05/24/2023 10:43:03
ISW: Kiev reports no new fighting in Bakhmut
“In its report yesterday at 6 p.m., the Ukrainian General Staff reported no fighting in the city of Bakhmut for the first time since December 2022.” that Wagner Group forces may have made further advances within the city”. Even in this morning’s update, the Kiev general staff does not mention any fighting for the city.
Yesterday, Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Malyar said that fighting in and around Bakhmut had decreased and reiterated that Ukrainian forces are holding positions in a fortified area near the MiG-17 monument in west Bakhmut. However, a military blogger published video footage allegedly showing Wagner’s forces near the MiG-17 memorial and claimed that no Ukrainian forces were in the area.
05/24/2023 10:34:45
Beijing: cooperation with Moscow on a new level
China is willing to work with Russia to promote pragmatic cooperation between the two countries in various fields and take it to a “new level,” Chinese Premier Li Qiang told Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin at their meeting in Beijing. The international media report about it. The pragmatic cooperation between China and Russia has shown a “good” development trend, and the scale of investment between the two countries is also improving steadily, Li added.
05/24/2023 10:26:02
The case of Solovyov
One of Putin’s most trusted men would have a double life and a double family. Where? In the United States. You may not know his name, but Vladimir Solovyov is one of the most prominent figures in the Russian world. He is considered one of Russia’s most prominent propagandists, is omnipresent in the state media and has twice been honored by Russian President Vladimir Putin for his services to the Kremlin. He often ridicules the West as “satanic” and calls the Russian invasion of Ukraine a “holy war.” A program almost never goes by in which Solovyov does not call for nuclear strikes against the United States and its allies.
05/24/2023 10:24:59
Lavrov: NATO enlargement is similar to Hitler’s policy
The current NATO expansion is based on the same ambitions as Hitler’s policy, said Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at an international meeting of high-ranking representatives for security issues. The tax office reports it. “Indeed, the reckless expansion of NATO reflects the same ideas as those who guided (Adolf) Hitler’s ‘Drang nach Osten’ (Eastern Advance) policy,” Lavrov said.
05/24/2023 10:24:10
Prigozhin: The war made Ukraine the most famous country in the world
According to Wagner private militia chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, “the war made Ukraine the most famous nation in the world.” Paradoxically, Russia wanted to demilitarize Ukraine, but instead militarized it with the best weapons in the world.” Prigozhin, a Russian blogger quoted by UNIAN gave an interview, said that the war aims “demilitarization” and “denazification” had completely failed. “We made Ukraine a nation that everyone around the world knows. They are like the Greeks or Romans in their heyday. “Ukraine has become a well-known country,” he said. Regarding “demilitarization”: “If Ukraine had 500 tanks at the start of the special operation, they now have 5,000.” If they could field 20,000 soldiers then, they have 400,000 today. How did we do that? The two main goals of the war not only failed for Russia, they also worked the other way around,” he said.
05/24/2023 10:11:49
Pro-Russian: Bakhmut has no more civilians
Bakhmut has no more civilians, said the head of the self-proclaimed Donetsk Republic, Denis Puschilin, as reported by RIA Novosti. “As for the civilians, we crossed almost the whole city yesterday, we didn’t see any civilians. During this period, Wagner evacuated civilians as soon as they were found. “That’s why, in their opinion, there are no civilians in the city,” he said on the Russia 24 TV channel.
05/24/2023 10:09:49
New York Times: No Ukrainian militants have entered Russian territory
During the operation in Russia’s Belgorod region, no Ukrainian militants entered Russian territory, the New York Times reports, citing a senior Ukrainian official. According to the official, who wished to remain anonymous, the Ukrainian army is supporting the fighters and protecting the Ukrainian border in the event of a Russian counterattack. The source later said that no Ukrainian fighters entered Russian territory.
05/24/2023 09:57:48
Russian Patriges: Destroyed equipment of Kremlin security forces in Belgorod
“The fighters of the ‘Russian Volunteer Corps’ and the ‘Freedom of Russia’ Legion destroyed the equipment of the Kremlin’s security forces in the Belgorod region,” the so-called Russian partisans, who invaded the Belgorod region on Monday, wrote on Telegram Attack the Federation Armed Forces. The fighters released photos of burned equipment belonging to the Russian security forces.
05/24/2023 09:56:59
Kiev, yesterday there were 102 Russian attacks in the Zaporizhia region
Russian troops launched 102 attacks on the Zaporizhia region yesterday. This was announced by the head of the regional military administration, Yuriy Malashko, as reported by Ukrinform. No casualties or injuries were reported. “The enemy launched 102 attacks in the last day: three air strikes, seven drone strikes and 92 artillery strikes,” reads the message published on Telegram. In total, 23 settlements in Polohy, Vasylivka, Huliaipole, Orichiv, Mala Tokmachka, Charivne, Stepove, Zaliznychne and other districts were affected. According to Malashko, 26 civilian targets, including houses and condominiums, were damaged.
05/24/2023 09:51:43
Today Lukashenko Moscow from Putin
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko is expected in Moscow today for a meeting with Vladimir Putin with the aim of discussing possible “discrepancies” in bilateral politics. “There are almost no problems” in relation to relations with Moscow, however, there may be some “disagreements”, especially on bureaucratic issues, the Belarusian agency BelTA emphasized in its coverage of the visit.
05/24/2023 09:25:25
Putin: Global instability is increasing, it’s not our fault
“Global instability is increasing, old trouble spots are expanding and new ones are emerging in different regions.” According to Tass, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that “the energy and food crisis is being caused by the United States and other western countries “.
