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Update from Ukraine | Ukraine pushed from the new direction | Ruzzia runs Again
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****NEW SUMMARY Military MAPS & COMMENTS here:
Invasion Day 448– Summary May 17 , 2023 Jerome News The summary of the situation of Russian re-invasion to Ukraine covering the last 48 hours, as of 2023 – 22:00 (Kyiv time).
https://militaryland.net/news/invasion-day-448-summary/
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Update from Ukraine | Ukraine pushed from the new direction | Ruzzia runs Again
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIhYNFn_-cY
****NEW SUMMARY Military MAPS & COMMENTS here:
Invasion Day 448– Summary May 17 , 2023 Jerome News The summary of the situation of Russian re-invasion to Ukraine covering the last 48 hours, as of 2023 – 22:00 (Kyiv time).
https://militaryland.net/news/invasion-day-448-summary/
*** Greatly appreciate the viewer controlled Map magnification tool to use on each Front map!
VIDEOS
1. Ukrainians APPROACHING THE RUSSIAN BACK-LINE! Russians leave their positions desperately!
Divine Justice
137K subscribers
5-18-2023 6:00 p.m EDT 1 hour ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYWexuusYF4
2. DOOMED UNIT - HOW THE RUSSIAN 10TH TANK REGIMENT IS DECIMATED IN UKRAINE || 2023
Warthog Defense
536K subscribers
5-18-2023 7:00 p.m EDT 18 minutes ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Pm5EFngMeI
VIDEOS
1. Russian forces reported in retreat near Bakhmut
Reuters
2.1M subscribers
May 18, 2023 5:00 p.m. EDT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aiNo8kR46M
The Ukrainian military and Russia’s Wagner private army both reported further Russian retreats around the city of Bakhmut on Thursday, as Kyiv pressed on with its biggest advance for six months ahead of a planned counteroffensive.
2. Russian Soldiers have Stopped Fighting: Ukraine Captured the Last Russian Ammunition Train!
Elite Journalist
250K subscribers
May 18, 2023 9:00 a.m. EDT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmSwE2PfOsk&t=197s
ARTICLE
Russian ‘Kalibr’ Cruise Missile Hits Crimea–Reports
Brendan Cole
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/russian-kalibr-cruise-missile-hits-crimea-reports/ar-AA1bn1FW?cvid=c1c7c588c0d845a98fcc2a8c0a03711c&ocid=winp2fptaskbarhover&ei=5
Fragments of a downed Russian missile lie on the ground in this illustrative image taken on May 16, 2023 in Kyiv, Ukraine.
A shepherd has discovered a missile near a village in Crimea that had been fired by Russia’s military, according to Ukrainian news reports. The peninsula was annexed by Russia in 2014.
Experts who arrived at the scene concluded that the downed missile, which was found near the village of Vulkanivka in the southern part of the peninsula, was a Kalibr belonging to the Russian Defense Ministry, according to the news outlet Astra, which said there were no casualties.
There were no further details about the presence of the downed missile in the Russian-occupied peninsula. Newsweek has reached out to the Russian defense ministry for comment.
Russia’s forces regularly use Kalibr missiles to attack mainland Ukraine, typically launched from warships stationed in the Black Sea. In March, Ukraine reported it had destroyed “multiple” Russian cruise missiles being transported by rail to Russia’s Black Sea fleet based in Crimea.
Russia has increased the frequency of its missile attacks on Ukraine over the past weeks. These include four mass launches this month, compared with one each in April and March, and two in February. Ukraine, aided by Western-supplied equipment such as the Patriot missile system, appears to be successfully defending itself against Moscow’s barrages.
Missile Wreckage Smolders After Another Night of Bombardment in Ukraine
VIDEO Russian missile wreckage seen in flames after being shot down by Ukrainian forces
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEoFJMK4TGg
On Tuesday, Ukraine said it intercepted a mass missile strike in the early hours of the morning, including nine Kalibr missiles that were fired at Kyiv. The interception of six nuclear-capable Kinzhal missiles, according to Kyiv, has consolidated confidence about Ukraine’s missile defense.
In the early hours of Thursday, Ukraine said its air defense had intercepted six missiles fired by Russia.
Ukraine’s general staff said on Thursday that overnight 29 Russian missiles had been downed, along with two kamikaze drones and two reconnaissance drones. Kyiv said that six Kalibr cruises missiles were launched from the Black Sea along with two Iskander missiles that were fired from ground-based operational-tactical missile systems.
Andriy Nebytov, the head of the Kyiv Oblast police, said no significant damage was recorded from falling missile debris and there had been no casualties. However, Ukraine’s Southern Command reported that one person was killed and two others wounded following Russian missile strikes in Odesa Oblast.
