Ukraine Situation Report: Russian
‘Terminator’ Fighting Vehicles Sent To
Front:

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/ukraine-situation-report-russian-terminator-fighting-vehicles-sent-to-front


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Missiles and UAVs in the Ukraine war: A
preliminary evaluation:

https://www.jns.org/opinion/missiles-and-uavs-in-the-ukraine-war-a-preliminary-evaluation/


===================================


Vladimir Putin's Forever War in Ukraine:

https://www.newsweek.com/2022/05/27/vladimir-putins-forever-war-ukraine-1706550.html


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Russia's Ukraine invasion 'makes no
sense,' according to a leading historian
who once angered Putin by asking him
about energy:

https://news.yahoo.com/russias-ukraine-invasion-makes-no-103335196.html


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Ukrainian president Zelensky wants to
rebuild An-225 Mriya to honor hero pilots:

https://www.aerotime.aero/articles/31078-ukraine-president-zelensky-wants-rebuild-mriya


===================================


Russian TV Shows Off Rare 2S4 Mega
Mortar-Then Ukraine Blows It Up:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/sebastienroblin/2022/05/22/russian-tv-shows-off-rare-2s4-mega-mortar-then-ukraine-blows-it-up/


===================================


Syria’s barrel bomb experts in Russia to
help with potential Ukraine campaign:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/22/syrias-barrel-bomb-experts-in-russia-to-help-with-potential-ukraine-campaign


===================================


Russians Lose Momentum Amid Massive
Losses, Ukraine Continues
Counteroffensive in Izyum:

https://sofrep.com/news/russians-lose-momentum-amid-massive-losses-ukraine-continues-counteroffensive-in-izyum/


===================================


The United States is Sending Billions in
Military Aid to Ukraine—Just Not the
Systems It Needs:

https://mwi.usma.edu/the-united-states-is-sending-billions-in-military-aid-to-ukraine-just-not-the-systems-it-needs/


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Mechanics, hairdressers... Ukraine
recruits train for attack:

https://www.spacewar.com/reports/Mechanics_hairdressers_Ukraine_recruits_train_for_attack_999.html


===================================


U.S. may boost Ukraine’s defense with
Harpoon missiles:

https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2022/05/u-s-may-boost-ukraines-defense-with-harpoon-missiles/


===================================


Ukrainian Teachers Balk As Moscow
Seeks To Impose 'Russian Standards' In
Occupied Territories:

https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-kherson-education-russian-occupation/31862426.html


===================================


Ukraine Praises Guerrilla Fighters to Aid
Destroying Russian Artillery:

https://www.newsweek.com/ukraine-praises-guerrilla-fighters-aid-destroying-russian-artillery-1708902


===================================


Spoils of war: Destroyed Russian tanks
go on display in Kyiv:

https://news.yahoo.com/spoils-war-destroyed-russian-tanks-134852442.html


===================================


Russian military hardware getting
wrecked in Ukraine could hurt its appeal
to some of Moscow's best customers:

https://www.businessinsider.com/poor-russian-performance-in-ukraine-may-hurt-its-arms-sales-2022-5


===================================


Artillery: British Boxed Brimstones In
Ukraine:

https://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htart/articles/20220522.aspx


===================================


Mullen says US should consider the
possibility of Russia using a nuclear
weapon:

https://thehill.com/news/3497128-mullen-says-us-should-consider-the-possibility-of-russia-using-a-nuclear-weapon/


===================================


Russia unlikely to use nuclear weapons,
ex-Defense Secretary Gates says: Live
updates:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2022/05/22/ukraine-russia-invasion-live-updates/9878332002/


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Cannes screens the last testament of
filmmaker killed in Ukraine’s Mariupol:

https://www.france24.com/en/culture/20220520-cannes-screens-last-testament-of-filmmaker-killed-in-ukraine-s-mariupol


===================================


Ukrainian intelligence: Belarus buries
mercenaries who fought on the Russian
side:

https://www.yahoo.com/news/ukrainian-intelligence-belarus-buries-mercenaries-140511651.html


