5/7/24-5/8/24 Ukrainian General Update LanguageLearner

5/7/24-5/8/24 Update, day 804-805 of Russian invasion.


Belarus/Western Border:

Belarusian president Lukashenko is saber rattling and ordering a snap inspection of Belarusian nuclear-capable units.

A former RU soldier fled into Poland from Belarus.

Romania will consider sending one of its 4 allocated Patriot systems to UA, noting it has the longest EU border.


Kyiv/Central Ukraine:

RU launched a significant strike on UA with shaheds and missiles, targeting energy infrastructure in Poltava, Kirovohrad, Zaporizhia, Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk, and Vinnytsia. UA intercepted 39/55 missiles and 20/21 drones.

Infrastructure to the E Kyiv suburb of Brovary was damaged.

UA energy supplier Ukrenergo will limit commercial power from 6 to 11 PM, with potential residential blackouts if power infrastructure cannot keep up with load.

The UA Ministry of finance has issued military bonds for purchase, of approximately $240 million in value.

UA allegedly foiled a planned FSB assassination attempt on Zelensky, Budanov, and SBU chief Vasyl Maliuk. The alleged plan, involving 2 members of the UA security services, would have involved a missile strike on a target followed by local FPV drone strikes on key individuals, and then a secondary large missile strike to obfuscate evidence.

UA downplayed the significance of recent RU nuclear saber rattling, as RU threatened  nuclear exercises in the "Southern Military District" which includes occupied UA territory.

Zelensky issued a draft law creating a seperate military department of "Unmanned Systems Force" to manage air, sea, and ground drones.

To date some 510 UA medical institutions have been completely repaired, and another 355 partially repaired since the war began. Some 1600 have been damaged and 210 completely destroyed.


Northeast Ukraine/Kharkiv city:

RU continues efforts to strike the Sumy and Chernihiv border villages.

A squad of RU recon troops was intercepted at the Kharkiv border overnight.

Following analysis of some 21/50 DPRK ballistic missiles used to attack NE Ukraine over the last 6 months, about 50% apparently detonated early in the air after losing their programmed trajectories.

Kharkiv oblast leaders rejected any fears of RU attacking Kharkiv and forcing an forcing an evacuation. They did note that RU has assembled more troops to the N of Kharkiv along the border, but the overall # of RU troops remains constant as rotations occur rather then a true amassing of forces.


Kupyansk/Lyman:

RU has reportedly strengthened the lines around Kupyansk with penal units. Assaults have recently increased

UA repelled some 16 attacks over the past day in this direction.


RU launched 3 attacks out of Kreminna and towards the forests. While no observed gains have been reported for some time, RU and UA tanks are both present here.


Kramatorsk/Bakhmut:

UA drone strikes E of Siversk ranged into Lysychansk.

RU launched some 17 assaults W of Bakhmut.

UA is focused on impeding RU assaults into E Chasiv Yar, where RU is trying to make progress in the forest belts to the NE and SE. Currently UA is taking the advantage in elevation to strike at the RU troops and prevent them from taking large buildings in the Kanal district.

UA troops to the SW of Bakhmut near Krasnohorivka apparently keep utilizing drone strikes into and around Bakhmut, hitting a TOS-1 thermobaric launcher.

RU continues to heavily shell the E edge of Chasiv yar with all kinds of missiles and rockets, and UA recon footage shows the plight of civilians still living among the rubble and seeking out water and food, as some 680 people remain and refuse to be evacuated.

RU struck the Slovyansk coal power plant with 5 missiles, one of the main power plants in E UA. Due to its proximity to the front, UA is unable to depend on the site for power.

Over the last day, RU shelled Donetsk some 1887 times.


Avdiivka/Pokrovsk:

RU continues to focus on this area, launching some 27 assaults to the W of Avdiivka. The front lines do not appear to have materially changed in the last 24 hours, as RU continues efforts to push NW of the city via Arkangheleske.

UA Bradleys were observed engaging targets around Ocheretyne.

Additional recent drone footage confirmed significant RU armored losses W of Tonenke earlier this month.

RU continues efforts to secure Pervomaiske to the SW, although UA opposition appears to have rendered most of the destroyed city a grey zone.


