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-Great Cultural Revolution
Elon Musk plans to FIRE 1,000 Twitter staff, quintuple revenue, get 69 million users paying $3 a month and cut reliance on advertising
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • Elon Musk plans to quintuple Twitter's revenue to $26.4 billion by 2028

  • In a pitch deck Musk claimed he would increase Twitter’s annual revenue to $26.4 billion by 2028, up from $5 billion last year

  • Said he'd cut Twitter’s reliance on ads to less than 50% percent of revenue

  • Musk plans to boost Twitter’s user numbers with services such as Twitter Blue

  • Twitter Blue costs $3-a-month for users to customize their experience

  • Musk expects 69 million users to be using Twitter Blue by 2025
Posted by: Fred || 05/08/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under:

#1 
While I support Musk in his stated goal of Freedom of Equal Speak. Eventually, everyone meets up with a pile of _____ bigger than they step over.

It will be interesting to watch and see what is rumor, adversary/media planted misinformation. Verses the usual Trial Balloons that result in the actual resulting Business Operations plan.


Posted by: NN2N1 || 05/08/2022 7:55 Comments || Top||

#2  I think the standard should be "if you talk a violent game, back it up or shut up" and no deletions or walk-back when called out.

That would cool things off in a bit.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 05/08/2022 7:58 Comments || Top||

#3  What's the old adage?

If it's free, you are the product.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 05/08/2022 9:04 Comments || Top||

#4  ...or the entertainment
Posted by: Procopius2k || 05/08/2022 9:48 Comments || Top||

#5  I would pay $3 / mo. and i swore never to join a social media. But Elon is an african-american success story and i am not racist!
Posted by: irish rage boy || 05/08/2022 10:19 Comments || Top||

#6  I personally don't care what he does with twatter. But it sure is entertaining seeing those assholes freaking out.
Posted by: Chris || 05/08/2022 13:20 Comments || Top||

#7  But it sure is entertaining seeing those assholes freaking out.

What is best in life?
To crush your enemies, to drive them before you, and hear their womanly tweets of lamentation.
Posted by: SteveS || 05/08/2022 13:28 Comments || Top||


-Short Attention Span Theater-
Sloppy Joe's is celebrating 85 years on a Key West corner. This bar's story is even older
[Miami Herald] On an island filled with famous watering holes and charming backstories, one bar stands out as a Key West classic.

This year, Sloppy Joe’s Bar is celebrating 85 years of doing business at 201 Duval St., where it anchors a corner at Greene Street and each year hosts a contest to find someone with the beard and the bulk to double as Ernest Hemingway.
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On This Day: V-E Day marks end of World War II in Europe
[UPI] On May 8, 1945, President Harry S. Truman officially declared V-E Day, the end of World War II in Europe.
Posted by: Besoeker || 05/08/2022 04:22 || Comments || Link || [11 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Not to match Canadian celebrations.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 05/08/2022 7:55 Comments || Top||

#2  Yet, 75 years later, war dribbles on.
Posted by: Bobby || 05/08/2022 17:54 Comments || Top||


Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: May 7th, 2022
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[Korrespondent] 23:28 Podolyak on the transfer of Russian military from Syria to Ukraine: "Russia urgently withdraws forces from Syria, transferring military bases to the IRGC, the Israeli media write. Moscow is losing ground in the region in order to throw some firewood (which does not solve anything) into the muzzle of the war in Ukraine. Still going according to plan, right? Well, the plan was excellent. Reliable, like a Swiss watch."

22:43 Zelensky announced the preparation, together with international organizations, of the second stage of the evacuation from Azovstal - wounded soldiers and doctors. He also assured: "Of course, we are also working to take out our military. All the heroes defending Mariupol. This is very difficult. But important."

22:28 Zelensky in an evening address: “Last night, the Russian army used a rocket to destroy the Grigory Skovoroda museum in the Kharkiv region. A rocket ... to destroy the museum. every street has something memorable, something historical. But for the Russian army it does not matter. They would only kill and destroy. <...> Only the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the resistance of our people can stop this inhuman invasion. This is barbarism , which has rockets, but does not have anything that makes people people."

22:24 Arestovich denied the information of some Ukrainian media that the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed the Russian frigate Admiral Makarov. He called these reports a "misunderstanding" and did not rule out that even the Russians could make such a stuffing to discredit the Ukrainian and Western media.

22:19 Podolyak, in an interview with Radio NV, urged Ukrainians to be very careful on May 9: “Still, you need to understand that Russia desperately wants to do some evil to us on May 8 or 9, and therefore there will certainly be some provocations. Unfortunately "we must understand that the Russian Federation is behaving inappropriately today. <...> I do not expect something so unconventional that it can create certain panic moods. I expect the Russians to behave like a classic Russian - to stab him in the back. In this case throw one more extra rocket at some peaceful city of ours."

22:15 Forests are burning in the Kherson region, but the Russian occupiers do not allow to extinguish the fires that are approaching the villages of Heroiskoye and Ivanovka of the Chulakovskaya territorial community, the village head Alexander Musienko said.

22:10 The Russian military dropped an air bomb on a school in Belogorovka, a village near Lisichansk in the Luhansk region. Almost the entire village was hiding in the school - 90 people, said the head of the OVA, Sergei Gaidai. About 30 people have already been rescued from the rubble.

22:08 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation also confirmed the completion of the operation to evacuate civilians from Azovstal. According to Moscow, since May 5, 51 people have been rescued, including 11 children. The rescued civilians, accompanied by the UN and the ICRC, "left for the selected places of temporary accommodation," the RF Defense Ministry specified.

22:05 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced that the "Kyiv regime" plans on May 8 in the western regions of Ukraine "to carry out provocations with the death of civilians for the subsequent prosecution of the RF Armed Forces." For this, it is allegedly planned to strike with Tochka-U missiles at crowded places in the Lvov and Volyn regions.

21:54 Sergei Volina, commander of the paratroopers from Azovstal: "The Mariupol garrison did everything possible to save the civilian population. We ask everyone to make every effort to evacuate the military."

"It seems as if I was in some kind of hellish reality show, where we - the military - are fighting for life, using every chance to save, and the whole world is just watching an interesting plot. <...> What do I hope for? miracle. The fact that higher powers (in the broadest sense of the word) will find a solution for our salvation. And this hellish reality show will end ... "

21:47 Kherson region will be liberated "completely and as harshly as possible," Podolyak said in an interview with Radio NV: "There will be no" Kherson People's Republic ". in terms of the number of irretrievable casualties on the part of Russian servicemen. That is, as many servicemen of the Russian army will be killed as it takes to make the phrase "Russian occupation" forever forgotten in the Kherson region. That will be for sure."

21:30 In the Kherson region, in the city of Holaya Pristan, as a result of shelling, one house was destroyed, more than 25 were damaged. Four people were injured, Deputy Mayor Svetlana Linnik said.

21:28 The EU in the sixth package of sanctions plans to ban the insurance of ships that carry Russian oil, writes The Walt Street Journal. This will block Russia's access to the world oil market and its export earnings, since tankers do not carry oil without insurance against environmental risks. And European companies insure the vast majority of oil shipments in the world.

21:13 The International Committee of the Red Cross is still negotiating with the Russian side on access to Ukrainians forcibly taken to Russia and therefore has "insufficient information" about their fate, ICRC operations director Dominik Stilgart said in an interview with NZZ.

21:05 In the Donetsk region, four people died today - two in Bakhmut and two in Konstantinovka. Nine more people were injured, Governor Pavel Kirilenko said.

20:54 CIA director William Burns assured that there is no clear evidence of Russia's preparation of a nuclear strike on the territory of Ukraine.

20:31 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation claims that a Ukrainian Su-24 bomber, a Su-27 fighter, three Mi-8 helicopters with a landing force and two Bayraktars were shot down in the area of ​​\u200b\u200bSnake Island, and the Ukrainian assault boat Stanislav was also allegedly destroyed.

