It is reported that Russian officers are more war-weary than soldiers, and the real number of generals killed in action has been exposed. The Russian army has been unable to attack Ukraine for a long time, and it has also caused a major blow to the reputation of Russian President Vladimir Putin. It is reported that Russian officials have begun to ask the media to turn their propaganda and set the Russian-Ukrainian war as a military confrontation against the EU and NATO; Ukraine believes that this may be Russia. Prepare for defeat. However, the US intelligence director pointed out that Putin’s ambitions are not limited to the Udong Donbas region, and the war may continue to be prolonged and may escalate. Russia’s foreign ministry refuted claims that martial law would be imposed.
Ukraine announced the trial of the first Russian soldier. The defenders of the Azov Steel Plant exposed the tragic situation of many wounded soldiers and called for international humanitarian assistance. The Lithuanian parliament passed a resolution recognizing Russia as a state sponsor and perpetrator of terrorism. The Polish Prime Minister wrote to the media, pointing out that Putin’s ideology is more dangerous than Stalin and Hitler, and called on the international community to take “de-Putinization” actions.
The Ukrainian army recaptured many villages in Kharkiv and launched a counter-offensive, threatening the supply line of the Russian army
The war between Russia and Ukraine is still ongoing. According to comprehensive foreign media reports, the Ukrainian military stated on May 11 that the Ukrainian army not only withstood the offensive launched by the Russian army locally, but also carried out a series of counterattacks against the Russian army. The army recaptured several villages north and northeast of the second largest city, Kharkiv, and continued to advance towards the Ukrainian-Russian border, while also threatening Russian supply lines. Kharkov has been bombarded by Russian troops from the very beginning of the war.
Since the Russian army gave up attacking Kyiv in March, the main force of the Russian army has continued to use Izyum, south of Kharkov, as a base and surrounded the Ukrainian army in the Donbas region. But as the Ukrainian army recaptured several villages north of Kharkov, the Ukrainian army could turn to attack the Russian supply line behind Izum. Yuriy Saks, an adviser to the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, said that the Ukrainian army successfully counterattacked and drove the Russian army away, making it impossible for Russian artillery to attack Kharkiv.
The Ukrainian army pointed out that the Russian army is currently sending about 500 soldiers northward from occupied areas such as Donetsk and Luhansk into the area around Kharkov. A local official in Kharkov said on the 10th that the Russian army was sent here to strengthen the supply line on the Russian-Ukrainian border. At present, the Russian army is retreating towards the important supply base Kupyansk (Kupyansk).
On the Russian side of the border, the governor of Russia’s Belgorod state, Gladkov, revealed on social media that the state will maintain the second-highest “yellow” security alert until May 25. This area has been sporadically attacked by the Ukrainian army.
The Ukrainian army’s counter-offensive against the Russian army in the Kharkiv region may mark the beginning of a new phase of the war, because the fighting here will seriously threaten the transport lines of the Russian army’s invasion of Ukraine.
Neil Melvin, a researcher at the Royal United Military Institute (RUSI), a British think-tank, said Ukrainian troops were getting closer to the Russian border, and all the gains the Russians had made in northeastern Ukraine in the early days of the war were fading away. Former U.S. Army chief of staff Jack Keane said that the Ukrainian army’s recent counter-offensive in Kharkiv forced the Russian army to withdraw some troops from the Donbas theater, which also highlighted the challenges the Russian army is currently facing.
U.S. Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines testified to Congress on the 10th that Russian President Vladimir Putin appeared to be preparing for a long conflict, which means that even if the Russian army is in the Udong Donbas region Winning won’t end the war either.
The Ukrainian army counterattacked the victory, the Russian army was electrocuted and the experts analyzed the key points
For Ukraine to make significant progress on the battlefield, the key to expert analysis lies in the tactics of both sides. Lin Yingyou, an assistant professor of Asia-Pacific affairs at Sun Yat-sen University in Taiwan, told the “Freedom Times” that the Russian army’s continued lack of logistical supplies and manpower, coupled with the failure of the previous strategy of shrinking the front, were the reasons for the Russian army’s setback in eastern Ukraine. .
Lin Yingyou pointed out that in terms of weapon performance, the artillery that Ukraine received from the West this time has made a lot of credit. At present, most of the weapons used by the Ukrainian army are computer-assisted digital interpretation and calculation, and they use some maneuvering methods to load bombs. Unmanned aerial vehicle for pre-situation observation. On the other hand, the Russian army still uses traditional manpower calculation and loading, and there are problems with logistics supply and transportation, resulting in shorter artillery shots than others, and the number is not enough. Naturally, it cannot exert the artillery doctrine that the Russian army emphasized in the past.
