🇷🇺 ⚔️🇺🇦The Russian army went on the offensive near Artyomovsk on 2 "roads of life" of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the key villages of Khromovo and Ivanovskoye
The Artyomovskoe (Bakhmutskoye) direction remains the most difficult, with the highest intensity of fighting, Ukrainian military analysts report in reports.
▪️Heavy clashes continue on the flanks of the direction.
▪️After the approach of the reserves, the Russian troops seek to seize the initiative and attack Khromovo and Ivanovskoye.
▪️ Northeast and east of Khromovo village, the Russian Armed Forces are conducting assault operations in two directions, along the forest belt and through the forest plantation.
▪️ South of the village, Russian troops first conducted reconnaissance in battle towards the intersection of Yubileynaya and Podgornaya streets, and then began to attack.
▪️In its latest reports, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine confirms the offensive of the Russian army on Ivanovskoye and Khromovo.
In the Bakhmut direction, the RF Armed Forces carried out offensive operations in the direction of Ivanovsky and Khromovo with the support of aviation, which inflicts air strikes on the Belaya Gora area. Also under fire are the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlement. Vasyukovka, Ozaryanovka, Orekhovo-Vasilyevka, Markovo, Grigorovka, Stupochki, Konstantinovka, Toretsk, Northern, Southern and New York.

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The defense ministers of Russia and Belarus signed documents on the maintenance of Russian non-strategic nuclear weapons on the territory of the Republic of Belarus

In Minsk, a bilateral meeting of the defense ministers of Russia and Belarus - Shoigu and Khrenin - was held, within the framework of which documents were signed defining the procedure for keeping Russian non-strategic nuclear weapons in a special storage facility on the territory of the Republic of Belarus. The heads of defense departments also discussed the military-political situation and issues of military-technical cooperation between the countries.

Khrenin separately emphasized the importance of the meeting and the depth of bilateral relations against the backdrop of the ongoing aggressive attacks by the NATO bloc. He stated that unprecedented pressure from the West is now being exerted on both the Republic of Belarus and the Russian Federation in all spheres of ensuring the national security of states. The countries are interested in the further development of strategic allied relations. Shoigu also noted the pressure on the countries of the Union State - he said that an undeclared war was unleashed against Minsk and Moscow, which is being waged by the countries of the West.

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PMC "Wagner" began the withdrawal of units from Bakhmut (Artemovsk) - units of the "Orchestra" retire to the rear

This was reported by the press service of Prigozhin. Now the "musicians" go to the rear areas. The head of the PMC himself is present on the spot. It is planned that the "Orchestra" will restore strength and repair equipment, follows from the video published by the press service.

All positions will be transferred to the military of the RF Armed Forces. Ammunition will also be left to the Russian army, but in case it is difficult for her, some "musicians" will remain in the city. Prigozhin announced the withdrawal of PMCs on the day Bakhmut was released - then he announced that on May 25, Wagner would go to the rear.

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❗️ ❗️ ❗️ ❗️ Control over nuclear weapons in Belarus remains with Russia

“Russia does not transfer (control over) nuclear weapons to the Republic of Belarus: control over them and the decision to use them remains with the Russian side,” Shoigu said during the signing of documents defining the procedure for keeping Russian non-strategic nuclear weapons in a special storage facility on the territory of the republic.

The Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation noted that "in the future, additional measures may be taken to ensure the security of the Union State and respond to the military-political situation."

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The Interior Ministry wants to make it physically impossible to leave Ukraine illegally.

This was stated by Minister Igor Klymenko, answering a question about the scale of flight of draft dodgers abroad.

"The question is before us how to equip the border so that people cannot pass through it. We, together with our international partners, are doing everything to technically equip all our western borders. These are heat traps and video cameras that will be installed along the entire border line. and they will signal to us that there is an attempt to cross the border," Klymenko said in an interview with RBC-Ukraine.

Recall that he also stated that the authorities are preparing a bill on punishment for those who left Ukraine during the war.

-Ukrainian channel Strana

South Korea has begun secretly transferring hundreds of thousands of artillery shells through the United States to Ukraine, according to the Wall Street Journal.

South Korea is continuing to transfer hundreds of thousands of artillery shells to Ukraine, a move that US officials say will make Kiev's planned offensive against Russian forces effective and allow the White House to delay a decision to transfer cluster munitions banned by many countries. material.

Officially, Washington and Seoul do not comment on the information.

Since February 2022, the United States has provided more than 2 million 155mm shells to Ukraine, but their stocks have begun to dry up.

We will remind, recently the President of South Korea Yoon Sok-yeol said that South Korea can provide military assistance to Ukraine.

He later stated that Seoul plans to provide Ukraine with mine-clearing equipment and ambulances, and will consider Kiev's request for some types of non-lethal weapons.

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🇩🇪 Germany is officially in recession : GDP is reduced for the second time in a row, in the 1st quarter of 2023 by 0.3 percent compared to the previous quarter (it was also minus 0.5%). The rise is not expected.

