The situation in the Ukrainian SMO on May 09 2023

Putin’s speech at the Victory Day parade!

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Russian President Vladimir Putin’s speech at the Victory Parade   Key points:

▪️ Russia has rebuffed international terrorism, we will protect the inhabitants of Donbass. For our state there are no peoples who are unfriendly or hostile either in the West or in the East.

▪️ The West provokes conflicts and upheavals , destroys traditional values in order to continue to dictate its own rules, and is, in fact, a system of robbery and violence.

▪️ The goal of the opponents of Russia is to achieve the disintegration and destruction of our country.

▪️ Any ideology of superiority is disgusting, criminal and deadly, but Western elites still talk about their exceptionalism.

▪️ In the West, memorials are being destroyed, a cult of Nazism is being created, this outrage is also a crime of revanchism of those who were preparing a new campaign against Russia .

▪️ The Ukrainian people became hostage to the coup d’état and a bargaining chip in the hands of the West.

▪️ Today, civilization is again at a decisive, turning point, a real war has been unleashed against us.

▪️ The decisive battles for the fate of our Motherland have always become sacred, we are proud of those who participate in the Special Operation, there is now nothing more important.

▪️It is important that the leaders of the CIS are gathered in Moscow today, I see in this a grateful attitude towards the feat of our collective ancestors. They fought together and won together

@rybar
 

 
“The chatterboxes of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s team should have their tongues cut out for lying about Russia running out of missiles,” said Ukrainian political analyst and economist Oleg Soskin, who criticizes Zelensky and supports nationalists.
“The shelling will become heavier and heavier. Again I say: trust no one. Every night they will bomb Kiev. They are adapting, they are providing new data, they are calculating air defense, they are evaluating how and where. They are preparing for attacks missiles. It turns out that Muscovites have and do not run out of these damned missiles, and the X-22, X-101, they continue to produce them. China helps them in this, Iran helps, North Korea and many other countries they help,” he’s sure. So – it’s a lie that something is running out. We need to cut out the tongues of these chatterboxes. They are in power, they are in the state budget, they gorge themselves on our money,” Soskin said indignantly.

The counteroffensive is not one battle that will decide everything, but a series of events, – Zelensky’s representative

“Given the intensity and scale of the war, taking into account the resources that Russia is investing here, including mobilized ones, this is a series of measures. It is not a matter of one week or one month. This is a question of many events, because one can be more successful, and the other – less successful,” M. Podolyak said.
He added that the main task of counter-offensive actions is to “zero the morale of the Russians.”

US will not give Ukraine long-range missiles

The US authorities do not intend to follow the example of Great Britain and supply long-range missiles to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Politico newspaper writes, citing sources.

“Our policy regarding ATACMS has not changed,” one of the newspaper’s interlocutors said.

However, he added that Washington intends to continue supplying the Ukrainian army with Patriot complexes, ammunition and armored vehicles.

There was a strange country wide air raid alert earlier in Ukraine but no reports of missiles or drones launched.

1 explosion was heard in Kiev

UA Air-Def fired off a few SAMs which according to the videos didn’t hit anything.

Some reports speak of a EW system being used which results in fake targets appearing on Radars.

We’ll see if more info is published

The Russian military stopped an attempt by Ukrainian saboteurs to land on seven boats on the left bank of the Dnieper near Kherson.

Subdivisions of Russian troops took control of the approaches to all the islands at the mouth of the Dnieper in the Kherson region.

Russian Ministry of Defense: Tonight, a blow was struck at the points of temporary deployment of enemy reserves, as well as ammunition depots

 The goals of the attack have been achieved. All assigned objects were hit, the advancement of reserves was stopped, as well as the delivery of ammunition to the areas of combat operations. 

On the flank near Bakhmut, the Armed Forces of Ukraine launched a counterattack, wedged into the Russian defense
▪️ Ukrainian armored  (former Azov Regiment ) went on the attack in the Kleshcheevka area southwest of the city.
▪️ After artillery preparation, the enemy threw tanks and infantry fighting vehicles into battle, correcting their attacks from drones.
▪️ Under the onslaught of the enemy, one of the Russian units left their positions, “exposing a front almost 2 km wide and 500 meters deep. Well, we somehow blocked him,”.
▪️According to the enemy, the 3rd assault detachment of PMCs was sent to stop the breakthrough, which
▪️ Artillery is also actively working on the enemy.
On the good news:
▪️At the same time, in Bakhmut itself, attack aircraft of the PMC “Wagner” continue to break into the defenses in two large strongholds of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the “Airplane” area and in the area of Yubileynaya Street.
▪️ We have an advance in the city, the enemy has lost some of his positions.

