From the V Kontakte page of PMC Wagner | Military review
We publish Yevgeny Prigozhin's answers to the main questions that the society has:
In order to exclude rumors, I answer the main questions that the society has for me and for Wagner PMC.
I. What did Wagner PMC do in Bakhmut? Why was Bakhmut needed?
1. PMC "Wagner" entered the territory of the settlement of Pervomaiskoye on March 19, 2022, due to the fact that the Russian Armed Forces could not cope with the assigned tasks, advance the front in a westerly direction and break through the defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine along the line of 2014.
2. PMC "Wagner" successfully coped with the task of breaking through the fortified defense area of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the first point of which was the settlement of Popasnaya, by May 9, 2022. The presence of these fortified areas was not included in the plans of the NWO. We were supposed to take Popasnaya by May 14-15, but we balked at doing it according to tradition on Victory Day.
3. After the flight of the units of the RF Ministry of Defense from the Kherson, Nikolaev, Kharkiv and Luhansk regions (Krasny Liman, Kupyansk, Izyum), the units of the PMC "Wagner" held back the onslaught of the enemy on the front with a length of 148 km, while in a day they set up positions on a part of the front with a length of 38 km.
4. On October 8, 2022, together with General of the Army Sergei Surovikin, it was decided to launch the operation "Bakhmut meat grinder" - an assault on the village of Bakhmut in order to provoke Vladimir Zelensky to throw in as many forces as possible to hold Bamkhut. In Bakhmut, we grinded APU, hence the name - “Bakhmut meat grinder”.
5. The purpose of the operation "Bakhmut meat grinder" was to enable the units of the Russian army to take advantageous defense lines, mobilize, re-equip, train personnel and increase their combat potential.
6. The period of the operation, together with Army General S. Surovikin, was a period of 6 months (conditionally until April 8, 2023).
7. The settlement of Bakhmut has no strategic importance for further advancement to the west.
8. Of strategic importance for the advancement of the Russian army is the capture of the settlements of Kramatorsk, Slavyansk, Druzhkovka, Konstantinovka - the “Donbas Ring”, to the west of which flat territories open up, on which it is difficult for the Armed Forces of Ukraine to maintain defense in the event of an offensive by superior forces of the Russian army.
II. Why did “shell hunger” arise?
9. Against the backdrop of the promotion of PMC "Wagner", which occupied 1500 sq. km and 71 settlements, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation suffered setbacks: defeats on the fronts, lack of control, scandals with mobilization, problems with supplies, discipline, and so on.
10. To compensate for their failures, due to envy, when trying to intrigue, the Ministry of Defense decided to start countering the Wagner PMC:
- the recruitment of volunteers among prisoners was prohibited;
- the supply of weapons has been stopped;
- the supply of ammunition was cut to 30% of applications (from May 2023 - to 10%).
11. The Ministry of Defense also created other problems:
- the issuance of well-deserved orders and medals to the dead ceased;
- PMC "Wagner" was denied the possibility of air flights for the transfer of personnel from Africa to the NVO zone;
- persons from the Ministry of Defense interacting with PMC "Wagner" were forbidden to communicate with units of PMC "Wagner";
– special connection is disabled;
- Aircraft for the operational transfer of ammunition were denied.
12. Despite the opposition of the Ministry of Defense, Wagner PMC continued to successfully conduct military operations.
13. In order to ensure a complete "shell blockade", which does not consist in an artificial shortage of shells, but in a complete cessation of supplies, Colonel General Mikhail Mizintsev was fired.
14. PMC "Wagner" has the opportunity to acquire shells in other ways, not from the stocks of the Russian army. However, PMC Wagner, together with foreign partners, was refused assistance in facilitating its own supplies and production of ammunition.
III. Why is Wagner PMC leaving Bakhmut?
15. PMC "Wagner" has been fighting for almost 400 days, since March 19, 2022. After conducting military operations (for which, according to all current military standards, 25 days are allotted), practically all units are withdrawn for reorganization, retraining and rest.
16. For seven months of the "Bakhmut meat grinder" PMC "Wagner" has lost its combat potential. The reason for this was the restrictions on the reception of personnel, created in February 2023, the lack of the required amount of weapons, the lack of the required amount of ammunition (artificially created "shell hunger").
17. It should be noted that the operation "Bakhmut meat grinder" was designed mainly not to take the settlement of Bakhmut, but to grind the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and organize a respite for the Russian army to restore combat capability.
18. The Bakhmut meat grinder has fully completed its task.
19. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on March 7, 2023 that taking control of Bakhmut would pave the way for a further offensive deep into the defenses of the Ukrainian army. He called Bakhmut an important center of defense for Ukrainian troops in the Donbass. In the direction of Slavyansk and Kramatorsk, the operational space is already open, and the remainder of 2.42 sq. km does not matter for operational space.
IV. What will Wagner PMC do after leaving Bakhmut?
20. After leaving Bakhmut, Wagner PMC will go to training camps to restore combat capability, retrain units, and will stay there until the threat to Russia and Russian citizens disappears as part of this military operation. In the event of a threat, PMC "Wagner" will certainly immediately stand up for the defense of their homeland.
21. Most of the fighters and commanders joined the Wagner PMC, leaving the units of the Ministry of Defense, as they completely lost confidence in them. Therefore, the divisions of PMC "Wagner" made a decision on the impossibility of joining the structures of the Ministry of Defense. It should also be noted that Wagner PMC is a team of like-minded people. Most "Wagnerians" would rather go on a well-deserved rest than go to other units. PMC "Wagner" is not a place of service, it is a vocation and philosophy.
V. How is the ammunition rate calculated?
(All figures are somewhat distorted, but the general meaning and proportions are observed)
22. So, how is the calculation of ammunition done. We take as a basis the conditional grouping of PMC "Wagner" in 30,000 people on combat missions in Bakhmut.
- Opposite PMC "Wagner" there is an enemy in the amount of about 80,000 people. And directly in the Bakhmut agglomeration there are about 35,000 enemy people.
- When attacked, the standard ratio of forces according to the standards should be 3: 1. That is, for every defender, there are three attackers.
– With an enemy grouping of 35,000 people and the number of weapons [X], the Wagner PMC should be 105,000 people, and the number of weapons [X] x 3. – Thus, the
combat potential of the Wagner PMC should exceed three times the enemy’s potential .
- In fact, the combat potential of PMC "Wagner" is less than the combat potential of the enemy by 1.2-2 times (that is, 3.6-6 times less than required for offensive operations).
- Despite the lack of numbers of units, weapons and ammunition, PMC "Wagner" compensates for this lack of serious superiority in the level of organization, interaction and training.
