Running Newsticker for the War in Ukraine

Pro-Ukrainian Russians' raid jolts Russia's military
Russia may have taken the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut on Sunday, but forces aligned with Ukraine apparently took a tiny part of Russia on Monday, embarrassing the Kremlin.

Ukraine denies involvement »

 

The phuckers surged their way into a kill sack....almost like shooting fish in a barrel.

 

Let’s hope that Russia’s Wagner victory will be like the Confederates who won many battles but not the Civil War.

 

Ukraine Conflict Updates
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, May 22, 2023

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Key Takeaways

• Elements of the all-Russian pro-Ukrainian Russian Volunteer Corps (RDK) and Freedom of Russian Legion (LSR) conducted a raid into Belgorod Oblast on May 22.
• Ukrainian officials noted that they are aware of the attack but denied any direct involvement by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The raid prompted a slate of responses from local and federal Russian officials.
• The Russian information space responded with a similar degree of panic, factionalism, and incoherency as it tends to display when it experiences significant informational shocks.
• Wagner Group financier Yevgeny Prigozhin claimed that Wagner forces will withdraw from the entire frontline in Ukraine after June 1 in order to reconstitute and train for about two months.
• Ukrainian officials stated that limited fighting continued in and around Bakhmut on May 22.
• The Russian informational response to the capture of Bakhmut has thus far focused on competing for responsibility for the victory rather than discussing the resulting military situation. The hyperfocus on claiming victory in Bakhmut distracts from the precarious Russian military situation in and around Bakhmut, underscoring the weight of Prigozhin’s influence in the information space.
• Russian forces launched another large-scale drone and missile strike against Ukrainian infrastructure on the night of May 21-22.
• Russian forces continued limited ground attacks in the Kupyansk direction.
• Russian forces made marginal gains in the Avdiivka area and did not conduct any confirmed or claimed ground attacks in western Donetsk Oblast.
• The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant reportedly lost power for the seventh time since the beginning of the war.
• The Russian military is reportedly lowering the length of training for convicts in order to compensate for heavy losses.
• Russian occupation authorities announced that preliminary voting for the ruling United Russia Party has commenced in occupied territories. . . . .

Elements of the all-Russian pro-Ukrainian Russian Volunteer Corps (RDK) and Freedom of Russia Legion (LSR) conducted a raid into Belgorod Oblast on May 22. Russian sources began reporting on the morning of May 22 that a detachment of the RDK and LSR consisting of two tanks, an armored personnel carrier, and nine other armored vehicles crossed the international border and captured Kozinka, a settlement in the Grayvoron region of Belgorod Oblast within 600 meters of the border with Sumy Oblast.[1] Several Russian sources claimed that the grouping then captured the settlements of Glotovo and Gora Podol (3km and 5km from the border, respectively), although some milbloggers disputed claims that the attack completely captured Glotovo or Gora Podol, instead reporting that RDK forces only got to the Glotovo House of Culture.[2] ISW has not yet observed geolocated confirmation that the RDK or LSR reached Glotovo or Gora Podol. Geolocated footage posted on May 22 does confirm that the RDK struck a border post near Kozinka before crossing the border with at least one tank.[3] The RDK also posted footage reportedly showing the body of a Russian border guard in a border station, likely from the border crossing near Kozinka.[4] Russian milbloggers later claimed that Russian troops retook control of all three settlements.[5] Some Russian sources additionally reported that Russian forces repelled pro-Ukrainian sabotage groups near Dronovka, about 22km northwest of Kozinka.[6] The RDK additionally posted footage reportedly outside two settlements near the border area in Bryansk Oblast, but the nature of this incursion is unclear and ISW has not observed additional evidence or discourse surrounding actions in Bryansk Oblast on May 22.[7] . . . .

The Russian military is reportedly reducing the length of training for convicts in order to compensate for heavy losses. The Ukrainian General Staff reported on May 22 that the Russian military leadership has reduced the training period for convicts at a training camp in Starobilsk Raion in Russian occupied Luhansk Oblast from four weeks to 10 days.[54] ISW previously assessed that the Russian forces are diluting their combat effectiveness with poorly trained personnel in an attempt to make up for high casualties.[55] . . . .

 

Ukraine moves to encircle Bakhmut after Russia claims victory

 

Ukraine war: Russia battles armed group in border region

 

There is a odd statement made by the Kremlin in this paragraph. “Mr Gladkov said eight people had been hurt, including two people admitted to hospital after a village was shelled and three people who were hit by shrapnel in the town of Grayvoron.”
Saboteurs use stealth and trickery to cause damage they do not open.y shell their targets. Saboteurs set up the instruments of damage and get out of Dodge or go back into the shadows. Also a Russian pro Ukrainian group is not going to target civilians as Putin does. Of course we all know that there is no truth spoken by the Kremlin.

