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⚡️Briefing by Russian Defence Ministry

▫️The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation in Ukraine.

▫️In the past 24 hours, 771 militants of the Azov nationalist unit have surrendered at the blockaded Azovstal plant in Mariupol. A total of 1,730 militants have surrendered since May 16, including 80 wounded. All those in need of inpatient treatment are treated in medical facilities in the Donetsk People's Republic in Novoazovsk and Donetsk.

💥During the day, high-precision air-based missiles of the Russian Aerospace Forces have hit 7 command posts, including the command posts of the 24th AFU motorized infantry brigade in Nikolaevka and the 104th territorial defence brigade in Konstantinovka, as well as 11 missile and artillery weapons and ammunition depots near Bakhmut, Konstantinovka, Il'inka and Minkovka of the Donetsk People's Republic and 26 areas of AFU manpower and military equipment concentration.

▫️1 S-300 anti-aircraft missile system battalion near Bolshye Lomzaki, Nikolaev Region, and 1 Buk-M1 SAM battalion near Slavyanogorsk, Donetsk People's Republic, have been destroyed.

✈️💥Operational-tactical and army aviation have hit 2 command posts, as well as 58 areas of Ukrainian manpower and military equipment concentration.

▫️The attacks have resulted in the elimination of more than 340 nationalists and up to 62 armoured and motor vehicles.

💥Missile troops and artillery have hit 6 command posts, 295 areas of AFU manpower and military equipment concentration, 43 Ukrainian artillery and mortar units at firing positions and 2 radio-electronic warfare stations.

💥Russian air defence means have shot down 15 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles, including 1 Bayraktar-TB2, near Volchiy Yar, Borshchevka, Velikie Khutora, Malye Prokhody, Snezhkovka and Petrovskoe in Kharkov Region and Chernobaevka and Novaya Kakhovka in Kherson Region.

▫️In addition, 12 Ukrainian Smerch multiple-launch rockets have been intercepted near Topolskoe, Malaya Kamyshevakha, Semenovka, Shpakovka, Glinskoe, Snezhkovka in Kharkov Region and Chernobayevka in Kherson Region.

📊In total, 172 Ukrainian aircraft and 125 helicopters, 942 unmanned aerial vehicles, 313 anti-aircraft missile systems, 3,158 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 395 multiple launch rocket systems, 1,562 field artillery and mortars, as well as 3,026 units of special military vehicles were destroyed during the operation.

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Former President George W. Bush: “The decision of one man to launch a wholly unjustified and brutal invasion of Iraq. I mean of Ukraine.”

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Good ol'Dubya. Still putting his foot in it at 75.

Ivan Bidenko told me in Mariupol at Nakhimova Street 160, when leaving their firing points, Ukrainian snipers set fire to houses and killed civilians.

To be continued.

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Американцы думают всё-таки запретить России расплачиваться по нашим долговым обязательствам в долларах. Не самое плохое для нас решение.

Во-первых, всем понятно, что это политический дефолт, а не финансовый. Россия способна погашать любые свои обязательства в любой валюте, если не создавать ей искусственных проблем. Поэтому он никак не скажется на реальной финансовой репутации нашей страны. Следует также помнить, что подобные действия США, создающие технические помехи для исполнения обязательств, должны рассматриваться судом или как форс-мажор, или как виновное поведение кредитора.

Во-вторых, наши деньги в этом случае не получат и сами американские держатели долговых бумаг. Причём по вине своей же страны. Сильный ход Байдена, укрепляющий доверие к своей финансовой системе на фоне инфляции и энергетического кризиса.

В-третьих, можно исполнить эти обязательства в рублях, и это тоже будет надлежащее их исполнение в таких условиях.

А можно и не платить вовсе. И неистраченные деньги использовать именно на те цели, которые очень не понравятся американским маразматикам. Как говорится, he laughs best who laughs last…

The Americans are still thinking of banning Russia from paying off our debt obligations in dollars. Not the worst decision for us.

First, everyone understands that this is a political default, not a financial one. Russia is capable of repaying any of its obligations in any currency, as long as it does not create artificial problems for it. Therefore, it will not affect the real financial reputation of our country in any way. It should also be remembered that such actions of the United States, which create technical obstacles to the performance of obligations, should be considered by the court either as force majeure, or as the guilty behavior of the creditor.

Secondly, in this case, the American holders of debt securities themselves will not receive our money either. And because of their own country. Biden's strong move, building confidence in his financial system amid inflation and the energy crisis.

