UA-RU-NATO | May 1st-30th | REPORTS

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The Special Operations Forces soldiers defeated Russian invaders near Kreminna​

The Special Operations Forces soldiers defeated Russian invaders near Kreminna

Soldiers of the Special Operations Forces engaged in an unequal battle with the Russian invaders near the city of Kreminna and defeated them.

www.pravda.com.ua

*Incomplete but interesting rapid deployment of small mortar in woodland environment. I was surprised and impressed. YMMV

 

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US senator calls on Biden administration to transfer ATACMS and cluster munitions to Ukraine as soon as possible​

US senator calls on Biden administration to transfer ATACMS and cluster munitions to Ukraine as soon as possible

While visiting Kyiv, Lindsey Graham, US senator from the Republican Party, supported the early provision of long-range ATACMS missiles and cluster munitions to Ukraine, saying that this will bring the end of the war closer.

www.pravda.com.ua

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We ran the numbers on flights at Rzeszów in southeastern Poland before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and after. There’s been a nearly 170% increase in flights as the airport has become the logistics hub for aid to Ukraine.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1662270000931938304

 

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Earlier, German MP of the CDU Roderich Kiesewetter urged the government to provide Ukraine with Taurus missiles.

“Taurus cruise missiles with a range of up to 400 to 500 kilometers would be a very helpful contribution from Germany,” he said.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1662269702544998403

Media: Ukraine asks Germany for Taurus cruise missiles.

A German Defense Ministry spokesperson confirmed that Ukraine has submitted a request asking Germany to supply long-range Taurus cruise missiles, Spiegel reporte

https://twitter.com/x/status/1662269701332819968

 

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Fires in Russian-held territory have increased fourfold since Britain’s delivery of Storm Shadow missiles, as Ukraine continues to set the stage for its much-anticipated counter-offensive

https://twitter.com/x/status/1662229253675446272

 

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At the Bush Institute, we urge you to provide all the necessary assistance to win this war," - the 43rd President of the United States, George Bush Jr., addressed the Ukrainians.

According to the American Republican President, Ukraine is capable of defeating Russia and should receive everything necessary for this.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1662221194077011968

Boris Johnson tried to persuade Donald Trump to back Ukraine on US tour

Former UK PM has also been in Dallas, where he met the Republican governor of Texas and Las Vegas and made a lucrative speech

https://twitter.com/x/status/1662247494028517376

 

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UNCONFIRMED

Lukashenko Urgently Rushed To Moscow Hospital <---Link

UNCONFIRMED

 

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Official Counter Offensive Announcement from UA Commander in Chief

Zaluzhnyi: 'Time to return what is yours'

The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Valerii Zaluzhnyi, has said that the time has come to return what is yours. — Ukrinform.

www.ukrinform.net

 

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Crimean bridge countdown

Account Suspended

 

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To be taken with a huge amount of salt:

Russia starts implementation of provocation with chemical weapons – interception

Ukraine’s Defence Intelligence has noticed the beginning of Russian provocation in the temporarily occupied territory of Zaporizhzhia Oblast using chemical weapons.

www.pravda.com.ua

Russia starts implementation of provocation with chemical weapons – interception

 

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To be taken with a huge amount of salt:

Ocean sized.

 

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DWS has determined after 12 hours... Lukashenko is not hospitalized in Moscow.

Thread covering this:

**FAKE** | Lukashenko Urgently Rushed To Moscow Hospital

Oh my God that's really fucking funny!!!!!! 👍🤣🤣

community.defconwarningsystem.com

 

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https://twitter.com/x/status/1662630201178705921

This is the first I’m hearing of this, but Ukraine and Russia have apparently exchanged views on what constitutes an acceptable settlement to the war. As expected, the gap is so massive you can drive 1,000 M1s through it. Still, it’s interesting that terms have been handed over.

Curious day news-wise...

 

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Ukraine utilising a massive amount of Stand Off Munitions, in order to strike the Mariupol area within the last hour.At least half a dozen locations struck thus far.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1662894099203080194

 

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Ukrainia missile attacks on Russian ammo warehouses and bases for today. Ukrainian defenders are actively shaping operational environment for the counteroffensive

https://twitter.com/x/status/1662900127667814401

 

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Storm Shadow cruise missiles arriving in Russian-occupied #Mariupol' earlier today with view of strike.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1662918948575215620

 

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As of now, there are 9 Russian strategic bombers in the sky. A group of 3 Tu-95s in the Caspian Sea region and another group of 6 Tu-95s is heading to the Caspian Sea region.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1662921354721517568

 

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Explosions as Russia launches 15th air assault on Kyiv in May​

Overnight missile attack comes a day after Russia unleashed its largest ever drone assault on the Ukrainian capital.
Several explosions have rocked the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, according to officials, in the 15th Russian air attack on the city this month and the second overnight attack in a row. “A missile shot down near Kyiv,” Mayor Vitali Klitschko said on the Telegram messaging channel in the early hours of Monday. “Air defence working!”
He added that blasts were heard in several districts of the city, including Kyiv’s historic neighbourhood of Podil, where falling debris damaged the roof of a house.
According to preliminary information from the mayor and the city’s military administration, there were no casualties in the overnight attacks.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023...ssia-launches-15th-air-assault-on-kyiv-in-may

 

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Kyiv authorities say city’s air defenses downed 40 Russian drones and missiles overnight​

Kyiv authorities say city’s air defenses downed 40 Russian drones and missiles overnight — Meduza

Kyiv City Military Administration head Serhii Popko has reported that air defense forces shot down 40 Russian drones and cruise missiles over the city on Sunday night. “No strikes on Kyiv were permitted,” he wrote on Telegram, noting that this was Russia’s 15th attack on the Ukrainian capital...

meduza.io

“According to Ukraine's Air Force, a total of 67 air targets, including 37 cruise missiles, were downed throughout the country.”

 

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Kyiv and all our cities, the whole of Ukraine will put an end to the history of Moscow's despotism – address by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy​

https://www.president.gov.ua/en/news/kiyiv-ta-vsi-nashi-mista-vsya-ukrayina-postavit-krapku-v-ist-83213

Text of his speech