The situation in the Ukrainian SMO on May 24 2023

Ukrainian Drone Boat Attack On Russian Warship In The Black Sea

According to Rybar, early in the morning, the enemy, using unmanned sea drones, tried to attack the reconnaissance ship of the Black Sea Fleet “Ivan Khurs” in the southern part of the Black Sea (40 miles from the Bosphorus Strait).
The sailors repulsed the attack, the ship received no damage.

The British, by the hands of the Ukrainian GUR, are opening another Pandora’s box.

Now in this way you can hunt any enemy ships at sea. That is, global security and conditional global red lines are gradually dissolving into the past.

We will not be surprised that civilian / merchant ships can also be attacked in this way (as the Nord Stream gas pipeline was blown up), which of course will increase the price of insurance. Of course, the British insurance corporations will earn from this. Coincidence?
The British use the Ukrainians for their own enrichment and geopolitical game. At the same time, they give “crumbs” to Ukrainians and those on credit.

Britons are handsome, and Ukrainians, alas, are just a game tool with which partners solve their personal selfish issues.

We add that with this attack the Britons also wanted to strike a blow in the Turkish-Russian case and influence the elections in Turkey.

Watching…

Regarding the morning attack by Ukrainian unmanned surface vehicles on the Ivan Khurs vessel, which performs the tasks of ensuring the security of the Turkish Stream and Blue Stream in the exclusive economic zone of the Republic of Turkey.

Apparently, the Ukrainians did not have the task of destroying gas pipelines. This time they didn’t. Their task was to show two things:

1. Vulnerability of Russia’s southern gas corridor. As though with a laser sight they indicate the point where a blow can and is likely to be delivered next time.

2. Erdogan’s undesirability for Ukraine. Particularly revealing is the attack on the eve of the 2nd round of voting, which Erdogan is entering, among other things, as a peacemaker between Russia and Ukraine. Here comes this a “black mark” from Ukraine. It is clear that Kılıçdaroğlu, being distinctly pro-Western, is more acceptable to Zelensky. So, it’s time to talk about the “hand of Ukraine” in the Turkish elections. There were already hands of the USA, EU, Russia and Azerbaijan. And now – Ukrainian.

 
Daily kamikaze UAV raids on the territory of Ukraine.
Kyiv and the region have recently been constantly tested, probing the capital’s air defense.
Also attacks on the northern regions.

The southern direction also fly Kherson-Nikolaev-Odessa.

Kirovohrad, Cherkasy region spotted kamikaze UAVs. How did the air defense miss them, the question is?
Threat Dnepropetrovsk and Poltava.

Be careful.
PS If officially the authorities are silent about arrivals, this does not mean that they do not exist, it means that someone wants to hide this from the public.

Watching…

As we wrote, the UAVs went through Kherson and Nikolaev to the north of the Odessa region. Some of them are heading for Vinnitsa and the west of Ukraine.
At the same time, in the south they report a second wave of kamikaze UAVs.
Khmelnitsky and Rivne regions report that they already have UAVs, there is a risk of arrivals.

Where is air defense?

Another excuse from the Office of the President for Zaluzhny.

Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Alexei Danilov said on Twitter that Zaluzhny reported today at the headquarters of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief.

But he does not go out into the public plane, no one sees him , except for the OP, which indirectly confirms the information of the Russians that not everything is fine with the commander-in-chief, as Bankova wants to present. 

Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Zaluzhny received a head injury and shrapnel wounds as a result of a Russian missile attack on a command post near Kherson in early May, a source in law enforcement agencies told RIA Novosti

Zaluzhny came to life again, but not for long – another anti-crisis from Kiev failed

 After reporting on the state of Zaluzhny, the talking heads of the Ukraine began to come up with something new. This time the mythical hero appeared on Facebook* on the page of the volunteer Alena. The girl dug up a photo with the commander-in-chief from May 2 and decided to put it up for today. Less gullible than Ukrainian subscribers noticed the backing.

Caring commentators, having caught the cheap stuff, told her about it. A few minutes later, the post was successfully taken down. The operation to resurrect Zaluzhny failed. He disappeared and never returned.

The Pentagon left without comment reports about the serious injury of the commander-in-chief of the Armed forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny.

“We suggest contacting the Ukrainian military,” a representative of the US Department of Defense replied to a request from RIA Novosti.