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Bakhmut Front Update [9 May 2023]

Attempts to transfer the reserves of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to the western quarters of Artyomovsk end in their extermination

 During the last night, units of the Wagner PMC carried out assault operations both in the western quarters of Artyomovsk (Bakhmut) and in the direction of Khromovo .

🔻Before the start of the next stage of the assault, artillerymen again entered the case, inflicting a series of strikes, including with the use of magnesium ammunition . The previous use of these highly effective weapons took place on 5 May . Then, as the Ukrainian military themselves wrote on the net, in the west it was “real hell – a downpour of fire.”

🔻After the previous massive fire impact, Russian assault detachments occupied several more blocks in the west of the city , and the enemy, who suffered significant losses in one of the sections, was pressed against the Northern Headquarters (pond) – behind Levanevskogo Street .

🔻New artillery strikes on enemy positions in Artyomovsk were carried out north of Decembrists Street – in fact, along the square from where the road to Chasov Yar goes from the city.

🔻Now the situation for the enemy in the Artyomovsk region is such that in fact any transfer of reserves to the city itself means the unequivocal sending of units by the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to certain death, to extermination. An attempt to introduce enemy reserves from the side of the village of Khromovo leads to the fact that artillery opens fire on it first – even while following the road, and then what is left of the reserves falls under heavy fire already in Artyomovsk itself . Further, the survivors of this downpour of ammunition will meet with Wagner attack aircraft , who use a whole range of schemes to advance in the city, including entering buildings from directions where the enemy does not expect to see them.

Yours, P artian!
 

The flanks are vulnerable and not as well protected as some would like to sell or make believe. UA no longer attacks within Bakhmut because the area behind the active fighting is extremely secure and an advance is almost impossible. That’s why they do it on the flanks. The flanks should normally be protected twice as well as Bakhmut himself. Unfortunately, this is not the case yet. Prigozhin (Yes I know he doesn’t tell the truth very often and loves psy-ops) but on this point he tells the truth and has been warning for weeks that the flanks need to be heavily secured. But that is not the case yet. I hope something else is happening here. And despite all the hits on Kramatorsk, Slavyansk, Chasiv Yar and Konstantinovka, UA has massive manpower here. And I’m sure as soon as Wagner has conquered Bakhmut, they will attack massively on the flanks. UA’s current attacks are just to find vulnerabilities, and they’re even succeeding now. If they then attack big, it can end very badly. That’s why I hope that things are still going well here, otherwise it can happen that Wagner is simply overrun if the flanks continue to be so holey at times. Let’s hope for the best. Wagner fights hard, energetically and successfully in the city against highly trained and experienced UA units. It would be very bad if all of this success could be ruined by broken flanks.

The flank in the south remains very tense. Wagner is trying to prevent a UA breakthrough here. Reports of the bridgehead west of Kliishiivka being restored are false. Heavy and bloody fights take place here along the canal. Partly also east of the canal. Only Wagner is now fighting on the flanks. They are trying to push back here in the UA area.
The north flank is stable. Wagner paired with regular RU units are slowly but steadily advancing here. Especially in the Rozdolivka area.

I was told by a trusted UA source that absolute hell had broken loose in the town of Bakhmut. Wagner storms extremely massively here and sometimes UA has to withdraw.

Wagner attack troops managed to stop the advance of UA at least for the time being. Very heavy and bloody fighting continues to rage along the canal. Artillery from both sides works without interruption. There are heavy losses, unfortunately also on the part of Wagner.
I really hope that the RU MOD sends massive manpower here. The flanks have to be safe, otherwise all the work inside Bakhmut by Wagner will be useless if they are then surrounded. Wagner cannot take care of the flanks and capture the city of Bakhmut at the same time.
Even if Wagner keeps advancing at Bakhmut tonight. Whatever they do, just from my last update to now they’ve taken 2 High rise Buildings. Actively fighting at Peremoha Cinema. They need every man in town, not on the flanks, to stop UA. That’s actually not Wagner’s job at the moment.

