees of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations were injured.
DAMAGED:
Three cars.
Six residential buildings.
Three civil infrastructure facilities.
Nine artillery attacks in the Donetsk direction.
A total of 17 artillery attacks in the Gorlovka direction.
A total of 78 units of various ammunition were fired.
21:01 Four employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations were wounded during the attack of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Gorlovka, the ministry reported.
19:47 The Russian army has captured 60% of Krasnogorovka, said Bild military analyst Julian Röpke.
“The situation in Krasnohorivka is extremely difficult for the Ukrainian army. The Russian invasion force captured the city center and reinforced its troops there with tanks and infantry fighting vehicles. Now they control about 60% of the city,” the analyst writes.
19:35 Destruction of self-propelled guns "Bogdan" of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Khar'kov direction -video.
18:50 The Russian Armed Forces shot down a Ukrainian plane in the Volchansky district of the Khar'kov region, said the head of the Russian administration of the region, Vitaly Ganchev, referring to the information he received.
18:29 Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Khar'kov region with nothing to shoot with at our tanks. The commander of the Pandora tank platoon, who participated in the liberation of one of the settlements, spoke about this.
“The enemy’s manpower was running. They had small arms, nothing more,” he said.
17:48 Governor of the Zaporozhye region Balitsky reported that two employees of public utilities were injured as a result of the artillery attack of Energodar
17:34 Combat work of artillery in the area of deployment of equipment and personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Khar'kov region -video.
16:37 Ukrainian troops are conducting chaotic artillery fire on Energodar, the city administration reported.
16:21 According to preliminary information from the local Gauleiter Terekhov, the explosion occurred in the central part of Kharkov
16:14 Explosion in Kharkov.
15:55 Information is received that the enemy has been pushed out in Staromayorskoye to the north-eastern part of the village, to the bend of the Mokrye Yaly River, reports military correspondent Timofey Ermakov.
15:29 Scouts of the Russian Armed Forces destroyed Ukrainian Armed Forces firing points in the Spornoye area.
14:40 Assault on Volchansk, May 27:
After the arrival of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reserves near Volchansk, their active mopping up began. The main problem for the Ukrainian Armed Forces was the transfer of heavy equipment - and above all tanks. Judging by the modifications and condition of the machines, almost all of them are after repairs or long-term storage, which indirectly indicates that the remains of available reserves are being raked out.
At the same time, the activity of the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ equipment on the southern approaches to Volchansk is almost immediately stopped by the artillery and aviation of the “North” group: the main attempts of the Ukrainian Armed Forces to accumulate forces and act concentratedly in the last 72 hours were recorded in the area of Vilcha, Liman, Simonovka and the Zemlyanoy Yar ravine.
In the city itself, behind the RF Armed Forces there is the north, part of the east and the western part, with the exception of the fortified area near the aggregate plant. The nature of the fighting does not change, but the artillery fire begins to intensify.
East of Volchansk, the activity of Ukrainian Armed Forces units was also recorded, but the Ukrainian army was unable to accumulate large forces and prevent the activity of the “northern” after attacks on reserves south of Volchanskiye Khutors, after which it fell back to regrouping and replenishing losses near Belyi Kolodez.
From the same area, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are trying to conduct a counterbattery fight, since Belyi Kolodez is conveniently located on a hill and is used by the Ukrainian army as a stronghold for artillery units.
14:10 A civilian was wounded by artillery attack by Ukrainian troops in the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka, Mayor Prikhodko said
14:02 The Ukrainian Armed Forces struck again at the building of the Social Fund in Nizhniye Serogozy - Governor Vladimir Saldo
“One woman who was near the arrival point became ill. According to doctors, she had a heart attack. Unfortunately, she died,” the regional governor said.
13:34 The main thing from the new briefing of the Russian Ministry of Defense:
During the day, Russian air defense shot down six Hammer guided bombs, 14 HIMARS and Alder MLRS rounds, 44 Ukrainian UAVs;
Units of the RF Armed Forces “South” group improved the position along the front line and defeated the manpower and equipment of three enemy brigades;
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 460 military personnel in the area of responsibility of the Southern Group of the Russian Armed Forces per day;
The “North” group of troops is advancing into the depths of the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ defense; enemy losses per day amounted to 318 military personnel, a tank and two armored vehicles;
The Ukrainian Armed Forces in the “Center” group zone in the Donetsk People’s Republic lost up to 335 military personnel per day;
The Dnepr group of troops defeated the Ukrainian Armed Forces at Rabotino and Vesely. The losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces amounted to 40 military personnel.
13:10 Russian military liberated the village of Ivanovka in the Khar'kov region and Netailovo in the DPR, the Ministry of Defense reported
13:01 Ukrainian channels confirm the presence of Russian troops in Novoaleksandrovka (Avdeevskoe direction). Although Russian sources reported this two days ago
12:38 One person is in serious condition as a result of an attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the Social Fund in the Kherson region, three more people received moderate injuries, the regional Ministry of Health reported.
12:10 Crews of 152mm howitzers D-20 of the “Southern” group of forces in the Seversky direction perform tasks to suppress artillery batteries and command posts of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, destroy fire weapons, ammunition depots, weapons, military equipment and enemy personnel.
11:47 Russian Army destroys field ammunition depots of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, advancing in the Khar'kov region.
The soldiers discovered and, with accurate howitzer fire, destroyed another field warehouse with artillery ammunition in the Khar'kov direction.
10:31 To strike the Social Fund in the Kherson region, the Ukrainian Armed Forces previously used HIMARS, the regional governor said.
Authorities have cordoned off the arrival area, as Ukrainian militants often attack the same place repeatedly to increase the number of casualties, he added.
11:25 Units of the North group of troops advanced into the depths of the enemy's defense.
The manpower and equipment of the 57th Motorized Infantry Brigade and the 125th Territorial Defense Brigade were defeated in the areas of Liptsy, Volchansk and Russkie Tishki.
