Here we go again-Ukraine once again pt2

[Reece]

[Dargo]

With the exchange of another 303 prisoners each, Russia and Ukraine have completed the largest prisoner exchange since the start of the war. This was reported by both the Russian defence ministry and the Ukrainian army leadership. The exchange began on Friday with the release of 390 prisoners. Yesterday there were 307 on both sides. This brings the total to 1,000 released Russians and 1,000 Ukrainians. Today, it was only military personnel; the other prisoners exchanged included civilians.

In the three days of the exchange, Russia carried out large-scale night attacks on Ukraine. According to Ukraine's foreign minister, last night's were the biggest in many weeks. At least 12 people were killed and dozens injured. According to Ukraine, Russia fired 298 drones and 69 missiles. Ukraine's foreign minister called it the biggest Russian airstrike in weeks.

[Skybird]

Last night saw the most intense Russian air strike yet in this war, with the Russian air force striking in two dozen locations.

Could maybe be the beginning of the preparatory bombardment for their long expected spring/summer offensive.


This comes one day after Kyiv suffered one of the most heaviest bombardements of the war.

[Dargo]

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Originally Posted by Skybird

Last night saw the most intense Russian air strike yet in this war, with the Russian air force striking in two dozen locations.

Could maybe be the beginning of the preparatory bombardment for their long expected spring/summer offensive.


This comes one day after Kyiv suffered one of the most heaviest bombardements of the war.

Sure, but then you bombard the front not cities this has the same effect as Operation Linebacker II nil.

Originally Posted by Zelenskyy

It may be the weekend now, but the war continues. This cannot be ignored. America's silence and the silence of others worldwide only encourage Putin.

[Reece]

The situation in Ukraine is looking pretty grim, I keep praying for them!

[Skybird]

The nuclear option in dealing with frozen Russian assets

https://www-focus-de.translate.goog/..._x_tr_pto=wapp

It seems to me that the West is never short of endless complicating worries by which it can prevent itself from actually doing anything effective.

Russia has stolen some hundred airliners of Western carriers at the beginning of the war, btw.

[Dargo]

Russia can not do an offensive on different parts of the front and certainly no ‘bewegungskrieg’ does not have enough drones to dominate the air, it is not all doom for Ukraine.

Originally Posted by Skybird

The nuclear option in dealing with frozen Russian assets

https://www-focus-de.translate.goog/..._x_tr_pto=wapp

It seems to me that the West is never short of endless complicating worries by which it can prevent itself from actually doing anything effective.

Russia has stolen some hundred airliners of Western carriers at the beginning of the war, btw.

You have never flown in Russia my advice don't it was always bad very bad even with hundreds airliners of Western origin. There are days they do not drop off the air, but those are rare days. Russian airlines have been flying aircraft with no supply of spare parts from the manufacturers for almost 3 years. You can manage for a while with spare parts that were still in stock or taken from other aircraft. But sooner or later they run out, and have to be bought through parallel imports, where control is much less strict. Until before the war, Russian companies leased the bulk of their fleet from mostly Irish firms, which were also controlled by European authorities. But after the invasion, the Kremlin ‘nationalised’ the aircraft, suddenly requiring the Russian aviation agency to check almost 500 extra planes ‘impossible work’.

The Netherlands will send its last F-16 to Ukraine on Monday. Defence minister Ruben Brekelmans announced this on Sunday. This brings the total number of fighter aircraft supplied by the Netherlands to 24. In addition to supplying 24 F-16s to Ukraine, the Netherlands has also made 18 such fighter planes available for a training centre in Romania. At Fetesti airbase, Ukrainian pilots will be trained to fly F-16s in addition to NATO pilots. The Netherlands took the lead with Denmark and the United States for that training centre and is also helping with training at the base. The Dutch air force is currently flying the newer F-35s and therefore no longer needed the F-16s supplied to Ukraine.

[Reece]

[Jimbuna]

[Jimbuna]

Last F-16 fighter jet promised by Netherlands will be sent to Ukraine on May 26, - Defense Minister Brekelmans

Dutch Defense Minister Ruben Brekelmans said that the country would send the last promised F-16 to Ukraine on Monday, May 26 .

This is reported by Censor.NET with reference to WNL.

Thus, Brekelmans announced that the Netherlands would send the last promised F-16 to Ukraine tomorrow.

"This means that all 24 promised fighter jets will soon be present in Ukraine," he said.

Brekelmans emphasized that Russian dictator Vladimir Putin continues his aggression.

"He is demonstrating that he has no intention of seriously discussing a ceasefire," the minister emphasized.

The Dutch Minister of Defense added that, in addition to supplying aircraft, they are training pilots and technicians and sharing military doctrines "so that Ukraine can build a modern armed forces that is in line with the armed forces of NATO member states."

He also emphasized the importance of continuing to increase pressure on Russia and providing Ukraine with as much support as possible. Source: https://censor.net/en/n3554223

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Trump softens on Putin as Russia’s military edge weakens, officials say

Russia is actually culminating in its ability to conduct an offensive,” Barrons said. “It is very unlikely now that the Russian military have the equipment, the people, and the training and logistics to mount an offensive that would break the Ukrainian line and — even if they did — to exploit it immediately.”

Even if Russia succeeded in gaining more Ukrainian territory, the Kremlin is unlikely to achieve its stated goal of seizing full control of the four regions it illegally annexed in the fall of 2022 — Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia — according to Dara Massicot, senior research fellow at the Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center.

“There’s a difference between pushing the Ukrainians back five to 10 kilometers at a time at high cost versus having the assembled manpower and armor behind that to exploit a breakthrough and to occupy and push through all of those obstacles, even though the Ukrainians are having issues,” Massicot said. “That’s still a really large bill in terms of equipment that they need, and I just don’t see that concentration anywhere.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/natio...efire-ukraine/

Intel sees 50.000 that is not enough Russian meat to exploit, they need at least twice that much to even make a dent in the front.

[Jimbuna]

Over week, enemy lost 7120 people and 2247 pieces of equipment. INFOGRAPHICS

During the week, Ukrainian defenders destroyed about 7120 Russian invaders and 2247 pieces of enemy weapons and military equipment.

According to Censor.NET, this was reported by Lieutenant General Oleksandr Pavliuk on Telegram.

"For the week from May 18 to 25, 2025, enemy losses amounted to about 7120 personnel," the message says.

It is noted that significant losses were suffered by weapons / military equipment of the Russian troops:

22 tanks;
76 armored combat vehicles;
289 artillery systems;
9 MLRS;
2 air defense systems;
851 units of motor vehicles;
10 units of special equipment. Source: https://censor.net/en/n3554229

[mapuc]

How many times have we heard this ?



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