23. PMC "Wagner" spends an average of 6,000 shells per day. And he submits his applications, based on the required quantity, solely on the experience of previous days.
24. Until May 2023, the leadership of the Ministry of Defense signed from 10 to 30% of the requirements of the ammunition specified in the application, depending on the period. However, thanks to the actions of the responsible officers of the Ministry of Defense, we were able to receive them more than signed - namely, from 30 to 60% of the need.
25. Thus, on average, from October 2022 to May 2023, we received 38% of the requested requirement.
26. The same situation with weapons and military equipment: the supply of Wagner PMC in terms of tanks, artillery and armored vehicles amounted to 30-40% of the required amount for combat missions.
27. How to calculate the required amount of ammunition? There are many different options:
- First: from the experience of conducting combat operations, taking into account the number, including the missing tanks, artillery, armored vehicles and weapons for the previous period. So, in our opinion, this is the most practical option.
- Second: according to the norms determined by the Rules for firing and fire control, the consumption of ammunition for suppressing an enemy platoon stronghold is 180 shells per 1 hectare. The average length of the Wagner front, taking into account different periods, is 80 km. This is about 400 strongholds of the enemy. To suppress them, 180 x 400 are needed, that is, 72,000 shells per day. And so every day.
- Third: to suppress one NATO mechanized division for a conditional operation (25 days), about 270,000 calculated ammunition (152mm) is needed, according to the methodology of operational-tactical calculations. One NATO division is 12,000 people. 35,000 is three divisions. Three divisions - 270,000 times 3 (for suppression) - 810,000 shells. We divide by 25 days - we get 32,000 shells per day for suppression.
28. I remind you: we asked for 6,000 shells a day, they signed us from 600 to 1,000 shells, and we received 1,5-2,000 shells a day.
29. For example, in order not to reveal secrets: 10 types of ammunition that were ordered for the first decade of May. Requested by PMC "Wagner" 45,000, signed for the issuance of 5,800 shells.
30. Thanks to Colonel General Mizintsev for giving out a little more than they signed at the General Staff. Very little, but at least something. Since May 1, after his dismissal, they are no longer issued at all.
VI. How does the lack of ammunition affect sanitary losses?
31. To maintain combat effectiveness during a full-scale war, losses (KIAs and wounded in action) of 10-12% in 25 days (the duration of a conditional military operation) are considered acceptable.
The arithmetic is very simple:
- If they give 18,000 shells per day, the losses are 10%;
- If they give 6,000 shells per day, the losses are 24%;
- If they give 2,000 shells per day, the losses are 35% or more.
Nobody expects 10% of ammunition from the norm. In this case, the unit is doomed to death. Now we get 10%.
32. PMC "Wagner" according to military calculations should give 18,000 shells per day. And there should be weapons [X] x 3. In this case, the losses would be 10-12% in a full-fledged war. The Wagner PMC had not [X] x 3, but [X] weapons, so we asked not 18, but 6,000 shells.
In this situation, our losses should have been 24%, with 6,000 shells. But we were given 2,000 thanks to the efforts of the responsible generals and Mizintsev. Therefore, our calculated loss should have been 35% for every 25 days. That is, PMC "Wagner" for 6 months "Bakhmut meat grinder" was supposed to lose 200% of the personnel.
33. It should be noted that with a loss of 30%, the unit is considered not combat ready. We had to complete one combat mission (25 days): die and reformat, and so on 14 times in a row. Instead, we have been at war for 14 months in a row. This speaks of the insane effectiveness of Wagner PMC. These are standard calculations taught at the General Staff.
34. Of course, the losses, once again, thanks to the highest level of training, management and interaction, are lower than calculated. But PMC "Wagner" still suffered significant losses, and despite this, we are alive: interaction, control and morale have not been lost.
35. PMC "Wagner" is artificially brought to non-combat readiness due to the artificially created "shell hunger".
36. How do we survive? The answer is simple. Management, optimization, military tricks, interaction, immediate repair, restoration and modernization: both military equipment and personnel who, having been wounded, undergo a quick recovery course and again rush to perform combat missions. Because we are a monolithic team of like-minded people.
37. These qualities allowed us to grind about 50,000 soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine killed and prevent the enemy’s counteroffensive until today along the entire front line.
VII. Where are the projectiles?
38. The Russian military industry has reached the volume of production of shells sufficient to provide in full about five such combat-ready formations as the Wagner PMC, with a front length of 120-150 km and a simultaneous offensive along all sectors of the front.
39. The volume of stockpiles of weapons and ammunition makes it possible to provide for everyone, including in standard quantities.
40. It is safe to say that two-thirds of the sanitary losses of PMC "Wagner" are caused exclusively by artificially created "shell hunger". These are tens of thousands of killed and wounded citizens of the Russian Federation who died and suffered severe injuries due to the artificially created “shell hunger”.
41. It must be borne in mind that many other units are also experiencing "shell hunger." It was assumed that if they received shells, they would share them with the Wagner PMC. Therefore, the termination of the activities of PMC "Wagner" will have a positive impact on other units and subunits, and will provide them with ammunition.
[GEO.TV] Russian private military group's chief criticised Russian military decision-makers for not sending enough arms and support to the battlefield, blaming the defence chiefs for the thousands of casualties as a result.
In a video that was posted on Thursday on Telegram, Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin said in Russian: "We are lacking 70% of the needed ammunition!"
The video was said to have been from the front lines of the battlefield where, according to the chief, the bodies of the mercenaries were lying.
Prigozhin in the video claimed that they had these casualties in just one day of fighting.
The chief can be seen shouting angrily saying: "Shoigu, Gerasimov, where ... is the ammunition?," calling out Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and chief of the Russian armed forces Gen. Valery Gerasimov.
Pointing bodies behind him, he said: "The blood is still fresh. They came here as volunteers and are dying so you can sit like fat cats in your luxury offices."
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Been over for some time but you would never know it in the western medias. So as is his way, Prigozhin squeaks and it's well known the squeaky wheel gets the oil,. NATO and USA sending billions in equipment, troops, and money allowing Ukraine to exist. Still they persist but Putin has red lined them and his response will be measured. Besides how many months has Wager been active, several. They need rotated out for R&R.
[YouTube] GPS and Glonass and other satellite-based communications were disrupted in Moscow, as Russia's jamming equipment spoof the GPS signals of vehicles, showing them in the wrong locations.
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[LB] Chernihiv, Luhansk, Kharkiv, Sumy, Kherson, Donetsk, Mykolaiv, Dnipropetrovsk, and Zaporizhia regions were under enemy fire.
Over the past day, the enemy has fired seven times in the Chernihiv region - with rotorcraft missiles, aerial bombs, and mortars. They beat in the Novgorod-Siverskyi and Koryukivskyi districts. There are no casualties or damage, says the summary from OVA as of this morning.
