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❗️🇷🇺🇺🇦 Avdiivka direction: Advances of the Russian Armed Forces in Umanske
Situation as of the end of May 9, 2024

In recent days, in the Avdiivka direction, the Russian forces have been actively trying to develop successes on several sectors, including those that were shrouded in the "fog of war" for some time.

▪️During the day, footage appeared online of the Russian flag being raised over a memorial in the center of the northern part of Umanske. By the end of the day, there were reports of the complete liberation of the village, although there is no reliable confirmation of this information yet.

▪️At the same time, between Umanske and Orlivka, south of highway C051801, there is a fortified area stretching for about two kilometers. Given the configuration of the front line, it is highly likely that it also came under the control of the Russian Armed Forces - without capturing it, it would have been quite a difficult task to advance into Umanske.

▪️Further south, in Netailovo, a decrease in the concentration of enemy manpower was noted - whether this is due to a lack of reinforcements or the withdrawal of the AFU is difficult to say for now. According to the latest information, Russian troops are engaged in heavy fighting in the center of the settlement.

▪️In the northern sector, in the area of Arkhanhel'ske, Russian Armed Forces units are entrenching on previously occupied lines, continuing to clear the area west of the settlement. They did not attempt any counterattacks by the AFU over the past day.

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🇷🇺🇺🇦🌉 On the strike by the Russian Armed Forces on the bridge near Stary Saltov

Recently, footage has appeared of a night strike by the Russian Armed Forces on the bridge over the Seversky Donets river near the settlement of Stary Saltov, where an X-38 air-to-surface missile definitely hit the target. The object has a rather curious history:

▪️The bridge near Stary Saltov was first blown up by the Ukrainian forces on March 5, 2022, in order to hinder the advance of the Russian Armed Forces in the vicinity of Kharkiv.

▪️By the summer of 2022, the AFU had set up a pontoon vehicle crossing next to the object on the other bank of the Seversky Donets, and by the winter of 2023, they had partially restored it, installing a railway span for pedestrian traffic on the destroyed part.

Coordinates: 50.0770875, 36.8116638

Although the recording was made from a great distance and in the dark, the video clearly shows a powerful explosion and the "spreading" parts. Therefore, we can confidently say that the crossing at this section has been disabled again.

The effective Russian strike will somewhat complicate the logistics of the AFU and the transfer of equipment to the left bank of the river, which is especially relevant against the background of the offensive of the Russian Armed Forces in the border area. Therefore, the enemy will clearly try to quickly set up new pontoons in the near future.

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🇷🇺🇺🇦🖇 Yesterday, the publication The Economist published an interview with the Commander-in-Chief of the Ground Forces of the AFU, Oleksandr Pavliuk, who shared a revelation: it turns out that the loss of Chasiv Yar "will not be decisive," because it is "just an ordinary urban settlement."

We find it hard to believe that the Ukrainian general may not know the significance of Chasiv Yar, at least from the point of view of an important fortified defense hub on the approaches to Kostyantynivka and the Slavyansk-Kramatorsk metro area. Therefore, such words from his mouth speak of two things:

▪️Through the mouths of official figures in the so-called Ukraine, there is a gradual preparation of public opinion for the withdrawal of the AFU from the city, which indirectly illustrates the position of the opponent in the sector. The Kyiv regime resorted to similar tactics just before the withdrawal from Bakhmut or Avdiivka.

▪️At the same time, the theses about the "insignificance of the loss of territories" from a media point of view look absolutely disastrous. But if they are publicly voiced by representatives of the AFU command, this indicates serious problems of the opponent with information support of hostilities.

The latter, by the way, are indeed increasingly visible to the naked eye. In fact, the Ukrainian "media", which was still considered the trump card of the Kyiv regime in 2022, is literally turning from a carriage into a pumpkin before our eyes.
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🇷🇺🇺🇦 Avdiivka direction: Advance of the Russian Armed Forces north of Ocheretyne
Situation as of the end of May 11, 2024

North of Avdiivka, Russian forces continue to develop the successes of previous days, expanding the control zone in several sectors and simultaneously consolidating on previously captured lines.

▪️After several days of attacks, Russian Armed Forces units advanced to the line of Ocheretyne - Arkhanhelsk. Also, west of Arkhanhelsk, assault groups cleared a "pocket" and approached the outskirts of Novoaleksandrivka.

▪️In addition, Russian troops occupied the Kalynova Gully and advanced towards the village of Kalynove. Notably, this was achieved with relatively small forces - the enemy is experiencing certain difficulties in deploying reinforcements to the frontline.

