TheOldGuy @TheOldGuy@qoto.org

Zelenskyy comments on Russian PSYOPs and urges Ukrainians to stay calm. Ukrainska Pravda.

President Volodymyr Zelensky urges fellow Ukrainians not to fall to emotions and rumours and to trust the Defence Forces of Ukraine, as the Russian side uses the fear and anxiety of Ukrainian civilians for its own purposes.

Source: the President's evening address

Quote: "Russian PSYOPs (Psychological-informational operations) are always the energy for Russian ground operations. The occupier feeds on lies and the fear that follows the lies. Defensive battles are never easy. And they always become more difficult when the enemy manages to use fear.

So now it is safer not to be led by emotions, not to chase the headline, to double-check every news report, to look for information, not emotions or rumours, and to trust the Ukrainian Defense Forces.

Our warriors know what to do. And we are working with our partners, including our domestic Ukrainian arms production facilities, to ensure that our warriors have what they need to act."

🇺🇦@ukraine_report 🇺🇦🔱 Liz

In June, the Riksdag will vote on the government's bill on a military cooperation agreement with the United States, a so-called DCA agreement, which gives the American military the right to use 17 Swedish military bases across the country.

The agreement has been criticized because, unlike in Denmark and Norway, it lacks writings about a ban on nuclear weapons in Sweden. The government believes it is not necessary because there is a parliamentary decision that there should be no nuclear weapons on Swedish territory in peacetime.

In an interview in P1 Morgon on Monday morning, however, Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson (M) opens up that the issue can be reconsidered in the event of war in Sweden.

- In a war situation, it is a completely different matter. Should the very worst happen, the democratic countries in our part of the world must of course be able to defend themselves against countries that could threaten with nuclear weapons, he says and continues:

- But our entire NATO membership and our entire Swedish defense aim to prevent that situation from occurring. If Ukraine had been a member of NATO, they would not have been attacked by Russia.

Source Expressen

🇺🇦@ukraine_report 🇺🇦🔱 Liz

Russia dropped another 5 bombs on the Belgorod region over the past 4 days.

In March, April and May alone, the Russian Federation dropped at least 32 FABs on Russian and occupied Ukrainian regions, ASTRA found out.

On May 10, the Russian Aerospace Forces dropped 4 FABs on the Belgorod region. So, FAB-500 was found that day on the road on the way from the village of Komsomolsky to the village of Blizhnoe, Belgorod region. The bomb was destroyed on May 11, there were no casualties. In the village of Komsomolsky itself, on the morning of May 10, another FAB-500 was found. The bomb was found near a residential building on Yuzhnaya Street. Residents of nearby houses were evacuated. On May 10, a FAB-250 was found near the village of Yablochkovo. No harm done. FAB-500 was dropped on the same day near the village of Razumnoye. Residents were not evacuated and no one was injured. On May 11, FAB-250 was found in Novaya Tavolzhanka on the territory of Novaya Zarya LLC. The ammunition was destroyed on May 11, there were no casualties. Local authorities, as always, chose to hide all 5 cases without publicly reporting them.

On May 4, a Russian plane dropped an FAB-500 on Belgorod , as a result of which 7 people were injured, 31 households and 10 cars were damaged. The Russian authorities again hid the cause of this incident .

On April 5, the Russian military dropped a FAB-250 in the occupied part of the Kherson region - 5 km from the village of Novoukrainka in the Novotroitsky district.

🇺🇦@ukraine_report 🇺🇦🔱admin team

🔥A serious fire occurred on the ship "M.V. Lomonosov", which is being repaired in the port of Arkhangelsk Russia.

The deck of the ship is completely engulfed in fire, the fire area is more than 900 square meters. Smoke from the fire can be seen several kilometers away.

In May last year there was already a fire on board the ship during repairs. The hold was on fire and the fire damaged the walls of the engine room.

They are trying to put out the fire with the help of 10 units of equipment, and almost 40 firefighters are also working on the spot.

🇺🇦@ukraine_report 🇺🇦🔱 Liz

According to Yonhap, North Korea plans to supply Russia with its latest 240-mm Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) for use in the conflict against Ukraine.

The report indicates that Pyongyang is accelerating the development of ammunition for these systems, anticipating their deployment in actual combat in Ukraine before potentially targeting South Korea.

The updated MLRS boasts high mobility, concentrated firepower, and an automatic integrated fire control system. It is slated to be introduced into service with units of the Korean People's Army as replacement equipment between 2024 and 2026.

North Korea may have sent around 6,700 containers of missiles to russia, — Yonhap News Agency.

Since September 2023, North Korea could have supplied the terrorist country russia with about 6,700 containers of weapons to wage war against Ukraine. These are mainly artillery ammunition and missiles for multiple launch rocket systems.

