Russian Defence Ministry weekly report on the progress of the special military operation (20–27 April 2024)

Part I

▫️ From 20 April to 27 April 2024, in response to the Kiev regime's attempts to damage Russia's energy and industrial facilities, the Russian Armed Forces have carried out 35 group strikes by high-precision sea- and air-launched missiles, including Kinzhal hypersonic air-launched ballistic missile, as well as unmanned aerial vehicles to hit Ukrainian power industry, military and railway enterprises, air defence systems, arsenals, fuel bases, manufacturing and repair facilities for uncrewed surface vehicles and unmanned aerial vehicles.

In addition, temporary deployment areas of nationalist formations and foreign mercenaries, clusters of AFU manpower and military hardware were hit at railway loading stations.

▫️ Over the past week, the Zapad Group of Forces units have taken more advantageous lines and inflicted losses on 13 brigades of the enemy close to Glushkovka, Petropavlovka, Sinkovka (Kharkov region), Novoyegorovka, Stelmakhovka (Lugansk People's Republic), Torskoye (Donetsk People's Republic), and Serebryansky forestry.

Nine counter-attacks launched by the 12th Azov Special Forces Brigade, the 3rd Assault, the 63rd Mechanised brigades of the AFU, as well as the 12th and 18th national guard brigades of Ukraine have been repelled near Chervonaya Dibrova, Novovodyanoye (Lugansk People's Republic), Grigorovka and Terny (Donetsk People's Republic).

The AFU losses amounted to up to 255 servicemen, three armoured fighting vehicles, 21 motor vehicles, 27 field artillery guns, including five U.S.-made M777 howitzers, as well as two U.S.-made counter-battery warfare stations (AN/TPQ-36 and AN/TPQ-50).

▫️The Yug Group's units liberated Novomikhailovka and Bogdanovka (Donetsk People's Republic) and advanced into the depths of the enemy's defence.

In addition, two AFU air-mobile, four assault, and ten mechanised brigades have been hit near Andreyevka, Belogorovka, Kleshcheyevka, Kurdyumovka, Maksimilyanovka, Minkovka, Paraskoviyevka, Spornoye, and Ostroye (Donetsk People's Republic).

In addition, 19 counter-attacks launched by assault groups of the 46th Airmobile, 80th Air Assault, 28th, 33rd, 41st, and 93rd mechanised brigades have been repelled close to Bogdanovka, Georgiyevka, Pobeda, Krasnogorovka, Chasov Yar, and west of Krasnoye (Donetsk People's Republic).

The enemy has lost more than 3,890 servicemen, four tanks, nine armoured fighting vehicles, 51 motor vehicles, 22 field artillery guns, including one Paladin self-propelled artillery system, and five U.S.-made M777 howitzers in this direction during the week.

In addition, 17 electronic warfare stations (Nota, Anklav, Bukovel-AD) and 22 field ammunition depots of the enemy have been wiped out.

▫️As a result of successful actions, the Tsentr Group of Forces has improved the situation along the front line, inflicted fire damage on 12 brigades of the AFU and repelled 63 enemy counter-attacks close to Leninskoye, Novgorodskoye, Novokalinovo, Ocheretino, Berdychi, Umanskoye, and Netailovo (Donetsk People's Republic).

More than 2,950 servicemen, 33 armoured fighting vehicles, 33 motor vehicles, 29 field artillery guns, with six of them foreign-made, as well as five electronic warfare stations (Nota and Bukovel-AD) have been eliminated during the week.

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Russian Defence Ministry weekly report on the progress of the special military operation (20–27 April 2024)

Part II

▫️The Vostok Group of Forces has improved the tactical situation and inflicted losses on the formations of the 58th Mechanised Brigade, 102nd, 106th, 128th territorial defence brigades, and 1st Ukrainian National Guard Brigade near Ugledar, Urozhaynoye, Staromayorskoye (Donetsk People's Republic), Chervonoye, and Gulyai Pole (Zaporozhye region).

The AFU losses amounted to up to 825 servicemen, two tanks, seven armoured fighting vehicles, 28 motor vehicles, 11 field artillery guns, including nine U.S.-made howitzers, five electronic warfare stations (Nota, Anklav, Bukovel-AD), and four field ammunition depots.