A counterattack by the assault group of the 13th National Guard Brigade in the Glubokoye area was repelled.
The losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces amounted to up to 300 military personnel, four vehicles, a 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS combat vehicle, an American-made 155mm M777 howitzer, a 152mm 2S3 Akatsiya self-propelled artillery mount, and a 122mm D-30 howitzer.
10:51 Our soldiers were able to enter and gain a foothold in the Canal Chasova Yar microdistrict, also from the south side in the area of the food market.
10:45 Information comes from the Ugledar Front that our units have advanced south of Novomikhailovka from Sladkoe to the Ugledar-Konstantinovka highway. The advance was more than a kilometer.
10:10 Ukrainian troops fired at the village of Nizhnie Serogozy in the Kherson region, one of the missiles hit the Pension Fund building, wounding five people, Governor Saldo said.
09:57 Our assaults made a breakthrough in Belogorovka by 700 meters and reached almost the western outskirts. Most of the population has been liberated, reports the 105th Moorized Rifle Regiment of the NM DPR.
In the near future, the entire village will come under the control of the Russian Army. The main difficulty is to take the chalk quarry as the dominant height.
09:34 Ukrainian channels report about the bombing of the Khar'kov region by KABs.
09:00 The Russian Armed Forces captured Netaylovo in the Donetsk region, advanced near Novomikhailovka, Sladkoye, Ocheretinoye, Chasovoy Yar and in Berestovoye, - Deep State
08:15 Almost 200 Ukrainian Armed Forces drones intercepted over the past week over Donetsk, Makeevka, Avdievka and Gorlovka, the press service of the FSB Directorate for the DPR said.
08:12 Near Avdievka, Akatsiya crewdefeatedenemy UAV control point. The attack was carried out with high-explosive fragmentation rounds - as a result, the militants’ dugout camouflaged in a forest belt was completely destroyed.
08:07 Summary for the morning of May 27, 2024:
In the Khar'kov direction there are fierce battles in Volchansk, our troops are advancing in the city, the enemy is trying to counterattack with the forces of the arriving reserves.
In the Liptsovsky direction, the Russian Armed Forces improved the tactical situation in the Severny dacha village, repelling an enemy counterattack. In one of the areas, the advance was up to 500 meters deep. The enemy expects an intensification of hostilities in the Sumy direction in order to create a buffer zone for the Russian Armed Forces.
In the Svatovo-Kupyansk direction, our troops are expanding the zone of control on the Kotlyarovka-Kislova-Ivanovka line. According to the enemy, the success of the Russian Armed Forces in this direction creates conditions for further offensive actions to the west.
On the direction to Chasov Yar, the Russian Army is storming the eastern outskirts of the city. To the south, in Kleshcheevka, our troops take up positions on the ruins of the village. The enemy retains control of part of the positions on the heights and is preparing reserve lines to the west. Our units occupy forest plantations.
West of Avdievka, the Russian Armed Forces are expanding the zone of control south of the Ocheretinsky salient near Solovyevo. There is an advance west of Umansky and southwest of Umansky.
In the South Donetsk direction, fighting continues in Krasnogorovka, our units are leveling the front near Paraskovievka.
Heavy fighting continues in the Vrem'evsky direction. In Urozhaynaya, assault units of the Russian Armed Forces have occupied several buildings along Tsentralnaya Street in the southern part of the village, and our forces are being consolidated. They report that our special forces are advancing west of Urozhainy. A section of terrain up to 700 m in depth and 700 m along the front has been taken under control. In Staromayorskoye, they fought and occupied six houses on Tretya and Pervaya streets.
08:04 Reconnaissance of the 1st Tank Army destroyed mortar and artillery gun in the Kupyansky direction.
08:00 Calculations of the 220mm BM-27 Uragan multiple launch rocket systems inflicted a strike on a convoy with ammunition and manpower of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Aerial reconnaissance helped identify the target: from above it was possible to notice systematic movements of groups of militants and military equipment.
The high range and large area of destruction of the Uragans make it possible to use them to conduct effective counterbattery warfare and attack enemy rear positions, disrupting supply routes for Ukrainian militants.
Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 22:05 The leader of the “LPR” Leonid Pasechnik said that the Ukrainian Armed Forces launched a rocket attack on Lugansk with cluster munitions, “after the attack a fire began.” Russian public pages write that the blow was struck on the building of the Higher Military Aviation School of Navigators, where Russian personnel were housed.
21:24 NATO countries are considering new options for assistance to Ukraine. NATO is discussing the possibility of taking protection of the skies over Western Ukraine, writes Bild. And Poland and the Baltic countries may even send their troops to Ukraine if the Russian occupiers achieve a “strategic breakthrough in the east of the country,” Der Soiegel reports. Read more in the material New NATO assistance to Ukraine.
21:18 Convicts who were mobilized in exchange for early release will serve in special assault units consisting of the same prisoners, said Minister of Justice Denis Malyuska. However, he did not rule out that in the future convicts could be sent to units with ordinary military personnel. According to the minister, the convicts who were mobilized are not yet participating in hostilities - they are undergoing training. To date, 613 convicts have already been released from prison.
20:40 The issue of sending French military instructors to Ukraine is still being worked out, the French Ministry of Defense said in a comment to Reuters. “As has been mentioned several times, training on Ukrainian soil is one of the projects discussed after the conference on supporting Ukraine, convened by the President of the Republic on February 26,” the statement said.
20:36 Iran supplied Russia with the latest aerial bombs for drone strikes for the first time, Bild military expert Julian Repke said, commenting on a video from the crash site of a heavy Iranian Mohajer-6 UAV in the Kursk region. It carried the latest Iranian Qaem-5 guided bombs and was supposed to attack the territory of the Sumy region, but did not reach the target and fell.
The Qaem-5 bomb is television-guided and can be equipped with various types of warheads. The declared flight range is up to 40 km, the minimum operational altitude is about 3 km. In Iran, it was put into service in August 2019.