South Korea's National Intelligence Service believes that the North Korea is transferring weapons produced in the 1970s to russia.

@ukrainejournal

The reports from the Commander-in-Chief and the Minister of Defense regarding the situation in all the most intense directions. In the Kharkiv region, our counterattacks are ongoing, we've provided reinforcement in that area, in particular, in Vovchansk and the border areas in general. Brigadier General Mykhailo Drapatyi is in charge of this direction directly on the ground, and he is provided with the necessary munitions and forces. Now we are getting more and more results, destroying the occupier's infantry and machinery. I am grateful to all our warriors who are strictly following orders, holding their ground and doing everything to stabilize the situation. At the same time, we understand the enemy's actions and their plan to divert our forces. Of course, we do not leave the Donetsk direction without the necessary support and supplies, namely the Kramatorsk and Pokrovsk sectors. Constant attention is paid to the Kupyansk sector. We also observe hostile activity against Sumy and Chernihiv regions – subversive groups and shelling. We are responding with fire, as we should. Our task is crystal clear – to thwart Russia's attempt to expand the war. The fulfillment of this task depends literally on everyone who is on the ground – from Chernihiv to Vovchansk, from Kharkiv to Donetsk.

There must be no safe place for the occupier on the Ukrainian land. As well as in our sky. Today we are thankful for the downing of the Russian Su-25 in the Donetsk region. Guys from the 110th separate mechanized brigade. Well done, guys!

Alexey Milchakov, war criminal, co-leader and co-founder of the Rusich Group, that operated from 2022 within the Wagner Group, calls for the killing of prisoners of war

He says that he hasn't taken Ukrainians prisoner since 2014, but killed them right away.

Milchakov is known for torturing and executing Ukrainian prisoners of war. He has repeatedly been photographed against the backdrop of dead Ukrainian soldiers.

🪐 Subscribe to Live: Ukraine

"A crowd of security forces in Georgia brutally beat a detained protester. After which he is passed through the so-called "caridor", where on the way to the paddy wagon he is kicked and beaten."

This is the price of freedom and democracy. I’ll tell you who doesn’t know, in Georgia there is a rally against the adoption of laws on foreign agents like in Russia, Georgians do not want dictatorship and pressure from the government.

Alexey Milchakov, war criminal, co-leader and co-founder of the Rusich Group, that operated from 2022 within the Wagner Group, calls for the killing of prisoners of war

He says that he hasn't taken Ukrainians prisoner since 2014, but killed them right away.

Milchakov is known for torturing and executing Ukrainian prisoners of war. He has repeatedly been photographed against the backdrop of dead Ukrainian soldiers.

More than 60 new models of small arms are already in service with our military from March 2022!

Among them are world hits, such as the MG3, M-240, Barrett MRAD, CZ Scorpion EVO 3A1, as well as novelties of domestic production, including the UAR-15 rifle and the Laska-K2 machine gun.

In 2024, the Ministry of Defense also approved almost 20 new weapons, including FN Minimi, HK 416, Browning M-2 and others.

We continue to modernize and replenish the arsenal of our military to provide them with effective means of defense.

🇺🇦

- Ministry of Defense of Ukraine

https://mil.in.ua/en/news/63rd-brigade-destroyed-10-tanks-and-infantry-fighting-vehicles-of-the-invaders/

Any other country they would prohibit dropping glide bombs over populated areas. But life is cheap in Russia.

https://mil.in.ua/en/news/russian-bombs-continue-to-rain-down-in-belgorod-oblast-house-destroyed/

Alexey Milchakov, war criminal, co-leader and co-founder of the Rusich Group, that operated from 2022 within the Wagner Group, calls for the killing of prisoners of war

He says that he hasn't taken Ukrainians prisoner since 2014, but killed them right away.

Milchakov is known for torturing and executing Ukrainian prisoners of war. He has repeatedly been photographed against the backdrop of dead Ukrainian soldiers.

🪐 Subscribe to Live: Ukraine

📍 Kharkiv Oblast, May 13.

▪️ No strikes were recorded in the city of Kharkiv during the day.

▪️ More than 30 settlements of Kharkiv region were hit by enemy artillery and mortar attacks: Liptsi, Vesele, Neskuchne, Staritsa, Zarichne, Zeleny Yar, Gontarivka, Tomakhivka, Yurchenkove, Vovchansk and others. Aviation bombardments were subjected, for example, Liptsi, Neskuchne, Staritsa and others.

▪️ 6:25 p.m. Mali Prohody Kharkiv district. The house was on fire as a result of the shelling.

▪️ 1:00 p.m. One private house was damaged and a 46-year-old woman was injured as a result of shelling from multiple rocket-propelled grenades.

