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Update from Ukraine | Belgorod Operation is Over | More Operations to Come | Ruzzian Border is Weak
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Invasion Day 454– Summary May 23, 2023 Jerome News The summary of the situation of Russian re-invasion to Ukraine covering the last 48 hours, as of 23rd May 2023 – 22:00 (Kyiv time).
Invasion Day 454 – Summary
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Update from Ukraine | Belgorod Operation is Over | More Operations to Come | Ruzzian Border is Weak
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VIDEOS
1. Historic Uprising: Millions of Russians are Leaving Russia! Kremlin Has Lost Control!
NIT International
315K subscribers
May 24, 2023 7:00 p.m. EDT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SzYMD4duao
2. Last Minute Development! Ukraine cuts off Russia’s main army supply link near Crimea!
Infinity
416K subscribers
May 24, 2023 9:00 p.m. EDT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkWTRjq9XOU
ARTICLE
More Russian soldiers went awol in Ukraine war this year than in all of 2022, UK claims: If found, most are sent back to front line of fighting, with only a suspended sentence
Jane Dalton
May 25, 2023 3:00 p.m. EDT
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/russian-troops-ukraine-awol-soldiers-missing-b2345002.html
At least 1,000 Russian troops fighting Ukraine have gone awol in the past five months – more than in all of last year, British defence chiefs claim. And, according to court papers, if they are found, most are reportedly punished with suspended sentences so that they can be sent back to the front line in the war.
Moscow’s military courts have dealt with 1,053 cases of soldiers absent without leave (awol) so far this year, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) said, citing “credible research” by independent Russian journalists.
A year and three months to the day since Russian president Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine, British defence officials said: “Russia’s military has struggled to enforce discipline in its ranks throughout its operations in Ukraine, but its issues have highly likely [sic] worsened following the forced mobilisation of reservists since October 2022.”
In September, Mr Putin announced a partial mobilisation of 300,000 military reservists for the war.
The call-up prompted hundreds of thousands of men to flee the country. Outbound flights were full and neighbouring countries received large influxes. Soon afterwards, Mr Putin toughened up penalties for desertion and refusal to fight, making the offences punishable by up to 10 years in prison, or 15 years for voluntary surrender to enemy forces. But first-time offenders may be exempted from criminal liability “if he took measures for his release, returned to his unit or place of service and did not commit other crimes while in captivity”, the new law says.
Within weeks of the boost to Russian numbers, UK defence chiefs concluded many of the newly mobilised soldiers were poorly equipped, possibly with arms in a “barely usable” condition. Earlier this year, the MoD suggested Russian troops were using shovels for hand-to-hand combat in Ukraine because of an ammunition shortage. There were also reports from the battlefield of low morale among the troops, particularly among the new conscripts.
Russian troops were said to have fled, some ending up begging for food from villagers.
Western analysts suggested Russia’s slow advance on Ukrainian territory was blamed at least in part on the poor morale, lack of preparation and shoddy equipment. The defence chiefs said the Kremlin had failed to improve morale, saying: “Russia’s efforts to improve discipline have forced on making examples of defaulters, and promoting patriotic zeal, rather than addressing the root causes of soldiers’ disillusionment.”
One Russian military deserter was reportedly “liquidated“ – shot – in the Lipetsk oblast, the region’s official Telegram channel claimed in January.
VIDEOS
1. Wagner chief slams Putin’s military, fears battlefield losses could lead to revolution in Russia
CNN
15M subscribers
May 24, 2023 9:00 p.m. EDT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbZgkGghnDM
Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin says his troops will leave Bakhmut to Russian military forces and criticized Russia’s elite and the failure to achieve the war’s objective of weakening Ukraine. CNN’s Fred Pleitgen reports. #CNN #News
2. 24 May: MASSIVE HIMARS Raid Made Russians Convinced Flee en Masse! COUNTEROFFENSIVE STARTS!
Divine Justice
139K subscribers
May 24, 2023 8:00 p.m. EDT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bC5MEw1R0_Q
I wish the USA’s border was as “weak” as Russia’s.