20:22 As a result of today's Russian attack in the Kholodnogorsky district of Kharkov, one person was killed and 11 were injured, the prosecutor's office reported. A total of two hits were recorded: one of the aircraft's munitions hit near the entrance to the territory of a sweets production company, the second hit a production facility for the production of irrigation systems for agricultural enterprises. In the Shevchenko district, another aircraft munition hit near the roadway. Previously, the enemy attacked the city with three UMPB D-30s from the territory of the Belgorod region.
18:56 The EU foreign ministers discussed the lifting of restrictions on the use of NATO weapons by Kiev on the territory of the Russian Federation, said the head of European diplomacy Josep Borrell: “We discussed the need to provide more air defense systems, in particular Patriot, as well as the lifting of restrictions on the use of supplied weapons by Ukraine on the territory RF. This is a debate that is now gaining momentum."
Borrell also said that the EU foreign ministers were unable to approve the final decision on the allocation of income from Russian assets to the purchase of weapons to Ukraine; it remains blocked.
18:49 Poland will restrict the movement of Russian diplomats on its territory, Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said: “I have just announced Poland’s decision in connection with Russia’s participation in the hybrid war against the European Union and Poland. Restrictions will be introduced on the movement of Russian diplomats throughout our country.”
18:45 On Tuesday, May 28, no power outages are forecast, Ukrenergo reported. If the situation in the energy system changes, measures to limit consumption will be communicated additionally.
18:42 The NATO Parliamentary Assembly called on the governments of the Alliance states to allow Ukraine to fire Western weapons at targets on the territory of the Russian Federation, said the head of the permanent delegation of the Verkhovna Rada to the NATO PA, Yegor Chernev. According to him, parliamentarians will now have legal grounds to put even more pressure on their governments to ensure that the decision is implemented.
18:39 The death toll as a result of the Russian strike on Snegirevka, Nikolaev region, has increased to three, six people were injured. Rescue work continues, said the head of the OSA, Vitaly Kim.
18:34 France will send instructors to Ukraine to train Ukrainian military personnel, Syrsky said following a video meeting with French Minister of the Armed Forces Sebastien Lecornu. The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said that he had already signed documents that would allow the first French instructors to visit Ukrainian training centers and get acquainted with their infrastructure and personnel.
18:28 Zelensky will pay an official visit to Portugal on May 28, the office of the President of Portugal, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousi, said. According to the message, the visit will be aimed at deepening relations between Ukraine and Portugal, and special attention will be paid to strengthening cooperation in the field of security and defense. Zelensky will hold working meetings with Prime Minister Luis Montenegro and will be received by President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa.
18:24 As a result of the attack on the Kholodnogorsky district of Kharkov, one person was killed and ten were injured, said the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov. The enemy hit a civilian enterprise with a KAB, there is destruction of production premises.
17:55 NATO allies are demanding that Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg this week clarify his €100 billion support plan for Ukraine, Politico writes. Behind the scenes, even some of Ukraine's closest Eastern European allies have become more reserved on the matter in recent weeks, wondering where and how such a huge sum will come from, the newspaper reports.
17:31 Brazil and India are considering sending junior officials to the Global Peace Summit in Switzerland, Bloomberg writes. At the same time, according to the agency, only a high-ranking government official from China can come to the world summit.
17:06 As a result of a full-scale war in Ukraine, about 30% of the total potential of the agricultural sector was destroyed, 20% of agricultural land is under occupation, said Secretary of State of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy Viktor Kantsurak.
16:49 The Russians struck the Kholodnogorsky district of Kharkov, according to preliminary data, four people were injured, said the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov.
16:45 As a result of the Russian attack in the town of Snigirevka, Nikolaev region, two people were killed and five were injured, including two 17-year-old teenagers, the State Emergency Service reported. The impact caused a fire in a coffee shop, a car shop and a tire shop, and a self-service car wash was damaged by the blast wave. Rescuers extinguished the fire on an area of 300 square meters. m, search and rescue operations continue.
16:32 Six more Russian helicopters have arrived in Belarus, reports the Belarusian Gayun monitoring group. Right now in Baranovichi there are two Su-24MR reconnaissance aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces, four Su-30SM fighters of the Russian Aerospace Forces and eight Mi-24 and Mi-8 helicopters of the Russian Aerospace Forces.
16:13 In Kharkov, the number of deaths as a result of the Russian strike on the Epicenter increased to 18, the number of injured - to 48, said the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov. Five people remain missing.
16:04 Ukraine and Spain signed a bilateral agreement on security guarantees, Zelensky said. As part of the document, Spain will provide Ukraine with weapons worth 1 billion euros by the end of the year, and 5 billion by 2027. He also said that the Russian Federation uses more than 3,000 KABs monthly to strike Ukraine. The President believes that next month the enemy could use 3,500 guided bombs, and no country has such a number of missiles to shoot down these bombs. “We need at least seven Patriot systems. Khar'kov alone needs at least two systems. And Russian planes will not be able to fly to such a distance to use these aerial bombs,” Zelensky emphasized.
16:01 European arms manufacturers are faced with a shortage of TNT and other fuels when producing shells and missiles for Ukraine. This is one of the reasons that the EU has not fulfilled its promise to supply Ukraine with 1 million artillery shells by March 2024, writes The Economist.
15:58 Since the beginning of the year, 101 children from the Kherson region have been returned from Russian occupation, said the head of the OBA Alexander Prokudin. Thus, the other day we managed to evacuate a large family with seven children to territory controlled by Ukraine.
15:26 Stoltenberg again stated that NATO allies need to reconsider the restrictions on Ukraine’s ban on hitting the Russian Federation with Western weapons: “The right to self-defense includes the right to strike at legitimate military targets outside of Ukraine. This is part of self-defense. The front line runs more or less along border line, and if you can't attack Russian forces on the other side of the front because they're on the other side of the border, then you're really reducing the ability of the Ukrainian forces to defend themselves."
