May 2022

Now in the Zaporozhye direction, there are practically no active actions from the Russian invaders. They conduct positional defense and try to fortify their positions.

Despite this, the Armed Forces still destroy enemies. Between May 20 and 23, the Ukrainian military permanently landed 8 Orlan-10 drones.

Over the past day, the defenders also made considerable progress. They destroyed:

• Personnel – 9 liquidated, 16 wounded.
• Tanks – 1 unit.
• AFV (armored fighting vehicles) – 5 units.
• Orlan-10 drones – 3 units.
• Automotive equipment – ​​3 units.

Russians hit Novoyakovlivka in Zaporozhye: they damaged a kindergarten, there is a victim/Collage of 24 channels

The Russians continue to deliberately destroy the civilian infrastructure of peaceful settlements. So, they hit the village of Novoyakovlovka, Kamyshevo community, in the Zaporozhye region.

This is stated in the information from the Zaporozhye regional military administration. It should be added that the shelling took place on May 18th. Then enemy shells destroyed and destroyed several houses.

Among them is a kindergarten.This once again testifies that the Russian occupiers simply kill and destroy everything they can reach. As a result of enemy shelling, one person also died.

Recently, the Russians destroyed a historical monument

Another enemy shell hit one of the most beautiful buildings in Orekhovo – the historical house of the Mennonite Johan Janzen, which was built in the 70s of the XIX century. Previously, the Orekhovsky City Council operated in it.

The invaders are literally trying to erase Ukrainian history, so they do not refuse to destroy important architecture from different eras. The windows in the building were damaged and the entrance doors were broken. Debris flew into the walls and old stucco. Part of the roof and the second floor are completely destroyed.

The Zaporizhia Regional Military Administration reminds that the Russian invaders have already destroyed a number of historical and cultural monuments in the Zaporozhye region:

• Historical and architectural reserve “Popov's Estate”.
• Memorial ceilings to the participants of the ATO in Enerhodar.
• Zaporozhye-2 railway station.
• Former synagogue and church of St. Tikhon of Zadonsk in Huliaipole.
• House of culture in the village Malaya Tokmachka.
• Sanatorium complex on Khortitsa.

And they stole valuable collections from the Melitopol Museum of Local Lore.

What is the situation in Zaporozhye

According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Russian invaders are trying to regroup in the Zaporozhye direction. They can resume their offensive towards Vasilyevka-Kamensky.

Advisor to the Head of the President's Office Aleksey Arestovich also reported that the invaders had gathered 3 armored personnel carriers in Vasilyevka. Now there are more occupiers in the city than local residents.

As the locals wrote to their relatives, for the first time the Russian military has more civilian population. They walk in clouds, everyone robs, steals, as usual. However, that's not the point. They are preparing to move north – to Zaporozhye, – said Arestovich.

Battle for Donbass/Ukrainska Pravda

The Russian invaders had little success from the encirclement of Severodonetsk over the past day, they moved north through Zolote.

The situation in the east of Ukraine

Experts noted that the Russian invaders stepped up their offensive in the area of ​​Liman and Avdiivka and succeeded on 23 May. Fierce fighting is underway in Liman, because the Russians want to cut off Ukrainian defenders from logistics supplies in this direction.

Also, the Russian invaders significantly increased the shelling of Avdiivka. The Institute for the Study of War predicts that Russian troops are likely to make further minor gains west of Popasna in the near future, but are unlikely to be able to capture Bakhmut quickly, if at all.

Russian troops are likely to reinforce his grouping north of Kharkov to prevent the further advance of the Ukrainian counter-offensive to the Russian border. Russian troops may soon send units of the 1st tank army to the north of Kharkov.

Severodonetsk direction

Russian sources also claimed that infidels were able to clear the settlement of Shchedrishchevo, located directly northeast of Severodonetsk, and are now fighting in the vicinity of the city.

ISW reports that Russian troops stormed Zolote and took control of the points entrance to the city, this allows you to push to the north and complete the cordon of Severodonetsk from the south.

Popasna

The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reported that Russian troops are trying to break through the Ukrainian defenses in the Popasna area, in particular, around Toshkovka, Kamyshevakha, Pochechnoye, Vasilyevka, Novaya Kamenka and Mironovsky, presumably trying to push west towards Bakhmut.

Ukrainian forces are reported to have withdrawn west of Vladimirovka towards Soledar, indicating that Russian troops are advancing west of Popasna, in contrast to the priority advance north to Severodonetsk.

Bakhmut

In addition, Russian troops have succeeded near the administrative border of Donetsko th and Lugansk region and took control of the village of Mironovsky southeast of Bakhmut. The capture of Mironovsky will allow continuing attempts to advance into Bakhmut both from the south and from the west.

