Ukrainians destroyed two Tu-142 aircraft at Taganrog airport. But of course, Russians have a different explanation for their audience. Z-Blogger "Fightbomber":"The details have arrived. These are Tu-142MK and Tu-142MR aircraft, which were flown in for repairs in 1998 and 2002 from Mykolaiv, Ukraine.

I think everyone sees that Russia's recent territorial gains have been truly minimal. That's why the Kremlin has intensified its various threats. They mention nuclear weapons, Belarus joining the war, or the destruction of Kyiv. Most ignore these threats.

#Huliaipole Ukrokkupant has once again provided some important information on the fighting in this direction. Overall, fighting continues in a large gray zone (with a range of up to 7 km) west of Huliaipole. These are mainly tactical engagements, and neither side has been able to consolidate gains.

For some time now, more and more news has been appearing in the news media about a possible Belarusian attack on Ukraine. Colonel Mashovets analyzed the Belarusian army's capabilities and the prospects for a possible attack and reached some interesting conclusions:

Russia: We will strike the decision-making centers, all of you flee Kiev. Foreign diplomats: We will not flee anywhere. Russia: However, we will not strike the decision-making centers, because they are not decision-making centers... 🤪 www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/202...

Well, no one in the world cared about Russia's announcements about the destruction of Kyiv and the calls to flee the Ukrainian capital. But what do Z-Bloggers say about this? "Yaroslavsky infantryman" states: "In short, no one in the world respects our Ministry of Foreign Affairs,

This time, I'm truly shocked. If even the most nationalistic and fanatically devoted to the current Kremlin regime are writing posts like this, it must mean something. I'm attaching what DSzRG "Rusich" posted on Telegram today:

Z-Blogger Radov: "The real problem with these costly retaliatory attacks is the catastrophic shortage of MAVIKs and FPVs on the front. Ukrainians outnumber us two or three times, which is why the famous spring-summer offensive has simply turned into a protracted,

A Ukrainian soldier nicknamed Alex: "The missile attacks on the entire country tonight, and on the capital in particular, reflect the efforts of the highest military and political commands of the Russian Federation to demonstrate at least some kind of victory and

During today's airstrike in Ukraine, Russia launched the Oreshnik again. It seems even Z-Bloggers no longer believe it's effective. Radov: "There's some kind of obsession with this Oreshnik. I have two questions:

This year, Russia will hold Duma elections. Currently, primaries are underway for Putin's party, United Russia. Political consultant Aksyutenko describes the process: "Even in the preliminary voting, United Russia won't escape manipulation and administrative pressure.

#Pokrovsk Ukrokkupant reports that Ukrainians have withdrawn from both Pokrovsk and Myrnohrad. A few isolated positions remain in the cities, but this is not an organized defense.

#Zaporizhzhia after driving the Russians out of Stepnohirsk, the AFU continues its offensive on this direction. Petrenko geolocated the positions of Ukrainian troops in the gorge on the north-western approaches to Kamianske, the front line is slowly returning to its shape from 2022.

Z-Blogger Dmitry Borisenko, please note the reactions under the post, almost everyone thinks he's right: "They won't show the president something like that. He has a piece of paper that says the Ukrainian armed forces are on the brink of disaster... But here's the truth from the trenches...

According to the "Kartograf" channel, in the second decade of May, Russian gains on the front amounted to: 11/05-0.55 km2 12/05-8.30 km2 13/02-0 km2 14/05-0.67 km2 15/05- -13.00 km2 (profit UA) 16/05-0 km2 17/05-0 km2 18/05-5.30 km2 19/05-0 km2 20/05 0 km2 TOTAL: 14.82 km2, or about 1.5 km2 per day.

For several days, there has been a controversy over the suspension of the rotation of the US armored brigade stationed in Poland. Yesterday, US President Donald Trump announced the dispatch of an additional 5,000 US troops to my country.

