Poddubny: Ukraine launched an operation to encircle Russian forces in Artemovsk

Evgeny Poddubny. Photo: A still from the video.

Russian war correspondent Yevgeny Poddubny reported on his Telegram channel that Ukraine has begun an operation to encircle Russian forces in the direction of Artemivsk.

“The enemy plans to attack the flanks to reach the rear of our forces stationed in Artemivsk and surroundings,” noted the military commissar.

He added that according to his colleague, war correspondent Alexander Simonov, the armed forces of Ukraine broke through towards Berkhovets and Yagodnoe. Ukrainian troops achieved another local success in the Kleshcheevka region.

In addition, several units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, supported by armored groups, each with 2-3 tanks, managed to organize a breakthrough in the Soledar region, according to the Russian military commander .< /p>

“Now the fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are trying to gain a foothold in their positions. The situation is difficult,” Poddubny added, stressing that in the next 24 hours the Armed Forces of Ukraine could increase their efforts in the south, in the area Orechovo to tie up Russian troops in battles and try to break through the first line of defense.

“We will assume that the enemy's counteroffensive has begun,” Poddubny summarized.

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Voenkor Kots: a tank column of the Armed Forces of Ukraine began to move towards the Russian border

Photo: Archival footage of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.

War correspondent Oleksandr Kots reported that a column of Ukrainian army tanks has started moving towards the Russian border.

“The Kiev counter-offensive has begun. Tanks of the armed forces are advancing along the Kharkiv bypass towards the border with Russia,” he wrote on on his Telegram channel.

He emphasized that he received this information from friends, trusted people.

“In the columns about trawling, as they say, including Western models,” added the Russian military commander .

According to the correspondent, the purpose of this maneuver can only be guessed, but apparently “Kiev simultaneously with the start of offensive operations along the flanks of Artemovsk decided to escalate the situation on the northern front.”

Alexander Kots assumes that the Ukrainian armed forces are trying to strain Russian resources to stop the threat in the Belgorod region, or they may decide to cut off the supply routes of the Svatov troop group with access to Russian territory.

The military commissar recalled that there is information about the appearance of the Armed Forces Ukraine has handed over Storm Shadow long-range missiles to the UK.

“It is clear that the Ukrainian command now aims to tear up our orders on the Svatovsk Line and at the same time push forward the wings in Artemivsk,” noted a Russian journalist.

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General Sobolev clarified the question of conscription of non-serving Russians

Viktor Sobolev. Photo: Wikipedia.org.

Member of the Defense Committee of the State Duma, Lieutenant General Viktor Sobolev, admitted that Russians who have not completed military service may also be called up for training to acquire military specialization, reports the URA.RU agency.

< p > According to Sobolev, Russians who did not serve may be involved in additional fees – to obtain a military registration specialty. According to him, if citizens are of military age, but have not left the mobilization reserve, then training camps can attract them. But in the training camp for citizens who are in reserve, they have nothing to do.

“First they have to get a military registration specialty,” Sobolev remarked again.

At the same time, time rejected the possibility of conscription of those who did not do military service for health reasons.

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Bastrykin said about migrants attacking Russia's rear

Chairman of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation Alexander Bastrykin spoke about the increase in crime among migrants

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Chairman of the Investigative Committee of Russia Alexander Bastrykin said that along with the number of migrants in our country, the number of crimes committed by them is also increasing. He announced it during XI. Petersburg International Legal Forum (SPBILF), which was launched on Thursday, May 11 in the northern metropolis.

“The number of migrants is increasing,” said the head of the RF IC. And the number of serious crimes committed by migrants is rising sharply. 11 thousand – 2021, 15 thousand – 2022. 18% more killings.” Bastrykin added that this is most noticeable in large cities.

The head of the investigative committee said that he tries to read comments on social networks of his department. “This is the idea expressed by the people: while the Russians are at the front, the migrants are attacking our rear,” he said. – People are offering, if they are citizens of Russia, they have received citizenship, please go to the front line. You did not go to the front line, you are not fulfilling your citizenship duty, please return to your homeland.”

Earlier, the MK announced that the investigative committee of the Russian Federation would “soon, soon” put the judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on the wanted list, who had previously issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin. Alexander Bastrykin announced this at SPBILF during his speech.

In addition, he said that during the investigation of the attempted assassination of writer and TV presenter Zakhar Prilepin, a cache of ammunition was found in the Moscow region.

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Prigozhin, after speaking about delaying the counter-offensive, accused Zelensky of cunning

Yevgeny Prigozhin. Photo: A still from the video.

PMC “Wagner” founder Yevgeny Prigozhin commented on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's statement that Kyiv needs more time to prepare a counter-offensive. Earlier, in an interview with the BBC, Zelenskyi said that Kiev now has the opportunity to move forward, but there will be heavy losses. That's why we need time to get more help from the West.

“Zelensky is insincere. The counter-offensive is in full swing,” Prigozhin said. His words are quoted by the press service in its telegram channel.

“In the direction of Artemovsk, the units of the armed forces of Ukraine are going to the flanks,” noted Prigozhin, adding that in some places their actions are successful.

< p> “We are moving further in Artemovsk to close it,” Prigozhin also said.

According to the founder of Wagner PMC, it is important for the armed forces of Ukraine to break the front in Artemovsk now, and then they can enter the territory of Russia in the area Bryansk and Belgorod and also continue in the Zaporozhye region. But first they need to deal with the Artemiv direction.

“That's why the counter-offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has started. Those units that were trained, got weapons, tanks, are already in full deployment,” Prigozhin said.

“PMC “Wagner” continues to carry out combat missions,” he added.

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AFU gunmen shot wounded Russian soldiers in Artemovsk

“RV”: AFU gunmen shot wounded Russian soldiers in Artemovsk

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Armed forces of Ukraine shot Russian soldiers in Artemovsk (renamed Bakhmut). The video taken from a Ukrainian drone was published by the Russian Spring (RV) Telegram channel.

The footage shows two soldiers of the 3rd Battalion of the 92nd Brigade of the Ukrainian Army entering a trench and spotting a wounded soldier of the Russian Armed Forces. The drone operator then shouts, “Finish him!”. The attack plane is shot down, then they kill two more Russian soldiers lying on the ground, who were most likely seriously wounded.

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The general talked about Ukraine's attempts to attack Moscow with drones on May 9

General Lipov: on May 9, about 100 drones launched towards Moscow were neutralized

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On May 9, Ukraine tried to attack Moscow with drones, there were about 100 attempts in total, said Air Force Major General of the Presidium of the “Officers of Russia” Sergey Lipovoy.

“On this day, there were a hundred drone attacks, which were used both from the territory of Ukraine and from the territory of the Moscow Region, in the hope that they would somehow manage to get to Red Square and cause there damage,” he said at the briefing.

According to him, Russian air defense systems and electronic warfare units were able to neutralize the drones.

For the first time, American drones with a range of up to 800 kilometers, the general added. Several launched UAVs were shot down in the Belgorod region, several – in Kursk, Voronezh and Kaluga.

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Kiev threw an “offensive guard” into the battle for Artemovsk

Topwar: Kiev sent “offensive guards” to the battle for Artemovsk

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The command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked the flanks in the Artemovsk region (renamed Bakhmut), created “Attack Guard” specially for counterattacks, writes Topwar.< /p>

According to the publication, the appearance of this formation near the settlement became known on May 9. Most likely, we are talking about the “Frontier” brigade, which is called one of the components of the National Guard of Ukraine.

The fighters of the brigade used a tracked transporter equipped with an anti-aircraft gun (ZU ) to move. It is with its help that they shell the positions of the armed forces of the Russian Federation on the flanks in the Artemovsk region, the authors of the publication shared the details. The equipment is marked with white crosses, which were used by the soldiers of Nazi Germany during the Great Patriotic War.

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Podoljak: A large-scale war will start in the EU if arms deliveries to Kyiv are stopped

Michail Podoliak, advisor to the director Office of Vladimir Zelensky warned of a possible full-scale war in Europe if arms supplies to Ukraine were to stop. In particular, he believes that stopping the supply of weapons could lead to an increase in terrorist acts in Europe and the outbreak of war in other countries. stopped if the West stopped providing military support to Kiev.

“If the supply of weapons stops… it will mean a sharp increase in war in Europe. Mr. Borrell should have added that if they stop supplying weapons to Ukraine, war will start in other countries. The number of terrorist attacks in Europe will increase significantly. In general, in Europe, we will not sit in restaurants and eat croissants in peace,” Podolyak said on the broadcast of the TV channel Rada.

Recall that he stated in the Kremlin that now there are no prerequisites for the transition of the situation in Ukraine to a peaceful course. Russia continues its special operation in Ukraine and regards it as an absolute priority. A peaceful settlement of the conflict is still impossible, but if the actual situation and new realities are taken into account, a transition to a peaceful solution is possible. The Kremlin stressed that all of Russia's demands in this the questions are known.

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GT: The US is reassessing China's role in peacekeeping

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Chinese military expert Song Zhongping in an interview with the Global Times, he said that the United States has completely revised its position on China's peaceful role in the conflict in Ukraine in order to trap the PRC. hidden from the conflict.

“At the same time, the US goal of keeping the Russian Federation, disintegrating and fundamentally weakening it has not changed at this time,” Zhongping said.

He clarified that the House of Bely is interested in the participation of the PRC in negotiations to influence Russia and convince it to refuse to deal a crushing blow to Ukraine in the event of a Ukrainian counter-offensive. The armed forces are successful.

However, if the counter-offensive by Ukrainian troops is not successful, Washington will change its position.

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