Pray for the boys. The fighting is very brutal and fierce on the southern flank

Now for the good news, as I found out, Wagner sent rested units to the north of the flanks today and was able to make the first small gains. Here, especially in the Rozdolivka-Vasyukivka area, they were able to capture several trenches and advanced towards Rozdolivka. In the Minkivka area, too, there were minor successes of a tactical nature.
Wagner will now probably be a little more active on the flanks. But still keeps most of their manpower in the city of Bakhmut itself. Here they again advanced almost 200 meters in different directions today. Battles in the high-rise buildings prove to be very difficult and slow down the advance significantly. But that was to be expected. Nevertheless, Wagner advances every day. Guess there’s a serious fight tonight for the Peremoha Cinema in the southern section of the High Rise Buildings. There is also heavy fighting inside the Olympic school, but Wagner marches and takes floor by floor and meter by meter in this area. At the same time, they advance further south towards UA’s last line of defense. Heavy and intense battles rage day and night. Artillery and Aviation also work day and night.

The situation in Bakhmut on May 9

▪️ Units of the Wagner PMCs continue to break into two major strongholds of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of the Airplane(Самолет) and Yubileynaya(Юбилейная ) Street ;

▪️The AFU deliberately destroyed the Church of the Annunciation and St. Alexy

▪️On the flanks, the enemy took counterattacking actions, as a result of which, according to Yevgeny Prigozhin, units of the 72nd Brigade of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation left their positions to the southwest of the city.

There is no 72nd Brigade in the Russian Armed Forces order of battle. Something to keep in mind.

- Just Me @DDGeopolitics

Evgeny Prigozhin published the first photo from the site of the alleged HIMARS strike at the site of Ukrainian POWs captured by Wagner PMC fighters.

According to initial information, all prisoners are alive.
- Evgeny Prigozhin.

Report from the site of the AFU missile strike on its own prisoners of war

There were four arrivals of HIMARS. To the disappointment of the Ukrainian leadership, none of the prisoners died.

The captive AFU themselves are shocked by what happened and do not understand why their own government wanted to kill them. They say, “we are not needed” and “we’re cannon fodder”.

We publish a request from the editorial office of the LIVE24 edition and a response:
Dear Evgeny Viktorovich, hello. Today, the French National Assembly called on the European Union to add the Wagner PMCs to the list of terrorist organizations. I would like to receive your comment on this.

We publish a comment by Yevgeny Prigozhin:
“What can I say about this. When we came to Central Africa, the French soldiers drove the dogs into the room, and children, 12-year-old girls, were driven there as well. And the dogs raped these girls. French soldiers sold organs, or rather, people were taken to organs and they were gutted there. We saved an entire country called Central Africa, saved tens of thousands of lives from bandits, terrorists, and, most importantly, from the French, who simply mocked them. Macron decided that the Wagner PMC is a terrorist organization, and at this time, in many countries of the world, the Wagner PMC saves a huge number of people from the French and from the Americans. And I save their prisoners, whom they kill themselves.

Russian Defence Ministry Report on the Progress of the Special Military Operation (9 May 2023)⚡️
 
💥 Last night, the RF Armed Forces launched a concentrated long-range, sea- and air-launched high-precision attack on temporary enemy reserve areas and ammunition depots.

◽️ The purpose of the strike has been achieved. All the assigned targets have been engaged.

◽️ As a result of the strikes, the movement of reserves as well as the delivery of ammunition to combat areas has been thwarted.

💥 In Kupyansk direction, aviation and artillery of the Zapad Group of Forces have engaged the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) close to Sinkova and Berestovoye (Kharkov region).

◽️ Over the past 24 hours, up to 35 Ukrainian troops, 1 tank, 2 motor vehicles, and 1 Akatsiya self-propelled artillery system have been neutralised in this direction.
 
◽️ In Krasny Liman direction, Operational-Tactical and Army aviation and artillery of the Tsentr Group of Forces have inflicted fire damage on enemy manpower and hardware close to Chervonaya Dibrova and Nevskoye (LPR).