Lin Yingyou believes that in addition to the Western aid to Ukraine’s weapons, the biggest reason for the Russian military’s heavy losses in the war is that it is probably using “strategies in the 1970s, tactics in the 1980s, and weapons in the 1990s”, which is clearly behind the West. There are enough guns, not enough to see, and not enough to shoot. From this Russian-Ukrainian war, we have seen the next generation of new combat tactics, strategies and tactics, and there is a great revolution in military affairs.
It is said that Russian officers are more war-weary than soldiers
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is in its third month, and a top U.S. defense official said Russia’s new offensive into eastern Ukraine has not made any significant progress, in part because of low morale and some troops “”The Hill” reported. Refusing to obey orders”, and the officers’ disobedience and war weariness are even more serious than those of the grassroots soldiers.
“We are still seeing rumours of low morale among troops, actually officers who refuse to obey orders and actions, command and control is not sound from a leadership perspective,” the official said.
He noted that some mid-ranking Russian officers either refused to obey orders or “didn’t obey orders as quickly as you would expect an officer to obey.”
The Russian army has been trying to make significant progress in the Donbas region since last month’s new offensive against the east. In addition to dealing with low morale issues that have persisted since the fighting began on Feb. 24, the Kremlin is also moving weapons and equipment along muddy roads in the spring, the official said.
Still, Moscow has continued to send Battalion Tactical Groups (BTGs) to Ukraine, which now has 97 BTGs fighting in Ukraine, up from 92 at the end of last month, the official said. Each BTG usually consists of about 700 to 800 soldiers.
U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) Director Scott Berrier said at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the 10th that neither Russia nor Ukraine has “winned” and the war has reached a deadlock since Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24. , Russia has lost 8 to 10 generals in the war. “CNN” reported that for the modern military system, the death rate of Russian generals is abnormally high, far exceeding the number of generals killed by the US military in Afghanistan during 20 years.
In response to the death rate of Russian generals, some people believe that the United States has provided intelligence support, while others believe that Russian generals go to the front line to lead operations in order to boost the morale of the troops.
Republican Senator Tom Cotton asked Berrell: “Does the fact that Russia lose these generals shows that these generals must be on the front lines to ensure their orders are carried out?” Berrell agreed with Cotton. Although the Ukrainian army is smaller than Russia’s, Ukrainian soldiers have a more aggressive will to fight, Berrell said.
Russian media was asked to publicize the change of tune to prepare for NATO and the EU to prepare for defeat?State media rarely quietly turns to criticism
Russia has been invading Ukraine for 77 days, from its initial ambition to seize the capital Kyiv in a “blitzkrieg” to liberation of the Donbas region. The whole-hearted resistance of Ukraine has prevented the Russian army from attacking for a long time, causing a major blow to Putin’s reputation. The Ukrainian Defense Intelligence Service (GUR) claimed that the Kremlin asked the managers of TV channels, online media and fake account bots in Russia to carry out a new cognitive battle to remove reports of the Russian-Ukrainian war from Russia, foreign media reported. Ukrainian sides changed to “Russia’s armed confrontation with all EU and NATO countries”.
A political expert who studies the Kremlin said that changing the wording of media propaganda could reduce the stigma of losing to opponents, adding that “the occupier’s army, which has huge human and material advantages, has been met with catastrophic effects caused by Ukraine. Losses and failures, the Kremlin asked the Russian media to change the wording and direction of their propaganda in order to prepare society for the next defeat in the war.”
And the Russian state media, which has always supported Putin, seems to have quietly turned. The Sun reported that Aleksandr Sladkov, a war correspondent for Russia’s Channel 1 TV station, publicly criticized last week that it would take a “shameful” time to get weapons to the front; Television talk show guests also complained that the men sent to the battlefield were fighting with “obsolete weapons”; they even admitted that the Russian economy could no longer support the war.
According to reports, retired Russian colonel Mikhail Khodaryonok told the audience that they did not have enough reserves to make the “war of aggression” in Moscow’s favor.
Radkov also said that the Russian military was achieving a feat from what should have been a “routine” operation.
