Brief version of the news
- The entrance to a high-rise building collapsed in Belgorod, killing 15 people. The National Security and Defense Council considers this a provocation of Russia, and investigators point to a strike with Russian ammunition.
- A military expert indicates that the war is now on Russian territory, in particular in Belgorod and in the occupied regions.
- The situation is getting worse, in particular in the Sumy and Chernigov regions. Ukrainian forces are acting to weaken the combat potential of the Russian army.
In Belgorod on May 12, the entire entrance of a high-rise building was destroyed, resulting in the death of 15 people. The National Security and Defense Council said that this looks like a provocation from Russia, and investigators believe that the attack on the house was caused by Russian ammunition.
Military expert Vladislav Seleznev said 24 Channel, that in February – March 2022, residents of the Belgorod region applauded when the Russians literally smashed our indestructible Kharkov to smithereens. Now the war has come to the streets of populated areas in the European part of Russia.
“There are and will be pops”
The war also reminds itself from time to time in the form of “pops”, which are found at military facilities and oil refining enterprises in Russia.
Because it's about justice. Now the well-known thesis is beginning to work: “Whoever sows the wind will reap the storm.” The Ukrainian defense forces, implementing a strategy of asymmetric actions, are trying to weaken as much as possible the combat potential of Putin’s army, which is why there are and will be “claps” on Russian territory, the military expert emphasized.
In particular, Ukrainian forces are holding back the advance of the enemy in the Kharkov direction in the Volchansk area. wait for operational information. However, I learned from my friends who were evacuating from that region that our artillery works 24/7, literally dumping enough artillery metal on the heads of the enemies,” he emphasized.
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“Russians must understand that Our activities are aimed not only at eliminating personnel directly on the line of combat contact, but also to work behind enemy lines. It is much better to destroy, in particular, a warehouse with artillery ammunition of the enemy army, than for these shells to fly in our direction,” noted the military expert.
In addition, the dynamics on the field The battle tends to escalate. It is likely, according to Seleznev, that in the near future there may be a serious revival of the situation in the border Sumy region The enemy is already launching its DRGs there and shelling. from mortars and artillery. The same threat exists in the territory of Chernigov region.
“The enemy is trying to inflate the situation as much as possible. on all sectors of the front, so that our General Staff does not know exactly where to direct the key strategic resources of the army, and certainly does not direct them to where it is now most difficult for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In particular, in Chasova Yar area and in the Pokrovskoye direction. It is difficult to predict what actions the enemy will take. As we see, he is throwing himself into the hell of war, from where he will have only one way out – “feet first,” noted Vladislav Seleznev.
What's happening in Russia
- In Belgorod, on the afternoon of May 12, the entrance to a high-rise building collapsed, killing 15 people. The Russians said that this was allegedly the result of an attack by Ukraine, but the National Security and Defense Council denied this. The head of the Center for Police Operations, Andrei Kovalenko, noted that the house in the Russian city of Belgorod “looks like it was blown up.” According to him, falling objects are not noticeable in the video from the cameras, so the enemy’s accusations of shelling Ukrainian forces “do not correspond to reality.”
- In addition, the Conflict Intelligence Team ( CIT) concluded that the house in Belgorod was hit by Russian ammunition. This is evidenced by the direction of arrival – from the northeast. Investigators also suggest that it was an anti-aircraft guided missile from a Russian air defense complex, or an emergency meeting of the FAB with the UMPC. In the village of Razumnoye, Russian bombs fell near residential buildings. Local authorities evacuated nearby houses to be able to destroy the ammunition. At the same time, the governor of the Belgorod region, Vyacheslav Gladkov, confirmed the fall of the FAB, but called these bombs “explosive objects”. Belgorod region. Sources in the SBU reported that Ukrainian drones operated at the Oskolneftesnabzhenie oil depot near the village of Stary Oskol and at the Eletskaya substation with a capacity of 500 kilowatts.