Also on Thursday, British defense minister Ben Wallace said that U.K.-supplied Storm Shadow missiles had been used by Ukraine but would not specify further. The air-launched missiles have a range in excess of 155 miles, which is further than the range of American-supplied weapons.
In a separate development, but also in Crimea, a freight train carrying grain between Simferopol and the city of Sevastopol derailed following what the Moscow-installed head of the regional parliament, Vladimir Konstantinov, said was an explosion.
VIDEOS
1. Ukrainain Special Forces destroy 11 Russian military machines with Kamikaze drones
The Sun
May 18, 2023 1:30 p.m. EDT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aj6wqrT9658
This footage released by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) reportedly shows Ukrainian forces destroying 11 Russian military vehicles including tanks with Kamikaze drones.
The footage was posted with the caption:
“Destroyed in a day:
▪️ ACS “MSTA-S”
▪️ tank
▪️ BMP-3
▪️ MT-12 “Rapir” anti-tank gun
▪️ REB
▪️ 6 units of transport
▪️ 15 invaders”
2. Ukrainian Artillery strikes Russian field depots held by Wagner Mercenaries
The Sun
3.97M subscribers
May 18, 2023 7:00 a.m. EDT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l39pq1A5ANs
“How are Ukrainians feeling right now with everything we’re going through?
Ukraine is shelled every day. Russia kills our civilians and our Defenders. Russians torture Ukrainians on occupied territories. They kidnap our children. They force Ukrainians in captivity to exist in unbearable conditions. No one in Ukraine feels safe or sure about the future.
Sometimes Ukrainians are told we’re “aggressive” or “inflexible”.
But we’re not playing chess. We’re not a side in an academic discussion. We’re a bleeding country that is fighting for existence.
Ukraine has the right to voice its position, decide about its future! We are the subject, not the object!
We’re grateful to all who really hears us. Thankful to all standing with Ukraine!
~ Anton Gerashchenko
ARTICLE
Ukrainian troops repelled all attacks in Bakhmut, advanced up to 1 km on flanks – Defense Ministry
2023/05/18 - 21:42
Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar says Russians significantly reinforced their grouping in Bakhmut, Donetsk oblast, having pulled most of their reserves there.
“The enemy has been attacking Bakhmut all day today. All the attacks were repelled by our defenders. As of now, we control the southwestern part of Bakhmut,” she wrote, adding that Russians also tried to assault north and south of the city but failed too.
According to Maliar, on 18 May, in some areas north of Bakhmut, Ukrainian troops advanced by 500 meters.
“In the suburbs of Bakhmut in the south, fierce fighting was going on throughout the day. The enemy went on the offensive and tried to regain the lost territories, but suffered losses and failed to accomplish their objectives. In some areas, our troops advanced by 1 km,” Maliar wrote.
Maliar says the defense of Bakhmut City and its area is achieving its military objectives of buying time for Ukrainian forces “for certain pre-planned actions.”
Map of the situation in the area of Bakhmut, Donetsk Oblast, as of 18 May 2023.
Luhansk and Donetsk are gone for Ukraine.
There needs to be peace negotiations.
'A travelling circus': Ukraine fumes after French TV ridicules Zelensky's Europe tour | Watch
Look closely at your map..a lot more Ukes have been running out of the city of Bakhmut than Rooskies have been on the flanks. If/when the Rooskies reach Chasiv Yar, then either the Ukes have to retreat again from the flanks, or have a massive amount of reinforcements arrive to protect their western side. At this point it looks like its almost at a stalemate with the edge on the Rooskies side. Ukraine will sue for peace by the end of the year, or Nato will escalate and intervene. Ukraine is running out of men. The Elon Musk suggestion a while ago was a decent idea.........50000 dead soldiers ago on both sides. Widows and orphans would agree with Musk.
Our people are fighting to free their hometowns from the Russian criminals. There will be no true peace until the Russian apes and pigs are pushed out. Do you want to reward Russia’s aggression? Do you want to reward Russia’s child trafficking? Do you want to subject Ukrainians to live under arrogant Mohammedans and impoverished Buryat occupiers?
All night long, Russian Forces 'worked' on Ukraine using a wide range of weapons
— Missile strikes were carried out on Odessa and its suburbs. Warehouses and industrial facilities where weapons and equipment were stored were hit.
— After the missile attack, Geran drones and decoys were used, explosions were heard in the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions.
— A new missile strike hit targets in Kharkov, Kramatorsk, Pokrovsky district of the DPR, Kirovograd and Cherkassy regions.
— At 2 am, air-based missiles were launched from strategic bombers, hitting targets in the Poltava and Vinnitsa regions.