Meanwhile, the speaker of the Odesa OVA, Serhiy Bratchuk, reports with reference to the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine that in the area of ​​\u200b\u200bSnake Bayraktar Island, a Russian landing boat of project 11770 Serna and two anti-aircraft missile systems Tor were hit.

20:27 In Mangush near Mariupol, the invaders dismantled a monument to Hetman Petro Sahaydachny, because it was installed at the initiative of the Ukrainian Azov regiment, Russian media reported.

20:25 Suspicion of treason was announced to the head of Stary Saltov, Eduard Konovalov, and the secretary of the Olkhovatsky village council, Nadezhda Antonova, said the head of the Kharkiv region, Oleg Sinegubov. They face 15 years to life imprisonment.

20:19 Russian hackers acted together with the occupying forces in the attack on Odessa, according to the State Service for Communications. According to the service, approximately simultaneously with the attacks on Russian resources, there were calls for a cyber attack on the website of the Odessa City Council.

20:16 The Russian military fired from Gradov on a residential sector in Privolye, Luhansk region, as a result of which two children were killed - boys aged 11 and 14, said the head of the OVA Serhiy Gaidai. In addition, two girls aged 12 and 8 and a woman aged 69 were injured.

20:13 The Russian Defense Ministry announced that "Ukrainian aviation equipment, including drones" was destroyed at military airfields in the areas of Artsyz, Odessa and Voznesensk. Also, Iskander missiles allegedly destroyed "large accumulations of weapons and equipment from the United States and Western countries" in the areas of the Krasnograd and Karlovka railway stations in the Kharkov region.

20:10 The Russians captured a Croat who fought on the side of Ukraine in Mariupol. According to AP, the Croatian Foreign Ministry confirmed that it "knows about the detained Croatian citizen" and is working with the Ukrainian authorities to resolve the situation. State television HRT reported that the man tried to escape from Mariupol with other Ukrainian fighters, but was caught by the Russians.

20:08 In the Kherson region, the invaders are forcing entrepreneurs to obtain "temporary permits" for work, in case of refusal - confiscation. According to the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, representatives of the occupation administrations make a detour of industrial facilities, primarily food producers. Their goal is to force management and staff to cooperate.

A group of men in the military uniform of the RF Armed Forces with weapons enters the offices of commercial companies and in the form of an ultimatum demands the continuation of production. To do this, you need to "officially" formalize your activities according to Russian rules. And all problematic issues, in particular the supply of raw materials and marketing, must be resolved through the local commandant's office. In the event of a cessation of work or a violation of the demands of the Russians, the occupation administrations threaten to replace the leadership and staff with people loyal to them.

19:57 Ukraine has imposed restrictions on the export of buckwheat, rice and oats during martial law. As Taras Vysotsky, Deputy Minister of Aropolitics, said, this decision was made in order to avoid a shortage of these products in the country: "In those positions where we see a critical situation, we will limit exports."

19:34 The mayor of Warsaw, Rafal Trzaskowski, categorically opposed the request of the Russian embassy in Poland to celebrate May 9th. In turn, the Russian Embassy in Poland stated that it was “forced to limit” the format of the events on May 9 after “a wave of calls on the Internet for protest actions, up to physical violence from all sorts of so-called activists.”

19:31 CIA director William Burns said that the new phase of the war in Ukraine will be no less dangerous than the initial one. According to him, Putin "is set in such a way that he cannot afford to lose," and therefore the stakes are high.

19:16 All women, children and the elderly were evacuated from Azovstal, Irina Vereshchuk said.

19:09 The Cabinet of Ministers decided to raise $1.5 billion from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the World Bank to support budgetary institutions and government agencies "by partially reimbursing salaries," Shmyhal said.

The government also allocated an additional 359 million hryvnia for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The funds will be used for the purchase, modernization and repair of weapons and military equipment for the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

19:05 Podolyak about the destruction of the Skovoroda museum: “Now G. Skovoroda is known not only in Ukraine, but also in the world. Even more people will become interested in the thinker’s philosophy and visit the museum after restoration. more to popularize Ukrainian culture than the Kremlin "strategists".

18:59 During the evacuation of civilians from Azovstal on May 6, three Ukrainian defenders were killed by Russian shelling, six more were injured, the command of the Azov regiment reported to the UE.

18:57 Blinken said that Putin is trying to distort history to justify his unprovoked and brutal war against Ukraine: "As war rages again in Europe, we must increase our resolve to confront those who now seek to manipulate historical memory to further their own ambitions. The Allied victory over the Nazis should be respected as an achievement of collective heroism and sacrifice...President Putin is trying to twist history to try to justify his unprovoked and brutal war against Ukraine."

18:52 In the Kiev region, until May 15, electricity will be returned wherever it disappeared after the hostilities, promised the head of the humanitarian headquarters Oleksiy Kuleba.

18:50 The mayor of Nikolaev Alexander Senkevich promises the resumption of water supply in the city on Monday, May 9. According to him, it will be technical water, it cannot be drunk and used for cooking - only for domestic needs.

18:48 In the village of Burchak, Zaporozhye region, more than 100 wounded servicemen of the airborne troops of the RF Armed Forces were found, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said.

18:40 AFU attacked the Yasinovatsky transport railway junction. "The occupiers will have more problems with logistics," Piotr Andryushchenko, an adviser to the mayor of Mariupol, wrote.

18:33 The Armed Forces of Ukraine have restored control over the settlement of Tsirkuny, Kharkiv region , the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports.

18:30 Russia has begun to transfer its troops from Syria to Ukraine to speed up the annexation of Donbass, writes The Moscow Times. According to the opposition publication, the Russian military is concentrating at three airports before being sent to the Ukrainian front. At the same time, they transfer the air bases from which the Russians leave to the Iranian military-political formation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and the Lebanese terrorist organization Hezbollah .

How many Russians are currently in Syria is unknown. Figures for 2015-2018 show that 63,000 troops were stationed in the country, almost half of which are officers.
Half? What kind of ratios do we have in the West?
18:07 The curfew has been strengthened throughout the Zaporozhye region: it will be in effect from 19:00 Sunday, May 8, until 5:00 Tuesday, May 10. The mayor of the occupied Energodar, Dmitry Orlov, noted that despite the fact that the Russians set the rules in the occupied territory, citizens still should not be on the streets at this time.

17:53 Klitschko, in an interview with Radio NV, expressed the hope that "in the coming days" additional air defense "of the Western, NATO standard will appear in Kiev, which will further protect our air."

17:41 Ukraine asks for a green corridor in EU ports for the delivery of fuel. This was discussed at a meeting with Zelensky. The problem of fuel supply to Ukraine from the EU is related to congestion in the ports of Eastern Europe, and to resolve this issue, the Foreign Ministry is working to open a green corridor from them.

In the last five days, Ukraine has been importing a volume of fuel equal to or greater than domestic consumption. However, Europe was not ready in terms of logistics. The ports of Eastern Europe turned out to be "narrow" in terms of logistics: Gdansk, Gdynia, Constanta, Swinoujscie, Burgaz.

17:34 The Ministry of Culture reported that the collection from the destroyed museum of Grigory Skovoroda in the Kharkiv region was saved - even before the start of the war, it was moved to another place, since the museum was under restoration.

17:18 Zelensky created a military administration in the city of Tokmak, Zaporozhye region, which has been controlled by the occupiers since the end of February. Oleksandr Chub, who previously held the post of secretary of the Tokmak City Council, was appointed head of the administration.

Earlier today, the media reported the death of Tokmak Mayor Igor Kotelevsky. According to the unofficial version, he committed suicide.