▪️Fighting is also ongoing in the direction of the line Sokol - Novopokrovske. Russian forces are storming enemy strongholds, advancing simultaneously from Semyonivka, Berdychi and Solovyovo.

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❗️🇷🇺🇺🇦 On the strike on a residential building in Belgorod - Rybar's analysis

🔻This morning, the AFU struck Belgorod again. One of the shells hit a 10-story building on Shchors Street, as a result of which one of the entrances completely collapsed. Later, the roof also collapsed, but there were no casualties.

At the moment, 20 injured residents of the house are known, and according to some reports, the number of dead has reached seven people. Doctors from federal centers and Moscow will be sent to Belgorod to provide assistance to the wounded.

❗️Various versions are circulating on the Internet about what was used to deliver the strike. The Russian Ministry of Defense reports that the residential building was damaged by shrapnel from one of the Tochka-U missiles shot down in the sky.

The version of the Russian Ministry of Defense about the Tochka-U strike would seem logical, if it were not for the moment of the explosion: the explosion occurred from below, and not from above. Therefore, we insist on the version that the fire strike was carried out by aviation (any departmental analysts can check these data, simply by comparing it with the awareness of flights of the Ukrainian Air Force through the Akhtyrka region and the time of the strike).

🔻Most likely, the strike was delivered by the French-made AASM HAMMER guided air-to-surface bomb from the airspace of the Akhtyrka region of the Sumy region. Enemy aircraft were observed during the approach to the strike, as well as on the way back, apparently to the Myrhorod airfield.

At the same time, these bombs are limited in range to 70 km, so the aircraft had to approach the front line quite closely to carry out the strike, the target of which could have been the Luch CHP plant, located on the same Shchors Street, three hundred meters from the damaged house.

The strike hit the third entrance of the 10-story building No. 55A on Shchors Street from the inner side of the courtyard. The launch was carried out from the southwest side, and not from the southeast, as other resources are trying to convince everyone. And from this we can draw several conclusions.

🔻We are not accidentally insisting on the version with aviation and a strike from the direction of Akhtyrka: what happened clearly demonstrates that it is impossible to be limited to creating a buffer zone in the section from Lipetsk to Old Saltov with Volchansk. Belgorod is shelled not only from the south, but also from the west. The same can be said about Bryansk and Kursk.

It is impossible to plan the conduct of a "limited" operation in the border area and hope that this will reduce the ardor of the enemy. This does not work that way.

This tragedy once again confirms the need to create a buffer zone not along the border. Otherwise, such shelling of Russian territory with a fatal outcome for civilians will continue.

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❗️🇷🇺🇺🇦 Slobozhansky direction: battles for Vovchansk and breaching the AFU defense
situation as of 7:00 pm on May 12, 2024

By the third day of the Russian offensive operation in the north of the Kharkiv region, it became clear that the Ukrainian formations had regained their composure and are trying to build up a defense and repel the onslaught of Russian units.

▪️Near Lyptsi, fighting continues in the Lira-1 gardening association. Active fire impact with FAB bombs on UPMK, as well as strikes with field and rocket artillery, is being carried out on the settlement.

▪️From the direction of Zelene, it has not yet been possible to advance towards Neskuchne: battles are ongoing at the junction of the two settlements.

▪️On the line Izbytske - Starytsia - Buhrovatka, the Russian troops put to flight part of the Ukrainian formations: they managed to break through the defense near Starytsia and engage in combat for Buhrovatka. Judging by the footage published by Ukrainian resources, the Russian troops are freely moving through the clearing between the forests north of Starytsia and Buhrovatka, so we can conclude that they have full control over the forest areas.

▪️The offensive on Vovchansk continues from three directions: from the side of Hatiishche, Pleteniivka and Tykhy. But so far, combat operations are being conducted only on the outskirts, there is no talk of advancement and expansion of the control zone towards the high-rise buildings.

▪️The offensive of the Russian army is developing along the river arteries with the consistent severing of communications in the north of the Kharkiv region: this allows dividing the operational area in the border region into small pieces, consistently "chewing" them up.

🔻The strikes by Ukrainian formations on Belgorod, as well as the ongoing indiscriminate shelling of civilian development on Russian lands, once again confirm that the creation of a "buffer zone" is a necessary measure.

Without taking control of large agglomerations on the other side of the border, it will not be possible to reduce the number of shellings and neutralize the threat from Ukrainian formations.

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❗️🇷🇺🇺🇦 Highlights of Russian Military Operation in Ukraine: highlights of the week May, 6-12, 2024

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Russian troops have attacked energy facilities in the territory controlled by the Kyiv regime. The missiles hit Dobrotvir TPP, Ladyzhynsʹka TPP and Burshtynsʹka TPP, as well as the turbine hall of Dnipro HPP-1.

▪️Several more missiles hit the 330/110kV autotransformer in 330 kV Poltava substation. In Kremenchuk HPP, the hit fell at the head cover of the hydraulic unit No.4.

▪️Russian troops are working to identify and destroy Ukrainian aviation bases. In Dnipropetrovsk region, near Manvelivka, Russian Armed Forces hit an airfield, destroying two Mi-24 helicopters.

▪️Ukrainian units, in turn, continue to attack fuel and energy infrastructure facilities in Russia. The enemy struck tank farms in Roven'ky and Luhansk with ATACMS: four people were killed, 16 more were wounded.

▪️For the first time since the beginning of special military operation, Ukrainian drones attacked targets in the Republic of Bashkortostan, covering about 1300 km. Several drones damaged the visbreaking device on the territory of the local refinery in Salavat.

▪️The AFU also struck the Tovarkovo oil refinery in Kaluga region for the second time since March 15. As a result of the hit, four tanks with fuel oil and diesel fuel caught fire.

▪️At the same time, Ukrainian units attacked facilities in Crimea with unmanned boats. One of the marine drones hit a boat at the pier at the Vuz'ka Bay in Chornomors'ke.

▪️In special military operation zone, Russian troops continue to press Ukrainian units in several sectors of the front. In North Ukrainian direction, the enemy continues to establish positions along the border with Russia.
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🇷🇺🇺🇦 Chronicles of the special military operation
for May 13, 2024

Over the past day, Russian forces struck several targets in the front-line and rear areas on the territory controlled by the Kyiv regime. In turn, the AFU struck the ATACMS MLRS on Krasnodoн in the LPR, and continue to strike civilian infrastructure in the border areas of Belgorod and Kursk Regions.

In the Slobozhansky direction, Russian forces are advancing in several sectors and fighting in the industrial zone of Volchansk, as well as in the multi-story buildings on the eastern outskirts of the city. In the area of Hlyboke, heavy fighting continues on the approaches to Lyptsi.

In the Bakhmut direction, Russian Armed Forces units are storming enemy positions in the Canal neighborhood in Chasiv Yar, and also striking positions in the city and its environs.

In the Avdiivka direction, there are battles in the forest belts along the railway to the west of Ocheretyne, as well as on the approaches to Novoaleksandrivka and Kalynove.

In the Kherson direction, there are ongoing clashes in the island zone north of Kozachi Lahery and in Krynky. Russian forces struck a UAV crew and several dozen drones north of Mylove on the right bank of the Dnipro.

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❗️🇷🇺🇺🇦 Slobozhansky direction: Russian Armed Forces control the northern part of Volchansk, fighting near Liptsy and Lukiiantsi
situation as of 4:00 pm on May 14, 2024

🔻In the Slobozhansky direction, Russian troops are advancing towards Liptsy through the dachas. For now, the fighting is more like a reconnaissance in force. Artillery and air strikes are being carried out on the concentrated enemy forces in the village.

▪️In the area of Lukiiantsi, Russian assault teams reached the outskirts of the village and entered the settlement. It is unclear whether the village has been completely liberated or not. On the eastern flank, the Russian Armed Forces established control over Buhrovat, while fighting continues in the neighboring Staritsa.

▪️Information is circulating on the Internet about the attacking groups linking up through Zelene, but in reality this is most likely not the case, since the gap between Lukiiantsi and Zelene is an open field, and between Zelene and Ternova-Izbytske - fields and forest.

▪️In Volchansk, the enemy was pushed out of the northern part of the city, and clearing operations are underway. According to preliminary data, the territory of Lyceum No. 1 and Kindergarten No. 6 has been taken. The status of the Volchansk Aggregate Plant, where the presence of Ukrainian formations may remain, is still unclear.

▪️By mid-day, only one heavily damaged road bridge and one pedestrian bridge remained in Volchansk, so communication with the southern part of the city is still maintained.

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❗️🇷🇺🪖 If the special status of Alexey Dyumin, who today became an assistant to the President of Russia and will oversee the military-industrial complex (essentially becoming a kind of control figure on Putin's behalf), came as a surprise to anyone, then there's more to come.

Sergey Surovikin is in the Kremlin.

The topic of the meeting, its nature, and duration are unknown.

Perhaps he is reporting on the successes of the Russian military-industrial complex in Algeria.
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