Shots were fired five times in Sumy at night and in the morning, 15 explosions were recorded. Settlements of five communities were shelled: Esmanska, Glukhivska, Seredino-Budska, Bilopolska and Myropilska. The enemy hit Glukhov with two Su-35 guided air bombs. Two private houses, an educational institution and power lines were completely destroyed and 34 damaged. According to preliminary data, five people were injured, including a 12-year-old child.
Yesterday, during the day, the enemy carried out nine attacks on border communities. About 33 explosions were recorded in Znob-Novogrodsk, Esmansk, Shalyginsk, Novoslobidsk, Yunakivsk and Velikopysarivsk communities. In Zaporizhzhia16 towns and villages were hit by 104 shellings in the past day.
The enemy launched a missile strike, two air strikes, two drone strikes, three salvo missile strikes and 96 artillery strikes. Gulyaipole, Zaliznychne, Stepnohirsk, and Kamiansk were again under enemy fire. The Russians hit houses, administrative buildings and utility networks. A woman was injured during the shelling in Yehorivka. Four civilians were injured during the day.
In the Dnipropetrovsk region, the Russians struck from drones at night. Four Shahed shot down in the sky. Debris fell in the Synelniky district, as a result of which five private houses and a power line were damaged. There are no injured. The Russians fired at the Marganets community from "Hrady" - they fired 15 shells. No one was injured, the consequences are being investigated. Marganetsk and Chervonogrigorivsk communities and Nikopol were also attacked yesterday - they were hit by drones, "Grada" and heavy artillery. People are not injured, there is damage to the house and structures.
In Luhansk, the enemy fired 106 rounds (467 shells) during the day. The Russians directed the fire from the artillery and mortars of the previous era on Stelmakhivka, Makiivka, Nevsky and Bilogorivka.
In Mykolaivska yesterday, the enemy carried out artillery strikes on the water area of Ochakivska community. There were no casualties.
In the Kharkivska in the Slobozhansk direction, the enemy carried out mortar and artillery attacks on the settlements of Chervona Zorya, Uda, Veterinarne, Graniv, Kozacha Lopan, Hoptivka, Hlyboke, Lukyantsi, Neskuchne, and Staritsa. On the Kupyansk direction, Bologhivka, Krasne Pershe, Figolivka, Novomlynsk, Dvorichna, Liman Pershi, Pischane and Stelmakhivka came under enemy fire. As a result of shelling from artillery and mortars, at least seven residential buildings were damaged in Vovchansk, Chuguyiv District. No casualties.
In Donetsk , the occupiers shelled 17 settlements in the past day: Kostyantynivka, Kurakhove, Avdiivka, Kramatorsk, Sloviansk, Bakhmut, New York, Velika Novosilka, Karlivka, Novopokrovske, Predtechyne, Novoukrainka, Shcherbynivka, Bogoyavlenka, Kostyantynivka, Katerynivka, Druzhkivka. 22 residential buildings (four of them multi-apartment buildings), three shops, a farm building, a home for the elderly, an administrative building and workshops were damaged. In one day, four people were killed and three were injured in the region.
In Khersonska, the enemy fired 71 rounds (411 shells) during the day. Of these, the enemy fired 11 shots (49 shells) at Kherson. The Russian military targeted the districts of 30 settlements in the region. The occupiers ransacked the villages of Vesele and Kozatske of the Novokakhovsk community. In Vesely, the church building was destroyed by shelling and the houses of local residents were damaged. One person was injured and was hospitalized in Kherson.
In total, about 20 residential buildings were mutilated in populated areas due to the strikes of the Russian aircraft. A tractor driver was blown up while working on a Russian mine in the village of Maksym Gorky in Beryslav district. A 30-year-old man was injured. During the day, two people were injured due to Russian aggression. 155 people were evacuated from the de-occupied territory of the region.
According to the General Staff, Bakhmut and Maryinka remain at the epicenter of hostilities. So, on Bakhmutskyi, the occupiers unsuccessfully attacked in the direction of Hryhorivka, Ivanivskyi, and New York. In the Maryinka direction, during the past day, Ukrainian soldiers repelled attacks in the Maryinka area.
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[Korrespondent] 21:43 Warehouses with gunpowder are exploding in the Sverdlovsk region of the Russian Federation, the population is being evacuated, Russian media report. Emergency services say the explosions were allegedly caused by a "forest fire crossing."
21:39 The press service of the SBU commented for the UP on the explosion of Prilepin’s car: “Officially, we can neither confirm nor deny the involvement of the SBU in this or that “bavovna” that happens to the occupiers and their henchmen. At the same time, as I have repeatedly noted the head of the SBU Vasily Malyuk, for the Russians who brought war, death and violence to our land, "bavovna" burned, burns and will burn. So death is the only prospect that we can offer the occupiers. About who is behind One way or another, we will be able to speak after our victory."
20:48 During the day, the Russians fired eight times at the Nikopol region of the Dnipropetrovsk region from Gradov and heavy artillery, seven people were injured, the head of the OVA, Serhiy Lysak, said.
20:21 Podolyak called both the “attack” on the Kremlin and the “bombings” of propagandists staged by the Russian special services. According to him, such incidents do not solve a single issue for Ukraine, and they are directed exclusively at the domestic market, because "Russian propaganda circles understand where everything is going."
20:16 Kadyrov called on the Wagnerites to join the Akhmat battalion, which can replace the Wagner PMC in Bakhmut. He promised Prigozhin's mercenaries "better conditions" than they have now.
19:34 Zelensky said that he met in Kiev with a delegation from the US state of Utah, headed by State Senate President Stuart Adams, which also included representatives of business and charitable organizations. "Such visits are signals of support for our state not only at the national level, but also at the regional level," the president said.
19:11 In the Kherson region, pyrotechnicians came under fire during demining, six of them were killed, two more were injured , among them one woman paramedic. Equipment was also destroyed, the State Emergency Service said.
19:06 Alexander Permyakov, who was detained on suspicion of involvement in the assassination attempt on Zakhar Prilepin, allegedly admitted during interrogation that he acted on the instructions of "Ukrainian special services," the RF Investigative Committee reported. On the road along the route of Prilepin's car, Permyakov allegedly planted an explosive device, which he set off remotely.
17:51 Kadyrov said that his Akhmat was ready to advance to Bakhmut, several units had already allegedly set off towards the front.
17:32 In the Nizhny Novgorod region, police officers in hot pursuit detained a man who was allegedly involved in blowing up a car with Prilepin. The detainee turned out to be "a native of Ukraine."
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that the United States and NATO "bred up another terrorist cell - the Kiev regime." She compared Bin Laden, ISIS and Zelensky and added that it was the "direct responsibility" of the US and the UK.