15:14 The NBU has downgraded its economic growth forecast for 2024 from 3.6% to 3%. The main reason is Russian attacks on the Ukrainian energy system.
15:05 Hungary will not support the 14th package of EU sanctions against Russia, said the country's Foreign Minister Peter Szijjártó. According to him, the new restrictions are contrary to Budapest's interests in the field of energy.
14:57 Zelensky said that he had a telephone conversation with Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda and agreed to sign a bilateral security agreement in the near future.
14:33 The Russians launched a missile attack on a self-service car wash in Snegirevka, Nikolaev region, said the head of the OBA Vitaly Kim. Two people were injured, one of them in serious condition.
13:46 German Foreign Minister Annalena Bärbock announced the transfer of humanitarian aid to Ukraine in the amount of 60 million euros.
13:29 Zelensky said that he arrived in Madrid to sign a bilateral security agreement and hold negotiations with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez. “We will talk about continuing defense cooperation, preparing a new package of military assistance, training the Ukrainian military. I will also be received by His Majesty King Felipe VI and will meet with the heads of chambers and factions of the Spanish Parliament,” the president added.
12:54 NATO will create a separate structure for financing and organizing arms supplies to Ukraine, Stoltenberg said: “I firmly believe that we need a more solid institutional structure to provide assistance to Ukraine. One-time short-term voluntary assistance is good, but in the long term we need more predictable, stronger aid to Ukraine." According to the Secretary General, the first decisions can be made at the Alliance summit in Washington.
12:27 According to updated data, as a result of a Russian missile attack on a construction hypermarket in Khar'kov on May 25, 16 people were killed and 45 were injured. Five people remain missing, the prosecutor's office said.
12:08 Stoltenberg said that NATO cannot close the sky over Ukraine or send its troops to prevent a direct clash with the Russian Federation: “If we have NATO forces directly involved in the conflict, if they attack Russian targets, in the sky or on ground in Ukraine, then we will be in a situation in which it will be very difficult to keep NATO out of the conflict. We should not have NATO troops on the ground or equipment in the skies of Ukraine." According to the Secretary General, training of the Armed Forces of Ukraine by NATO forces on the territory of Ukraine is also not planned.
This is how Stoltenberg commented on Der Spiegel’s information that Poland and the Baltic countries allegedly declared their readiness to send troops to Ukraine in the event of serious successes of the Russian military at the front.
Bild writes, citing sources, that Estonia, Britain, Poland, Canada, and France are in favor of closing the skies over western Ukraine and training the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the country. The USA and Germany are against it. In addition, the issue of delivering weapons not only to the borders of Ukraine, but also further to the front line is being discussed according to the concept of advanced logistics. There are no final decisions on any issue yet.
12:01 In the Khar'kov direction, the Defense Forces today repelled an attack by the Russians in the direction of Liptsy. Ukrainian units are improving their defense lines and are having success in some areas, the General Staff reported.
11:52 The European Union has imposed sanctions against Viktor Medvedchuk, the Czech Foreign Ministry reported. Also subject to restrictions were the pro-Russian propagandist Artem Marchevsky, an ally of Medvedchuk, and the Russian Internet portal Voice of Europe. Restrictions previously imposed on them by the Czech Republic are now in effect in all 27 EU member states.
11:13 The EU intends to organize a peace conference on Ukraine in the fall with the participation of Russia, Bloomberg writes, citing sources. The meeting is to take place in Saudi Arabia. Today, EU foreign ministers will discuss “how to find an acceptable outcome” for the summit in Switzerland. Many leaders will not attend the event, including Biden, Xi Jinping and most likely Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
10:44 In the morning, Russian troops attacked Antonovka, Kherson region, two people were wounded, the OVA reported.
10:39 The Chinese Foreign Ministry, in response to Zelensky’s calls for Xi Jinping to take part in the Peace Summit in Switzerland, once again stated that Beijing stands for holding a peace conference recognized by both Moscow and Kiev.
10:36 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) writes that Russian troops are concentrating limited forces in the Kursk and Bryansk regions near the border with the Sumy region, but this is not enough for a successful operation to encircle or capture Khar'kov or Sumy. At the same time, analysts indicate that even limited Russian offensive operations in these areas would create pressure that would stretch Ukrainian forces along a broader front and perhaps allow Russian forces to establish tactical footholds to support further operations either northwest of Khar'kov or in the direction of Sumy.
10:12 Spain will transfer Patriot missiles and Leopard tanks to Ukraine by the end of June as part of an aid package worth 1.1 billion euros, El País writes, citing sources. According to the newspaper, we are talking about 19 old German Leopard 2A4 tanks and other weapons, including anti-drone weapons. The new package will be announced during Zelensky’s visit to Madrid.
09:40 In the Kherson region over the past 24 hours, three people were injured as a result of Russian shelling, said the head of the OVA, Alexander Prokudin. 12 private houses, an administrative building and an indestructibility point were damaged.
08:54 The Spanish government confirmed that Zelensky is expected in Madrid today. He will meet with Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and the royal family.
08:49 Russian public pages write that at night a Ukrainian drone attacked a military facility in the city of Orsk near Orenburg. Ukrainian media, citing intelligence sources, report that the target of the attack was the Voronezh M long-range target detection radar. Thus, the power steering drone set a new record, flying 1,800 km. The consequences of the attack are unknown.
08:25 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of May 27:
personnel - about 502,340 (+1150) people,
tanks - 7671 (+9),
armored combat vehicles - 14,818 (+15),
artillery systems - 12,981 (+28),
MLRS - 1084 (+1),
air defense systems - 815 (+1),
aircraft - 357 (+0),
helicopters - 326 (+0),
UAVs of operational-tactical level - 10 467 (+42),
cruise missiles - 2221 (+12),
ships/boats - 27 (+0),
submarines - 1 (+0),
automotive equipment and tank trucks - 17,694 (+55),
special equipment - 2118 (+7).