05/24/2023 09:03:43
After Belgorod there is more action in Russia
Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Oleksiy Danilov spoke on TV about new actions in three Russian regions after what Moscow called sabotage operations in the Belgorod region: “There will be progress in other border regions of Russia by then.” Putin’s criminal regime ends its war against Ukraine. “Russians will not feel safe in any corner of the federation,” he said, as reported by UNIAN. “Bryansk, Kursk, Voronezh and other regions cannot be safe given the number of Russian citizens opposed to the regime,” Danilov added.
05/24/2023 08:57:52
Belgorod, new night drone strikes
“The night wasn’t entirely peaceful. There have been numerous drone attacks. Most of the air defense systems held up, but there is damage in Belgorod: cars, private houses, buildings,” the governor of Russia’s Belgorod region Vyacheslav Gladkov reported on Telegram.
Russian troops captured the Grayvoron border checkpoint #Belgorod Oblast after the Ukrainian Armed Forces raid. Ukrainian units lost at least 8 vehicles:
2x MaxxPro
3x HMMWV
1x AMZ Dzik-2
1x KrAZ Cobra
? Unknown pickup(s) pic.twitter.com/KuXTx3CcrR— Military Advisor (@miladvisor) May 23, 2023
05/24/2023 08:45:17
Moscow: “There are no conditions for a peaceful solution”
It would be premature to speak of a peaceful solution to the Ukraine conflict because the conditions for this scenario are not currently in place, said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov in an interview with the Russian news agency Tass. When asked which of the various reconciliation plans proposed by other countries would be preferable for Russia and whether Moscow had its own variant, Peskov replied: “It’s too early to talk about it. Obviously, the conditions for a peace process are not yet in place,” he added, adding that “the military special operation continues”. When asked whether the Kremlin was ready to negotiate with someone from the government responsible in Kiev, Peskov replied: “It’s hardly possible because any negotiations with Russia (in Ukraine, editor’s note) are forbidden. ”
05/24/2023 08:44:05
Sunak: “The West will support Kiev for years”
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak told a defense conference in London that Ukraine’s western allies have been ready to support the country in the war “for years”, the British press reported. And he added that Russia’s strategy is to “wait”. . . and that people (in the West) are getting tired and bored. . . it won’t work,” reports the Financial Times. “We are currently holding talks with allies about what long-term multilateral and bilateral security deals we can strike with Ukraine,” Sunak said.
05/24/2023 08:22:33
Media: Moscow has to change its plans after the attacks on Belgorod
Attacks in Russia’s Belgorod region by Russian militants fighting alongside Ukraine could force Moscow to deploy more forces along the border rather than on the front lines, where Kiev’s major counter-offensive is expected, says Andriy Zagorodnyuk, a former Ukrainian defense minister and now Kiev advisers the Kiev government, as reported by the New York Times. For this reason, Zagorodnyuk describes the operations in Belgorod as a “milestone” of the war. “Russians will see that there are problems among their own citizens, so the idea of a united Russia will be seriously damaged,” he adds. The political leader of the Russian Freedom Legion, former MP Ilya Ponomarev, agrees with Zagorodnyuk: “We think that now they need to reconsider the situation and deploy more troops along the Ukrainian border,” Ponomarev said in an interview with the New York Times and added that the group captured about ten Russian border guards. “The Ukrainians are trying to push the Russians in different directions to open the gates,” observes Royal United Services Institute analyst Neil Melvin in an analysis of the situation published on the Portal website. The Russians are forced to send reinforcements.’
05/24/2023 07:45:39
Peskov: “Coordination with Beijing for Putin’s China visit”
The timing of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to China will be agreed between the parties. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told TASS. “There is an invitation,” he said. “The timing and further details will be agreed later.” The Secretary of the Russian Security Council, Nikolai Patrushev, expressed his great appreciation for the invitation to speak as the guest of honor of President Putin from Beijing at the “Belt and Road Forum”, reports the Russian agency .
05/24/2023 07:31:07
Russian Prime Minister in China: “Relations at an unprecedented level”
The current bilateral relations between China and Russia are “at an unprecedented level”. This was stated by Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin during a long talk with Chinese Premier Li Qiang in Beijing. To report is the cup. “Relations,” he added, “are characterized by respect for each other’s interests and a willingness to respond together to new threats arising from increasing turbulence at the international level and pressure from the West at large through illegitimate sanctions.”
05/24/2023 07:30:17
Wagner squad leader: “Russian forces are unable to resist incursions at Belgorod”
Moscow’s armed forces are unwilling to resist incursions into Russia’s Belgorod region by anti-government groups fighting alongside Ukraine, Yevgeny Prigozhin, founder of the Wagner Group, said in an interview with blogger Filo-Kremlin Konstantin Dolgov, as per the Kyiv Independent reported. “The groups of the Russian Volunteer Corps are shamelessly entering the Belgorod region,” said Prigozhin. Russian forces “are absolutely not prepared to resist,” he added. Prigozhin also believes that Ukraine currently has one of the strongest military forces in the world. The Ukrainians, he explained, are “highly organized, highly trained, their intelligence is of the highest caliber, and they can operate with equal success with any military system, including those of the Soviet Union and NATO.”
05/24/2023 06:51:41
Ukrainian secret service: “We have weapons, the counter-offensive soon”
Ukrainian armed forces “already have a minimum of weapons and other equipment” to carry out the counteroffensive, which “will begin soon”. This was claimed by the head of the military intelligence service in Kiev, Kyrylo Budanov, in an interview with the Japanese media outlet NHK. However, Budanov also added that the offensive could be long and punctuated by prolonged periods of heavy fighting, so “a significant escort would be required to continue the operation”. The head of 007 in Kiev wants to “expel Russia from our territory” and claims that Ukraine will “use all our forces and means to achieve this goal”.