As a reminder, today marks the third anniversary of the RuAF's capture of Bakhmut. From this city to Khasiv Yar, which both armies are still fighting for, is approximately 12 km. The pace of the Russian offensive on this section of the front is therefore 4 km per year.

Facts: The Deep State map was last updated on the morning of May 13th. More than a week has passed since then, and the Russians haven't captured a square meter of Ukrainian territory. The last time this happened was probably during the Ukrainian offensive in Zaporizhzhia in 2023.

#Vovchansk Today, the Russian Ministry of National Defense continued its tradition of "liberating" a village every day and announced that brave Russian units had captured Volokhivka, east of Vovchansk. A video was attached as proof.

Today, Bloomberg reported that the dollar has reached 72.6 rubles, a level last seen in February 2023. I don't think anyone doubts that this isn't the market rate, but one artificially maintained by the Russian Central Bank. However, the question arises: why is this happening?

#Kupyansk-#Lyman A few days ago, Gerasimov once again led a verbal offensive westward and provided some very "interesting" information about the situation on the front, surprising even Z-Bloggers. I wrote about this in the attached post. bsky.app/profile/madr...

Another interesting post from Z-Blogger, this time from one of the larger channels called "Veteran's Notes": "Underestimating the enemy and spreading hatred have led to what we see now: war is coming to our cities.And if you continue to listen to the "turbo guards" who say everything is going great,

#Kostiantynivka Colonel Mashovets has reached some interesting conclusions regarding the current RuAF operations in this area, which I will try to summarize. The left wing of the AG "South" is bogged down in the Kostiantynivka area. All Russian advances in this area are currently measured

Even Z-Bloggers ignore the nonsense of Gerasimov and the Ministry of National Defense. Here Aslan Nakhushev's interesting post. Of course, the losses he reported on both sides are fiction, but the situation on the frontline he presents is very much a reality:

Z-Blogger Strelkov (nickname Girkin) on the law passed by the State Duma on the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation to protect Russian citizens abroad: "Empty threats scare no one. A truly serious person acts first, then declares. The same applies to the state.

Z-Blogger "Putin's Time": "A war correspondent nicknamed Osetin on the changing atmosphere of the Air Defense Forces. It never ceases to amaze me how we've reached the point where the Moscow mayor's Telegram channel has become the capital's air defense channel." Oops 😁

The Russian spring offensive is proceeding so dynamically that the DS hasn't seen the need to update the maps for three days. Then Gerasimov arrives and takes control of 85% of Lyman and "liberates" Borova (according to Z-Blogger Kotenok's attached map, that's 5 km from the front line). Wow 🤪🤡

Z-Blogger "Hedgehog": "According to data from the All-Russian Public Opinion Research Center (VCIOM), the happiness index of Russians has fallen to its lowest level in almost 15 years. April's happiness index was 52 points, 4 points less than in March.

Official data: Russia's budget deficit at the end of April reached nearly 6 trillion rubles (the target for this year is 3.8 trillion rubles). Note that despite the high price of oil, revenues have not increased at all compared to last year, while spending is soaring....

According to the "Kartograf" channel, in the first decade of May, Russian gains on the front amounted to: 01/05- 0 km2 02/05- 5.02 km2 03/02- 2.18 km2 04/05- 2.66 km2 05/05 - 0 km2 06/05- 2.36 km2 07/05- 0 km2 08/05- 0 km2 09/05- 0 km2 10/05- 0.61 km2 TOTAL: 12.83 km2, or about 1.3 km2 per day.

The video was posted on "X" by Denys Kazansky. I won't translate the whole thing, as it wouldn't make sense. I'll just point out that in 2022, Putin refers to a "gang of drug addicts and neo-Nazis who have taken up residence in Kyiv," and in 2026, he says "Mr. Zelensky." Interesting...

