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On May 20, the city of Bakhmut came under the full control of the Russian military. After the head of the Wagner PMC claimed the victory, the Russian Defence Ministry confirmed the control of the city.
In its daily report dated May 21, the Ministry of Defense revealed some new details of the battle in the region over the past day.
Another road bridge used by the Ukrainian military was destroyed near the village of Ivanovskoe (Krasnoe). Another target destroyed near the village was an ammunition depot of the 60th Mechanised Brigade of the AFU.
“Over the past day, six sorties have been carried out by aviation in the area of the city of Artemovsk. Russian artillery performed 69 firing tasks,” the ministry added.
Few days ago, Russian forces destroyed two other bridges in the area. One was located near Ivanovskoe, another bridge was destroyed near Chasov Yar. As a result, Russian precision strikes complicated transfer of Ukrainian military equipment to the last Ukrainian strongholds in the southern and western districts of Bakhmut. The ongoing strikes on the bridges prevent the Ukrainian military from timely supplying their units on the front lines south of Bakhmut.
“Aviation and artillery of the Russian ‘South’ Group of Forces have foiled Ukrainian attempts to counter-attack from the areas of Konstantinovka, Bogdanovka, and Krasnoye (Donetsk People’s Republic),” Russian Defence ministry reported.
Over the past day, up to 100 Ukrainian servicemen and mercenaries, one tank, one infantry fighting vehicle, five pick-up trucks, a Polish-made Krab artillery system, and a Gvozdika self-propelled artillery unit were destroyed in the Bakhmut region.
“In addition, a US-made AN/TPQ-50 counterbattery radar station was destroyed near Kalinovka,” the Defence Ministry reported.
Russian strikes also continued to inflict heavy losses on the AFU in the Slavyansk-Kramatorsk region. An ammunition depot of the 67th Mechanised Brigade of the AFU was hit near Kramatorsk. Large explosions in the area were previously confirmed by video footage from the scene. LINK
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation in Ukraine. Battles are ongoing along the entire front line in the Donbass. On May 21, the Russian Ministry of Defence reported the following developments in other regions:
In Kupyansk direction, aviation, artillery, and troops of the West Group of Forces have struck the units of the AFU near Molchanovo, Zagoruikovka, and Tabayevka (Kharkov region). In addition, actions of five sabotage and reconnaissance groups of the AFU were thwarted near Sinkovka, Timkovka, Pershotravnevoye (Kharkov region), and Stelmakhovka (Lugansk People’s Republic). Up to 85 Ukrainian troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, two motor vehicles, one Akatsiya self-propelled artillery unit have been destroyed in this direction during the day.
In Krasny Liman direction, Operational-Tactical and Army aviation and artillery of the Center Group of Forces struck the units of the AFU near Nevskoye, Chervonopopovka (Lugansk People’s Republic), Yampolovka and Serebryanka (Donetsk People’s Republic). Actions of two sabotage and reconnaissance groups of the AFU have been thwarted near Chervonaya Dibrova (Lugansk People’s Republic) and Grigorovka (Donetsk People’s Republic). The AFU has suffered losses of over 60 Ukrainian troops, three armoured fighting vehicles, two motor vehicles, one Gvozdika self-propelled howitzer, and one D-20 howitzer in this direction in the past 24 hours. In addition, an ammunition depot of the Ukrainian Armed Forces was destroyed near Novoyegrovka (Lugansk People’s Republic).
In Donetsk direction, artillery, aviation, and troops the South Group of Forces eliminated more than 120 Ukrainian servicemen, one tank, two infantry fighting vehicles, one U.S.-made M777 artillery system, one U.S.-made M109 self-propelled artillery system, andD-20 and D-30 howitzers.
In South Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions, units of the East Group of Forces inflicted fire damage on the enemy in the areas of Ugledar (Donetsk People’s Republic), Novodanilovka, Chervonoye, Novodarovka, and Nesteryanka (Zaporozhye region). Three sabotage and reconnaissance groups were also disabled close to Sladkoye, Vladimirovka (Donetsk People’s Republic), and Levadnoye (Zaporozhye region). The enemy’s losses in this direction during the day amounted to up to 50 Ukrainian troops, one infantry fighting vehicle, two motor vehicles, one U.S.-made M777 artillery system, and one Msta-B howitzer. An ammunition depot of the 102nd Territorial Defence Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces was destroyed near Gulyapole (Zaporozhye region).
In Kherson direction, up to 15 Ukrainian troops, six motor vehicles, and one Akatsiya self-propelled howitzer were struck over the past 24 hours. An ammunition depot of the 123th Territorial Defence Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces has been obliterated close to Stanislav (Kherson region).
- Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, and artillery of the Russian Group of Forces struck 103 AFU artillery units, manpower and hardware in 134 areas during the day.
- A Ukrainian S-300 surface-to-air missile system was destroyed near Zheltoye (Donetsk People’s Republic).
- The command post of the 102nd Territorial Defence Brigade was hit near Poltavka (Zaporozhye region).