===================================


Ukrainian parliament votes to extend
martial law for another 90 days:

https://www.cbsnews.com/video/ukrainian-parliament-votes-to-extend-martial-law-for-another-90-days-as-the-war-nears-three-months/


===================================


Russian Navy's Way Around Turkey
Closing The Bosporus To Its Warships,
Literally:

http://www.hisutton.com/Russian-Navys-Secret-Internal-Waterways.html


===================================


Zelenskyy’s Agonizing Choice to Save
Ukraine:

https://nationalinterest.org/feature/zelenskyy%E2%80%99s-agonizing-choice-save-ukraine-202536


===================================


Russia’s military is now a ‘wounded bear.’
Can it revive itself?:

https://breakingdefense.com/2022/05/russias-military-is-now-a-wounded-bear-can-it-revive-itself/


===================================


Zelensky: Russian offensive in
Severodonetsk pushed back by Ukrainian
forces:

https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2022/05/22/Ukraine-Severodonetsk-Russian-offensive-east/7401653220169/


===================================


Ukraine rejects concessions as Russians
attack in east:

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-rejects-concessions-russians-attack-east-2022-05-22/


===================================


Ukraine peace deal: Kyiv rules out ceding
land to Russia:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-61542090


===================================


Russia's war dead abandoned by the
Kremlin are piling up in Ukraine's
refrigerated train trucks, video shows:

https://www.businessinsider.com/video-russias-abandoned-dead-piling-up-in-ukraines-refrigerated-trains-2022-5


===================================


France deploys SAMP/T MAMBA air
defense missile systems in Romania on
eastern flank of Europe:

https://www.armyrecognition.com/defense_news_may_2022_global_security_army_industry/france_deploys_samp/t_mamba_air_defense_missile_systems_in_romania_on_eastern_flank_of_europe.html


===================================


Suspicious fire breaks out at Russian
aerospace institute that develops fighter
jets and rockets in latest blaze to hit the
country amid fears of Ukrainian saboteur
campaign:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10839953/Suspicious-fire-breaks-Russian-aerospace-institute-develops-fighter-jets-rockets.html


===================================


Oliver Stone claims Vladimir Putin has
'had this cancer' but 'I think he's licked it':

https://news.yahoo.com/oliver-stone-claims-vladimir-putin-091706751.html


===================================


Putin Will 'Be Gone by 2023,' Likely to
Sanatorium, Predicts Ex-MI6 Chief:

https://www.newsweek.com/putin-will-gone-2023-likely-sanatorium-predicts-ex-mi6-chief-1708926


===================================


Is Moldova Next? Brigadoon in a Tough
Neighborhood:

https://nationalinterest.org/feature/moldova-next-brigadoon-tough-neighborhood-202528


===================================


Turkey’s unstated goals in blocking
Sweden and Finland:

https://www.politico.eu/article/turkey-nato-sweden-and-finland-membership-tayyip-erdogan/


===================================


Ukraine war lessons spur China military
shipbuilding surge: experts:

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3178508/ukraine-war-lessons-spur-china-military-shipbuilding-surge

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Russia's Death Toll in Ukraine Already the
Same as 10 Years in Afghanistan:

https://www.newsweek.com/russia-death-toll-ukraine-already-same-10-years-afghanistan-1708991


===================================


Has Russia Run Out of Precision-Guided
Missiles?:

https://sofrep.com/news/has-russia-run-out-of-precision-guided-missiles/


===================================


Did Russia Really Destroy a Large Cache
of NATO Weapons in Ukraine?:

https://www.19fortyfive.com/2022/05/did-russia-really-destroy-a-large-cache-of-nato-weapons-in-ukraine/


===================================


With Big Old Artillery And Tiny New
Drones, Ukrainian Gunners Take Aim At
Regrouping Russians:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2022/05/23/big-old-guns-tiny-new-drones-ukrainian-gunners-disrupt-regrouping-russians/