17:16 The "authorities" of the occupied Crimea said that the air defense forces shot down two ballistic missiles allegedly launched by the Ukrainian OTRK Grom-2.
15:48 Another exchange of prisoners took place: 45 Ukrainian defenders returned home , the Coordinating Headquarters for the treatment of prisoners of war said. Among them are 42 defenders and three defenders of Azovstal from the National Guard. Ten military officers belong to the officers, 35 - to privates and sergeants. Many are injured and have serious health problems.
In turn, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported that three Russian military men - pilots of the Russian Aerospace Forces - were returned from Ukraine.
14:21 Zaluzhny said that he had a telephone conversation with the head of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley, informed about the situation at the front and preparations for the upcoming steps of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to de-occupy Ukrainian territory.
13:37 The Atesh partisan movement said it had been "hunting" for Prilepin since the beginning of the year. "They got him. Everything is just beginning for the Rashists," the message says.
13:09 On the highway in the Nizhny Novgorod region of the Russian Federation, the car of the propagandist, Ukrainophobe writer and former "political officer of the DPR" Zakhar Prilepin was blown up - the driver died, Prilepin was injured , he has fractures, Russian media write. Prilepin's press service reported that the deceased is Prilepin's "comrade-in-arms", an employee of the Oplot battalion of the Russian Guard, 27-year-old native of Lugansk Alexander Shubin with the call sign "Evil", who was entered into the base of the Ukrainian Peacemaker.
11:15 The Russians hit Nikopol from Dnipropetrovsk region from Gradov and heavy artillery, hit an industrial enterprise, three workers were injured, said the head of the OVA Sergey Lysak.
11:04 Russians at night and in the morning fired at settlements of five territorial communities of the Sumy region, reported OVA. In particular, from the Su-35 aircraft, the enemy launched air strikes with two guided bombs on the city of Glukhov. As a result of the airstrike, two houses were completely destroyed and 34 private houses were damaged, five people were injured, including one child.
10:22 Another enemy drone has been destroyed near the city of Krivoy Rog, the head of the Dnepropetrovsk OVA, Serhiy Lysak, said.
09:45 On the night of May 4, air defense forces shot down a Russian Kinzhal missile using the Patriot air defense system , said Mykola Oleshchuk, commander of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He said that the X-47 missile was fired by the MiG-31K from the territory of Russia. At the same time, Oleshchuk urged not to publish in advance information that the enemy could use. "We will definitely report what, where, how and when they shot down. There is a time for everything," he added.
09:19 Special Operations Forces showed a video from Bakhmut. In a commentary to the UP, the military reported that on the evening of May 5, Russian troops used phosphorus and incendiary ammunition in Bakhmut.
09:03 In the Donetsk region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, five people were killed (three in Avdiivka, one each in Predtechino and Konstantinovka). In addition, it was possible to establish information about one deceased in Liman. Three other people in the area were injured.
In the Zaporozhye region, four people were injured due to enemy shelling, in Kherson - two, according to the IVA.
08:54 At night, the Russians fired four Shahed-type drones in the Dnipropetrovsk region, and one more in the morning - they were all shot down, the head of the IVA, Serhiy Lysak, said. Fragments of downed drones fell in the Sinelnikovsky district, private houses, outbuildings and power lines were damaged, people were not injured.
08:48 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of May 6.
personnel - about 193,770 (+560) people liquidated,
tanks - 3717 (+7),
armored combat vehicles - 7238 (+14),
artillery systems - 2992 (+14),
MLRS - 552 (+2),
air defense systems - 306 (+2),
aircraft - 308 (+0),
helicopters - 294 (+0),
UAV operational-tactical level - 2554 (+14),
cruise missiles - 947 (+0),
ships/boats - 18 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 5936 (+20),
special equipment - 375 (+2).
08:39 Crimean publics write about explosions in Dzhankoy. Advisor to the "head of Crimea" Oleg Kryuchkov reported on the work of air defense, there were no casualties or destruction.
08:27 The Russian army continues to focus its main efforts on conducting offensive operations in the Bakhmut, Avdeevsky and Maryinsky directions - about 50 enemy attacks have been repelled. Bakhmut and Maryinka remain at the epicenter of hostilities, Ukrainian defenders are holding the line, the General Staff said in a morning report .
In Starobelsk, Luhansk region, Ukrainian citizens who refused to receive a Russian passport are forcibly evicted from their homes. Usually they come home no more than twice, and on the third time, residents, including children, and their belongings are forcibly thrown out into the street. After the eviction, local residents are sent to filtration points, and their housing is given to Russian military personnel for settlement.
00:23 Orban said on Radio Kossuth that part of Ukraine is ancient Hungarian land, which now belongs to Ukraine: “Hungarians also live in Ukraine, part of Ukraine is ancient Hungarian land, which now belongs to Ukraine. They also die in the war. We Hungarians are at least doubly motivated to secure peace."
00:04 More than 7,000 Ukrainians are considered missing, of which 15% are civilians, the rest are military, Oleg Kotenko, Commissioner for Missing Persons under Special Circumstances, said. He clarified that since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, more than 15,000 cases of missing persons have been opened, 8,000 have already been found.
Kindly note that several entries in this article may have been removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.
[NewsFrontInfo] 23:05 A large-scale air alert has been announced throughout Ukraine. This was reported on May 6 by the online publication KostaNews.ru, referring to Ukrainian Telegram channels.
According to the publication, the alarm is connected with the alleged takeoff from Russian airfields of six Tu-22M3 missile carriers.
22:17 The Ukrainian media reported about the explosion in Dnepropetrovsk, on May 6, the Suspilne (Public) publication reported.
According to the publication, an explosion was heard in Dnepropetrovsk. “The sound of an explosion was heard in the Dnieper,” the publication wrote on its Telegram channel. It is also noted that an air raid alert is now sounding in the Dnepropetrovsk region.
21:27 Tank crews destroy enemy in the forward positions
On one of the directions in the NMD zone, in order to advance our motorized rifle units, the crews of T-72B3 tanks advanced to the front line of the enemy’s defense and delivered a powerful fire strike.
20:45 Eyewitness filmed on the phone, as representatives of the military registration and enlistment office “pack” another “volunteer” who wants to serve in the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
20:42 Personnel destruction of objects of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye direction
19:44 AFU fired at Glushkovsky district of Kursk region
“A total of 10 arrivals were recorded in the village of Krasnooktyabrsky. There were no injuries, windows were broken in one house. Also recorded eight arrivals in the village of Tetkino. There were no casualties, no damage,” said the head of the region, Roman Starovoit.