17:09 Russia today attacked Odessa with six missiles with the help of strategic aviation, said the head of the press center of the Defense Forces of the South, Natalya Gumenyuk. According to her, as a result of hitting four missiles, a civilian enterprise in a residential area was damaged - a fire broke out after the impact, and rescuers are working on the spot. Information about the wounded is being specified. Two more rockets hit the previously destroyed runway.

16:38 Some Russian publics reported that Ukrainian defenders with white flags allegedly came out from Azovstal to the occupiers. In fact, as the Azov Regiment explained, white flags are used by both groups to evacuate civilians. So this time - for the evacuation of citizens from the territory of Azovstal, both groups used such flags. This procedure is carried out for the fourth time.

16:22 The leader of the Belarusian opposition Sviatlana Tikhanovskaya said that on the territory of Belarus, saboteurs committed 80 acts of sabotage on the railway, which was used to deliver Russian occupation troops. In addition, the activists passed intelligence on troop movements and missile launches to Ukraine.

Tikhanovskaya also stressed that the vast majority of Belarusians - 86% - oppose the war. She emphasized that Ukraine's victory would help Belarus free itself from Lukashenka's rule.

16:09 The Russian "special operation" in Ukraine will end only on the Polish border, Deputy Speaker of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Pyotr Tolstoy said in an interview with La Repubblica: "Despite help from Europe and the hysteria of Boris Johnson or Mario Draghi, we will end the operation when we see fit .I think we will stop at the border with Poland."

16:05 Just yesterday, 373 people were deported from Mariupol, who are in the filtration camp in Bezymenny. According to the adviser to the mayor of the city, Petr Andryushchenko, in the previous three days, while Azovstal was being stormed, the deportation process was actually suspended.

15:43 The Prosecutor General's Office arrested the accounts of the Rosatom Eastern Europe company in the amount of more than 3 million hryvnias - they were transferred to the management of the National Agency for the Search and Management of Assets.

15:27 In the Sumy region, Russian aircraft fired missiles at the territories of the Miropol and Khotyn communities. As a result of the shelling, a border guard was wounded, said the head of the OVA Dmitry Zhivitsky.

15:19 Klitschko said that the threat of shelling and provocations in Kiev remains high, but after May 9, residents who left may gradually return.

14:51 NATO has stepped up its sky defenses to a scale never seen before, alliance spokeswoman Oana Lugenscu said: "Spanish planes are guarding Lithuanian airspace, and French reconnaissance planes are scanning the sky while US bombers are training with the Allied Air Force. In response to Russia's invasion of Up to 30 aircraft are constantly patrolling the sky of Ukraine by NATO.

To deter potential Russian aggression against allies, NATO is deploying an unprecedented combination of fighters, reconnaissance aircraft and support aircraft, she said.

14:28 German media write that pro-Russian hackers attacked the websites of German law enforcement agencies, ministries and politicians. According to DW, Berlin believes that this is revenge for the decision to supply weapons to Ukraine. According to Spiegel, DDos attacks resulted in short-term failures, "without significant consequences."

14:19 In the center of Kiev, near the site of the former monument to Lenin at the beginning of Shevchenko Boulevard near Bessarabska Square, a temporary installation called Shoot, dedicated to Putin, has appeared.

13:56 The Kyiv Metropolis of the UOC called "criminal and obviously illegal" the decisions of the local authorities of a number of cities to terminate the activities of the UOC-MP. Such decisions become the cause of "the internal weakening of the country in the conditions of war and a significant obstacle to achieving peace in Ukraine," the statement said.

13:47 In Severodonetsk, Azot is actually like Azovstal in Mariupol, Roman Vlasenko, head of the Severodonetsk regional administration, said. According to him, this is a very large city-forming enterprise, there are several protective structures in which several hundred civilians are hiding.

13:41 WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced that he had arrived on a working visit to Ukraine. He plans to meet with the staff of the organization in Ukraine. The day before, he visited Poland, where he met with Ukrainian refugees and volunteers.

13:38 A missile attack was carried out on the Odessa region by four cruise missiles using strategic aviation, OK Pivden reported.

13:22 The leader of the "LPR" Pasechnik signed a decree on renaming Lugansk to Voroshilovgrad. The Soviet name to the city will be "assigned" for one day - May 9th.

13:17 Stoltenberg said that since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, NATO has not noticed any changes in the Russian nuclear strategy.

12:55 In the Black Sea near Zmeiny Island, Ukrainian defenders destroyed a Russian Serna-type boat, said Serhiy Bratchuk, speaker of the Odesa OVA.

12:38 In Ukraine, Russian saboteurs may become more active on May 9, First Deputy Interior Minister Yevgeny Enin said: "We receive information about quite likely shelling of peaceful territories, and therefore I appeal to every Ukrainian resident, especially these days: do not neglect air raid signals" .

12:36 Podolyak: "Any statements by Russia about "referendums", "people's republics", "accession" of one or another occupied part are completely insignificant. Nothing will happen, except for one thing - an increase in the number of destroyed occupiers. Kherson, Zaporozhye, Donetsk, Luhansk regions is Ukraine".

12:34 The weapons and equipment that will be included in the next package of US military assistance to Ukraine are something new, nothing like Washington has provided yet, writes The Washington Post. This includes, in particular, 70mm rockets, advanced precision weapons, Switchblade drones, Puma handheld drones.

12:32 As a result of air-rocket shelling of Kramatorsk, Donetsk region, two people were injured, the mayor of the city, Alexander Goncharenko, said. According to him, more than 15 houses, an apartment building, a cultural institution, a shop and infrastructure were damaged.

12:17 At least one person died in Bakhmut as a result of night shelling, said the head of the Donetsk OVA Pavel Kirilenko. According to him, there are massive shelling along the entire front line and strikes on cities in the rear. Bakhmut suffered the most today - the Russians carried out an air raid there.

12:03 Occupation "authorities" of Mariupol officially explained to local residents the procedure for obtaining permission to move. Now, according to Mayor's adviser Piotr Andryushchenko, in order to be able to move around, three documents are needed: a filtration certificate, a pass to move around the streets of Maruipol and a pass to move outside the city.

11:41 The "DPR" reported that another 50 people were evacuated from Azovstal today.

11:28 Russian officers are removed from combat positions to guard the parade in Mariupol. According to Ukrainian intelligence, the entire command staff of the 71st motorized rifle regiment of the occupying troops was forced to guard the parade. During personal communication, the invaders complain to each other about the stupidity of the Moscow command and their humiliation.

The 71st Guards Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 42nd Motorized Rifle Division of the 58th Combined Arms Army of the Southern Military District of the Russian Federation (military unit 16544) is deployed in the village of Kalinovskaya, Chechen Republic.
With all that, it’s a wonder the sleeves of their uniform tunics aren’t dragging to their toes just to support all the words.
11:22 Russian troops launched a missile attack on Krasnograd, Kharkiv region, Suspіlne reports with reference to the OVA. According to preliminary data, there were no dead or injured.

In addition, Russian troops are shelling the village of Zolochiv with artillery. Local officials are urging residents of the community to urgently find shelter and not leave it unnecessarily throughout the day.

11:19 NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said in an interview with Welt Am Sonntag that in the coming weeks Ukraine needs to be ready for "an offensive by the Russians and even more cruelty, even more destruction of vital infrastructure and residential areas."

He did not rule out that the war in Ukraine could drag on for years, and in order to prevent this, the West is actively arming Kyiv: “In the long term, Ukraine cannot defend itself with Soviet-era weapons, but must switch to modern Western weapons. Only in this way will Kyiv be able to successfully repel Russian invasion."

11:15 Russia now cannot be deprived of the status of a permanent member of the UN Security Council, as requested by Ukraine, US Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield said: "I do not see the possibility that this will somehow change. But we will continue to try to isolate".

