The latest news of the Russia-Ukraine war: Pro-Kiev forces “used American armor” in the Belgorod offensive

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Pro-Ukrainian fighters are believed to have used US-made armored vehicles in one of the largest incursions across the Russian border, according to photos and videos verified by The New York Times.

The report said that at least three US-made MRAPs (Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicles) were used in the attacks in Russia’s Belgorod region, and two of them were captured by Russian forces.

One civilian was killed following the attacks by two alleged anti-Kremlin armed groups that employ Russians abroad.

Vyacheslav Gladkov, the governor of the Belgorod region, said they have begun evacuating nine Russian villages in the Belgorod region as the anti-terror operation continues in full force.

“Don’t go home yet,” he told local residents who were evacuated on Monday.

The US State Department denied that it would “encourage or enable strikes inside Russia” but said “it is up to Ukraine to decide how to conduct this war”.

Russia said its forces crushed the offensive, killing more than 70 “Ukrainian nationalists” and driving the rest into Ukraine.

View latest update 1684899001 Anti-Russian fighters using US-made armored vehicles to incursion into Russia – report

It appears that anti-Russian fighters used US-made armored vehicles in the Belgorod Oblast raid, according to photos and videos verified by The New York Times.

At least three US-made vehicles were used with two of those captured by Russian forces.

The group behind the incursion that led to the Belgorod evacuations used MRAP vehicles known as the Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicles, which were built by US forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, many of which Washington has sent to Ukraine.

The two groups that have claimed responsibility for the incursion are the Russia Freedom Corps — a Ukraine-based Russian militia led by Russian dissident Ilya Ponomarev that says it operates inside Russia to overthrow Vladimir Putin — and the Russian Volunteer Corps (RVC). .

One of the captured MRAP photos showed a Russian soldier standing next to a vehicle with a white spray-painted sign of an upward-pointing arrow. A car with a similar symbol was seen in a video just hours before the incursion into Russia.

Shweta Sharma May 24, 2023 04:30

The mercenary warns Prigozhin that Russia may face revolution unless the elite get serious about war

Yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder of Wagner’s mercenary group, warned that Russia could face a revolution similar to the one in 1917 and lose the war in Ukraine unless the elite were serious about going to war.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022 triggered one of the bloodiest European conflicts since World War II and the biggest confrontation between Moscow and the West since the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962.

Prigozhin said Ukraine was preparing a counter-offensive aimed at returning Russian forces to the pre-2014 borders, when Russia annexed Crimea. He added that Ukraine would try to besiege Bakhmut and attack Crimea.

“Most likely, this scenario will not be good for Russia, so we need to prepare for an uphill war,” he said in an interview posted on his Telegram channel.

“We are in a situation where we can lose Russia – that’s the main problem… We need to impose martial law.”

Prigozhin said that his political outlook is dominated by love for the motherland and service to Putin. He said the title “Poutine’s Chef” is stupid because he can’t cook, quipping that “Poutine’s Butcher” might be a more appropriate title.

He said Russia’s elite are protecting their children from going to war while the children of ordinary Russians die at the front, a situation he said could lead to unrest in Russia.

He argued that if ordinary Russian citizens continued to put their children back in zinc coffins while the children of the elite dived abroad, Russia would face upheavals along the lines of the revolutions of 1917 that led to civil war.

(AP)

Maryam Zakir-Hussain24 May 2023 08:28

British intelligence said Russia was “massively massing” its soldiers in Ukraine

In an intelligence update today, the British Ministry of Defense said that Russian military courts have handled 1,053 cases of individuals being absent without leave, citing reliable research by a Russian journalist.

It said Russia’s struggle to discipline its ranks during its operations in Ukraine was likely exacerbated by the compulsory mobilization of reservists since October 2022.

Shweta Sharma May 24, 2023 07:21

Russian Prime Minister said relations with China have reached an “unprecedented” high level

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, who arrived in Beijing today, said that relations with China are at an “unprecedented” high level, characterized by mutual respect for each other’s interests and a desire to jointly respond to challenges.

“As our Chinese friends say, unity makes it possible to move mountains,” Mishustin told Chinese Prime Minister Li Qiang during a meeting in Beijing.