ARTICLE
Ukraine-Russia war – live: Putin at risk of ‘revolution’ after Belgorod raid, Wagner chief claims
‘We need to prepare for an arduous war,’ Russian mercenary group leader warns
5-24-2023
The leader of Russian mercenary group Wagner has claimed that Vladimir Putin could face a revolution similar to those of 1917 and lose the war in Ukraine unless the elite got serious about fighting the war.
Ukraine is preparing a counter-offensive aimed at pushing Russian troops back to the borders of before 2014 when Russia annexed Crimea, Yevgeny Prigozhin said. Ukraine would try to encircle Bakhmut and attack Crimea, he added.
“Most likely of all, this scenario will not be good for Russia so we need to prepare for an arduous war,” he said in an interview posted on his Telegram channel.
Russia‘s elite, he said, protected their own children from fighting the war while the children of ordinary Russians perished on the front, a situation he said that could trigger turmoil in Russia.
If ordinary Russians continued getting their children back in zinc coffins while the children of the elite sunned themselves abroad, he said, Russia would face turmoil along the lines of the 1917 revolutions which ushered in a civil war.
Key Points
-Wagner chief warns Russia could face revolution unless elite gets serious about war
-Anti-Russia fighters using US-made armoured vehicles for incursion into Russia - Report
-Russia ‘forcefully mobilising’ AWOL soldiers in Ukraine, British intelligence says
-Mercenary Prigozhin warns Russia could face revolution
-Drone drops explosive device on a car in Belgorod, governor says
“I wish the USA’s border was as “weak” as Russia’s.”
Yes, good point. BTW, Russia citizens are also part of the illegals crossing U.S. borders. Often, the trip is paid by Russian parents
Valeurs Actuelles: the number of dead soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is Zelensky's worst secret
The number of dead soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is Zelensky's most terrible secret in this conflict, writes Valeurs Actuelles.
At the same time, since the end of the summer, the number of killed and wounded has increased sharply, and the number of conscripts has recently decreased significantly.
"From 40 to 60 percent of the first Ukrainian servicemen, whom we trained on French soil in 2022, no longer get in touch," one reliable source told our publication. "We think that most of them are silent because they have already died in battle." French instructors who have established contact with their Ukrainian students are limited only to assumptions about their fates. According to those who nevertheless decided to address this issue to the military authorities in Kiev, the topic causes only discontent among representatives of Ukraine. The death toll remains the most terrible secret of President Vladimir Zelensky, although, judging by all available external data, there is no doubt that since the end of summer, the number of dead and injured has increased dramatically. For example, we have just learned that the number of students has increased by 82% in a few months, as this status allows young people to avoid the ongoing mobilization in the country.
The latest numbers of conscription for the blue-yellow flag have significantly decreased compared to the beginning of hostilities. Despite the reinforcements, the ranks of the units are thinning. In nine brigades formed with the help of NATO for the future spring offensive, there are from 2.5 to three thousand people, whereas by the standards of the North Atlantic Alliance their number should be from five to eight thousand. Away from the eyes of journalists and media workers, the Ukrainian military are painting a "war picture" for their foreign partners, which looks more like raw information from the front than what Western news channels report without unnecessary details. In the Donbass throughout the winter, they confirm, their people were under constant onslaught of Russian troops. And the units located on the contact line were always in a state of readiness for battle against superior enemy forces because of "their absolute superiority."
Russian artillery is three times more
These testimonies correspond to the calculations of the balance of power made by the French military. According to them, Russians have about three times more artillery pieces in the Donbass than Ukrainians. Kiev is also suffering from another well-known problem: the arsenals of its allies have been depleted, and industrial capacities in the West are recovering too slowly. Today, Russian troops produce an average of 15 thousand shots a day, and Ukrainians respond with five thousand shots. Since most of the dead and wounded in this conflict are accounted for by artillery, some experts do not agree that the losses of the parties are equal. This point of view was previously held by American official sources, but they have already revised their forecasts. In January, they reported 100,000 dead and wounded on both sides. At the beginning of May, they were already talking about "at least 200,000 and possibly 250,000 killed and wounded." This is a confirmation that the "trench war" is especially bloody. News about constant losses also comes from Artemovsk.