11:12 In Kiev, the police detained a fraudster who embezzled humanitarian aid worth 500 thousand hryvnias. In the telegram channel, he posted an announcement about the provision of services for the transportation of humanitarian goods. Then, during the "fulfillment of the order", the man appropriated 40 body armor, 15 radios, children's goods and medicines that the volunteers purchased for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He also asked for additional money to be transferred to him, after which he no longer contacted.

10:53 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy on the morning of May 7. The enemy suffered the greatest losses over the past day in the Slobozhansky operational area.

  • personnel - about 25,100 (+200) people liquidated,

  • tanks - 1122 (+12),

  • armored combat vehicles - 2713 (+27),

  • artillery systems - 509 (+7),

  • MLRS - 172 (+1),

  • air defense systems - 84 (+1),

  • aircraft - 199 (+0),

  • helicopters - 155 (+0),

  • automotive equipment and tankers - 1934 (+8),

  • ships/boats - 11 (+0),

  • UAVs of the operational-tactical level - 341 (+17),

  • special equipment - 38 (+0),

  • cruise missiles - 90 (+0).

10:34 Pushilin said that since May 7, the telephone code of the Russian Federation +7 has been working in the "DNR". For all Phoenix subscribers, the code +38 (071) changes to +7 (949). Fixed-line communication is also switching to Russian code: +38 (062) changes to +7 (856).

10:32 "Authorities" of Transnistria again announced explosions near the Ukrainian border, explosive devices were allegedly dropped from a drone.

10:31 Kharkiv OVA showed a photo of the destroyed Skovoroda museum:

10:29 In the Donetsk region, Russians fired at 15 settlements in a day, there are dead and wounded, the Ministry of Internal Affairs reports.

10:27 In Bucha, sappers found a laboratory flask with mercury, which was left by the Russian military, in a residential building. As reported by the Volunteer formation of the Buchansk community, the radioactive background of the flask was increased, so it is assumed that it was taken out of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.

10:24 UK will supply Ukraine with 287 more mobile generators, CNN reports. These generators will be enough to power approximately 8,000 homes and will be used in eastern Ukraine to power hospitals, shelters and other vital services. In total, the country will provide 856 generators.

10:22 British intelligence reports that at least one T-90M, the most advanced Russian tank, has been destroyed in Donbas. This model entered service in 2016, equipped with improved armor, an improved gun and a modern navigation system. In the war against Ukraine, Russia is losing its most modern weapons, which it will not be able to replenish due to sanctions.

10:19 In Russia, they are hastily modernizing the equipment of the last century - this follows from the contract that appeared on the public procurement portal, the channel reports We can explain. The armored repair plant in Yekaterinburg has taken up the modernization of more than 200 units of obsolete military equipment. Two lots totaling more than 85 million rubles appeared on the public procurement website, where the subject of the purchase is "components for tanks and other combat self-propelled armored vehicles."

10:13 Ukrainian Ambassador to Germany Andriy Melnyk was outraged by the decision of the Berlin authorities to ban Ukrainian symbols on May 8 and 9: “We are shocked that the Berlin police banned the wearing of Ukrainian flags on May 8 and 9. This is a slap in the face of Ukraine and a slap in the face of the Ukrainian people. This not only testifies about the lack of tact, but is also a disastrous political decision."

He stressed that against this background, Germany's assurances of solidarity with Ukraine look like empty words.

10:11 The mayor of the city of Reni, Odessa region, Igor Plekhov, said that this morning he was searched, he is suspected of separatism.

10:08 The Kharkiv regional prosecutor's office accused the Russian military of shelling on May 4 a column of 15 cars with civilians who were trying to evacuate from the occupied Volchansk. On May 6, 2022, investigators found six damaged cars and four burnt bodies on the side of the road between Stary Saltov and Verkhny Saltov.

10:03 From Saturday, May 7, Irpin's railway connection with Kiev has been resumed, the first electric train from the capital has already arrived at the station, the mayor of the city Alexander Markushin said.

09:46 Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi in an interview with MSNBC called Putin a coward who is at war with children and civilians, and Russia is a state sponsor of terrorism: "If Russia is not on the list of state sponsors of terrorism, tear this list. Because here you have the leader of a country, a nuclear state that invades another country and threatens with nuclear weapons, you have a president of a country who incites his soldiers to acts of cruelty, to rape children."

09:37 In the Zaporozhye region, the enemy is trying to tie down the actions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and destroy the Ukrainian artillery units, and also does not allow the wounded and dead soldiers to be taken from the battlefield, the OVA reported.

According to local authorities, as a result of the shelling in Orekhovo, four warehouses, the roof of a residential building and an outbuilding were on fire.

09:29 Russia fired rockets at Karlovka, Poltava region, an infrastructure facility was damaged, said Dmitry Lunin, head of the OVA.

09:10 In London, at an auction to raise funds for Ukraine, Zelensky's famous fleece jacket was sold for 90 thousand pounds, writes The Telegraph. Before the auction, Johnson said that this thing should cost much more than the starting price of 50,000 pounds.

09:04 Almost 70 ships are blocked in the seaports of Ukraine, six ships under a foreign flag are blocked in the port of Mariupol, said Deputy Minister of Infrastructure Yuriy Vaskov and director of the Mariupol Commercial Sea Port Igor Barsky.

08:57 NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea Joanne said that the war in Ukraine is entering a decisive phase: "We are entering a decisive phase of the war that Russia is waging against Ukraine. We expect that the coming weeks will be decisive." According to his forecasts, the war in Ukraine will continue, it will be more intense and bring even more victims.

08:55 The United States is considering the possibility of writing off Ukraine's external debt. According to White House Speaker Jen Psaki, aid to Kyiv is "vital" and therefore "will take many forms."

08:53 The Pentagon is negotiating with US arms manufacturers on the purchase of new weapons for Ukraine, US Deputy Secretary of Defense William Laplante said. According to him, for this, the US Department of Defense issued relevant requests a few weeks ago with a response time of 30 to 90 days.

08:42 In the Luhansk region, the occupiers shelled residential areas 24 times a day: there is a lot of damage in the Mountainous, Popasnyansk communities and Severodonetsk, shelling of Azot continues, said the head of the OVA Serhiy Gaidai.

08:29 Tatyana Moskalkova, Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation, announced the release of 11 crew members of the Avangard cargo ship in Ukraine. According to her, another 60 sailors from seven Russian ships are being held in Ukraine.

08:28 Blinken announced that he had agreed on the allocation of $ 150 million for Ukraine for weapons and equipment.

08:26 The American Institute for the Study of War reported that the Ukrainian counter-offensive in a wide arc north and east of Kharkov has expanded. Analysts admit that in the coming days, the Armed Forces of Ukraine will move Russian troops further from the city, and Kharkov will be out of range of cannon artillery.

The troops of the Russian Federation did not advance in the Izyum direction, but achieved little success on the outskirts of Severodonetsk. To the south-east of the city, the village of Voronovo was probably captured. It is also noticeable on the maps that Russian troops have significantly expanded the zone of control northeast of Yampol.

08:01 Biden personally called intelligence officials with a request not to leak information about assistance to Ukraine to journalists, NBC reports. This happened after details surfaced about the sinking of the cruiser Moskva, which American intelligence allegedly helped the Ukrainians to destroy.

07:46 The Russian occupiers are trying with all their might to slow down the offensive of the Ukrainian troops in the Kharkiv region. For this purpose, three bridges were blown up, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the morning report .

06:40 At night, the National Museum of Hryhoriy Skovoroda in the village of Skovorodinovka was destroyed due to shelling, the Zolochiv village council said. Before the start of the war, restoration work was completed there, the building was being prepared for the celebration of the tercentenary of the outstanding Ukrainian philosopher.

The fire was caused by a Russian rocket that hit the roof. The flames engulfed the entire museum. The museum director's son, who guarded the building, was injured and is now in the hospital.

