Ukraine/Russland/NATO – der Sammler am 6. Mai 2022

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Verspätet heute, aber dennoch fürs Archiv: Der Sammler am 6. Mai 2022 (die russischen Briefings des Tages inzwischen unten nachgetragen):

• Das britische Intel Update am Freitagmorgen:

Russian forces in Mariupol have continued their ground assault on the Azovstal steel plant for a second day, despite Russian statements claiming they would seek only to seal it off.
The renewed effort by Russia to secure Azovstal and complete the capture of Mariupol is likely linked to the upcoming 9 May Victory Day commemorations and Putin’s desire to have a symbolic success in Ukraine.
This effort has come at personnel, equipment and munitions cost to Russia. Whilst Ukrainian resistance continues in Azovstal, Russian losses will continue to build and frustrate their operational plans in southern Donbas.

• Das Morgenbriefing des ukrainischen Generalstabs:

The seventy-second day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to a russian military invasion continues.
russian enemy continues to conduct full-scale armed aggression against Ukraine.
russian enemy does not stop the offensive in the Eastern Operational Zone in order to establish full control over the territory of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts and maintain the land corridor between these territories and the occupied Crimea.
russian enemy did not take active action in the Volyn and Polissya directions. The units of the Armed Forces of the republic of belarus are checking the combat readiness of the response forces.
In the Siversky direction, no signs of formation of an offensive group by russian enemy were found. In the border areas of Ukraine in the Bryansk, Kursk and Belgorod regions, a small number of personnel, weapons and military equipment are kept at positions and bases.
russian enemy did not take any active action in the Slobozhansky direction. It continues to fire from jet and barrel artillery in residential areas and suburbs of Kharkiv.
russian enemy continues to build up the air defence system, logistics and fire damage. Carries out regrouping and restoration of combat capability of units.
According to available information, there are up to 300 russian wounded in the hospital established by russian occupiers on the basis of Kupyansk City Hospital
In order to clarify the positions of Ukrainian troops and the directions of further advance, russian enemy conducts air reconnaissance.
In the Donetsk and Tavriya directions, russian enemy continues to conduct active hostilities.
russian enemy is shelling the positions of our troops in the Lyman direction.
In the Popasna direction, the main efforts were focused on establishing full control over the settlement of Popasna and resuming the offensive on the settlements of Lyman and Siversk.
In the city of Mariupol, the blockade of units of the Defense Forces in the Azovstal area continues. In some areas, with the support of aviation, resumed assault operations to take control of the plant.
russian enemy did not conduct active hostilities in the Siverodonetsk, Avdiyevka Kurakhivja, Novopavlovsk and Zaporizhzhia areas. russian enemy exercises fire in order to restrain the actions of our troops and destroy artillery units.
In the South Buh area, russian enemy did not conduct active hostilities, kept the occupied frontiers, strengthened air defence systems and electronic warfare. It fired on the positions of our troops. In the north of Kherson and Mykolayiv russian enemy carries out attacks of the settlements which left.
russian enemy conducted air reconnaissance in the areas of the settlements of Oleksandrivka, Serhiivka, and Volodymyrivka.
Fifteen air targets had been hit by the Air Force and Land Forces of the AFu in the past 24 hours: fourteen Orlan drones and one aircraft.
In the Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts, defenders of Ukraine repulsed eleven enemy attacks, destroyed eight tanks, eleven units of armoured combat vehicles and five units of enemy vehicles.

• Das Abendbriefing des ukrainischen Generalstabs:

The seventy-second day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to a russian military invasion continues.
russian enemy continues to conduct full-scale armed aggression against Ukraine.
russian enemy does not stop the offensive in the Eastern Operational Zone in order to establish full control over the territory of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts and maintain the land corridor between these territories and the occupied Crimea.
The greatest activity of russian occupiers continues to be observed in Slobozhansky and Donetsk directions.
russian enemy launches missile strikes on transport infrastructure and residential areas of settlements of Ukraine.
In the Volyn and Polissya directions, russian enemy did not take active action. Certain forces and means of the Armed Forces of the republic of belarus continue to perform tasks to cover the Ukrainian-belarusian border in Brest and Gomel regions.
Currently, units of the Armed Forces of the russian federation remain in the Republic of belarus, consisting of up to eight launchers of Iskander-M operational-tactical missile systems and up to six aircraft of various modifications that may be involved in air and missile strikes on Ukraine.
Some units of the Armed Forces of the russian federation continue to carry out tasks to cover the Ukrainian-russian border in the Bryansk, Kursk and Belgorod regions. The engineering equipment of the positions was carried out near the border crossing points.
According to the available information, in the settlement of Klyntsi, Bryansk region, units of the 144th Motorized Rifle Division of the 20th Combined Arms Army of the Western Military District are conducting combat coordination in order to further participate in hostilities on the territory of Ukraine.
In the Slobozhansky direction, russian enemy continues to increase the number of troops. From the area of ​​the settlement of Urazovo of the Belgorod region to the territory of Ukraine carries out movement of divisions from structure of the Eastern military district.
russian enemy is blocking some remote settlements in the Kharkiv region, carrying out systematic high-intensity shelling, including with the use of rocket-propelled grenade launchers, in areas where our troops are concentrated. Also, russian enemy led the offensive in the direction of the settlement of Nova Dmytrivka, had no success.
As a result of the offensive, units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine regained control over the settlements of Oleksandrivka, Fedorivka, Ukrainka, Shestakovo, Peremoha, and part of the village of Cherkaski Tyshky.
In the Donetsk and Tavriya directions, in order to restrain the actions of Ukrainian units, russian enemy fires along the entire line of contact. Continues airstrikes and missiles.
In the Lyman direction, russian enemy carried out assault operations in the direction of the settlement of Shandryholove. It tried to establish control over the settlements of Rubizhne and Voevodivka in the Severodonetsk direction, but was unsuccessful. In the Popasna direction russian enemy carried out assault operations in the direction of the settlement of Nyzhne. In the Avdievka and Kurakhiv directions, russian enemy limited himself to shelling the positions of units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine.
In the city of Mariupol, the enemy focused its efforts on blocking and defeating units of Ukrainian defenders in the Azovstal area.
The occupiers conducted reconnaissance by fighting in the direction of the settlement of Prechistivka, were unsuccessful, and retreated.
In the South Buh direction, russian enemy did not conduct active offensive operations, inflicting fire damage on the positions of our troops in some areas. It focused the efforts on maintaining the occupied frontiers, replenishing ammunition and engineering equipment positions.
In the Bessarabian direction, the russian federation continues to provoke tensions in the transnistrian region of the Republic of Moldova. The personnel of the operational group of the russian troops are in combat readiness „Full“.
russian enemy continues to suffer significant losses in personnel and equipment. According to available information, up to 800 wounded and up to 200 bodies of dead enemy russian servicemen are in the psychiatric hospital of the village of Malotokmatsky, Rostov region, which was partially transferred to the use of the armed forces of the russian federation.

• Die Briefings des russischen Verteidigungsministeriums sind derzeit nicht erreichbar, die Webseite mil.ru ist – erneut – nicht aufrufbar; auf Facebook wurde seit dem 26. April nichts eingestellt. Wird ggf. nachgetragen.

• Eine etwas andere Grafik der Frontverläufe – nicht aus militärischer Sicht, sondern die Darstellung der humanitären Probleme einschließlich der Flüchtlingszahlen, vom UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA):

mit der Übersicht

Intense fighting and bombardments are ongoing in eastern and southern Ukraine while missile attacks continue across the country.
The UN, in coordination with ICRC, supported the evacuation of civilians sheltering at the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol and nearby areas
WHO warns that the negative impacts of first the COVID-19 pandemic and now the conflict on health care and vaccination rates increase the risk of outbreaks of diseases.
As of 5 May, the UN and humanitarian partners have reached over 5.4 million people across Ukraine.
As of 1 May, WFP has reached nearly 920,000 people with food through the distribution of rapid response rations.

• Seit der vergangenen Nacht gibt es das – weiterhin unbestätigte – Gerücht, der Ukraine sei es gelungen, ein weiteres russisches Kriegsschiff schwer zu beschädigen: Die Fregatte Admiral Makarow soll von ukrainischen Lenkflugkörpern in Brand geschossen worden sein. Bislang stehen belastbare Informationen dazu aus; wird ebenfalls ggf. nachgetragen.

• Zur Ergänzung und zur zunehmenden Bedeutung der Artillerie an der Front im Osten der Ukraine dieser Lesestoff von der New York Times:

One Village at a Time: The Grinding Artillery War in Ukraine

• Nachgetragen: Die Briefings des russischen Verteidigungsministeriums vom 6. Mai (da die Webseite mil.ru – zeitweise? – wieder zugänglich ist):

Das Morgenbriefing:

High-precision air-based missiles of the Russian Aerospace Forces have destroyed a large ammunition depot of the Ukrainian group of troops located on the territory of the Energomashspetsstal plant in Kramatorsk city.
1 Tochka-U tactical missile system of the Ukrainian Armed Forces has been destroyed near Novotavricheskoe, Zaporozhye Region.
In addition, 10 strongholds, areas of AFU manpower and military equipment concentration have been hit.
Operational-tactical and army aviation have hit 24 military assets of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Among them: 18 areas of AFU manpower and military equipment concentration, 1 artillery battery at firing positions, and 2 missile and artillery weapons depots near Krasnopolie in the Donetsk People’s Republic.
Missile troops have destroyed 1 launcher of Ukrainian S-300 anti-aircraft missile system near Nikiforovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic and 5 areas of AFU manpower and military equipment concentration.
Artillery units have hit 6 command posts, 3 ammunition depots, 187 strongpoints, areas of manpower and military equipment concentration, as well as 26 Ukrainian artillery batteries.
The attacks have resulted in the elimination of up to 280 nationalists and 41 units of AFU military equipment.
Russian air defence means have shot down 1 Su-25 and 1 MiG-29 of the Ukrainian Air Force near Preobrazhennoe of the Lugansk People’s Republic and also intercepted 4 Tochka-U ballistic missiles.
In addition, 13 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles have been shot down over Barvenkovo, Balakleya in Kharkov Region, Staromikhailovka, Yasinovataya in Donetsk People’s Republic, Pervomaisk in Lugansk People’s Republic and Chornobaevka in Kherson Region.
In total, 151 aircraft and 112 helicopters, 742 unmanned aerial vehicles, 290 anti-aircraft missile systems, 2,854 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 329 multiple launch rocket systems, 1,338 field artillery and mortars, as well as 2,683 units of special military vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed during the operation.

Das Abendbriefing:

High-precision air-based missiles fired by the Russian Air Force hit 31 areas of AFU manpower and military equipment concentration, as well as 1 ammunition depot near Popasnaya.
Operational-tactical and army aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces have hit 27 military assets of Ukraine.
Among them: 3 ammunition depots near Kuzminovka, Zvanovka and Seversk in the Donetsk People’s Republic, as well as 7 company strongholds and 16 areas of manpower and military equipment concentration.
The attacks have resulted in the elimination of up to 310 nationalists and 27 units of AFU military equipment, as well as Ukrainian Osa-AKM anti-aircraft missile near Seversk, Donetsk People’s Republic.
Missile troops and artillery have hit 22 command posts, 207 strongholds, areas of manpower and military equipment concentration, as well as 3 ammunition depots during the day.
Russian air defence means have shot down 1 Su-27 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force near Platonovka, Lugansk People’s Republic.
In addition, 7 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles have been shot down over Liptsy (Kharkov Region), Sladkoe, Zemlyanka (Donetsk People’s Republic), Tretyakovka, Varvarovka (Lugansk People’s Republic) and near Zmeiniy Island.
2 Ukrainian Smerch multiple-launch rockets have been intercepted over Izyum.
In total, 152 aircraft and 112 helicopters, 749 unmanned aerial vehicles, 291 anti-aircraft missile systems, 2,867 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 331 multiple launch rocket systems, 1,345 field artillery and mortars, as well as 2,698 units of special military vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed during the operation.