An employee of the Pentagon press service also did not confirm the publication in the telegram channel of Zaluzhny dated May 23, according to which he had a telephone conversation with the commander of the NATO Joint Armed Forces in Europe and the head of the US European Command Christopher Cavoli.

Russian police officers began work in Artemovsk (Bakhmut), Denis Pushilin, acting head of the DPR, said.

 ”From today we have brought the Ministry of the Interior there,” Pushilin said on the air of Solovyov Live.

In Bakhmut direction

My source in Konstantinovka said that the movement of the military has intensified through the settlement over the past few days:

▪️ Georgians (I think they mean mercenaries) with equipment are being transferred in the direction of Bakhmut himself

▪️ more personnel and equipment arrive and are deployed in the vicinity of Konstantinovka

At the same time, about five days ago, a source wrote to me that the military, on the contrary, was leaving the city. Moreover, the quote, ” faster than usual .”

There are three options here: the enemy began to actively prepare for defense, or vice versa, he wants to increase pressure on Bakhmut’s flanks, or it’s just a rotation. In general, all options are equally likely.

But the main thing is that the enemy apparently does not intend to freeze the front in this direction. Although so far all combat activity has been reduced mainly to artillery duels.

Russian Forces Recapture Strategic Heights On The Flanks of Bakhmut | Bakhmut Front Update 24/05/23

Wagner head warns of revolution unless elite gets serious about war

‘PMC Wagner Group’ Continues to Shock NATO and PENTAGON! What is the Phenomenon of ‘Musicians’?

PRIGOZHIN’S LATEST INTERVIEW:

The head of Wagner PMC Yevgeny Prigozhin gave an hour and a half interview to media technologist Konstantin Dolgov. Although throughout the conversation they go over and over again through the Russian elites and the decision-making system, there are quite interesting details in the interview that can be perceived without emotional overtones.

▪️By June 1 – with a backlash of up to 10 days – PMCs should “as correctly” transfer Bakhmut to units of the RF Armed Forces. If the Russian Ministry of Defense is unable to do this, then this fact, according to Prigozhin, will discredit the RF Armed Forces and make PMCs more combat-ready than regular troops. And from the point of view of public administration, this is incorrect.

▪️At the beginning of the siege of Bakhmut, there were 35 thousand fighters in the ranks of PMCs. For all the time of the NWO , 50 thousand people were recruited among the prisoners. 20% of them ( 10 thousand prisoners ) died in battle. Another 10 thousand full-time PMC fighters also died.

According to the results of the battle for Bakhmut (Artyomovsk), the loss of the Armed Forces of Ukraine killed – 50 thousand people, wounded – 50-70 thousand people.

▪️If Artyomovsk is surrendered, then Wagner PMC will first go “within the law and in jackets with bloody hands” to Frunzenskaya Embankment to ask uncomfortable questions, and then they will go again to save the Motherland.

▪️Territorial defense is the most pragmatic decision that could be made in the current conditions. It is not the task of the FSB to fight off the DRG, but the Ministry of Defense. And the locals could help.

▪️According to Prigozhin, the ideal candidates for the post of Minister of Defense and Chief of the General Staff are Mizintsev and Surovikin. The minister of defense, he said, should not be a “political figure” but deal with the military machine.

▪️“Society always demands justice”, and if there is no justice, then “revolutionary moods arise”.

▪️Hurrah-patriotism is good only for a short period of time. And jingoistic patriotism based on invented facts makes “people play the fool and do nothing” – this is the “Navalny effect”.

▪️The war is p$dorastic in nature, both sides call each other p$doras.

▪️Prigogine’s political credo: “I love Russia, I don’t care about Shoigu, we will continue to fight.”

▪️There are two scenarios – an optimistic one, which Prigogine does not believe in, and a not very optimistic one. The first option is that Europe and the United States will get tired, China will put everyone at the negotiating table, where Russia will say to the taken territories “This is all ours” and they will listen to it.

The pessimistic scenario is that the Ukrainians are given missiles, they have trained troops and command staff, equipment, they will continue fighting and counterattack (possibly successfully), and then they will try to restore the borders until 2014. For Russia, this scenario will not be good, so you need to prepare for a difficult war.

