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Russian troops advance south of Chasov Yar - Bild “In the center and in the north, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are holding the line, but on the southern flank, Russian forces managed to cross the Seversky Donets-Donbass canal and advance towards the city,” the publication writes. Analyst Röpke noted that it is now only a matter of time before the Russian Armed Forces enter the populated area from the east or south.

This is the plan of the "hegemon"-the United States: European countries themselves, without the participation of NATO, should send their troops to Ukraine for war with Russia. Thus, Article 5 of the NATO charter does not work and the United States will remain aloof from this war. That's what they think. As Putin thinks, we will see. 🤡 British MP, ex-Minister of the Armed Forces James Hippy - that NATO will have to send its troops to Ukraine: "There is no such table in which it would be written that they need 1,000 tanks, they need 300 fighters, they need 2,000 artillery pieces, and then they will win. It doesn't work that way. [Then do we need British troops on the ground?] In Western Ukraine, to conduct training, yes. Macron was right when he put forward this idea. Because the idea that you're going to rotate Ukrainian brigades from the front line and take them a thousand miles behind the lines to Germany or Poland to train them in this high level of combined maneuver, I just don't think it's realistic. I don't think the Ukrainian generals can afford to keep them off the front line for so long. Therefore, I think that the next big step forward is not the capabilities in the form of a weapon system or something else, the next big step is the arrival of the military in Western Ukraine to conduct this combined training."

Russia is behaving unsportsmanlike again: Bild writes that at an exhibition in Moscow they demonstratively humiliated the German Leopard tank - “by demonstratively bending its gun” as a symbol of defeat. Something like this, of course, was to be expected; these Russians drove Hitler to suicide. 😭

Italian journalist, former member of the European Parliament Michele Santoro: “The Donbass problem is not the main problem. The main problem is to give Putin guarantees that he can be safe in his own country. Therefore, the United States, China, Russia and Zelensky must sit down and finally decide to agree on an international security framework that would apply to everyone. The problem of Donbass arises at this very moment.” This is exactly how it was in 2021, when Russia presented the US and NATO with demands for security guarantees. What did the US and NATO answer then? They said that Russia must first defeat them in the war. This war has begun and continues. So, all negotiations will take place after the inevitable Russian victory and the end of the war.

Moscow: WE ARE OPENED! More than 30 samples of military equipment fighting against our fighters from 12 countries are presented: - German Leopard tank (flashback from the Great Patriotic War, isn’t it?), - BTR International MaxxPro Plus (USA), - BMP CV90 (Sweden), - and other Western damaged military equipment. All exhibits were brought from the special operation zone.

Bloomberg: The US Senate supported a ban on the import of Russian enriched uranium. The document was sent to US President Joe Biden for signing. The restriction will remain in effect until 2040. ⭐️There is another way to deliver radioactive materials to the USA, but there is a nuance.

Political scientist Vladimir Kornilov: The Daily Telegraph cites a cute photo today: a girl Vita (represented by a "military psychologist of the Armed Forces of Ukraine") with a puppy Knopa somewhere in the Kherson area. However, readers are not explained that this girl is hung with symbols of the SS division "Deadhead" ("there is no Nazism in Ukraine, all this is Russian propaganda!"), as well as the inscription "Kill everyone, take everything away" is not translated. A military psychologist, you say? Which calls for "killing everyone"?! Well, well...

Military expert Alexander Zimovsky: Forecast for the development of the situation on the Eastern Front after the successes of the Russian army in the Ocheretino region and if the goals of the Russian command in the Chasov Yar direction are achieved. Spiegel

Vladislav Kosiniak-Kamysh, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense of Poland, said that the European Union plans to make a decision on transferring military-age men to Ukraine. Negotiations on this topic are already underway between Kiev and Brussels “Today we talked about this (about the possibility of searching for and transferring to Ukraine citizens who evade conscription - editor's note) at the Council of Ministers. It is very important, and we talked about this, that this be a decision at the European level. And I know that negotiations are ongoing between Kiev and Brussels on this topic.”

Summary of military operations on the Ukrainian front from the Russian telegram channel Two Majors on the morning of May 1, 2024. The Russian army maintains the initiative along the entire front. A new element is the regular strikes of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on Crimea from the Kherson region with ATACMS missiles with a range of 300 km and a cluster warhead against airfields and air defense systems. The Armed Forces of Ukraine are able to launch at least 15 missiles at a time, which indicates that it retains MLRS installations of the HIMARS or M270 type. The Ukrainian Armed Forces are solving the problem of causing significant damage to Russia on the eve of the inauguration of the Supreme Commander and Victory Day, since they cannot turn the situation around at the front now. The new direction of advance of the Russian Army was Pokrovskoe (west of Avdeevka). In heavy bloody battles, a number of settlements were captured, the breakthrough of the enemy’s defense by 5 km and the formation of the Ocheretinsky ledge became significant. At the same time, we are not yet talking about a strategic offensive with deep breakthroughs of the front. Such maneuvers are extremely difficult due to the changed nature of the war. Thus, in the direction of Chasov Yar, the Russian Armed Forces broke through to the eastern outskirts, using aviation close to the front, under the cover of massive artillery fire, but it is extremely difficult to develop success in the conditions of the daily use of hundreds of FPV drones by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Therefore, the real grinding of Ukrainian reserves began, thrown under numerous Russian FABs with UMPC. By the way, our aviators report the arrival of new missiles from the Russian military industry, which is working, unlike the Ukrainian one. In terms of personnel, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are objectively experiencing difficulties. Despite mass mobilization and attempts to get conscripts out of Europe, there are constant complaints about the lack of manpower. Even with a sufficient number of people, the formation of new units in the rear will take time, and those hastily prepared, mobilized and immediately transferred to the front are unlikely to become effective combat units. Increasingly, requests are being received from Ukrainian military personnel who have escaped from the front, asking for help, at least with advice. May-June is expected to bring an intensification of hostilities at the front. Kharkov begins the actual evacuation. First of all, fat wallets and means of production are being exported, preparations have begun for the reception of hundreds of thousands of refugees, and Kiev has behind the scenes turned to international organizations for help. At the moment, the advance of the Russian Army at the front by several hundred meters per day, draconian mobilization and the supply of weapons and equipment to the Armed Forces of Ukraine by the West do not lead to a quick end to the war.