- Air defence forces have intercepted fifteen HIMARS, Uragan MLRS projectiles, and Storm Shadow long-range cruise missiles during the day.
- In addition, nine Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed in the areas of Lozovoye, Terny, Vodyanoye, Novoandreyevka (Donetsk People’s Republic), Chervonaya Dibrova (Lugansk People’s Republic), and Energodar (Zaporozhye region).
In total, 428 airplanes and 234 helicopters, 4,245 unmanned aerial vehicles, 424 anti-aircraft missile systems, 9,251 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,100 combat vehicles equipped with multiple rocket-launching systems, 4,871 field artillery cannons and mortars, as well as 10,365 units of special military hardware have been destroyed during the special military operation.
we will be back and russia can do a shet about it.
apparently they could do enough to drive out the entire western mic with just a few thousand men.
is that why you haven’t moved from the same place for a year? or is it because you eat ice cream with your forehead? for guys like you i have a job for you, instead of being a troll and earning just a few cents you can straighten bananas with your ass
whereas the ato of the failed ukrainian cia project is in its tenth year and the result is the loss of two more oblasts in addition to donbas. keep up the good work, piss-sucker.
ask that to the 80,000 dead nazi in bakhmut meat grinder no need to move when the nazi were too stupid to realise they were being minced to death rofl dumb stupid nazis why stop them when the dumb nazi keep making the same mistake lol =z=
we’ll see. z
hey midget beaner faggot. when are you moving to rasha? 😆😆😆😆🖕🇲🇽🖕🇲🇽🖕🇲🇽
yes you will be back in 2000 years
back for another stuffing and basting. the ukronazis are not masters of their own destiny. the lord sith of the globalisation alliance will decide if they are to be sacrificed.
you will be back home if you have luck or you will be in hell, together with stepan bandera and other ukrainian nazis
weak amerikan inferior bully humiliated now in back of gay bar w lgbt taliban
and non binary ziocunts
rofl funny that you said the same about mariupol and soledar and we still waiting to see what you nazi shit stains were supposed to do about that as well rofl, run nazi shit stains as russia is coming for you allso run nazi run =z=
demented loon
lmao 😆🤣😆
hey midget beaner faggot. when are you moving to rasha? 😆😆😆😆🖕🇲🇽🖕🇲🇽🖕🇲🇽🖕🇲🇽
i’m anti-motherfuckers like you.
i am quite frustrated that we nazis lost artyomovsk , so now i am manipulating the likes and spreading my spam venom the whole day in order to satisfy my sorrow. i hate myself
it’s okay. just get down to the bus station and grab a fresh urinal puck. pop it in your mouth and you’ll feel a lot better.
fašistov treba biť a biť!!! a to bez zľutovania. a to do posledného.
how is it possible that it took 6 months, thousands of russians killed, countless vehicles and weapons destroyed to conquer a small city? among other things using mercenary troops that will be finished before long? at this rate, maybe in 200 years, they will conquer donbass. ridiculous.
the armed forces of the failed ukrainian cia project have been conducting an ethnic cleansing operation in donbas for nine years. the failures of the us puppet in kiev are really quite something.
usa has failed at nothing. even children know that the usa doesn’t give a damn if russia takes over part of ukraine. the goal of the usa is to destroy as many russian armaments as possible, to kill as many russian soldiers (regular troops or mercenaries as possible), to detach it from europe in every political and economic sphere and to have russia heavily sanctioned and damage its economy. as you can see they are doing it very well.
@catcha somehow you are right , but in a longer perspective (or on the second view) we in west sit all in one boat. the consequences of the failed ukrainian project will reach most of us , us no exception. but yes , the european will pay the most. the bill for their slave behaviour.
sure they are. that’s why the russians, ten years after the us began the coup in the failed ukrainian cia project, are using pmc’s and hammering the ukrainian puppet with missiles while the us dollar empire slides into decline. thanks for playing, piss-sucker.
“how is it possible that it took 6 months, thousands of russians killed, countless vehicles and weapons destroyed to conquer a small city?” … the answer is simple: because it was not about to conquere a small city but (is still) about to win the whole conflict. look at the aims of the smo. there is no word about conquering of cities. why the western media don’t read and interpret it correctly? it was clearly described when the smo started. just read and stop fantasize about.
when the war start idiot sheep, the war that russia start
the war start in 2014, dipshit, when the us overthrew the government of ukrefucktardistan.
us tranny amerikunt so humiliated we treat our pain by fabricating russian troops casualties…”the functional illiteracy and ignorance of amerikans has made us an international joke”. morris berman
hmmmm very quiet on the boards since bakhmut fell and all those nazis ran away scared shitless lol run nazi run =z=
onward mr bear, odessa awaits liberation and rump ukrapland, free of natostan filth, will become a toothless agrarian backwater that will never threaten another russian for centuries to come. the most wonderful outcome of the crushed anglozionazi ukrap terror gambit is the collapse of the evil eussr slash natostan and the bankruptcy of slumville ussa. the war that keeps on giving. humanity owes mother russia yet another massive debt. z