18:43 Russian drone arranged" explosive" meeting with the Ukrainian MLRS
The UAV found a hidden combat vehicle in field shelters. The militants did not try hard to disguise it, so they managed to successfully fly right into the enemy’s ammunition rack.
17:19 In Ukraine, mass burial of APU soldier
The policy of the West to “fight to the last Ukrainian” is being steadily implemented
Unfortunately, the realization of the “stupefaction” of the population by the leadership of Ukraine comes to the Ukrainian resident only with the loss of his loved ones
17:18 Result of fire damage to the place of shelter of the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in one of the directions of the NMD
16:03 Street fighting in Artemovsk continue
Russian volunteers from the Wagner Group storm the Nest fortified area, which has become one of the main pillars of the defense of the Kyiv regime forces on the western outskirts of Artemovsk (Bakhmut).
15:01 Highlights from the briefing of the RF Ministry of Defense:
🔹The losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kupyansk direction amounted to 50 people, tywo armored vehicles and Acacia self-propelled guns;
🔹The Russian Armed Forces destroyed about 90 military units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in a day in the South-Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions;
🔹The RF Armed Forces inflicted a defeat on the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Chasov Yar and Bogdanovka in the DPR;
🔹In the Donetsk direction, at least 185 Ukrainian military and foreign mercenaries were destroyed per day;
🔹The Russian Armed Forces destroyed up to 60 military units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in a day in the Krasnolimansky direction;
🔹More than 9,000 Ukrainian tanks and other armored fighting vehicles have been destroyed by the Russian army since the beginning of the special operation;
🔹The Russian Armed Forces destroyed an ammunition depot of the 35th marine battalion of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near the settlement of Velikaya Novoselka;
🔹Russian air defense systems shot down 32 Ukrainian drones in a day.
13:40 Tank crews of the ZVO destroy enemy in the forward positions
On one of the directions in the NMD zone, in order to advance our motorized rifle units, the crews of T-72B3 tanks advanced to the front line of the enemy’s defense and delivered a powerful fire strike.
"This is a bit beyond understanding for an ordinary person, but for us it is now an ordinary life, an ordinary job," said the gunner-operator of the T-72B3 tank with the call sign “Sniper”.
Tankers talk modestly about their battles. But every day, doing their “normal work”, they perform feats that will surely go down in history.
13:39 Air reconnaissance: combatworkcrews of UAVs of the Airborne Troops in the NVO zone
The crew of the UAV is monitoring the strongholds of Ukrainian militants. A fortified line of defense was erected along the line of contact between the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Additional equipment of positions is carried out at night, but, despite this, UAV units open all strong points with their subsequent destruction.
Artillery fire correction is the main area of work for UAV operators. Having detected movement, the coordinates are immediately transmitted to the command post, and then the gunners strike.
12:23 Russian artillery demilitarized in Artemovsk (Bakhmut), another Humvee armored car, American-made
12:23 Every day more and more wounded Ukrainians evacuatefrom the front.
The Ukrainian vehicle, created on the basis of the MT-LB tractor, was hit by a Krasnopol guided missile in the Zaporozhye region. Fire correction was carried out using the Orlan UAV.
Presumably, we are talking about the Strela-10 anti-aircraft missile system.
10:38 Krivoy Rog - a series of explosions.
Ukrainian social networks report active air defense work.
Previously, one object in the city was hit.
10:38 A group of saboteurs tried to enter the territory of the Belgorod region tonight, writes Shot.
The DRG approached the village of Novaya Tavolzhanka from Volchansk, but the border guards repulsed the attack. Everything is calm now.
09:20 “An Australian was killed, an American was wounded…”: the incredible adventures of the APU mercenaries in the war zone –saw.
09:17 Explosions are reported in the Dnepropetrovsk region.
09:11 Crews of Ka-52 and Mi-28 helicopters inflicted blows on Ukrainian militants in the Kupyansk direction.
Also, in the Kupyansk direction, military personnel of the Zapad group of troops opened and destroyed four Ukrainian DRGs in a day. Two attempts to rotate the Armed Forces of Ukraine at the forefront in the area of Novomlynsk and Novoselovsky were thwarted.
In addition, artillery fire destroyed an enemy ammunition depot in the Bochkovo area, and two enemy mortar crews near Ogurtsovo and Ivanovka.
09:09 In the area of Ugledar, Russian troops maintain fire control of all roads. When an enemy is detected, a projectile immediately flies there. Oncadresdestruction of positions, equipment and manpower of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
08:58 Crimean publics report explosions in Dzhankoy. According to the Crimean authorities, the air defense went off, there were no casualties or damage.
08:16 In the NWO zone eliminated SBU Colonel Mikhail Yartsev. Messages about his death appeared the day before on the page of the Nerubaysky village council of the Odessa region, where Yartsev was from. Details about the liquidation of the Ukrainian commander are not given, it is only known that Yartsev was destroyed on May 2.
08:07 ZVO tank crews destroy enemy in the forward positions.
On one of the directions in the NMD zone, in order to advance our motorized rifle units, the crews of T-72B3 tanks advanced to the front line of the enemy’s defense and delivered a powerful fire strike.
“This is a bit beyond comprehension for an ordinary person, but for us it is now an ordinary life, an ordinary job,” said the gunner-operator of the T-72B3 tank with the call sign “Sniper”.
Tankers talk modestly about their battles. But every day, doing their “normal work”, they perform feats that will surely go down in history.
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 Representation reported about 59 facts of firing by the VFU.
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy made 34 artillery attacks from the MLRS, artillery 155mm and 152mm.
On Gorlovsky 17 artillery attacks from 152mm artillery.
On Yasinovatsky two artillery attacks from 152mm artillery.
On Volnovakhskoye six artillery attack from MLRS, artillery 152mm. By releasing 303 units of various ammunition.
Under enemy fire were areas of seven settlements of the Republic: Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district), Yasinovataya, Yakovlevka, the capital city of Donetsk (Kiev, Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Petrovsky districts), Makeevka (Chervonogvardeysky district), Aleksandrovka, Vladimirovka.
Over the past day, information was received about the death of two civilians in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk.
Four civilians received injuries of varying severity, incl. child born in 2013, in the Petrovsky and Kuibyshevsky districts of Donetsk.
Damaged six residential buildings in the Petrovsky and Kuibyshevsky districts of Donetsk, Aleksandrovka. Damage to civil infrastructure facilities was not recorded.
A previous 62 artillery attacks were recorded from the side of the VFU per day.
21:01 Ukrainian troops at 19.35 fired six rounds of 155mm caliber at Makiivka and Donetsk, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine reported (JCCC).
19:17 Under the fire of Ukrainian formations, the Kuibyshevsky and Petrovsky districts of Donetsk. According to the DPR JCCC, 18 rounds with a caliber of 155mm were fired.