Another interesting post by Radov: "I looked through the Ministry of National Defense report, and it still says that 3-4 tanks and a dozen artillery pieces are destroyed daily... It's strange that Khokhols haven't run out of that yet." They seem to be starting to suspect they're being cheated... 😁

#Oleksandrivka Z-Blogger Radov: "Border with Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. The enemy is still advancing towards Piddubny. One of the two units managed to enter the village. Several Ukrainian units also took up positions in ditches along the road." On the map, the DS is about 4 km east of the front line!!!!

#Vovchansk Videos recently appeared in Russian media showing drone attacks on Ukrainian positions in the northern part of the village of Vilcha, south of Vovchansk.

I must admit that this time I underestimated the Russians' ingenuity. I'm attaching a thread where I wondered what they would do with the T-72A tanks withdrawn from storage, and I concluded that they would convert them into BMPT-72 support vehicles. bsky.app/profile/madr...

Z-Blogger "Fightbomber": "These idiots have presented their knowledge of the air defense positions around Moscow, and, first of all, it's epic. Although, judging by the markings, there should be ten times more of them. Because even if we assume that the R-RR designation includes,

Remember those Russian flag raids, where the raising of a flag meant the capture of a given village by the RuAF? I guess these raids are starting to run out of volunteers, as the Russians have come up with other ideas to "liberate" subsequent settlements.

Facts that have happened over the past month: 1.Moldova withdraws from the Commonwealth of Independent States, 2.The Slovak Prime Minister supports Ukraine's accession to the EU and refrains from participating in the Moscow Victory Parade, 3.Azerbaijan signs several defense agreements with Ukraine,

Someone tell that to that dreamer Dmitriev who thinks Europe will beg Russia for energy... 🤡🤪 report.az/en/domestic-...

#Dobropillia reports from other Z-Bloggers (which I wrote about this morning) are confirmed. The AFU has likely begun unspecified offensive operations in this direction and in the Pokrovsk sector. For now, we're monitoring. 👀👀

#Pokrovsk Z-Blogger "DONTSTOPWAR" confirms that the battle for the city is still ongoing: "Positional fighting is ongoing in the Krasnoarmeysk area. Khokhols positions near the electrical substation near Bilytske came under fire.

Today, the Z-blogger Yuri Kotenok, whom I've often quoted, wrote a very long and outraged post regarding President Zelensky's information about a planned drone attack on Moscow on May 9th. I won't quote all of this nonsense, but will focus on two aspects:

#Huliaipole. Surprisingly, Ukrainian units are still in the city, despite the Russian MoD declaring its "liberation" almost six months ago. However, the Ukrainian presence in Huliaipole is operationally irrelevant. So, what is the situation in this area? Let's try to briefly describe it.

#Zaporizhzhia I'm attaching a video of Ukrainian aircraft attacking Russian positions in the high-rise buildings on the southern outskirts of Stepnohirsk. As a reminder, the Russian Ministry of National Defense "liberated" this town at the end of last year.

It seems another country is sensing Russia's weakness.... www.facebook.com/share/p/1D8b...

In April, Russian casualties per 1 km2 of captured territory amounted to 225 soldiers. The last time the Russians recorded such high losses was in the first months of 2024, i.e. almost two years ago.

As you can see in the graphic posted by DS, over the last four months, the Russians have occupied 672 square kilometers. The last time the RuAF occupied fewer square kilometers for four months in a row was in early 2024, two years ago. We are observing...

Another interesting post by Z-Blogger, this time "Za Derjavy", perhaps even Z-patriots are starting to see their country's current situation realistically: "Apparently, we are incapable of waging a war of attrition, or rather, we have abandoned it due to the army's inability to conduct coordinated

ATTENTION!!!! For several days now, there have been attempts to hacks the accounts of Polish journalists covering the war in Ukraine on the "X" portal (I think we know who's behind this...). I recommend that anyone with an account there be vigilant and respond to warning emails.

#Kherson in this direction the Dnieper River separates the two fighting sides, therefore there are no direct offensive actions here. However, this doesn't mean that nothing is happening there, and today Ukrokkupant described the activities on this section of the front: