Posted on 02/28/2022 8:10:18 PM PST by Mariner
A Russian military convoy that was outside of Ivankiv, Ukraine, on Sunday has since made it to the outskirts of Kyiv, satellite images show.
On Sunday, the convoy was roughly 40 miles northwest of the Ukrainian capital, according to images provided by Maxar Technologies.
Maxar said that roughly 17 miles of roadway is chocked full of the convoy, which consists of armored vehicles, tanks, towed artillery and other logistical vehicles.
The private US company said the convoy was located on the T-1011 highway at Antonov air base around 11:11 a.m local time.
Antonov is roughly 17 miles from the center of the Ukrainian capital.
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Whenever Russia has lost a long war it loses outlying territories.
Now it may be reduced to Muscowy of 1530
For Lukashenka, the presence at this ceremony was important, because he has not been seen in public space for the fifth day. On his official website, congratulations on this holiday were published , but he himself was absent from the ceremony. Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko spoke at it and read out an appeal from Lukashenka.
Nothing is known about the state of the Belarusian politician or even about the place where he is now. Since the celebrations on May 9 in Moscow and Minsk, Lukashenko has not appeared in the public field, no events have been held with his personal participation (which, as we found out, is very strange). At the same time, Lukashenka’s press service and officials are silent.
The Day of the State Flag, Emblem and Anthem is celebrated this year for the first time. Lukashenka made changes to the decree “On public holidays, holidays and memorable dates in the Republic of Belarus” in April 2023. Prior to that, there was the Day of the State Emblem and the State Flag. As its press service reported, “the new name is intended to pay tribute to all three state symbols of the country.” This further emphasizes the importance for this event for Lukashenka personally.
consisting of
President of Belarus
Prime Minister of Belarus
Chairman of the House of Representatives
Chairman of the Council of the Republic
Chairman of the Supreme Court
Head of the Presidential Administration of Belarus
State Secretary
Prosecutor General
Chairman of the National Bank
Chairman of the State Security Committee of the Republic of Belarus
Minister of Defense
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Minister of Internal Affairs
Minister of Emergency Situations
Chairman of the Investigation
Chief of the General Staff
We should particularly examine what
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Volfovich is up to.
The Caucasian people like the Dagestanis and Chechens were a mix of Christian, majority Muslim in name but all practicing paganism in parallel until the Muscowites came.
The Muscowite persecution drive the Chechens to become staunch Muslim (the religion of the enemy of my oppressors they seem to have thought)
Russian Ministry of Defense: North and south of Artemovsk over the past day, the enemy has made massive attempts to break through the defense of our troops, the attacks were repelled, no defense breakthroughs were allowed.
The commander of the 4th motorized rifle brigade, Colonel Vyacheslav Makarov, and the deputy commander of the army corps for military-political work, Colonel Yevgeny Brovko, died while repulsing the attacks, the Ministry of Defense reports.
https://t.me/rian_ru/202691
Russian problems at Bakhmut.
Agree
Former Senior CIA Covert Intelligence Officer on what Russian Spies are doing now. ohn Sipher, a specialist on Russia who served for 28 years, including in Moscow, lays out what is happening to Russia’s intelligence service and what its officer are doing, in the West and in Ukraine, in wake of the ongoing disastrous invasion of Ukraine, and what the downfall of Putin will look like.
“Right now, Vladimir Putin needs to lose, and lose badly… He fears his own people – there needs to be a humiliating loss. There needs to be Russian troops fleeing back across the border.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKUbdyxF-7w
Russian forces conducted another series of drone and missile strikes against Ukraine on the night of May 13 to 14.
Increasingly regular series of Russian drone and missile strikes are likely a part of a new Russian air campaign in Ukraine aimed at degrading Ukrainian abilities to conduct counteroffensive offensive operations in the near term.
Ukrainian forces continued counterattacking around Bakhmut on May 14.
The Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) is attempting to distract from recent Ukrainian successes near Bakhmut by praising Russian defensive efforts against the Ukrainian counterattacks.
Russian forces conducted ground attacks northeast of Kupyansk and along the Kupyansk-Svatove line.
Russian forces have not made additional confirmed gains in or around Bakhmut and continued limited offensive operations on the Avdiivka-Donetsk City line.
Russian forces continued to fire on areas west of Hulyaipole in southern Ukraine.
Russian forces continue efforts to replenish manpower losses using prisoners.
Russian officials and occupation authorities continue to prepare for the September 2023 elections in occupied territories.
Former Russian officer and ardent nationalist Igor Girkin’s newly formed “Club of Angry Patriots” is continuing efforts to expand its presence and influence public discourse. The Club of Angry Patriots announced on May 14 that it is forming regional branches and called on experienced politicians, public opinion leaders, and heads of Russian organizations to participate.[20] The Club of Angry Patriots also stated that it will hold a news conference in Moscow on an unspecified date in June, during which it will address how Russia can win the war in Ukraine.[21]
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-may-14-2023
Assault on Russian positions by the forces of the 56th brigade of Ukraine. With the subsequent surrender of Russian military.
https://twitter.com/bayraktar_1love/status/1657480257950171136
Good update by Jake Broe
Russia Had Its Worst Day of the Year
The Russian Air Force had its worst day since World War II, losing five aircraft in its own territory in a single day. The flanks around the city of Bakhmut also seem to be collapsing as the regular Russian military have been seen running away from Ukrainian counterattacks in the area. The UK’s Storm Shadow missile has also made its first appearance striking a military building in Luhansk.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcPGhCkBHCI
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, May 15, 2023
Leaked US intelligence accessed by The Washington Post indicates that Wagner Group financier Yevgeniy Prigozhin offered to disclose the locations of Russian positions to Ukrainian intelligence in exchange for Bakhmut.
Ukrainian officials acknowledged limited Ukrainian battlefield successes during recent localized counterattacks in and around Bakhmut.
Russian milbloggers uniformly attacked a proposal for “military censorship,” further indicating that the community is highly motivated to defend its privileged position within the Russian information space.
The Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) claimed that it intercepted a Ukrainian Storm Shadow missile for the first time on May 15.
The Kremlin has reportedly banned high-ranking officials from resigning during the war in Ukraine, likely in an attempt to maintain stability within domestic security organs, government bodies, and the Russian military command.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met with French President Emmanuel Macron and UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on May 14 and 15 confirming the provision of more Western military aid.
Russian sources claimed that Russian forces captured Masyutivka, Kharkiv Oblast and established a bridgehead on the west bank of the Oskil River, but ISW has observed no visual confirmation of these claims.
Russian forces continued to launch ground assaults in and around Bakhmut and conducted limited offensive operations near Donetsk City.
Ukrainian intelligence reported that approximately 152,000 Russian military personnel in southern Ukraine continue defensive efforts ahead of a possible Ukrainian counteroffensive.
Russian authorities continue efforts to take advantage of migrant labor and incentivize foreigners into contract military service.
Russian officials and occupation authorities continue to set conditions to forcibly relocate Ukrainians from occupied territories to Russia.
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko received a briefing from Belarusian generals on May 15 following recent speculation about his possible illness or death.
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-may-15-2023
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