Mr. Li said that China is willing to work with Russia to enhance their pragmatic cooperation in various fields and take it to a “new level”.

Li told Mishustin during a meeting in Beijing that the practical cooperation between China and Russia has shown a “good” direction of development, and the volume of investment between the two countries is also witnessing continuous development.

Shweta Sharma May 24, 2023 07:08

Kiev denies a claim by the European Union’s Josef Borrell that Ukrainian pilots are training on F-16s.

The Ukrainian Air Force denied statements by the head of European Union diplomacy, Josep Borrell, that its pilots are training on US-made F-16s in several European countries.

Air force spokesman Yuriy Ehnat said preparations for the training program were “still underway,” according to the Kyiv Independent, adding that Ukrainian representatives have been sent to the countries offering the training to “study how the process will go.”

“For a long time, unfortunately, I had to refute (the claims) that ‘pilots study in the United States, (and) Europe,'” Ehnat said in a televised interview on May 23. “There is no need to give any further hope.”

Shweta Sharma May 24, 2023 06:59

In pictures: the Russian Prime Minister arrives in Beijing

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has arrived in Beijing for a state visit during which he will meet Xi Jinping and sign a series of deals on infrastructure and trade.

He is the highest ranking Russian official to visit Beijing since Moscow sent thousands of its soldiers to Ukraine in February 2022.

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Shweta Sharma May 24, 2023 06:38

1684906212 A drone drops an explosive device on a car in Belgorod, says the governor

Tass reported that a drone dropped an explosive device on a car in Russia’s Belgorod region, adding that the car was damaged.

Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said on his Telegram channel today that no one was hurt in the attack and a bomb squad has been dispatched to the scene.

Later, the drone was shot down in the airspace of the area but it is not clear if it was the same drone that dropped explosives.

Air defenses shot down a drone over the Belgorod region. According to preliminary information, there were no deaths or injuries.

Shweta Sharma May 24, 2023 06:30

The Kremlin says Russia will achieve the goals of its operations in Ukraine by any means

Kremlin spokesmen said Russia denied the possibility of freezing the Ukraine conflict, saying it would continue to achieve its goals through a special military operation or other available means.

“Russia takes into account only the completion of its own military operation: ensuring its interests, achieving Russia’s goals either through a special military operation, or through other available means,” Dmitry Peskov told TASS.

Regarding reconciliation plans put forward by other countries, he said: “It is too early to talk about it. It is clear that there are no preconditions for the peace process yet.”

He added that negotiations “are hardly possible, because any negotiations with Russia are prohibited [in Ukraine]”.

Shweta Sharma May 24, 2023 06:15

Russia scrambled fighter jets after intercepting two US Air Force strategic bombers over the Baltic Sea

Russia said it scrambled a Su-27 fighter jet after it intercepted two US Air Force strategic bombers flying over the Baltic Sea last night.

And the Russian Defense Ministry said: “After removing foreign military aircraft from the borders of the Russian state, the Russian fighter returned to its air base.”

The Russian military launched its plane “to prevent violations of state borders,” adding that “the flight of the Russian fighter took place in strict compliance with international rules for the use of airspace.”

Pentagon spokesman Brigadier General Pat Ryder confirmed that Russia had intercepted the US planes, and said the B-1 bombers were taking part in “long-planned exercises in Europe.”

Shweta Sharma May 24, 2023 06:00

Russia says its military incursion into Ukraine “crushed”

Russia said it had crushed one of Ukraine’s largest incursions, including several armored vehicles, into its border region.

In what appears to be one of the largest incursions from Ukraine since the war began 15 months ago, two alleged anti-Kremlin armed groups that employ Russians abroad said they were responsible for the attack in Russia’s Belgorod region.

Blaming the Ukrainian authorities, Russia’s defense ministry said its forces had surrounded enemy fighters and defeated them “with air strikes, artillery fire and active work of border units”.

The ministry said that “the remnants of the nationalists were returned to Ukrainian territory, where they continued to be shot until they were completely eliminated.”

The governor of the Belgorod region said a civilian was killed “by the Armed Forces of Ukraine”.

Shweta Sharma May 24, 2023 05:45

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