06:02 Aksenov said that the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions will be able to receive gas and electricity through the territory of Crimea, the power transmission towers blown up in 2015 are being restored. Also, according to him, the passenger railway communication of Crimea with Kherson and Zaporozhye regions will be restored.

05:30 As part of the ninth package of military assistance, the United States will transfer shells, counter-battery warfare stations, and electronic warfare systems to Ukraine, the Pentagon said. The funds are intended "to meet Ukraine's critical needs in terms of ongoing fighting with Russian forces."

Thus, Washington will send Kyiv 25,000 shells for 155-mm howitzers, three American AN / TPQ-36 counter-battery radars, equipment for creating electronic interference and other equipment and spare parts. Armament is estimated at 150 million dollars.

03:57 The war between Russia and Ukraine is entering a new phase, Arestovich said: “The war is entering a routine phase. For a couple of months at least there will be a time of minor sensations or nothing will happen at all. .

03:08 Aksenov said that in the Kherson region there are no more authorities controlled by Kiev, "the territory has been liberated from nationalists and is returning to peaceful life."

02:20 The Italian Financial Guard arrested the Scheherazade yacht, which belongs to "one of the representatives of the Russian leadership," in the port of Marina di Carrara. According to an investigation by Alexei Navalny's team completed in March of this year, the Scheherazade yacht belongs to Putin. The cost of the 140-meter vessel is estimated at $750 million.

01:15 Biden announced the provision of additional military assistance to Ukraine: "I am announcing another security assistance package, within which Ukraine will be provided with artillery ammunition, radars and other equipment."

According to media reports, we are talking about weapons worth $150 million.

00:52 The occupying "authorities" of the Kherson region announced their intention to return the emblem of the times of the Russian Empire, which was approved on October 7, 1803. Also, the "authorities" stated that the Kherson region "will strive to become one of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation."

00:34 The UN is calling for the unblocking of the ports of the Odessa region in order to ensure the free delivery of Ukrainian products around the world.

00:18 The Russians destroyed about 20 oil depots throughout Ukraine, the war led to a shortage of fuel throughout the country. Details about the causes and forecasts are in the material What to expect from fuel prices .
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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, May 7th, 2022
by Mason Clark, Karolina Hird, and Kateryna Stepanenko
May 7, 6:45 pm ET

[UnderstandingWar] The Ukrainian counteroffensive northeast of Kharkiv is making significant progress and will likely advance to the Russian border in the coming days or weeks. Russian forces may be conducting a limited withdrawal in the face of successful Ukrainian attacks and reportedly destroyed three bridges to slow the Ukrainian advance.

Armies generally only destroy bridges if they have largely decided they will not attempt to cross the river in the other direction anytime soon; Russian forces are therefore unlikely to launch operations to retake the northeast outskirts of Kharkiv liberated by Ukrainian forces in the near future. Russian forces previously destroyed several bridges during their retreat from Chernihiv Oblast—as did Ukrainian forces withdrawing in the face of the Russian offensive in the initial days of the war.

This Ukrainian offensive is likely intended to push Russian forces out of artillery range of Kharkiv city and drive to the border of Russia’s Belgorod Oblast. As ISW previously forecasted, the Ukrainian counteroffensive is forcing Russian units intended for deployment elsewhere to redeploy to the Kharkiv front to halt Ukrainian attacks.

Given the current rate of Ukrainian advances, Russian forces may be unable to prevent Ukrainian forces from reaching the Russian border, even with additional reinforcements. Ukrainian forces are not directly threatening Russian lines of communication to Izyum (and ISW cannot verify claims of a separate Ukrainian counteroffensive toward Izyum at this time), but the Ukrainian counteroffensive demonstrates promising Ukrainian capabilities and may set conditions for further offensive operations into northeastern Kharkiv Oblast.

By all indications, Russian forces will announce the creation of a Kherson People’s Republic or possibly forcibly annex Kherson Oblast in the near future and are intensifying occupation measures in Mariupol. Russian forces are reportedly increasing their security presence in both Kherson and Mariupol, including withdrawing personnel from frontline combat units to protect Russian dignitaries in Mariupol.

Donetsk People’s Republic (DNR) Leader Denis Pushilin arrived in Kherson on May 6, and local occupation officials stated the region will “strive to become a subject of Russia” and “will resemble something close to Crimea in terms of the pace of development,” echoing longstanding rhetoric used by Russia’s existing proxies in eastern Ukraine. As ISW has previously assessed, the Kremlin will likely form illegal proxy republics or directly annex occupied areas of southern and eastern Ukraine to cement its occupation administration and attempt to permanently strip these territories from Ukraine.

KEY TAKEAWAYS
Russian forces destroyed several bridges to slow Ukrainian forces and may be conducting a limited withdrawal northeast of Kharkiv city in the face of the successful Ukrainian counteroffensive.

Ukrainian forces are making significant progress around Kharkiv and will likely advance to the Russian border in the coming days.

Ukrainian forces continued to repel Russian advances toward Barvinvoke and Russian forces have likely abandoned efforts to drive directly southeast toward Slovyansk. ISW cannot confirm claims of a Ukrainian counteroffensive toward Izyum at this time.

Russian forces claimed to capture Popasna on May 7 but remain largely stalled in eastern Ukraine.

The Ukrainian government confirmed the last remaining civilians trapped in the Azovstal plant evacuated on May 7, though the remaining Ukrainian defenders appear unlikely to surrender. ISW will likely be unable to report any discrete changes in control of terrain until Russian forces capture the plant as a whole due to the poor information environment in Mariupol.

By all indications, Russian forces will announce the creation of a Kherson People’s Republic or possibly forcibly annex Kherson Oblast in the coming weeks to cement its occupation administration and attempt to permanently strip these territories from Ukraine.

Russian forces continued to target Odesa with cruise missile strikes and conduct false-flag attacks in Transnistria over the past several days.
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FSB and Ministry of Internal Affairs detain neo-Nazis in Moscow
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[IZ] Employees of the FSB and the Ministry of Internal Affairs detained in Moscow members of the radical neo-Nazi group “Maniacs: a cult of murder
...sounds like the name of a Heavy Metal band...
(M.K.U.), who were planning a terrorist attack and massacres in the capital on the eve of Victory Day, which became known on Saturday, May 7.

"The members of the group planned to distribute the video with arson on the Internet to intimidate the population and attract new supporters to the organization. In addition, the radicals are involved in a series of attacks on migrants using edged weapons and special means," RIA Novosti quotes the press service of the FSB .

According to law enforcement agencies, the leader of the formation Yegor Krasnov (arrested in absentia by the Basmanny Court on charges of murdering two or more people) is supervised by the special services of Ukraine and works to involve young people in terrorist and extremist activities, spread neo-Nazi ideology and destabilize the work of Russian authorities through terrorist attacks and high-profile crimes.

In March, the FSB reported that 60 supporters of M.K.U. had been detained. in 23 regions of the Russian Federation with the seizure of weapons, special equipment and recruitment instructions.

On December 17, 2021, the FSB Public Relations Center reported the arrest of a supporter of the Ukrainian youth group M.K.U. in the Rostov region. who was preparing a violent action against a journalist.

Components for the manufacture of improvised explosive devices, communications equipment and personal notes with instructions for their assembly and use, as well as a significant amount of extremist propaganda materials were confiscated from the detainee.

Then FSB Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Belyaev in the reserve said on December 19 that the Security Service of Ukraine or even Western intelligence services could well be behind the actions of the radical neo-Nazi group "Maniacs: a cult of murder."
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From the Russian Perspective: Operation on Denazification of Ukraine: operational summary May 7th (updated)
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[NewsFrontInfo] 23:18 The enemy continues to declare the possibility of an amphibious assault near Odessa, and also continues to arrange provocations on the border with Transnistria.

22:41 Fighting continues near Izyum in the area of ​​Bolshaya Kamyshevakhi, as well as to the north of the Slavyansk-Barvenkovo ​​highway. The Armed Forces of Ukraine are trying to stay in the Krasny Liman area, and are also strengthening Seversk. Slavyansk and Kramatorsk are being systematically attacked.

21:45 New explosions are thundering in Odessa.

21:44 On May 8, the Kyiv regime plans to carry out yet another sophisticated provocation with the death of civilians. The units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine will strike the Tochka-U OTR at crowded places in the settlements of the Lviv and Volyn regions, as it already happened at the railway station in Kramatorsk - the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

21:41 The American general called on the NATO countries to prepare Ukrainian brigades for the war with Russia. The former head of the US Special Operations Command in Europe, Mike Repass, is a military consultant to the Armed Forces of Ukraine and, in his opinion, the supply of Western weapons to Kyiv is not effective enough. In this regard, the retired general believes that NATO should prepare and send a 40,000-strong group of Ukrainian troops to Ukraine "for offensive operations to oust the Russians."

"It is necessary that the United States, France, Poland, Britain and Germany create a Ukrainian military unit, equivalent to a brigade. These countries have enough military potential, so they will be able to form Ukrainian military forces, equip them and train them on their territory."

21:41 In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 154 aircraft, 115 helicopters, 764 unmanned aerial vehicles, 296 anti-aircraft missile systems, 2902 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 333 installations of multiple launch rocket systems, 1378 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 2,728 units of special military vehicles.

21:41 Posters dedicated to the anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War appeared on the streets of Kherson. By May 9, the local administration placed posters instead of billboards on the central streets of the city and near parks.

20:40 During the day, missile forces and artillery hit 31 command posts and 245 strongholds, areas of concentration of manpower and military equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

20:40 In the area of ​​​​SNAKE island, a Ukrainian Su-24 bomber, a Su-27 fighter, three Mi-8 helicopters with troops and two Bayraktar-TB2 unmanned aerial vehicles were shot down in the air. The Ukrainian assault boat "Stanislav" was also destroyed.

20:40 Operational-tactical and army aviation hit 26 military facilities of Ukraine during the day. Among them: two command posts, 21 areas of concentration of personnel and military equipment, two ammunition depots and an artillery battery in firing positions. As a result of the strikes, up to 210 nationalists were killed, 39 units of weapons and military equipment were disabled.

20:40 Operational-tactical missile systems "Iskander" in the areas of the railway stations of Krasnograd and Karlovka, Kharkiv region, destroyed large accumulations of weapons and military equipment delivered from the United States and Western countries, as well as the personnel of units of the 58 motorized infantry brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

20:39 High-precision long-range air and sea-based weapons at military airfields in the areas of the settlements of Artsyz, Odessa and Voznesensk destroyed aviation equipment of the Ukrainian air forces, including unmanned aerial vehicles, as well as aviation weapons.

19:38 The Armed Forces of Ukraine are increasingly using kamikaze drones and Tornadoes. Russian air defense forces are working on launched ammunition, air defense missile launches are ongoing.

19:33 Grigory Leps visited the wounded who participated in the special operation. He wished the wounded soldiers a speedy recovery and presented each with CDs with his songs and autographs. Leps also put his signature on the guitar, where the artists who visited the medical facility had previously signed.

18:49 Today, veterans of the Great Patriotic War, the heroes of Melitopol and the Melitopol region, in accordance with the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation, began to receive a lump sum payment on Victory Day.

18:47 NATO supports Ukraine, but is not going to become a party to the conflict, it is necessary to avoid the spread of hostilities to other countries - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.

18:46 In the Kherson region, there are no more authorities controlled by Kyiv, the territory has been liberated from nationalists and is returning to peaceful life - the head of Crimea, Sergei Aksyonov.

17:59 NATO Secretary General said that the general offensive of the Russian Armed Forces in the Donbas has not even begun. The RF Armed Forces use a limited amount of available forces.

17:19 The Investigative Committee of Russia is completing the investigation of several criminal cases against Ukrainian commanders accused of destroying civilians in Donbass and civilian infrastructure.

16:57 Thick smoke was noticed in the area of ​​Severodonetsk, which remains under the control of Ukrainian troops, there are several large chemical production facilities in the city. The day before, the RF Ministry of Defense reported that Ukrainian militants had placed heavy weapons at the Azov enterprise in Severodonetsk, were holding more than a thousand people as human shields, and had also mined ammonia tanks, which they planned to blow up if they left their positions.

16:48 The military-civilian administration of Melitopol reports that on May 9, on Victory Day, a curfew will be set from 22.00 to 6.00. The formation of the "Immortal Regiment" column will take place from 8.30 to 9.30. On this day, the movement of vehicles in the city center is prohibited. Residents are prohibited from bringing firearms and edged weapons, piercing and cutting objects with them to festive events. Also, the military-civilian administration indicates that on May 9, the drinking of alcoholic beverages in public places, as well as the sale of alcoholic products, will be prohibited.

15:35 In the liberated Mikhailovka, Zaporozhye region, active preparations are underway for the celebration of May 9th. Billboards with photos of the heroes of the Great Patriotic War appeared on the streets of the city

15:31 Due to the force of the explosion at the aircraft repair plant in Odessa, windows were knocked out and the ceiling collapsed in the City Center shopping center.

15:30 The Russian military struck at the objects of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Nikolaev.

15:29 Four cruise missiles flew over the Katerynopol district of the Cherkasy region. They write that they were flying towards Vinnitsa.

14:34 Kirill Stremousov, deputy chairman of the military-civilian administration of the Kherson region, said that any negotiations with Kyiv are excluded.

“It’s useless to talk to these [Ukrainian] authorities, because they personify not just a fascist regime, but a real terrorist organization.”

14:32 Air raid alarms are being sounded in almost all regions of Ukraine at this moment.

14:31 The Russian Armed Forces fired four air-launched cruise missiles at the settlement of Artsyz in the Odessa region. A few minutes ago, strikes were made on Odessa. Anti-aircraft artillery and air defense systems operate in the city.

14:30 Explosions in Odessa, an air raid throughout the region.

13:16 The Investigative Committee of Russia is investigating the shelling by the Armed Forces of Ukraine of residential areas of the Nikolaev region. This was reported on Saturday in the press service of the UK.

"The investigating authorities of the Investigative Committee, within the framework of the criminal cases under investigation on the ill-treatment of the civilian population, will give a legal assessment to this inhuman fact of the criminal actions of the Ukrainian security forces, whose names will be mandatory established," the department stressed.

13:14 The Ukrainian "Tochka-U" arrived in the private sector of the city of Golaya Pristan, south of Kherson.

12:25 Ukraine is waiting for a powerful Russian offensive, but NATO does not intend to become a party to the conflict - Secretary General Stoltenberg. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, in an interview with the German Welt Am Sonntag, said that in the coming weeks, Ukraine should be prepared for “the offensive of the Russians and even more brutality, even more destruction of vital infrastructure,” but NATO does not intend to send troops to Ukraine. The Alliance does not exclude that the conflict between the countries will take years. To prevent this, according to Stoltenberg, the West is actively arming Ukraine:

"In the long term, Ukraine cannot defend itself with Soviet-era weapons, but must switch to modern Western weapons. Only in this way will Kyiv be able to successfully repel the Russian invasion."

12:24 The Ukrainian military tried to organize a counterattack in the village of Voevodovka on the outskirts of Severodonetsk, but were surrounded, said LPR Ambassador to Russia Rodion Miroshnik.

"Stubborn battles continue in the triangle of Severodonetsk-Lysichansk-Rubezhnoye, progress is being made, and the Russian Aerospace Forces is destroying the fortifications and positions of Ukrainian militants. Fighting is going on in the vicinity of the "triangle" in the area of ​​​​the settlements of Voevodovka, Shipilovo, Belogorovka and on the Privolnyansky bridgehead.