— Guided air bombs were used on targets in the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions.
— In the morning (at about 04:00) "Calibers" were launched on targets in the Khmelnytsky, Zhytomyr and Kyiv regions.
The end of the air raid sounded only at 6 am (MSK).
Cyberspec News TG Channel reported
No one sums up how dirty our foreign policy has been in Ukraine and explains how we provoked and wanted this proxy war with Russia than the colonel:
US Military Colonel Says Government Lied About Ukraine War - Colonel Douglas Macgregor
Are you going to attack him> He was just on with Don Jr. Are you going to go after Don Jr.
Considering that Don Jr. has sided with Bud Light and the trans agenda over Americans who can define what a woman is, I think he's fair game.
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4145713/posts
VIDEO WITH COMMENTARY
18 May: Russian Despair. Prigozhin BEGS SOLDIERS NOT TO RUN AWAY FOR AT LEAST 2 DAYS |War in Ukraine
Reporting from Ukraine
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gy916YggP0Y
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I am Ukrainian. My country has been invaded by Russia. In this video I will tell you what happened on the four hundred and forty ninth day of the war.
Day 449: May 18
When it comes to Bakhmut, the situation is very dynamic. Yesterday Wagner forces started to fire at the last block of the high-rise buildings from tanks and artillery in order to prepare the region for the upcoming storming operations. Some sources indicate that in order to not lose men, Ukrainians temporarily withdrew their forced to Ivanivske, and once the artillery preparation ended, Ukrainians started reinforcing this region once again. The Head of the Wagner Group, Prigozhin, also reported something similar. He said that because Ukrainians unblocked the flanks and are controlling tactical heights around the city, they are essentially moving freely in an out of the city. He said that for this reason, the battle for the outskirts can be characterized as an encounter battle, where two forces are engaging as both of them are trying to move into the so-called Domino fortification. The situation is equally difficult for both parties. Ukrainians struggle to defend the outskirts because it is too dangerous to maintain a permanent presence there, while Russians struggle to move into the outskirts because Ukrainians control tactical heights around them. That is why Prigozhin said they would not be able to take Bakhmut this week.
And Ukrainians continue to push on the flanks. Today it was confirmed that they increased the scale of the operation once again and opened a fourth line of attack. Previously Ukrainians were advancing from Ivanivske, Bohdanivka, and Minkivka, and today they also started advancing from Fedorivka. The target of the first attack became Russian positions around Sakko and Vantsetti. Ukrainian artillery crews conducted artillery preparation in coordination with drone operators that helped to correct the fire. And after that, Ukrainians sent an assault unit reinforced with a tank to undermine Russian defense and clear the trenches after the tank had completed its job. By successfully establishing a bridgehead south of the Vasyukivka River, Ukrainians are setting conditions for an attack on Sakko and Vantsetti, and Mykolaivka, which will allow them to conveniently move along the tree lines and settlements, simultaneously opening access to the tactical heights. In fact, Ukrainians have already started undermining Russian defense in Paraskoviivka and Dubovo-Vasylivka with artillery strikes on warehouses and equipment and drone strikes on the trenches on the zero line. And this is exactly what Prigozhin predicted one week ago. Today he made a public appeal and very politely asked the High Command to hold Sakko and Vantsetti and prevent another collapse at all costs, at least for two days.
The reason why he is asking to hold at least this direction is that the collapsing flanks are putting significant strain on his reserves, as the Wagner Group has been plugging the holes around Bakhmut, in particular in the southern direction. Today it was confirmed that Wagner units reinforced Klischiivka. In fact, both Ukrainian and Russian fighters and commanders reported that Wagner reinforcements were the only thing that prevented an immediate collapse of Klischiivka. However, a fighter from the 24th Assault Brigade specified that most of the troops on the zero line are mobilized soldiers and former prisoners. He also said that a HIMARS strike caught the Wagner prisoner forces during relocation and liquidated up to 30% of their reserves.
Ukrainian Intelligence reported that in order to stabilize the situation and prevent further collapse of the front line, Russian forces started relocating their troops from Zaporizhia to Bakhmut. Independent monitoring organization, The Belarusian Hajun Project, reported the deployment of about 40 pieces of military equipment and at least 200 servicemen from Belarus in the direction of Luhansk.
Such developments have far-reaching implications. First of all, the relocation of additional forces to Luhansk explains consistent Ukrainian strikes on the city. In fact, yesterday, Ukrainians conducted another Strom Shadow missile strike. And secondly, the destabilization of the front line in the east prompted Russians to deliberately weaken their defense in the Zaporizhia region by relocating manpower away from the south. Maybe this is exactly what the Ukrainian High Command was planning to achieve.
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