🇷🇺🇺🇦 Massive Nighttime UAV Attack on Russian Territory

Last night, Ukrainian forces carried out a massive attack on various regions of Russia. The Russian Ministry of Defense reported the destruction of 50 drones shot down and intercepted by electronic warfare and air defense systems.

All were shot down:
▪️26 UAVs in the Belgorod Region;
▪️10 UAVs in the Bryansk Region;
▪️eight UAVs in the Kursk Region;
▪️two in the Tula Region;
▪️one each in the Smolensk, Ryazan, Kaluga and Moscow Regions.

Additionally, the AFU attacked several facilities in the border zone of the Belgorod Region with drones. In the village of Istobnoye, a UAV crashed at night with no casualties. In Poroza, a private house caught fire as a result of a drone drop, killing two civilians.

Moreover, in Kadymovo, Smolensk Region, there was reportedly a fire in the area of an oil depot, and in Vygonichi, Bryansk Region, drone debris fell on a substation, also leading to a fire.

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❗️🇷🇺🇺🇦 On the strike on a residential building in Belgorod - Rybar's analysis

🔻This morning, the AFU struck Belgorod again. One of the shells hit a 10-story building on Shchors Street, as a result of which one of the entrances completely collapsed. Later, the roof also collapsed, but there were no casualties.

At the moment, 20 injured residents of the house are known, and according to some reports, the number of dead has reached seven people. Doctors from federal centers and Moscow will be sent to Belgorod to provide assistance to the wounded.

❗️Various versions are circulating on the Internet about what was used to deliver the strike. The Russian Ministry of Defense reports that the residential building was damaged by shrapnel from one of the Tochka-U missiles shot down in the sky.

The version of the Russian Ministry of Defense about the Tochka-U strike would seem logical, if it were not for the moment of the explosion: the explosion occurred from below, and not from above. Therefore, we insist on the version that the fire strike was carried out by aviation (any departmental analysts can check these data, simply by comparing it with the awareness of flights of the Ukrainian Air Force through the Akhtyrka region and the time of the strike).

🔻Most likely, the strike was delivered by the French-made AASM HAMMER guided air-to-surface bomb from the airspace of the Akhtyrka region of the Sumy region. Enemy aircraft were observed during the approach to the strike, as well as on the way back, apparently to the Myrhorod airfield.

At the same time, these bombs are limited in range to 70 km, so the aircraft had to approach the front line quite closely to carry out the strike, the target of which could have been the Luch CHP plant, located on the same Shchors Street, three hundred meters from the damaged house.

The strike hit the third entrance of the 10-story building No. 55A on Shchors Street from the inner side of the courtyard. The launch was carried out from the southwest side, and not from the southeast, as other resources are trying to convince everyone. And from this we can draw several conclusions.

🔻We are not accidentally insisting on the version with aviation and a strike from the direction of Akhtyrka: what happened clearly demonstrates that it is impossible to be limited to creating a buffer zone in the section from Lipetsk to Old Saltov with Volchansk. Belgorod is shelled not only from the south, but also from the west. The same can be said about Bryansk and Kursk.

It is impossible to plan the conduct of a "limited" operation in the border area and hope that this will reduce the ardor of the enemy. This does not work that way.

This tragedy once again confirms the need to create a buffer zone not along the border. Otherwise, such shelling of Russian territory with a fatal outcome for civilians will continue.

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❗️🇷🇺🇺🇦 Slobozhansky direction: battles for Vovchansk and breaching the AFU defense
situation as of 7:00 pm on May 12, 2024

By the third day of the Russian offensive operation in the north of the Kharkiv region, it became clear that the Ukrainian formations had regained their composure and are trying to build up a defense and repel the onslaught of Russian units.

▪️Near Lyptsi, fighting continues in the Lira-1 gardening association. Active fire impact with FAB bombs on UPMK, as well as strikes with field and rocket artillery, is being carried out on the settlement.

▪️From the direction of Zelene, it has not yet been possible to advance towards Neskuchne: battles are ongoing at the junction of the two settlements.

▪️On the line Izbytske - Starytsia - Buhrovatka, the Russian troops put to flight part of the Ukrainian formations: they managed to break through the defense near Starytsia and engage in combat for Buhrovatka. Judging by the footage published by Ukrainian resources, the Russian troops are freely moving through the clearing between the forests north of Starytsia and Buhrovatka, so we can conclude that they have full control over the forest areas.

▪️The offensive on Vovchansk continues from three directions: from the side of Hatiishche, Pleteniivka and Tykhy. But so far, combat operations are being conducted only on the outskirts, there is no talk of advancement and expansion of the control zone towards the high-rise buildings.

▪️The offensive of the Russian army is developing along the river arteries with the consistent severing of communications in the north of the Kharkiv region: this allows dividing the operational area in the border region into small pieces, consistently "chewing" them up.