Consequences of Russian shelling/Valentin Reznichenko/Dnepropetrovsk Regional State Administration (OVA)

Chairman of the Dnepropetrovsk OVA Valentin Reznichenko reported about a restless night and morning in the Dnipropetrovsk region. The Russian invaders fired at the region.

Valentin Reznichenko said that the invaders fired from “Hurricane” Zelenodolsk community, and also hit Velyka Kostroma.

As a result of the shelling, there is destruction, however no people were harmed.

The consequences of Russian shelling of the Dnepropetrovsk region/Photo by Valentin Reznichenko

In addition, Russian troops are in the Pavlograd region” demilitarized” field. Due to a rocket hit, a funnel formed there, reaching a depth of 4 meters. No one was hurt.

Russian troops “demilitarized” the field/Photo by Valentin Reznichenko

Also, the head of the Dnepropetrovsk Regional Council Nikolai Lukashuk added information about the Pavlograd region. He noted that the consequences are still being investigated.

“The invaders also fired at the Kryvyi Rih region: Hurricanes hit Velyka Kostroma. A residential building was damaged, there were no casualties. The photo below is another illustration of how we are being “liberated” from Nazi oppression. There are not enough words,” said Nikolai Lukashuk.

How we are “liberated” from Nazi oppression/Photo by Nikolay Lukashuk

The head of the military administration of Kryvyi Rih, Alexander Vilkul, confirmed that there were many enemy shelling along the entire line of confrontation at night.

“In the Kryvyi Rih region, the village of Velyka Kostromka was shelled from the Uragan MLRS – 15” parishes “, households were destroyed, there were no victims,” ​​Vilkul said.

What is the situation in Dnipropetrovsk region: latest news

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• Russian occupiers hit the Dnepropetrovsk region 4 times. The regional military administration explained that the damage was serious.
• The threat of a missile attack in Pavlograd was reported at 11.29 on May 22. When the explosions were heard, the authorities urged residents to remain calm and not post any photos or videos on social networks until official information appeared.
• In Krivorozhsky, an 82-year-old man collected 7 cluster munitions. He brought them home and tried to disassemble them himself, but they detonated and an explosion occurred.

Russians are dying en masse in the war against Ukraine/Collage of Channel 24

During the 3 months of the war in Ukraine, a colossal number of Russian invaders died. So, on the morning of May 24, the Armed Forces of Ukraine eliminated 29,350 enemy fighters.

Ukrainian defenders also destroyed a lot of enemy equipment. Over the past 24 hours alone, they sent 9 tanks after the Russian ship.

Russian losses in the war as of May 24

• personnel – 29,350 (+150) people liquidated ;
• tanks – 1,302 (+9);
• armored fighting vehicles -3,194 (+28) units;
• artillery systems – 606 (+2 ) units;
• MLRS – 201 (+0) units;
• air defense systems – 93 (+0) units;
• aircraft – 205 (+1) units;
• helicopters – 170 (+0) units;
• UAVs of the operational-tactical level – 480 (+4) units;
• cruise missiles – 112 ( +2) units;
• ships and boats – 13 (+0) units;
• vehicles and tankers – 2213 (+7) units;
• special vehicles – 43 (+0) units.

“The greatest losses of the enemy (over the past day) were in the Severodonetsk direction. The data is being clarified. Beat the occupier! We will win together!”, wrote the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine .

In the UK, they talked about the situation in the Donbas/collage of Channel 24

Invaders increase their offensive in the East of Ukraine. They are trying to encircle Severodonetsk, Lisichansk and Rubizhne.

This was reported on May 24 by the British Ministry of Defense. They noted that the Ukrainians put up strong resistance.

Success thanks to artillery

Ukrainian troops in Donbass well-dug defensive positions. The British Ministry of Defense noted that the long-established operation of the combined forces of Ukraine maintains effective command and control over this front.

However, Russia has achieved some local success, partly due concentration of artillery units, the Ministry of Defense said.

Only part of the plan

The British believe that the seizure by Russia of Severodonetsk and the territories around it will lead to the occupation of the entire Lugansk region. Although this operation is only part of the Russian campaign to seize the Donbass.

“If the front line in the Donbass moves further west, this will expand the lines of communication of Russia and, probably, its forces will face difficulties logistics,” the Ministry of Defense added.

Putin's caudle will in no case wait for the surrender of Ukraine/”Glavkom”

The Russians are doing everything possible to occupy the Lugansk and Donetsk regions of Ukraine. Read more in the exclusive blog for Channel 24 website.

The appetites of the horde are growing

To try to hold fake “referendums” there, which would allow annexing the Luhansk and Donetsk regions and presenting Ukraine with a fact – now “Russians” already have not only Crimea, now “Russians” already have not only the occupied Russians Sevastopol is a wonderful Ukrainian city. Now Luhansk, Donetsk, and, possibly, Kherson regions should become “Russians”.