19:11 In the Orekhovsky direction in Zaporozhye, it is very loud, according to the Telegram channel "Military Chronicle".
Russian aviation is actively working in the air. In the area of ??Novoandreevka, Shcherbakov, Yurkovka and Yegorovka, warehouses and temporary deployment points are being destroyed. Arrivals are recorded several times a day.
Judging by the activity of the Russian Aerospace Forces, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have accumulated enough equipment and manpower for an offensive in the immediate vicinity of the front line.
The positions of the 110th Territorial Defense Brigade, as well as the 44th Artillery Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, are actively used FAB-500-M62 with universal planning and correction modules. Aviation operates outside the reach of Ukrainian air defense.
19:05 APU shelled Noavaya Kakhovka and nearby settlements. Arrivals are fixed on the energy infrastructure. Therefore, electricity can be lost in the entire district.
19:00 According to the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for May 6, as of 19:00, additional information was received about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Petrovsky district):
Artillery attack at 10:45: - on the lane. Krasnoarmeisky, 7, a woman born in 1937 died.
Artillery attack at 17:40: - on the street. Inguletskaya, 2, a woman born in 1976 died.
Additional information was received about damage as a result of the artillery attack of the VFU cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Petrovsky district):
- st. 40 years of Ukraine, 6 "a" - an apartment building;
- st. Karnavalnaya, 56. 77 - private residential buildings.
18:58 Alyoshka is under fire from Ukrainian militants. Several strikes were reported on the western flank.
18:32 militants of the Kyiv regime fired 10 rockets from the MLRS in the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk - DPR JCCC.
18:08 Statement head of the press center of the group "Center":
In the Krasno-Limansky direction, subunits of the grouping of troops "Center" inflicted fire damage on more than 170 targets per day, of which more than 150 artillery subunits were in areas of concentration of manpower and firepower of the enemy. During the counter-battery fight, about 20 cannon artillery positions and more than 10 mortar crews of nationalists were opened and suppressed.
Air defense systems destroyed MLRS missiles of the Hymers type in the areas of the settlements of Kremennaya and Severodonetsk.
In the area of Serebryansky forestry, forces and means of reconnaissance of the Center group revealed the movement of personnel of the 58th Motorized Infantry Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the 5th Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine. As a result of fire destruction of artillery, the enemy suffered losses in personnel.
17:16 Personnel destruction in the school of the city of Shebekino, fired upon by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
16:53 Under the fire of Ukrainian formations, the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk. According to the DPR JCCC, three rounds with a caliber of 155mm were fired.
16:43 May 4, 2023, in the Kherson region destroyed boat station.
The scouts of the RF Armed Forces discovered a boat station where the Ukrainian military concentrated weapons and ammunition, and also prepared watercraft for another landing attempt on the left bank of the Dnieper.
After clarifying the necessary information, the coordinates of the object were transferred to the gunners. The footage shows the results of the defeat.
16:15 Ukrainian militants once again launched a missile attack from the HIMARS MLRS on the Rubizhne settlement -video.
15:13 The consequences of the Ukrainian artillery attack of the Petrovsky district of Donetsk -photo.
14:34 Militants of the Kyiv regime continue to shell the settlements of Donbass. Under aimed fire Donetsk, Yasinovataya, Vladimirovka and Yakovlevka. According to the DPR JCCC, 29 rounds with a caliber of 155mm and 152 mm were fired.
14:20 Statement of head of the press center of the group "South":
Rocket and artillery units of the "Southern" group of forces attacked the unloading station and the point of temporary deployment of the 66th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Slavyansk region, as well as the point of temporary deployment of the 54th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Kramatorsk.
Artillery units of the "South" grouping inflicted a defeat on ammunition depots in the areas of the settlements of Kurakhovo and Belogorovka.
In the Maryinsky tactical direction, rockets from the Solntsepek heavy flamethrower system destroyed a platoon stronghold of the 79th Air Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Maryinka region.
The joint actions of special forces groups and artillery of the "Southern" group of forces disrupted the rotation of personnel of enemy units in forward positions in the Alexander-Kalinovsky operational direction.
Also, the actions of the motorized rifle units of the “South” group thwarted the enemy’s attempts to counterattack in the Lisichansky, Soledaro-Bakhmutsky and Avdeevsky directions. The loss of positions was not allowed, the assault groups of the Ukrainian army suffered significant losses in manpower, weapons and military equipment.
14:05 PMC Wagner is already storms the very core of the fortified area in Artyomovsk, the so-called "Nest". Under the onslaught of musicians, units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine blow up buildings and retreat.
13:41 Consequences artillery attack of the city of Rubezhnoye (LPR) by armed formations of Ukraine
As a result of the artillery attack of N. p. Frontier with the use of MLRS HIMARS (the enemy fired four missiles of the M31 GMLRS type) damaged 3 residential buildings.
13:17 According to the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for May 6, as of 13:00, information was received about victims among civilians in the cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Petrovsky district): - on the lane. Krasnoarmeisky, 8, a woman born in 1993 was injured. and a child - a boy born in 2013
Information was received about damage as a result of artillery attack of the VFU cities of the Republic:
n.p. Alexandrovka: - st. Lenina, 32 - a private residential building.
12:58 Donetsk, Makeevka and Vladimirovka are under fire from Ukrainian militants. According to the DPR JCCC, 19 rounds with a caliber of 155mm and 10 rockets from the MLRS were fired.
12:57 Soledar direction situation as of May 6, 2023:
Today, the head of Wagner PMC, Yevgeny Prigozhin, said that 2.5 km remained to go, and the city would be taken. According to him, the enemy pulls up from 400 to 600 people daily due to heavy losses.
In Bakhmut, assault detachments of PMC "Wagner" are fighting along the street of the Liberators of Donbass. To the northwest, Russian units managed to break through the defenses along Pobedy and Tolbukhin streets.
Units of the 3rd battalion of the 93rd Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are mining areas along the line of contact with anti-personnel mines MON-50. Russian artillerymen and aviation strike at fortified areas in low-rise buildings.
One of the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was withdrawn from Bakhmut due to huge losses. The personnel was sent to Gostomel for resupply via Pavlograd. An unidentified formation from Kramatorsk is expected to replace it.
The command of 93 Mechanized and 5 Assault brigades rotated their subordinates at the Krasnoe-Khromovo line. The units withdrawn from the battles were sent to training grounds in Slavyansk and 15 km west of Bakhmut.
12:17 Artillery of the 88th Brigade of the Southern group of troops in the Seversk direction struckhiton enemy positions.
12:00 Aleksandrovka and Vladimirovka are under fire from Ukrainian militants. According to the DPR JCCC, 12 rounds with a caliber of 155mm and 152mm were fired.