 

Funny how Moskva is now calling the pro Ukraine anti Putin Russians “invaders” and “attackers”. They got a promotion from “saboteurs”.

 

Putin needs to pull his troops out of Ukraine and station the border to protect Russia from invasion.

 

Numerous claims on Twitter.....I'm hearing #s in the dozens of "freedom fighters"....to hundreds, heavily armed with Stingers,Javelins,man pads,etc, and well trained.

If true....the Mafiosi clown show may need to re allocate 15-20K of their conscripts.....

Regardless.....if this drags on....it certainly doesn't bode well for the orcs.

 

Hi from Rome

 

Deserted?

 

Greetings from Denver.

 

Ukraine Conflict Updates
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, May 23, 2023

Click here to read the full report.
Key Takeaways

• Russian authorities ended the “counterterrorism” operation in Belgorod Oblast and claimed to have defeated the all-Russian pro-Ukrainian Russian Volunteer Corps (RDK) and the Freedom of Russia Legion (LSR) in the region on May 23.
• Russian forces likely pushed the RDK and LSR forces at least to the Kozinka border settlement and possibly out of Russian territory as of May 23.
• Russian sources claimed that Ukrainian forces conducted raids across the Kharkiv-Belgorod border on May 23, but ISW has observed no confirmation that these raids occurred.
• Ukrainian officials stated that the pace of fighting in the Bakhmut direction has decreased amid continued limited Ukrainian counterattacks on Bakhmut’s flanks on May 23.
• Russian forces conducted limited ground attacks northeast of Kupyansk and along the Svatove-Kreminna line.
• Russian forces continued offensive operations on the Avdiivka-Donetsk City line.
• Russian forces continued defensive operations in southern Ukraine ahead of the planned Ukrainian counteroffensive.
• Pardoned Wagner Group convicts continue to commit crimes in Russia after finishing their military contracts with Wagner.
• Zaporizhia Oblast occupation officials announced the start of preliminary voting for the ruling United Russia party. . . . .

Ukrainian intelligence reported that Russia is forming private military companies (PMCs) in occupied Crimea to defend against planned Ukrainian counteroffensives. Spokesperson for the Ukrainian Main Military Intelligence Directorate (GUR) Andriy Chernyak stated that Crimean occupation officials such as Sergey Aksyonov are funding Crimean PMCs to protect themselves against Ukrainian counteroffensives.[45] Chernyak stated that ”Aksyonovites” - or people in Crimean PMCs - receive monthly salaries of 200,000 to 250,000 rubles (about $2,500 to $3,120) and train in Perevalne (southeast of Simferopol) or in occupied Kherson Oblast. Chernyak noted that Crimean PMCs recruit from mobilized personnel and created a dual contract with PMCs and the Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) so as to not compete with Prigozhin’s recruitment efforts.

Russian milbloggers complained on May 23 about the Russian MoD failing to arm the Belgorod Oblast militia in response to all-Russian pro-Ukrainian Russian Volunteer Corps (RDK) and Freedom of Russia Legion’s (LSR) raid into Belgorod Oblast on May 22.[46] . . . .

 

CNN
Anti-Putin Russians say they launched a cross-border attack from Ukraine. Here’s what we know

 

The Independent
Putin at risk of 'revolution' after Belgorod raid, Wagner chief claims – live


Financial Times
Militias used US armoured vehicles in attack over Russian border


Al Jazeera
Russia-Ukraine live: ‘20,000’ Wagner fighters killed in Bakhmut


AP News
Russia's Wagner boss says more than 20000 of his fighters died in Bakhmut battle

 

Nope. Just decided the Uk was just too cold and needed some sun so buggered off to Rome for the week…. Sunny 27 degrees and Borgo Pio is as lively and friendly as ever

 

This has to build and spread in order to be more than just a phycological pain for Putin. This anti Putin group needs to be a catalyst that starts a chain reaction of dominoes falling until the last one to fall is the Kremlin.

 

Good chance of this?

This op was probably a "dry run " of sorts....to see what reaction time,equipment,manpower can be re allocated.

 

Mercenary boss says war in Ukraine has backfired, warns of Russian revolution
Fresh off his victory in Bakhmut, Wagner mercenary group leader Yevgeniy Prigozhin told an interviewer that Russia’s war had strengthened Ukraine’s military and could spur violent unrest against Russia’s elite.
By Mary Ilyushina

 

I just love this quote by Prigozhin. Obviously it is a warning and in his was it is an encourement.

 

Let it be. A bolshoi revolutcia would the best thing to happen to Rocia . It would be a cleansing of the mafiosi , criminal elites and the neo NAZIS.

What will Lukashenko do. Schist a ton of bricks.! How about Kandarov!

 

If Pootler is removed.....Luka not far behind.

Kadyrov will suckhole to whomever.

 

Sad about Kadyrov being a SA. Chechens used to be proud independent mountain men.

 

Interesting comment you made!