◽️ The enemy suffered losses of up to 75 troops, 2 armoured fighting vehicles, 3 pickup trucks, 1 Grad MLRS, and two D-30 howitzers.

💥 In Donetsk direction, assault squads continued their offensive in the west part of the city of Artyomovsk. Airborne Troops support the action of the assault squads paralysing the enemy on the flanks.

◽️ Operational-Tactical and Army aviation and artillery of the Yug Group of Forces inflicted fire damage on the units of the AFU close to Bogdanovka and Chasov Yar (DPR). Russian aviation conducted five sorties in this area during the past 24 hours. The artillery have performed 73 fire tasks overnight.

◽️ The enemy has suffered losses of over 465 troops and mercenaries, 2 tanks, 6 armoured fighting vehicles, 6 motor vehicles, 1 Grad self-propelled artillery system, and 2 D-20 and D-30 howitzers in the past 24 hours.

💥 In South Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions, aviation and artillery of the Vostok Group of Forces carried out attack against AFU units in the areas of Ugledar (DPR) and Gulyaypole (Zaporozhye region).

◽️ Over 90 Ukrainian troops, 2 armoured fighting vehicles, 2 motor vehicles, and 1 Msta-B howitzer have been neutralised during the day.

◽️ Moreover, 1 ammunition depot of the 128th Mountain Assault Brigade of the AFU has been hit close to Shcherbaki (Zaporozhye region).

💥 In Kherson direction, Russian troops have neutralised up to 30 Ukrainian troops, 5 motor vehicles, and 2 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery systems during the day.

◽️ Moreover, an ammunition depot of the 124rd Territorial Defence Brigade was neutralised close to Antonovka (Kherson region).

💥 Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Group of Forces have engaged 72 AFU artillery units, manpower, and hardware in 94 areas during the day.

◽️ An ammunition depot of the 54th Mechanised Brigade of the AFU has been hit close to Verkhnekamenskoye (DPR).

💥 Russian air defence facilities have shot down 1 Su-25 airplane of Ukrainian Air Force near Belozerka (Kherson region).

◽️ Air defence systems have downed 3 HIMARS and Uragan MRLS projectiles and 1 Tochka-U tactical missile during the day.

◽️ In addition, 10 Ukrainian UAVs were destroyed close to Golikovo (LPR), Spornoye (DPR), Removka (Zaporozhye region), as well as Novaya Mayachka and Belozerka (Kherson region).

Special Operation, 9 May 2023, Main; pub. 21:45⚡️

▪️ A war has been unleashed against #Russia, but it will cope with this, Putin said, speaking at the Victory Parade;

▪️ The decisive battles for the fate of #Russia have always become sacred, the country is proud of those who participate in the special operation, now there is nothing more important, the president said;

▪️ The Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) reported that a high-precision weapons strike had disrupted the advance of Ukrainian reserves and the delivery of ammunition to the battle areas;

▪️ Assault squads continue fighting in western #Artyomovsk, airborne troops assisting them, MoD said;

▪️ Kiev has no final counteroffensive plan yet, options are being worked out, National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine secretary Danilov said;

▪️ The Pentagon announced the allocation of a new $1.2 billion package of military assistance to #Ukraine.

#Chronicle of the Special Military Operation for 9 May 2023⚡️

🔹#Russia’s Border Areas:

▪️ In #Belgorod region, Air Defence crews intercepted an air target in the town of #Grayvoron. According to preliminary reports, there were no casualties or damage.
➖ Ukrainian formations shelled the village of #Spodaryushino, several residential buildings were damaged, no casualties among civilians.
➖ In Shebekino, artillery shells damaged eight residential buildings and several cars, no civilians were injured.

🔹#Starobelsk (#Svatovo) Direction:

▪️ In the #Kupyansk sector, the situation has not changed significantly. Artillery duels continue along the line of contact.
➖ To strengthen the defensive positions, the Ukrainian command moved additional forces to #Dvurechnaya.

▪️ In the #Liman sector, both sides are fighting positional battles in the Serebryanskoye forestry and near Balka Zhuravka. Russian units are striking at the enemy’s strongholds.