===================================


TV Pundit Indicates How Russia Will
Reframe Goals To Claim Ukraine Victory:

https://www.newsweek.com/russia-ukraine-goal-war-claim-victory-objectives-sergey-mikheyev-state-tv-1709088


===================================


Ukrainian Army fields Vampire rocket
artillery systems:

https://defence-blog.com/ukrainian-army-fields-vampire-rocket-artillery-systems/


===================================


The Do-or-Die Battle That Putin Could
Actually Win:

https://www.thedailybeast.com/vladimir-putin-could-actually-win-the-battle-for-luhansk-in-ukraine


===================================


CBS News on patrol with Ukraine's
military in villages on frontline of war
with Russia:

https://www.cbsnews.com/video/cbs-news-on-patrol-with-ukraines-military-in-villages-on-frontline-of-war-with-russia/


===================================


NATO Has a Problem: Has Russia
Established Its Donbas-Crimea Land
Bridge?:

https://www.19fortyfive.com/2022/05/nato-has-a-problem-has-russia-established-its-donbas-crimea-land-bridge/


===================================


War Between Russia and Ukraine Includes
Dueling Maps of Territory Control:

https://www.newsweek.com/war-between-russia-ukraine-includes-dueling-maps-territory-control-1709102


===================================


Ukraine war: Russian assault on key
Donbas city intensifies:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-61547756


===================================


Ukraine reveals 87 killed in strike on
barracks, worst military loss of war:

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/ukraine-rules-out-territorial-concessions-russia-steps-up-attacks-2022-05-23/


===================================


Russian soldier gets life in prison for
killing Ukrainian man to end first war
crimes trial:

https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2022/05/23/ukraine-russia-vadim-shishimarin-sentenced-life/6141653303024/


===================================


Nuclear Bomb Simulator Used 9 Million
Times Since Russia Invaded Ukraine:

https://www.newsweek.com/nuclear-bomb-simulator-used-9-million-times-since-russia-invaded-ukraine-1709105


===================================


Former Russian officer describes quitting
the army from guilt and shame after
being deployed to invade Ukraine:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/former-russian-officer-describes-quitting-the-army-from-guilt-and-shame-after-being-deployed-to-invade-ukraine/ar-AAXCaKN


===================================


Russian diplomat resigns over war in
Ukraine: "Never have I been so ashamed
of my country":

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/russian-diplomat-boris-bondarev-resigns-war-in-ukraine/


===================================


New Zealand to train Ukrainian army to
use 105mm L119 howitzer:

http://www.armyrecognition.com/defense_news_may_2022_global_security_army_industry/new_zealand_to_train_ukrainian_army_to_use_105mm_l119_howitzer.html


===================================


Putin Is Angry: Ukraine Won’t Give Land
to Russia In Peace Deals:

https://www.19fortyfive.com/2022/05/putin-is-angry-ukraine-wont-give-land-to-russia-in-peace-deals/


===================================


Russian parliamentarian hints at possible
exchange of Azovstal PoWs for detained
Putin ally:

https://news.yahoo.com/russian-parliamentarian-hints-possible-exchange-194019876.html


===================================


Russia Keen on Negotiating End to War
as Ukraine Demands All Territory Back:

https://www.newsweek.com/russia-keen-negotiating-end-war-ukraine-demands-all-territory-back-1709176


===================================


After 3 months of war, life in Russia has
profoundly changed:

https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-putin-politics-41f8ccd1e1d75a062275181d9288d378


===================================


Putin's 'de-Nazify' claims in Ukraine
obscure his Nazi problem at home:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2022/05/23/putin-nazis-ukraine/9742576002/


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Coup against Putin would be triggered if
one of his top officials refused to carry
out a nuclear strike, Bellingcat expert
says:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/coup-against-putin-would-be-triggered-if-one-of-his-top-officials-refused-to-carry-out-a-nuclear-strike-bellingcat-expert-says/ar-AAXBJwv


===================================


Russia Walks Back Talk of Abandoning
Captured Troops in Ukraine:

https://www.newsweek.com/russia-walks-back-talk-abandoning-captured-troops-ukraine-1709137