07:53 At night, drones attacked a gas station in the city of Livny, Oryol region. Governor Andrei Klychkov said that as a result of a repeated UAV attack, the driver of the fire department was killed and three more rescuers were injured. According to the opposition Russian publication Astra, a total of two stations were damaged, which are located 250 meters from each other on Frunze Street: Rosneft gas station and Nord gas gas station. Both stations are located in close proximity to the Livenskaya oil depot.
The Russian Ministry of Defense stated that air defense allegedly shot down 12 drones overnight over the Bryansk (1), Belgorod (1), Oryol (6) regions and the Krasnodar Territory (4).
00:38 The Russian Army occupied Netaylovo, Donetsk region, and also advanced near Sladkoe, Novomikhailovka, Sokol, Ocheretino, Novoaleksandrovka, Chasov Yar and in Berestovo, DeepState analysts reported.
The General Staff reports that in the Pokrovsky direction, during the day, Russian troops continued to try to break into the Ukrainian defense from the area of the settlement of Ocheretino; four attacks continue there. There are also battles near Sokol and Umansky. In some areas the enemy had partial success.
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[Korrespondent] The Ukrainian Armed Forces hold the defense.
The Ukrainian military on Monday attacked 24 enemy personnel concentration areas and two artillery systems.
On Monday, May 27, 97 military clashes took place at the front, and fighting continues in seven directions. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine as of 22.30.
It is noted that the situation in the Pokrovsky, Kupyansky, Khar'kov and Vremievsky directions remained hot.
During the day, the enemy launched two missile strikes using two missiles and 43 air strikes using 50 KABs on the territory of Ukraine, and used 418 kamikaze drones. He carried out more than 2,900 attacks on positions of Ukrainian troops and populated areas using different types of weapons.
Since the beginning of the day, 10 military clashes have occurred in the Khar'kov direction. Six enemy attacks were repelled in the areas of Liptsev, Staritsa and Volchansk. Fighting continues near Staritsa and Tikhoy. The situation is controlled, Ukrainian soldiers are active, inflicting losses on the enemy.
In the Kupyansky direction, seven attacks by Russian invaders were repelled in the areas of the settlements of Petropavlovka, Stepnaya Novoselovka, Grekovka and Nevskoye. In one of the areas the enemy has partial success. In addition, two battles continue near Myasozharovka. The defense forces are taking measures to stabilize the situation and prevent enemy advances.
In the Liman direction, the enemy tried five times to advance towards the village of Terny. Three attacks have been repulsed, two more military clashes continue. The situation is under control, the loss of our positions is not allowed.
In the Seversky direction, during the day, Ukrainian defenders repelled five enemy assaults in the areas of Verkhnekamensky, Sporny and Vyemka. The enemy was not successful. The situation remains tense near Belogorovka, where the battle continues.
In the Kramatorsk direction, Ukrainian defenders stopped eight enemy attempts to approach Chasovy Yar.
In the Pokrovsky direction, units of our group repelled 21 enemy attacks. Eleven assault attempts by the Russians to break through beyond the border were not successful. In addition, Ukrainian soldiers prevented five enemy attacks in the Novoselovka First area. Fighting continues near Sokol, Novoselovka Pervaya, Yasnobrodovka and Nevelskoye. In some areas the situation is tense. The defense forces are taking active measures to prevent enemy advances.
Since the beginning of the day, the enemy has lost more than 350 manpower killed and wounded and 27 units of weapons and military equipment. Among them, in particular, one tank, nine armored combat vehicles, three cars and three guns were destroyed.
Eight military clashes took place in the Kurakhovsky direction. The battle continues in the Krasnogorovka area. There is a difficult situation south of the village of Konstantinovka, where our soldiers are carrying out active stabilization measures.
In the Vremievsky direction, four enemy assaults were repelled towards Urozhainy and two towards Staromayorsky. At the same time, the enemy is not abandoning attempts to break through our defenses near Staromayorsky, where three battles are currently ongoing. The situation is controlled by Ukrainian units.
In the Orekhovsky direction, the Russian invaders suffered another failure when trying to storm our positions in the Robotinoy area.
In the Dnieper direction, on the bridgeheads on the left bank of the Dnieper, seven enemy attempts to push back our units in the Krynok area failed.
In other areas, there were no significant changes in the situation.
Since the beginning of the current day, units of Ukrainian missile and artillery forces have inflicted defeats on 24 areas where personnel are concentrated and two artillery systems.
Let us remind you that the Ukrainian military repelled the offensive of the Russian invaders after a massive strike with guided bombs near Liptsy, Khar'kov region.
In the Pokrovsky direction, the number of enemy assault operations since the beginning of the day increased to 16, in the Khar'kov direction - to 10.
Since the beginning of the day, 66 clashes have occurred at the front. The greatest intensity remains in the Pokrovsky and Kha'rkov directions. The enemy is also concentrating attacks under Chasov Yar. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this on May 27.
It is noted that in the Khar'kov direction the number of clashes has increased to 10. Four battles are ongoing.
“The situation is under control, Ukrainian units are strengthening the stability of the defense. At the same time, the enemy has already used 17 guided bombs. In particular, Volchansk, Liptsy and Stary Saltov were subjected to new UAB attacks,” the message says.
In the Kupyansky direction, Russian invaders, with air support, tried seven times to break into the defensive lines, attacking, in particular, near Petropavlovka, Stepnaya Novoselovka, Berestovo, Grekovka, Druzhelyubovka, Nevsky and near Myasozharovka. They hit UAB in Ozernoye, Kupyansk, Petropavlovka.
Three Russian assault operations took place in the Liman direction. Here the aggressor attacked in the area of the village of Terny. Our troops are active and giving a worthy rebuff.
Our units repelled five more attacks by Russian invaders in the Seversky direction. Three enemy assaults were stopped near the Notch. One more - near Verkhnekamensky, as well as in the Spornoye area, where the aggressor attacked with the support of aviation.