🔻The strikes by Ukrainian formations on Belgorod, as well as the ongoing indiscriminate shelling of civilian development on Russian lands, once again confirm that the creation of a "buffer zone" is a necessary measure.

Without taking control of large agglomerations on the other side of the border, it will not be possible to reduce the number of shellings and neutralize the threat from Ukrainian formations.

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❗️🇷🇺🇺🇦 Slobozhansky direction: Russian Armed Forces control the northern part of Volchansk, fighting near Liptsy and Lukiiantsi
situation as of 4:00 pm on May 14, 2024

🔻In the Slobozhansky direction, Russian troops are advancing towards Liptsy through the dachas. For now, the fighting is more like a reconnaissance in force. Artillery and air strikes are being carried out on the concentrated enemy forces in the village.

▪️In the area of Lukiiantsi, Russian assault teams reached the outskirts of the village and entered the settlement. It is unclear whether the village has been completely liberated or not. On the eastern flank, the Russian Armed Forces established control over Buhrovat, while fighting continues in the neighboring Staritsa.

▪️Information is circulating on the Internet about the attacking groups linking up through Zelene, but in reality this is most likely not the case, since the gap between Lukiiantsi and Zelene is an open field, and between Zelene and Ternova-Izbytske - fields and forest.

▪️In Volchansk, the enemy was pushed out of the northern part of the city, and clearing operations are underway. According to preliminary data, the territory of Lyceum No. 1 and Kindergarten No. 6 has been taken. The status of the Volchansk Aggregate Plant, where the presence of Ukrainian formations may remain, is still unclear.

▪️By mid-day, only one heavily damaged road bridge and one pedestrian bridge remained in Volchansk, so communication with the southern part of the city is still maintained.

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❗️🇷🇺🇺🇦 Slobozhansky direction: heavy fighting in Volchansk and unsuccessful counterattacks by the AFU
situation as of the end of June 3, 2024

In recent days, the situation has remained tense in the Slobozhansky direction. Ukrainian formations are regularly counterattacking and not giving up attempts to reduce the combat potential of Russian troops.

🔻Heavy fighting is underway in Volchansk, where the AFU are trying to establish supply lines to the part of the city north of the Volchya river. South of Gagarina Street, Russian assault troops are advancing only locally due to artillery strikes and especially FPV drones of the enemy.

▪️Ukrainian formations retain the ability to establish crossings using bridgelayers. However, according to footage from objective control, the Russian Armed Forces have destroyed at least three such structures only in the section to the west of the bridge on Soborna Street.

▪️Information is circulating on the Internet about the start of the assault on the Volchansk Aggregate Plant, but so far it has not been confirmed. The main strongpoint of defense in the northern part of the city remains the quarter of high-rise buildings, which, although it has suffered severe damage, still serves as a tactically advantageous line of defense. To the east, there are battles in the area of Gogol Street.

▪️North of Volchansk, in anticipation of a possible counteroffensive by the enemy, Russian troops are digging in and carrying out fortification work. Ukrainian formations are trying to prevent this by attacking engineering equipment with drones.

🔻Fighting continues along the Hlyboke - Lyptsi line, where the AFU do not stop counterattacking. Russian troops are intensively striking at concentrations of enemy manpower and equipment, suppressing AFU attacks. In other areas of the direction, there are battles, but no advances are recorded.

▪️At the same time, the destruction of enemy objects and positions along the entire line of contact continues. Northeast of Kharkiv, the Lancet loitering munition destroyed another Osa air defense system.

However, Ukrainian formations do not stop hitting the border areas of the Belgorod Region, where the local population continues to suffer from the impacts of FPV drones and artillery ammunition. The AFU also actively use HIMARS MLRS to strike at positions and objects remote from the front line, including SAM launch positions.

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🇷🇺🇺🇦🇮🇹 On Italian shells on Russian territory

Colleagues from the SPETSNAZ ARCHANGEL channel shared a video of a discovered cache of Ukrainian fighters in the Belgorod region.

It is quite possible that the cache was laid by saboteurs back during the fighting in the Graivoron district in March of this year and was supposed to serve as another PR stunt by the GUR units of Ukraine.

❗️However, among this scattering of weapons and explosives, our attention was particularly drawn to an Italian mine for a 120 mm mortar: apparently, the saboteurs as part of mobile groups planned to use them to shell border villages from the rear.

🔻In this regard, it is interesting that the official representatives of Italy have consistently spoken out against the use of their weapons on Russian territories, forbade "hitting Russian objects with Italian shells" and threatened to stop supplies in case of violation of their conditions.

And since it is unlikely that the Italian shell appeared on Russian territory due to the oversight of the Ukrainians, most likely, this was an attempt to bend the Italians, whose opinion on arms supplies in reality does not bother either the NATO leadership or the Kyiv regime - they will do as they are told.

And it will be interesting now to watch the statements of Deputy Prime Ministers Salvini and Tajani, because their shells have already ended up on Russian territory.

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