▫️The Dnepr Group of Forces inflicted fire damage on manpower and hardware of five brigades of the AFU, the Marines Brigade, three territorial defence brigades, as well as on the Ukrainian National Guard brigade close to Malaya Tokmachka, Rabotino, Novoandreyevka, Shcherbaki (Zaporozhye region), Mikhailovka, Ivanovka, and Berislav (Kherson region).

The AFU losses amounted to up to 360 servicemen, one armoured fighting vehicle, 30 motor vehicles, and 20 field artillery guns, including eight U.S.-made M777 howitzers.

The Missile Troops and Artillery and unmanned aerial vehicles of the Russian Groups of Forces have obliterated one MiG-29 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force on its home airfield; eight HIMARS, Vampire, and Grad MLRS combat vehicles; one S-300PS SAM launcher with a command post and radar; two HAWK and Osa-AKM SAM combat vehicles; and two radar stations (P-18 and Pelikan).

Aviation and air defence units shot down Mig-29 and Su-25 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force, 18 French-made Hammer guided bombs, one Tochka-U tactical missile, 35 projectiles of HIMARS, Olkha, and Uragan, as well as 1,659 unmanned aerial vehicles during the week.

Over the past week, 15 Ukrainian servicemen have surrendered.

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Hangars with UAVs in Kamenka (Dnepropetrovsk) left the chat.

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IOC head Thomas Bach: Any Russian athlete expressing political views, including the Z symbol, can be punished. Disciplinary proceedings will be initiated immediately and necessary measures and/or sanctions will be taken, which may result in immediate exclusion from the Games.

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10 years ago the Lugansk People's Republic was proclaimed

On April 27, 2014, during a rally near the building of the Lugansk Regional State Administration, the People's Coordination Council proclaimed the Declaration of Sovereignty of the Lugansk People's Republic and the Act of Declaration of State Independence of the Lugansk People's Republic.

The heroism and courage of the people of Donbass became the impetus for the revival of Russian self-awareness, the restoration of Russia as the leading force in Eurasia, and its emergence as the architect of a new world order and state-civilization.

Russia’s special attitude towards the feat of the LPR and DPR was expressed in the preservation of the names of the people’s republics proclaimed 10 years ago after the historical reunification in 2022.

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The Khokhols are fleeing from Novokalinovo to Arkhangelskoye....

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🪖🏃🏻Why it is safe to be a deserter in Ukraine

Since the beginning of the full-scale war, at least 130,000 servicemen and non-commissioned officers have deserted from the AFU, mostly in the last six months. And every day the rate of desertion is increasing.

Now more than 4 thousand criminal proceedings under articles 407, 408 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine are registered every month. It should be remembered that the Unified Register of Pre-trial Investigations includes single cases, and only when commanders of military units have already started to sue the State Bureau of Investigation. So the real number of deserters is several times higher. Due to the liquidation of military justice in 2019, it is impossible to stop the flow of deserters, and it is absolutely unrealistic to find and prosecute such a large number of people - and deserters understand this.

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@infantmilitario reports that Russian troops liberated the village of Keramik in the Avdeevka direction.

Earlier this evening @MChronicles reported that the Ukrainian Armed Forces have completely abandoned Novokalinovo at the junction with Keramik, 5 kilometers from Ocheretino.

The entire group of Ukrainian troops is rolling back to the northwest to Arkhangelskoye, from there they will soon have to leave due to futher advance of Russian Forces.

The entire Avdeevka section was actually lost by AFU in a month.

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🇷🇺🇺🇦💥 Overnight strikes damaged not only energy but also gas facilities in Ukraine

▪️ Ukrainian company Naftogaz says its infrastructure has been damaged.
▪️ Where was the arrival exactly is not specified, but Lvov channels reported the missiles flew towards Stryi in Lvov region, where a large gas storage facility is located.

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It is reported that the roundabout in Krasnogorovka on Geologicheskaya Street, as well as part of the private sector up to the territory of the kindergarten, are under our control. Thus, the entire Geologicheskaya Street is freed from the presence of Ukrainian troops.