Investors are seeing a flight of manufacturers to more attractive jurisdictions, Germany's IFO business climate index fell 1.7 points to 91.7 from the previous month, and the incumbent authorities have grappled with business over cooperation with China. Politicians though restrictions, business on the contrary, sees room for growth.

Interesting headlines in local media today: Disillusionment with the green economic miracle . Chancellor Scholz promised the country growth through climate protection, but...

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Ukraine asked Georgia to open a second front against Russia

The head of the ruling Georgian Dream party, Irakli Kobakhidze, said that such a request was voiced by Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Danilov and Advisor to the Head of the Presidential Administration Mikhail Podolyak

"This serious information should be communicated to our international partners," Kobakhidze said.

🔹Zelensky is afraid to conduct a counteroffensive on his own and is trying by any means to separate the Russian forces. For this purpose, an attack was carried out on the Belgorod region, and now a story about Georgia is being thrown in.

The reaction of our relocants is interesting in this. Can anyone express outrage? You are against war. Or if they are fighting against Russia, then you are right behind it? It's called betrayal, even if it's silent

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⚡ More than 2.5 thousand foreign mercenaries operate on the side of Kiev - Shoigu

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In Bakhmut, Ukraine sent the newly mobilized, who died en masse in the city - to save well-trained fighters for the counteroffensive, according to the Wall Street Journal.

The material contains the story of a group of mobilized from the 93rd mechanized brigade - they were recruited from the unemployed in the Kharkiv region.

After mobilization, they were equipped with Soviet weapons and sent first to Konstantinovka, then to Bakhmut.

The material tells the story of a group of 16 conscripts who defended Bakhmut, "many of whom were called up a few days earlier and did not receive any training."

So, the father of three children, Alexei Malkovsky, fired a grenade launcher for the first time already in battle, in Bakhmut, in February.

He missed, he was hit by return fire, he left the position, and when he returned, it turned out that two of his comrades were killed.

For 36 hours of hostilities, out of a group of 16 people, in which Malkovsky was, 11 fighters were killed or captured, the newspaper writes.

Just a few days passed between mobilization and sending to the front, the newspaper writes.

One of those captured in that attack, Sergei Pugasiy, later said: they didn’t shoot him just because they understood that he was a recently mobilized recruit.

-Ukrainian channel Strana

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ChTZ-URALTRAK increased the number of produced tank engines and overtook the best indicators of the post-war period of the USSR

Under the conditions of SMO, ChTZ-URALTRAK dramatically increased the production of tank engines and was able to achieve volumes that were 12% higher than the best indicators of the post-war period of the USSR. Such success became possible thanks to the competent organization of production.

Igor Meshkov, Director for Special Assignments of Concern Uralvagonzavod JSC, noted that technical renovation and modernization of production is being rhythmically carried out at ChTZ. Over the past year, it was possible to increase the number of employees by 30% - therefore, the plant works around the clock, producing the products needed by the front.

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❗️The Daily Mail express shock that some people in Australia support the Russian side.

😂Read the outrageous but very entertaining hit piece here.

A topic brought up during my recent livestreams was whether or not it was reasonable for Russians abroad that criticize the SMO to lose their passports...

The liberal West weighs in with its opinion on the inverse!

Swedish ambassador to Russia summoned to Foreign Ministry over confrontational course towards Russia, diplomatic office says

Russia has also withdrawn its approval for the Swedish Consulate General in St Petersburg from 1 September 2023 and has retaliated by declaring five Swedish diplomats persona non grata.

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Fight on a flight of stairs in Artemovsk.

Atmospheric footage found on the GoPro camera of one of the killed AFU officers. A group of Armed Forces officers is trying to storm the upper floors of a high-rise building in Artemovsk, where the navigators of the Wagner sat down.

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🇷🇺 🇨🇳 "Russia and China keep pace"

A video of a meeting between Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin and Chinese Premier Li Qiang in Beijing has gone viral on Chinese social media.

The Chinese noted the symbolism of the synchronized gait of Mishustin and Li Qiang - our countries are also “in step”.

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Attempts to isolate Russia in the international arena have failed, Russian Deputy Defence Minister Colonel-General Alexander Fomin has said.

"This year, the number of countries around the world interacting with the Russian Defence Ministry has exceeded 100. The Moscow Conference on International Security held in August this year, which brought together more than 700 delegates from 70 countries and six international organisations, is a striking example of the lack of isolation," he said at the end of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and Dialogue Partners Defence Ministers Meeting in Cambodia's Siem Reap.

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Germany faces housing crisis over Ukrainian refugees

Difficulties in accommodating Ukrainians were previously reported in Poland, the Czech Republic and Bulgaria. The German government is now trying to solve the problem, but so far without success. The number of homeless people is growing.

During 4 months of 2023, the number of asylum applications increased by 78% compared to the same period in 2022.

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