Donetsk city/Occupied regions:

RU launched 11 assaults to the NW and SW of Marinka. RU has pushed further into Krasnohorivka from the E, aided by heavy MLRS strikes.

RU reportedly managed to break through into an industrial plant in S Krasnohorivka, but were reportedly cut off from reinforcement by UA artillery fire.

UA attacked an oil depot in Luhansk city.


Zaporizhia/Southern Axis:

RU launched 6 assaults towards Staromaiorske and Robotyne. RU launched 402 attacks on 11 settlements, 179x with drones and 213x with artillery.


Kherson:

RU launched 3 assaults on the UA bridgehead at Krynky.

UA has increased its drone strikes in the SW Kherson/Kinburn peninsula area, as skirmishes continue in the western delta opening into the black sea.

RU has allegedly mandated that occupied Kherson will need to increase recruitment by 10%, and has increased the level of repression on non-RU passport holders. Specifically, its functionally impossible to get medical care, pensions, humanitarian aid, employment, or enroll children in school without accepting an RU passport.

RU is additionally making threats of deportation and violence to those who refuse to "voluntarily enlist".


Odessa/Black Sea/Crimea:

UA intercepted 2 missiles near Odesa.

Reportedly RU is no longer using the Kerch bridge to transport weaponry and equipment, and has fully shifted to utilizing the recently completed rail lines in S Ukraine from Rostov.

RU helicopter footage seems to indicate that UA Magura V5 USV in the black sea are carrying R-73 A2A missiles and fired one at a helicopter, which missed. These rockets are fairly short range as they're intended to be fired from aircraft.

RU is deploying additional FSB units into Crimea to suppress resistance activities locating RU positions for strikes, and has increased interrogation and phone seizure activities.

A seamine drifted ashore to Odesa following recent storms in the black sea, and was defused.

The RU missile attacks on Odesa port infrastructure in April caused over $9.2 million USD in damages, mainly from oil contamination of several square km.


Russia:

Vladimir Putin was inaugurated for his 5th 6-year term in office. The US, UK, Canada, and most EU states boycotted the event. France, Greece, Cyprus, Malta, Hungary and Slovakia sent envoys.

Anti-putin Navalny supporters released hidden camera footage of the inside of Putin's sprawling italian styled palace on the Black Sea near cape Idokopas, which occupies almost 18 square km and is incredibly opulent inside and out. It's projected to cost over $1.35 billion dollars to construct.

RU detained a US soldier in Vladivostok as he tried to rekindle a romantic relationship with an RU woman he had known during deployment to South Korea, before starting a fight and allegedly taking things. This honestly appears to be more a case of a stupid soldier then some elaborate trap.


GUR Cyber ops targeted RU cloud service provider Cloud4Y


General:

Over the last day UA forces conducted 12 airstrikes and RU forces conducted 114 air strikes (including drones), and 84 MLRS strikes.

Yesterday Ukrainian forces eliminated:

970 x soldiers (Total 477,430 day avg 1119]
19x APC
13x Tank
0x Air defense
30x Artillery (0xMLRS)
40x vehicles
11x UAV

estimated cost: $81.4 million USD

total estimated cost- $87.7 Million/day per last 30 days, $2.6 Billion USD over last 30 days.


Overseas:

Indian police uncovered a human trafficking ring luring young men from India to RU under the pretense of high paying jobs before mobilizing them into the military.

Latvia issued some 100,000 euros worth of tactical communications equipment like radios.

Kosovo is planning to hand over mortar ammo to UA.

The Hungarian foreign minister stated HU would not support NATO proposals to create a $100 billion euro fund for UA.

The UK is expelling the RU defense attache, accusing him of serving as an undeclared military intelligence officer, and restricting RU diplomatic visas.

German Chancellor Scholz supported using interest on RU frozen assets to purchase weaponry for UA. Germany is additionally appealing to Switzerland to transfer air defense systems to UA.

French President Macron held talks with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Paris and thanked the latter for his commitment to "refrain from selling any weapons" to RU.

Denmark is allocating some 33.5 million euros in humanitarian aid for UA citizens via Danish NGOs in UA.

Sweden will reduce the residency time requirement before accessing social services for UA refugees, from 3 years to 1 year.