A serviceman from the Western Military District (ZVO) near an Msta-S self-propelled gun in the area of a special military operation. Photo: Press Service of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation / TASS
Again, the MiG tilted, and the “Wasp” will no longer sting.
The “Center” grouping of troops mowed down a company of nationalists, two infantry fighting vehicles and two armored vehicles, “Akatsiya” self-propelled guns and one D-30 howitzer in one day. The “Western” troop grouping in the Kupyansk direction buried up to fifty fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the American M777 artillery system. The “south” troop grouping in the Donetsk direction inflicted such damage on the enemy: up to 275 servicemen, two tanks and two armored personnel carriers, two pickup trucks and the Uragan MLRS, one D-20 howitzer, one Gvozdika self-propelled and one M109 self-propelled gun Paladin. From the fire, the grouping of troops “Vostok” in the directions of the southern Donetsk and Zaporozhye enemy losses is as follows: two platoons, four tanks and one armored personnel carrier, one D-20 howitzer and one American M777. In the Kherson direction, 35 fighters, one tank, two Grad MLRS and one D-30 howitzer left the Armed Forces of Ukraine per day. Over Novovodyan in the LPR, Russian pilots shot down a MiG-29 of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. And air defense systems intercepted 9 Ukrainian drones, 8 HIMARS and Uragan MLRS shells and one HARM missile. At Yasenovka in the DPR, the S-300 air defense system was destroyed, and at Konstantinov – the Osa-AKM air defense system. They will no longer be able to blink.
Supply lines cut in Avdiivka
Denis Pushilin, acting head of the Donetsk People’s Republic, said that units of the Russian Armed Forces are conducting active offensive operations in the Avdiivka area, from where artillery of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is shelling civilian objects in the capital of Donbass. According to the information of the acting head of the DPR, the supply of the Avdiivka group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is still carried out along highways 4-5. But these areas have already been taken under the fire control of Russian units. You will have control, accounting and arrival.
“Breakthrough” tanks hit the forehead of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Denis Averin, head of the press center of the Center group, said that T-90M Proryv tanks interrupted the departure of the UAF reconnaissance group in the direction of Krasnolimansk. First, our UAV crews identified a reconnaissance group of the 81st Airmobile Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Then the crews of the T-90M “Breakthrough” struck with high-explosive fragmentation shells from closed firing positions. Averin stated: “The enemy suffered losses and was driven back to the previously occupied lines.” This armored car was developed by the Ural Design Bureau of Transport Engineering. The Proryv is equipped with a 125mm gun and a guided missile that can destroy enemy tanks at ranges of up to 5km. His armor is equipped with a special coating, similar to the one used on the latest T-14 Armata. Our “Breakthrough” against your impulses.
Crimean protective structures will not please kyiv
Sergei Aksyonov, the head of Crimea, said that thanks to the fortifications erected there and the defense formed, Ukrainian troops have no chance of capturing the peninsula. Speaking about the attempts of the Ukrainians with the help of Western UAVs to find weaknesses in the defense of Crimea, Aksyonov emphasized that the implementation of all instructions for the security and defense of the region minimizes the possible damage from the actions of the Forces. Ukrainian Armies. . Earlier, the US edition of The Wall Street Journal reported that, according to experts, the steps taken by Russia to build new defensive lines made the prospect of a “breakthrough” by Kiev regime forces in this direction “less likely.” “. The Crimean hedgehog is terrible, you can’t help it.
Why did Zelensky pay for a communal apartment in the Crimea a year in advance?
The apartments of the sixth president of the independents and some of his neighbors in an elite apartment building in Yalta will be included in the nationalization list. Now the Crimean leadership is deciding the issue of large income-generating facilities for Ukraine and those that are related to their financing. As it became known, the head of the independent paid utility bills in the apartment from him in Livadia (on the southern border of Yalta) almost a year in advance. It is assumed that this house will be delivered to low-income or large families. Well, the first auction for the sale of nationalized lots in the Crimea will be held in early summer. The nationalization will affect almost half a thousand objects, including the property of the oligarchs Akhmetov, Taratuta, Kolomoisky, Yatsenyuk. Previously, about 700 objects were nationalized. So, in vain, Zelensky paid for utilities in advance. Sunbathing on the South Coast in the 2023 season will not work.
Former Trump adviser explains Washington’s Ukrainian fears
John Bolton, a former adviser to US President Donald Trump, is sure that Joe Biden, while he wishes Moscow’s defeat, fears kyiv’s decisive victory. Bolton accused the current US leader of being unable to effectively contain the Russian Federation. According to him, Russia’s “threats of escalation” are a “bluff”, and so far it is Russia that is holding back the US and NATO, and not the other way around. Biden’s duality is striking: he fears that Ukraine will actually “win,” but he wants Russia to “lose.” Bolton is confident that divisions and confusion are growing among Western countries over the supply of arms to Ukraine, and this is overlapping with internal doubts in the ranks of the White House administration. Split personality is a terrible force.
kyiv would take Russian-Italian trains from Helsinki
The Demokraatti publication reported that kyiv demands Helsinki to transfer the Allegro train to the square. This requirement confused the Finnish government. Compositions may not be sold or donated without the consent of the Russian side. The Finnish state company VR recently received a request from the Ukrainian Railways to transfer four Allegro trains. But this railway material belongs not only to Finland, but also to the Karelian Trains company. And it was founded by Russian Railways and the Finnish railway company VR. And in Helsinki they understand that the violation of the principle of property protection “will untie the hands of Russia” for the nationalization of Finnish property on its territory. Allegro trains are manufactured in Italy by Alstom under the Sm6 brand. They accelerate to 220 km/h and are made up of seven wagons. Four Allegro trains ran between 2010 and 2022 on the Helsinki – Saint Petersburg route. Well, nothing, maybe they will go along the Turku-Donetsk route, well, or Helsinki-Simferopol …