In the Novy area, located near Chasov Yar, the enemy has already carried out five assault operations since the beginning of the day. He carried out another attack on Kleshchievka and Ivanovskoye. In total, in the Kramatorsk direction, our defenders repelled seven attacks by the invaders. Tarasovka and Druzhba were subjected to air strikes.
In the Pokrovsky direction, the number of enemy assault operations has increased to 16 since the beginning of the day. The Russians are attacking near Novoaleksandrovka, Kalinovo, Sokol, Umansky, Novoselovka Pervoy, Netailovo. The situation is tense. Enemy aircraft attacked the settlements of Sokol and Zhelannye.
In the Kurakhovsky direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces prevented eight enemy attacks. The situation is under control.
In the Vremievsky direction, the Russian occupiers have already made five offensive attempts - in addition to Staromayorsky, also in the direction of the village of Urozhainoye. The aggressor hit Pyatikhatki from aircraft.
In the Orekhovsky direction, the enemy carried out one unsuccessful attack in the Robotino area.
In the Dnieper direction, near Krinok and on other left-bank bridgeheads, four Russian attacks were repulsed.
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[Korrespondent] Defense forces blamed for loss of territory.
The SBI stated that they are establishing the circumstances of the Russian occupiers breaking through the border in the Khar'kov region.
The Russian offensive in the Khar'kov region has become the subject of investigation. The SBI officers established the minute-by-minute development of events, and in total the names of 28 servicemen appear in the case (commander of the operational-tactical group, brigade commander, battalion commanders, company commanders, head of the intelligence department of the headquarters). This case may become the most high-profile investigation against the military leadership of Ukraine since the full-scale invasion.
CHECKING READINESS
“Given the resonance of the proceedings, the best investigators and the leadership of the Main Investigation Department of the State Bureau of Investigation have been involved in the investigation, and there is close interaction with the operational units of the SBU. And also - full communication and support from the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, OTG Khar'kov and OSGV Khortytsia,” the message says.
As part of the investigation, law enforcement officers are checking the level of support and staffing of units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the construction of fortifications, interaction between military units, etc. They are also checking the actions of the leadership of all levels in the region during the enemy’s offensive actions, before and after them, and are investigating possible facts of groundless withdrawal from combat positions by units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Preliminary qualification of criminal proceedings is unauthorized abandonment of the field and negligent attitude towards military service (Article 429, Part 4 of Article 425 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).
OCCUPATION OF VILLAGES
According to the analytical resource DeepState, as of May 27, 10 border settlements fell under occupation due to the offensive in the Kharkiv region: Strelka, Krasnoe, Pylnaya, Borisovka, Morokhovets, Oleynikovo, Glubokoe, Lukyantsy, Pletenevka, Ogurtsovoye Gatishche. The village of Bugrovatka and the city of Volchansk were partially captured.
According to the investigation, the command of the 125th brigade and its subordinate units, including the 415th separate rifle battalion, 23 mechanized brigade, 172 separate riflemen, allegedly did not properly organize the defense of positions on the border of the Khar'kov region and the Russian Federation, which led to the loss of military equipment and personal composition of the unit.
In the 125th separate territorial defense brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, they stated in response that they were ready for the offensive and no one was retreating from their positions.
“Whether from ignorance of the situation, or from a desire to cause harm, individual residents of social networks are spreading completely false information about the unpreparedness of the Defense Forces for an enemy offensive, or even worse, about the retreat of individual units from the defense lines entrusted to them,” said the commander of the 125th brigade, Lieutenant General Arthur Gorbenko.
By the time of the Russian attack, the brigade commander assured that the situation in his brigade’s defense zone was complex, but controllable.
The settlements into which the enemy has entered are located in a permanent “gray zone,” and therefore the enemy’s success is quite conditional and costs him huge losses in equipment and manpower,” Gorbenko added.
THE DANGER OF INVESTIGATION
Secretary of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Security, Defense and Intelligence Roman Kostenko notes that for the first time during the full-scale invasion, the public was informed about such a major investigation.
“When such information, in particular by the media, is dispersed, many people automatically immediately get the stigma in their heads that the military is to blame. If an investigation is carried out, then they are to blame for losing the territories. Is it necessary to do this? In my opinion, publicly - no, it can also look like discredit.
And now many military personnel who carry out their tasks understand that the machine is now starting to act against them. This is quite a serious story. Perhaps they are to blame, but this should be an investigation, which should be objective, about which there should not be much publicity. If there are culprits there, these culprits need to be held accountable,” Kostenko describes the risks.
The people's deputy believes that it is necessary to figure out what forces and means the 125th brigade had at its disposal. According to him, “a battalion that was supposed to hold five kilometers, for example, held 15 kilometers.”
“There are many questions, they had no artillery at all... There are questions about the mining of the territory with anti-personnel mines. Everything there was not completely mined. The question is whether there were resources. We haven't had mines since we signed the anti-personnel mine ban convention, and we're destroying them all. We simply don’t physically have them. Question: have our partners given us enough mines so that we can sew up all three thousand kilometers of the border with the Russian Federation? There must be millions of mines. If not, then what will they put there for you? And this should be sorted out. And we immediately said with our statements that “the military is to blame,” Kostenko emphasized.
In his opinion, commanders should be responsible for their decisions, but he is against public accusations of commanders.
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[EngMilRu] Units of the Sever Group of Forces continue advancing to the depth of the enemy's defences.
Losses were inflicted on manpower and hardware of the AFU 125th Mechanised Brigade and 112th Territorial Defence Brigade near Konstantinovka and Granov (Kharkov region).
Two counterattacks launched by the enemy's assault detachments were repelled near Glubokoye and Volchansk (Kharkov region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 318 Ukrainian troops, one tank, and two armoured fighting vehicles.
In the course of counter-battery warfare, one U.S.-made 155mm M777 howitzer, one UK-made 155mm FH-70 howitzer, one 152mm D-20 howitzer, three 122mm D-30 howitzers, one U.S.-made 105mm M119 howitzer, and one 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS combat vehicle were neutralised.