Thirdly, it is possible to fulfill these obligations in rubles, and this will also be their proper fulfillment in such conditions.

Or you may not pay at all. And use the unspent money for precisely those purposes that the American senile people will not like very much. As they say, he laughs best who laughs last ...

George Dubya Bush:

- I wanted Ukraine to join NATO. For a while I thought Russia would be more accommodating, but then Putin changed dramatically. All he wanted was to stay on the edge of NATO, to control that NATO was not an offensive alliance, but a defensive one. I felt Ukraine should be in the EU and in NATO;

- Secretary Baker promised not to expand NATO eastward. But that was years ago. Which means the U.S. needs to adjust to the times. It doesn't matter what we promised Gorbachev there;

- Yes, of course, I remember the Pentagon program to fund biolaboratories in Ukraine. Good thing you evacuated them, you're a smart guy;

- Yes, it doesn't matter that we promised Gorbachev in the past not to expand NATO;

If they were listening to French advisors, it explains why they surrendered....🙊

https://twitter.com/Ukraine66251776/status/1527272266559545347?s=20&t=PT912Uw7VhkE129nP9c5WQ

Well worth a listen: https://youtu.be/SaZGb5vnzkg

▫️Surrendered Azov nationalist fighters described conditions of detention.

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When do we get to see such videos from the Ukranians?

Russia has started using "Terminators" in a special operation in Ukraine.

We are talking about tank support combat vehicles (BMPT) "Terminator". This will accelerate the process of demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine, military expert Alexander Khrolenko told @SputnikLive. @AKhrolenko

"And this is bad news for the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the National Security forces, who prefer to operate in urban development."

▪️Tank support combat vehicles are increasing the shock potential of troops, the dynamics of offensive actions, and the combat stability of tank units of the Russian Armed Forces.

They make it possible to destroy Javelin and NLAW ATGM calculations more efficiently, grind echeloned defenses faster, suppress APU counterattacks in Donbass and in other directions.

The details are here.

Israel is preparing for war with Iran

▪️ Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz said that Iran is weeks away from obtaining the material needed to build a nuclear weapon. He noted that the development of Iranian ballistic missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles and other military technology have reached the point where an urgent response is needed.

▪️ In this regard, the Israel Defense Forces exercise will begin on May 29 and will last one month. All units of the armed forces, including reserve formations, will be involved.

▪️ The purpose of the exercise is to simulate war with Iran and proxy formations in Syria and Lebanon, as well as countering terrorist groups in Israeli territory. The scenario of air strikes against Iranian nuclear and military facilities will also be practiced.

▪️ Characteristically, in planning a direct confrontation, the Israeli leadership took into account the strict need for direct U.S. involvement and the availability of their advanced weapon systems on Israeli territory.

▪️ However, Washington is certainly not ready to support the Israelis yet: the Biden administration is in another "advanced" stage of negotiations on the nuclear deal with Iran. At the moment, getting involved in another conflict against the backdrop of confrontation with Russia and China is fraught with consequences in the form of a new round of economic crisis.

▪️ In order to change the mind of the American government, Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz went to Washington. He intends to hold talks on the "Iranian threat" with his American counterpart Floyd Austin and Jake Sullivan, the US president's national security advisor.

🔻 It is unlikely that the White House is now planning to go to war with Iran. Both for the U.S. and for the rest of the world, such a scenario would mean another jump in oil prices, which would have an even greater impact on inflation.

But the Israeli leadership will try to make the most of the current situation. They will focus on the precariousness of Iran's real positions in order to force the U.S. to abandon the nuclear deal.

The Israelis will try to bluff Iran's tough negotiating position in order to cover the acute socio-economic problems that are already manifesting themselves in the form of nationwide protests in the Islamic republic.

Source: https://t.me/rybar/32902

As it happened with the war in Syria the guy who runs https://liveuamap.com/ has decided to stop updating the map, all Ukrainian channels have admitted the surrenders in Azovstal and well there are thousands of videos.
If he is refusing to update on that, imagine the conquest of small villages ...
I recommend this website, the guy who runs it is from Singapore so in general he is quite neutral and does a great job.
https://defensepoliticsasia.com/
And the map only version:
https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1B1PLMhbHmG1aJ2-QNxHY1TksI6HlNhqF&ll=48.713170800586056%2C39.25227201121906&z=8

🇺🇦⚡In the Nikolaev region, Ukrainian soldiers again complain that they are not getting help.