===================================


Russia lost 50 Orlan reconnaissance
drones In Ukraine:

https://defence-blog.com/russia-lost-50-orlan-reconnaissance-drones-in-ukraine/


===================================


Drone Ships Posed To Play Important
Role In Russia-Ukraine War:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/vikrammittal/2022/05/23/drone-ships-posed-to-play-important-role-in-russia-ukraine-war/


===================================


Russia 'reinforcing failure and repeating
mistakes,' leading to high death toll, UK
intelligence says:

https://www.businessinsider.com/russia-high-death-toll-from-repeating-mistakes-uk-intel-2022-5


===================================


Intelligence: How Russia Lost The
Cellphone War:

https://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htintel/articles/20220523.aspx


===================================


US expects to deliver M142 HIMARS
mobile rocket/missile launcher systems
to Ukraine:

https://www.armyrecognition.com/defense_news_may_2022_global_security_army_industry/us_expects_to_deliver_m142himars_mobile_rocket/missile_launcher_systems_to_ukraine.html


===================================


Germany could find Marder IFVs in its
inventory for Ukraine after all, report says:

https://defbrief.com/2022/05/22/germany-could-find-marder-ifvs-in-its-inventory-for-ukraine-after-all-report-says/


===================================


Russia’s Military: How Long Will It Take
to Rebuild After the War in Ukraine?:

https://www.19fortyfive.com/2022/05/russias-military-how-long-will-it-take-to-rebuilt-after-the-war-in-ukraine/


===================================


Trust in democracies rising in wake of
Ukraine invasion: poll:

https://thehill.com/policy/international/3497855-trust-in-democracies-rising-in-wake-of-ukraine-invasion-poll/


===================================


Ukrainian Defenders Blitz Russian Base
and Destroy Dozens of Tanks:

https://www.newsweek.com/ukrainian-defenders-blitz-russian-base-destroy-dozens-tanks-1709198


===================================


Four EU countries call for use of Russian
assets to rebuild Ukraine:

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/exclusive-four-eu-countries-call-use-russian-assets-rebuild-ukraine-2022-05-23/


===================================


Before and after photos show how
Russia's assault turned Mariupol from an
industrial port city into rubble:

https://www.businessinsider.com/ukraine-port-city-mariupol-before-after-russia-invasion-photos-2022-5


===================================


What Iran is Learning from Russia’s 2,000
Missile Strikes in Ukraine:

https://www.19fortyfive.com/2022/05/what-iran-is-learning-from-russias-2000-missile-strikes-in-ukraine/


===================================


Finland Ramps Up Military Spending
Amid Fears Russia Will Retaliate:

https://www.newsweek.com/finland-ramps-military-spending-amid-fears-russia-will-retaliate-1708616


===================================


How to Prepare for the Next Ukraine:

https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/ukraine/2022-05-23/how-prepare-next-ukraine


===================================


Putin survived an assassination attempt
after he invaded, Ukraine intelligence
official says:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/putin-survived-an-assassination-attempt-after-he-invaded-ukraine-intelligence-official-says/ar-AAXCyf3

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Harpoon Anti-Ship Missiles Headed To
Ukraine From Denmark:

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/harpoon-anti-ship-missiles-headed-to-ukraine-from-denmark


===================================


20 countries offer new arms for Ukraine,
including missiles and helicopters:

https://www.scmp.com/news/world/russia-central-asia/article/3178875/20-countries-offer-new-arms-ukraine-including


===================================


Czech Republic gives Ukraine Mi-35
gunship attack helicopters:

https://www.airrecognition.com/index.php/news/defense-aviation-news/2022-news-aviation-aerospace/may/8401-czech-republic-gives-ukraine-mi-35-gunship-attack-helicopters.html


===================================


Futuristic Belgian F2000 Rifles Have Been
Spotted In Ukrainian Hands:

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/futuristic-belgian-f2000-rifles-have-been-spotted-in-ukrainian-hands


