Ukrainian-Russian war. Day 1539-1542: 🇺🇦🇷🇺
Situation north of Kharkov: During the last five days, Ukrainian army has launched a series of counter-attacks in Starytsia, enabling it to recapture much of the locality as far as the Kulma forest, where Russian forces halted Ukrainian attempts to infiltrate their lines. Infiltrations have also been reported in Hrafske and Lyman, reinforcing the view that the temporary ceasefire has served only to prepare the ground for new operations. Meanwhile, Russian army has crossed the Vovcha River and infiltrated the village of Chaikivka, where fighting continues.
Map: [ https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1V8NzjQkzMOhpuLhkktbiKgodOQ27X6IV&ll=50.274387815293764%2C36.934811918865094&z=11 ]

💀 Ukrainian defenders collect trophies from the Russian assault group they destroyed in a gun battle in the Hulyaipole area of ​​Zaporizhzhia region.

Footage from the 225th separate assault regiment.

Сегодня фанерный начальник Генштаба ВС РФ Герасимов заявил о якобы «85% контроля» над Лиманом. В реальности Россия не контролирует даже 5% города.

Теперь российскому командованию придётся любой ценой доказывать собственную пропаганду: штурмовать восточные окраины, бросать пехоту и пытаться снять кадры с флагами.

Для ВСУ это выгодно. Когда противник действует ради картинки, а не ради тактики — его действия становятся максимально предсказуемыми. Когда противник действует предсказуемо и бросает пехоту в мясные штурмы ради пропаганды — его проще перемалывать артиллерией, дронами и заранее подготовленной обороной.

Аэродром Бельбек, к вам спешат 🐝

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Ukrainian-Russian war. Day 1539-1542: 🇺🇦🇷🇺
Situation on Vilkhuvatska & Dvorichanska fronts: During the last five weeks, Ukrainian army has continued to launch successful counter-attacks in the Kolodeznensky district, managing to recapture the locality of Odradne and a number of wooded areas adjacent to the border.
Map: [ https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1V8NzjQkzMOhpuLhkktbiKgodOQ27X6IV&ll=50.05080340530255%2C37.64465955283927&z=11 ]

U.S. Army Chief of Staff General Christopher Laniv* confirmed the cancellation of the deployment to Poland of the 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team of the U.S. 1st Cavalry Division, numbering 4,000 troops.

*Christopher Laniv replaced Randy George in this position after George was dismissed in April, which caused a conflict between Army Secretary Dan Driscoll and Pete Hegseth — Driscoll had supported the dismissed George.

Laniv said that the Pentagon had issued instructions to reduce troop numbers in Europe, and together with NATO’s command in Europe they determined that the most optimal decision would be to cancel the previously planned brigade deployment, rather than withdraw units that are already deployed.**

**As a reminder, Congress prohibited the White House — and Trump signed this into law — from reducing the U.S. presence in Europe below 76,000 troops for more than 45 days.

So, this is already the third American unit affected by Trump’s decision to reduce troop numbers in Europe. And for the first time, this has affected Poland.

The full list:

▪️2nd Cavalry Regiment, V Corps; 5,000 troops; planned withdrawal from Grafenwöhr, Germany;

▪️An unnamed long-range fires battalion armed with Tomahawks; deployment to Germany canceled;

▪️2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division; 4,000 troops; deployment to Poland canceled.

The decision to cancel the deployment of 4,000 troops to Poland, just like the earlier decision to withdraw 5,000 troops from Germany, was made spontaneously, the Associated Press reports.

Many of the service members had already arrived in Poland, and many others had already packed their bags and were preparing to head to the airport. The brigade’s equipment was already in European ports, awaiting deployment.

Around 10,000 American troops are currently deployed in Poland.

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What can one say here…

Nawrocki’s excellent relationship with Trump did not help.

Poland’s highest defense spending among all NATO members — 4.7% of GDP — did not help.

The fact that Poland had no conflicts with Trump over Iran did not help.

They just decided it this way.

Europe needs to prepare for the fact that it may have to defend itself against Russia without U.S. help. It can only count on itself.

#Spain 🇪🇸: Spanish National Police has conducted an operation against a criminal group in #Cádiz.

As a result a rare CETME Model L assault rifle and Yugo Zastava M70AB2 & M70B1 assault rifles were captured.

https://x.com/i/status/2055727188071088608

🇺🇸🛢️ The Trump administration allowed a waiver that encouraged more Russian crude sales to lapse, ending a brief period where the administration eased sanctions on some Russian oil, - Bloomberg

The administration's decision may be revisited, as lobbying from Asian allies and tightness in the oil market could still prompt the administration to issue a new waiver later.

Cəbrayıl və Xocalı rayonlarına növbəti köç karvanları yola salınıb

Bu mərhələdə Cəbrayılın Şükürbəyli kəndinə 18 ailə - 77 nəfər, Xocalının Badara kəndinə 10 ailə - 33 nəfər, Təzəbinə kəndinə 10 ailə - 60 nəfər, Xanabad kəndinə 9 ailə - 33 nəfər, Ballıca kəndinə 4 ailə - 22 nəfər, Xanyurdu kəndinə 4 ailə - 18 nəfər, Daşbulaq kəndinə isə 4 ailə - 13 nəfər köçürülüb.

❗️Hezbullah announced a multilayered attack on the Israeli base in Al-Bayada using rockets, mortars, drones and FPVs from 7 pm to 7.30 pm

🦅 Drone threat in Moscow, Oryol, Bryansk, Belgorod, Smolensk, Lipetsk, Penza, Kursk, Voronezh, Kaluga, Novgorod, Rostov, Nizhny Novgorod, Tambov, Saratov, Tula, Tver regions, in the Kuban, in the Republic of Mordovia and in all TOT of Ukraine.

Provea alert on increase in forced disappearances and political repression in Venezuela during 2025 https://bit.ly/4dqTb5k

🎾🇺🇦 Ukraine's top seed Elina Svitolina won the WTA 1000 tournament in Rome for the third time.

✅ Svitolina previously won the tournament in Rome in 2017 and 2018.

🚫 Zelensky: Without Western components, Russia would not be able to produce missiles.

Zelensky said that the missiles with which the Russian Federation attacked Kyiv on May 14 were manufactured in 2026 - from components of companies from Europe, Japan and the US.

According to the president, the most effective way to put pressure on Moscow is to block all supply channels for parts for Russian missiles and drones and tighten sanctions.

❗️ Над Качей и Бельбеком слышна стрельба

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Украина на Евровидиние выступает https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYEIv2qhYAI