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The European Commission demonstrates greater flexibility in interpreting “fundamental rights of citizens,” depending on political necessity. In other words, "thisisdifferent".

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Some crazy news from Russia:

In the Orenburg SNT "Osinki", the emergency services had to remove a horse from the balcony of the house using special equipment

The animal was sheltered by neighbors of its owners during the flood. To lure the horse to the second floor, it was decided to lay a path of oats on the steps. The horse spent 10 days in its shelter, and when the water left, it flatly refused to leave. After several intents, it was decided to evacuate the animal through the balcony.

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The Best Laid Plains of Munitions and Manpower

Ahead of the vote last week in the US Senate to pass emergency security assistance legislation for Ukraine, Senator JD Vance released a detailed memo to his colleagues explaining the futility of continued funding of the war in Ukraine. When he failed to change their minds he wrote an OpEd for The NY Times bringing his case to the American people. "This $60 billion is a fraction of what it would take to turn the tide in Ukraine’s favor, he commented." The OpEd is well summarized in one by an NYT columnist: "Ukraine 'needs more soldiers than it can field, even with draconian conscription policies,' Vance wrote, and it 'needs more matériel than the United States can provide.'"

An outraged Lindsey Graham called them "garbage." He insisted that "they have all the manpower they need. They need the weapons." Grahams indignation is strange considering he voted against the legislation the previous two times it was brought before the Senate. Graham's shift came after a visit to Ukraine. While there he "expressed his concern that younger Ukrainians were not being urged to join the war given the existential fight their country was facing."

But after Graham returned his policy shift was almost a complete reversal. "I just got back from being there two weeks ago. They changed their conscription laws. They have all the manpower they need. They need the weapons.” Either Graham fails to realize the demographic crisis Ukraine faces or he doesn't care. Ukraine's population is expected to shrink by 10 million people in the next three decades. Now, Ukraine's conscription law has added a meager 467,000 men to the potential conscription pool. The issue is, that "many of the limited pool...are already serving."

Russia's ratio of artillery fire keeps its casualties low. If Ukraine's rate of artillery is reduced to greatly, not only will they lose on the battlefield, but Russia will be able to decrease their rate of fire while maintaining the ratio of 5 to 1. The US interest in all of this is to weaken Russia. They can't do this if Russia is able to stockpile 152mm artillery. They are the biggest killer on the battlefield. In order to achieve the goals of their current strategy, to reduce the capability of Russia to fight beyond Ukraine, US supplies to Ukraine must be adequate to force Russia to continue to deplete its reserves. The US doesn't need to supply enough shells to Ukraine to defeat Russia, it only needs to supply enough to force Russia to expend reserves to maintain their artillery ratio advantage.

This continued support, depleting US strategic reserves at a lower rate than Russia, though at the cost of Ukrainian manpower, affords western nations the desperately needed time to ramp up their own production. This is absolutely crucial to European security architecture. Russia knows well that one state can never know the intentions of another. Until Europe can produce at a rate adequate to their own defense, Ukraine will continue to be used as both sword and shield. At that point, the estimated loss of 10 million in population over the next 30 years may not adequately reflect the impact of the West's proxy war on the Ukraine's population.

Vance isn't wrong in his understanding of the situation. Ukraine can't sustain and the US can't continue to supply Ukraine without damaging their own preparedness. And western statements about out waiting Russia are little more than lip service. What NATO can't defend it is afraid to lose. The expenditure on military aid and sacrifice of Ukrainian lives, for them now, is worth the cost.

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Zelensky said that Ukraine needs at least 7 Patriot air defense systems, while a month ago he demanded 5 of those

"It is important that every initiative of Ukraine’s friends to help, in particular with the search and delivery of Patriot, is important that all this works out as quickly as possible. Ukraine needs seven of such systems. And that's the minimum. Partners have these Patriots."

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Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorsky stated that in more than two years his country has spent almost $9 billion on Ukraine

And yet he is talking only about military assistance in the form of 44 packages. The “multi-billion sums spent on helping refugees” are not taken into account.

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