===================================


T-14 Armata: Why Russia’s Best Tank Isn’t
Fighting in Ukraine:

https://www.19fortyfive.com/2022/05/t-14-armata-why-russias-best-tank-isnt-fighting-in-ukraine/


===================================


Ukraine claims suicide drone destroyed
Russian tank:

https://defence-blog.com/ukraine-claims-suicide-drone-destroyed-russian-tank/


===================================


Pentagon Weighing on Sending Special
Forces to Protect US Embassy in Kyiv:

https://sofrep.com/news/pentagon-weighing-on-sending-special-forces-to-protect-us-embassy-in-kyiv/


===================================


Ukrainian Fighters Destroy Russian Fuel
Tanker and Armored Vehicles:

https://www.newsweek.com/ukrainian-fighters-destroy-russian-fuel-tanker-armored-vehicles-1709359


===================================


Russian army deploys Iskander missile
launchers in Belarus near Ukrainian
border:

http://www.armyrecognition.com/ukraine_-_russia_conflict_war_2022/russian_army_deploys_iskander_missile_launchers_in_belarus_near_ukrainian_border.html


===================================


Sanctions against Russia are 'draining'
country's economy and Putin's 'war
machine,' European Commission president
says:

https://www.businessinsider.com/sanctions-russia-draining-economy-european-commission-president-2022-5


===================================


After 3 months, Russia still bogged down
in Ukraine war:

https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-putin-kyiv-politics-9e0c72aa16d97d7466f22dfbf6dc8fa0


===================================


'We're Never Leaving': Russian TV Pundits
Warn of Lengthy Ukraine Conflict:

https://www.newsweek.com/russia-ukraine-putin-solovyov-donbas-simonyan-1709535


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Russia says Ukraine war slowdown is
deliberate, no need to 'chase deadlines':

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-says-its-deliberately-slowing-ukraine-offensive-evacuate-civilians-ria-2022-05-24/


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Poland to acquire Korean K2 & German
Leopard 2 tanks to replace T-72s donated
to Ukraine:

https://www.armyrecognition.com/defense_news_may_2022_global_security_army_industry/poland_to_acquire_korean_k2_german_leopard_2_tanks_to_replace_t-72s_donated_to_ukraine.html


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Russian Propagandist Alexei Fenenko
Says War in Ukraine Was a ‘Rehearsal’ for
Larger Conflict With NATO:

https://sofrep.com/news/russian-propagandist-alexei-fenenko-says-war-in-ukraine-was-a-rehearsal-for-larger-conflict-with-nato/


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Up To 15,000 Russians Have Died In
Ukraine: U.K. Defense Ministry:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2022/05/23/up-to-15000-russians-have-died-in-ukraine/


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Putin Should Be Shocked: 28,700 Russian
Troops Have Died in Ukraine:

https://www.19fortyfive.com/2022/05/putin-should-be-shocked-28700-russian-troops-have-died-in-ukraine/


===================================


Russia launches all-out assault to encircle
twin cities in eastern Ukraine:

https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20220524-live-war-in-ukraine-enters-fourth-month


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Russia attacks dozens of towns in east
Ukraine; 200 bodies found in Mariupol:

https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2022/05/24/ukraine-mariupol-bodies-russia-donbas/6931653393134/


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Hungry Mouths, 'Catastrophe' Ahead if
Russia Continues Blockades: Zelensky:

https://www.newsweek.com/hungry-mouths-catastrophe-ahead-if-russia-continues-blockades-zelensky-1709391


===================================


Dictator Reveals Putin’s Wet Dream of a
‘New World Order’:

https://news.yahoo.com/dictator-reveals-putin-wet-dream-192507446.html


===================================


Ukrainian Court Orders Ex-President's
Arrest in Absentia on Treason Charge:

https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2022-05-23/ukrainian-court-orders-ex-presidents-arrest-in-absentia-on-treason-charge


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Putin Ally Warns World War III Is Coming
Unless West Stops Weapons Supply:

https://www.newsweek.com/alexander-lukashenko-world-war-iii-warning-ukraine-weapons-supply-1709349