🔹#Soledar (#Bakhmut) Direction:

▪️ On the outskirts of #Bakhmut, Ukrainian formations continue to suffer heavy losses in equipment and manpower as they attempt to retreat from the town. The retreating Ukrainian army units are subjected to point artillery strikes.

▪️ Heavy fighting continues for control of Liberators of Donbass Street, which is the last stronghold of the AFU on the western outskirts of the city.

▪️ The enemy fired four HIMARS rockets at the detention center of Ukrainian POWs. According to preliminary data, none of the prisoners were killed, several people were injured.

▪️ The Associated Press France news agency reported the death of correspondent Arman Soldin near Chasov Yar as a result of shelling of AFU positions.

🔹#Donetsk Direction:

▪️ Near #Novobakhmutovka, positional fighting continues west of the H-20 highway. The RF Armed Forces are cracking the defences of Ukrainian formations, preventing the transfer of reserves to the area with artillery fire.

▪️ The Ukrainian terrorists once again fired indiscriminately at populated areas of #Donetsk agglomeration. In #Ozeryanovka, a school building and several residential buildings were damaged, one person was wounded.

🔹#Zaporozhye Direction:

▪️ In #Melitopol district, the AFU terrorists shelled the village of #Plodorodnoye with HIMARS. One woman was killed and a girl was taken to hospital with wounds.

🔹#Kherson Direction on #SouthFront:

▪️ On the right bank of the #Dnieper River in #Kherson and its suburbs, Russian artillery struck enemy concentrations of personnel and equipment.
➖ In turn, the Ukrainian terrorist formations shelled civilian infrastructure and residential buildings in #Kakhovka and #Vasylyevka.
➖ As a result of the massive strike on Novaya Kakhovka, several transformers were damaged and the city was de-energized.

🔸Political and other Events:

▪️The #US announced another package of military assistance for Ukrainian formations in the amount of $ 1.2 billion, which included 155-mm shells, satellite reconnaissance and additional air defense batteries.

▪️ European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen arrived in #Kiev for a visit.

▪️ According to the Washington Post, the #UK is preparing to transfer Storm Shadow air-launched missiles capable of hitting targets at a range of up to 300 kilometres.

▪️ Amendments to Law No. 3048-IX have come into force, according to which banks now have the right to block the accounts of Ukrainians for non-payment of debts again. In total, more than one million bank accounts are at risk of being blocked.

▪️ Ukrainian Deputy Trade and Agriculture Minister Taras Kachka said that the government is ready to completely ban all imports from #Moldova in response to a ban on imports of Ukrainian grain by the Moldovan side.

War Map and the Situation on the Fronts in the Evening of 9 May 2023; pub. 00:05⚡️

🙌 2023. Victory Parade on Red Square. Already the second one during the special operation. This time modestly (https://t.me/readovkaru/3262) and with a minimum of equipment, unlike last year’s parade. Today’s format is a logical and compromise decision, since the front needs tanks and artillery. And there will still be lavish parades, but only after the new Victory.

⚔️ The Situation on the Fronts over the past Day:

🔹#Svatovo – #Kremennaya Direction:

Russian forces are engaged in fierce fighting near #Belogorovka. Ours are advancing (https://t.me/boris_rozhin/85259?single) to the quarry near the pond.

🔹 #Artyomovsk (#Bakhmut) Sector:

The “Orchestrators” continue to knock the militants out of the western part of #Artyomovsk. At the moment ours are 👉 cracking down (https://t.me/sitreports/8411) on two major AFU strongholds in the Samolet area. The enemy also has “successes” – the Nazis deliberately destroyed the Church of the Annunciation and St. Alexis. Of course, this practice has not surprised anyone for a long time.

🔹#Donetsk Direction:

The Russian army worked on AFU positions near #Novokalinovo, #Keramik and #Berdychi. Also ours attacked on the southwestern approaches to #Avdeyevka and in the direction of #Pervomayskoye. In #Maryinka today without much success.

🫶 Victory is something that has always been considered an ancestral asset. We are proud of our ancestors, of their feat. And we will always be proud. But now, Victory is the result of our struggle. Now, before our eyes, history is being forged in battles, through the blood and sweat of our fighters on the frontline. And to celebrate this Readovka presents (https://t.me/readovkaru/3264) a new music video dedicated to Russian heroes of today. “Welcome to #Bakhmut!”

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