▪️We need to stop building glass towers and fattening, we need to work only for the war, transferring all production to military needs and declaring additional waves of mobilization. First you need to stabilize the front, and only then deal with civilian things.

rybar

“What does the fall of Bakhmut in Ukraine really mean?”: Former CIA Russia analyst George Beeb revealed that the U.S. never understood Zelensky’s policy of holding the city.

“Many Western military experts, including Pentagon officials, have long urged Ukrainians to arrange an orderly withdrawal from Bakhmut in order to save their men and ammunition for use in more important battles in the future.
But Zelensky essentially rejected this advice and decided to send more troops there, including some of the best units, to try to hold the city. He demonstrated this rather theatrically. When Zelensky came to Washington last December, he came with a flag from Bakhmut, which he rather ceremoniously presented to the U.S. Congress as a symbol of Ukraine’s determination to hold the city and fight back against Russian troops. Well, that all failed. It is now clear that everything they invested in its defense has been wasted. And what the larger implications are for Ukraine’s ability to push back Russia remains to be seen. Today many in Washington are shaking their heads, wondering what Zelensky was thinking.”

MI-6 sent intelligence to the Office of the President and the General Staff that the Russian army is preparing a strike against the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Ivanovskoye, for these purposes artillery and additional units are being pulled into Bakhmut. British intelligence recommends strengthening this direction so that the Ukrainian army retains the potential to resume the counteroffensive on the flanks of Bakhmut.

Ukrainian sources report that the situation on the front around Seversk has worsened
 ▪️According to his statements, the crew in Belogorovka found themselves in semi-encirclement, as the Russian army launched an attack from several directions, where they managed to achieve certain tactical successes that enable it to act in the rear of the Ukrainian forces.
 ðŸ“Œ The local road connecting Belogorovka with Serebryanka, and further with Severska (about 12 km as the crow flies) is particularly at risk.
 The Ukrainian command announces that at this moment extraordinary efforts are being made to improve the situation.

The Russian army went on the offensive in the LPR: Belogorovka was taken in a semicircle

▪️ Ukrainian military analysts report on the difficult situation for the AFU in the summary.

▪️ Operational situation in the Belogorov-Kremen direction:
During the offensive, Belogorovka is already almost in a semi-circle.

▪️ In the south-east of the Kremen Forest, Russian troops are conducting offensive actions towards the Seversky Donets River with the aim of subsequently taking under fire control a section of the Serebryanka-Grigorovka-Belogorovka road. Artillery and drones are ALL trying to slow down their movement.

▪️ In the direction of the village of Belogorovka, the Russian army launched a series of attacks from several directions.

▪️ The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine confirms the information:

 ▪️ In the Lugansk direction, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation are conducting offensive actions in the direction of Belogorovka with the support of aviation, which is carrying out air strikes.

▪️ Under fire, are the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at the very Belogorovka, Nevske, Torske and Siprine.(Белогоровкa, Невскe, Торскоe и Спирнe.)

Chronicle of a special military operation for May 24, 2023

 The highlight of the day was the attack by maritime drones on the Russian ship Ivan Khurs in the Black Sea. Three devices attacked the ship 40 nautical miles north of the Bosphorus in close proximity to the territorial waters of Turkey.

Meanwhile, the situation at the front calmed down. Throughout the day, the enemy was actively shelling the territory of the Belgorod region , from where the Ukrainian formations were knocked out the day before.

At the same time, in the rear areas west of Bakhmut, the Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to concentrate forces in order to resume the offensive against the positions of the RF Armed Forces.

War Map and the Situation on the Fronts in the Evening of 24 May 2023; pub. 00:05⚡️

⚓️ The AFU, using surface unmanned boats, attacked  (https://t.me/readovkanews/59458)the Russian Navy ship Ivan Khurs, which is carrying out tasks to ensure the security of the Turkish Stream and Blue Stream gas pipelines. As a result, our sailors repelled the UBV attack (https://t.me/readovkanews/59459), and also destroyed all targets. The Kiev regime has already used (https://t.me/readovkaru/3382) similar naval drones for attacks on ships in #Sevastopol.

⚔️ The Situation on the Fronts over the past Day:

🔹#Svatovo – #Kremennaya Direction:

Russian forces are advancing near #Masyutovka, attempting to expand their zone of control near the #Oskol River. Also ours attacked in the vicinity of #Belogorovka, having previously worked off the militants with artillery.