===================================


China and Russia hold first military
exercise since Ukraine invasion:

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/china-russia-hold-first-military-exercise-since-ukraine-invasion-2022-05-24/


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Kissinger suggests Ukraine should
concede territory to Russia to end war:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/kissinger-suggests-ukraine-should-concede-territory-to-russia-to-end-war/ar-AAXFevE


===================================


Henry Kissinger Blasted for Telling
Ukraine to Give Territory to Russia:

https://www.newsweek.com/henry-kissinger-ukraine-russia-territory-comments-1709636


===================================


Henry Kissinger Is Wrong: Ukraine Should
Get Russian Territory:

https://www.19fortyfive.com/2022/05/henry-kissinger-is-wrong-ukraine-should-get-russian-territory/


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$800M Needed To Build A New An-225
Mriya Cargo Jet Zelensky Says:

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/800m-needed-to-build-a-new-an-225-mriya-cargo-jet-zelensky-says


===================================


Who is Kanamat Botashev? Russia's
Highest Ranking Airforce Commander
Killed:

https://www.newsweek.com/russia-ukraine-botashev-commander-killed-1709596


===================================


Russia Tries to Tighten Hold Over
Occupied Areas of Ukraine:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/russia-tries-to-tighten-hold-over-occupied-areas-of-ukraine/ar-AAXEBKZ


===================================


Blame Turkey, They Will Cooperate:

https://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htiw/articles/20220524.aspx


===================================


Russia Consumed by More Mysterious
Fires as Huge Blazes Rage:

https://www.newsweek.com/russia-ukraine-fire-kemerovo-yakutsk-1709426


===================================


Putin’s Own Men Are Already Discussing
Who Will Replace Him:

https://www.thedailybeast.com/putins-own-men-are-already-discussing-who-will-replace-him


===================================


Putin's inner circle losing its power,
Russian journalist says:

https://www.foxnews.com/world/putin-inner-circle-losing-power-russian-journalist-says


===================================


Russia Raises Territorial Disputes With
Finland Ahead of NATO Application:

https://www.newsweek.com/russia-nato-finland-island-aland-islands-saimaa-canal-vladimir-chizhov-1709533


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Western officials skeptical of claim that
there was recently an attempt to
assassinate Putin:

https://news.yahoo.com/western-officials-sceptical-claim-recently-095603502.html

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Ukraine Situation Report: Russian Forces
Break Through In Parts Of Donbas:

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/ukraine-situation-report-russian-forces-break-through-in-parts-of-the-donbas


===================================


Russian assault on eastern Ukraine
threatens to encircle Sievierodonetsk:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/25/russian-assault-eastern-ukraine-sievierodonetsk-donbas


===================================


Your tactical update on Ukraine (May 25):

https://www.sandboxx.us/blog/your-tactical-update-on-ukraine-may-25/


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Russia is seeing 'localized successes' in
eastern Ukraine, growing criticism at
home of its huge losses:

https://theweek.com/speed-reads/1013808/russia-is-seeing-localized-successes-in-eastern-ukraine-growing-criticism-at


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Russian Buk Fires Missile Into Sky Over
Ukraine:

https://www.newsweek.com/russian-buk-fires-missile-sky-over-ukraine-1710141


===================================


Russian huge tank losses in Ukraine lead
to reactivate old T-62 MBTs:

http://www.armyrecognition.com/ukraine_-_russia_conflict_war_2022/russian_huge_tank_losses_in_ukraine_lead_to_reactivate_old_t-62_mbts.html


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This Is Why the Red Air Force Is Largely
Absent in the Skies Over Ukraine:

https://sofrep.com/news/this-is-why-the-red-air-force-is-largely-absent-in-the-skies-over-ukraine/


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How Desperate Is Russia For Good
Troops? It’s Hiring Mercenaries. Even The
Law-Breakers.:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2022/05/24/how-desperate-is-russia-for-good-troops-its-hiring-mercenaries-even-the-law-breakers/


