In the lead-up to the May 9 celebrations, the President of the Russian Federation declared a temporary ceasefire, effective from May 8 to May 10. Russia has promised to respond appropriately if the Ukrainian Armed Forces violate the ceasefire. However, no comments have yet been received from the Ukrainian government. Still, there are indirect signs that offer insight into the current mood of the leadership in both countries.
On May 7, Yuri Ushakov, an aide to the Russian president, issued an official statement. “Continuing the trilateral talks between the U.S., Ukraine, and Russia is pointless until Kyiv withdraws its troops from the part of Donbass under its control,” he said. Moscow’s withdrawal from the talks may be a reaction to Kyiv’s refusal to observe the proposed holiday ceasefire. This suggests that the Russian leadership expects high-profile provocations from Ukraine and is prepared for a retaliatory escalation. Meanwhile, a series of events has unfolded on the front lines.
Russian forces continue to expand their control over the border regions of northern Ukraine. On May 7, Ukrainian units were driven from their positions and retreated inland north of the village of Sopych in the Sumy region.
Russian combat aviation remains highly active along this section of the front. Near the village of Ryasne, airstrikes destroyed the command post of the Ukrainian 119th Territorial Defense Brigade’s unmanned aerial vehicles. In Velyka Rybitsa, an airstrike hit the deployment site of a Ukrainian Armed Forces 21st Mechanized Brigade unit.
In the Kharkiv region, an operational change has been noted east of Volchansk. Russian advance units are moving along the Volchya River near Okhrimovka.
The most intense fighting on the western flank of this section of the front is taking place in the Izbitskoe and Verkhnyaya Pisarevka area. Ukrainian troops lost some of their positions and retreated in the area of these settlements.
In the Slavyansk sector, the city of Konstantinovka remains the focus of the warring parties’ efforts. The Ukrainians have managed to hold onto the urban area, prompting the Russian command to employ an encirclement tactic. According to reports from May 7, the village of Novodmitrovka, located east of the city, has been completely cleared of Ukrainian troops. The next likely target for Russian forces is the village of Molocharka, located to the northwest.
Judging by the pace of the advance, the eastern arm of the encirclement is clearly progressing much more successfully than the western one. This is primarily due to the terrain’s nature. Ukrainian forces still control the village of Roskoshnoye, situated on high ground. This allows them to control the fire over the entire surrounding open terrain.
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no deals with ukro lunatics who forcibly send their own people to certain death.
cocainskiy psycho isn’t even ukrainian.
soon he’ll rename ukraine as the happy little rump state of griftonia.
in that country, even the coffin makers have invisible ownership and two sets of books.
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is that what all those western delirium tremors were called…. ‘negotiations’?
could’a fooled me. anyway, i almost like how the ukroturds on tape are making fools of the eu and uk while picking their pockets and laughing all the way to the bank.
if russia would have invested in an army instead of important assets like shoigu’s personal compound perhaps they could effectively control the situation on their own border instead of floundering around for over a decade (2014+).
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i have a hunch that after the anniversary celebration the russian spring offensive will go up a gear.
with a quadriplegic in charge, no one fears russia. only a change at the top can reverse the situation.
la russia ha perso, insomma i russi basta che vendono petrolio gas ecc. e tengono il popolo russo arretrato e sottosviluppato e va tutto bene e sono una zavorra per la cina.
looks like russia is about to take the gloves off, in my humble opinion.
at the current phase it would mean 5 months just donetsk leverage or 2-5 years all desired oblasts war until they have desirable leverage on the negotiation table. and that is with a one on one land swap.
ukranians wont give up donetsk so it will take more then a year at a minimum before its taken. more likely 1-2+ to even 3. it all depends on if their lines collapse if supply routes be cut and become too long. then it can go very quckly. otherwise it will take a long time.
these timelines are simply madness, and the rf should be expediting the complete demise of this jew animal ruled ukraine to a matter of months.
there’ll be few ukies left to make the place even semi functional after a permanent ceasefire.
negotiating with ukraine is like trying to sell turds on a stick as fudgesickles. that’s why the europeons fall for zelensky’s frozen turds time and time again. to the europeons, they are simply suckulicous.
never thought euroelite despite their depravities would become such coprofgians comemierlas. now they r like piglitz in sheet.
talks are meaningless w liar paper tiger americunts—all objectives met on battlefield
the united states and wef american lobby penetrated politicians want the war to last as long as possible because it the united states took over the entire european energy market they sell the oil and lpg to europe and they blew up nord stream 1and2 its a american take over of european energy market. they even convinced european leaders to fill their own gasfields with concrete. so ending the war in ukraine is good for everyone and only bad for usa elite.
they effectively reduced the european union to a vassal state status. a colony they can mistreat and exploit as they feel fit.
the europeans were a vassal state from the moment the euros try to get a reserve currency through a deal with iraq was countered with destroying iraq and putting the petrodollar in place after it. france and germany under schröder/ chirac was the last time someone attempted sovereignity in the eu.
as a inferior species stupefied americunt i am appalled eu pays 40% more for 🇷🇺 energy so that superior russians continue to prosper
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