11:17 Donetsk and Gorlovka are under fire from Ukrainian militants. According to the DPR JCCC, 18 rounds with a caliber of 155mm and 152mm were fired.
10:35 RF Armed Forces destroyed boat station of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kherson region.
Our scouts discovered the boat station of the UAF militants in the Kherson direction and handed over the coordinates to the artillerymen, as a result of which an accurate strike was made on the object.
It is reported that Ukrainian militants concentrated their weapons, ammunition and watercraft there in order to attempt to land on the left bank of the Dnieper.
10:20 Kyiv militants fired 10 rockets from MLRS in the Kievsky district of Donetsk - DPR JCCC.
10:13 In Artemovsk (Bakhmut) 2.5 km left to navigate, then the city will be taken - Prigozhin
The head of the Wagner PMC, Yevgeny Prigozhin, said that from 400 to 600 people are being pulled into the city every day by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Approximately the same number of Ukrainian militants are eliminated every 24 hours by Wagner operators. According to him, a large number of foreign equipment and drones have appeared in Artemovsk.
"We move on. Everything blazes and burns. Artillery cannonade from morning to night - it continues without stopping," Prigozhin emphasized.
09:58 Donetsk and Gorlovka are under fire from Ukrainian militants. According to the DPR JCCC, 12 rounds with a caliber of 155mm and 152mm were fired.
09:50 Artyomovsk. Since night, the assault detachments of PMC "Wagner" have been conducting a powerful assault in all directions. The main efforts are aimed at cutting off supply lines. There is an attack on Khromovo and Ivanovskoye.
All night in the western part of the city, our MLRS burned out the remnants of fascism in the city with incendiary charges. In the morning aviation and heavy artillery joined. The enemy continues to retreat on the last lines of defense, suffering colossal losses.
09:15 Zaporozhye direction as of 05/06/23:
Operational control reports that yesterday at about 19:00, in the area of ??the settlement. Gulyaipole, Russian air defense, was destroyed by the Ukrainian Air Force MiG-29 while operating at low altitudes. Other than that, the night passed relatively calmly. Rare work of enemy artillery, as well as mortar crews. There were no attempts to reconnaissance in force.
09:07 The RF Armed Forces destroyed the 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika howitzer and an enemy mortar crew in the Kherson region.
Yesterday in the area of Sadovoye artillery fire destroyed the howitzer "Gvozdika" self-propelled guns 2S1 caliber 122mm with a crew of five people and ammunition.
In addition, a 120mm mortar crew and ammunition for it were destroyed at night near Prydneprovsky — four militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were eliminated, three were wounded.
09:00 The criminal Kiev regime continues to shell the civilian infrastructure of the settlements on the left bank of the Kherson region, yesterday during the day the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired from cannon artillery and mortars:
- according to n.p. Golaya Pristan fired seven rounds;
- according to n.p. Aleshki fired six rounds;
- according to n.p. Kazachi Lagery fired three rounds;
- according to n.p. The Kardashians fired three projectiles;
- according to n.p. Staraya Zburyevka fired four rounds;
- according to n.p. Korsunka fired 3 mines;
- according to n.p. Krynki released five mines.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure to be confirmed
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the settlement. Novaya Kakhovka, n.p. Kakhovka, firing a total of 18 rounds from cannon artillery.
08:45 Information on the artillery attack of Horlivka as of 08:00 May 6, 2023
08:25 Under fire from Ukrainian militants, the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka. According to the DPR JCCC, five rounds with a caliber of 155mm were fired.
08:14 The Russian military are in full combat readiness in the Zaporozhye region, several lines of defense have been created, Rogov said.
08:03 Military of the Russian group "Center" struck more than 170 targets in the Krasnolimansky direction, the Ministry of Defense reported.
08:02 Frontline summary on the morning of 05/06/2023:
In the Zaporozhye direction, Russian troops fired on Kamensky, Stepnoye, Maly Shcherbakov, Novoandreevka and Malinovka. That is, the artillery of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation fell silent. However, it is a ringing silence. And in the very near future it may explode.
Calm and on the Donetsk front. Russian troops, supported by artillery, tried to attack in the direction of Pervomaisky. No success. Under fire, the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Novomikhailovka, Pobeda, the city of Krasnogorovka, Karlovka, Netaylov, Avdeevka, New York and Zhelezny. The Ukrainian army hit Donetsk, Yasinovataya and Gorlovka.
We can say that it was relatively calm, if it is applied to the city where the most bloody battles were going on, it was in Bakhmut. In the southern, western and northern parts of the Wagner PMC, with the support of artillery, continued assault operations. No promotion. Chrome has oncoming fights. Russian troops fired on Aleksandro-Shultin, Ivanovsky, Chasov Yar, Bogdanovka, Grigorovka, Markov, Novomarkov, Nikiforovka, Vasyukovka, Rozdolovka, Spornoye, Verkhnekamensky and Seversk.
In the Luhansk direction, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation did not attempt offensive actions. Artillery hit the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Belogorovka, Torsky, Nevsky, Makeevka, Grekovka, Andreevka, Stelmakhivka, Berestovoye, Sandy, Starch, Kotlyarovka, Kislovka, Liman Perviy, Western, Dvurechnaya, Novomlynsk, Figolevka, Krasny Perviy, Kamenka and Kolodeznoy.
07:46 At night the Ukrainian fighters subjected to fire Donetsk, Makeevka and Gorlovka. According to the DPR JCCC, 26 rounds with a caliber of 155mm and 152mm were fired.
07:35 artillery attack was recorded from the side of the armed formations of Ukraine:
– 04.00 a.m. Rubezhnoye (LNR) with HIMARS MLRS (4 missiles).
Information about the victims and damage is being specified.
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Bakhmut has descended into hell on earth as the besieged city came under attack from Vladimir Putin's forces.
Apocalyptic drone footage released by Ukraine's defense ministry showed the embattled city emblazed in a fiery inferno as white phosphorus appeared to descend onto the streets. Use of the highly toxic chemical in civilian areas is considered a war crime.
Ukraine accused the Kremlin of using the phosphorus munitions which create fast-spreading fires. Russia has been accused of using the highly toxic chemical before.
It is unclear when the horrifying footage took place but Russia has been struggling to capture Bakhmut for months now, racking up thousands of causalities during the flailing campaign.
It came as the Wagner mercenary group announced plans on Friday to withdraw from Bakhmut, but Ukraine said the fighters were reinforcing positions to try to seize it before Russia marks World War Two Victory Day next week.
