The British Ministry of Defense has suggested that in the first three months of the large-scale invasion, russia's losses in the war with Ukraine are equal to the losses of the Soviet Union in 9 years of war in Afghanistan.
And the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine counted, that from the beginning of the russian invasion of Ukraine until 23 May, the russian army lost approximately 29,200 of its troops. The enemy troops suffered the most losses in the Bakhmut direction.
The heaviest battles are going on in the Bakhmut and Severodonetsk areas, said Defense Ministry spokesman Oleksandr Motuzyanyk.
In Crimea, according to the General Staff, russia is deploying two additional anti-aircraft missile divisions S-400.
And the enemies threw 25 BTG to capture the Luhansk region.
At the same time, in the Kharkiv region, according to the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny, Ukrainian defenders have already liberated 24 settlements.
And Lviv paratroopers destroyed a unit of the 76th assault division of russian troops. This was announced on Facebook by the Command of the Assault Troops of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Meanwhile, the defense ministers of 20 countries, participants of the second meeting of the Contact Group on Assistance to Ukraine, which took place today, announced new aid packages for Ukraine. Denmark has agreed to provide Harpoon launchers and missiles to help Ukrainians defend their coast.
Instead, Bild writes that the German authorities are slowing down the supply of 100 BMPs to Ukraine.
Solomyansky District Court of Kyiv sentenced russian serviceman Vadim Shishimarin to life imprisonment for violating the laws and customs of war, combined with the premeditated murder of a peaceful Ukrainian, LB.ua correspondent reported.
Victor Medvedchuk, arrested by the Security Service of Ukraine on suspicion of treason and aiding terrorism, spoke about the allegedly key role of the fifth President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko in the withdrawal of part of the Samara-West direction oil pipeline and the purchase of coal from terrorists. And we thought that first of all he would tell, where he spent the money that his godfather allocated to finance the “fifth column” in Ukraine…
By the way, the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense Kirill Budanov claims that several attempts have been made on the life of russian President Putin, one of them - after the start of a full-scale war. Unfortunately, all attempts were unsuccessful.
The President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky stated at the World Economic Forum in Davos that 87 people had fallen victims to an enemy airstrike on the village of Desna in the Chernihiv region.
The search for the dead ended today. Earlier it was reported about the much smaller number of victims.
According to the observations of the LB.ua correspondent, as of 12:10 on 23 May, more than 1,300 people signed up for the “russian warship DONE” stamp.
Interestingly, today there was news about the release from russian captivity of a Ukrainian border guard, the real author of the phrase “russian warship, go f…ck yourself”. This was reported by the State Border Guard Service. And what about the Marine Roman Grybov, who was considered the author of the famous saying? Read LB.ua - find out the details.
In Davos, President Zelensky also spoke about how he sees Ukraine after the victory over russia. At the same time, the President noted that the war with russia could be repeated.
The most complete picture of today is on our website.
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