In Voevodovka, Ukrainian militants attempted a counteroffensive, which ended in failure. Leaving on the battlefield a lot of two hundredths (killed - ed.), The warriors rolled back to their positions. In fact, all the militants who were detained in Voevodovka were blocked. They have a choice - either try to break out with heavy losses, or surrender and stay alive," Miroshnik wrote in his Telegram channel.

11:25 On the territory of the Kherson region, the police, tax services, as well as the agency for price regulation will be formed in the near future.

11:15 The Investigative Committee of Russia began to investigate the fact that Ukrainian nationalists used civilians in the Kharkov region as human shields.

11:14 In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 152 aircraft, 112 helicopters, 762 unmanned aerial vehicles, 295 anti-aircraft missile systems, 2,895 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 333 installations of multiple launch rocket systems, 1,364 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 2,716 units of special military vehicles.

11:14 During the night, Russian air defense systems shot down 13 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles in the areas of the settlements of Berezovka of the Nikolaev region, Signalnoe, Lugansk, Krasnogorovka, Yasinovatoe and Zugres of the Donetsk People's Republic, Olgino of the Kherson region, Cherneshchina, Kharkiv region.

Also, three Ukrainian ballistic missiles "Tochka-U" and nine rockets of the "Smerch" multiple launch rocket system were intercepted over the city of Izyum, Kharkiv region.

11:13 During the night, missile forces and artillery hit 44 command posts and 196 strongholds of Ukrainian troops, areas of concentration of manpower and military equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

11:13 Operational-tactical and army aviation hit 18 military facilities of Ukraine during the night. Among them: two command posts in the Skovorodnikovo district of the Kharkiv region, five areas of concentration of personnel and military equipment, three ammunition and fuel depots in the area of ​​the Dachnoye settlement in the Odessa region.

In the area of ​​the Bogodukhov railway station in the Kharkiv region, a large accumulation of weapons and military equipment received from the United States and European countries was destroyed. As a result of the strikes, up to 280 nationalists were killed, 48 units of weapons and military equipment were disabled.

10:32 Residents of the Kharkiv region abandoned by Ukraine were left without medicines. They received humanitarian aid delivered by the Russian military. The Russian army delivered 20 tons of humanitarian cargo to one of the villages in the Kharkiv region.

09:54 Losses of the Ukrainian side as a result of a special military operation of the RF Armed Forces on May 7, 2022:

- During the day, the Armed Forces of Ukraine lost 381 people killed, wounded and captured. The total losses in killed, wounded and captured in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, NGU and State Border Service are over 52 thousand people.
- Lost 12 tanks, 19 armored vehicles, two tactical missile control points, 17 field artillery and mortar guns, three MLRS, three long-range and medium-range air defense systems, one short-range air defense system, 21 vehicles and special equipment, three aircraft and eight UAVs .

09:17 Ukrainian sources report explosions in the Poltava and Kharkiv regions.

08:21 In the liberated Energodar, the eternal flame burns again. The lighting ceremony was attended by representatives of the city administration and servicemen of the National Guard.

08:20 The primary task is to resolve financial payments to the population, payments to the population have already begun in the Genichesk district, now this issue is being resolved in the Kakhovka district and Kherson - Kirill Stremousov, deputy head of the military-civil administration of the Kherson region.

08:11 Consequences of an air strike by the Russian Aerospace Forces on the Energomashspetsstal plant, Kramatorsk. According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the premises of this enterprise housed an ammunition depot of the Ukrainian army.

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Perspective from the Breakaway Republics: Invasion of Ukraine: May 7th, 2022
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[NewsFrontInfo] 23:20 The process of evacuating civilians from the territory of Azovstal has been completed. The resumption of intensive bombing of the remaining Nazis is expected, as well as a further reduction in the territory controlled by them after losing positions at the waste heaps.

22:37 A total of 405 tons of humanitarian aid was transferred by the Russian Federation to the civilian population in the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics and the Kherson region.

21:10 Two more people were injured as a result of the shelling of the Kirovsky district of Donetsk by Ukrainian troops, the DPR representative office in the JCCC reports.

"On the operational line of the DPR JCCC, information was received about two more victims: a woman born in 1970 and a man born in 1979. as a result of the morning shelling of the VFU of the Kirovsky district of Donetsk," the message said in the Telegram channel of the representative office.

It is noted that "the number of civilian casualties on May 7 increased to nine people."

21:10 Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Irina Vereshchuk on Saturday made a statement that civilians had been evacuated from the territory of the Azovstal plant in Mariupol.

“All children, women and the elderly were evacuated from Azovstal,” she wrote on her Telegram channel. According to the Deputy Prime Minister, "this part of the humanitarian operation has been completed."

Earlier, the Headquarters of the Territorial Defense of the DPR reported that a group of 50 people was evacuated from the plant on Saturday. Thus, the total number of civilians evacuated from the territory of the metallurgical plant has reached 176. A day earlier, 25 people, including women and children, left the territory of the plant.

20:25 High-precision air-based missiles of the Russian Aerospace Forces hit 42 areas of concentration of manpower and Ukrainian military equipment in the area of ​​the Volcheyarovka settlement of the Luhansk People's Republic, as well as two ammunition depots in the area of ​​the Seversk settlement of the Donetsk People's Republic.

19:11 In the district center of Mangush, not far from Mariupol, a monument to the Ukrainian hetman Sahaidachny was dismantled.

18:55 The departure of the main part of the remaining forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Popasna is confirmed from the field in the morning. The cleansing of the city continues, but it is obvious that the enemy is going to put up long-term resistance already at other lines. Serious progress in Popasna is associated with the involvement of the Wagner PMC, whose fighters performed well in street battles in the central part of the city.

17:40 Information was received through the operational line of the DPR JCCC about the wounding of a civilian born in 1955. as a result of the shelling of the VFU n.p. Clear on the street. Zheleznodorozhnaya, 11. As a result of the shelling of the VFU, damage was recorded at the following addresses:

n.p. Clear:
- st. Zheleznodorozhnaya, 11 - the gas pipeline is damaged.
n.p. Dokuchaevsk:
- st. Donetskskaya, 134 - the gas pipeline was damaged.

17:20 Petrovsky district is again under fire from the VFU. As a result of the daytime shelling of the village. Trudovskie suffered a man born in 1988. The victim was taken to hospital No. 14 with penetrating wounds.

17:16 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction: n.p. Novomikhailovka - n.p. Yelenovka: four shells of 122mm caliber were fired.

17:03 Popasnaya is ours. The 24th Mechanized Brigade was defeated and withdrew from the city.

16:50 Shelling from the side of the VFU was recorded in the following directions:

n.p. Novgorodskoye - n.p. Fedorovka: 10 missiles fired from BM21 Grad;
n.p. Novgorodskoye - n.p. Ozeryanovka: Eight shells of 122 mm caliber were fired.

16:31 The Russian military detained a Croatian citizen in Mariupol, the Croatian Foreign Ministry said.

16:22 According to the operational line of the JCCC DPR, information was received about the wounding of a civilian - a man born in 1988. as a result of the shelling of the VFU of the Petrovsky district of Donetsk at the address st. Chernogorskaya, 66. As a result of the shelling of the VFU, the settlement Gorlovka recorded damage at the address of the street. Zemnukhova, 13.

16:18 Only 176 people were evacuated from Azovstal in Mariupol.

15:51 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction: n.p. Novomikhailovka - n.p. Dokuchaevsk: eight shells of 122mm caliber were fired.

15:36 A street in the city of Livny, Oryol region, will be named after the first head of the DPR, Alexander Zakharchenko.

15:30 Svetlichnoe under full control - LPR.

15:25 According to updated data, as a result of today's shelling of the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka, destruction was additionally recorded along the street. Moskalenko, 13/26. Also on st. Moskalenko 13 significantly damaged roof. A fire broke out along Zemnukhova Street, 13, as a result of a hit by a Ukrainian GP, ​​as a result of which an outbuilding - Prikhodko - was partially damaged.

15:18 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction:

13:50 — n.p. Kurdyumovka - n.p. Gorlovka (village sh-you 6\7): eight shells of 122mm caliber were fired.

15:02 As a result of the shelling of the VFU in Horlivka, on the street. Marshal Moskalenko, a woman was wounded.

15:00 Information was received through the operational line of the DPR JCCC about an injured civilian born in 1969. as a result of the shelling of the VFU of the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka at the address st. Moskalenko, 13. As a result of the shelling of the VFU, damage was recorded at the following addresses:

n.p. Gorlovka:
- st. Moskalenko, 9, 11, 13 - apartment buildings + two cars;
- Ave. Lenina, 229 - school number 47 (glazing).
Petrovsky district of Donetsk:
- st. Karnavalnaya, 73 - fire of a private house;
- st. Karamzin, 6 - residential building.
n..p. Yasinovataya:
- the property of the Donetsk railway was damaged. At the moment, in n.p. More than 1,500 subscribers are deprived of power supply in Yasinovataya.

14:33 Ukrofascists attacked Yasinovataya railway station with rocket artillery.

14:31 APU attacked Donetsk. Visible smoke in the area of ​​the Avdievka Coke Plant.

14:25 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the following directions:

n.p. Novgorodskoye - n.p. Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district): eight shells of 122mm caliber were fired;
n.p. Novomikhailovka - n.p. Dokuchaevsk: 10 shells of 122 mmcaliber were fired.

14:10 Head of the LPR Leonid Pasechnik launched work of Luhansk TPP in the city of Schastye.

14:04 On May 9, Luhansk will be renamed Voroshilovgrad. Andrey Marochko, a representative of the People's Militia of the LPR, announced this. According to him, the decree has already been signed by the head of the LPR, Pasechnik.

14:00 A group of Ukrainian soldiers left Azovstal with a white flag. The Russian military moved forward to meet them. This is the first personal contact of the parties during the entire period of the blockade of Mariupol, said the commander of the Vostok battalion Alexander Khodakovsky.

13:03 Shelling from the side of the VFU was recorded in the following directions:

n.p. Novomikhailovka - Donetsk (Petrovsky district): six shells of 122mm caliber were fired;
n.p. Avdiivka - n.p. n.p. Yasinovataya: 10 missiles fired from BM21 Grad.

12:50 Shelling from the side of the VFU was recorded in the following directions:

n.p. Krasnogorovka - Donetsk (Petrovsky district): six shells of 122mm caliber were fired;
n.p. Novgorodskoye - n.p. Wide Beam: fired eight shells of 122mm caliber.

12:11 Another 50 people were evacuated from Azovstal - the headquarters of the territorial defense of the DPR.

11:54 Syria is working to provide worldwide support to the DPR and LPR, Syrian Ambassador to Russia Riyad Haddad said.

11:41 DPR troops, with fire support from the RF Armed Forces, liberated 182 settlements, including Zachatovka, Lidino, Lazarevka, Novonikolaevka, Shevchenko (Volnovakhsky district), Radyanskaya Ukraine.

11:40 As a result of the morning shelling, four civilians were injured. A woman born in 1956 suffered in the Kirovsky district. With a shrapnel wound of the soft tissues of the left shoulder, a resident was taken to the Central City Clinical Hospital No. 24. In the Petrovsky district, two men born in 2000 and 1963. were taken to the Central City Clinical Hospital No. 6 with numerous shrapnel wounds. Male, born in 1933. with a diagnosis of fracture of the parietal region, brain contusion, cerebral coma, was taken to the Department of Neurosurgery of the Doktmo. In addition, shelling of Chekalina, Sergeevskaya and Ovsyannikov streets of the Kirov region was recorded. Information about the destruction is specified.

11:30 DPR authorities evacuated 373 people from Mariupol in a day, including 43 children - Republican Territorial Defense Headquarters.

11:28 Yasinovataya again under the fire of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (Nazis). The blows are delivered from the BM-21 Grad. A total of 20 rockets were fired at the city.

11:25 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction: n.p. Avdievka.

11:00 In the Alchevsk area shot down three air targets.

10:39 AFU attacked Donetsk, two people were injured. A woman was wounded as a result of shelling in the Kirovsky district, and a man was wounded in the Petrovsky district.

10:26 As a result of the morning shelling of the Petrovsky district, a direct hit on the roof of a nine-story residential building at the address: st. Shuiskaya, 5 - Kulemzin.

10:24 Statement by the official representative of the NM of the LPR, Captain Filiponenko I.M. as of May 7, 2022

During the clashes with units of the defense department, over the past day, the enemy suffered losses in manpower and military equipment, namely:

➖27 personnel;
➖ Seven armored personnel carriers;
➖12 vehicles.

The enemy continues to terrorize the civilian population of the Republic, shelling the civilian infrastructure of the front-line settlements of the LPR, which do not pose a danger to the enemy and are not military facilities.

Over the past 24 hours, Ukrainian armed formations have fired HUNDREDS of shells from BM-21 Grad multiple launch rocket systems at the ZOLOTOE-5 settlement.

As a result of shelling, a woman born in 1950 was killed, and 3 civilians were injured. 20 residential buildings, Zolotovskaya secondary school No. 4 and the Psychoneurological dispensary were damaged.

In order to suppress the enemy’s fire activity on civilians of the Republic, the positions of the VFU, from which the fire was fired, were promptly detected and destroyed by the on-duty firepower of the units of the NM LPR.

The forces of the NM of the LPR, together with public organizations, continue to deliver humanitarian aid to residents of the liberated territories, as well as to front-line settlements of the Republic. So, yesterday, the city Cossack society of the Kirov region transferred more than 10 tons of humanitarian aid for refugees and military personnel of the NM LPR.

09:56 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction: n.p. Nevelskoye - Donetsk (Kirovskiy district): five missiles were fired from the BM-21 "Grad".

09:24 Fire was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction: n.p. Krasnogorovka - Donetsk (Petrovsky district): four shells of 122mm caliber were fired.

09:14 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction: n.p. Krasnogorovka - Donetsk (Petrovsky district): 10 missiles were fired from the BM-21 Grad.

09:07 Shelling from the side of the VFU was recorded in the following directions:

n.p. Krasnogorovka - Donetsk (Petrovsky district): six shells of 122mm caliber were fired;
n.p. Krasnogorovka - Donetsk (Kirov district): six shells of 122mm caliber were fired.

09:05 From early morning in the DPR fulfills air defense tasks. At least three objects fired from Ukraine were shot down in the sky over the republic.

08:57 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction: n.p. Avdievka - n.p. Yasinovataya: 10 missiles fired from the BM-21 Grad.

08:09 The evacuation from Azovstal is completed, 50 civilians were rescued during the day, including 11 children - the Russian Defense Ministry.

08:05 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction: n.p. Krasnogorovka - Donetsk (Petrovsky district): five shells of 122mm caliber were fired.

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Remains of 19 Red Army soldiers reburied in Moldova
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[REGNUM] The remains of 19 Red Army soldiers, who were discovered in the process of search work on the territory of Moldova, were reburied at the Sherpen bridgehead memorial complex in this country. It is reported by TASS.

Also, a funeral litia was served for the dead in the church of St. George the Victorious. In addition, the guard of the Ministry of Defense of Moldova paid military honors to the Red Army soldiers who died in the Great Patriotic War.

The ceremony was attended by a veteran of the Great Patriotic War, Colonel Vasily Litvinov , Moldovan parliamentarians, Russian Ambassador to Moldova Oleg Vasnetsov , as well as foreign diplomats, representatives of veteran and youth public organizations.

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