Units of the Zapad Group of Forces liberated Ivanovka (Kharkov region) and took more advantageous lines.
Losses were inflicted on formations of the AFU 14th and 66th mechanised brigades near Nevskoye (Lugansk People's Republic) and Novosadovoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
Moreover, three counter-attacks launched by the AFU assault detachments were repelled near Novovodyanoye (Lugansk People's Republic) and Grigorovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 405 Ukrainian troops, one infantry fighting vehicle, and five motor vehicles.
In the course of counter-battery warfare, one UK-made 155mm Braveheart self-propelled artillery system, one 152mm D-20 howitzer, one 122mm D-30 howitzer, and two 122mm Bastion MLRS combat vehicles were neutralised.
Units of the Yug Group of Forces improved the tactical situation along the front line and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 57th Mechanised Brigade, 105th, and 118th Territorial Defence brigades near Razdolovka and Chasov Yar (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to more than 460 Ukrainian troops, four motor vehicles, one UK-made 155mm FH-70 howitzer, one 152mm Msta-B howitzer, one 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system, and one UK-made 105mm L-119 howitzer. In addition, two AFU ammunition depots were destroyed.
Units of the Tsentr Group of Forces liberated Netaylovo (Donetsk People's Republic) and improved the tactical situation.
Losses were inflicted on formations of the AFU 68th Jaeger Brigade and 24th Mechanised Brigade near Semyonovka and Novgorodskoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
Five counter-attacks launched by assault detachments of the AFU 71st Jaeger Brigade, 47th, and 110th Mechanised brigades were repelled near Ocheretino, Solovyovo, and Umanskoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 335 Ukrainian troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, and three motor vehicles.
In the course of counter-battery warfare, one U.S.-made 155mm M777 howitzer, one 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system, three 152mm Msta-B howitzers, two 122mm D-30 howitzers, one 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS combat vehicle, and one U.S.-made 105mm M102 light towed howitzer were neutralised.
Units of the Vostok Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 128th Territorial Defence Brigade near Makarovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 130 Ukrainian troops, five motor vehicles, one U.S.-made 155mm M777 howitzer, and one U.S.-made 155mm M198 howitzer.
Units of the Dnepr Group of Forces inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 65th Mechanised Brigade and 37th Naval Infantry Brigade near Rabotino (Zaporozhye region) and Veseloye (Kherson region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 40 Ukrainian troops, three motor vehicles, one 122mm D-30 howitzer, and one U.S.-made 105mm M119 howitzer.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces engaged AFU manpower and hardware clusters in 114 areas during the day.
Air defence units shot down six French-made Hammer guided aerial bombs, 14 U.S.-made HIMARS and Olkha MLRS projectiles, as well as 44 unmanned aerial vehicles.
In total, 603 airplanes and 274 helicopters, 24,700 unmanned aerial vehicles, 524 air defence missile systems, 16,172 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,318 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 9,887 field artillery cannons and mortars, as well as 22,027 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.
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[Regnum] Two colonels of the state security department of the head of the Kiev regime, Vladimir Zelensky, were preparing an assassination attempt on the head of intelligence (GUR) of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Kirill Budanov (an individual included in the Russian Federation in the list of terrorists and extremists), the British newspaper The Times reported on May 26, citing an unnamed high-ranking Ukrainian counterintelligence officer.
According to journalists, security officers planned to inform the Russian military of the coordinates of the motorcade in which Budanov was traveling so that a missile attack could be carried out on it. The attack was supposedly supposed to be detected by drones and dropped ammunition to kill the survivors. It is reported that the operation was planned for early May.
Those accused of the attempt on the life of the head of the GUR were detained. Allegedly, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) intercepted the colonels’ negotiations. The publication reported that they were Andrey Guk and Alexander Derkach, they were followed for several months.
As Regnum reported, in early May the SBU announced the detention of Guk and Derkach. They were accused of preparing an assassination attempt on Zelensky. During a search of Hooke's house, weapons and explosive devices were found. The department also stated that three more defendants are involved in the case.
In November 2023, political scientist Yuri Svetov, in a conversation with IA Regnum, said that in Ukraine there are signs of a clan struggle for power in order to attribute all failures in governing the country to the overthrown leadership. He noted that such changes cannot take place without the participation of the Ukrainian special services. The expert did not rule out that the West also plans to rotate the leadership of the Kyiv regime.
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[Regnum] NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg does not have the right to make statements on behalf of all members of the alliance on an issue that has not been submitted for general discussion. This was stated on May 27 by the head of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sergei Lavrov, commenting on the words of the NATO Secretary General about attacks on Russia by Western weapons.
“I doubt that the Secretary General can take on such responsibility and speak on behalf of the members of the bloc when this topic was not discussed with them within NATO,” Izvestia quotes the minister.
Lavrov recalled that some members of the bloc have already expressed disagreement with the statement of the NATO Secretary General. Thus, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni called on Stoltenberg to be careful in his statements.
As Regnum reported, on May 27, the NATO Secretary General again proposed allowing Ukraine to fire Western weapons at targets on Russian territory. He said that such strikes in the context of the offensive of Russian troops near Kharkov can be considered as self-defense. He had previously suggested that Western allies consider whether they should lift some restrictions they had placed on the use of weapons transferred to Ukraine.
Stoltenberg's remarks were condemned by the Minister of Transport and Infrastructure of Italy, Matteo Salvini. He said that after such words, Stoltenberg should apologize or leave his post. The Italian minister was outraged by the idea that Ukraine would be allowed to use weapons for defense in battles outside its territory.
On May 26, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz refused to allow Ukraine to fire Western weapons at Russia. According to the politician, from the very beginning of the supply of German weapons to Kyiv, rules for the use of these weapons were developed and agreed upon with Ukraine. Germany provides support to the Kyiv regime, including military support, but does not want the conflict in Ukraine to escalate into a “big war,” the chancellor added.