🔹#Donetsk Direction:

The Russian Defence Ministry said the command and control post of the 110th AFU Brigade near #Avdeyevka have been hit. Our fighters continue to try to encircle the city, attacking near #Novokalinovo and advancing towards #Severnoye.
 Russian army fighters also stormed #Pervomayskoye and the western part of #Maryinka.

💥Air Defence Systems shot down an Ukrainian MiG-29 in the #Grigorovka region of the DPR.

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Special Operation, 24 May 2023, Main; pub. 21:13⚡️

▪️ Ukraine has attempted to attack the Russian Black Sea Fleet ship Ivan Khurs, which was securing the Turkish Stream and Blue Stream gas pipelines in #Turkey, all drones were destroyed, the Russian Ministry of Defence said;

▪️ The situation in the #Belgorod region is complex but controlled, #Russia is capable of countering any external threats, NAC spokesman Andrey Przhezdomsky said;

▪️ It will only be possible to identify some of the destroyed Ukrainian saboteurs whose bodies were badly burned in #Belgorod Region with the help of DNA forensics, an official of the emergency services said;

▪️ F-16 fighter jets will be a legitimate target for #Russia when the West supplies them to Kiev to fight in the special operations zone, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said;

▪️ Kiev lost more than 100 people in the Krasny #Liman and #Kupyansk directions overnight, up to 150 people in the #Donetsk direction, up to 25 military personnel in the #Kherson direction, and up to 125 military personnel in the #SouthDonetsk and #Zaporozhye directions.

Russian Defence Ministry Report on the Progress of the Special Military Operation (24 May 2023)⚡️

◽️ Following the 26 Sep 2022 terrorist attack on Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2, the RF Armed Forces are taking measures to protect such facilities. And not in vain.

⚠️ At 05:30 today, the AFU unsuccessfully tried to attack the Black Sea Fleet’s ship Ivan Khurs, which is carrying out tasks to ensure the safe operation of the Turkish Stream and Blue Stream gas pipelines in the exclusive economic zone of Turkey, by 3 unmanned speedboats.

💥 All enemy boats have been neutralised by standard weapons of the Russian warship 140 km northeast of the Bosphorus Strait.

◽️ The Ivan Khurs continues her missions.

The RF Armed Forces continue the special military operation.

◽️ In Kupyansk direction, aviation and artillery of the Zapad Group of Forces inflicted fire damage on the AFU units close to Dvurechnaya, Pershotravnevoye, Timkovka (Kharkov region), and Stelmakhovka (LPR).

◽️ In addition, actions of 2 AFU SRGs have been thwarted near Sinkovka and Kislovka (Kharkov region).

💥 Over 40 troops, 2 AFVs, and D-20 and D-30 howitzers have been neutralised in this direction during the day.

◽️ In Krasny Liman direction, Russian Operational-Tactical Aviation, artillery, and heavy flamethrower systems of the Tsentr Group of Forces hit AFU units close to Chervonaya Dibrova, Nevskoye (LPR), and Torskoye and Grigorovka (DPR).

💥 The enemy has suffered losses of over 60 troops, 2 AFVs, 3 motor vehicles, 1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system, and 1 D-30 howitzer in this direction in the past 24 hours.

💥 Moreover, an ammunition depot of the AFU’s 54th Mechanised Brigade has been hit close to Verkhnekamenskoye (DPR).

◽️ In Donetsk direction, units, aviation, and artillery of the Yug Group of Forces have eliminated up to 150  troops, 1 tank, 2 APCs, 2 AFVs, and 3 motor vehicles during the day.

💥 Moreover, ammunition depots of the AFU’s 10th Mountain Assault and 112nd Territorial Defence Brigades have been destroyed close to Slavyansk and Grigorovka (DPR).

◽️ In South Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions, aviation and artillery of the Vostok Group of Forces inflicted fire damage on AFU units close to Ugledar, Shevchenko (DPR), and Malaya Tokmachka, Marfopol, and Kamenskoye (Zaporozhye region).

💥 Total enemy losses in these directions amounted to up to 125 killed and wounded, 3 motor vehicles, and 1 Msta-B howitzer.

◽️ In Kherson direction, up to 25 enemy troops, 1 Msta-B howitzer, and 2 motor vehicles have been neutralised by fire.

💥 Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, and artillery of the Russian Group of Forces have engaged 93 AFU artillery units, manpower and hardware in 107 areas during the day.

