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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The white cross that can be seen is frequently used as a marking for Ukrainian vehicles, and the vehicle itself looks like a US MRAP with a manually operated gun on top. Of course, that is not to say that the video is accurately described as to time and place.
They were stored only a few km from where the fighting is taking place right now
https://twitter.com/visegrad24/status/1660675186826305536
⚡️russians are carrying out an urgent evacuation of nuclear ammunition from a storage facility located in the Belgorod region. Andrii Yusov, spokesman for the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications of Ukraine, stated this.
https://twitter.com/Flash_news_ua/status/1660674852926226432
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.
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]
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 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.
source: https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-may-22-2023
Russian partisans took over Belgorod – ANDREW MARR & ILYA PONOMAREV
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_ifsyeqXhU
9 min
Ilya Ponomarev is a politician and technology entrepreneur, in 2007-2016 – member of Russian Parliament - State Duma (Social-Democrat – Novosibirsk, “A Just Russia” political party), Chairman of Innovations and Venture Capital Subcommittee, one of the founders of the Skolkovo Foundation. Former VP for technologies of Yukos Oil. In 2011 one of the leaders of protest movement in Russia. In 2013 took part in creation of political party “Alliance of Greens and Social-Democrats”. In 2016-22, after being expelled from Duma by putinist forces, involved in investments business in Ukraine. After Putin’s invasion in Feb. 2022, joined Kyiv’s territorial defense and returned to politics, calling to replace Vladimir Putin to stop the war. He is now a member of the Executive Council of Congress of People’s Deputies of Russia (the shadow Russian parliament) and is considered to be the leader of the armed part of Russian opposition that includes Legion “Free Russia” and partisan networks in Russia.
“Freedom for Russia Legion” published a video of their flag reportedly flying over Moscow.
https://twitter.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1660691065400115224
In 2015, when Russia began its military intervention in Syria, it seemed that the barbarism in the region was too significant for the international community to turn away from. Abundant reports by United Nations commissions, as well as accountability, human rights, and humanitarian organisations, documented war crimes with pictures, videos, and firsthand testimony. The world has watched countless incidents of missiles destroying hospitals or mutilated Syrian children covered in dust and blood being pulled from the rubble of destroyed apartment buildings.
I am reminded of the endless calls over the past 12 years for humanitarian protection of Syrian civilians from the raining hell of Bashar al-Assad’s barrel bombs and Russian heat-seeking missiles, all of which landed on deaf ears. More than 63,000 Russian military personnel have “received combat experience” in Syria since September 2015.
Russia's defence minister boasted that they tested “more than 320 types of different weapons” in their military operations in Syria that killed 87,500, according to Russian sources. Even hospitals were not spared. The Russian war in Syria targeted doctors, hospitals, and clinics, depriving communities of healthcare. The World Health Organization (WHO) has reported 859 attacks on healthcare centres since the beginning of the Ukrainian war, resulting in 101 deaths and 136 injuries.
And finally, the US should declare what is happening in Ukraine as a genocide. There is abundant evidence that Russia is trying to erase Ukrainian identity and culture, deporting thousands of Ukrainian children and placing them in re-education camps. Zelenskyy and the Ukrainian people understand the connection between what happened in Syria and what is happening to their homeland, as do many US leaders, including several members of Congress. But the big question remains: Will Washington act on that understanding?
https://twitter.com/Heroiam_Slava/status/1660908181021773825
russia starts cracking
The Freedom of Russia Legion has already proven that it is capable of conducting operations throughout the Russian Federation. Yesterday was a successful test in combat in Belgorod. In the future, Russia will face real actions against the Putin regime.
https://twitter.com/Heroiam_Slava/status/1660937966968004610
to bad not the outskirts of DC. /sarc
Andriy Yusov of Ukrainian intelligence service:
Russians started withdrawing nuclear warheads from a storage facility in Belgorod region of the Russian Federation.
“There is even additional information regarding evacuation activities. Belgorod-22 facility, which is a nuclear ammunition storage facility, is being urgently evacuated; also Russians are being evacuated from the area near Grayvoron,” he said.
https://twitter.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1660969202033864716
But it has probably been empty for many years.
Representative of “Freedom for Russia Legion”, callsign “Caesar”, said Belgorod residents requested the Legion to conduct a peacekeeping operation in the region.
https://twitter.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1660918473914982400
Governor of Belgorod region reported that the “counterterrorist operation” continues, meaning combat with armed groups that entered from Ukraine. According to him, “cleaning of the territory by the Ministry of Defense together with law enforcement agencies continues”. He also doesn’t advise the residents who left to return to their homes yet.
https://twitter.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1660946441358000128
video Eng sub
Kozinka and Glotovo are taken, possibly Gora-Podol. A Russian army presence is in Grayvoron and they have at least one BMP-3. If that is all what they got, then they are in big trouble.
The authorities in Belgorod/Bilhorod have issued evacuation orders to civilians in the orange marked villages. 14 settlements have no electricity.
https://twitter.com/Tendar/status/1660968983833583616
@Vinrael: Amazing to see how unprepared the Russians are for this smallish raid which is probably more a PR stunt than a serious attempt to gain permanent control over something...
-prove russian defences are nonexistant
-steal some light armoured vehicles
-send russians in panic mode
-spread chaos among everyone
-draw a p-s on the map
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