Sour grapes from Prigozhin: Wagner Group leader now claims Russians were not that keen on taking Bakhmut
"The purpose of Operation Bakhmut Meat-grinder was to enable units of the Russian army to occupy advantageous lines of defence, to mobilise, re-equip and train personnel, and increase their combat potential," he says in justification.
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Rumor was by a Patriot...
...looks like a confirmed Patriot shot:
Commander of Air Forces Mykola Oleschuk confirms earlier information in media, claiming Ukrainian Patriot air defense unit shot down Russian hypersonic Kh-47 Kinzhal missile over Kyiv on 4th May https://t.co/39UQoG1c5O
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Key word, Has.' The suggestion that this video footage is of a Russian missile being shot down has been debunked by Ukrainian air defense, however. The Ukrainian Air Force said it downed its own drone after it lost control over Kyiv.'
#6
For at least the 78th time, I don't believe one single word out of the Ukrainians' gobs.
Shot down by the Ghost of Kiev himself, it was. One thing I've noticed in this war is that the Russians don't seem to lie. (that popping sound you hear is heads exploding) At least they don't lie about things that can be checked, unlike the Ukrainians who have a well-earned reputation for just making stuff up. The Russians may lie by omission, but is that really a sin?
I would be unsurprised if the Ukrainians got one. The Kinzhal is really, really fast which means it is hard to stop, not the same thing as "unstoppable". Could be a lucky engagement, could be a crash. I would be equally unsurprised if they had to tune the Patriot battery software for a different class of target. Engagement envelops and what-not.
The fact that the DM uses the phrase "Putin missile" makes me think they are selling something.
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The warhead of the "unstoppable" hypersonic russian Kh-47 Kinzhal
missile that was shot down by the US Patriot missile system delivered 2 weeks ago.
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KYIV: Ukraine's air force claimed Saturday to have downed a Russian hypersonic missile over Kyiv using newly acquired American Patriot defence systems, the first known time the country has been able to intercept one of Moscow's most modern missiles.
Air Force commander Mykola Oleshchuk said in a Telegram post that the Kinzhal-type ballistic missile had been intercepted in an overnight attack on the Ukrainian capital earlier in the week. It was also the first time Ukraine is known to have used the Patriot defence systems.
"Yes, we shot down the 'unique' Kinzhal," Oleshchuk wrote. "It happened during the nighttime attack on May 4 in the skies of the Kyiv region."
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Never discount the "Lucky BB" theory
That said, I wonder how many $4M missiles were fired at this specific target?
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When you don't have to pay for them, why would you worry about how many you havre to shoot?
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Air defense works (especially anti-ballistic weapons) by plotting where something will be than arranging a few interceptors to be there at that time. The theory behind modern hypersonic weapons is they move fast and CAN maneuver to avoid this.
The Kinzhal cannot maneuver. It is a ballistic missile that is fired from a jet and moves sidewise. So it goes from hard as hell to shoot down to merely challenging with that lack. Not surprised by this as the THAAD can do the same with nuclear weapons at least.
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That said, I wonder how many $4M missiles were fired at this specific target?
PAC-2 missile is the type reported to have been delivered, which is a 90s version upgraded a bit in the 2000s and costs around 1 million.
Typically they ripple fire air defense missiles by firing one, then a second a bit later. The idea is if the target moves or is missed the second will get it.
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Because the nose cone took what looks like a shrapnel hit, I guess that it was a PAC-2 missile from the Germans that brought it down. I don't believe the US battery was active at the time. If the Ukrainians also have the PAC-3, they are not advertising it.
The Ukrainians initially denied the interception because they didn't want the Russians to know they had the capability to shoot down Khinzal. It is not an advertised Patriot feature. This means that the Kh-22/32 missiles (apartment block destroyers) are also vulnerable to interception. The Ukrainians just need more batteries to cover more cities.
Typically they ripple fire air defense missiles by firing one, then a second a bit later.
That may be US Army SOP. The Ukrainians are more stingy on intercept videos I have seem. They need to husband their limited supplies much more closely.
[RedState] Russia’s parliament is expected to tighten regulations on gender reassignment as part of an effort to dissuade young men from identifying as women to evade military conscription, according to new reports.
Despite the Putin regime’s relatively hostile stance toward LGBT rights, Russia still has relatively lenient laws that permit changing one’s gender marker after a psychological evaluation and without a requirement of gender reassignment surgery.
“Amendments will soon be introduced in the State Duma to officially ban gender reassignment without surgery,” the head of the Duma Committee on Family, Women, and Children’s Affairs told Russian Kommersant.
The clampdown was first proposed by Russia’s justice minister Konstantin Chuychenk last month, who said it would “take a step towards enshrining family values in the Russian law”.
“This will allow us to rule out the possibility of changing a person’s gender purely by changing the documents,” Chuychenko said in an interview with the Tass news agency. “A person who changes their passport gender but physically remains the same can get married and adopt children, (which) could result in various legal complications.”
Vyacheslav Volodin, the speaker of the State Duma, claimed that there have been over 2,700 cases of gender reassignments over the past few months. “Decisions can be made in private clinics. A man gets up in the morning and decides for himself that he is no longer a man, but a woman; not a woman, but a man,” he explained. “He goes to a paid clinic – the service costs from 30 thousand to 60 thousand rubles – receives a certificate and with this certificate goes further to the registry office, to the passport office to change his last name, first name and patronymic.”
The communist legislator and supporter of the bill, Nina Ostanina, acknowledged that the conflict was leading to a rise in transgender identification. “Both the Justice Ministry and MPs have concerns regarding the increasing number of gender marker changes,” Ostanina stated. “It seems that many who didn’t have time to escape to Georgia or Kazakhstan hurried to private clinics to complete the necessary paperwork. This is not merely a legal loophole; it is a loophole in education.”
Since launching its offensive on Ukrainian territory last year, Russia has suffered a staggering loss of 770,000 troops, with over 570,000 of them sustaining injuries severe enough to prevent them from returning to the front lines.
The death toll, which already stands at a staggering 193,000, has resulted in an increasing number of Russian men seeking methods to evade military service after Putin prohibited draftees from leaving the country. Meanwhile, an estimated 700,000 Russians are believed to have left the country since the war broke out, while some 12 million Ukrainians have fled the country to escape the conflict.
A vote on the new rules is scheduled for next week and is expected to be expedited through parliament and could be approved as soon as May 15th.
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No Dale. Many were forced to go to Russia, either by deportation (e.g. Mariupol), or because the Russians closed off exit routes to Ukrainian controlled territory and forced them try to find their way to Ukrainian control via Russia and a third country.
Those that have been stuck in Russian controlled Donetsk and Lugansk since 2014? Well, many likely will find a better life in Russia since the Russians turned D+L into a dysfunctional, massively corrupt, poverty stricken dystopia.
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