"Yes, Ukrainians have fewer weapons, but they are much more effective and their servicemen use them more correctly," the supporters of the theory of "equal" forces object. They argue their claims with the presence in Kiev of French Caesar artillery installations and American HIMARS multiple launch rocket systems. Those who downplay the effect of these weapons ("there are too few of them") claim that over the past eight months Ukrainians have lost at least twice as many people as Russians. Thus, in any case, the balance of power has changed compared to the beginning of the conflict.
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Strategic depth…
In the "battle of attrition" (the depletion of the enemy's human and material potential, in military terms), Russia has a serious advantage over Ukraine. Its population is three and a half times larger (143 million versus 41 million). However, the question of the "permissibility" of deaths is probably more sensitive for Russians. As long as there are enough volunteers called up on very attractive financial terms to replenish the ranks, Vladimir Putin will undoubtedly be satisfied, and the generals will have to adjust their strategy accordingly. In early May, during a speech to Congress, General Christopher Cavoli, the commander of American troops in Europe and the military head of NATO, tempered the ardor of an official who spoke approvingly about the latest assessment of Russian losses made by the Pentagon. "Most of the Russian army has not suffered in this conflict," Cavoli said.
▪️ PMC "Wagner" had 3.2 times fewer dead than the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and about 2 times fewer wounded.
▪️ The PMC in Artyomovsk had 50,000 people at its best, and the Armed Forces of Ukraine - 82,000, and the ratio for the assault should be 3 to 1 for the attackers.
▪️During the operation, I chose 50,000 prisoners, 20% of them died, another 20% were injured.
▪️The goal of Artemovsk was not Artemovsk itself, but the Bakhmut Meat Grinder. And in Artemovsk, we destroyed everyone we were supposed to destroy, we completed the task.
▪️The task was completed due to the highest level of organization.
▪️We have our own: planes, helicopters, air defense, artillery, MLRS, reconnaissance and even our own satellite reconnaissance.
VIDEOS
1. Ukrainian Assault Forces Launch Counterattack Against Russian Troops Trenches to Captures POW
TEW22
123K subscribers
May 24, 2023 10:00 p.m. EDT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1_OZUdx-T0
According to the Ukrainian military, they have recaptured a large portion of terrain from the Russians around South of the Occupied area.
According to Ukrainian headquarters, the Ukrainian Army is making progress in its attacks as it nears the eastern city.
The Ukrainian Assault Teams are pressing forward from the flanks in the surrounding areas and are getting dangerously close to capturing the city.
Only a minor change in the front has occurred as a result of the struggle, but it has revealed weaknesses and revealed that Russia’s fighting forces are in an atmosphere of anxiety and disarray.
Ukraine says Russian soldiers can’t launch large-scale offensives anymore. This claim comes after the Ukrainian military said they had captured over five Russian military outposts.
On the front lines of warfare, multiple intelligence services are cooperating to keep tabs on a select group of Russian soldiers who have been uncovered there.
The Ukrainian General Staff reported heavy fighting and Russian fruitless offensive operations in multiple sites in its daily report.
Ukraine claims they have utilized attrition street warfare to cause heavy casualties and draw in Russian forces from other sectors of the front. Its forces have been conducting a series of encircling actions around the city for the previous two weeks.
As a result of Ukrainian counterattacks, it is highly unlikely that Russian forces will be able to encircle Ukrainian forces. This has forced Russian forces to use their limited weaponry to defend against a localized offensive.
How’s it going in Bakhmut?
VIDEO:
Zelenskyy Announced MARINE CORPS for Ukraine: Zelenskyy’s Address
UATV English
388K subscribers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52wV7DLewok
Join us as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy delivers a powerful address about the newly created Marine Corps of Ukraine. In this inspiring video, the President expresses his gratitude to the Ukrainian Marines on their professional holiday and awards exceptional units defending the frontline.
The President also acknowledges the strength and efficiency of all other defense forces fighting in intense areas.