💥 A command and observation post of the AFU’s 110th Mechanised Brigade was engaged close to Avdeyevka (DPR).

💥 Russian air defences shot down 1 MiG-29 aircraft of Ukrainian Air Force near Griogorovka (DPR).

◽️ In addition, 16 HIMARS projectiles have been intercepted.

💥 In addition, 20 AFU UAVs have been downed in the areas of Pokrovskoye, Terny, Kirillovka, Krapivnitskoye (DPR), Zolotarevka, Chervonaya Dibrova, Novokrasnyanka, Zmiyevka (LPR), Tsvetkovoye (Zaporozhye region), and Rubanovka (Kherson region).

If arms supplies were cut off, “the end of Ukraine would come tomorrow” – German Defense Minister
 ▪️ Answering the question of Bundestag deputy Robert Farle why the German authorities are not making efforts to peacefully resolve the war in Ukraine, Boris Pistorius replied:
▪️ “If we stopped deliveries of weapons to Ukraine today, the end of Ukraine would come tomorrow. You want to accept this, but we do not want to do this.”

Warsaw is preparing for an armed coup in Belarus and participation in its support by military means, said the former Deputy Minister of Defense of Poland Skrzypczak

“We need to be ready to support those troops who will conduct an operation against Lukashenka. We have reasons to help them, as we help Ukrainians ,” the general said.

Russia PUSHES BACK Belgorod Raid

Ukraine war: US denies involvement in Russia raid

Russian forces retake Kozinka/Belgorod [24 May 2023]

“White Rex” from “Russian Volunteer Corps” and “Caesar” from “Freedom for Russia Legion” gave an interview to more than 100 media representatives from Ukraine and the West in an undisclosed area near the border.

They stated that their organizations will continue liberating Russia from Putin and his people – as it is not enough to just remove Putin in any way, the system needs to change. In order to achieve their goal, they intend to lead offensive operations to Belgorod, Bryansk, Kursk and Moscow.

During an interview to British Media, LBC News, Ilya Ponomarev, Leader of the political wing of the Free Russian Legion, on LBC:
— “At the end of the day, this war can end only in Moscow, when Putin’s Regime is replaced, and obviously it would not be done by Ukrainians or NATO forces, it will be done by Russians. It’s our job.”

The events in the Belgorod region may be repeated in other regions of Russia, NSDC Secretary Aleksey Danilov suggested.

“Bryansk, Kursk, Voronezh regions, other territories cannot be safe,” Danilov said.

Washington fears being recognised for its involvement in the conflict in Ukraine, said Maria Zakharova.

“They fear like fire that they will be recognized as a country that is involved in this conflict not just as an observer, not just as a mediator, but as an active country, much more active than the Kiev regime itself. In other words, the party that is itself using the Kiev regime for its own purposes,” the Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson stressed on Radio Sputnik.

According to Zakharova, recognizing the US as an active participant in the conflict would destroy its image in the eyes of the public, so now they “go to any tricks” to avoid this.

For a real “peace plan” to emerge and work, the war must cease to be beneficial to the US government and its ruling corporate capital. It is important to understand that the current destruction of the remnants of Ukraine is not a tragic accident, but a successfully implemented business plan of the West. This particular scenario has been prepared and planned to look like a dead end and consist of the destruction of the Russians by the Russians.

Against the backdrop of the heartbreaking yellow and blue picture on TV and our endless phantom pain for a native country that no longer exists – a projection of Ukraine’s fate for the rest of the world, where tomorrow’s victims will have to take up arms to protect their executioners. They will defend their own homes already taken from them and pay for the exorbitantly priced weapons sold to them for mass suicide, while the victor will tidy up all the valuables scattered among the ruins – layers of black soil pulled from the ground, young beautiful women freed from their male compatriots and fresh human organs for the transplant market.

I don’t know who in their right mind today is capable of believing in the possibility of peace with those for whom this war is the achievement of the main goal of the last decades and the fulfilment of the wettest and most recently impossible dream (unfortunately, this time wet not from anything usual, but from blood).

For any peace plan not to become yet another deception of one side, this war must cease to be the other side’s business. With the current fusion of neoliberalism with Nazism, making peace by plan and mediated by Martians looks more realistic.

The current condition for any possibility of pacifism and non-violence is in the destruction of NATO armies.
Oleg Yasinsky

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