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Russia's Air War in Ukraine is a Total
Failure, New Data Show:

https://www.newsweek.com/exclusive-russias-air-war-ukraine-total-failure-new-data-show-1709388


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Russian Navy Performed A Major
Demonstration In Black Sea:

http://www.hisutton.com/Russian-Navy-Demonstration-In-Black-Sea-May-24-2022.html


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US sending latest generation 155mm
M777A2 howitzers to Ukraine:

http://www.armyrecognition.com/defense_news_may_2022_global_security_army_industry/usa_sending_latest_generation_155mm_m777a2_howitzers_to_ukraine.html


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Russia, SpaceX, and Electronic Warfare:
It’s Déjà Vu All Over Again:

https://www.thedefensepost.com/2022/05/25/russia-spacex-electronic-warfare/


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Putin approves fast-track citizenship for
people in captured Ukraine in a possible
lead-up to Russian annexation:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/putin-approves-fast-track-citizenship-for-people-in-captured-ukraine-in-a-possible-lead-up-to-russian-annexation/ar-AAXIIgl


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Russian Troops Blitz Ukrainian Targets
With Msta B Howitzers:

https://www.newsweek.com/russian-troops-blitz-ukrainian-targets-msta-b-howitzers-1709760


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Russia Using Smartphone “Game” To
Recruit Ukrainian Children as Unwitting
Spies:

https://thedebrief.org/russia-using-smartphone-game-to-recruit-ukrainian-children-as-unwitting-spies/


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Russians steal outdated training
helicopters from Ukraine:

https://defence-blog.com/russians-steal-outdated-training-helicopters-from-ukraine/


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Ukraine Is Knocking Increasing Numbers
Of Russian Drones Out Of The Sky —
With Help From Russian Corruption:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidhambling/2022/05/25/ukraine-is-knocking-increasing-numbers-of-russian-drones-out-of-the-sky/


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Russia Uses Huge Demining Robots to
Clear Explosives From Seized City of
Mariupol:

https://www.newsweek.com/russia-uses-huge-demining-robots-clear-explosives-seized-city-mariupol-1709701


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Russian Navy relies on Chinese repair
parts, sailors refuse battle orders over
safety concerns: Ukrainian inte:

https://www.foxnews.com/world/russian-navy-chinese-repair-sailors-refuse-battle-orders-ukrainian-intel


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Ukraine stacking dead Russian soldiers in
rail car, hopes to exchange for prisoners:

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/ukraine-stacking-dead-russian-soldiers-in-train-car-hopes-to-exchange-for-prisoners


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Ukraine to get more M113 armored
personnel carriers from Lithuania:

https://defence-blog.com/ukraine-to-get-more-m113-armored-personnel-carriers-from-lithuania/


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Ukrainians Drive Away 'Trophy' Tanks
After Rout at River:

https://www.newsweek.com/ukrainians-drive-away-trophy-tanks-after-rout-river-1709741


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Scars of war seem to be everywhere in
Ukraine after 3 months:

https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-kyiv-moscow-d01152d589a482b52f1072ce9886fbe1


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Tanks, but no ammo – Germany's Ukraine
pledges show military muddle:

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/tanks-no-ammo-germanys-ukraine-pledges-show-military-muddle-2022-05-25/


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Fighting reaches 'outskirts' of key east
Ukraine city Severodonetsk:

https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20220525-live-zelensky-says-russian-troops-wants-to-destroy-everything


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Russian Troops Demand Ukrainians Pay
Them Bribes to Flee Occupied Area:

https://www.newsweek.com/russian-troops-demand-ukrainians-pay-them-bribes-flee-occupied-area-1709688


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Supercharged Sanctions:

https://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htproc/articles/20220525.aspx


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Watch This Switchblade Suicide Drone
Attack A Russian Tank In Ukraine:

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/watch-this-switchblade-suicide-drone-attack-a-russian-tank-in-ukraine


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The Moment Putin’s Ticking Time Bomb
of Failure Could Explode:

https://www.thedailybeast.com/ukraine-spy-chief-kyrylo-budanov-predicts-just-how-long-vladimir-putins-army-can-last-in-the-war