Transcript:
Transcript
0:00 foreign
0:06 at our Frontline positions near and
0:09 marinka I had the owner to congratulate
0:11 our Marines on their professional
0:12 holiday the day of the Ukrainian Marines
0:14 I presented State Awards to the Warriors
0:17 and ribbons for courage and bravery to
0:19 the best units defending these parts of
0:22 the front line I’m sure you remember
0:24 these units in my evening address I
0:26 often thank them for their extraordinary
0:29 results they ensure for Ukraine in
0:31 combat today I have awarded them
0:33 personally these are the sedative
0:35 separate Marine Brigade named after RI
0:37 Admiral mojayo ostrojaratsky the 406
0:40 separate Artillery Brigade named after
0:42 Brigadier General Oxi omazov and the 140
0:46 separate reconnaissance Battalion these
0:48 are very powerful units and I’m grateful
0:50 to each of you Warriors and thank you
0:53 for the Chevrons it’s really a great
0:55 honor today exactly on the front line it
0:57 was the right thing to announce the
0:59 creation of America in corpse in Ukraine
1:01 the new Marine brigades will be added to
1:03 our existing units and we will provide
1:05 them with modern weapons and equipment
1:07 in fact this trip to the front line was
1:09 the final component after numerous
1:11 meetings and negotiations with partners
1:13 that took place these days in the
1:15 previous weeks everyone should
1:17 understand this the key task of our
1:19 country and the purpose of virtually
1:21 every International Communication of
1:23 ours is to strengthen Ukraine to boast
1:26 our defense to increase the capabilities
1:28 of our Warriors and our country as a
1:30 whole every foreign visit and almost
1:32 every negotiation allows Ukraine to
1:34 become stronger of course I would like
1:36 to thank our 36 separate Marine Brigade
1:38 named after Ria Admiral Makai obiwinsky
1:41 this unit fighting now often deserves
1:44 gratitude for its strengths and
1:45 deficiency and it is fair to mention
1:47 them now as well thank you and
1:49 congratulations on your day Warriors
1:51 from the 137 separate Marine Battalion I
1:54 thank you today personally every Soldier
1:56 for the very good results you are
1:58 achieving on the front line well done
2:00 and congratulations on your holiday
2:03 congratulations to everyone who is
2:05 gaining respect for the title of
2:06 Ukrainian Marine today I also have the
2:09 honor to thank other units of our
2:10 Defense Forces who are fighting in the
2:12 most violent areas the 55th separate
2:15 Artillery Brigade zapuriska Siege is
2:17 always good always effective thank you
2:20 Warriors the 59 separate mechanized
2:22 infantry Brigade named after Jacob
2:24 hanzouk is as always the strongest thank
2:27 you the 74 separate reconnaissance
2:29 Battalion thank you Warriors the fifth
2:32 separate Suboxone brigades of Our
2:34 National Guard which is fighting in
2:36 their luhans region together with our
2:38 units of the Defense Forces defending
2:40 its positions and destroying the Russian
2:42 occupiers in the way that is necessary
2:45 thank you our Warriors I think everyone
2:47 who gives Ukraine strings the strings of
2:50 our state now the strengths of our
2:52 defense now is the basis of the strings
2:54 of the rule-based international order we
2:57 will win together glory to Ukraine
2:59 foreign
ARTICLE
Russia captured Bakhmut, but it cost thousands of troops and now its remaining soldiers are exhausted
Chris Panella,Ryan Pickrell
5-24-2023
https://www.businessinsider.com/russia-captured-bakhmut-cost-tens-thousands-troops-remaining-soldiers-exhausted-2023-5
-Russia has essentially captured the city of Bakhmut, but it paid a heavy price, exhausting its forces.
-The win in Bakhmut, which remains contested, is its first battlefield victory in almost a year.
-The win is Pyrrhic, and analysts say there’s little Russia can do but wait for Ukraine’s next move.
Russian forces have declared victory in Bakhmut, a city in eastern Ukraine that has seen the bloodiest fighting of the war — but the contested win has cost tens of thousands of soldiers and exhausted critical resources needed to move the fight forward.