And this can be seen in the military actions of the Russians on Ukrainian soil, and in what political steps they are taking in those regions that are under their occupation.

However, the parties are talking about the possibility of resuming the negotiation process. The President of Ukraine said this when he emphasized that such negotiations are possible and that the war will end precisely at the negotiating table. The Russian side also talks about negotiations.

Stillborn negotiations

In his interview to Belarusian television, the head of the Russian delegation at the talks with Kyiv, Vladimir Medinsky, says that Russia has never refused negotiations and is ready to continue the dialogue, but the freezing of such negotiations, according to Medinsky, was exclusively an initiative of Ukraine.

It is not true already from this point of view that at the negotiations of the Russian Federation, the Ukrainian delegation constantly met with the fact that the Russian representatives repeated the well-known insane demands of their President Vladimir Putin:

• recognition as “Russian” of the Ukrainian occupied territories – Crimea and Donbass.
• The so-called “denazification”, which, as we can understand everything from the months of these hostilities, is simply the destruction of Ukrainians – that is, confirmation of the right of the Russian bandit army to kill Ukrainians.
• “Demilitarization” – that is, the disarmament of the Ukrainian army in order to enable Russian assassins to kill as many Ukrainians as possible.

And this, of course, is not a negotiation. After all, what should the negotiations be about? How will the Russian army leave both those regions that it occupied after February 24, 2022, and those regions that were occupied by Vladimir Putin and his gang in 2014.

Maybe enough for Putin and his terrorists to hold hostage people living in the Crimea, Donbass, Kherson region, Zaporozhye. Maybe the negotiations should end with the bandits admitting that they are bandits (and it's hard to believe)?

The Kremlin's dreams will end in The Hague

Therefore, any beliefs of Medinsky that the Russians are ready for negotiations mean only one thing: the former Russian minister of so-called culture, who only invented vile historical myths about what happened in Russia before his birth, is simply ready to accept the surrender of Ukraine, which is absolutely normal for any collaborator (and Medinsky is an ordinary traitor to his own country, he was born in the Cherkasy region), who wants to serve evil and went crazy from this betrayal of his.

So, disrespectful Medinsky (whom only a madman would call master, because he is no master – a servant of his master), there will be no capitulation of Ukraine. Sooner or later the Russians will have to accept the collapse of their imperial ambitions. And people like you, after negotiations, of course, should be invited to the international trial of war criminals – both those with blood on their hands and propagandists like you. And the verdict at this trial will end your shameful career.

The unsuccessful attempt of the Russians to force the Seversky Donets/General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

The Russian occupiers focused on the encirclement of Severodonetsk. But for this they need to cross the Seversky Donets River.

The enemy is focused on conducting an offensive operation to cordon off the cities of Lisichansk and Severodonetsk. However, they are hindered by the Seversky Donets River, which does not allow advances from the north to encircle this urban agglomeration. They need this to capture the entire Luhansk region and reach the administrative border with the Donetsk region.

But with the forcing of the Seversky Donets River, the Russian occupiers constantly experience adversity. The reason is that the river itself is quite winding, with steep banks overgrown with forest. Therefore, it is not so easy to find a suitable place for the crossing.

One of these places was near the village of Belogorovka. And there the Russians even made several attempts to cross. But all turned out to be not only unsuccessful, but also catastrophic, when the Ukrainian troops covered the enemy with fire at the moment of the crossing.

For example, on May 11, the Russian army lost 485 servicemen of the 74th motorized rifle brigade out of 550 sent there. And the number of broken Russian military equipment here is already calculated by a hundred. Among them are tanks and other armored vehicles, as well as boats. In fact, the Russians lost the equipment of one battalion tactical group. These losses were the most immediate for the Russians since the beginning of the war against Ukraine.

And yet, the invaders still seek to create a pontoon crossing across the river in order to transfer their troops. They also need this to get to the Bakhmut-Lysichansk highway. Control over this route will allow them to “cut” the supplies of the Ukrainian army in Lysichansk. So far, the route is under the control of the Ukrainian army, but the Russians are constantly shelling it.

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports that it is not excluded that the enemy will force the Seversky Donets River in the Dronovka-Belogorovka section. This is to the west of the place where the invaders tried to cross the river in previous times.

The invaders deployed units of rocket and cannon artillery to provide fire cover for the crossing.

The invaders are building defenses at the checkpoints/collage of Channel 24

The ninetieth day of Russia's all-out war against Ukraine continues. The invaders are trying to strengthen the border in two of their regions.

This was reported on May 24 at the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. They noted that in the Seversky direction, the Russians are strengthening the cover of the Ukrainian-Russian border in the Bryansk and Kursk regions.

The invaders are trying to prevent the advance of Ukrainian defenders.

“The engineering equipment of positions in the areas of the Pogar international automobile checkpoint and the settlement of Sluchovsk, Bryansk Region, was noted,” the General Staff reported.