The official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Maria Zakharova, noted that Russia will not leave encroachments on its territory unanswered. Western countries, by providing long-range missiles and heavy weapons and giving the go-ahead for their use against Russia, contributed to the escalation of the conflict, Zakharova added.
Previously, Lavrov said that the Ukrainian Armed Forces are already using weapons provided by the United States and other Western countries to attack civilian targets in Russia outside the conflict zone. He emphasized that in most cases, civilian infrastructure and residential areas are hit.
Thus, on May 24, Russian air defense systems destroyed an anti-radar missile HARM fired by the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) over the territory of the Belgorod region. On the same day, the Russian military shot down three American-made ATACMS operational-tactical missiles over Crimea on the night of May 24.
Today, NATO is actually directly involved in the conflict and is in direct confrontation with Russia. This was stated on May 27 by the press secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov, commenting on statements by Alliance Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg about Ukrainian Armed Forces striking NATO weapons on Russian territory.
Peskov said that NATO is already in direct confrontation with Russia
“NATO is involved in this conflict, directly involved in the conflict... But our military also knows what to do, they are continuing a special military operation to stop all threats,” he said in an interview with Izvestia.
Peskov noted that the secretary general of the alliance in this case cannot express a personal opinion, since he is in a responsible position.
The Kremlin representative noted that the alliance is thus increasing the degree of escalation, flirting with belligerent rhetoric and falling into “military ecstasy.”
“This is the reality we need to continue to deal with,” he added.
According to Peskov, today NATO is actually already in direct confrontation with Russia.
“They are not getting close, they are in it [the confrontation],” he clarified in response to a corresponding question.
As Regnum reported, earlier on May 27, the NATO Secretary General again proposed allowing Kiev to fire Western weapons at targets on Russian territory. According to Stoltenberg, such actions can allegedly be considered self-defense.
Prior to this, on May 25, the secretary general of the alliance called on Kiev’s Western allies to lift the current restrictions for the Ukrainian Armed Forces on strikes with alliance weapons on Russian territory. At the same time, Stoltenberg admitted that the Russian military will continue the offensive, which is why Kyiv is already experiencing difficulties.
A group of US congressmen from both parties on May 21 called on the Pentagon to “allow” Ukraine to strike Russian territory with American weapons. According to congressmen, the Ukrainian Armed Forces can allegedly carry out such strikes against strategic targets and under certain circumstances.
AKA: Penal battalions.
[Regnum] The Armed Forces of Ukraine will form assault troops from mobilized prisoners, Minister of Justice of Ukraine Denis Malyuska said on May 27 on the air of a single Ukrainian news telethon.
This is how he answered the question about the branches of the military to which those who were serving their sentences would be sent. Malyuska emphasized that such units will consist exclusively of convicted persons and will not include other military personnel.
In April, the Minister of Justice of Ukraine stated that from the prisoners mobilized into the Armed Forces of Ukraine, separate units would be created for digging trenches and building infrastructure.
As Regnum reported, on May 8, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted a bill on the mobilization of convicts. The document assumes that the mobilization of convicts is voluntary.
Mobilized prisoners will be released on parole. Those convicted of crimes against the fundamentals of national security, murder, sexual violence, pedophilia and fatal accidents committed under the influence of alcohol or drugs will not be subject to voluntary conscription.
On May 10, Denis Malyuska suggested that up to 20 thousand prisoners and people with a criminal record could be drafted into the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He noted that each specific case should be considered separately in order to determine whether a particular fighter is useful for the Ukrainian army.
On May 25, The New York Times, citing Malyuska, wrote that 350 prisoners in Ukraine were released from prisons who wanted to receive parole in exchange for participation in mobilization in the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
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[Regnum] US President Joe Biden said that during World War II, American soldiers saved the world and liberated Europe. "My son Beau never made it back from that beach!"
“Members of the Greatest Generation, in a week it will be 80 years since that day, landed on the beaches of Normandy, liberated the continent and literally saved the world,” he said, speaking at the Arlington Military Cemetery in honor of National Remembrance Day.
According to Biden, at different periods of US history, American soldiers defended independence, defeated fascism, and created strong alliances.
As Regnum reported, in 2023, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, during his speech on the anniversary of the Allied landings in Normandy, called World War II veterans the saviors of the world, without mentioning the USSR in the list of countries that defeated Nazism.
At the same time, the official representative of the US administration, Karine Jean-Pierre, said that the United States “and allied forces” won the victory over fascism in World War II.
No matter what they say in Washington, the historical truth is that without the victories of the Red Army, the Allied landing on the Normandy coast on June 6, 1944 would have been impossible. Russian senator Alexey Pushkov wrote about this. He recalled that the historical truth is that two-thirds of Hitler's divisions were defeated by the Red Army on the eastern front, and not on the western.
On May 8, 2024, Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated the leaders of the CIS countries, Abkhazia and South Ossetia, as well as the people of Georgia and Moldova, on the upcoming Victory Day. The head of state emphasized the need to stop attempts to distort common history. On Victory Day, we should pay tribute to deep gratitude and respect to those who fought courageously at the front during the war and selflessly worked in the rear, bringing Victory closer, the president noted. Putin expressed confidence that the bonds of fraternal friendship, forged during the Great Patriotic War, will remain a reliable basis for the development of relations between countries and peoples.
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yeah, Russia did a lot of the heavy lifting in WWII
but the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact gave Hitler Poland and lots more
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The Soviets were a huge help by providing bodies while the West provided tons of aid/supplies/weapons to bleed the Axis dry on the eastern front. It cost them a shit-ton of men that you can see in the demographic data. Russia should have over 250 million instead of the 145 million it currently has. All those young men not humping and making babies has really added up in compound interest.
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Before the Soviet Union was a huge help to the Allies, it was a huge help to the Nazis, allowing the Nazis to concentrate elsewhere without having to man an eastern front. They created their own consequences.
#7
Russians were suckered by Molotov-Ribbentrop, and they were suckered by the Minsk Agreements. In between were broken promises by the West to move NATO east.
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