Russia’s objective has been to seize control of the eastern Donbas region, but the heavy toll taken by the months-long battle for Bakhmut has left Russian troops with little ability to do more than shift to defense and wait for Ukraine’s long-anticipated counteroffensive, multiple military experts said.
“Many people have described this as a Pyrrhic victory, and I would agree with that. The Russians have exhausted themselves. They’ve run out of offensive capability,” said Mark Cancian, a senior adviser with the Center for Strategic and International Studies’ International Security Program.
A Pyrrhic victory is a win at unacceptable costs. The term stems from the Greek king Pyrrhus after his victory over the Romans in the Battle of Asculum in 279 BC. The victory was costly — historians say Pyrrhus said something to the effect of, “another such victory and we shall be utterly ruined.”
Given the losses sustained by Russian forces in the fierce battle for Bakhmut, the brunt of which were born by the paramilitary Wagner Group, there’s certainly a case to be made that Russia’s win may, indeed, be hollow.
Russia claimed victory on May 21, and the Institute for the Study of War, a think tank that has closely followed the war, said it was Moscow’s first seizure of a large Ukrainian city since the capture of southeastern cities Severodonetsk and Lyschansk last summer. While Ukrainian officials, including President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, still assert that Kyiv’s forces are active in Bakhmut, they have also acknowledged that it’s mostly under Russian control.
“They’ve taken most of the city, but the city’s a wreck and they’ve run out of combat power,” Cancian, a retired Marine colonel, told Insider.
Michael Kofman, director of the Russian Studies Program at The Center for Naval Analyses, told The New York Times this week “this chapter will close, even as fighting continues in the fields outside the city.
“But,” he said, “it speaks volumes about the Ukrainian will to fight, though soldiers may wonder whether the fight for Bakhmut was driven by political considerations over military ones.”
Ukrainian and Russian troops have been engaged in intense combat over Bakhmut for nearly a year now, and both sides have seen countless soldiers killed and wounded.
While estimates of deaths and injuries on both sides are unclear, Russia suffered over 100,000 casualties in Ukraine between December 2022 and May of this year, and the most horrific fighting was in Bakhmut, where Russia used mass-casualty human wave tactics to achieve its ends.
With heavy Russian losses and depleted resources, Russia’s next move is expected to be defensive. ISW noted around the time of Russia’s claimed victory over Bakhmut that “Russian forces will likely need additional reinforcements to hold Bakhmut City and its flanks at the expense of operations in other directions.” Offensive operations are considered less likely.
“I can’t see the Russians mounting another major offensive at this point, short of them doing something big like another mobilization,” Cancian said. “I think that they’ve exhausted themselves and, you know, they’ve now gone over to defensive because they’re very worried about this offensive,” he said.
Highlighting the concerns among Russian forces about a looming Ukrainian counteroffensive, some commanders, such as Wagner Group boss Yevgeny Prigozhin, have sounded alarms with claims of a counteroffensive in “full swing” in response to localized counterattacks that lacked the necessary armor and combat power expected in a major operation.
Other analysts told The New York Times that Russia has dug intricate trenches in southern Ukraine and placed miles of landmines along the front lines. And that defense-in-depth strategy could prove difficult for Ukraine’s counteroffensive, especially as combat tends to favor the defenders.
“If the counteroffensive makes a lot of progress, then, you know, clearly that’s a good thing for the Ukrainians,” Cancian said, adding that “if they get stopped by the Russian lines, and of course the Russians have been digging themselves in for months, that is a bad sign.”
As for what that means for the war long term, “once that counter offensive goes,” he said, “we’ll have a much better sense about what the balance of military power looks like.”
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“Slice of Ukraine life”
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2. I’m home -1
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3. I’m home -2
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5. I’m home -4
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7. Leave no one behind-1
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8. Leave no one behind-2
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9. We stand
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10. Amen
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VIDEOS
1. What Will Happen if Russia Collapses
The Military Show
544K subscribers
5-24-2023 6:00 p.m. EDT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E95c7k9ph5A
2. STUDENT, INTELLECTUAL
Volodymyr Zolkin
1.45M subscribers
12 hours ago
- telegram channel https://t.me/volodymyrzolkin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnDiKhSY9ig
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