U.S. intelligence director: Putin’s huge ambitions and failure to invade Ukraine may be seen as endangering his survival
Whether the turn of the Russian official media indicates a possible retreat of the Russian army, or instead becomes a sign of a larger move against NATO, is currently unknown. However, U.S. Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines pointed out that Putin’s ambitions will not end in the Donbas region, in addition to the Black Sea coast, it also intends to extend to Transnistria. , but such a goal requires a huge military scale and is difficult to achieve within a few weeks, so the Russian-Ukrainian war may continue to be prolonged.
According to reports from the New York Times, Agence France-Presse and other foreign media, Haines pointed out at the US Senate Armed Services Committee on the 10th that they assessed Putin as preparing for a long-term battle, and pointed out that even if the Russian army successfully occupied the Donbass region, the war would not take place. Nor will it end, as Putin still intends to reach his goal of going beyond the Donbas region, and it is expected that the fighting in the next 1-2 months will be significant.
Haines also pointed out that because of the failure to occupy Kyiv, Putin is currently concentrating Russian troops in the Donbass, but this is only temporary. The Russian military still plans to occupy parts of the Black Sea coast, saying that part of the reason is to ensure the Crimea Asia’s water resources. They believe that there are also signs that the Russian army wants to build a land bridge extending to the area along the Nestor River. However, the United States does not believe that Russia can achieve this goal in the next few weeks. The banks of the Nestor River lie on the border with neighboring Moldova in southwestern Ukraine and are controlled by pro-Russian separatists.
Haines said Putin likely believed that Russia was more capable and willing to take on the challenge than its opponents, and was counting on such insistence to weaken Western support for Ukraine and make the determination of the United States and the European Union, as food shortages, currency Inflation and energy price problems worsened and weakened. However, Haines also pointed out that Russia will not be able to achieve such a goal without mobilizing more troops from home and building a large-scale military force.
The Guardian reported that Haynes pointed out that the stalemate in the Russian-Ukrainian war may prompt Putin to take more unstable actions that escalate the situation, including comprehensive mobilization and the imposition of martial law. They are disadvantaged, jeopardizing their position in Moscow, and may even be willing to use nuclear weapons.
Haynes said Putin would continue touting Russia’s nuclear arsenal as a way to deter the U.S. and its allies from further aid to Ukraine, and that shifting strategic focus to the east and south was more of a stopgap than a permanent reduction in military operations. scope.
Haynes said Putin would not use nuclear weapons unless he saw Russia die or his regime was threatened. The focus was on what losing the war in Ukraine meant to Putin. “We think it’s possible. He will see the loss of the war against Ukraine as an existential threat, and the involvement of NATO as one of the reasons for the failure of the Russian military.”
Haynes stressed that the world had better maintain some sense of crisis, that nuclear war is imminent. In addition, there are many signs of Putin’s use of nuclear weapons, including large-scale nuclear exercises involving elements such as a large number of dispersed mobile intercontinental missiles, heavy bombers and strategic submarines.
Russia is subject to severe international sanctions, and domestic anti-war voices are also growing. Regarding the recent rumors that Russia will declare martial law, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov refuted the rumors on the 11th, claiming that the internal situation in Russia is stable and there is no Martial law plan.
Ukraine Announces Trial of First Russian Soldier: Murder of Unarmed Villagers
War crimes committed by the Russian army, including massacres, have been revealed one after another, and the international community has jumped out to condemn them and express their willingness to help the investigation. “CNN” reported that the Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s Office issued a statement on the 11th that Ukraine has prosecuted Vadim Shishimarin, a soldier of Russia’s “4th Guards Tank Division 32010 Military Unit”, who will become the first soldier in the Russian-Ukrainian war. Russian soldiers on trial.
The investigation pointed out that 21-year-old Shihimalin killed an unarmed 62-year-old male villager in the village of Chupakhivka in Sumy, Ubei on February 28. He shot the victim several times with a rifle in the head. The villagers were pushing bicycles on the side of the road and were about to return to the door when they were shot and killed by headshots.
Ukraine’s Attorney General Iryna Venediktova revealed that Shishimalin is currently in custody, and that prosecutors and Ukrainian National Security Service investigators have collected enough evidence to prove that he committed war crimes and murder. Himalin faces 10 to 15 years in prison, or even life in prison.
