Ukrainian soldiers down enemy Ka-52 helicopter, four Shahed UAVs in past day
Ukrainian soldiers destroyed an enemy attack and reconnaissance helicopter Ka-52, four Shahed-type attack UAVs and a Zala-type reconnaissance drone in the past day.
24 May 2023
Ukrainian soldiers destroyed an enemy attack and reconnaissance helicopter Ka-52, four Shahed-type attack UAVs and a Zala-type reconnaissance drone in the past day.
The Russian forces are focusing their main efforts on the Kupiansk, Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka and Marinka directions, where 26 combat clashes took place in the past 24 hours.
23 May 2023
President Volodymyr Zelensky has stated that the key task of Ukraine is to strengthen its defense capabilities, as well as to increase the capabilities of its warriors and state as a whole.
Russian invasion forces have faced an issue of recruits being unwilling to move to the frontline positions, even under the threat of being prosecuted for disobedience at home.
The procurement of weapons and military equipment for the Armed Forces of Ukraine will be entrusted to the Defense Procurement Agency. The Cabinet of Ministers has adopted the resolution designating the Agency as a government actor for the Ministry of Defense.
In the Zaporizhzhia direction, the Russian invaders are undertaking the so-called active defense measures, mining the left bank of the Dnipro, Ukraine’s main water artery.
Poland is ready to train Ukrainian pilots on the F-16 fighter jets and suggests that this should take place within the framework of the EU training mission.
Ukrainian Foreign Affairs Minister Dmytro Kuleba and Polish Foreign Affairs Minister Zbigniew Rau have coordinated positions regarding enhanced institutional Ukraine-NATO ties, membership in the Alliance and security guarantees for Ukraine.
President Volodymyr Zelensky has announced the creation of the Navy Corps in Ukraine.
The foreign ministers of Germany and Hungary argued at a meeting of foreign ministers in Brussels over the role of the Hungarian bank OTP in the Russian war against Ukraine.
Russia’s military leadership exaggerates the significance of capturing Bakhmut against the background of the vulnerability of the combat situation for Russian troops in the wider area.
In the United Kingdom, Norwegian instructors are training Ukrainian soldiers to fire small arms in low visibility conditions and at night in defensive and offensive combat as part of a unit.
22 May 2023
In the Donetsk region, soldiers of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine, in cooperation with paratroopers, eliminated a field depot of Russian invaders.
The NATO Parliamentary Assembly has recognized Russia’s crimes against Ukraine as genocide, and the terrorist regime in the Russian Federation as ruscism.
Ukraine’s Air Force in the past day delivered 14 strikes on enemy clusters, as well as seven times targeted Russian air defense systems. Another air defense system and a number of other important targets were hit by rocket and artillery forces.
21 May 2023
In Hiroshima, Ukraine was indeed an honored participant in the G7’s work, and the topic of Ukraine was principal.
Commander of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Colonel General Oleksandr Syrskyi has visited the advanced positions near Bakhmut.
Russian troops are concentrating their main efforts in the Kupiansk, Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka, and Marinka directions, while sabotage and reconnaissance groups were active on the Sivershchyna and Slobozhanshchyna axes.
The Third Assault Brigade of Ukraine’s Ground Forces cleared the area near Bakhmut that is 1,730m wide and 700m deep, pushing the enemy back.
Mortar operators with the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine, in conjunction with aerial reconnaissance, hit the positions of Russian troops in Bakhmut, Donetsk region, eliminating a group of invaders as they were intending to go on the offensive.
The Russian invaders failed to surround Bakhmut, Donetsk region, and they lost part of the dominant heights around the city.
In the past 24 hours, Ukraine’s Defense Forces have launched 10 air strikes on Russian personnel and military equipment clusters.
Ukraine’s Air Force launched 10 strikes on enemy positions
20 May 2023
Ukraine was among the top agenda issues during the discussions among the Group of Seven leaders in Hiroshima, Japan, where an agreement was reached to continue supporting Ukraine for as long as necessary.
In cooperation with international partners, Ukraine is coordinating actions to involve as many countries as possible and strengthen its defense.
Russian troops are focusing efforts on the Kupiansk, Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka and Marinka directions. Over the past day, a total of 39 military clashes have occurred there. The fiercest battles are raging for the Donetsk region’s Bakhmut and Marinka.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky and Chancellor of Germany Olaf Scholz have coordinated positions prior to the G7 Summit session in Japan’s Hiroshima.
Zelensky, Scholz coordinate positions prior to G7 Summit session
In Bakhmut and Kupyansk directions, the occupiers use about 33,000-35,000 shells so they do not experience ammunition shortage.
Over the past 24 hours, 17 firefights unfolded with Russian occupation forces in the Bakhmut area. Ukraine’s defense forces killed 92 Russian forces and wounded another 156.