▪️ 10:30 a.m. Liptsi of Kharkiv district. As a result of shelling of the KAB, a communal educational institution was hit.

🔻 m. Raisins, a 69-year-old man was injured as a result of the detonation of the ammunition.

▪️ On May 12, as a result of a series of massive shelling in the city of Vovchansk with various types of weapons, private houses were damaged. 7 people were injured.

🔹 During the past day, Ukrainian troops in the Kupyansk direction repelled 9 attacks, in particular in the areas of Petropavlivka, Berestov, Kharkiv region;

🔹 In the Kharkiv direction, 12 attacks were repelled, in particular in the areas of Lukyantsi, Vovchansk, Bugruvatkata, etc. Kharkiv region;

⏺ So far, 1,695 local residents have been evacuated from Chuguyiv district, 2,589 from Kharkiv district, 44 from Bogoduhiv district, and 1,434 people have been evacuated by volunteers.

🚨 A total of 5,762 people were evacuated.

Russians forcibly detained and continue to detain people in the Vovchansk area.

They locked locals in a basement on May 11, 2024. Some of them managed to escape and reach volunteers on May 13.

The victims said that during their stay in the basement, they heard the occupiers talking about shooting civilians. People were also forced to provide medical assistance to the occupiers.

The prosecutor's office has already launched an investigation into the fact of civilian captivity.

Imagine what Russians are doing on occupied Ukrainian lands...

📹: Suspilne Kharkiv

Lukashenko said that no one needs the dollar and the euro, and they will “soon collapse”

“Now no one needs either the dollar or the euro. And this is not only in BelaruZ and ruZZia - this is already in many countries. <..> I say that because I have talked to many leaders.”

The self-proclaimed dictator of BelaruZ claims that the relevance of these currencies has fallen, “especially after talk that ruZZia would have gold and foreign exchange reserves stolen from them, assets that they kept in the West.”

The journalists all nod and agree, of course 😏

Funny enough, if you follow the desperate intents of the Z-Central Bank to support the Z-ruble or remember that a US dollar cost in 1999, when Russia was insolvent, between 22 and 27 rubles. Last year you had to pay over 100 rubles and now it is around 93, and around 100 for a Euro!
Not to mention the yuan is slowly expanding in ruZZia as second currency. But yeah, dream on!

@ukrainejournal

Appeal of the Legion "Freedom of Russia" to the military personnel of the Russian Armed Forces.

The absurd “Kharkov operation” has already taken thousands of lives of your brothers-in-arms. But you don't have to stay in a nameless planting forever.

You can surrender and live. You can come over to our side. You have the right not to carry out a criminal order. We announce the start of the “Path of Honor” program for the safe surrender of Russians. We guarantee safe exit from the battlefield, food, medical care and the right to choose. You can remain safe in captivity or go over to the side of the Russian liberation forces - the Legion "Freedom of Russia", the Russian Volunteer Corps or the Siberian Battalion. Many military personnel of Putin’s army, understanding what the command of the flayers is leading to, have already completed their service in the criminal army with honor, surrendering or going over to our side.

Please contact us using the contacts below. Save your life.

Telegram: @Path_of_honor
Signal: path_of_honor.01
Mail: Path_of_honor@proton.me
WhatsApp: +380666361603

@ukrainejournal

✈️ American F-16s can help recapture Crimea – military analyst

By targeting russian ground-based air defense systems, Ukraine is "preparing the way" for future airstrikes upon the arrival of F-16 fighters. Defense expert and analyst at the Hague Center for Strategic Studies, Frederic Mertens, stated this in a commentary to Business Insider.

He added that the russians have relatively limited room for maneuver on the peninsula, replenishing their supplies depends on the Kerch Bridge, and “Putin has a lot to lose here, both politically and militarily.”

In addition, F-16s, combined with US-provided long-range ATACMS, could make Crimea “militarily insignificant” for russia, the publication writes.

@ukrainejournal

In Germany, NATO countries are being proposed to assist in shooting down drones over Ukraine to alleviate the burden on Ukrainian air defense, reports the German publication FAZ.

Experts from the Munich Security Conference, including Niko Lange and former assistant NATO Secretary General Horst-Heinrich Braus, suggest that deploying air defense systems in Poland and Romania could create a secure zone up to 70 kilometers wide.

Several German political parties support this proposition. They argue that the involvement of neighboring countries' air defense systems would aid Ukraine without directly engaging NATO countries in the conflict.

Roderich Kiesewetter, a member of the opposition Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party, emphasizes that such support would relieve pressure on Ukrainian air defense, allowing it to focus on protecting the front lines. He also points out that providing assistance does not automatically make states parties to the conflict, citing Israel as an example.
@ukrainejournal