Exposing the tragic situation of many wounded soldiers, the Azov camp calls for international humanitarian assistance
The Azovstal steel plant in the port city of Mariupol in southern Ukraine has been continuously attacked by Russian troops. Although the women, children and the elderly have been evacuated, the Ukrainian defenders are still bloody defending the country. The number of wounded and killed soldiers is quite large. . The Azov Battalion, which is responsible for guarding the steel plant, released photos of wounded soldiers still holding strongholds on the official social platform, calling for humanitarian assistance.
The Azov Battalion tweeted that these Malipo guardians were wounded and even disabled, and that the entire civilized world must look at their environment and take action. The Azov Battalion pointed out that the wounded soldiers in the underground facilities of the steel plant could not take care of hygiene, and their wounds could only be covered with incompletely sterilized bandages or other cloth strips, and the shortage of medicine and food had been declared.
As can be seen from the photos released by the Azov Camp, the defenders of the Azov Steel Plant had extremely harsh living conditions and poor sanitary conditions. Affected by the shortage of drugs and materials, they were forced to use incompletely sterilized bandage fragments for dressing. In addition, many wounded soldiers have been amputated and incapacitated.
The Azov Battalion also mentioned on Telegram that the wounded soldiers of the Azov Battalion called on the United Nations and the Red Cross to show their humanitarianism, rescue the wounded who are no longer combatants, and return the wounded to the territory controlled by Ukraine.
Illya Samoilenko, a lieutenant-commander who stands guard at the Azov Steel Plant, told Sky News in an exclusive interview that the Russian army continues to attack, and the number of wounded and killed soldiers is quite large, and they should receive proper care.
Samorenko said that no one expected the defenders to resist the Russian army for so long, but they continued to fight, but the resources on the scene were quite limited, and every day they resisted now may be their last day.
The commander of Samorenko said that being captured by the enemy is equivalent to death. However, he said with high spirits: “Our fate is nothing, and the battle is everything.”
According to reports, Ukrainian officials believe that about 100 civilians are still trapped in the steel plant at the scene, but Samorenko said that according to the information he has so far, all civilians have been evacuated.
The Lithuanian parliament identified Russia as a terrorist state and called on its allies to follow up with the Russian Foreign Ministry: a complete provocation
Russia invaded Ukraine, and many countries saw the atrocities committed by the Russian army and increased sanctions against Russia and assistance to Ukraine. “CNN” reported that the Lithuanian parliament on the 10th overwhelmingly voted 128 votes in favor of a resolution that called Russia’s full-scale armed aggression against Ukraine since February 24 a genocide against the Ukrainian people. , and pointed out that Russia is a country that supports and implements terrorism.
The Lithuanian parliament called on the United Nations, the European Union, NATO and other European countries and international organizations to recognize the resolution and prosecute Russia, and to establish a special international criminal court to investigate and evaluate Russia’s crimes against Ukraine. One of the Lithuanian parliamentarians said, Justice will only be served if Russian leaders, senior officials and perpetrators of crimes are brought to justice.
In response, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on the 11th that Lithuania’s resolution should be regarded as “completely provocative”, accusing it of being the product of “political hypocrisy” and “extremism”. She also pointed out that NATO has carried out many illegal aggression activities in the past few decades, resulting in huge loss of life.
According to foreign media reports, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki wrote to the British “Telegraph” on the 11th, with the title “Russia’s terrorist ideology must be eliminated”, warning the international community of Putin’s terrorist ideology ( monstrous ideology), far more dangerous than the German Nazi leader Hitler and the Soviet dictator Stalin.
“Putin is not Hitler or Stalin, but unfortunately, he is more dangerous than both,” Morawiecki said. “Not long ago, Poland and Russia fought an information war about the origins of World War II. Poland won, but Poland won. Putin still succeeded in his goal, and he infected the global Internet with millions of fake news.”
Morawitsch called for the international community to take “de-Putinization” actions. He believes that Putin’s ideology has a more dangerous military blessing than the era of Hitler and Stalin, and the convenience of new media makes him move. Widespread political propaganda at the fingertips.
Morawitsch also took the “river of blood” tragic situation caused by the Russian army in Butcha, Irpin, Malibo and other places in Ukraine as an example. state” recovery.
Morawiecki criticized that the West had fallen into a kind of blissful amnesia, completely forgetting the potential threats that could ensue. He said that the dream and illusion that “history will not repeat itself” was shattered when Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24 this year. Moravitsky warned that Russia’s aggression will not end in Kyiv, saying: “We all face the threat of losing our souls, our freedoms and our sovereignty.”
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