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Vladimir Putin Plays on Dual Existential
Threats:

https://www.newsweek.com/vladimir-putin-plays-dual-existential-threats-nuclear-ukraine-food-1709973


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Polish MANPADS Score Hits in Ukraine:

https://www.overtdefense.com/2022/05/25/polish-manpads-score-hits-in-ukraine/


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Russian rockets hit eastern Ukrainian
town of Pokrovsk:

https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-donetsk-government-and-politics-8747938cc5e85ea947179f38c34fb022


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Ukraine: Amnesty International has
'documented a vast range of war crimes':

https://www.france24.com/en/video/20220525-ukraine-amnesty-international-has-documented-a-vast-range-of-war-crimes


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Russian TV Says Allies Loyal to Putin
Won't Starve as Country Hoards Food:

https://www.newsweek.com/russia-ukraine-famine-skabeyeva-60-minutes-kremlin-1709918


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63-Year-Old Retired Russian Fighter Pilot
Shot Down In Su-25 Over Ukraine:

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/63-year-old-retired-russian-fighter-pilot-shot-down-in-su-25-over-ukraine


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U.S. intelligence document shows
Russian naval blockade of Ukraine:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/u-s-intelligence-document-shows-russian-naval-blockade-of-ukraine/ar-AAXGd8a


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Biden pressured to lead naval operation
against Ukraine blockade to avert famine:

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense-national-security/biden-pressured-to-lead-naval-operation-against-ukraine-blockade-to-avert-famine


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United Kingdom could send warships to
Black Sea to protect Ukrainian civilian
ships:

http://navyrecognition.com/index.php/naval-news/naval-news-archive/2022/may/11760-united-kingdom-could-send-warships-in-black-sea-to-protect-ukrainian-civilian-ships.html


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Putin Plans to Let World Starve Unless
Demands Met as Russia Hoards Grain:

https://www.newsweek.com/russia-ukraine-black-sea-medvedev-rudenko-1710025


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Putin Taps ‘Man Without a Face’ for
Kremlin ‘Emergencies’ Job After
Predecessor’s Mystery Waterfall Death:

https://www.thedailybeast.com/alexander-kurenkov-putin-bodyguard-promoted-to-emergencies-minister-after-predecessors-waterfall-death


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Lithuanian TV raises money to offer
Bayraktar TB2 to Ukraine:

https://www.aerotime.aero/articles/31108-lithuanian-laisves-tv-bayraktar-tb2-drone-ukraine


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German military airplane brings wounded
Ukrainians to Berlin:

https://warisboring.com/german-military-airplane-brings-wounded-ukrainians-to-berlin/


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EU cracks widen over Ukraine as Italy,
Hungary urge truce:

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/eu-cracks-widen-over-ukraine-italy-hungary-urge-truce-2022-05-25/


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Ukraine: Russia must withdraw to pre-war
positions for talks:

https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-government-and-politics-36c5486693a74bb0d3c413b038f30840


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'Kissinger still lives in the 20th century':
Ukraine hits back at suggestion it should
cede land to Russia:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/kissinger-still-lives-in-the-20th-century-ukraine-hits-back-at-suggestion-it-should-cede-land-to-russia/ar-AAXI5rZ


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NATO Must Contest Russian Moves in Its
Southern Underbelly:

https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2022/05/nato-must-contest-russian-moves-its-southern-underbelly/367335/


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Russia's Elite Want Putin Out of Office:
Report:

https://www.newsweek.com/russias-elite-want-putin-out-office-report-1709734


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Is Russia Ripe for a Coup?:

https://www.19fortyfive.com/2022/05/russia-coup-putin-luttwak/


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Poland signs papers for additional six
Patriot batteries from the US:

https://defbrief.com/2022/05/24/poland-signs-papers-for-additional-six-patriot-batteries-from-the-us/


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The End Of An Era:

https://www.strategypage.com/qnd/china/articles/20220525.aspx

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